After the breakup, I became a popular superstar in the entertainment industry

Liu Jianglin hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to meet that person.

But once I got to know it, I realized that this show is just looking for an actor who only has three scenes to play an Asian woman who the resident protagonist meets in a bar. Moreover, the content of the filming is almost full of stereotypes of Asian women.

After Liu Jianglin understood it clearly, he gave up directly.

Seeing her appearance, the casting director of the film crew wanted her to go, and made three phone calls in a row.

Liu Jianglin repeatedly refused.

She could make a cameo, but she didn't want to play a role full of stereotypes.

Jin Lili heard Liu Jianglin explain why she was unwilling to act, and said in surprise: "But the characters about Asian women in these American dramas basically have such colors. If you don't want to act, then there is no role to play. .”

Liu Jianglin fell into deep thought when he heard what Jin Lili said.

She felt that she needed to seriously think about this aspect.

……

Different countries have different cultural backgrounds.

Liu Jianglin carefully recalled the images of Asians he had seen in Hollywood film and television works. Indeed, almost all of them had some stereotypes on them. However, not every character image was negative, and there were many good images.

The reason why she rejected the role was not because of the stereotypes about Asian women in that role, but because of the evaluation of her by other characters, with scrutiny and mockery of her.

Liu Jianglin didn't like it.

When she was in China, Liu Jianglin rarely encountered characters that made her feel uncomfortable.

She felt that she couldn't choose the drama with the perspective of picking scripts and roles here.

However, I can't play a role I don't like.

Liu Jianglin didn't feel that she made a mistake in rejecting the show, but Jin Lili's words sounded a wake-up call for her.

……

On the seventh day after Liu Jianglin arrived in Los Angeles, Jin Lili and Chen Zetian got back together.

There was no sign of it.

When Liu Jianglin was about to go to bed at night, he suddenly heard Jin Lili's voice hurrying out the door, but he didn't say hello to her.

She had a hunch then.

Sure enough, the next morning, when Liu Jianglin was sitting on his balcony drinking coffee, he saw Jin Lili walking downstairs again holding the hand of the boy from that day.

Jin Lili looked up to see her, showed a bright smile, and waved.

Liu Jianglin smiled back at her knowingly.

A minute later, two people came in.

"Liu Jianglin, thank you for taking me in these few days, I'm going back." Jin Lili said.

Standing behind her, Chen Zetian nodded to her.

Liu Jianglin gave a noncommittal hum, and said, "Okay, you can clean up those things yourself."

Jin Lili brought Chen Zetian into the house to pack his things, and then Chen Zetian went down with the suitcase first.

Jin Lili came behind Liu Jianglin and smiled awkwardly.

"He, he was drunk last night and called me. I softened my heart for a moment and went back."

With a smile on the corner of Liu Jianglin's mouth, he made a gesture of zipping her mouth shut.

"I don't care how you got back together with him, you don't need to explain to me."

Jin Lili thought of something again, and said, "I, I have been eating, drinking, and living yours for the past few days. I will return the money to you."

"No need, you have been running around with me these few days and helped me spend the most unfamiliar days in my life, so you don't have to be so polite." Liu Jianglin said.

Jin Lili nodded.

She suddenly bent down and hugged Liu Jianglin.

"Thank you. I'll treat you to dinner later. Let's go."

"Bye-Bye."

Although Liu Jianglin was surprised by this sudden hug, because it was Jin Lili, she was only surprised for a second.

After Jin Lili left, Liu Jianglin was about to go out after drinking the cup of coffee in hand.

She is going to the Left League today.

Zuomeng wanted to introduce her to a producer.

It has been a week since he came to the United States, and Liu Jianglin's work has not made any progress.

I met a lot of people, and everyone was basically polite, and there was no such story of ignoring her because of racial discrimination, but as she had expected before coming, the roles that everyone could provide her were either relatively simple, with few roles, And it's very ordinary, or just say that there is no suitable role.

This is also reality.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Jianglin is not well known by American audiences, and everyone is unwilling to give her some roles.

Liu Jianglin needed an opportunity.

"sit."

Left League said to her.

The meeting place is at the producer's office.

But when they arrived, he was still in a meeting.Liu Jianglin and Zuo Meng had to wait in the rest area outside his office.

"Have you visited the city of Los Angeles in the past few days?" Zuomeng asked.

Liu Jianglin shook his head and said, "I'm busy meeting people every day, that is, I occasionally go for a walk nearby at night."

Zuomeng said: "This matter cannot be rushed."

Liu Jianglin nodded.

"You are new here, and your popularity in China is useless here, and your popularity in Asia is not high enough. For Hollywood production companies, your advantages lie in three points. First, you are young. Everyone likes and wants to Give young people a chance."

"Second, you are beautiful, and a good-looking face always takes advantage."

"Third, you have a lot of acting experience, and you have samples of previously aired works. Everyone is assured of your acting skills and will not worry about this."

"But these three points don't help you establish a big enough advantage. From the perspective of a producer, I would be willing to meet an actor like you, just so that I can use you as a candidate if there is a need for a role in the future. It's not what you want, and you definitely don't want to wait here for two or three years, until someone else thinks that you are suitable for a certain role, and then find you to play, you still want to take the initiative and join the crew as soon as possible, right?"

Liu Jianglin nodded.

"If I have to wait two or three years here for an opportunity, why don't I go back to China and wait?"

Zuomeng: "So, your current goal is actually very clear. Look for those projects that will be launched within half a year, and then find out if there are any suitable roles for you. If there is, you should be less picky, because you now have options. Not very big."

Liu Jianglin nodded and said, "I understand, I'm ready."

"Yeah." Zuo Meng nodded.

"The man we are going to meet later, you can just call him Joey. He has a good personal relationship with me. There is a drama that is about to start. I have read the script. There is a Chinese character in it, and the character is okay. " Zuo Meng said, "I mentioned your situation to him before, and he just wants to see you with his own eyes today."

Liu Jianglin nodded, "Okay, thank you."