Chapter 1165 Retribution
After receiving the leave request from Zhou Yue, Yang Hongxia snorted, "Old fox!"
Forget it. Since a workaholic like Zhou Yue is willing to take a vacation just to help Lin Fan keep the secret, it would be difficult for Yang Hongxia to find out any news from Zhou Yue.
However, it was from Zhou Yue's reaction that Yang Hongxia saw some clues.
If it is really as I guessed, then let's keep it secret.
Yang Hongxia simply put the matter aside. Of course, it was only temporary. Yang Hongxia believed that Lin Fan would eventually come to her for help.
After all, it was such a big deal! Lin Fan did not let Yang Hongxia down this time, and returned home on time three days later: mainly because Lin Fan was afraid that if he bullied an honest person like this again, the honest person would really get angry.
However, the honest man Liang Wen was very well-mannered and did not comment on Lin Fan's overdue behavior. If Lin Fan had not seen Liang Wen take out a small notebook and write and draw on it, he would have really believed it.
Lin Fan tried to restore his majestic image in Liang Wen's mind: "Director Liang, you have been working really hard during this period. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't dare to hand over the work of the crew so easily."
Liang Wen closed the notebook and said, "You're welcome, Director Lin. No matter what time it is, I am your assistant director. When the director is not here, the assistant director takes over. This is the norm in the industry.
Especially since Director Lin is so busy, I think I should stop filming and come back to help Director Lin look after the crew. Otherwise, if we open two crews, only one can actually operate normally. It's all money burning every day!"
Lin Fan's scalp was numb, and he actively admitted his mistake: "Director Liang, I was wrong. I will never hang out outside casually again. You must not stop filming. The two of us have four TV series to shoot together this year!"
If Liang Wen really quits and comes back to be the assistant director, then wouldn't all these four movies become Lin Fan's own work? Four movies! How could they be finished in one year? Now it's Lin Fan and Liang Wen who are barely able to make four movies, and a big part of the reason is that three of these four movies are the second part of a series.
The early framework of the film was already set up, and all the preparations were extended from the first film, rather than starting from scratch and operating it as a brand new project.
The filming of these three films saved a lot of preparation time. In addition, the crew, whether it was the performers or the staff, had gone through the first film and had a good run-in, so the filming was of course more handy.
Therefore, Lin Fan readily agreed to Yang Hongxia's request and took on this arduous task.
But now, Liang Wen wants to quit, which means that all the pressure is placed on Lin Fan alone. To use a phrase that the entire Earthling Studio is very familiar with, it means that even if you are exhausted, you can't handle it!
But what can we do?
Honest people are the ones who get angry themselves, so Lin Fan had to coax him even if he had to pinch his nose: "Director Liang, I was wrong, it's all my fault, I was really wrong, you can't give up at this critical moment!
Besides, Director Liang, it’s such a waste of talent for you to be the assistant director. I have a lot of scripts in my hands, waiting for you to pick them out and shoot them!
If you want to come back as an assistant director, how long will it take to turn such a good script into a film or TV series?
Director Liang, are you willing to let these scripts accumulate in Sister Xia's safe and collect dust? Or are you willing to sell them all and let those capital-controlled crews outside ruin them?"
Lin Fan had to use the scripts in stock to lure Liang Wen. After all, Lin Fan's scripts played an indispensable role in successfully bringing Liang Wen into the Earthling Studio.
Even if Liang Wen was angry, he would not really go against a good script.
What's more, Liang Wen was just trying to scare Lin Fan this time.
The main reason is that Lin Fan has been wandering around a lot recently. If Liang Wen is free, he will help Lin Fan take care of the crew. Originally, Liang Wen was Lin Fan's assistant director. Liang Wen never thought that it would be a loss of status for him to be Lin Fan's assistant director after becoming a director.
After all, without Lin Fan, there would be no Liang Wen today.
But Liang Wen also had a drama to shoot, so every day when the crew started work, Liang Wen had to go to the scene to watch and follow up on the progress of the shooting.
Liang Wen couldn't take it anymore as he had to look after his own crew and help Lin Fan look after his crew, so he tried to scare Lin Fan and told him to focus, come back to film and stop hanging around.
Of course, Liang Wen also noticed that Lin Fan was busy with other things during this period, things that could not be known to others.
This is understandable, everyone has their own things to deal with.
But the key is that the group of little devils in Lin Fan's crew are so terrible that Liang Wen can't stand it anymore: he can still barely hold on if he is physically tired, but he can't stand the mental exhaustion and the fact that his head is about to explode from the noise.
So, as soon as Lin Fan came back, Liang Wen immediately handed all the work of the crew back to Lin Fan: "Director Lin, as an assistant director, my own words don't count. Your words count. So, since you don't want to hire me, I can only go back to my own crew."
Lin Fan quickly said, "No, no, I don't need an assistant director here."
"What about the script in Mr. Yang's safe?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"It's still there, waiting for you, Director Liang, to pick out the ones you like," Lin Fan patted his chest and assured, "As long as Director Liang needs it, Sister Xia's safe will always be open to you!"
"You're not selling the book anymore?"
"No! Our Earthling Studio is not short of money, so why should we sell the script? Besides, aren't we waiting for Director Liang to choose the script we like and film it? Why should we sell it?"
Liang Wen was satisfied: "Okay then, for Director Lin's sake, I will finish filming the TV series and movie I'm working on first, and then go to Mr. Yang to see if there is a suitable script. Then I'll have to trouble Director Lin to give me his approval."
"It's not a bother, it's my duty. Director Liang, take care!"
Lin Fan coaxed and bribed him, and finally calmed down this angry honest man. He successfully sent him away and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Alas, as expected, if an honest person is bullied too much, it will eventually come back to haunt him.
Lin Fan thought that he should finish the work on hand before going on holiday.
Liang Wen has already gotten angry once. If he makes Yang Hongxia angry again, he will be the one who suffers.
Just respect the elderly and love the young, and promote our traditional Chinese virtues!
(End of this chapter)