Chapter 30: Outrageous "Yu Tingchan, I want to live." ...

"Yu Tingchan, I want to live."

After Qiao Zhizheng finished speaking this line, she was in a trance for a moment, thinking that Fang Zhixia didn't just want to say this, she also wanted to say -

Qiao Zhizheng stretched out his hand to Qiao Zheng, "Hold on to me."

Never let me go.

Behind the monitor, Xia Cangshu watched Qiao Zhizheng improvise a line that was not in the script. His eyebrows raised slightly, revealing an interested smile, looking forward to Qiao Zheng's next performance.

Qiao Zheng did not let her down. As soon as Qiao Zhizheng finished speaking, Qiao Zheng reached out and grabbed Qiao Zhizheng's hand without hesitation, her expression firm, "I got it."

Qiao Zhizheng's eyes trembled slightly, and a bright light appeared in them. He seemed to want to run towards Qiao Zheng regardless of everything, but he restrained himself.

"You caught me."

"You've got me."

"Cut! Keep one take! Qiao Zhizheng, calm down a bit, we'll do another one according to the script."

Another version of the original script was filmed, which was exactly the same as the script. Comparing the two, Xia Cangshu always felt that the latter was not as good as the former.

Xia Cangshu said to Qiao Zhizheng admiringly, "Your outburst of emotion at that moment was very good. It seems you truly understand Fang Zhixia's heart."

Qiao Zhizheng smiled, but only her tightly clenched hands in her pockets told how restless she was at the moment.

It wasn't an emotional outburst, but a natural response when he saw Qiao Zheng and realized that the person in front of him was Qiao Zheng.

On the first day of filming, everything went smoothly. Xia Cangshu was in a good mood and treated the entire crew to a meal.

"Yeah!"

"Thank you, Director Xia!"

"What do you want to eat?"

Xia Cangshu looked at the unmelted snow, his eyes smiling, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his face. "On a snowy day, of course, it's best to eat hot pot."

Xia Cangshu treated everyone to a meal. Since there were so many crew members, they directly booked a hot pot restaurant. The staff behind the scenes ate and drank without any scruples, but the actors in front of the scenes - that is, the actors who would appear on the big screen in the future - were pitiful.

The horizontal screen will make the actor's face and body shape bigger and wider. In order to look good on camera, actors are generally required to control their weight to avoid looking bad on camera.

This is determined by the market. The mainstream is to pursue fair skin, young age and thinness. Xia Cangshu is in the torrent and can only move forward with the torrent.

Xia Cangshu felt powerless about the current situation and sighed, "Sometimes I want to change the world, but my power alone is not enough to compete with the entire film industry. I hope someone can change with me in the future, but the hope is too slim. I don't know when that day will come."

After listening to this, Qiao Zheng nodded with certainty, "You will see that day."

Xia Cangshu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words."

Seeing that she didn't believe him, Qiao Zheng imitated her tone and said jokingly, "Believe it or not, you will be the main force leading the new torrent."

Seeing Qiao Zheng's seriousness, Xia Cangshu looked at her suspiciously, "You're so sure, as if you've seen it with your own eyes."

Qiao Zheng shrugged, "Maybe."

"You saw it in a dream?"

Qiao Zheng changed the subject, "Let's go, the soup should be boiling, time to go back and serve the dishes."

When the two walked into the box, Qiao Zhizheng was stirring the watery soup base with a colander. He looked at the plates of vegetable leaves and boiled beef at hand and smiled bitterly.

Qiao Zheng looked at the other main actors sitting at the table, and they all had pale faces.

It’s okay~ Look, the director is here to share our hardships.

Xia Cangshu had just taken a seat when Qiao Zhizheng turned to look at her. "Director Xia, you asked us to sit in the private room because you're afraid we'll smell their hot pot and be unable to resist?"

Xia Cangshu made an expression of sudden enlightenment, "What?! So that's what I thought?"

Li Tianyi laughed out loud, "Qiao Zhizheng, if you hadn't reminded me, Director Xia probably wouldn't have noticed this yet."

