The national goddess of Korean entertainment

When entering the restaurant, Xu Zhiyuan saw the person she was looking for at a glance.

Woody Allen and his wife Soon-Yi.

This was a premeditated coincidence. Through Joan's intelligence network, Xu Zhiyuan knew that the Allen and his wife would be in New York recently, and this restaurant was their old place to eat.

This is one of the famous celebrity restaurants in New York. There are many celebrities who come and go to this restaurant every day, but there is no doubt that Xu Zhiyuan's appearance still makes many guests look sideways.

But Xu Zhiyuan didn't pay attention to other people. After smiling and beckoning the waiter who was taking the seat to wait for a while, she walked slowly towards the position of the Allen and his wife.

"Hi, Mr. Allen." Greeting with a smile, Xu Zhiyuan turned her head and looked at Song Yi, "Song Yixi, can you introduce me?"

Asking Song Yi instead of Woody Allen was Seo Ji Won's strategy.

One is because of Alan's kindness to Song Yi. It is well known in the world that it is obviously more polite to ask the wife than the husband at the dinner table.

The second is that Song Yi, like her, is both Korean, and now they both have dual nationality of the United States and Korea. It can be said that the growth experiences of the two have a little similarity. They also left Korea when they were children, and they both lived in American families. grown up.

Although in fact they have nothing in common now, but in terms of origin alone, they are still closer than strangers.

Putting down the knife and fork in her hand, Song Yi looked at Xu Zhiyuan and stood up.Because Song Yi stood up, Woody Allen also stood up, the two shook hands with Xu Zhiyuan one after another, and Allen motioned Xu Zhiyuan to sit down.

"Claire, it's a pleasure to meet you. I think there is no Korean in the United States who doesn't know you."

Song Yi smiled with a very elegant posture. At the same time, when she was talking, she turned her head to look at Woody Allen, and there was still a girlish playfulness in her expression.

Allen smiled and held Song Yi's hand, smiling slightly, looking very doting on her.

Xu Zhiyuan saw everything in her eyes. Although she didn't show any other expressions, her heart was ups and downs.

To be honest, although she didn't criticize Alan and Song Yi's unrequited love, she didn't appreciate it.

Even, she still feels a little bit towards Woody Allen in her heart...

But now, she is very emotional. The couple who shocked the world back then look very happy now.No matter what others think of them, they themselves are enjoying their lives.

It has to be said that Song Yi, who has successfully become Mrs. Allen, is indeed a winner in life to a certain point.

But this time is not the time for her to express her emotion, "Mr. Allen, if you don't bother, maybe you can give me 5 minutes later-I won't disturb the two-person world between you and your wife, just 5 minutes .”

Woody Allen turned to Xu Zhiyuan, smiled, without hesitation, and said directly: "Claire, I'm really sorry, your agent has contacted me before, but I can't give you that role."

Such a direct rejection made Xu Zhiyuan's original plan come to naught, "Why? Because of my age? Mr. Allen, you should know that sometimes older age does not mean maturity. If you give me a chance, I will tell you Showing a much more mature inside than I look on the outside."

Smiling and waving his hands, Woody said lightly, "I'm sorry, Claire, I really just want to have a quiet meal today."

The smile froze, but Xu Zhiyuan didn't continue to pester, but stood up, smiled and nodded, "I'm sorry for interrupting. If you change your mind, I'm here."

Turning around and walking away, Xu Zhiyuan followed the waiter to her reserved seat.

This seat was reserved before, and it was only booked after finding out which seat Woody Allen often sat on.

From her, you can clearly see Allen and the others, and the Allen couple can also see her.

When she sat down, Song Yi turned her head to look over.

Xu Zhiyuan nodded and smiled back.

Song Yi smiled, took Alan's hand and said something in a low voice.

But Allen just smiled and didn't speak.

Xu Zhiyuan was a little disappointed, it seems that the wife's route was not successful.

In this case, she had no choice but to think of another way.

Although holding the menu in her hand, Xu Zhiyuan's mind has drifted far away.

In "Blue Jasmine", what kind of person is Jasmine?What should she be like in the role she wants to get?Without seeing the detailed script, she couldn't make a specific judgment. She could only judge what kind of person it was from the words.

Having just gone through bankruptcy, met with the misfortune of a down-and-out celebrity, and moved in with her not-so-good sister, she wants to start her life anew...

Little information, but enough hints seem to have been given.

What would it be like if she lost everything in her previous life?

No, Xu Zhiyuan in the past would not let herself lose, and would fight back crazily before she found out. The woman caught in the fight obviously cannot be compared with a housewife with a good life.

