Chapter 65 Chapter 65 Spending Money Day 65 (Edited)…
Being an extra is not a fun thing, but fortunately Liu Yue can sit still the whole time. Several leading actors will chat with her during the breaks in filming, and she can also go to the back room at any time to experience the fun of baking.
So she held on until the afternoon.
Hengdian wasn't too hot in early April; it was even a relatively comfortable temperature for the year. However, as the afternoon sun shone, Liu Yue still felt a craving for an iced drink.
By the way, she hasn’t spent the ten thousand yuan she got today yet.
Liu Yue recalled a video she had seen online before, where celebrities would treat each other's crews to milk tea. Although she wasn't an artist, she was visiting the set today, so she could treat them.
She asked a passing crew member how many people were in the crew and that she wanted to buy everyone a drink.
The actors have to treat us, and the stagehands are familiar with this.
But when he heard that Liu Yue wanted to treat Yi Dian Dian, he advised her to go to another place and recommended a local milk tea shop in Hengdian to her.
Liu Yue had never heard of this shop. She shook her head: "No, I just want to drink a little bit now."
The stagehand said: "Oh, just buy the one I mentioned. Other actors buy this when they treat each other to a drink. Everyone is used to it."
The more Liu Yue listened, the more she found it strange: "I'm used to it. I might as well change to another place to avoid getting tired of it."
The stage manager gave a lot of reasons again, and Liu Yue became a little impatient.
To be honest, if someone recommended a new milk tea shop to her, she probably wouldn't refuse, but she had clearly expressed that she wanted to drink a little, so why did he have to stop her?
Just then the producer strolled over here. Liu Yue ignored the staff and asked him to come over directly.
Liu Yue said succinctly, "I'd like to treat everyone to some milk tea. Just a little bit. Can we order takeout and have it delivered?"
"Of course," the producer said without hesitation, "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for the treat."
...Although it was a bit embarrassing to be called "teacher", but thinking that it was a common name in the entertainment industry, Liu Yue pretended not to hear it.
The matter was resolved, and she looked at the stage manager again.
Seeing her expression, the producer instantly understood what was going on - this kind of thing has happened too many times.
If this matter were to be brought up, it would be difficult to resolve. The producer pretended to know nothing and quickly found a reason to take the crew away.
Liu Yue was too lazy to pursue the matter. As long as she achieved her goal, it was fine. She didn't have to take revenge on him for such a small matter.
After we walked away, the producer started cursing: "You're only thinking about earning kickbacks every day. Are you here to work, or are you helping them sell milk tea?"
If you promote it in a nice way, it would be fine if people agree, but judging from Liu Yue's mood just now, she seemed a little unhappy.
Normally, they earn some gray income, and the producer turns a blind eye, because he's not the one being cheated. If he cuts off their financial resources, affects their work enthusiasm, and causes problems with the crew's filming, then he will be the one to take the blame.
Celebrities earn so much that they don’t care about those trivial things, and they would think it’s better to have less trouble on the set, but Liu Yue is different!
She wasn't short of money, and the rich people the producers had met usually had bad tempers. They would get a little arrogant even when they were wrong, especially since they were right this time.
The producer secretly observed for a while and confirmed that Liu Yue's emotions had calmed down and she would not have another attack, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately... he should not have messed up the task assigned by the boss, otherwise it would be difficult for him to report to the boss.
Liu Yue ordered 500 cups of milk tea. Since it was a treat, the number of drinks had to be more, not less. If there were any extra, everyone could take a few more, or share them with other crew members.
Yidiandian can’t take such a large order, so I hope she can distribute some of the orders to other milk tea shops.
Liu Yue agreed, but she asked Ren Zhen to avoid the restaurant the staff had insisted on recommending to her. She could drink anything except that restaurant.
When the crew entertained guests, there was usually a blackboard for notices. The producer came over and asked her if she wanted to sign her name on the blackboard.
Liu Yue hesitated for a moment, thinking that the sign outside would easily be photographed by fans, and if posted online, her personal information might be exposed.
Forget it, let’s just do the good deed without leaving a name this time, Liu Yue shook her head at the producer.
