1142 First meeting
The laughter echoed in the space of the pioneer village, as if it was instantly back to the most lively Saturday night. The whole bar was full of guests, everyone was looking forward to the performance, and everyone was also enjoying the relaxation and comfort of Saturday, indulging and partying with all their hearts, just immersing in this atmosphere, living intoxicated and dreaming.
Taking a step forward, Renli walked to the other end of the bar, without disturbing the lively atmosphere near the stage. Then he saw Neil Tucson coming over immediately, which made Renli laugh and it seemed that it had become a professional conditioning reflex for Neil. His eyes were always scanning the customers near the bar.
As the distance narrowed, Neil gradually recognized the figure of the man, but was not happy, but drooped his mouth and his shoulders sank. He looked dejected and could see the exaggerated look of frowning before he got close. Then he muttered, "Damn guy, he has disappeared for so long. Oh, God, the Gobi is about to become a desert."
What is a beginning and end is really confusing.
Lanli raised her eyebrows gently, and a faint smile appeared in her eyes, but she did not respond. She just looked at Neil quietly, and then she could see Neil secretly looking at Renli with her eyes.
As a result, Neil realized that his little moves fell into Lanli's eyes, and he could not touch Lanli at all, so he raised his eyebrows, "Don't you know that I live in dire straits? Don't you care about the living conditions of making friends?"
"Matthew? Matthew is working now, everything is fine, thank you for your concern." Lanli replied seriously.
Neil was choked immediately, and then he realized that it was definitely not easy to gain the upper hand in language confrontation, so he simply chose to give up, "I, I, what I just said was me!"
"It disappeared for more than half a year, and there was no news at all. Then my oil pipe channel was completely stopped for half a year. Do you know how many people sent messages to scold me, thinking that I was not kind at all and stopped posting your videos. God, how do I know where you are? I also want to send videos, but if you don't come, what can I do?"
Neil howled there a few words, then secretly glanced at Lan Li again and found that Lan Li still had a calm expression. He could only restrain his expression, "Hey, at least cooperate, you don't know that if the actors in the opponent's scene do not cooperate, this scene will not be able to continue."
"So that's it." Lan Li nodded suddenly and then asked seriously, "Why do it again?"
Neil almost didn't change it in one breath, rolled his eyes wide, "God, I really can't understand why those people always say that you are very humorous. I think you are the least humorous person in the world."
After complaining, Neil returned to his usual careless appearance, stood at the bar and said with a wink, "To be honest, after there is no oil pipe channel, my current female fame index has been declining. How about it, for my happy life, should I perform again today?"
"Your approaching skills are so bad now? You actually have to rely on other gimmicks?" Lan Li showed a look of surprise. With a simple question, Neil choked directly, and then he saw Neil angrily throwing the rag in his hand on the bar, "Hey, young man, can you still have fun together?"
After talking wide openly, looking at Renli who was about to speak, Neil immediately removed his "angry" state, waved his hands repeatedly, and said with a laugh, "Kiss, it's definitely just a joke. Of course, we are still friends, otherwise, we will take a photo now and send it to the photo wall to authenticate it?"
Looking at the prank light flashing in Neil's eyes, Renli knew that Neil was still the Neil, joking, humorous, teasing, and joking.
Although the two have not seen each other for more than half a year, although there have been too many things in 2012, and although Lan Li has become a top superstar in the industry, Neil is still a bartender in the pioneer village. However, time has not left too many traces on the two people. Just one meeting, the two became familiar again, as if they were instantly back to the time before they became famous.
Some friendships need careful care and maintenance. Only by maintaining them regularly can they be renewed, otherwise they will gradually fade away with time and space. This is understandable, just like marriage, you must make efforts and attention, hard work and emotions to maintain it for a long time.
But some friendships do not need them. Even if they are separated by time, even if they have experienced the ever-changing changes, when they meet again, the quiet tacit understanding can still awaken those beautiful years and find the truest self in each other. This is also the most different and special point of friendship, family affection, love.
