Section 10 Strange casting method

On July 26th, it was one o'clock in the morning. The flight I took officially landed at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in France. From the exit of the international flight, I saw Han Rong and a bearded foreign man standing at a special exit waiting for me. This man doesn't need to be introduced, I also know that he is the famous director of Chernosky. I have said before that his attainment in film art has been recognized by the film industry all over the world and is recognized as the genius who has the most perfect balance between business and art. Also, although he is over 70 years old, he still has the curiosity and cheerful personality of a child, so he is called "old naughty boy". He walked alone.

His status today is no longer necessary to cater to anyone. So I am quite flattered to be able to receive his personal greeting. Today, my status is no longer low. Even if it is a president of a country or a rich global man, I am afraid I will not feel very honored, because they are not essentially different from me, and they are all gained by external objects such as power and money. But Chernosky is different. He relies entirely on his own talents and the respect he won. Therefore, I feel flattered, and even don’t care about greeting Han Rong, so I quickly walked to him, bowed respectfully, and said in English: "Hello, Master."

After hearing what I said, Chernosky stood at attention, bowed to me, and said in a deliberate manner: "Hello, Master."

When he did this, I was a little stupid. What was the role of this? Han Rong, who was beside him, saw it and quickly said to me with a smile: "Don't be nervous, Director Chernosky has such a temperament, and he likes to play."

Because Han Rong spoke Chinese, Chenovsky didn't understand what she was saying, so he asked with a smile: "It's not a polite thing to whisper in front of an old man with a very curious mind."

Han Rong smiled and turned her head, saying to Chernosky: "Your actions just now scared the young man you admire. I was explaining to him that you were joking with him."

Chenosky shook his head repeatedly and said to Han Rong seriously: "No, no, no, it's definitely not a joke. But I think the young Mr. Chu is indeed at the level of a master in terms of performance. When I saw his performance at the Frank Film Festival, I couldn't believe that such a perfect and return to nature was actually made by a young man under twenty years old."

Chenowski said, turning to me, holding my hand and saying, "Mr. Chu, I have mentioned to Han Rong many times that I want you to participate in my movie. But she always told me that you are the president of a large group now, and you have too many things to do, which makes me very upset. Now, you have finally come to Paris, and I will not let you go anymore. You must play a role in my play."

Before I came back, I was actually still between the two of them. Now I was really moved by hearing such sincere invitation from Chernosky, but according to what Jia Xu said, I will know the secret about the box on the 31st, which is five days later, so I am worried about making a mistake.

Just as he was in a dilemma, Chernosky looked at me with a smile and asked, "Young man, you won't have the heart to refuse the invitation from an old man in his seventies, right?"

After Chernosky said this, I could no longer refuse, so I smiled and replied, "No one in this world can refuse your invitation."

"Yeah..." When he heard me agree, Chernosky actually clenched his fists like a child, raising his arms and laughed, "I have another ace, this will be my best movie."

I said again: "But I don't have much time, and I can only stay in Paris for one month at most."

"One month? Enough! Enough! The best performance is never the longest performance. You won't have too many shots, but every shot will be precious to me." Chenowski said, patting my shoulder excitedly, "Don't call me a master in the future. This title sounds like calling private. I went to your China twenty years ago, and many people there called me 'Old...cut', and you also called me 'Old...cut'."

"Laoche", a very ordinary Chinese pronunciation, was posted in Chernosky's mouth, which seemed particularly interesting, making me feel much closer to Chernosky for a moment. So I said, "When I was in China, my elders called me 'Xiao Chu', and you should also call me 'Xiao Chu'."

"Okay, 'Xiao Chu', in order to cherish your time, let's start working from now on." Chenowski said, putting his shoulders on his way out.

I was suddenly dizzy by him, "Old Chee, you won't take me to the set now, right?"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no," Chenosky shook his head vigorously. "I need you to find an actor for me now."

"Looking for an actor?" I stared at a big eye for a while, and thought to myself, "The newspapers say that this old man is strange. Now it seems that it is so strange that it cannot be stranger. I just asked me to help him become an actor, and now I ask me to help him select an actor. What exactly does he want to do? After filming for so long, the actors have not been selected yet?"

During the time when I was muttering in my heart, the three of us had already gotten into a car. Before driving, I asked Chenosky: "Old Chee, you want me to help you select actors. You have to show me the script first. Otherwise, how would I know which actors I want to choose?"

Chenosky smiled and shook his head, saying, "Don't read the script."

"Don't you need to read the script?" I blinked strangely, "How to choose if you don't read the script?"

"Do you know why I want you to do this role so much?" Chenowski turned his head and looked at me and said, "In addition to your superhuman acting, there is another reason. That is, I heard from Loulanxue that you never lost when you bet on the crew. This shows that you should understand something when you read gambling. The actor I need is a gambler, and you can't be more suitable. The actor I want you to choose now is another gambler. He will play your opponent in the play."

"Another gambler?" I turned my face and looked at Chenowski, "Are professional gambler?"

