☆, Chapter 114 New Movie
After sending these two sentences, Wen Mianyu directly dragged the person into the blacklist and didn't even bother to read Lin Sheng's reply.
She had just put down her phone when it rang again.
Wen Mianyu picked up the phone and looked at it, thinking that Lin Sheng had changed his number and was haunting her.
Fortunately, this time it’s Director Lin.
Director Lin: Jasmine, Chen Yaoqing will come to the crew tomorrow.
Wen Mianyu was a little surprised: What was he here for?
Director Lin: Visiting the set, that’s what his assistant said. As for the deeper reason, only he himself knows. You should try to avoid suspicion when the time comes.
Director Lin knew about Wang Xinqiang's pimping before, and out of kindness he communicated with Wen Mianyu in advance so that she wouldn't be at a loss when she saw Chen Yaoqing.
Although Wen Mianyu didn't care about the man named Chen, she still appreciated Director Lin's kindness and sent two thank you emojis.
Putting down her phone, she thought that she should inform Lu Congxu about this matter.
Last time in the box, when Chen Yaoqing forced her to sing a song, Lu Congxu probably didn't believe her identity yet, so she didn't show anything.
But now…
The two of them are in a future boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. If Chen Yaoqing still has evil intentions towards her, Lu Congxu will probably be jealous?
It’s better to get a vaccination first.
Lu Congxu has been staying in the room since he came back and has not come out. Wen Mianyu didn't know whether he was busy with something or still taking a shower. After thinking about it, she decided not to rush and wait for him to come out.
…
Lu Congxu was currently on a video call with Xu Hong.
There really aren't that many coincidences in this world. The reason why Phoenix TV invited Wen Mianyu to participate in the program through Director Lin was because Lu Congxu informed the program director first.
The program team invited Lu Congxu because of his status and popularity. Except for the promotional period, Lu Congxu has never been a mentor in any talent show or competition program.
This is a big gimmick. Among the invitation list drawn up by the program team, Lu Congxu is also the most famous. If he can be recruited, the ratings and publicity of the program will be guaranteed to a certain extent.
The program crew tried their best to get him involved, even offering a sky-high salary. Naturally, they would not refuse to satisfy Lu Congxu's small request.
Anyway, there are many positions for students. If an unknown newcomer has great potential, he or she may show unexpected results on the show.
After receiving Wen Mianyu's affirmative answer, the program team immediately contacted Xu Hong. As the intermediary, Xu Hong naturally had to discuss with Lu Congxu.
"As for the remuneration, the production team is aiming for 100,000 per episode. Like other potential newcomers, it's a one-period contract, based entirely on personal ability. This is a favor for your sake. I've seen Jasmine's Weibo, and after the Yao Xin incident, she only has one million followers. With her status, the production team wouldn't have invited her without your recommendation."
As soon as Xu Hong came in, she started talking to Lu Congxu about the most important thing - salary.
Although she was optimistic about Lu Congxu's relationship, she only dealt with work matters on a case-by-case basis. Everyone knew how much Wen Mianyu's current status was worth, so she spoke her mind right from the start, blocking Lu Congxu's way to argue.
Lu Congxu hadn't intended to argue about this, so he said, "Okay, but tell the production team to change the salary to 300,000. The excess will be deducted from my salary."
“…”Xu Hong.
"Why are you doing this?" Xu Hong spread her hands helplessly, took her cell phone to the bar, put the phone on the stand, and sat on a high stool, picking up the half glass of red wine on the table.
"Moli doesn't know you're doing this. I'm not asking you to do anything superficial, but when you're in a relationship, some things need to be done openly. This proves that you love her. You're secretly increasing her pay like this. I think it would be better to give her some luxury goods. Don't girls love those?"
Xu Hong has already tacitly accepted that Lu Congxu is in a relationship. She feels that she needs to take on the responsibility of being the head of the family and offer advice to this straight man who has never been in a relationship and obviously doesn't know how to do it.
"Give her some bags, jewelry, and cosmetics. What girl doesn't love those? If you think those are too jealous, why not give her a car? I don't think Jasmine has bought one yet." Xu Hong crossed her legs, spun around in her swivel chair, and swayed her wine glass slightly in front of the camera. "If Jasmine can last five installments, you'll have to pay her one million. That's enough to buy her a nice car."
"She wouldn't want those." Lu Congxu said calmly.
"What girl doesn't love these things!" Xu Hong looked worried for him. "She didn't tell you because she was afraid you'd think she was materialistic. I'm a good earner, and I'm still happy when people give me gifts. I don't believe Jasmine doesn't like it."
