Chapter 911 Peach Blossom Demon Does Not Want to Sacrifice Herself for Others (8)
"I accept this painting. Thank you for your gift." Tao Shichu changed his mind and decided to accept the painting.
Duan Jiuwei then happily put the painting away and handed it to Tao Shichu.
"Is filming going smoothly for you? If you have any difficulties, you can tell me directly." After giving the gift, Duan Jiuwei began to care about Tao Shichu's work.
Tao Shichu couldn't help but ask, "Are you also an investor in this drama?"
Duan Jiuwei paused and said, "No, but my best friend Mu Tinghai is. If you have any difficulties, tell me and I can talk to him."
"Then why didn't I tell him directly? Instead, I had to go through an extra process for you." Tao Shichu looked at him as if he were a fool.
Duan Jiuwei choked, and finally found a perfect reason after thinking for a while: "Mu Tinghai has other work. He manages a large company and is very busy. He may not have much energy to take care of the crew. I am different. My job is very free and I have plenty of time. It will be much more useful for you to tell me than to tell him."
Tao Shichu glanced at him with a half-smile and did not refute. Anyway, it was impossible for her to have any difficulties and need to find them.
Duan Jiuwei stood next to Tao Shichu. Although he looked very low-key, his figure and appearance were not low-key at all. Therefore, even if he did not follow Mu Tinghai to attract attention, other people in the crew could not help but look at him more. Occasionally, they would whisper and wonder: "Is the handsome guy next to Tao Shichu a new actor? Which role does he play? He looks so handsome!"
"He has a kind of elegant yet ruffian temperament, which is quite special. How come I haven't seen him before? This type of handsome guy should be very popular."
"Tsk, forget it. The handsome guy came here with CEO Mu. He might be some CEO. With his temperament, he can't be an unpopular actor."
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Tao Shichu had sharp ears, and she could hear those people even if they lowered their voices to talk. In order to avoid trouble, she said to Duan Jiuwei, "You have delivered the gift, so you should be back with President Mu, right?"
"Miss Tao, don't you really want to see me?" Duan Jiuwei covered his chest and expressed his sadness in an exaggerated voice, "I just want to spend more time with my soul muse."
Tao Shichu was choked by his exaggerated performance and was speechless. In the end, he had to take him to President Mu. President Mu was originally talking to the director and others. When he saw Tao Shichu and Duan Jiuwei coming back, he couldn't help but ask: "Why did you two come back so soon? Why don't you talk for a while?"
Director Li looked at Tao Shichu and Duan Jiuwei with some confusion and asked, "Does Shichu know Mr. Mu's friend?"
Before Tao Shichu could answer and distance herself from Duan Jiuwei, Mu Tinghai answered, "Of course I know her. Miss Tao is my brother's muse. By the way, my brother is an artist, quite famous. He fell in love with Miss Tao the moment he saw her. So he followed me to the crew and wanted to give Miss Tao his painting."
Mu Tinghai was extremely devoted to Duan Jiuwei and even helped him to get in touch with Tao Shichu. After he said this, no one in the crew dared to have any ideas about Tao Shichu, because they knew that this was the person that Mr. Mu's friend liked.
Sure enough, upon hearing his words, Director Li, the producer, and the other people present looked at Tao Shichu with different eyes. Producer Chen Changyu immediately showed Tao Shichu a brilliant smile, and said to Tao Shichu enthusiastically and cheerfully: "Oh, it turns out that Teacher Tao has such a connection with Mr. Mu's friends. It's really fate. I wonder if Mr. Mu and Mr. Duan are interested in having dinner together tonight? Teacher Tao happens to have no scenes to shoot tonight. Since we are all friends, we should get together more often!"
Although Chen Changyu didn't know Duan Jiuwei, he knew Mu Tinghai's family background. If he and Mu Tinghai were childhood friends, then could this Mr. Duan be an ordinary person? Therefore, the sensitive string in his mind was immediately touched. This was also a network of people that could be made!
He had this idea, but Tao Shichu was very unhappy that he was using her as a tool to make friends with him, because she said to Chen Changyu with a fake smile: "Producer Chen, it's really unfortunate. Although I don't have any scenes to shoot tonight, I still have to memorize the lines. My character has a lot of lines, and many of them are very obscure and difficult to understand. If I don't memorize them in advance, it will definitely delay everyone's time during the filming."
Duan Jiuwei saw Tao Shichu's dissatisfaction and finally became a little smarter. He quickly said, "Miss Tao is so dedicated to her work, we naturally can't disturb her from studying. I think we should forget about the meal. It won't be too late to have a chance in the future. Wouldn't it be better to have a good gathering after the filming is finished?"
Since the protagonist he wanted to curry favor with said so, although Chen Changyu felt very sorry, he did not continue to dwell on the matter and started talking to Mu Tinghai and Duan Jiuwei again.
Tao Shichu brought Duan Jiuwei back here, felt that his mission was accomplished, and left.
Duan Jiuwei watched her graceful figure walking farther and farther away, but he couldn't catch up with her. He knew that he couldn't chase her too closely, otherwise Tao Shichu would have a bad impression of him. Therefore, he had to suppress his inner impulse and told himself that impatient people can't eat hot tofu. If he wanted to catch up with Tao Shichu, he had to be patient.
Tao Shichu didn't take this matter to heart. The portrait that Duan Jiuwei gave her was pretty good, so she hung it in the hotel room.
Wenwen was so surprised when she saw it that she couldn't close her mouth. She asked, "Shichu, who painted this portrait of you? It's so beautiful, isn't it? This cheongsam, is it the one you wore at the dinner party hosted by Producer Chen last time?"
Wenwen was very excited. She did not attend the dinner, and she was not on the set this afternoon. Instead, she was called back to the company by agent Jin to do other things. As a result, she missed the scene of Duan Jiuwei giving peaches to Chuhua, and she didn't even know Duan Jiuwei.
"An artist gave it to me, saying that I gave him inspiration for his creation." Tao Shichu did not hide it from her.
"Oh my God! Which artist is it? He actually regards you as a source of inspiration. He really has a good vision." Wenwen exclaimed.
"His name is Duan Jiuwei. I heard from President Mu that he is quite famous, but I don't seem to have any impression of him." Tao Shichu recalled and indeed did not find any relevant information about Duan Jiuwei in the original owner's memory. There was only Mu Tinghai, who seemed to have had business dealings with the male protagonist Yin Xiangbei, but he was just a passerby, neither a villain nor a supporting actor.
As a person who grew up in the era of information explosion, Wenwen immediately opened the search page on her mobile phone and typed in Duan Jiuwei's name. After searching, a series of information about him popped up.
(End of this chapter)
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