Li Changsi checked the phone number, which was the landline of the ** branch, and said calmly, "Sorry, you dialed the wrong number."
The other party was a little surprised: "Wrong number? Li Yingjun, is this your sister's number?"
The phone was snatched away, and the young man's heart-wrenching cry came from it: "Li Changsi, if you dare not come, I will die in front of you!"
"Then you die and see."
Li Yingjun: "Fuck!!!"
"Sit down. If you don't behave yourself, you'll be in the police station tonight."
Li Changsi curled his lips and hung up the phone.
"Changsi, how come another brother suddenly appeared? No, why didn't you tell me when you changed your satellite phone? And why didn't you tell me when you came back? For seven whole days, do you know what kind of life I've been living?"
Qiubi almost went crazy. Li Changsi was completely out of contact for the past seven days. He had to stay in the live broadcast room with his fans to find out about her situation, and then his phone was bombarded with calls.
This time, the endorsement deals that came his way have skyrocketed, all worth millions. He's even got a script, and it's not the fifth or sixth female lead, but the second! And the production team is pretty good too. He's really made it big.
Li Changsi, who was used to being alone, said: "Oh, I forgot. I won't do that next time."
Next time there should be internet, so I don’t need to change my phone.
Kyubey was revived with full health, and was about to pour out all the words he had accumulated in his heart when he saw her put down her suitcase and walk out.
"Changsi, where are you going?"
Li Changsi: "Police station."
Kyubey was dumbfounded: "You really have a younger brother."
When Li Changsi arrived at the Chengnan Police Station at six in the afternoon, there were not many people in the police station. Four young boys, about seventeen or eighteen years old, were standing dejectedly in the police station, each with bruises on their face and their clothes in disarray.
Li Changsi recognized the original owner's younger brother Li Yingjun at a glance. He was a thin boy, sloppily pulling at his broken school uniform tie. His face was bruised from being beaten, his hair was dyed green, and he looked like a cowardly bad boy.
Li Changsi sneered, dyeing hair green, really amazing.
"Hello, I'm here to pick up Li Yingjun."
The officer on duty was startled when he saw her, almost suspecting something was wrong with his eyes. Wasn't she the recently popular female variety show guest? Her rescue of more than a dozen abducted women in the southwest had attracted the attention of higher authorities, and the branch even held a special meeting on human trafficking.
"Hello, are you Li Yingjun's sister?"
"Relatives, this kid's parents are both dead. He's been making a scene at home every day, either getting into fights or threatening to run away. We, the parents, are here to take him in," Qiubi said, smiling. "From now on, if this kid has anything, just contact me directly."
Li Yingjun hung his head and looked at Qibi with complicated eyes: "..."
Where did this idiot come from? You're the one whose parents are both dead.
"Come with me to complete the formalities."
"Li Yingjun led a group fight and beat up the senior students. You parents should educate your children properly at home, otherwise he will become a delinquent and endanger society."
Qiubi smiled apologetically: "I can take care of him, but his parents are gone, so it's hard to take care of him."
Li Changsi glanced at him coldly with his narrow eyes: "Does it hurt?"
Seeing Li Changsi come over to pick up the people after just one phone call, the 17-year-old boy cocked his tail and said proudly, "It hurts nothing. I can beat ten people by myself."
Li Changsi nodded and looked at the beaten senior student: "Next time, put a sack on him and beat him to death. Beat him until he cries for his parents!"
Senior student: “Huh???”
Li Yingjun was stunned. Damn, does he have any humanity at all?
Ten minutes later, Qibi carried the bruised and battered Li Yingjun out of the police station.
"Li Changsi, you've grown up! If you dare to ask someone to beat me up, I'll go back and tell my mom." The 17-year-old boy was furious. He was dragged out by the collar from behind. He and Li Changsi were irreconcilable.
Kyubey: "Speak, speak, speak. Do you dare to speak? Otherwise, why don't you ask your mother to come and pick you up? Call your sister, little brat."