Jasmine should be elegant, charming, and charming. She used to indulge in a life of feasting and luxury.Forget who you used to be, and be satisfied with a life of abundance.

But suddenly one day, she went bankrupt and went through something worse, don't know what it was, but maybe her husband cheated, she got dumped, or something else, but it must have bothered her .

Forced to move to an environment she was already unfamiliar with, how could she be reconciled, how could she adapt to her current life?

"Miss……"

Hearing the voice of the waiter beside her, Xu Zhiyuan came back to her senses, turned her head and looked at the waiter, but the expression on her face changed.

Her smile is slightly restrained, and her eyes become cold. Although she looks elegant and beautiful, she lacks sincerity. This is the standard smile of those so-called celebrities. I am very polite and polite, but you will feel my politeness and politeness Not to you, but to everyone, that's just etiquette, not heart.

"I want French fried foie gras, and caviar. I want beluga caviar. The Caspian Sea pearls flown in from France are the most delicious and precious. The 1990 Salon Champagne, just a glass, is already the ultimate enjoyment... ..."

When she said this, Xu Zhiyuan's voice suddenly stopped, her eyes were fixed on the menu in front of her, her eyes seemed to be covered with mist.

Blinking her eyes and moving her lips, Xu Zhiyuan, who was still smiling, seemed to be lost in deep thought. The deepness and silence made the waiter a little uncomfortable.

Leaning closer, he called softly, but Xu Zhiyuan didn't respond.

He coughed lightly and yelled again. Although the voice was not loud, it had already attracted Woody Allen's attention not far away.

Turning his head, he looked at Xu Zhiyuan, with a curious expression at first, but the next moment, he sat up straight and focused on Xu Zhiyuan.

Seemingly awakened, Xu Zhiyuan raised her head, looked at the waiter, and smiled. Although her eyes were still misty, her smile was still perfect.

"What did I say I wanted? Ah, Salon champagne 1990, and Caspian pearls—I'm so stupid, this is New York, not Paris. Honey, give me a glass of red wine to go with the T-bone steak , I don't like black pepper, it looks too irritating, let the chef stew the steak with red wine..."

Looking at Xu Zhiyuan, who tilted her head and seemed to be muttering to herself, the waiter was already stunned.

Almost subconsciously, he responded, wrote down the food Xu Zhiyuan wanted, then turned and walked away, and kept looking back at Xu Zhiyuan as he walked away.

Xu Zhiyuan didn't seem to respond, she was still whispering: "I've ever drank the best red wine and eaten the most delicious foie gras, Caspian pearls are my favorite caviar..."

Raising her head, she looked at Woody Allen who was standing beside her at some point, her eyes flickered, and she finally left to mutter.

Smiling slightly, her smile became much more sincere, and it was no longer the perfect smile that seemed to be set on her face before.

Looking at Xu Zhiyuan, Woody Allen asked with a smile, "Can I sit down?"

"Of course," motioning Woody Allen to sit down, Xu Zhiyuan looked at him with a smile, "I'm sorry, Mr. Allen, I should have caused you trouble by doing this. It's my fault, please forgive me."

This apology, Xu Zhiyuan is extremely sincere, although there is nothing wrong with her doing so in order to win a chance for herself.But in a non-work situation, it's really wrong to ruin a couple's date.

Looking at Xu Zhiyuan's sincere eyes, Woody Allen smiled very gently.

"Claire, I have to say that you moved me. It is really touching to be able to perform such a performance without reading the script and not knowing the play very well. You are a hardworking actor, Also a good actor, but…”

Hearing the word "but", Xu Zhiyuan felt a chill in her heart.

No matter how much praise you have, it will be wiped out when you encounter the word "but".

Although her heart was cold, Xu Zhiyuan kept smiling, listening to Woody Allen's words with a smile.

"I can't put you on the candidate list." Woody Allen said in a deep voice, seeing Xu Zhiyuan's still beautiful smiling face, his eyes deepened his appreciation.

"Do you still want to ask why?"

"Yes, I want to know." Shen Tianqing nodded frankly, "Maybe I can't succeed this time, but I hope to succeed next time, so I need to know where I am not good enough."

"It's not that you are not good enough, but that time has not favored you." Woody Allen smiled, "What I need is a real middle-aged woman. I want her every wrinkle to have experienced the baptism of time, every tear There's a story in it. Claire, you're great, but not what I want! It's as simple as that."

Yeah, it's that simple, it's not just the actors who choose the roles, the characters also choose the actors.

