Chapter 066

The system's eyes widened in shock for a while before it said unwillingly: [No wonder I am a passerby system...]

[You people have eight hundred hearts and eyes, and they are all sincere! ]

Yan Xi was helpless, "That's because you're obsessed with being with the handsome guy. If you're careful enough, you'll find the clues."

The system angrily said: [What’s wrong with the handsome guy? ]

[Life is all about having some superficial happiness! What's wrong with that! 】

Then, the system changed the subject, took out a handful of melon seeds, and approached Yan Xi in a frivolous manner, [Host, what other melons did you find...ah, what clues, tell me more!]

Yan Xi: “…”

"Didn't you realize that the plot has done something similar to Zhou Yanci?"

The system was shocked: [Is there? ]

"You are the one who told me that Zhou Yanci is Ye Luoyi's lover."

"There is such an important relationship between the two, but Ye Luoyi and Zhou Yanci have almost no intersection. It is too abnormal that Zhou Yanci, with such a character, has not developed into a fish of Ye Luoyi."

The system thought for a moment: [Oh, right. I remember that the two of them didn't appear in the same frame in the novel. Only on the day of Zhou Yanci's funeral, when Ye Luoyi cried very sadly, did the plot mention Ye Luoyi's feelings for him.]

Yan Xi smiled knowingly, "Because of the setting of Bai Yueguang, Zhou Yanci has changed from 'the supporting actress's brother' to 'the heroine's Bai Yueguang', and the importance of the role has increased."

"The same goes for the Lu family's little daughter. Ye Luoyi is like a stand-in for the Lu family's little daughter, and she and the little daughter are in a 'real and fake' relationship. So, if I become the Lu family's little daughter, the importance of my role will also increase."

“This direct connection with the heroine is what allows the plot to work against us.”

Just like the plot can control Zhou Qingyu's love brain, because Zhou Qingyu and Ye Luoyi are the supporting actress and the heroine, there is a contrasting relationship between the characters, but the plot cannot prevent Xia Momo from waking up, because the relationship between her and Ye Luoyi is very distant.

The closer a character is to the center of the story, the more he or she will be affected by the web of fate woven by the plot.

The system gritted its teeth and successfully broke the melon seeds in half: [The plot is so tricky! I didn't realize it before! ]

Yan Xi sighed, "So, it's better to work on your luck as soon as possible and keep Qingqing away from the plot completely."

[By the way, host! The atmosphere was so tense just now that I didn’t have time to say anything! ]

The system had a melon seed in its mouth and its eyes sparkled: [I just received two more luck value reminders! ]

[Ding! Zhou Yanci's health index increased, Zhou Qingyu gained 5 points of luck]

[The relationship between the Zhou family has eased, Zhou Qingyu gains 1 luck point, and the current luck point is 66.2 points]

——

Early the next morning.

Zhou Qingyu was sleeping in as usual.

She was the third female lead and didn't have many scenes. Producer Xu knew that a proud young lady like her was not easy to deal with, so he tried to schedule her scenes in the afternoon.

Yan Xi got up early, had breakfast, packed some breakfast and took them to Zhou Yanci and Aunt Zhang.

The hospital in the morning was filled with the strong smell of alcohol and disinfectant. Patients with pale faces came and went, moving slowly with the help of their families.

This is a place full of death, but also a place running towards hope.

Walking to Zhou Yanci's VIP ward, the door was ajar, someone had arrived earlier than Yan Xi. Yan Xi pushed open the door and saw Zhou Yanci wearing a clean hospital gown, sitting on the bed, with his computer on the modified small table in front of him, and he was working.

Special Assistant Sun stood beside him respectfully and reported work to him.

Yan Xi: “…”

So cool! I got caught early in the morning!

Yan Xi put breakfast on the small table.

"Didn't the doctor tell you to get some rest? You were already asked to work for two hours yesterday. What time is it now? Eat breakfast first!"

Special Assistant Sun's eyes widened. Is Yan Xi crazy? How dare she speak to Mr. Zhou in an imperative tone!

Special Assistant Sun: "Yan Xi, this is a project of the group, it's very important..."

"Okay," Zhou Yanci put the documents aside and moved the breakfast to the middle of the small table, "Let's have breakfast first."

Special Assistant Sun:?

Yan Xi took out the breakfast made by the old house's chef. The breakfast made by the chef was a sandwich. Taking Zhou Yanci's lactose intolerance into consideration, the milk was replaced with soy milk. In addition, there was also a vegetable salad.

Special Assistant Sun only took a glance and said, "Mr. Zhou doesn't eat vegetables..."

"How can that be possible?" Yan Xi said firmly, "The patient needs a balanced diet, and the doctor also said that he needs to take more vitamins."

Assistant Sun snorted coldly, "Oh, you still want to make carnivorous animals eat grass? What's the difference between this and asking a tiger to convert to Buddhism and eat vegetarian food every day? Is it possible?"

Then, he saw Zhou Yanci holding a fork and obediently picking up a carrot. "You're right, eat them all."

Special Assistant Sun: ???