"Stop arguing. What's going on? A fight that ended up in the police station? You can fight, but you can't run?" Li Changsi glanced at the lit streetlight under the sycamore tree, pressed his aching temple, and said coldly, "Next time you get caught, don't call me. Just find a tree and kill yourself to avoid embarrassment."
Li Yingjun was stunned. What? Li Changsi thought it was embarrassing that he was caught, not the fight itself? It was embarrassing for me! Wasn't she the most hypocritical and rigid person in the past?
Qiubi said weakly, "Changsi, will this teach the child the wrong way?"
"How much worse can it get?" Li Changsi glanced coldly at his green-haired face. She didn't know how to educate her brother. In her previous life, her brothers and sisters were all mortal enemies. Her father was arrogant and licentious, and the imperial palace had plenty of princesses and princes.
Her kind and honest brothers died young, and her innocent and naive sisters could draw their swords and stab her in the back at any time.
In the face of power and status, the evil of human nature is infinitely magnified. Mr. said that it was not her fault that she was born in the imperial palace.
She is also trying to adapt to the rules of this era, but many naked, bloody things are covered up by civilization. In her previous life, she and her useless brothers pursued supreme power in order to survive. In modern times, people also compete for limited social resources in order to survive, but their methods are better at hiding and more cruel.
From ancient times to the present, the law of the jungle has never changed: the strong prey on the weak. Since you chose to take action, you should bear the consequences. The original owner's younger brother is even more useless than her useless brothers.
"In terms of brute force, you're just a younger brother. In terms of intelligence, do you have it? In terms of physique, you look like a weakling. And what about your aesthetic sense? Do you think a head of green hair is a good candidate for the most beautiful green parrot in the zoo?" Li Changsi said mercilessly, "Your mother didn't give birth to you to waste rice in the rice jar. Don't be so sloppy. You're not cool at all. You're really stupid.
Remember, if you do something stupid next time, don't ask someone to clean up your mess. It's embarrassing."
The 17-year-old boy's mentality collapsed, and he squatted on the side of the road and burst into tears.
Qiubi was secretly shocked. Wow, it turns out that their headmistress is so sharp-tongued. She used to be lazy because she was too lazy to scold.
Li Changsi: "Qiubi, please send him back."
The boy suddenly wiped his eyes and said weakly, "What does it take to be cool? Like you?"
He's a poor student in class, and the teachers never pay attention to him. At home, his parents think everything he does is right, and no one has ever taught him anything. He's been secretly watching live streams lately, and he's been arguing with haters every day.
He felt that Li Changsi used to be timid and cowardly and not cool at all, but now he is very cool!
Li Changsi: "Be a normal person first."
Li Yingjun: “…”
Qibi chuckled and suppressed his laughter: "Brother, wash your green hair first, I will take you home, and next time you lose an arm or a leg, call your sister..."
"I can go home by myself, you don't have to worry about me."
The boy was so angry that he limped home with his schoolbag on his back. One day, he would make Li Changsi look at him with new eyes. He was not a waste. What Li Changsi could do, he could do too!
Kyubey glanced at the green-haired boy in the rearview mirror, hesitant to speak. "Changsi, how about I go to your house sometime? You've finally made it through, and your career is on the rise. Don't let family matters ruin it."
There was a very popular star in the circle. Her family was in debt from gambling and asked her for money when her career was at its peak. In the end, her family turned against each other and started all kinds of disputes and lawsuits. It caused a lot of uproar. The actress later retired from the circle and was said to have suffered from depression and lived a miserable life.
In his opinion, Changsi's original family is also quite messed up. Her mother called to ask for money, her father cheated on her and had a mistress, and now her younger brother is a bad boy. The whole family is raised astray.
Who knows what they might do. Luckily, their parents didn't raise them in the wrong way.
Qiubi suddenly remembered her previous appearance of being a fool and in love, and shuddered. Fortunately, fortunately, Li Changsi is now a sober person.
"No need. They wouldn't dare to make trouble even if you give them ten guts." Li Changsi sat in the back seat and closed his eyes for a nap. The original owner's parents were indeed greedy for money and confused about everything, but they were also timid and afraid of things.