Because the order was placed across several milk tea shops, the actual delivery speed of the milk tea was slightly faster than Liu Yue had imagined.
Sheng Zhou was a little surprised to see several boxes of milk tea outside during the break in filming.
Then he was relieved, the main actors were tricked, the crew would pretend not to know, the actors also had their own concerns, and the matter just passed in a vague way;
But if Liu Yue were to be in trouble, wouldn’t they be anxious?
The milk tea shop can be so brazen, it does have some connections, but compared with Liu Yue's background, it is nothing.
It's true that evil will be punished by evil... No, no, Sheng Zhou quickly corrected his usage in his mind.
This light called righteousness is shining on the earth!
Although Shengzhou doesn't drink milk tea, he still picked up a little and took a photo to commemorate the occasion.
As he filmed it, he said, "Princess, your life is truly wonderful."
As for the fact that Sheng Zhou always likes to call her that, Liu Yue has gone from being embarrassed at first to accepting it calmly now.
That’s right, she is!
But she still wanted to ask: "Why do you say that suddenly?"
It’s just a few cups of milk tea. With Shengzhou’s strength, it’s impossible that they can’t afford it.
Sheng Zhou smiled and said nothing.
Although there is no saying in the crew that "family disgrace should not be made public", Liu Yue came here to have fun, not to listen to his complaints.
He just envied Liu Yue very much. She didn't have to worry about offending anyone. It was others who were cautious and careful, fearing that they would offend her.
A life focused on eating, drinking and having fun is invincible. Without a career, there are no weaknesses; not caring about anything means that no one can find her weaknesses.
The only worry of a rich girl is probably how to get more pocket money from her parents.
Well...if Liu Yue could hear his inner voice, she would tell him that, in fact, she didn't even have such worries.
Her daily allowance depended entirely on luck, so she could just sit back and enjoy it. If she had to say there was something worth her attention, it was probably the occasional excessive amount of money the system gave her, leaving her with no idea how to spend it.
The incident just passed in the crew, but the milk tea Liu Yue treated her to still caused a small stir online.
In fact, someone took a picture of her sitting at a stall in the morning, and several leading actors came over to talk to her, including Cheng Tang, who had no scenes today.
After the Reuters news came out, fans from all walks of life were very curious about her.
These Reuters photos are blurry because of the angle, and Liu Yue's face is not captured clearly.
No one recognized her, and everyone initially thought she was some newcomer who was parachuted in. But the filming of this drama is almost finished, isn't it too late to parachute in now?
No one suspected it was her sister-in-law, because she was so conspicuous. Hengdian has a lot of fans and paparazzi, so if a male star really dared to let his girlfriend appear on the set like this, it would be no different from announcing it directly on Weibo.
Later, someone took a screenshot of the chat record and leaked it, saying that this person was the "representative of the investment company" and that the producer had to coax her on the scene.
This kind of revelation is half true and half false, and everyone is still skeptical until someone took a picture of the crew's milk tea today, and it turned out to be from an outside chain brand.
This is incredible. This girl must have a very strong background.
Some netizens who stumbled upon the show were still confused about the relationship between the two events, so someone explained: From the start of filming until now, all actor treats and fan support can only be placed at a local milk tea shop.
Previously, some fans did not understand this "unspoken rule" and thought that other milk tea shops tasted better and had more discounts. As a result, after buying hundreds of cups of milk tea, they could not transport it to the support venue at all and were stopped by others. They also contacted the artist's team for negotiation but to no avail.
There are many different opinions about the background of this milk tea shop among those in the know. The most credible one is that it was opened by a relative of a senior executive at a film and television company. With this relationship, the matter is stuck at a very uncomfortable critical point.
It's just a small amount of money, I can tolerate it, and it's better to have less trouble than more, but I feel disgusted and nauseous.
Fans of the leading actor thought that this milk tea shop would have a monopoly until the filming was finished, but they didn’t expect that someone would break this “rule” and refuse to buy its milk tea.
Wow, then this revelation about the investor seems more credible.
Moreover, she treated everyone to milk tea today, but she didn’t sign her name. This is in line with the low-key style of the big investor, and it makes sense!
