Chapter 42 Chapter 42
As the year draws to a close, the entertainment industry is filled with a peaceful atmosphere.
Actors who currently have works are busy attending various award ceremonies. Even if they don’t win any awards, they still want to make their presence felt.
It is not too sad for unemployed artists who have no works to produce at home - annual meetings, year-end parties, various small performances, as long as they are willing to put aside their airs and work diligently, they can always make it through the year-end.
Of course, the above is the general situation. The situation at the end of this year is obviously not ordinary. When it was almost the end of the year, the circle suddenly circulated the news that an internationally renowned director and a well-known screenwriter had written a script, which had been in preparation for a long time and was now entering the casting stage.
"Brother, that's a play by Director Gu's team! The screenwriter is still Zhang Ronghe!"
While slacking off at work, Ning Su's WeChat was flooded with messages from Hai Yu. The long string of exclamation marks made Ning Su's eyes hurt.
Speaking of which, Hai Yu is now considered a mature actor. Sun Zhou retired from the entertainment industry a few months ago, and his agency was severely damaged.
As an old brokerage company, although losing its mainstay will not lead to its complete collapse, it will certainly not have an advantage in competing with similar companies.
In addition, because of the Sun Zhou incident, the agency lost a director and several agents. Ning Su's presence was very strong after he retired from the circle, and no one came to bother him.
In this regard, Ning Su could only say that it was better for his former boss to be dead.
Fortunately, after losing two artists, the former agency seemed to have noticed that the artists within the company were eager to try to change jobs. Not long ago, the agency collectively changed the contract, giving the artists more initiative, and artists like Hai Yu also benefited.
"Anyway, the agency doesn't care about me now, I just want to film."
Although they are both in the entertainment industry, the idol circle and the actor circle are definitely different, and the information channels are also different.
For example, the idol circle is currently discussing where to promote their music, while in another circle, news of the casting of a play by an internationally renowned new director has spread.
"Anyway, I have already submitted my resume. I have to give it a try no matter what." Hai Yu looked at the opportunity with a fierce look, not hiding his ambition at all.
"Then you do your best."
Ning Su finished his sentence perfunctorily and took the time to search for the information of this Director Gu. A list of his representative works and awards popped up. Although he didn't know him, he knew that the other party was not a makeshift team.
very good.
Seeing this, Ning Su no longer had to worry about his friend, fearing that he might be cheated by an unscrupulous intermediary.
After chatting with his friends, Ning Su’s share of paid slacking off for the day also came to an end. He went to the training ground to “consult” with a few programmers for a while, and then Ning Su got off work.
"Devil!" The weaving demon cried and crawled on the ground in pain.
It just scolded the little demons when they came to do business, but who knew that Ning Su knew it after a while and came to it for advice.
"You deserve it. The little demon just came to do his job. Why are you scolding him?" sighed the close demon.
When the beaten monster heard this, he raised his head as if struck by lightning: "No way, are you sick?"
In the past, they were clearly the ones who worked together to make things difficult for the little demons who came to do things.
If the little demons don't give some "offerings", this matter will be difficult to accomplish -
To be honest, they are also wronged. Although the Yao Bureau pays salaries, the salaries are not that high. If they don't cut a little here and there, how can they maintain their living standards?
"Don't talk nonsense." The colleague was a little upset, "My service attitude has always been very good."
Other monsters need two bottles of Yuehua to do the same thing, but it only needs one bottle, which is already very conscientious.
Looking at his colleague who was denying everything and looking around, the disabled but strong-willed editor suddenly realized what had happened: "You were beaten too?"
The colleague jumped up and said, "What did you say? Master Ning was just giving me some advice on my cultivation."
The beaten monster: "..."
There is no hope, just destroy it.
Ning Su had no idea what kind of harm his discussions with his colleagues had caused to their bodies and minds. At this time, he came to the Caiyao Station on the street outside the Monster Bureau.
"Mr. Ning is here." Before Ning Su entered the door, Xiao Yao greeted him.
The strange little demon queuing at the door looked at him, a little scared, and was about to shrink aside when he was stopped by another demon.
"What are you afraid of? Mr. Ning doesn't bully monsters."