Lu Congxu shook his head.
He couldn't explain to Xu Hong that Wen Mianyu's situation was different.
In Wen Mianyu's previous life, when he had the car accident, he could be said to have everything thanks to his own abilities.
After experiencing life and death, Lu Congxu has become more open-minded about many things, such as no longer hiding his love in his heart. It is even more impossible to say that Wen Mianyu, as the person involved, has no feelings at all.
For Wen Mianyu now, it can be said that these material possessions are really unimportant to her, and if she wants, she can still have everything with her own abilities.
Lu Congxu quietly gave her the pay, but it was only because this was Wen Mianyu's starting stage. It wouldn't be long before Wen Mianyu would have the opportunity to show her strength and return to the top.
He never doubted Wen Mianyu's abilities.
"Forget it, I really can't reason with you. If you want to pay, then go ahead. This amount of money is nothing anyway." Xu Hong said, "You really can't pay too much. Three hundred thousand is the limit. She won't believe it if you pay more. It's not worth it."
Lu Congxu also had this consideration in mind when he decided on this figure, otherwise he would be willing to give all his wealth to Wen Mianyu.
"I've also asked about the group selection for you. The program team said they won't interfere and it's up to the students to choose on their own. If your little Jasmine wants to choose you, she can be your student." Xu Hong teased again.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lu Congxu said.
"It's not hard. My greatest comfort is that you are in a happy relationship. Promise me that you won't be a straight man who doesn't understand romance. Girls need gifts to coax them..." Xu Hong held her chin with one hand, facing the camera with a slightly flushed cheek, and gave a vague explanation.
Before she made the call, she had drunk a lot of red wine at home and was a little drunk. Her eyes were blurry and sleepy.
Lu Congxu told her to go and rest quickly, then hung up the phone.
Boom boom boom——
Wen Mianyu knocked on the door and then pushed it open.
Lu Congxu stood up and tightened her grip on the phone, not knowing whether she had heard what she had just said or how much she had heard.
"What's wrong with you?" Wen Mianyu took two steps forward, walked in front of him, raised her hand and touched his forehead, "Your face is so pale, is the air conditioner turned too low?"
Lu Congxu subconsciously touched the place she had just touched and said, "Maybe."
"Right." Wen Mianyu took the remote control from the side, turned off the air conditioner, and walked over to the window to open it. "Your place is well ventilated. It's actually quite cool with the window open. Turning on the air conditioner is unhealthy. It's better to use it less."
The night wind blew in, and the white gauze curtains on both sides were blown up, and Wen Mianyu's long hair was also blown.
Her fine hair was lifted up, and the ends of her hair brushed against Lu Congxu's nose behind her, bringing a slight itch and a scent of hair.
A sweet, light peach scent, from the peach-flavored shampoo that Wen Mianyu often uses, and the same scent as the peach forest behind the old house in her memory.
Lu Congxu unconsciously took a step forward and lifted a strand of black hair with his fingertips.
Just as Wen Mianyu turned around, her long hair slipped from her fingertips, leaving a slight chill.
Lu Congxu grabbed nothing and felt a sense of disappointment in his heart.
"What's wrong? My hair isn't dry yet?"
Wen Mianyu raised her head and realized that they were very close to each other. Lu Congxu looked down at her, and the tiny lights above the balcony were reflected in his deep eyes, as pure as glass.
She unconsciously reached out her hand and touched Lu Congxu's eyelashes.
Lu Congxu took advantage of the situation and grabbed her hand, pressing his palm against the back of her hand and pressing it against his face.
"It's dry and smells good," he said.
The words were a bit ambiguous, as was the posture. Wen Mianyu realized it later, but she didn't want to withdraw and didn't want to break the atmosphere.
The two of them stood in silence for a while before Wen Mianyu spoke first, "By the way, Director Lin just told me that Chen Yaoqing will be coming to the crew tomorrow."
Mentioning Chen Yaoqing at this time would undoubtedly ruin the atmosphere.
Lu Congxu let go of her hand and asked, "What is he doing here?"
"He said he was visiting the set, but who knows? It could also be that Yao Xin is unhappy and wants to relax. After all, he won't look for trouble openly." Wen Mianyu said nonchalantly.
She was not afraid that Chen Yaoqing would cause trouble.
If he really wants to fall out, there is no need for him to come here in person. With Chen Yaoqing's position, he has enough lackeys to do things for him with just a word.
Moreover, the controversy surrounding Yao Xin's pregnancy before marriage did not last long on the Internet.