She speculated that her parents must have had some sort of deal with the owner of the black card. Otherwise, they wouldn't have ignored the original owner for three years, even making phone calls in secret.
"Okay. By the way, the perfume endorsement fee offered by Perfume C is four million. They want you to go to their laboratory to customize your own perfume and shoot an endorsement commercial. After the endorsement commercial, do you want to take a break or take on other endorsements or scripts?"
Chubby handed her several screened scripts and endorsements in the briefcase.
Li Changsi calculated the time. The variety show has four episodes, which will be recorded from September to the end of November. Her live broadcast contract will also expire, so she will have time to do it.
She picked up the thick script and flipped through it quickly. She chose one of the five scripts and handed it to Qibi: "This one."
Qiubi was speechless: "Bao, this is your first play, why don't we think about it again."
Li Changsi chose a low-budget web drama "The Solo Dancer", which has a total of 12 episodes. It is a suspense drama similar to the "And Then There Were None" type, but the script is much more complicated than "And Then There Were None". Director Zheng Han was a talented director in the film industry. Ten years ago, he was embroiled in lawsuits due to the scandal of raping a female artist. Although he won the lawsuit in the end, his reputation was ruined. He has been out of work for a terrible ten years and is said to have lived a very miserable life.
This time Zheng Han made a comeback and changed to shoot a web drama, and the crew was really poor, paying Chang Si only 1.2 million.
That's 100,000 per episode. Nowadays, a small internet celebrity playing a supporting role can earn 300,000 to 400,000 per episode, not to mention that Changsi plays the leading female role.
"This low-budget web drama is obviously trying to take advantage of your popularity by letting you play the leading female role. The leading male role is also a newcomer who has no known record. There will be no money for publicity and promotion, and it will flop without even a splash. There is no market for suspense dramas nowadays. Ancient idol dramas and fairy tales are the most popular, baby!" Qiubi advised earnestly.
"This drama 'Locking Qingqiu' is an S+ production from Qiezi. Although you've been invited to play the third female lead, the male lead is Bai Zhuo, and the female lead is Song Xingyue. The two of them together are definitely going to be a huge hit. And the production team offered you an 8 million yuan salary! That's ten times more!"
Li Changsi knew about this drama. In the original book, this drama was indeed a hit. Moreover, Bai Zhuo and Song Xingyue were photographed in a relationship after filming this drama, and they announced it openly. It was a small climax of the whole book. The later part was just full of melodramatic sweetness.
Since there was no plot involving her, she just glanced at it and skipped it.
It’s just that she prefers the script of “The Solo Dancer” and the character of the heroine.
Seeing that she didn't nod, Qiubi put away the script with a sob and said, "Okay, just take the web drama. It's still early for "Locking Qingqiu" to start filming. I'll persuade Changsi to take this S+ production later."
When director Zheng Han received a call from Qiubi, he almost doubted his ears. What? Li Changsi agreed to take on this drama?
Zheng Han wanted to cry, and he was crying out of anxiety. This drama was his comeback work after a decade of silence. If it didn't become a hit, he would never be able to get any investment again and would have to say goodbye to the directing circle completely.
Ten years ago, he was framed by an eighteen-year-old girl, his reputation was ruined, and his wife and children left him. He lived an inhuman life for the past ten years. He spent ten years polishing his work "The Solo Dancer". He wanted to make one last effort to tell the world that he was not a scumbag and he had not committed a crime.
Zheng Han initially favored Song Xingyue. After all, among the first-line actresses, Song Xingyue's popularity and acting skills are top-notch, especially her recent participation in the popular wilderness survival variety show, which has been on the hot search every day. However, Song Xingyue's schedule is too tight, and it is said that she has taken on a big production from Eggplant's S+, with a salary of 20 million.
Their crew's total investment was only 15 million! This 15 million was invested by the investors out of pity for him.
Song Xingyue's agent directly rejected them and said he would not take on web dramas.