What's more, there are so many little demons queuing up. If they hide now, they will have to continue queuing later. It will take them an unknown amount of time to wait for their turn.
"There are quite a lot of little demons coming." Ning Su pretended not to hear the conversation between the two little demons and went straight into the store.
The busy little demon in the store wanted to stop what he was doing to entertain him when he saw him, but Ning Su stopped him: "No need, just do your thing."
After spending some time together, Xiao Yao knew that Ning Su was not the kind of person who paid attention to empty talk, so he just said hello and went about his own business.
"What do you want to buy? Do you know what it's called?"
The boy who came to place the order didn't know how to operate a computer. The boy at the station asked about the other party's needs as usual, and then helped place the order online.
After placing the order, Xiao Yao printed out the order information and told the other party to pick up the goods the day after tomorrow.
"If everything goes well, we'll be there tomorrow, but I can't say for sure. Come back the day after tomorrow."
Since the little demon at the Vegetable Demon Station had done the same process many times, he was very skilled in both placing orders and instructing on the procedures. Even after he finished explaining, the little demon who had placed the order was still confused.
The working little demon said it again.
This time, the ordering monster reacted and said hesitantly, "...No money?"
The worker demon patiently said, "The post station will advance the money for you first, and you can pay it back when you come to pick up your things three days later. The money will be settled in full."
"Of course, the post station will charge you a small handling fee. Your stuff costs 300 yuan, so we will charge you a handling fee of 3 yuan."
The ordering demon hesitated for a long time before reacting. When he realized what was happening, his heart was pounding.
It only costs a small handling fee to buy so many things!
If it bought the same thing from the weasel, it would probably cost more than a hundred. You know, it doesn't make money easily. It works hard to pick up garbage for many days to make a little money.
Not being able to make money, coupled with a very low efficiency in absorbing moonlight, one can imagine how miserable life was.
Thinking of this, the order demon trembled a little. He was about to thank the working demon at the post station, but was suddenly interrupted by a loud howl.
"Thanks to you guys for helping me buy the medicine, otherwise my baby would not be saved."
The cry was so loud that even the order demon was attracted and looked over curiously.
A cat demon was lying at the entrance of the post station, expressing gratitude, with a mouse in its mouth.
The working demon at the post station quickly brought the cat demon in: "Stop talking about this, your medicine has arrived, take it and go quickly."
The cat demon made quite a noise, and the working demon at the post station felt a little embarrassed. Seeing Ning Su's curiosity, he said, "The cub born by this cat demon has some problems, and it needs human medicine to save it."
Previously, cat demons could not be bought and could only be stolen from human pet hospitals.
Later, the human pet hospital called the police and simply stopped selling this kind of medicine, so the cat demon had no place to steal it.
Now, Ning Su has set up a vegetable demon station, where people can buy medicine online. The cat demon instantly sees hope.
It's not easy for a cat demon to give birth to cubs, so it's no wonder it's so excited.
After saying that, the working demon looked at Ning Su twice. It was worried that Ning Su would find out that the cat demon had stolen things and would settle the score with him.
Who knew that Ning Su's eyebrows didn't even move, he waved his hand and said, "Go and get busy."
It's about saving lives, why are you saying all this?
Since Caiyao Station would advance some money for the little monsters when they purchased things, Ning Su also put some of his own savings into it.
As a result, his meager savings were depleted again.
As a result, many people on the Internet have noticed that the frequency of their music up masters’ activities has increased sharply recently.
"What's wrong, baby, are you short of money again?" According to the rules of the up-master's appearance, fans in the comment area also vaguely noticed something was wrong.
"It's almost the New Year, that's it."
The songs released by this UP host in the music section are of very high quality, and he does not rely on commercials to make a living. When his fans saw him appear, they were quite tolerant and after teasing him, they rewarded him with coins in their hands.
Although this part of the income is not much, it adds up to a lot.
Ning Su chatted with fans in the comment section and quickly uploaded his new song. In addition, he also placed an advertisement in the comment section.
There was another new song to listen to, and many fans rushed in after seeing the reminder.
