Recently, some directors who have a say in front of Mr. Pei have been feeling a little unhappy, because Mr. Pei, the money-giving boy, has not participated in film and television industry activities for a long time.
As time went on, some people even began to wonder if Mr. Pei had spent too much money and bankrupted himself. However, no one had heard of the news, so they didn't dare to speak carelessly and offend anyone.
Among the female artists who have been more popular recently, Zhao Ni is definitely one of them. At the end of last year, at a fashion conference, she accidentally took a photo with a flower embroidery artist who was not yet famous. Later, the flower embroidery artist became a well-known young traditional craftsman in China. In the eyes of many people, Zhao Ni became an artist who pays attention to traditional culture. She even took advantage of this favorable situation and participated in the filming of a promotional film invested by the national TV station. She showed her face in front of ordinary audiences and completely washed away the negative image she had in the past.
Zhao Ni was very grateful to Hua Jin. Not only did she wear the embroidered costumes of Fanhua Studio several times in public, she also recommended Hua Jin to a costume drama crew that was preparing to shoot a big production. There were several shots that highlighted the embroidery in this drama. When the drama is broadcast, the crew will definitely promote Hua Jin when promoting the props.
Being in this circle, Zhao Ni knows better than anyone the importance of fame. Although the success of the fashion conference has brought Hua Jin a certain amount of fame, people are forgetful, and handmade embroidery is not a mass consumer product. In another three to five years, who will still remember her?
In order to recommend Hua Jin, Zhao Ni not only went to find the props coordinator, but also the director and producer.
The director was somewhat tempted. The skirt named Luan at the fashion conference was so stunning that it almost stunned the world. If the crew could really cooperate with this young embroiderer, it would also be a good publicity gimmick when the TV series was broadcast.
But the problem is... the crew is short of money.
In order to make this movie, he invested most of his fortune, wanting to spend every penny wisely.
"It would be great if we could get some more sponsorship from somewhere." After browsing Hua Jin's Weibo about embroidery, the director became so worried that his already bald head became even balder.
After much deliberation, he decided to include Hua Jin in the cooperation plan. The next morning, he squatted downstairs of Mr. Pei's office with various plans. He waited from morning till night but did not see anyone. Finally, he shamelessly asked Mr. Pei's assistant and found out that Mr. Pei was out and not in the local area.
He thought it was the assistant's excuse, so he squatted downstairs of the office building before dawn the next day. He squatted like this for nearly ten days, and only one morning he saw Mr. Pei get out of the car with a happy look on his face.
"Mr. Pei, you are finally back."
Pei Yan looked up at the bald man rushing towards him and said in a daze, "Director Sun?"
"I didn't expect Mr. Pei still remembered me. It's my honor." Director Sun smiled flatteringly, "I don't know if you have time today, Mr. Pei. I have a very good script here, and it guarantees a high viewership. Take a look..."
Pei Yan strode into the office building. Seeing that the security guard downstairs of the office building did not stop him, the director shamelessly followed Pei Yan and kept introducing the advantages of the script.
"This drama not only has an excellent script, but also has TV Kings and TV Queens who are very popular with the audience. In order to make the props more historical, we also plan to use the well-known young embroidery master Ms. Hua Jin..."
"Who are you going to invite?" Pei Yan stopped and turned to look at the smiling director.
The director thought Pei Yan didn't know who Hua Jin was, so in order to highlight the high-end feel of the crew, he quickly introduced Hua Jin's identity: "Ms. Hua Jin is one of the most famous young embroiderers in China. She is not only proficient in Shu embroidery, but also has a good knowledge of the needlework of other embroidery schools. She was praised by the famous embroidery master Mr. Xu Yan as the hope of the next generation of embroidery. At the fashion conference a few years ago, the Luan skirt that amazed people at home and abroad was embroidered by her."
"I understand." Pei Yan nodded and said to the assistant, "You go and arrange it."
The director watched Pei Yan walk into the elevator eagerly, then turned to look at his assistant with a smile: "Excuse me, what do you mean by this, Mr. Pei?"
"Director Sun, please follow me." The assistant took the thick stack of information from the director's arms, "Our boss means that your crew's idea of inviting young traditional craftsmen is a good one and you can continue to do so."
The director is a bit confused. Shouldn't the focus be on the script and the actors?
It was very good news for Hua Jin that a crew was willing to cooperate with traditional embroidery. After reading the crew's contract, the conditions were so good that she wondered if the crew had a special passion for embroidery.
Although she has already gained considerable fame in the embroidery industry, she did not charge the crew a high price for this collaboration because she heard that it was Zhao Ni who recommended her, and she wanted to use this opportunity to promote embroidery, so she gave the crew a friendly price.
The director was very happy and immediately began the preliminary preparations. With sufficient funds, he would have less pressure when filming.
The director was happy, but Pei Yan was a little depressed because Hua Jin had become busy again recently and sometimes didn't even have time to go home for meals. He could only carry the lunch box and deliver it to the studio.
Several embroiderers on duty in the studio saw Pei Yan coming in, but Hua Jin hadn't noticed him yet, and couldn't help but laugh. Hua Jin saw that their expressions were not right, and turned around to see Pei Yan coming.
"Why are you here?" Hua Jin put down the needle and pulled Pei Yan to sit on the small sofa in the corner. "Did you miss me?"