Even if they are on a blind date, they will become soul mates only if they are suitable for each other.

Lowering her eyes and smiling slightly, Xu Zhiyuan nodded and said, "I understand, thank you, Mr. Allen. Please forgive my interruption and apologize to Madam—please allow me to express my apology."

Beckoning to the waiter, Xu Zhiyuan ordered: "A bottle of 1 Salon champagne, put it on my account." Turning to Woody Allen, she smiled and said: "Please don't refuse, because I'm bothering you If you don't let me express my apology for the dinner with my wife, I will feel uneasy."

Smiling, Woody Allen did not refuse. Although a bottle of salon champagne is worth a lot, to them, it is more important than their hearts.

When walking out of the restaurant, Xu Zhiyuan raised her head, looked at the sky, and blinked.

Her nose was a little sour, as if she felt wronged, but she didn't cry.

After going through so many things, if she shed tears because of one failure, then she would not be Seo Ji Won.

However, it turns out that sometimes, even if you really work hard, you will not succeed.

"At least, I tried my best..."

Exhaling lightly, Xu Zhiyuan walked slowly through the bright streets of New York.

The sun is so bright, if she still thinks about those annoying things, she is asking for trouble for herself.

"That Allen has no vision at all..."

"Yeah, no vision, I'm going to be the best actress when I have wrinkles, and it's too bad he doesn't realize that."

Seo Ji-won shrugged with a smile, and scattered the bread crumbs in her hand with a smile.

Sitting in the park, whining about the director who didn't cast her, seemed like a good pastime.

At least, these pigeons are really friendly.

Moreover, he didn't care whether she was a star or not, and just stuck to her body and the hat on her head so naturally.

"Meihua, nine out of ten people in this world don't get what they want, if everything goes as I want, then I'm really God's illegitimate daughter—ah, I shouldn't have said that, I should have said Lady Luck is my backing."

Laughing, Xu Zhiyuan stood up nonchalantly, looked at the flock of pigeons flying into the air, and turned to look at Li Meihua with a smile, "Let's go back to Los Angeles. I hope the next Saturn Awards will be lucky."

This year's Saturn Awards, she was shortlisted again, this time for Best Actress for "Dark Angel of the Last Day". If she is lucky, she might still win this award, at least now she is a big hit.

Lowering her head, she casually picked up the newspaper that had just been spread on the chair as a place of sundries, glanced over, but suddenly stopped.

Taking back the newspaper that was going to be thrown into the trash can, she folded it and read the contents.

This is the New York Times, and this section is about "bestselling novels."

Xu Zhiyuan was attracted by the name of the No.1 novel at the first glance.

"Incomparably Beautiful Pain"!

How can pain be beautiful? !

It's a good name and catches the eye at first sight.

Below is a brief introduction to the content, as well as short comments from book reviewers.

This is a story about life and love: "Human beings are great because of love, and different because of pain."

The love story of two teenagers suffering from cancer. Two people with completely different personalities met and fell in love because of similar fates, but they were destined to lose each other because of fate...

Xu Zhiyuan was deeply moved after only reading the introduction and short comments.

This should be a very good movie.

Instead of letting Li Meihua go to the bookstore to buy books, Xu Zhiyuan went to the bookstore in person and found this novel that had been on the "New York Times" bestseller list for 2 months in the bestseller section of the entrance.

The author, John Green, is the author of "Looking for Alaska", which is also a best-selling novel, won the Pulitzer Prize, and was bought by Paramount for the adaptation rights.

On the way back to Los Angeles, Xu Zhiyuan has been reading this book, and even shed tears several times.

By the time she arrived in Los Angeles, she had already made a decision: to buy the rights to adapt the book.

She wanted to make this movie, she wanted to play the girl who was smiling in the face of death.

If there is destiny in this world, then fate brought her to New York not to let her taste the rejection, but to let her encounter the book "Incomparably Beautiful Pain".

The filming of "Dark Angel of the Last Days" is scheduled for May, and she still has time to find John Green and win the right to adapt the book.

Unfortunately, when she tried to find John Green, she ran into difficulties.It is said that Green has gone on a trip, and no one knows where he is.

She had no choice but to leave a message on the unanswered phone, expressing her wishes and hoping that Green would call her when she returned to the United States.

The days seem a bit boring, why can't she get what she wants?

Although now she has enough time to rest, sleep, read books, eat something good, go shopping with Zhang Hui, and buy a bunch of luxury goods, but it seems that the days of rest are not as happy as she thought.

She started missing her job and wanted to get back to the set like crazy.

