Chapter 41
Chapter 41
Action speaks louder than words.
Lan Xu made no attempt to hide anything and asked Jiang Mingyue, "Could you introduce me to your acting teacher? I'm willing to pay for his instruction privately."
teacher?
Apart from the acting classes she received at school in her previous life and the on-set coaching from film directors, Jiang Mingyue has never hired a dedicated acting coach for one-on-one service.
However, there are many reputable acting teachers in the industry, and Jiang Mingyue could easily introduce them to Lan Xu.
Moreover, this gave Lan Xu more opportunities to communicate with her.
Does this mean that we've completed the task assigned by Gu Yifan ahead of schedule?
Jiang Mingyue turned around cheerfully and shouted, "Brother Gu, come here quickly. Lan Xu wants the contact information of the company's acting teacher. You two can talk."
Gu Yifan, who had specially stayed with Jiang Mingyue at the filming location, walked over with a warm smile on his face. Like a kind and approachable elder, he said, "The acting class is a long story, so Mingyue, please help Lan Xu first. Once filming is finished, Lan Xu, your manager will be here too. Call him, and we'll go out for a meal together and talk about it slowly."
Isn't acting class just about inviting a teacher and attending classes on time?
Is there another explanation?
Lan Xu had only ever taken acting classes provided by the company, where several artists participated together. She couldn't imagine what a one-on-one class would be like, so she nodded in agreement with a blank expression.
Help someone to the very end, and see them through to the end.
Since Lan Xu seemed to have improved during the subsequent filming, whenever his expressions or movements were particularly stiff or inappropriate, Jiang Mingyue would proactively interrupt and guide him on what expressions he should make.
The shoot, which was supposed to end at 3 p.m., dragged on until 7 p.m.
When filming wrapped up, Lan Xu bowed repeatedly to all the staff to apologize, saying, "Thank you all for your hard work. I will have my agent make up the difference."
Outside the recording studio, a man with an ordinary appearance but very refined manners walked in.
The man kept his eyes down, avoiding other people's gazes, until he reached Lan Xu. Lan Xu reminded him, "Brother, we've gone over time today. We need to give the venue and staff extra money."
The man who had come over then whispered, "Okay, I'll contact the company and have them handle it."
Lan Xu's face showed a helpless expression as he reminded, "Brother, we should at least buy everyone some drinks to thank them for staying up with me."
"Huh? Oh, okay, I'll go buy it right away." Lan Xu's agent immediately lowered his head, turned around, and ran out.
Jiang Mingyue stood to the side, her lips twitching as she listened.
Didn't Lan Xu already make it very clear?
His overtime was due to personal reasons, and it was indeed for work. The company could pay for it, but Lan Xu is not short of money. Having his agent go out and get some cash for the staff to count on the spot would make the staff feel better.
His agent is really something...
When Jiang Mingyue met "Lan Xu's agent" in person, she finally understood why Gu Yifan could get satisfactory answers to anything he discussed with her.
—This man doesn't seem to dare to contradict any stranger.
Jiang Mingyue couldn't help but turn her gaze to Gu Yifan, and sure enough, she saw the confident expression on Gu Yifan's face, like a cat looking at a mouse.
"Go remove your makeup first, wait for me a moment," Gu Yifan instructed in a low voice, and followed Lan Xu's manager out.
Jiang Mingyue watched the two leave one after the other, then called out to Lan Xu, "Let's go, let's both take off our makeup, it's so thick and makes our faces look so smudged."
"Okay." Lan Xu followed him to the dressing room.
Jiang Mingyue used makeup remover to melt away the foundation that was firmly stuck to her face. Unable to contain her curiosity, she glanced at Lan Xu a few times and asked in a low voice, "I heard from Brother Gu that your manager is your relative. Is this your older brother?"
The agent is completely inappropriate; anyone with eyes can see that.
Lan Xu had faced this question countless times, and he knew very well that Jiang Mingyue wasn't asking about their kinship.
Lan Xu frankly said, "He's my cousin from my aunt's side. He's highly educated, but he's shy and not good at communicating with people, so his work hasn't been going well. Anyway, most of my jobs are assigned by businesses or companies, so I asked my cousin to be my agent."
Jiang Mingyue astutely pointed out the problem: "What do we do when we're scrambling for work?"
Lan Xu confidently raised her head: "Those who are more famous than me are not as popular as me. They are expensive and bring in sales, so they can't take my job at all."
If we don't consider a career change, as a popular singer, Lan Xu's only job opportunities are advertising endorsements, so his logic makes sense.
But now his work scope has started to include film and television shooting, and with his agent being so useless, he's going to suffer a lot.
Jiang Mingyue mentally calculated Lan Xu's path to success and felt that Lan Xu might not "suffer in the future," but rather that he had already suffered losses when he participated in the TV series.
Jiang Mingyue glanced at Lan Xu, seemingly wanting to say something but ultimately refraining from speaking before they went to eat together.
She avoided saying anything offensive by using the act of washing her face and emulsifying the makeup remover on her face.
When Jiang Mingyue returned after washing her face, Gu Yifan had already gone back to the studio and was giving money to the staff who were working overtime.
They didn't give much, only 500 each.
However, given Jiang Mingyue's financial situation, she couldn't actually afford this favor fee—fortunately, before making the artist famous, all expenses could be covered by the company's accounts.
However, Gu Yifan handled things well, and when Lan Xu's agent returned with a bunch of freshly squeezed fruit drinks, the expressions on the faces of the staff present were priceless.
Drinks are good, of course, but paper money is best.
But she herself is just the female lead in Lan Xu's music video, or rather, a supporting character to Lan Xu. Is it necessary for Gu Yifan to steal the limelight from Lan Xu's manager in a place like this and make Lan Xu look bad?
She turned to look at Lan Xu, and sure enough, Lan Xu looked somewhat forced.
Jiang Mingyue felt that Gu Yifan's actions were simply asking for trouble.
Gu Yifan seemed oblivious to everything and continued, "I've booked a restaurant. It's a place where people in the industry often discuss business, so I guarantee we won't be photographed. Let's go, you must be tired after a long day. Let's go eat, and I'll tell you about the acting class you wanted to know about."
Lan Xu wanted to know about acting classes, but now that Gu Yifan had brought it up, Lan Xu was unhappy but couldn't refuse, so she could only purse her lips and go out with Gu Yifan.
"Come ride in our car, it's spacious and won't attract attention if there are two cars." Gu Yifan smiled and opened the door of the van, inviting Lan Xu's agent to come face to face.
It hits the vital spot.
Lan Xu's agent seemed to be speechless, unable to refuse at all, and quickly and proactively got into the car with his head down.
The agent went upstairs, and Lan Xu could only squeeze into the carriage under Gu Yifan's smiling gaze.
Jiang Mingyue lowered her voice and reminded him, "Brother Gu, you want to sign someone to our company, so don't bully them."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Gu Yifan patted Jiang Mingyue on the back and pushed her into the carriage as well.
They went inside, and the van started up, taking them all to a lavish, large entertainment hotel.
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