Zheng Han was somewhat desperate. The hastily assembled director team held a meeting and decided to use a newcomer, preferably a popular actress with an affordable salary. With popularity comes traffic, and with traffic they can shoot the second and third films later.
Sacrifice this one for the sake of your career, otherwise your acting career will come to an end.
So Zheng Han invited all the second- and third-tier actresses with dancing skills, and also invited Li Changsi, the European Emperor who has become very popular recently and has never filmed any movie, and the salary she offered was the lowest, 1.2 million.
As a result, the female artists either complained about the low pay or directly refused it, and some even mocked the crew for not joining such a scumbag. Only Li Changsi responded.
"Did Teacher Li really agree to take on this drama?" Zheng Han was a little incredulous and hesitant. Li Changsi's popularity and appearance definitely surpassed Song Xingyue.
However, this drama has very high requirements on the acting skills of the heroine, who needs to have dance skills. He can teach acting skills, and the shooting techniques can also weaken the shortcomings of acting skills. It's just that dancing cannot be learned on the spot. Moreover, since his script was sent to seven or eight female artists, there is a risk of leakage, so he must shoot this drama immediately.
At this moment, Li Changsi was like his last straw.
Zheng Han: "Teacher Li, do you have any dance skills? We want to join the crew in the next two days. Is your schedule okay?"
Qiubi: "Changsi said the dance is fine and she can join the crew tomorrow. However, we only have fifteen days to schedule. Later, Sisi will participate in the third episode of the Gobi Survival variety show. If we can't finish filming, we will have to wait until she finishes the show and comes back to continue filming. Oh, and Sisi also has to participate in the filming of the C perfume commercial endorsement during the filming."
What he meant was that if they couldn't finish filming the drama, the crew had to let her go record a variety show. Qiubi was not afraid that Zheng Han would not agree. With such a low salary and it being a low-cost web drama, he hoped that Zheng Han would refuse so that their parents could take on an S+ production like "Locking Qingqiu".
Zheng Han made up his mind and said through gritted teeth, "Okay."
A 12-episode web drama normally takes a month to shoot. Li Changsi has never filmed a drama before, so it is estimated to take two or three months. This is the time when she is most popular for participating in variety shows. By then, if it is officially announced and some Reuters photos are released, the drama will become popular. At worst, the whole crew will be waiting for her. It's because the crew is poor and has a bad reputation.
Qiubi's face darkened as he said reluctantly, "Then I'll take Changsi to the crew tomorrow morning. Director Zheng, have you thought it through?"
Zheng Han said bitterly, "Why don't we sign the contract tonight and make an official announcement?"
In the past, many movie queens and talented young actresses begged to be in his movies, but now things have changed. He didn't even meet the leading actress or audition her, but he asked her to sign a contract and join the crew.
Kyubey: “…”
That night, a relatively obscure drama, "Dancing Solo Girl," quietly announced its leading female role, Li Changsi, and leading male role, Qi Ce. Within an hour of the announcement, no one showed any interest.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Li Changsi reposted the official Weibo, and the super topic instantly exploded. All major community groups and live broadcast rooms were discussing this matter, and it immediately became a trending search. #李长思独舞的少女#
The little red beans in the super topic were overjoyed.
——Congratulations to Nv Goose, you are the leading female role in your first drama. Although it is a low-budget web drama, we still have to support it!
——Ahhh, my daughter is so great, she got the perfume endorsement and a new drama, her mother shed tears of excitement!
——This girl has never acted in a drama before, nor is she from a formal film school. This low-budget web drama is just right for her to hone her acting skills, and then she can take on big productions later. Baby, go for it!
——Fuck, there’s a fight going on online. I heard that the director of this drama is Zheng Han, a scumbag, and the actress who was victimized back then is coming out to tear him apart.
Are you sure you're not just trying to capitalize on my daughter's popularity? Even though the male lead, Qi Ce, is in the film with her, if the director has a tainted record, it'd be tough on her.