Qiao Zhizheng was speechless.

Qiao Zheng couldn't help but curl her eyebrows and join them in teasing Qiao Zhizheng, "Who said it wasn't?"

Qiao Zheng took the initiative to scoop out a slice of boiled cucumber and a slice of cooked potato and placed them in Qiao Zhizheng's bowl. Pointing at the cucumber, she said, "This is a vegetable," then at the potato, "This is carbohydrate." She then pointed at the beef, which had been cooked and only seasoned, and said, "There's meat too. It's all here. Let's eat."

Qiao Zhizheng's eyes were fixed, and she had no desire to pick up her chopsticks at all.

Qiao Zheng shook her head and chuckled, then took the lead, filled her bowl with the same food as Qiao Zhizheng, and began to eat without changing her expression.

With Qiao Zheng taking the lead, Qiao Zhizheng and other main actors also started eating one after another.

After finishing the meal, Qiao Zhizheng walked out of the private room, touched his stomach which was full of food, felt his mouth which felt not full even though he had eaten, and took a deep breath of the rich and oily aroma of food in the air.

“I feel like I’m full now.”

Qiao Zheng looked at Qiao Zhizheng's expectant eyes as she gazed at the spicy hot pot. She looked pitiful, and the corners of her eyes curved slightly, revealing a comfortable smile. She raised her hand and touched Qiao Zhizheng's head, "After we wrap up, let Director Xia treat you to a nice meal."

Xia Cangshu laughed when he heard that, "Sure, sure, plenty of meat!"

Looking at the smiles on their faces, Qiao Zhizheng couldn't help but laugh too.

For Qiao Zhizheng, this was an ordinary and happy day in her life.

But when I woke up the next morning, I realized that yesterday was really extraordinary!

"Knock knock knock" there was a knock on the door. Qiao Zhizheng walked to the door with sleepy eyes and saw Xia Cangshu and Ding Qian standing outside the door through the peephole. She wondered why these two people came to knock on the door at the same time so early in the morning.

Qiao Zhizheng opened the door for them, and Xia Cangshu and Ding Qian walked in.

Xia Cangshu looked depressed, and Ding Qian was filled with anger.

Qiao Zhizheng looked at their strange reactions, somewhat puzzled. "What happened?"

Ding Qian held her phone in front of Qiao Zhizheng, and the page was filled with colorful entertainment news.

—Breaking News! Xia Cangshu's new film's lead actress, Qiao Zhizheng, is suspected to be pregnant! Pictures reveal the truth!

——Surprise! Qiao Zhizheng's pregnant boyfriend turned out to be...

——Qiao Zhizheng suspected that her mother was more valuable because of her son, so she borrowed her son to gain a position.

——A look at the boss behind Qiao Zhizheng

——Qiao Zhizheng brought in money, and Director Xia was miserable.

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After reading the gossip about herself, Qiao Zhizheng clicked her tongue and shook her head, "Outrageous! Really outrageous!"

Qiao Zhizheng clicked in to see the details. The so-called pregnancy rumor came from a photo taken by an unknown person. The photo of Qiao Zhizheng touching her belly when she left the box last night was over-interpreted by marketing accounts as an unconscious display of maternal instinct after pregnancy.

There is also a photo of her looking at the beef hot pot with shining eyes. The entertainment reporter wrote it very interestingly - sour boy and spicy girl, Qiao Zhizheng's plan to rise to the top by relying on her son failed.

There is another person who guesses the so-called "financial backer" of Qiao Zhizheng. The person currently discussed most by marketing accounts is Qiao Zhizheng's boss - Lou Heng.

Some marketing accounts don’t even know the person’s gender, and just write the word “boss” randomly.

The article ends with a rather unconvincing statement: "If it weren't for a wealthy sponsor, how could a newcomer like Qiao Zhizheng rise to prominence so quickly? Luck? Coincidence? How could such good fortunes ever happen? And why did they all happen to her? There's nothing going on between these two. I don't believe it. Do you?"

To be honest, if Qiao Zhizheng wasn't the person involved, she would almost believe these "well-reasoned" analyses after reading each article, each sentence, and the accompanying pictures.