A big fan of Cheng Tang's family immediately jumped out to write a short essay, saying that the investors came to visit Cheng Tang on set specially, and attached a photo of the two of them chatting happily. He boasted that his star career has no limit and that he will definitely play the male lead in the next drama, etc.
There is also a background story here - just one month before the filming of this drama started, Cheng Tang’s previous work was broadcast and became a small hit.
After his rise to fame, fans were eager to see him in the lead role, but the show had already been contracted and featured a strong cast. Cheng Tang couldn't break his contract, so his biggest fans wrote various short essays to maintain his composure and offer a positive outlook for the future.
So Liu Yue was praised by his family. How many actors can have the investors come to visit the set specially? Not every male second role can make the investors skip the male and female leads and look at him differently.
The male and female protagonists' families were very unhappy to hear this.
It's just a picture of them together, isn't it? Who doesn't have one? And your company's name isn't even on the notice today. It's obvious who the investors are visiting the set, but someone shamelessly came up to take advantage of it, even distorting the truth and shifting the blame. He's not afraid of being laughed at if he can't tell anyone.
Of course, this doesn't mean the male and female protagonists are united. The two families have always been competing for screen time and spotlight, and now the fight is even more intense, insisting that the only actor who visited the set was the one who paid for it himself, and that everyone else is just shameless freeloaders and vampires.
When Liu Yue saw these things while surfing the Internet, she looked like an old man on the subway looking at his phone.
What's going on... isn't it just a chat with these actors? Is this something fans should be arguing about online? Does it really matter to them who she visited on set?
And she was actually here to be an extra! Although I guess few people would believe this when I say this.
Liu Yue mentioned this matter while eating grilled fish in the evening.
She felt that this was a misunderstanding caused by multiple coincidences, and that she was not as capable as people said on the Internet. However, several actors thought in their hearts that she had no idea how much influence she could have.
Zhong Yingying cleverly changed the subject. She brought out a small cake and prepared a bouquet of flowers.
"Happy wrap!" she said to Liu Yue.
Liu Yue was stunned for a moment before she realized what this meant.
She was very happy, but she still said, "But I only filmed for one day, and I'm not really an actor..."
"It doesn't matter. These are all your experiences in our crew."
Zhong Yingying put the flowers in her arms and took out a Polaroid camera to take a photo of her.
Liu Yue was so happy that the corners of her mouth were almost stretched to the sky. After taking the solo photo, she asked Sheng Zhou to take a photo of her and Zhong Yingying.
Hehe, I didn’t expect that all extras would have a wrap-up commemoration that day. It’s such a ceremonial feeling. She likes it!
Sheng Zhou only regretted that he had not thought enough about it. It was obviously too late to buy gifts now.
Cheng Tang was also caught off guard by Zhong Yingying, and the smile on his face instantly became awkward and forced.
Liu Yue snorted in her heart. These two people's awareness was still not enough, which showed that they were not very attentive.
But since they then tried their best to tell jokes and make her laugh, she didn't mind it.
After eating the grilled fish, she played a few rounds of cards with them.
Liu Yue loves to play UNO. Cheng Tang and Zhong Yingying had never played this kind of card before, but they quickly learned it in a short period of time.
A few people play cards without gambling, but there is a punishment system.
The final loser has to have others do their makeup for them. To prepare for this punishment, Liu Yue went to the mall and bought a lot of shocking "fashion items".
Sheng Zhou lost the first few games, so Liu Yue was eager to give him a try and put purple lipstick and red and green eye shadow on him.
This color combination was already shocking, and her makeup skills were particularly poor. The eyeshadow was applied randomly and the lipstick was applied out of bounds. Sheng Zhou couldn't help but complain that she wasn't putting on makeup at all, she was using his face as a paint palette.
"Don't move, I'll admit defeat!"
Liu Yue smiled and held his chin with her hand.
She was trying to use lipstick as blush on Sheng Zhou, but she was so amused by his face—or to be more precise, by her masterpiece—that her hands were shaking with laughter. As expected, the result was a complete failure.
The lipstick slid across Sheng Zhou's face in thick lines. Seeing Liu Yue laughing wildly, Sheng Zhou didn't dare to look at himself in the mirror.