So people always say that relatives and lovers can only accompany themselves through one part of their life, but friends can go through the whole long life together. However, such friends are too rare and too rare.
A smile gently slid through Renly's eyes, ignoring Neil's teasing and jokes, "Where is Stanley? I thought he would be here in person to avoid anyone changing the ground beyond recognition. This is his lifelong effort."
"Oh, don't worry, Joel and Ethan have confirmed that there is no need to change here, and can be photographed completely according to the existing decoration. However, our beer and cups still need to be replaced. Some brands were not found in the 1960s, and some cups were also newly added in the past two years, which is not in line with the atmosphere of the times." Neil skillfully introduced the situation.
Then, he showed a mysterious expression, looked around, poked his body, leaned over to Lan Li's ear, and said in a low voice, "Ethan said, I can play the bartender in the movie." Then Neil raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly, expressing his excitement, "Haha, I'm going to become an actor, too."
After discussion and investigation, the main shooting location of the "Zhuoxiang Folk Song" was chosen in the Pioneer Village.
According to the Coen brothers' plan, they hope to find a retro bar with a 60s folk style in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, as the filming location of the movie "Gas Light Bar" to present the city streets of New York as realistic as possible.
In fact, in Greenwich Village, most of the streets and scenery here have not changed drastically from half a century ago, but they are cleaner and tidy. Then some buildings have become ruins, but there are very few newly built buildings. In the lens of the Coen brothers, they can still perfectly present the texture of the original. This is also an important reason why the shooting cost is effectively controlled.
Obviously, the pioneer village is the most suitable choice.
According to Joel Cohen's words, "I even doubt that I had ever come to the Pioneer Village in a dream, watched Lanley's performance, and then came up with the idea of this movie."
From Pioneer Village to Renley, to Greenwich Village and “Don Quixote”, everything seems to be tailor-made for “Drunk Country Folk Songs”. The Coen brothers suppressed their excitement and excitement and found Stanley Charlson, and told all their ideas and creativity to the old man who devoted his whole life to Pioneer Village.
Stanley's eyes were filled with tears.
As a jazz bar, it was founded in 1935. It has experienced the golden age of black and white films, the ideological frenzy of the sixties and seventies, the craze of folk and rock sweeping the entire society, and the displaced several wars and the fallen generation.
Now, it is about to return to the 1960s in the lens of the Coen brothers, the era when music can save the world, the era when art carries the hope of society, and the era when dreams are still shining. For Stanley, it is simply a dream come true, so he has no reason to refuse.
"This is unfair." Lan Li said seriously, "I spent so much effort to successfully land on the big screen, and now you have no effort to win the opportunity? This is unfair."
Neil put his hands on his waist, raised his chest high, with a smug expression on his face, as if he was saying, "Praise me and praise me quickly." Then a humorous voice came from beside him, "So, is this casting for which movie? Can I participate? Although I am not an excellent actor, I can try to see it."
Neil and Renley both cast their sights, and then they saw Justin Timberlake standing in front of them.
Not only that, the other people behind Justin also watched one after another. The eager expectation and eagerness to try were surging in the entire bar, completely different from the atmosphere just now. It seemed that before I knew it, the focus of the audience came from the other end of the bar to this end.
"Justin Timberlake." He politely introduced himself.
"Ranley Hall." He also reported to the house with a smile.
Neil, who was standing in the middle, looked around, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Neil Tucson." The nervous and funny voice immediately made the atmosphere relaxed and pleasant.
Justin shrugged and pursed his lips, "As the rumors, everyone has always emphasized that Renli is a monster, but today it seems that I should be the first person to dare to get close to the dragon. Does this mean that I have great courage?" The relaxed and joking words can make people feel that he is ease and contentment, and his confidence is not too sharp, but he successfully grasps the initiative.
"I mentioned it with a few friends before that I will work with Lan Li this time. Everyone exclaimed and all of them looked envious. I forgot to tell them that this time it was music, not movies. So, I think, I should not expose their pink bubbles." Justin said smoothly, successfully causing a low laugh.
Chapter completed!