The most urgent thing is to find out Xia Cangshu's attitude.

Xia Cangshu shook her head. Her anger didn't come from these fabricated rumors, but from within the crew. "It was my oversight. These photos were obviously taken and circulated by someone from the crew last night. I'm also responsible for this online situation. You should have a good rest today. I'll handle this matter."

Xia Cangshu came early in the morning mainly to express his attitude to Qiao Zhizheng.

Xia Cangshu's words gave Qiao Zhizheng some peace of mind.

When Xia Cangshu left in a hurry, he said, "I'll let Qiao Zheng accompany you."

It also made Qiao Zhizheng feel at ease.

Ding Qian looked at Qiao Zhizheng worriedly, "I'm sorry, as a manager I'm useless. I couldn't suppress the news earlier."

Ding Qian also tried hard, but Jin Rong had the upper hand among the company's agents. Knowing that Jin Rong and Qiao Zhizheng had a bad relationship, Qiao Zhizheng usually spent little time in the company, and Ding Qian was there most of the time. No one else wanted to contact Ding Qian much, and they didn't want to offend Jin Rong. Ding Qian usually had difficulties in doing things in the company.

Qiao Zhizheng was in a very good mood, not as anxious as Ding Qian had expected. "I don't have a financial sponsor, but I do have a creditor. My creditor won't let me be blackmailed like this."

What a joke! The creditor usually doesn't care about these minor disputes, but she still cares about Qiao Zhizheng who owes her a huge sum of money.

Didn't Jin Rong think Qiao Zhizheng was a relative? Qiao Zhizheng used her connections to show Jin Rong!

When Qiao Zheng arrived, it was Ding Qian who opened the door for her. Before she had time to greet Ding Qian, she faintly heard the voices of Qiao Zhizheng and Lou Heng complaining on the balcony.

Ding Qian closed the door and watched Qiao Zheng walk towards the balcony. She then looked at Qiao Zhizheng who was talking to Lou Heng while waving enthusiastically to Qiao Zheng. She felt strange and looked at the two of them again and again.

Ding Qian had only heard from Qiao Zhizheng that there was a friend who was particularly kind to Qiao Zhizheng and looked similar to her.

Ding Qian remembered thinking at that time, how similar could they be?

Now looking at it, they are so similar in both body shape and face shape.

Qiao Zheng glanced at Ding Qian, who looked ten years younger than her, and thought that Ding Qian at this time had obviously not yet developed the tact she would later develop, and her gaze on Qiao Zheng was undisguised.

Qiao Zheng pretended not to notice, listening to the conversation between Qiao Zhizheng and Lou Heng. After thinking for a while, she pulled out an entertainment news page from her phone - Qiao Zhizheng relied on a sponsor to join the crew, and Director Xia dared not say anything.

This title is really a bit exaggerated. After all, everyone in the film industry knows that Xia Cangshu has always made movies according to her own ideas, and anyone who brings money into the crew is out of the question in front of her.

Some entertainment reporters dare to write anything to attract attention.

Qiao Zhizheng understood immediately and changed the subject, "...As an artist, it's normal for others to criticize me, and I accept that. But they're not just criticizing me, they're also dragging the innocent Director Xia into this, saying that because I have your support, I'm acting like a big shot on the set and yelling at Director Xia."

Lou Heng on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time. "Did your Director Xia...believe it?"

Qiao Zhizheng was speechless. It seemed that you, old man, only paid attention to this. Qiao Zhizheng explained, "They are just making up stories. I am very respectful to Director Xia on the crew, and Director Xia is also very good to us. When we took this photo yesterday, our entire crew was having dinner together."

Lou Heng made a promise, "Leave this to me, you can rest assured."

“Thank you, Mr. Lou!”

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Zhizheng whispered to Qiao Zheng, "Why does Mr. Lou care so much about Director Xia?"

It was something Qiao Zhizheng herself didn't know, so she just asked casually and didn't expect to get an answer from Qiao Zheng, but Qiao Zheng answered her.

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