He complained: "What have you done to my most handsome face in the world?"
If Sheng Zhou said this normally, Liu Yue would definitely find him greasy.
But the way he looks now...hahahahahaha!
Liu Yue was laughing so hard that she could hardly stand up straight. Sheng Zhou mustered up the courage to pick up the mirror and almost blacked out.
"Okay, okay...just wait for me!"
Sheng Zhou made a harsh statement, and the next two games were lost to Zhong Yingying and Cheng Tang.
Although there was no rule about who would put makeup on the loser, everyone tacitly agreed that Liu Yue would exercise this right.
I don’t know whether it was because Liu Yue’s skills had improved or because she couldn’t bear it, but in any case, she was much friendlier when she attacked these two people.
The makeup she put on certainly didn't have a beautifying effect, but it wasn't as hideously ugly as Sheng Zhou's.
Sheng Zhou looked even more resentful, so Liu Yue coaxed him, "You and I are quite familiar with each other."
This is the truth, she played with him the most this month.
Sheng Zhou threatened: "It's no use saying this now, you must not lose later."
"Come if you can."
Liu Yue argued with him while sorting out her hand of cards. Each person started with 7 cards. After seeing this pattern of cards, she had a secure feeling that she was sure to win.
Sheng Zhou was originally in the next position to her, but after someone played a card that reversed the direction, he became her previous position.
But it was not a big problem. When Liu Yue had 3 cards left in her hand, she played the +4 function card.
They were playing with unlimited card addition rules, and her next player also had +4. After playing this card, they had to keep adding cards until the player without +4 had no cards to play and had to draw +4*n cards.
In this game, whoever plays all the cards first wins. The more cards you accumulate, the slimmer your chances of winning.
Liu Yue played the first +4, but she didn't expect that the three of them still had +4!
Oh my God, what luck! Fortunately, she has two +4s and can continue to play them. Her next player Cheng Tang will soon draw 20 cards.
But Cheng Tang still has +4, and Zhong Yingying also has...
Liu Yue panicked. No way, no way! Her last card was a card with other functions. If Sheng Zhou also had a +4, she would have to draw 32 cards! She would definitely lose this round!
Thinking of the harsh words Sheng Zhou had just said, Liu Yue felt a little timid.
Sheng Zhou then put on a devilish villain smile: "Guess if I still have +4?"
Liu Yue: ...
Liu Yue closed her eyes resignedly. If you walk by the river often, you'll get your feet wet. Forget it.
It's just ugly makeup, she's not someone who can't afford to have fun, if he wants to put it on, then let him do it!
She gritted her teeth and prepared to face her fate, but unexpectedly Sheng Zhou looked at her, seemed to smile, and then drew 28 cards from the card pool.
Liu Yue felt a sense of relief as if he had survived a disaster. Yay, he didn’t have +4, so he couldn’t play any cards!
After playing the last color-changing card, Liu Yue became the winner of the game. Sheng Zhou, who had drawn 28 cards, also lost without a doubt.
Liu Yue had already prepared something for him, this time it was an eyebrow pencil. Not only did she make his eyebrows extra thick, she also connected them in the middle.
After finishing the painting, Liu Yue laughed so hard that she fell down and wanted to take out her cell phone to take a picture as a souvenir.
Sheng Zhou refused to let her take pictures. One of them blocked her face while the other was a pickpocket, and they were having a great time. The other two couldn't get a word in at all.
Zhong Yingying and Cheng Tang looked at each other, the former helpless and the latter confused.
They quietly picked up their phones and chatted with Cricket Shengzhou on WeChat. Cheng Tang asked him what else he had besides being handsome.
Zhong Yingying made an objective evaluation, saying that for a rich woman, being handsome is enough and nothing else is needed.
Cheng Tang: ...
He felt a little depressed. If we really talk about appearance, he is no worse than Sheng Zhou!
Zhong Yingying did not comment on this. Her aesthetic taste was not important. What was important was who Liu Yue found pleasing to the eye.
Liu Yue didn't play with them too late. After all, she didn't want to stay up late, and these actors also had to go to bed early.
Although their definition of going to bed early is... before midnight.
Before leaving, they must remove their makeup.
