Chapter 212 A Turn of Fate
In the office, Cai Yinong supported his chin with one hand, frowned slightly, and looked puzzled:
"Oh, right, Shishi! The blogger who posted the photos is called Poetry in Chang'an. All the photos he posted were photos that the crew had not released to the public. Did you send them to him?"
"I know this blogger, he is indeed my fan, but I have never sent him any photos!"
Liu Shishi, who was originally leisurely, was confused by what Sister K said. She stood up and came to her side, "Sister K, please open his Weibo homepage and let me have a look."
Cai Yinong quickly opened the webpage as instructed and clicked the mouse a few times to show the content posted by the blogger to Yijie.
"This!" Liu Shishi bent her body, squinted at the screen, and couldn't help but exclaimed.
I felt confused for a moment, as I saw a few photos on Weibo, which were all stills of Mu Nianci carefully taken by Tangren and planned to be released gradually in the future.
She only sent these photos to one person.
Cai Yinong clicked on the photos one by one to enlarge them and browsed them, muttering to himself: "These photos were released in advance. If they were not posted by you, could it be Jiang Yuanyuan?"
Liu Shishi shook her head without hesitation, her hair swaying slightly, and said firmly: "Yuanyuan never sends my photos to fans without my permission."
"That's strange! It's these photos that your man liked and put you on the hot search list." After saying that, Cai Yinong kept moving his hands and clicked on the Weibo hot search list.
"1 Actresses' ideal type"
"2 Song Ci likes"
"3 Most Beautiful Mu Nianci"
Several entries caught Liu Shishi's eye. She stared at the hot search list in a daze, and a strange thought arose in her mind: could that blogger be Mr. Song's smurf account?
After all, she had only sent those photos to Song Ci. And there was no such coincidence in the world, the fan had just posted the photo and her boyfriend liked it right after.
Looking at the eye-catching top three hot search lists, Cai Yinong's mouth corners unconsciously lifted, and he nodded with satisfaction, and said happily: "I will check later to see if someone inside the company circulated the photos.
But it doesn’t really matter. The publicity we send out ourselves may not be as effective as that sent out by your fans. I will arrange a press release to keep up with this wave of popularity.”
Seeing that Sister Yi didn't respond for a long time, Cai Yinong waved his hand in front of her: "Are you listening to me, Shishi?"
Liu Shishi slowly came back to her senses and responded softly: "I was just thinking about something, Sister K, you don't need to check, I think... I roughly know how the photo was circulated."
"Well, what's going on?"
"Don't ask me anymore. I'll take care of it, Sister K."
Seeing this, Cai Yinong said no more and just nodded: "Then I won't ask about this matter anymore. The show is about to be aired, and it's always a good thing to increase its exposure."
Liu Shishi just wanted to call Song Ci to find out what happened. "Sister K, I'll go back to the dormitory first. I need to pack up and go back to the crew to film."
"Wait a minute, there's one more thing!" Cai Yinong hurriedly stopped Sister Yi who was about to leave, took out something like a greeting card from a folder on the desk and handed it to Miss Liu.
Liu Shishi took it with curiosity: "What is this?"
"invitation!"
"invitation?"
"Yes, this is the invitation to this year's Harper's Bazaar Charity Gala. They invite you and Hu Ge to attend."
Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi's brows brightened. She quickly opened the box and said softly, "We would like to invite Ms. Liu Shishi..."
He took the invitation in his hand and fiddled with it, looking very curious. At this moment, he was apparently imagining the scene of attending the event with Song Ci openly.
After leaving the office, Liu Shishi couldn't wait to take out her cell phone and call Song Ci, and the call was quickly connected.
A familiar and gentle voice came through the receiver: "Are you in Hengdian?"
Sister Yi nodded her head and replied softly, "We arrived safely, dear."
After a long silence, Liu Shishi spoke softly again: "Yi Yi, can I ask you something?"
Song Ci seemed to have expected this, and chuckled, stirring the heartstrings: "Is it a hot search?"
Liu Shishi bit her lip and said, "Well, is that "Poetry in Chang'an" your alias?"
"Why do you ask that?" Song Ci asked instead of answering, with a hint of smile in his tone.
Her pretty face flushed, and Liu Shishi looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she said with relief:
"I only sent you the photos on Weibo, and I sent them together with those special photos. No one else could have them."
Song Ci did not hide it any more and admitted generously: "It's my alias. You have to have a vest when you travel around the world, right?"
"oh!"
Hearing that Miss Liu was not in a good mood, Song Ci asked in confusion: "Why, you are not happy that I sent you to the hot search?"
"I'm not unhappy!" Liu Shishi muttered, "I'm just a little disappointed. I thought I finally met a caring fan who knows me and understands me, but I didn't expect it to be you, Mr. Song."
"I saw a vote by netizens this morning. I know your temper and you will definitely be unhappy when you see it. As soon as I got some free time, I used my big and small accounts to help promote you. Cheer up, the most beautiful Mu Nianci!"