After listening to it, many fans were a little surprised: "Did the UP host change his style? Why does it feel different from the previous style?"
If the previous songs were grand and open, easily making people think of the scenery between heaven and earth, then the new songs seemed to have a bit more compassion for the world.
It's as if he has experienced all the ups and downs of life and appears more humane.
"What happened to the UP host?"
Ning Su was unwilling to talk more about his real life. He made the excuse that he was "going to the countryside to help with poverty alleviation" and quickly turned off the computer.
It's time to wash up and go to bed, as I have to go to work tomorrow.
The setting of Ningxucai Monster Station is much more popular than expected. Monsters come and go in front of the monster station, making it look even more lively than the monster station itself.
The directors were not blind. They passed by several times and went in to take a look out of curiosity.
At the next regular meeting, the director asked Ning Su to talk about the progress of Caiyao Station at the meeting.
Ning Su did not dare to take credit for this work. In fact, after he came up with the idea, the manpower, venue and funds were all provided by the bureau.
Later on, since this station could indeed solve some of the little demons' problems, some of them voluntarily came to serve as volunteers, so there was no shortage of manpower.
From beginning to end, his own investment was not that much.
"Young comrade, don't be too modest." Director Lu waved his hand, feeling a little amused and helpless about Ning Su's whereabouts.
"It's rare to be able to pay attention to the needs of the little demons and come up with this idea."
Director Tan also nodded.
The Caiyao Station held a regular meeting, and soon there were changes - unlike the makeshift team that Ning Su had set up in the beginning, this time, the Monster Bureau specially cleaned up several rooms on the street in front of the door and connected them to form a hall.
In addition, ten computers were added to the hall.
As the number of equipment increases, the Yao Bureau no longer plans to use Ning Su's own account as a work account. Instead, human employees will come forward to contact relevant parties in an official capacity.
It can be said that after Ning Su took the lead, the Monster Bureau took action to expand the Caiyao Station into a much more formal one.
In order to prevent humans from discovering and spying, another deputy director of the Demon Bureau took action and set up a barrier to block human perception.
In this way, the little demons will not need to be sneaky and accidentally reveal their whereabouts when they come to the Vegetable Demon Station again.
"What a generous deal." The Monster Bureau took only about a week to expand the Caiyao Station. With such efficiency, it's hard to believe that it was done by the Monster Bureau.
"...We can work quickly too, okay?" Xiao Du protested weakly after realizing the implication of Ning Su's words.
This time, he was responsible for purchasing computers and applying for accounts for Caiyao Station. Compared to writing documents for his superiors, he certainly liked this job more.
It’s all work, but whether or not you feel a sense of accomplishment makes a difference.
"That's not what I meant." Ning Su falsely refuted and expressed his doubts, "I just feel that the leaders' attitudes have changed a little too quickly."
If I remember correctly, at the beginning, the director's attitude was to delegate power to him and let him try it.
As for what happens, the leaders obviously don't care.
After all, from a certain perspective, the Demon Bureau positions itself as the maintainer of order in the demon world. Rather than being a service-oriented department, they are more like law enforcers.
"Something happened."
As the head of the human employees in the Monster Bureau, Xiao Du is sometimes responsible for going out to meetings with the leaders. When it comes to figuring out what's going on, he is indeed much more informed than other monsters.
He looked around carefully and hooked his finger at Ning Su.
Ning Su came over.
It turns out that it was not a coincidence that the leaders attached importance to Caiyao Station, but the current situation was indeed getting worse.
Just a few days ago, a big incident happened in S City - a little demon launched a retaliatory suicide attack, which not only killed himself but also implicated several humans.
Since the incident happened in such a short time, although it was suppressed by both the Demon Bureau and the human government, it was obviously only a matter of time before it spread.
"That little demon had a miserable life."
At first, no one knew how the little demon gained intelligence, but after it transformed, it was discovered by its then owner.
When the owner saw that his beloved pet had turned into a monster, instead of being afraid, he came up with a plan. He tricked it into turning into the appearance of a human female, and used this as a gimmick to attract customers.
Hearing this, the corners of Ning Su's mouth trembled.
There was no doubt that he already knew what happened.
