Chapter 60: The Financial Sponsor



"Step into the Nine Skies" was finally scheduled to start filming on September 5th. Before the official start of filming, the topic was already high. This time, the name Xu Yan has really gone viral. It goes without saying that he was not well-known before. Later, although he got to know Liang Yisheng, he could be considered a "traffic", but in fact it was just the fan circle's own carnival. No one outside the domestic entertainment fan circle knew who Xu Yan was.

This time, he cooperated with the big IP "Step into the Nine Skies". Fans of the original novel are everywhere. The male lead is the national husband and national "son" who has played the male lead on Star TV for several years. The female lead is also a young actress with good acting skills in recent years.

So with this kind of resources, Xu Yan and Cheng Xinlu can accept being suppressed. If it really goes smoothly, Cheng Xinlu may even think that Xu Yan has started a career. As a result, after all the trouble, his career was ruined. The person who was suppressing the lead withdrew in disgrace, and Xu Yan remained the second male lead.

This was not the first time Xu Yan met Zheng Li, but their relationship was obviously not that good. They met once when he took on this role last time. The two admired each other. One thought that the role could be given to the other, and the other thought that the play could be performed. They called each other "Teacher Zheng" and "Teacher Xu" politely.

This time was different. The strength of the handshake and the friendly attitude were different. Zheng Li is a person with a really good temper. Cheng Xinlu didn't know him very well, so there was no gossip to reveal to Xu Yan. Instead, Liang Yisheng mentioned it to him - he is soft-hearted and will not refuse people. Although he is a good person, he is easy to offend people because of his personality.

"Teacher Xu, why does Director Zheng feel like he has won the lottery..." Xiao Yuan whispered while holding a handheld electric fan in front of Xu Yan.

They took a group photo for the start of filming and were going to cut the ribbon. Zheng Li was busy with the arrangements and set up a stage outside Hengdian with the words "Good luck to the start of filming of the TV series Step into the Sky" written on the background board. Xu Yan arrived early, Zhuo Lu had not arrived yet, and only the heroine Qiu Ling was in the dressing room touching up her makeup. Xu Yan was wearing an OVERE backless suit today. This one was completely exposed today, with no fabric at the back, but he wore two layers of black gauze underneath.

It was really good-looking, but also really hot. He rushed to the fan and said to Xiao Yuan: "The TV and phone are about to be turned on, and the investor ran away. I guess he is almost upset. Suddenly, a sucker took over. It is normal to be happy."

Xu Yan directly called the new investor "sucker". He didn't mean anything else, but it was really irrational to take over at this time.

Xiao Yuan touched his chin and shook his head: "I think he treats other people quite normally, but he looks at you like a mascot, as if the winning lottery ticket was bought by you for him."

Xu Yan smiled and didn't care.

Both of them were filming in Hengdian, so they must have many opportunities to meet. But before Xu Yan caused such a big incident, Zhang Yuanyi was almost mad to death, and kept complaining for several days: "I am ashamed to say that Xu Yan is not troublesome. He usually doesn't cause trouble, but once he does, he will destroy half of the entertainment industry."

Liang Yisheng estimated that Zhang Yuanyi was really worried to the point of almost breaking his life, and his conscience was awakened and he listened to him recently. Zhang Yuanyi knew that Xu Yan was also filming in Hengdian, and he didn't allow the two of them to meet no matter what. It was not unreasonable. They were in the limelight, so it was better to avoid each other. Moreover, if they were photographed meeting frequently during filming, they would be criticized. At the least, they were in love and had no time to work, and at worst, they were in love and met frequently, which delayed the progress of the crew. Cheng Xinlu also meant the same thing, especially since they were both in Hengdian, they had to meet less.

Zhuo Lu finally arrived at nearly ten o'clock. Xu Yan was almost dehydrated from the heat. Xiao Yuan was originally blowing a fan and holding an umbrella for him, and a little girl was sunbathing and holding an umbrella for him. Even if this was work, Xu Yan felt a little reluctant and let her hide over there by herself. Xiao Yuan wanted to take him with her, but Xu Yan was worried that someone would take a picture of him hiding nearby and say something bad, so he waited for half an hour holding the umbrella.

Xu Yan and Zhuo Lu are now very familiar with each other. Last time he asked him if he could tell others about his relationship with Guo Hewei, Zhuo Lu did not do anything wrong and generously let Xu Yan tell the truth. Afterwards, he asked about Xu Yan's situation several times and said that he could ask him for help if there was anything he couldn't solve.

Zhuo Lu handed over a bottle of ice water, took the sunshade and covered Xu Yan's head with it: "Teacher Xu, I've kept you waiting for a long time. I'm here to apologize. Please don't retaliate against me in the play."

Xu Yan laughed, took the ice water and put it on his face, then waved his hand: "Then I'll think about it. After all, I still hate you in the play."

The two of them said hello, and the opening ceremony was almost ready. Everyone was there, and everyone stood on the stage, waiting for Zheng Li to stand in the center position. As a result, Zheng Li was holding the phone and muttering something to someone on the phone.

"Is anyone else coming?" asked the heroine Qiu Ling.

Xu Yan was standing next to her, so he had to answer the call, so he said, "Everyone should be here now."

Qiu Ling was a lively person, and she leaned forward to point at people. After pointing twice, she suddenly thought of something, "Is the new sponsor coming too?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zheng Li hung up the phone and turned around to run outside, leaving the people on the stage staring at each other. Not long after, Zheng Li came back with someone. The scene looked quite strange at first glance. Zheng Li was a slovenly man. He was only in his forties, but he wore old man's shirts and shorts every day. He brought back a man in military uniform to the opening ceremony of his new TV series. It was obvious that he was from the crew next door who was filming.