Chen Yaoqing felt ashamed and spent a lot of money to suppress the hot search. He also asked Yao Xin to apologize to the public and admit that the child was hers and her boyfriend's, with whom she had not made her relationship public.
After the heat died down, Chen Yaoqing didn't do anything to Yao Xin. He just drew a clear line and banned Yao Xin and the pretty boy star together. Chen Yaoqing didn't want to hear Yao Xin's name again, nor did he want to see Yao Xin in the circle again, so he directly made it impossible to find this person in the entertainment circle.
Yao Xin naturally could not defeat Chen Yaoqing, nor did she dare to confront him head-on. She was forced to abort the child and immigrate to live abroad.
As for that male star, Yao Xin didn't bother to care.
In this incident, Chen Yaoqing was not affected on the surface except for some behind-the-scenes ridicule from insiders in the circle.
Wen Mianyu felt that he didn't need to retaliate in a high-profile manner.
…
The next day, Wen Mianyu was called over by Director Lin as soon as she arrived at the set.
"It's really inconvenient that you don't have an agency. I wanted to find you for two scripts, but I didn't know your number, so I came to me."
Director Lin was sitting in front of the computer in the editing room, reviewing previously filmed footage, with a thick stack of scripts beside him.
Wen Mianyu pulled a chair over and sat down next to him, smiling, "I just thought I wasn't famous enough and probably didn't have many resources, so I wasn't in a hurry to sign with a company."
I never thought that resources would come to me one after another recently.
"They are two of my friends. They trained under me for a while before and are now starting their own film business. I heard you're a good person, so I wanted to help connect you."
Director Lin casually pulled two books from a pile nearby and threw them on the table in front of Wen Mianyu. He said, "Take a look for yourself. They're not a very famous team, but they're serious about making a good film."
Director Lin gave this direct instruction to Wen Mianyu.
For a debut film by a new director team, the investment in such films will not be high, and whether they can be released in theaters depends on luck. A large part of them will become paid movies on the Internet.
Wen Mianyu was a little surprised at first as to why his resources suddenly became so popular, but after hearing this, he understood.
The two directors who invited her to come probably heard Director Lin praising her. On the one hand, they were attracted by her acting skills, and on the other hand, they knew that she had filmed Director Lin's new film, and her popularity would definitely increase after the release. The salary would not be very expensive, and the window period before the release was enough for her to make another film.
If "Youth" becomes a hit, then subsequent movies will be able to take advantage of it.
Even if it doesn't become a hit, there's no loss. There's no difference between using her and using other new actresses.
Because they won't pay high salaries, actors with a little fame won't be interested in this kind of debut work by a new director.
Wen Mianyu actually wasn't very interested. It wasn't that she looked down on the new director, but she was confident that she could succeed on the variety show.
If she hadn't been eliminated after one or two episodes, she would have had to run back and forth to take on other roles, and she wasn't one of those people who disliked running back and forth.
Wen Mianyu casually opened the script and glanced at it, then was attracted by the plot.
This is a suspense film, a genre she loved during her lifetime.
What is different from normal suspense films is that this is a science fiction thriller suspense film. The original work is a relatively famous infinite flow novel on the Internet, called "Misty Mist". The content tells the story of the heroine who travels to the infinite flow world after her death, solves puzzles, survives and fights monsters, passes copies one by one, and finally gets reborn.
The script of this movie only uses a copy of the novel, and the core of the story has been slightly changed. In order to cater to censorship, the horror world was changed to a scientific background, but the content of the copy remains unchanged, and after the details are adjusted, it is obviously more exciting.
Wen Mianyu had read "The Mist" before her death and was very fond of the novel. At that time, her acting career had already reached its peak. She once thought about trying to be a director. She was very optimistic about the project of "The Mist" and even took the initiative to contact the author to buy the copyright.
But the author refused, saying that he did not plan to sell the copyright for the time being. Wen Mianyu asked for a high price and promised not to make major changes to the original work, but the other party did not give in, so she finally had to give up.
I originally thought that the author was being too cautious about her reputation, or that some wealthy company had offered a sky-high price, and therefore was unwilling to sell the film and television version to her. But who would have thought that this new director actually bought the copyright?
"I remember the original work of this script is very famous. The copyright alone must be worth tens of millions, right?" Wen Mianyu asked in surprise.
A small team only invests tens of millions in a movie. How did this director buy the license plate?
Wen Mianyu was really puzzled.
"Well, have you read the original novel?" Director Lin paused the video on the screen.
"Well, it's well written, the subject matter is novel, and the logic is very consistent." Wen Mianyu said.
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