Mr. Zhou! Are you being taken away? If so, blink!

After supervising Zhou Yanci and finishing his breakfast, Yan Xi left the hospital.

She also had the matter of Xingyao to worry about, and more importantly, she had to find a way to make up for the remaining luck points, and she couldn't stay by Zhou Yanci's side all the time.

Special Assistant Sun had not yet recovered from the shock he had just experienced. He patted his face to sober himself up.

Zhou Yanci was watching Yan Xi's back, and his expression became gentle.

Is it because of illness and hospitalization?

I have heard that some people have cold personalities. After suffering a serious illness, they realize that nothing matters except life and death, and they become much more tolerant of the people and things around them.

Could it be that Zhou Yanci is also of this type?

Thinking of this, Special Assistant Sun instantly felt much happier.

I feel like he would agree to anything I say now!

"Mr. Zhou, we've known each other for so long, let me be frank, I want a month's paid vacation..."

Zhou Yanci:?

Zhou Yanci looked at him coldly, "Assistant Sun, don't you want to do this anymore?"

Special Assistant Sun: T^T

——

Yan Xi stayed in the office of Xingyao VP for the entire morning.

The CEO of Xingyao is Zhou Qingyu's aunt Qu Yan. She only comes to the company during the annual meeting 365 days a year. The rest of the time she is just a figurehead and does no work.

Lin Zhi is in charge of most of Xingyao's affairs, and important projects are reported to Yu Xiao.

Yu Xiao originally thought that Yan Xi could take over his job and Lin Zhi was just an assistant, but in reality, that was not the case. Yan Xi knew that she would most likely be as bad as Qu Yan. She came here to earn luck points and didn't really want to be a VP.

Managing Xingyao well might bring Zhou Qingyu some luck points, but it was too little. She wanted to find fat sheep like Shen Xinghe and Han Shu who could help her earn big points.

Therefore, Yan Xi handed over some of Xingyao's daily work to Lin Zhi.

Now she is staying in the office, just trying to find projects with potential.

System: [Host, there are not so many dark horses in this world. You searched for a long time in the project department to collect 30 points of luck, but you didn't find it, right? ]

"No, I saw a project last time and didn't think it had potential then, but now it seems like it might have potential!"

Yan Xi flipped through the books and found the project book that she had missed.

This project proposal was submitted to Xingyao two months ago. The project department has reviewed and approved it, but it has not been given. The evaluation report says, "This project has certain investability, but the risk is too high. There is no precedent in the domestic market, so investment is not recommended."

The person who submitted the project is Chu Tingbai, a female director who wants to plan a variety show about cultivating idols.

The domestic idol market is not good, and Chu Tingbai submitted his project proposals to many companies, including video platforms and TV stations, and all of them were rejected.

Yan Xi quickly flipped through the project book and found Chu Tingbai's contact information on the last page.

——

The ancient trees are towering, with branches and leaves blocking out the sun.

The stream gurgles through, and the pebbles are clearly visible.

The MV photography crew has already set up the camera and aimed it at the boy standing in the stream. The boy is wearing a white silk shirt and loose black cotton and linen pants. He is barefoot in the stream, and the cold stream water has wet his pants and feet.

The young female director stood in front of the surveillance camera on the shore, her long seaweed-like hair tied into a low bun and fixed loosely with a pencil.

She held a loudspeaker in her hand and told the stylist, "Don't just stand there! Splash some water on Teacher Shen's chest, and wet your hair, hair too!"

Originally, the boy was just a confused boy in the stream. When his shirt got wet, it stuck to his upper skin, and his chest and abdominal muscles were faintly visible. It was hard to see clearly through the translucent shirt, but it made people want to find out more.

His hair was also wet, with water droplets falling down his dark blue curls, like a lonely mermaid stranded in the deep sea with nowhere to go.

Several staff members around hadn't reacted at first, but now their eyes were wide open.

"Ji Xingzhou's abdominal muscles are nice!"

"Looking at Teacher Shen's face, I thought she was an abstinent lady. What a contrast!"

"Director Chu is so good! She has so much sexual tension, no wonder everyone likes to invite her to shoot music videos!"

Chu Tingbai's ability in shooting MVs is well-known in the industry. She is good at creating atmosphere, and her lens can always capture the most beautiful looks of stars.

But Chu Tingbai is not content to be just a MV director. She does not have the ambition to make movies and win awards. Chu Tingbai feels that she is superficial and she likes superficial happiness, such as looking at handsome men and beautiful women. So she wants to plan an idol-cultivation variety show, filming the idols' stage, with energetic boys and girls singing and dancing to their heart's content. How can that not be a kind of beauty?

This is the reason why she was so timid. Because she had no successful experience, she was not optimistic about her project. From the time she submitted her proposal to now, it has been nearly half a year, and there has been no response at all.

Stupid humans!

You have lost the opportunity to appreciate beauty, do you understand?

Therefore, Chu Tingbai could only carry her camera and continue shooting her MV.