——It seems that Zheng Han won the lawsuit that year and was silent for ten years. When I was a child, I saw the movies he made, they were really amazing. But after encountering such a thing, I couldn’t believe whether it was true or false.
——The girl was also criticized badly before. She just loved the wrong person and used the wrong method. She didn't kill or set fire to anything. But she was also criticized out of the universe, right? Sisters, don't rush to end it. Let's see what happens first. As long as Sibao is not attacked, it's fine.
An online actress personally attacked director Zheng Han, which became a hot topic and caused a huge uproar.
After Li Changsi came back, he had dinner, packed his luggage, and took a hot bath. When he came out after drying his hair, his cell phone kept ringing. There were more than a dozen missed calls. Rong Shu, Wei Zhenxi, Tian Ye and others called him, and even Bai Zhuo called.
Huh? She opened WeChat and saw that everyone in the guest group had tagged her.
Song Xingyue: Changsi, Zheng Han has a very bad reputation. He also approached me for this drama, but I rejected him. Why did you take his role?
Tian Ye: Xu Lin is bashing Zheng Han online, and it's already trending. Even if Zheng Han is the winner, it's still disturbing. Changsi, if you're short of acting, you can look for Brother Zhuo. @白灼
Bai Zhuo: I have a few scripts in hand. If you want to act, you can come to me. It’s better to turn down Zheng Han’s drama. It’s a low-budget web drama, and the pay for you probably won’t be high.
Bai Zhuo was very surprised when he saw the hot search. He had asked the director to give the script of "Locking Qingqiu" to Li Changsi's agent. He wanted her to play the leading female role, but Li Changsi had never acted in a play. Taking the leading female role with an S+ rating at the beginning would only be counterproductive. She would not be able to take over his role and would be criticized as a resource-rich person. It would be better for her to take the third female role.
The two were in the same crew and spent a lot of time together. Unexpectedly, she rejected "Locking Qingqiu" and took Zheng Han's role.
Rong Shu: I've been quite free lately, so I can visit the set every day. @李长思.
Lin Lushen: I just finished recording the song. What happened, sister? We agreed to shoot a MV.
Li Changsi took a look at the trending searches. The Weibo posts she forwarded were filled with fans' concerns. Xu Lin, the female artist who had sued Zheng Han back then, directly started a fight online. Zheng Han's latest Weibo post was from ten years ago, and it was filled with insults from fans.
Wei Zhenxi called at the right time.
"Long thought?"
"Yeah." Li Changsi poured a cup of hot water. "What's up?"
"I've looked up something that happened ten years ago for you. It's a bit complicated, with twists and turns like something out of a melodramatic novel. Back then, Zheng Han's wife was caught in an affair. For the sake of their children, Zheng Han kept it a secret. So his wife conspired with the adulterer and bribed Xu Lin, a former actress, to sue him for rape. Because of this scandal, Zheng Han was exiled and his reputation was ruined, while Xu Lin became a household name and a star in the entertainment industry.
After Zheng Han's wife divorced him, she remarried with his assets and children, and from time to time she comes out to smear him and stir up trouble. Tsk tsk tsk, Zheng Han is fine. He still doesn't know that it was his ex-wife who hurt him. What a poor guy. How about I invest some money in your crew?
Li Changsi: "No, as long as there is no problem."
She was attracted by the script of this drama. Qiubi had already told her about Zheng Han's situation and did not agree for her to take the role, saying that it would attract bad luck.
The right and wrong in this world are never as simple as they seem.
A talented director fell into the quagmire, and the work he spent ten years honing his skills on should not be too bad.
She likes to turn the tide.
"That's it?" Wei Zhenxi was slightly stunned, then chuckled softly, "You really are a person with strong opinions. Hang up."
Wei Zhenxi hung up the phone and sent a WeChat message: I have already told Li Changsi, why don’t you tell her yourself.
The only one who could find out what happened ten years ago in such a short time was Lu Qi.
Lu Qi: Your participation in the variety show is written off.
Grass (a kind of plant). Wei Zhenxi broke out in a cold sweat. He had indeed come to settle the score.
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