Liu Yue took out some makeup remover wipes for them. At this time, Lucas, who had been playing with the cow cat all night, ran to her feet and rubbed her trouser legs.
Liu Yue picked it up and sucked it hard, then put it on the ground.
Sheng Zhou seemed to be thinking about something, then followed suit and said he wanted Liu Yue to help him remove his makeup.
Well, since all this makeup was done by her...
Liu Yue picked up a wet towel and wiped his face randomly, but the more she wiped, the more smudged his face became, and his face became even more unsightly.
But at least there is good news - even with her rough makeup removal technique, Sheng Zhou had no objection, which fully demonstrated that his face was original and his facial features had no technological elements.
After wiping off all the makeup, he still looks pretty good without makeup, basically no different from usual.
Not bad, not bad, this is a really handsome guy.
Liu Yue rarely praised him: "I didn't expect you to be so naturally beautiful."
Sheng Zhou started to be narcissistic again: "This is the truth, how could I not have thought of it."
Liu Yue was speechless and couldn't help but step on him.
"Don't talk," she said. "You won't be so handsome when you talk."
Shengzhou:......
He kept silent, and after a while he told Liu Yue that he would finish filming this Saturday.
Liu Yue glared at him: "But you didn't buy me flowers today, so I won't buy you any when you wrap up."
Yes, she holds grudges like that.
“…That’s not what I meant.”
Sheng Zhou spread his hands. "What I meant was that after filming is finished, I'll have time to go out and play. Didn't we agree before that you, me, and Zhong Yingying would go to Disneyland together?"
Liu Yue thought, wasn’t that what was said when we were playing games online?
And everyone kept saying "I'm free some other time", so she thought it was a tacit agreement.
"Who would dare to treat you so perfunctorily, Your Highness?" Sheng Zhou said, "Zhong Yingying and I both remember this incident. We even talked about it before coming here today."
Really? Since we’ve made an appointment, let’s go together!
Liu Yue also feels that it is happier to have someone to play with her. Although the team members will also accompany her, plan where to go for her, and take care of her food, drink, and entertainment, the feeling is different.
She mentioned this to several assistants, and they certainly had no objection.
However, Ren Zhen reminded her: "If Shengzhou is recognized by fans, many people will chase him to take pictures, and he will be surrounded by many tourists, which is likely to disrupt your travel experience."
This is indeed a problem, Liu Yue scratched her head.
Fortunately, when Ren Zhen raised the question, he already had a solution in mind.
"You can rent the place out," she said. "Mr. Crowe will arrange it for you."
Huh? Can we rent out the entire venue at Sands?
Liu Yue was surprised at first, but then she thought it was normal. This kind of thing can be done with money.
But she quickly stopped Ren Zhen: "Don't contact my father. I don't want to trouble him with everything. We can just handle this little thing ourselves."
——It costs money to book the entire place, and she can just collect the money from the system. Liu Yue feels it’s not appropriate to ask them directly.
Ren Zhen explained to her that since Shangdi had never been booked out before, she thought that it might be easier to negotiate if Mr. Clo came forward.
Sang Yu proposed an alternative plan: "Actually, we don't have to book the whole day. It will seem very empty, and it won't be fun for you to play."
"You can refer to the example of Hong Kong Disneyland and book the evening show."
There are a lot of tourists in Shangdi. If you want to book the park during the day, the park operator has to consider what to do with tourists who have bought tickets and what to do with annual pass users... Taking all the above factors into consideration, if you want to book the park, you may have to make a reservation half a year in advance.
But booking the evening time is much simpler. The park does not need to coordinate too many additional things. It just needs to wait until all the tourists leave and then continue to operate the park and provide services to Liu Yue and others.
In this way, when Liu Yue went to the amusement park during the day, she experienced the lively atmosphere full of laughter; when she went in again at night, it was a leisurely moment for her and her friends to enjoy alone, and playing at night was also a unique experience.
Liu Yue was very satisfied after hearing this. It was the best of both worlds, great.
Okay, let’s do it.
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Author's note: 2025.8.10 revision, added Disney nighttime private screening plan, deleted the love story between the heroine and Sheng Zhou in this chapter
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