Chapter 28
After Gu Chen returned to Songhe Villa, he found that the several swords he had designed and customized had already been delivered, and Zhang Ma had temporarily put them away for him.
Seeing him coming back, Aunt Zhang helped him put away his luggage, then took out the long wooden boxes one by one and said, "Mr. Gu, what did you buy? They are quite heavy..."
Seeing Gu Chen open the sandalwood box, revealing the exquisitely crafted long sword inside, which shone coldly under the crystal lamp of the annex, although Aunt Zhang didn't understand, she also felt a little dazzled. She hissed and said, "Isn't this expensive?"
Gu Chen said, "It's OK, it's worth it." Although he spent a few hundred thousand, these swords restored his design ideas in terms of appearance and quality. It's just that they are not sharpened because they are in modern society. The cost performance is actually very high, not to mention that Mr. Li will give him 5 million later, and he doesn't know where to spend it.
Gu Chen first picked up the lightest sword, which was named Hongyu. He pulled the sword out of the scabbard, flicked it to test the sound, and then casually made a few sword flowers to test his hand.
Aunt Zhang was so frightened that she felt dizzy and took a few steps back subconsciously before she quickly said, "Mr. Gu, be careful! Don't hurt yourself!"
However, Gu Chen casually pulled the sword back into the scabbard. He did it with ease, as if lifting a heavy object with ease.
Zhang Ma was stunned. Are these actions reasonable? Is Mr. Gu a hidden martial arts master?
She paused for a moment and asked, "Mr. Gu, what are you going to do with these things?"
Gu Chen said calmly: "Exercise." He tried Hongyu's sword and it was quite handy. Except that there was no such thing as spiritual power or internal force in reality, everything else was not bad. I felt that in a few days I could change my morning routine to sword practice.
Aunt Zhang: "Ah?" Do you need something like this for exercising? Do you even need to order it specially?
Seeing Aunt Zhang's disbelief, Gu Chen simply joked, "Kill the demons and eliminate the evil."
"Oh oh." Aunt Zhang nodded subconsciously, and then she reacted and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Gu...are there any monsters in this mountain? I am a superstitious person and I believe that there are ghosts in the world, so you can tell me the truth." After cooking for Mr. Gu for a few days, she really felt that Mr. Gu was like a god who had descended to the earth and was not affected by worldly affairs.
Gu Chen: “…Really not.”
Zhang Ma lowered her voice even lower, revealing an understanding expression: "Is it the sect's request?"
This familiar feeling... Gu Chen suddenly felt something was wrong and interrupted the topic in time: "Aunt Zhang, please clean up a room to put these things in."
The villa is not a large villa. It focuses on elegance and has only a few bedrooms. Except for Mr. Li's master bedroom which has complete functional divisions, the second bedroom where Gu Chen lives is a little small, so a separate room can only be set aside for storage.
Aunt Zhang nodded and said, "Okay, okay, do these swords need anything to be offered?"
Gu Chen: "...No, just don't let it get dusty or rusty."
Aunt Zhang was a little skeptical: "Ah? Can a sword get rusty?"
Gu Chen smiled: "Of course." After all, the sword he bought was not a stainless steel sword, so who knows if it will rust.
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"Stop, stop, stop! Stop it!" On the set, Li Jingwei was a little angry and even interrupted the filming directly.
Different from the "quiet" person in front of Mr. Li in the old house, she is a very decisive and resolute woman on the set. After all, to be a director, one must have some ability to control the situation. It is precisely because of her strong ability to control the situation that she has won multiple awards as a new director at the age of 26.
But at this moment, the man in white ancient costume in the camera is challenging her "oneness".
However, facing this person, she calmed down her tone and tried to speak kindly: "Teacher Yu, I have told you many times that you need to hold back your acting..."
"Ms. Li, I need to take a break and get back in shape." However, the other party just waved his sleeves and walked out of the camera, while his assistant and makeup artist hurried forward, some taking off his outer robe and some touching up his makeup.
Although this costume is white, the workmanship is extremely complicated, with dark patterns made of golden silk threads, and it is expensive. At this moment, it was taken off casually and placed on the back of a chair beside it. Li Jingwei was not angry about this, but her expression was slightly cold.
The male and female protagonists who were acting opposite Teacher Yu looked at Li Jingwei awkwardly, not knowing whether to continue.
