21. Ran Yunhua’s birthday
Ran Yunhua finished applying lipstick in a few strokes without stopping with her right hand. She looked at her agent Mi Hua through the mirror in front of her and asked, "So what do you hope Guan Miao will say?"
Mi Hua choked and said unconvincedly: "No matter what, I have to come over and say thank you to you."
"You need those two thank yous?" She put down her phone. "Okay, instead of worrying about her, you should worry about my birthday party in two weeks."
Mi Hua nodded, "I understand."
A few days later, Deng Ling came back with a big box.
"Sister Deng Ling, what did you buy?"
"Didn't you say before that you wanted to give Ran Yunhua a gift? Next Wednesday is her birthday, so you'll have a reason to give it to her then."
Guan Miao patted his head and said, "That makes sense. I'll go look up what Teacher Ran likes. It should still be in time to buy it now."
"No, I already bought it. Here, this is it."
Deng Ling patted the box beside her and said, "I looked through all of Ran Yunhua's social media apps and finally found out that she particularly likes an anime character named Jiuri.
Then, I asked Chai Yue to check all the shopping IDs under Ran Yunhua's name and found that her Youyu account had been posting about collecting all the grains from the early days of Jiuri.
Hearing her say this, Guan Miao immediately understood, "So this box contains those millets? But the early millets should be out of print, right? Is there really anyone who can afford to part with them?"
"Yes, I waited for two days and finally found a young lady who had quit the mine and liquidated her business. I bought all the Jiuri millet she had for 50,000 yuan. We'll pick some more when the time comes, and we can keep some of the ordinary millet for ourselves."
Just as the scissors were about to cut through the tape, Guan Miao suddenly thought of something and shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Deng Ling was startled by her, her hand trembled, and the knife deflected.
Frightened by this, Deng Ling looked at her unhappily, "What's wrong?"
Guan Miao picked up his phone and ran to Deng Ling. "Sister Deng Ling, you didn't take the unboxing video. If there's any problem with the goods, you won't be able to explain it."
"So troublesome?"
"Yeah, wait a minute, I'll adjust the angle."
In this way, one person takes it apart and the other takes pictures. After taking one apart, they have to show it a full 360-degree view before they can move on to the next one.
After more than ten minutes, the two finally finished the unpacking process. The originally clean and tidy floor was half covered with foam paper and the other half was covered with various peripherals.
"These are out of print, put them in this box. These five are colored papers, put them in this box..."
After classifying the various peripherals, a large gift box with beautiful packaging is completed.
"Next Wednesday, according to my work schedule, I might not be back until very late. I'd like to trouble Sister Deng to send it to me then."
"OK."
After the gifts were prepared, Guan Miao felt a lot more relaxed, and even his filming efficiency improved a bit.
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Early Wednesday morning, as soon as Ran Yunhua stepped into the crew, someone wished her a happy birthday, and she responded to each one with a smile.
On the way to the lounge, I happened to meet Zheng Yuan who had just come out.
"Director Zheng, your dark circles are getting worse. You should take a couple of days off. Otherwise, your body won't be able to handle it if you continue like this."
Zheng Yuan shook his head. "I'm fine. Today is your birthday, so I'll give you half a day off."
"Really?" Ran Yunhua was delighted, but hesitant. "But will this delay the crew's progress?"
"No, the current progress is much faster than I expected. It's okay for you to rest for half a day."
"Thank you, Director. Mihua ordered a cake for lunch. Would you like to have a piece?"
"OK."
After the morning's performance, every staff member received a cake from Ran Yunhua's assistants.
"This cake is from Jumeixuan. I remember a 6-inch one usually costs 300 yuan. This one is probably 12 inches. And they bought so many, so it must have cost a lot of money."
"Well, how can we compare with them? We'll just have a few bites to eat."
"What are we eating later? I heard there's a noodle shop next door that's delicious. Do you want to go?"
"go!"
In the lounge, Guan Miao smelled the sweet scent of the cake, closed her eyes, and kept telling herself that what she was eating was cake, not boiled eggs.
Not a poached egg!!!
Chi Yi watched her swallow a mouthful of egg with a distorted expression, "Just bear with it a little longer, you'll be done with it in a few days. After that, you can eat whatever you want, we won't care about you at all."
"Wow, for now, please don't take on roles like these that are sickly or require me to be skinny. I don't want to lose weight anymore. I'm losing so much weight that I'm going to look stupid."
Guan Miao could no longer deceive himself. He poked at the boiled broccoli with a bitter face and said, "I want to eat fried chicken, spicy noodles, instant noodles, hot pot, and barbecue!"
"Okay, okay, stop crying. When you finish filming, we'll take you to the hot pot restaurant next door to eat spicy hot pot."
With the great temptation of hot pot, Guan Miao stopped making a fuss and obediently finished the remaining boiled vegetables.
Because Zheng Yuan gave Ran Yunhua a day off, most of the scenes this afternoon were played by supporting characters, among which Guan Miao had the most important role.
Just as she had guessed at the beginning, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening when the show ended.
"Miaomiao, Deng Ling has already delivered Ran Yunhua's gift, but something unexpected happened."
Guan Miao, who was about to lie down, suddenly sat up with a start, "Surprise? Teacher Ran doesn't like it?"
"Xi really liked it, but she took it off during the live broadcast, so Ran Yunhua's fans thought you two had a good relationship."
After hearing what happened, Guan Miao was a little confused. "What's the problem?"
"That's a big problem. You two don't have a very good relationship, but netizens think you have a good relationship. Are you trying to create a sisterly relationship with her?"
"No, no, no," she shook her head hurriedly, "Why stir-fry this? It would be embarrassing to force-fry it if it's not even cooked through."
"That's going to be difficult. Ran Yunhua is spreading the news that you two are very close. If you come out and say it's fake, her fans will probably think that their sister was deceived by you and that you are deliberately trying to take advantage of her popularity.
If you do this, you might be criticized by this group of people no matter what you do in the future."
Hearing Deng Ling's words, Guan Miao felt a headache. "Giving a birthday gift can cause so many problems."
"So, it's best for you to do nothing for now. Just wait quietly for the show to air. Also, strengthen your interaction with Xu Ruoming. It's best to let the public gradually forget what happened today."
"I've made a note of it. Luckily, I'll be wrapping up filming by the end of the month at the latest, so she shouldn't be dragging me into hyping up a couple relationship. But I still don't understand why she's trying to hype me up.
I'm not that popular, wouldn't it be lowering your own value to drag me into a CP? "
Chi Yi patted her head and said, "Do you think there's anyone in the crew who doesn't know that you have a powerful background? She's hyping up the CP for the people behind you. In layman's terms, it's a show of goodwill and weakness."
"Showing weakness?"
"Yes, she's a top actress and is willing to take the initiative to bring you into the country. She's so humble. If you're behind some unscrupulous company, they'd definitely be happy for you to be tied to her.
You can gain popularity, which makes it easier for you to get roles; and she can get other resources. Ultimately, it’s an exchange of interests between the two parties.”
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