"Anyway, the little demon couldn't stand it anymore, and it was imprisoned by its master for three years."
Although it has been verified that there were some other monsters pushing and coaxing the little monster into self-destructing, this incident itself is enough to make people shudder.
After this incident, no matter what outside opinions are, the Bureau itself needs to reflect on itself - in fact, the leaders of the General Administration were indeed quite angry.
For three years, a little demon was tortured, and the demon bureau knew nothing about it.
Whether it was incompetence or lack of trust from Xiao Yao, both reasons were like a slap in the face of Director Yao.
Thanks to this opportunity, the "Vegetable Demon Station" created by Ning Su caught the attention of the leaders of City A.
"No matter what, this is a livelihood project."
Although the Monster Bureau cannot help the little monsters find jobs and increase their income, it can make it convenient for the little monsters to buy things and help them save costs.
Good or bad, no matter how many monsters it can help, at least taking the first step is better than doing nothing.
The newly opened Caiyao Station has indeed been loved by the nearby little monsters. The number of computers in the station has increased and the efficiency has also been improved.
As monsters come and go, the waiting time becomes shorter.
The working demon in charge of managing the Vegetable Demon Station was also very smart. After helping the little demons buy things for a while, he also compiled a list of what the little demons had purchased.
For the products with the highest purchase frequency, it simply filed a report to the Monster Bureau, used funds to buy back some of them and sold them at the post station.
Although the price is a little bit higher than what you can buy online, it does not require waiting and has been well received by the little girls.
During the Chinese New Year, the A City Monster Bureau received a banner from several little monsters for the first time, which made the director the center of attention at various year-end meetings.
"It's our duty to do mass work."
"Humans all know 'come from the masses, go to the masses'. How many years have we demons lived? Shouldn't we know this truth?"
The director of the Monster Bureau in City A boasted for a whole year, but was praised by the General Administration, which made the leaders of other bureaus very angry.
Isn't it just this dish? They also study it during the Chinese New Year.
The Vegetable Demon Station in City A was running in full swing. While it provided convenience to the little demons, it also cut off the financial resources of many demons.
As the biggest businessman in City A, the weasel demon has been feeling very strongly lately. Seeing his income constantly decreasing, he is so worried that he keeps losing his hair.
Its daily income consists of two parts. In the eyes of other monsters, most of them think that it makes money by selling medicine. In fact, only it itself knows that the big part is the money sold to the little monsters at high prices.
The little demons are naive and usually sell things at high prices. It is up to them to decide how much money they want to make.
It is precisely because of this huge source of income that it dares to stop production and can take a break for a while when being targeted by the demon bureau.
But who knew that the other party would actually cut off the source of the problem.
What is going on with the government competing with the people for profits?
"My lord, what should we do?" The weasel business was not doing well, so naturally the subordinates couldn't make any money. Upon finding out that their boss' business was not doing well, these monsters were more anxious than if something happened to them themselves.
"Find something for the Monster Bureau to do."
The weasel took a deep breath and told himself not to rush. After thinking for a moment, he finally decided to go straight.
"Remember to make it big this time."
We can't let the monster solve the problem as easily as last time.
After saying that, the weasel gave his subordinate another sum of money. The subordinate took a look and couldn't help but smack his lips.
This amount of money is enough to buy your life.
This time, he won't stop until he creates some chaos.
After receiving the money and accepting the task, these little demons responsible for causing trouble began to think of a way.
Since they want to "make something big", then it would be best to bully humans - firstly, humans generally make a fuss over small things and will shout everywhere when something happens.
Secondly, the Monster Bureau is not afraid of the monsters getting into trouble, but is afraid of humans getting into trouble. In terms of priority, human lives are definitely more important.
"Is there anything exciting going on recently?"
The Chinese New Year and the Lantern Festival have just passed, and people will not gather together to watch lanterns. But there is a huge film and television city in City A, and many crews will start work here.
"It seems that a famous film crew is casting here." said a little demon.
Speaking of which, the reason why these little demons are so familiar with the film and television industry is, to some extent, influenced by Ning Su.
Previously, with Ning Su leading the way, some little demons mixed in with the animal actors. Later, Ning Su was resisted, but these little demons did not completely give up this path.