Fortunately, in April, she was finally able to return to the tense state of work with the "Saturn Award".

It was really inspiring to be back on the red carpet.

When being interviewed by a reporter, Seo Ji Won smiled and said: "I really like that golden planet. I didn't have the chance to take it home last year. I hope you guys will give me this chance this year—I mean it... "

Facing the camera, she smiled and blew kisses to the audience. Her smile was so bright that it was impossible to tell that she had been depressed and unable to cheer up the entire month before.

"The best antidote in the world is work."

This year's Saturn Awards are quite competitive, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Hugo", "Captain America", "Thor", "Super Eight", "X-Men Lesson 7", "Harry Potter [-]"--hot Movies come together.

And Xu Zhiyuan's competitors are all well-known actresses in Hollywood.

Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", another daughter in real life; Kirsten Dunst in "Melancholia", a beautiful actress who was born as a child star; in "Double-faced Martha" Elizabeth Olsen, who was also a child star, was the same age as Xu Zhiyuan and met at Sundance at the beginning of the year; Jessica Chastain in "Seeking Asylum" is a red-haired girl who has become famous in recent years.

And the strongest rival is Keira Knightley in "A Dangerous Method", the British actress who became famous for "Pirates of the Caribbean", has won the Golden Globe Award, Oscar Award for Best Actress nomination, and Xu Zhiyuan The most famous of his opponents.

Facing these opponents, if Xu Zhiyuan said that she was not nervous, she would be deceiving herself.

Although she was smiling all the time, Xu Zhiyuan was really nervous in her heart, and her hands on her knees were also pinched together.

The previous award was awarded to Best Supporting Actor, which was won by Andy Serkis of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and the next award is Best Actress.

Seeing the faces flashing across the big screen, Seo Ji Won kept smiling.

At this time, every subtle expression of her will be projected on the big screen. Although the life of trainees in Korea is very hard, the management of artists is much stricter than that in the United States. Sometimes Xu Zhiyuan is very grateful to her predecessor for the period before Life, so that she can always maintain good manners when necessary.

"The 38th Saturn Awards for Best Actress - Claire Xu..."

Hearing her name, Xu Zhiyuan's perfect smile was flawed for a moment. Standing up, she turned her head sideways, took a few deep breaths, and then smiled again.

Stepping onto the stage, she took over the golden Saturn award, unable to suppress her excitement.

"Thank you to the organizing committee, thank you to the jury meeting, thank you to Director Cameron, and my colleagues in the crew. Of course, I also want to thank the fans who have always supported me. It is you who have given me such an honor. Finally, I want to Thank you to my parents, thank you - we have experienced a lot together, some happy and some unhappy, but I hope that everything we experience in the future will be happy - thank you for supporting me."

Holding up the trophy in her hand, Xu Zhiyuan bowed to express her gratitude before walking off the stage.

After the awards ceremony, Xu Zhiyuan was still smiling all the time, and all the winners were pulled together by reporters to take pictures.

At the beginning, Xu Zhiyuan didn't pay attention to who were being interviewed by reporters around her. It was the group of young people who greeted her that made her notice.

With a big smile and a crooked chin, it's Tyler Posey, the star of Teen Wolf, the TV show that just won the Teen Favorite Award.

This is also an actor who was born as a child actor. Although it is said that his jaw is crooked, his bright smile is still very attractive.

However, after Xu Zhiyuan greeted him, her eyes fell on Dylan O'Brien who was beside him.

Although he only made his debut in "Young Wolf" last year, this handsome and cute guy has captivated many girls.Even though the combat power in "Young Wolf" is not good, it still has a lot of loyal fans.

Even Xu Zhiyuan, also...

"Hey, I gotta say, I really like Styles more than..."

Her frankness made Percy raise his eyebrows in a funny way, and he turned around and clamped Dylan's neck.

Dylan laughed and struggled, but there was no sign of being unhappy.

It seems that the rumors that these two are the best bad friends are not false.

Seeing a handsome guy really makes people feel very happy, Xu Zhiyuan greeted with a smile, and turned away while holding the ringing mobile phone.

"Hi, I'm Claire Xu..."

Hearing the unfamiliar male voice, Xu Zhiyuan was silent for a while, but then raised her eyebrows in surprise, "John Green?! God, no, I mean, it's great, I'm really happy to receive your call..."

Holding the mobile phone, Xu Zhiyuan casually threw the trophy to Li Meihua who followed, all her attention was focused on the man on the opposite side of the mobile phone.

The award is a favorite, but the most important thing for her is a good work.

Good thing Lady Luck is still on her side...