Seeing Mr. Song being so gentle and considerate, the little haze in Liu Shishi's heart instantly disappeared, and she regained her fighting spirit and energy: "I know! But next time I will defeat those bad women fairly!"
"Shishi, I'm going to hang up now. I have a meeting soon. I'll come to Hengdian to see you when I have time."
Liu Shishi concernedly reminded: "Okay dear, take a good rest and don't overwork yourself."
After hanging up the phone, Yijie had unknowingly returned to her dormitory, where her two assistants, Jiang Yuanyuan and Lin Xia, were helping her pack her things.
Miss Liu waved at the two of them and walked straight to the computer in the corner of the room. She had just glanced at Sister K's Weibo quickly, and now she was going to take a closer look at the hot searches on Weibo.
In a high-end apartment in Beiping City, Jing Tian, the leading actress of "So Many Years", was also looking at Weibo.
She was called back to the crew by the director in the morning. After reshooting the last few shots, the much-anticipated final film in the Zhenhua series was finally completed and was waiting to be edited and submitted for review before being released during next winter vacation.
Jingtian was bored and obviously noticed those trending Weibo posts.
Out of curiosity, I clicked on Song Ci's Weibo homepage, but unfortunately Song Ci's account was very quiet, with only two Weibo posts in total.
One was a formulaic welcome message on the day his Weibo account went online, and the other was a photo of him and his leaders at the beginning of the month when Tengda Group was relocating.
However, although there are only two posts, the comment section below is very lively, especially today when Song Ci topped the hot search list because of the likes incident, and netizens gathered in his Weibo comment section to leave messages.
"Hubby, look at my photo, I'm hotter than the actress who plays Mu Nianci!"
. . . . . .
"I see. It turns out my husband likes pure and gentle girls."
The explicit calls of "husband" and "dear" from Song Ci's female fans made Jing Tian blush and stare in amazement, marveling at how uninhibited and bold those female netizens were.
After calming my mind, I followed Song Ci, clicked on the hot search link on Weibo, and saw the photos that Song Ci liked.
After some research, he discovered that the actress who played Mu Nianci was named Liu Shishi. Jing Tian couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart, wondering if Liu Shishi was the Miss Liu who sat next to Song Ci last night?
After taking a closer look at the gentle and pretty woman in ancient costume in the photo, she vaguely found that the photo overlapped with the slim figure she saw last night. Relying on a woman's intuition, Jing Tian became more and more certain that the person next to Song Ci last night was most likely Liu Shishi.
With curiosity and exploration, Jingtian opened Liu Shishi's Weibo homepage, and the number of 800,000 fans made her envious.
She has only been running the platform for a few months, and currently only has about 5,000 fans, most of whom are loyal viewers and book fans of the Zhenhua series after she played the leading female role in "So Many Years". The gap in popularity between her and Liu Shishi is quite large.
"Thank you Mr. Song for recognizing my role as Mu Nianci! @宋词v"
Looking at the latest updates posted by Tangren Yijie, Jingtian stared at them for a few seconds and muttered quietly, "Pretending!"
I feel a bit disdainful of Liu Shishi's behavior of showing off her intimacy. Being secretive in a relationship, it will fail sooner or later!
The cell phone on the table suddenly vibrated. Jingtian lowered his head and saw that it was his mother calling.
"Tiantian, where are you?"
"The crew has finished filming. I'm in the apartment now and will be back to school later."
Mother Jing asked with concern: "Be careful and go back to school early. I heard from Xiao Zhao that you drank last night?"
Jing Tian didn't know whether the agent had disclosed the details to her mother, but she didn't want to say too much, so she said perfunctorily: "I had a party with the crew and drank a few sips."
Fortunately, Jing's mother did not ask any further questions, but just reminded her earnestly: "You are a grown-up girl now, just be sensible in what you do, but you must protect yourself when you are outside."
Feeling the deep parental love on the other end of the phone, Jing Tian's originally impatient heart softened instantly: "Don't worry, Mom!"
"Then go ahead and get busy. Remember to go back to school early."
"Don't hang up on me, mom. I want to ask you something."
"What is it, you say?"
"Um..." Jing Tian was a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a long time, he still asked shyly:
"Mom, didn't my family say they would introduce me to a date during the Chinese New Year? I remember the man's name was Song Ci. Why didn't they hear anything about him later?"
Mother Jing couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and asked jokingly, "Why do you suddenly ask this?"
Jing Tian's brain was working rapidly, and he suddenly came up with an idea and made up a lie: "Your precious daughter is the campus beauty of Beijing Film Academy, and there are many boys chasing after her.
But my family was clamoring to introduce me to a date during the Chinese New Year, and I couldn’t let them down. I was always worried about this, so I didn’t dare approach boys at school.”
When Jing's mother heard this, she believed it and explained, "The man is a very good young man, very famous. You can search for Song Ci's photos on the Internet, he is very handsome!