Li Jingwei smiled at them instead, showing them an encouraging and comforting look, and said, "Everyone, take a break."
The two new actors were immediately grateful and said politely, "Okay, thank you Director Li."
Li Jingwei maintained her patience, walked up to Teacher Yu, and said, "Teacher Yu, it's still the same question we discussed before. I hope you can control your emotions when performing and internalize the performance..."
This Mr. Yu is called Yu Miao. He has won three gold medals at the age of 30 and has won the Best Actor Award many times. His acting skills are recognized by the industry. Li Jingwei spent a lot of money to invite him to play the supporting role in this movie, so she began to communicate with him as patiently as possible. And her status in the Li family is one thing, but as a new director in the circle, she still has to give some points in front of the three gold medal winners.
"Ms. Li." Yu Miao looked unhappy and didn't even call her Director Li. "How else can I hold back? Instead of repeatedly telling me to hold back, why don't you let the two young people improve their acting skills? After all, I don't want to steal their spotlight in front of the camera."
Li Jingwei was really speechless, and frowned, saying: "No, that's not what I meant. Have you read the original novel?" It is indeed common for inexperienced new actors to be overshadowed by veteran actors in front of the camera, but this is completely different situation here. It is that Yu Miao seems to rely too much on his acting skills and acts too hard.
The Immortal Lord in the book is a calm and ethereal person, even a little distant and indifferent, but he is also one of the strongest in the immortal world. In addition to his immortal aura and mystery, he also has the oppressive feeling of a person in a high position.
Therefore, she believes that there is no need to use too many expressions and performances to portray this character, but rather a more internalized performance to make people feel this kind of feeling.
Yu Miao said, "I only have three scenes in the script, and it's already written clearly enough. Miss Li, is there anything else you want me to experience that you can tell me directly? Otherwise, just teach me how to act."
For many necessary roles, Yu Miao would still read the original works and do character biographical research, but this is just a supporting role with very few scenes, and it is also an online novel, so he feels that the cost-effectiveness is too low.
Li Jingwei had no choice but to change her words and said, "Then can you please use less facial expressions to express your emotions and instead use your eyes, demeanor, and small movements to portray the character, okay?"
She knew that it would be difficult to portray the image of the Immortal Lord in the book appropriately, so she specially invited Yu Miao, who was famous for his acting skills and had the highest vote among book fans, to play the role.
However, he seemed to be used to being the leading actor and the center of attention, and didn't take such a supporting role with only a few scenes seriously. And I couldn't just give him no face and scold him for acting too hard.
Yu Miao sighed and said, "It seems that Miss Li still thinks that I have stolen the show from the young people. In fact, you should invite an actor who matches the level of your crew to play this role. The current progress is slow and it is a waste of everyone's time."
Li Jingwei wasn't angry either. She smiled at him and said simply, "...Then you continue to find your feeling. I'll ask the coordinator to rearrange the scenes and postpone your part."
Although the Li family is rich, Yu Miao's acting is not good, and she can't immediately throw a tantrum and ask him to stop acting. Is it appropriate to pay him a high penalty for breach of contract and let him leave, and then hire another actor? This way, the cost of the entire movie cannot be controlled at all. Her profession is a director, not the eldest daughter of the Li family. Even if it happens once, as long as she wants to do this business, can she do it every time?
So in the most professional fields, just throwing money at something is not enough. Some crews have invested billions of dollars but still haven't made a good movie.
Yu Miao said, "Well, since Miss Li can't clearly explain what she wants to feel, I'll ask my screenwriter team to revise the plot, and my team will write my part. How about that?"
This time Li Jingwei said directly: "No, if you want to change it, I suggest your agent renegotiate the contract."
After saying that, she turned around and called the coordinator over, saying, "Let's have a meeting later and make new arrangements. I plan to go to Songhe Mountain first to shoot the exterior scenes." That was her brother's territory, so it was easy to borrow and could be arranged at any time.
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Because preparations had been made long ago and his family had so many business elders to look after him, Li Jiashu's company was ready and officially opened within half a month.
On the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he also invited Gu Chen, but Gu Chen did not come. Instead, Gu Heng, the third son of the Gu family, and Cheng Siyi, the youngest son of the Cheng family, came.