"Yes." Chenosky nodded, and then said, "I had already sent out the advertisement three months ago, and there were more than a dozen people who claimed to be professional gamblers to apply. I originally planned to choose from both actors from them. Now that you are here, you only need one."

I asked Chenowski, "Then...what should I choose?"

"It's very simple. You just need to choose the one among them that gives you only the desire to fight. During the shooting, I hope both of you are not performing, but fighting." Chenowski said, stretching out his hand and holding it into a claw shape, pushing forward gently, "I don't want my camera to capture a simple gambling, but a flesh-and-blood fight."

Hearing this, I nodded, "I understand, where are they now?"

"Of course the gambler is in the casino." Chenosky said with a smile.

At this time, Han Rong continued to introduce: "They all stayed in the Persman Hotel, which has a large underground casino. We arranged them there. The director would go to the casino for a walk and watch the actions of these people, and wanted to see who would be the best suited. The role was originally set a month ago. But when the director heard the news of you, he was waiting for you."

Han Rong said, smiling at Chernosky, and then said, "Of course, there is another reason why the director always goes to the casino, that is, he actually likes gambling too."

When Chenowski heard Han Rong say this, he raised his head and smiled, "Xiao Chu, Han Rong is right. I am an old man who likes to bet. I think gambling is the real battle of human beings, because it is fighting with the whole heart and will, rather than fighting with the body like animals."

When I heard this, I asked Chenosky with a smile, "Old Che, how about your gambling skills?"

When I said this, Chenosky's cheeks, which were originally red with excitement, suddenly dimmed, "If I hadn't heard only 20,000 dollars from my wife every month, I would probably have gone bankrupt due to gambling."

Speaking of this, Chernosky turned his face and asked me: "I asked those professional gamblers who were applying for what the secret to winning money was, but none of them told me. Xiao Chu, can you tell me?"

I smiled and said, "I think it's not that they don't want to tell you, but because they really have no secrets. Gambling is not as mysterious as people think. Apart from the evil and wrong numbers, in the final analysis, the victory or defeat of gambling is three points, luck, the grasp of probability, and psychological competition. Whoever can combine these three conditions to a better state can win."

Chernosky scratched his head with some annoyance, "This sounds like my guest lectures in college. They are all correct but not practical. Can you tell me some more direct truth?"

"Okay, then I'll tell you a few rules of gambling." I said, thinking for a while, and said, "First, the amount of gambling cannot exceed your psychological endurance, that is, the amount cannot be too large to make you think you can't afford to lose. Second, no matter what purpose you are gambling, when you go to the gambling table, you must treat gambling as entertainment. Third, don't believe in intuition. Gambling tools have no feelings, and they cannot be telepathic with you. Fourth, when rationally determining that you can win, you must have the courage to fight. You must have the mentality of rather than losing to yourself."

After hearing my words, Chenosky nodded and said eagerly: "Well, I'll try it when I get to the casino."

Seeing him like this, I couldn't help but shake my head, "I'm really an old kid."

When we arrived at the Persman Hotel, the three of us got off together, and then, under the guidance of the manager, walked through the lobby, headed straight to the basement, and walked to a wide hall. This is what Chernosky called the casino. This hall is not too big, probably only as big as the Hurricane Casino. People who gamble here are all kinds of different skin colors and languages.

"Look, look, that, that, and that are our candidate actors." Chenosky pointed to the people in the hall and said, "We have eliminated six candidates now, these are three, and the other three seem to be out of here."

After Chenosky finished speaking, he smiled and gave me 20,000 francs of chips, "Go and see who can make you most willing to fight. As for me, I want to practice your theory."

Chenowski said, holding a bag of chips, and walked into the crowd with a smile. Han Rong was still standing next to me, so I quickly said to her: "You might as well follow Lao Qi to see it, don't let him lose all the money too quickly. If you can suddenly raise your gambling skills to a higher level in thirty minutes, Lao Qi will not have to make movies, but you can be the gambling king."

Han Rong heard what I said, smiled, nodded at me, and then followed Chernosky.

I walked to the person Chernosky pointed out without any trace, playing with the chips while watching them gambling.

The first person was playing dice betting. After standing next to him for a while, I started to bet with him, but the bet with him happened to be the opposite family. In other words, when he bets big, I bet small, and every time I bet after he bet thirty seconds.

After gambled for four or five times, I began to find that this person felt very uncomfortable, and always looked at me intentionally or unintentionally. At the beginning, when I was watching next to me, his winning rate was pretty good, 70%. But after I harassed him like this for dozens of rounds, his winning rate began to plummetly, and it dropped to less than 40%.

So I shook my head in my heart, "At this level, I dare to claim to be a professional gambler."

Then, I walked to the other two people and tried it in other ways. Although both of them were better than the first one, they could not satisfy me. As for arousing my desire to fight, there was no need to talk about it.

Just as I felt a little bored, I saw someone I had a relationship with, holding a pile of chips symbolizing a thousand euros in my hand and appearing at the entrance of the casino.

This person is Jack Lee who collected protection fees at Hurricane Casino!
Chapter completed!