They even found ways to sneak into the crew and establish good relationships with the crew members.
The news of this international director's casting was heard from the staff when they turned into animals for work. Through this time, they also provided it to the troublesome little demon.
"Okay, this is the crew."
"Then I'll just turn into a monster and scare the director or screenwriter to death." This little monster understands human logic very well. As long as something happens to the leader, the crew will be put on hold.
By then, they will build up momentum again, and there is no need to worry that the demon bureau will not be busy.
If you're busy, won't you have no time to do anything else?
The little demons had discussed how to make trouble, and now they were just about to put it into practice. At this moment, in the crew of City A Film and Television City, the director and screenwriter were going crazy.
“Are there any reliable actors?”
In the days since the Chinese New Year, they have interviewed countless actors, but some of them either don't have the acting skills or their looks don't meet the requirements. Adding the requirement of having to interact with the animal actors, it was enough to filter them out.
"Why don't you revise the script, Mr. Zhang?" The producer has already started to back off as he retreats when faced with difficulties.
"Okay." Screenwriter Zhang Ronghe said expressionlessly, "You go back to inherit the family business, Lao Gu goes back to study, and I will continue to be a Taoist priest."
Director Gu saw him like this and asked curiously, "Did your family nag you again during the New Year?"
Unlike ordinary screenwriters, Zhang Ronghe is indeed a cross-industry re-employment. He was born into a famous Taoist family and has great talents. He has been trained as a successor since he was a child.
But who would have thought that when he was approaching thirty, he suddenly quit his job and left to venture into the film and television industry.
At this point, the Zhang family’s elders could no longer sit still.
Although other families do not have the throne to inherit, his family does have the seals and talismans to inherit.
"Let them quarrel. They can't do anything to me." Zhang Ronghe has been rebellious for many years. Although he feels annoyed, he is confident.
Director Gu glanced at his friend and said nothing, turning his attention to casting: "If we don't choose someone reliable, the investors will ask again."
Although Director Gu is a famous director, the investors' money did not come from the wind. Of course, they will send people to inquire about the project after it has not started for such a long time.
“How about deciding on the animal actors first?”
But finding reliable animal actors is more difficult than choosing human actors. What’s even more exaggerated is that this group of animal actors are not only expensive, but also difficult to cooperate with. It’s a headache just thinking about it.
"…It would be better to find some little demons to act in this."
Zhang Ronghe admitted that he was almost driven crazy.
Just when the three were about to be defeated by the work, suddenly, Zhang Ronghe's expression became stern.
"No way." With so many people in the film and television city, why did he feel there was an evil spirit?
These monsters, don’t they know what he does?
However, the evil spirit became stronger and stronger, and it was filled with strong malice. Zhang Ronghe even smelled the blood contained in it.
Zhang Ronghe immediately took out talismans from his bag and stuffed them into the hands of his two friends.
"Something happened." Zhang Ronghe took out his ancestral peach wood sword and said, "I'm going to meet the enemy, you guys hide."
The director and producer were shocked and walked out after looking at Jang Yong Hwa.
After a while, the sound of fighting was heard outside. The producer didn't care about his own comfort and secretly poked his head out through the crack of the door.
The next second, he was stunned.
The one fighting with Zhang Ronghe was none other than a leopard covered in fur and with red eyes.
Their friend actually fought the leopard on equal terms, just as he boasted. After a while, the leopard saw that it could not win and retreated.
The noise here couldn't be hidden from others, and soon someone came to see.
Zhang Ronghe put away his sword and was about to call his friends out to show off when he smelled a familiar scent.
After a while, a woman in ancient costume came slowly. Seeing Zhang Ronghe, she said quietly, "My husband, you made me look so miserable."
The producer's eyes widened, and he and Director Gu also leaned over the crack in the door to watch the show.
Zhang Rong and Taoist Zhang, who had remained calm when facing the leopard, suddenly panicked when they heard the woman's resentful voice.
"Lao Gu, Lao Zhou, help me call the police, quickly!"
Being sexually harassed by a big demon, your demon bureau should take care of it, right? !
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