Li Jiashu muttered in his heart: Those who should come don’t come, but a lot of those who shouldn’t come come.
Cheng Siyi wanted to continue to communicate with Gu Chen about letting him go to Hua'an to work and help his mother, but since he helped Gu Chen with the last recruitment, he couldn't find Gu Chen. He didn't see him when he came to cut the ribbon this time, so he asked, "Brother Jiashu, where is little brother Gu? Why didn't he come?"
Gu Heng was also reminded of Hua An's question by his family, and asked, "Yes, why didn't Brother Xiaochen come?"
Li Jiashu had Cheng Siyi on his left and Gu Heng on his right, both men. He said, "Sister-in-law is cultivating herself in the mountains." And Xiao Gu, Xiao Chen, etc., can you all unify them? Can you please call me sister-in-law properly?
"Is that so..." Gu Heng thought to himself, could it be that the Li family discovered the Gu family's intentions and therefore locked Gu Chen up in the deep mountains and forests? It's like he's isolated from the world...
However, this was Li Jiashu's home court, so he didn't want to ask too much about Gu Chen, so he said, "Jiashu, although I am the same age as you, my father often said that I always rely on my family, and you have the ability to make your own way at your age, so I should learn more from you... And the same goes for brother Xiaochen. My father also often said that he didn't have a good education, so he should go out and gain some experience and gain work experience."
Li Jiashu's expression suddenly fell: "...Mr. Heng, I think you should learn more from my sister-in-law."
Although he has a better education than his sister-in-law, he has never looked down on her. He even thinks that she is more powerful than him? He doesn't know why he has this feeling. Maybe it's because his sister-in-law's mental state seems very stable.
Is this a mockery that he should cultivate his character like Gu Chen? Gu Heng touched his nose awkwardly, disdainful in his heart, but on the surface he said: "Of course I should learn from you brothers."
Cheng Siyi thought Gu Heng was a little funny. He tried to get close to the second young master of the Li family and was even ridiculed for cultivating his character. So Cheng Siyi simply kept silent and didn't want to disturb Li Jiashu.
Although Li Jiashu's company was a startup, many business people came. After cutting the ribbon, everyone chatted on the spot.
An elder came over and said, "Jiashu, I heard that you came out of the old mansion with Mo Rong that day?"
Li Jiashu was a little puzzled, but still said: "Yes, Uncle Ming, what's wrong?"
President Ming said, "Didn't you hear that Mo Rong sent Ling Weiguang and his mistress to jail yesterday? The divorce dispute between Mo Rong and Ling Weiguang had been making a lot of noise in the industry. Everyone thought that Mo Rong couldn't get much advantage and was ready to let the matter go, but they didn't expect her to do this in the end."
"I asked Mo Rong if it was the old man who did it, but she denied it. Now it's spread outside that Mo Rong received guidance from the old man. Do you know what the situation is?"
Li Jiashu: "Uh..., I was there that day, but it was definitely not my grandfather's decision." Are you kidding? After all, this is about sending someone's descendants to prison. If he says it was his grandfather's decision, wouldn't that stir up a conflict between the Li family and the Ling family? He now sees people related to the Ling family looking over.
President Ming nodded. He saw that Li Jiashu didn't seem to be lying. In fact, he asked this question on behalf of the Ling family. It would be fine if it wasn't the Li family. In fact, the Ling family didn't want to deal with the Li family because of an unpromising son.
"Then Jiashu, you were there that day, do you know which expert instructed Mo Rong?"
Li Jiashu thought to himself, of course it was my sister-in-law who gave the advice - "I will take away your official seal and send you to jail."
But can he expose his sister-in-law? Absolutely not.
So Li Jiashu said, "Well... she is a friend of my grandfather. When the fourth cousin came, she happened to be drinking tea with my grandfather. When she heard about the fourth cousin, she casually said a few words."
Mr. Ming continued to ask: "Then do you know what this gentleman's name is?"
Li Jiashu scratched his head and "tried hard to recall" and said, "I think his last name is Gu... I'm not sure."
President Ming nodded: "So it's Mr. Gu... I see, thank you Jiashu."
Li Jiashu: “…You’re welcome.” Sister-in-law, you have to thank me, really.
Look, I have helped you upgrade to a retired old man.
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