In an instant, everyone on the stage turned their eyes to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan was fixed on the spot by dozens of eyes, watching his director talking to that person attentively, and the two of them got closer and closer.

"Wow, Mr. Liang is here to see you! You are so impressive, Xu Yan!" Qiu Ling shouted with her eyes wide open, and several supporting actors around were also whispering, and they must have been guessing what Liang Yisheng was doing here. He was still wearing his costume, and he hadn't even changed his clothes. Why would he go to another crew's opening ceremony? Although he publicly came out and announced his relationship, it was too high-profile!

"Mr. Liang, why don't you stand in the middle?" Zheng Li led people to the stage, and let Liang Yisheng stand directly in the C position as everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

The clothes Liang Yisheng wore definitely outclassed all of them in terms of temperament. The pinnacle of a man's outfit in his life is definitely not some super-seasonal or high-end fashion, but military uniforms. He has a thin waist and long legs, and the military uniform makes his proportions even more perfect, making Zhuo Lu, who is wearing casual clothes, look much better. The smile on the corner of his mouth was a little unruly, and he raised his chin and pointed in the direction of Xu Yan: "You stand here, I will stand with Xu Yan."

"Hey! This won't work, Mr. Liang, please don't make it difficult for me. Zhuo Lu and Qiu Ling are the protagonists and must stand in the middle, Xu Yan has to stand on the side... If the investors come, there is no reason for them to stand on the side, so how can I stand in the middle?" Zheng Li was sweating on his forehead.

Liang Yisheng was already standing next to Xu Yan. He raised his arm and put half of Xu Yan's shoulder. He wanted to bend down to whisper something in his ear, but when he bent down, his eyes fell on Xu Yan's back. Xu Yan felt that the person next to him paused for a moment, and then he chuckled softly: "Teacher Xu, you have been dressing very stylishly recently."

Xu Yan looked straight ahead and pretended to be serious: "Don't embarrass Director Zheng, stand in the middle."

Liang Yisheng stuck to him: "Are you angry that I hid it from you?"

"No, I guessed it a little bit." Xu Yan pushed him and pushed him to the middle to stand in the C position. How

can there be so many fools in the world? There must be a reason for taking on this play. Although Xu Yan felt that it was unlikely to be Liang Yisheng, he still had this intuition in his heart.

In the end, Zhuo Lu and Zheng Li took the center position. After all, Zhuo Lu and Liang Yisheng were rivals, and Zhuo Lu was the protagonist. They were afraid that people would say that Liang Yisheng was deliberately stealing Zhuo Lu's limelight. Qiu Ling was between Xu Yan and Liang Yisheng. Qiu Ling looked left and right, and silently said to Xu Yan: "Why did you two sandwich me in the middle!!! I will be scolded!"

Xu Yan coughed: "Sorry, otherwise... I will prepare the public relations draft for you in advance. I have many years of experience in being scolded, so it should be more valuable for reference."

Qiu Ling almost laughed, and quickly froze her expression and whispered: "I didn't expect you to be quite humorous."

"Thank you." Xu Yan said while looking at the camera.

Liang Yisheng was still filming, so he definitely couldn't stay longer. His mere appearance here was enough to cause discussion among everyone. This was such a bizarre incident that it could be directly reported in the news with a book title - "My investor turned out to be the actor who plays next door to me".

Xu Yan sent him outside. There were still a lot of people in Hengdian, and various crews were coming and going. Some crew members who were taking a break came out to get some fresh air and strolled on the street. Xu Yan stuffed him with a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water, which Liang Yisheng held in his hand and looked at for a long time.

"Is this how you thank your sponsor? A bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water, what are you thinking?"

Xu Yan touched his pocket: "I didn't bring anything else. You're fine. Basically, there are real scenes and no need to stay in the studio. I'm going to shoot in the studio, it's over 40 degrees." "

If it gets hot, just come out and blow the fan for a while, and Zheng Li will be my employee immediately. "

Xu Yan was a little surprised now: "Director Zheng will work with you in the future?"

Liang Yisheng nodded: "His personality is not suitable for being an independent director. He has working ability, but his emotional intelligence is too low. But I also got a bargain this time. He was in a hurry to start filming, so he grabbed a life-saving straw. He was also affected by this incident and didn't want to do it alone."

Xu Yan suddenly thought of something: "But you are filming "Drunk in the Flower Shade" and investing money in other crews. Will your director..."

"There is no conflict. My side is a movie and your side is a TV series." Liang Yisheng didn't care.

Xu Yan nodded and met Liang Yisheng's gaze. He had been staring at the area below his chest since just now and almost never moved his eyes. Xu Yan's suit today was very short, with no material on the back and only covering his chest in front. The rest of the exposed clothes were two layers of black gauze that were half-revealed.

"Doesn't it look good?" Xu Yan asked.

"It looks good, but you really won't sleep with me tonight?" Liang Yisheng looked at him.

Xu Yan shook his head: "The crew has booked a room, and I'll sleep with everyone."

Liang Yisheng bargained: "One night tonight."

Xu Yan still refused: "You have bad intentions."

The word "bad intentions" made Liang Yisheng laugh. He reached out and rubbed Xu Yan's right earlobe, and said in a deep voice: "Well, why didn't you think that I would have bad intentions when you called me your sponsor just now?"

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Who would refuse to be a sucker for once!


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