Originally, your uncle used his connections to try to bring you two together, but unfortunately he had a girlfriend, so it was off.
Tiantian, our family doesn't care about matching up with someone of the same social status. As long as you like it and have good character, your father and I will support you."
Jingtian felt a sense of regret in his heart. His uncle felt the same way. Why didn't he introduce Song Ci to him earlier?
"Tiantian, now that you mention it, I remember that your uncle said he asked someone to ask Song Ci to look after you. The young man is very influential in the entertainment industry, and if he can look after you, the family will feel more at ease."
Hearing this, Jing Tian's eyes lit up: "Is that true? Then shouldn't we invite them out for dinner to express our gratitude?"
Mother Jing thought for a moment and felt that her daughter was right, so she responded softly, "But this matter still needs to be arranged by your uncle. I'll ask him some other day and ask him to take care of it when he comes to Peking."
"Thank you, Mom!" Jing Tian smiled sweetly. After ending the call, he held the phone to his chest and whispered to himself, "It would be nice if we could get in touch first. It's not certain who will win or lose in the future."
At the same time, in the office of the general manager of Tengda Culture in the Zhongao Building, Zhang Zhao looked at the female artist who had recommended herself to him last night with sharp eyes.
"Are you an artist from Huayi Company?"
"Yes, Mr. Zhang." Zhao Liying sat upright, not daring to breathe. The person in front of her gave her a great sense of oppression.
Zhang Zhao looked at the little girl carefully. She had a small round face and a simple look between her eyebrows. She was quite unique.
Then he lowered his head and looked at the resume in his hand: "You are not a professional?"
Zhao Yingli suddenly became nervous and said hurriedly: "Mr. Zhang, I have participated in various acting trainings. Director Teng and Director Ma both praised my acting skills as good, no worse than those who graduated from professional schools."
Zhang Zhao was slightly startled. A nobody from Huayi actually knew the director of Tengda Culture. "You also know Director Teng?"
"Mr. Zhang, I participated in the movie "A Little Thing Called First Love" directed by Director Teng."
Zhang Zhao nodded, vaguely remembering this incident, and continued to look down at Zhao Liying's resume. The office fell silent for a while.
Knock knock knock, a series of knocks on the door broke the silence.
After getting permission, a man walked into the office and asked, "Mr. Zhang, are you looking for me?"
"Sit down!" Zhang Zhao pointed to the chair opposite and introduced to Zhao Yingli: "This is Yang Tianzhen, the deputy director of our company's artist management department."
Zhao Liying quickly stood up and greeted: "Hello, Mr. Yang."
Yang Tianzhen nodded slightly to the little girl with a calm expression, sat down beside her, and waited for the general manager's instructions.
"Her name is Zhao Liying, and she's an artist from Huayi Company. She recommended herself to our company last night. Tian Zhen, please take a look at her resume." Zhang Zhao spoke briefly and handed over the materials in his hand.
Yang Tianzhen took it and immediately looked through it. The girl's resume was very interesting. The two dramas she had recently acted in were both produced by Tengda Culture.
Zhang Zhao leaned back in his boss chair, glanced at the uneasy Zhao Liying, and asked casually, "Do you think it's okay to sign?"
Yang Tianzhen considered it for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhang, I think we can sign her. She is not valued at all in Huayi, and it won't cost much to transfer to our company. Besides, Miss Zhao's two recent films are from our company, so she is already half of ours."
Zhang Zhao nodded slightly and immediately made the decision: "Then sign it. You can handle the rest of the formalities."
Zhao Liying was so happy that she could no longer suppress her joy. Her eyes were slightly red. "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, thank you, Mr. Yang!"
"From now on, you will be an artist in Tianzhen's group, and she will be responsible for your future management affairs. You can report to the crew of Dream of Red Mansions tomorrow. When you meet Director Li Shaohong, tell her that you are from Tengda Culture, and she will arrange a suitable role for you."
Zhang Zhao spoke in a calm tone. He actually didn't care whether Zhao Liying was signed or not. However, he always admired people with ambition, so he gave the girl a chance to see what she could do.
"Ah, thank you, Mr. Zhang." Zhao Liying was stunned at first, and then she was overjoyed. She didn't expect Tengda Culture to be so supportive and arrange for her to join the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions", which is a super production adapted from four great classics.
Yang Tianzhen asked cautiously, "Mr. Zhang, the casting for Dream of Red Mansions has already ended, and it will take some time for the filming to start. If we arrange for Li Ying to go there at this time, will there still be a good role?"
Since Zhang Zhao assigned the person to her, she must be responsible for Zhao Liying's future.
Zhang Zhao waved his hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry, Rong Xingda got the leading role in the company's "The Bourne Supremacy", and the two Lis will know what to do. Tengda's resources are not given for nothing!"
Seeing that the general manager was confident, Yang Tianzhen glanced at the dreamy little girl, chuckled and stood up: "Come with me, Liying, let's talk about the company's contract with you. We also need to resolve the matter with Huayi."
(End of this chapter)
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