"I can't help it. My fiancée is very busy. As her fiancé, I can only be the man behind her." Pei Yan opened the lunch box and took out all the food. "Your throat has been uncomfortable these days. You must not have eaten much of the takeaway you ordered at noon."
"Mr. Pei really understands Huahua." Tan Yuan came over and said with a smile, "She just drank half a bowl of soup and didn't even touch the rice in her lunch box."
Hua Jin: “…”
"These dishes are all made by our family chef. They should suit your taste." Pei Yan stuffed the soup bowl into Hua Jin's hand and said, "Drink some stomach-nourishing soup first."
He did not complain about Hua Jin's neglect of her health. Instead, Hua Jin herself felt a little guilty. She took a few sips from the soup bowl and said, "I will rest at home tomorrow. I am almost done with the work here."
"It's good that you still know how to rest." Pei Yan was reluctant to say harsh words to her, "As the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage, if you don't live to be a hundred years old in good health, how can you justify learning this craft?"
"If I live to be 100, then you have to live to be 103."
"Why?" Pei Yan asked.
"Because you are three years older than me." Hua Jin looked at Pei Yan and smiled, "Do you want to leave me alone?"
Pei Yan reached out and rubbed the top of her head: "I won't leave you alone, and you don't want me to leave you alone."
Born at different times, died at the same time.
On the first day of the filming, the leading actors put on their costumes. During the interview, the male lead smiled and told the reporter: "The embroidery patterns on the costume I'm wearing are all hand-embroidered by an embroidery master. When I drank water just now, I was very careful, for fear of dirtying such beautiful embroidery patterns."
"Hand embroidery?" The reporters were curious and pointed the camera at the male lead's clothes. The embroidery was so delicate that there was no flaw at all, and it was done with a dexterity that even laymen could see.
Traditional crafts are very popular recently. Now that there is a film crew willing to spend so much effort on costumes and props, reporters will certainly pay more attention to it.
There are so many big and small crews nowadays, even if they want to help promote the crew, they have to have something worth reporting. Otherwise, even if they get the publicity fee to write the press release, the audience will not like to read it.
"I wonder how many embroiderers your crew has invited to collaborate?"
"The crew invited three embroidery studios in total, with the famous young embroidery master Ms. Hua Jin as the embroidery instructor. The wedding dresses worn by the male and female protagonists in our drama, as well as the costumes worn by the two leading actors today, were embroidered by Ms. Hua Jin and her team." The director took the microphone and said, "When the TV series starts, I believe these beautiful costumes will surely make the audience shine and feast their eyes."
The reporters did not expect that the crew was so rich that even the embroidery on the clothes was so exquisite. Some veterans in the entertainment industry secretly inquired and found out that Mr. Pei had invested a large sum of money in this drama. No wonder the crew was so confident in doing things.
Mr. Pei is a well-known money-spending boy in the industry, and he is also a lucky money-spending boy. As long as he participates in the investment of movies and TV series, there is really no failure. Therefore, before this drama has even started, in the eyes of some people, it has already guaranteed ratings.
Just when everyone thought that the show was lucky, unexpectedly, its luck could be even better. A few months later, just after the crew announced the completion of filming, the media suddenly broke the news that the well-known investor Pei Yan was getting married soon, and many celebrities had received his wedding invitations.
Ordinary people don't know much about Pei Yan. But after reporters listed his businesses and exposed his photos, netizens became curious and wanted to know what kind of girls such a rich and good-looking man likes.
The reporters did not disappoint the netizens' expectations, and soon an insider revealed that Pei Yan's fiancée was Hua Jin, the Shu embroidery artist who embroidered the Luan skirt.
The director was shocked to hear the news. He called Zhao Ni and asked her if she knew Hua Jin was Pei Yan's girlfriend, so she recommended her.
Zhao Ni was even more surprised than the director. She could never imagine that Hua Jin and Pei Yan were in a relationship. After hanging up the director's phone, she suddenly remembered that on the day of the fashion conference, Mr. Pei seemed to be sitting in front of Hua Jin. At that time, Mr. Pei kept looking back. She thought he was attracted to that beautiful female artist. Now that she thought about it, the person he was attracted to should be Hua Xiushi.
The agent called her, and as soon as she pressed the answer button, the agent's excited voice came out.
"Zhao Ni, I didn't expect you to hug such a thick thigh?"
Zhao Ni: “…”
No, there was a thigh next to her, and she didn't even know to reach out to hug it.
This is all fate.
A few days later, Zhao Ni received a wedding invitation. The names of Pei Yan and Hua Jin were written on the invitation. She stared at the gold-stamped invitation and couldn't help but reach out and touch it a few more times.
If she can get some good luck, she might become extremely popular.
When I opened Weibo, I saw a well-known film actress who had not posted on Weibo for many years, who specially posted a Weibo saying that she had received an invitation from Mr. Pei.
Zhao Ni stared at the actress's Weibo for dozens of seconds. The more she looked at it, the more she felt that the actress was showing off her friendship with Mr. Pei.
She took a photo of the invitation and posted it on Weibo.
As if no one would show off, as if no one would only mention one of the couple.
Most of the circle was showing off their friendship with Mr. Pei, so she had to support the flower embroidery master.
Zhao Ni: I wish @繁花 and her lover a happy marriage and a lifetime of happiness. [Photo]
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Other artists: I know Mr. Pei.
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