The next day, before Yan Qing arrived at the company, she received a call from the director, saying that he wanted to discuss something with her.
Yan Qing soon arrived at the agreed place. The director smiled and pulled out a stool for her. He clasped his hands together and looked at her with a smile, which made her feel a little uneasy.
"Uh, please don't look at me like that, I'm getting a little flustered!"
The director laughed twice, took out his cell phone, rummaged through it for a while, and placed it in front of Yan Qing, pointing to the award selection requirements on it and said.
"Look at this. I think our film is just right. We just need to speed up the filming process. I'm still very hopeful of winning this time!"
Yan Qing didn't quite understand what was going on, so she didn't reply to him immediately. Instead, she began to look through the book carefully. After a while, her eyes lit up, and she became uncontrollably excited.
She had seen this award before in the real world. Although the name was slightly different, she could easily guess the award based on its influence and requirements.
"I know about this award too. Since you're confident you can get it, it's just a matter of filming in advance. If you explain the situation to the actors in advance, it shouldn't be a problem!"
The director nodded twice, took the phone from Yan Qing and put it in his pocket.
"I haven't informed the actors yet, but it shouldn't be a big problem. I'm just worried you might disagree!"
Yan Qing smiled and said nothing, but couldn't help rolling his eyes in his heart.
After the schedule was finalized, all that remained was for Yan Qing to invest as soon as possible, and the actors would no longer be Yan Qing's responsibility.
Ruan Mowei received a notice from the director in the group, saying that the filming was suddenly advanced. The reason for the advance filming was not explained on the phone. Ruan Mowei thought about it and came up with another idea.
So I called the director directly.
"Director, didn't you say filming wouldn't start for another two months? I've already arranged other shoots, and I can't get around it right now!"
Ruan Mowei paused and pretended to be aggrieved as he spoke with sobs.
"Did Yan Qing ask you to do this? I know Yan Qing doesn't like me because of Gu Mingche, and she wants to use this opportunity to make me withdraw so she can find someone else!"
Ruan Mowei wiped her tears, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and continued talking to herself.
"I'm just an actor. How can I outmaneuver the investors? Actors also have tempers. Please tell Yan Qing that we have already signed the contract and you were the first to breach the contract. So if she wants to use this method to kick me out, she must be prepared to compensate me for the liquidated damages!"
Ruan Mowei thought the director could understand what she meant, but she didn't expect that Xie Liancheng would call her shortly after she hung up the phone.
Ruan Mowei thought that Xie Liancheng called to tell her something good, but she didn't expect that as soon as the call was connected, Xie Liancheng's roaring voice came from the other side.
"Ruan Mowei! Is there something wrong with your brain? Haven't you figured out what happened after you were offended a while ago? Now you're causing trouble again. The director just called me and said, if you don't want to be the female lead, there are tons of other people vying for it, and no one needs you!"
After saying that, Xie Liancheng hung up the phone.
Ruan Mowei was completely confused. She just wanted to piss off Yan Qing and didn't want to give up on starring in the movie.
She has finally gotten the leading role in a movie, so how could she give up so easily?
Ruan Mowei called Xie Liancheng back without thinking, but the call was hung up several times. As the number of hang-ups increased, Ruan Mowei became more and more uneasy.
Ruan Mowei kept sending him messages on WeChat, saying that she was wrong. After an afternoon, the call finally got through.
"Xie Liancheng! I really didn't mean to do it. I just wanted to piss off Yan Qing. I didn't mean to quit acting in the movie!"
Xie Liancheng spent the whole afternoon apologizing to the director. After an entire afternoon of negotiations, he finally got the director to agree to use Ruan Mowei again by promising to reduce his pay and invest in the film without asking for any compensation.
"Do you know how much I lost because of you? Ruan Mowei, I'm warning you for the last time. If you act on your own again, you'll have no chance of making it in the entertainment industry!"
After Xie Liancheng finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Ruan Mowei was so angry that her face turned pale. She threw the phone away and hit the wall hard. The phone instantly broke into pieces and fell to the ground.
"Xie Liancheng! Yan Qing! Just wait, sooner or later I will put you out of reach!"
Ruan Mowei didn't sleep well that night because of Xie Liancheng's reproach. Her mind was full of fantasies of reaching a high position in the future and being able to look down on those who looked down on her.
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The filming started within a few days. Ruan Mowei didn't dare to delay any longer and arrived at the shooting site three or four days in advance.
On the day of the start of filming, Yan Qing specially wore a dress to the scene, but she did not go on stage to speak. Instead, she stood silently in the audience and applauded.
This film is not her first investment, but it may soon become her first award-winning film.
At the start-up scene, Yan Qing saw Ruan Mowei holding the microphone and talking incessantly like a peacock spreading its feathers, constantly thanking this and that, which made her ears a little irritated.
After stepping down from the stage, Yan Qing didn't know what she was thinking. Maybe it was a momentary impulse, or maybe it was because she needed to find a way to vent the resentment that had been pent up for a long time. She directly stopped Ruan Mowei who had just stepped down from the stage, and looked at her with her arms folded and a faint smile on her face.
Ruan Mowei had failed many times in the past when she had tried to go against Yan Qing, especially since she had invested in this movie. Ruan Mowei didn't want to see this woman at all, but because she was the investor, she couldn't turn her back on her. It was like a torment of ice and fire.
"Mr. Yan, do you have anything to say to me?"
Ruan Mowei waited quietly for a while, but Yan Qingzhong just crossed his arms and said nothing, looking at her with a half-smile.
"Nothing, I just wanted to talk to you!"
Yan Qing circled around Ruan Mowei, making a clicking sound.
"The dress is nice, but you haven't heard of this movie. The dress you wore at the opening ceremony today doesn't quite match the film's plot! As an actor, don't you have this little bit of common sense?"
Yan Qing picked up a ribbon hanging from Ruan Mowei's dress and slowly wrapped it around her finger.
Ruan Mowei's face stiffened slightly. Because she had offended Xie Liancheng recently, he had deducted half of her salary. She didn't know whether Gu Mingche had transferred any money to her. The dress she was wearing was a gift from someone when she went abroad to participate in an endorsement. Apart from this dress, she had nothing else that was worthy of today's opening ceremony. She didn't expect to be severely criticized by Yan Qing.
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