Chapter 818: Gestures
He is Yao Jinwei's agent, and to outsiders, he is the person closest to Yao Jinwei.
As long as he comes forward and reveals some information about Yao Jinwei, whether it's true or false, plenty of people will believe it.
After realizing that Yao Jinwei really wanted to break free from his control and had already found a new partner, the agent simply broke ties with her.
They threatened to spread rumors and smear her if she dared to run away, and also forced her to sign a bunch of problematic contracts.
Yao Jinwei saw through it and naturally didn't want to sign, but her contract with the company hadn't expired yet and she was still under the control of her agent.
Once the contract is signed, she's burdened with a liability, at risk of it exploding at any moment. If she doesn't sign, her agent has plenty of ways to pressure her.
Yao Jinwei finally understood Ye Wanxi's words, "People are multifaceted." The agent's kindness towards her was based on her obedience, but when she harmed the other party's interests, the other party would ruthlessly tear off the mask and point the sharpest side at her.
That period was arguably the most difficult time for Yao Jinwei, and her performance on set was also affected, which Chen Debang mentioned to her several times.
Just when Yao Jinwei was about to give up, things suddenly took a turn for the better, and her agent began to have a string of bad luck.
First, several of his artists were suddenly embroiled in scandals, leaving him with no way to manage the situation. Then, he inexplicably clashed with the company's senior management and was targeted, losing most of his power.
Even her contract became a pawn in the power struggle between the two sides, resulting in a lose-lose situation. Ironically, she, the pawn, benefited from the situation and successfully obtained what she wanted.
Yao Jinwei was thinking about the termination contract she had just received a couple of days ago. Although her contract with the company had not yet fully expired, the company's senior management, for some reason, felt that the recent troubles in the company were related to her request to terminate the contract. They made an exception and terminated her contract early without compensation, sending her away like a plague.
Yao Jinwei didn't feel unlucky at all. On the contrary, she felt that this development was all thanks to the lucky charm she had bought from Ye Wanxi at a huge cost. She happily left the company with the termination letter and signed with Gao Min, becoming a colleague of Ye Wanxi.
After this incident, Yao Jinwei admired Ye Wanxi even more. Now that she learned that Ye Wanxi had been invited to make a cameo appearance in Director Wang's film crew and even brought her own family, she was even more honored than Ye Wanxi herself!
"What kind of big director is he? I think he's just an old scoundrel," Qi Yingxuan said sourly. "He's always staking out outside our film crew. Anyone else would have been arrested as a pervert by now. He even added roles for them to play in cameos. Letting an outsider who doesn't even know what acting is play such an important role, isn't he afraid of ruining his own reputation?"
"I don't think he sincerely invited you to act at all. He just saw your popularity during this period and wanted to use you to create buzz."
What Qi Yingxuan didn't say was that his senior brother, that bastard, dared to accept invitations from others, clearly with ill intentions!
He finally managed to become an assistant director, and after working with his junior sister in the same production crew for such a short time, this guy is going to co-star with her in a movie, and even play her as a couple!
Just thinking about it made Qi Yingxuan feel as if he had eaten several lemons, his sourness overflowing.
Ye Wanxi and the others didn't know if they could smell the sour smell, but Chen Debang certainly could.
"Alright, alright, Director Wang is a senior. You can just say what you mean here. If it gets out, it'll give those reporters a lot of fodder for gossip. It's a good thing that Director Wang is willing to use Wanxi and her husband. The young couple hasn't said anything, so why are you, an outsider, making such a fuss?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Yingxuan glared angrily at Chen Debang. How could a simpleton like you possibly understand the feeling of having one's own tender cabbage eaten by a pig?
No matter how unwilling Qi Yingxuan was, Ye Wanxi and the other person's cameo appearance was a done deal.
Because this was an original script, and to keep the plot confidential, Ye Wanxi and her colleague only received the complete character script after signing a contract.
The roles that need to be played by Ye Wanxi and her partner are two top-notch masters who have long since retired from the martial arts world.
Prior to this, their specific story was only interspersed in the narration of the protagonist and other characters. The two were senior and junior disciples from the same school, and they overcame the curse of childhood sweethearts being unable to resist the arrival of a new love interest and smoothly came together.
Because their sects tend to be reclusive, and to put it bluntly, their martial arts skills are generally quite high, they tacitly agree not to get involved in the ups and downs of the martial arts world. They only step in to set things right when a major incident occurs in the martial arts world that results in numerous deaths and injuries.
The last time the two were involved in worldly affairs was twenty years before the events of the movie. The story itself could be taken out of context and made into a TV series.
However, since the two were not the main characters, this so-called legend could only be mentioned briefly by others.
The first appearance of Ye Wanxi and the other two in the movie is when the protagonist offends someone while trying to help someone and is chased down. He is seriously injured and almost dies, but accidentally enters the place where the two live in seclusion, which leads to the two coming to his rescue.
In this scene, Ye Wanxi needs to play the zither, and Feng Tianyu needs to play the flute. The location is a bamboo forest, so it has to be an outdoor scene.
Ye Wanxi and Feng Tianyu had just joined the crew when they were taken outside and met Director Wang, who was a bit short and had a receding hairline.
When Director Wang saw the two of them, his first question was: "Can you play the piano? Can you play the flute? Can you read sheet music?"
Ye Wanxi and the other person were slightly taken aback. After exchanging a glance, they nodded hesitantly.
Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I watched the ancient musical instrument variety show you hosted before. You played the suona quite well. I was originally thinking that if you couldn't play the instrument, I would find a teacher to help you. Now it seems that I can save some money."
As soon as Director Wang said this, everyone present turned to look at him.
Ye Wanxi's lips twitched slightly. She was 200% certain that these people were all on the suona!
"Well, I've learned a little bit, I wouldn't dare say I'm an expert, but I can manage the basic positioning and tuning."
"That's good, that's good." Director Wang had been observing Ye Wanxi for quite some time and didn't doubt her words too much. Instead, he turned his gaze to Feng Tianyu.
"...I've also studied it, and I can play the flute."
The musical instruments were readily available, so Feng Tianyu didn't explain much. He simply picked up a flute and played a simple tune, which dispelled Director Wang's concerns.
Director Wang's eyes brightened slightly, and he was even more satisfied with the two of them.
The main reason for calling the two of them over today was to assess their abilities. Even if they really didn't know how, Fan had to at least put on a show so that people wouldn't find it distracting.
But since both of them have maxed out their skills, there's no need to waste time on these trivial matters.
"Since you all know all of these, why don't you try out this scene with the action director first?"
(End of this chapter)
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