In the mountains and forests, apart from the sounds of flowing water, birds singing, and wind rustling leaves, everything is primitive and beautiful, just like Chu Tingbai's lens, restoring the most primitive desires of human beings.

Just then, the bell rang.

Chu Tingbai frowned impatiently, "Mute everything during work hours!"

The staff were silent and no one dared to speak.

But the ringing stopped for a while and then came again.

Chu Tingbai was furious. She had just caught a glimpse of Ji Xingzhou's indulgence beneath his abstinent appearance, but was interrupted by the ringing!

"Who is it? I told you to mute it, didn't you understand?"

No one dared to speak at the scene. Ji Xingzhou carefully pointed at Chu Tingbai's canvas bag.

"Director Chu, it seems to be your phone."

Chu Tingbai: "..."

She was impatient and took out her phone, "Hello——"

A young girl's crisp voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hello, Director Chu, I'm the executive vice president of Xingyao, and I want to invest in your project."

Chu Tingbai was stunned for two seconds, then his face fell. "Executive Vice President of Xingyao? Little girl, you are so young and yet you are still a bad student. You are actually cheating people? I, Chu Tingbai, am not good at other things, but my hearing is very good. Are you an adult? Is your ID card saying you are 18 years old?"

Yan Xi: “…”

Yan Xi was a little confused. She certainly wasn't mature and sexy, but she shouldn't be mistaken for a minor, right?

Lin Zhi stood aside and said, "Boss Yan, when you are polite, your voice is too soft and sounds small, and the phone has a certain voice-changing effect."

Yan Xi angrily handed the phone to Lin Zhi, "Come on!"

Lin Zhi's professionalism allowed her to resolve the matter in five minutes and convinced Chu Tingbai that Xingyao wanted to invest in her project.

This time, it was Chu Tingbai who was confused.

She remembered that she had submitted her project proposal to Xingyao two months ago, so why did it take two months to get a reply? Did her project proposal only reach the top management of Xingyao after she traveled around the world?

But since it was an investment after all, Chu Tingbai became much more cautious and put away his previous rude behavior.

She asked the on-site staff to take a ten-minute break, then found a place with better signal and called back.

It was Yan Xi who answered the phone again this time.

Yan Xi got straight to the point, "Director Chu, I've read your project proposal. If you have time, we can discuss it in detail at Xingyao."

Chu Tingbai was very surprised. After all, she had been rejected too many times in the past six months. Now that someone wanted to invest, she became rational and nervous. Almost instinctively, she told Yan Xi what those people had said to reject her before.

"Are you sure you want to invest? After all, the domestic idol market is not good..."

"Moreover, in this kind of training program, apart from the mentor, everyone else is unknown, not popular, and has no fan base... The mentor has his own fans, but there are not many shots of him..."

Yan Xi smiled bitterly, "Director Chu, this is your project, why are you less confident than me?"

Chu Tingbai was stunned, slapped his forehead in self-mockery, and said helplessly, "I used to be confident, but it has been worn away in the past six months."

Yan Xi: "I looked at this project a week ago and was not very optimistic about it. However, you should know that Zhou Qingyu held a concert in Country H a few days ago."

Chu Tingbai stood up straight. This event caused such a sensation, and it also brought to the fore a female singer with great musical talent - Han Shu.

Later, K Company collapsed and many entertainment companies in Country H were strictly investigated. As someone in the entertainment industry, it was hard for Chu Tingbai not to know about this.

"For that concert, we earned back the cost of holding the concert just by the reward points. Moreover, I have analyzed the top groups in H country in recent years. Without exception, their overseas markets have focused on my country. It can be seen that our country is a big cake. It's just that there is no stage for idols to develop, not that there is no market..."

Chu Tingbai didn't say anything, just listened quietly to Yan Xi's analysis.

When Yan Xi listed the rationale of idol training variety shows one by one, Chu Tingbai suddenly thought of "great minds think alike". She had the same idea at first, and although she was disappointed in the end, she did not change her mind.

When these words came out of another person's mouth, she felt familiar, even exciting.

The chilled heart began to beat violently again. Chu Tingbai seemed to have already imagined what the variety show would be like in the future.

Finally, Yan Xi concluded, "I think this project has potential. Director Chu, do you want to try it together?"

Chu Tingbai didn't hesitate at all, "I still have an MV to shoot here, I can finish it today, I will go to Haicheng to find you after I finish it!"

——

After confirming that it was Chu Tingbai's side, Yan Xi felt like a huge rock had fallen from her heart.

She always digs out novels that will become popular in the future. These dark horses are limited. Yan Xi feels that she is familiar with the entertainment industry. She wants to try her own

Explore future opportunities.

Although she is bold, Yan Xi has always had a good sense of the overall situation.

"By the way, how is Han Shu doing?" Yan Xi asked Lin Zhi.

Han Shu is a big fat sheep in her hand. With her current popularity, she is still some distance away from becoming a queen, so she still has a lot of luck to gain!

Compared to Shen Xinghe, Shen Xinghe's fame requires the accumulation of works. A play can take several months, which is too slow. Variety shows can bring exposure, but it is a kind of consumption for actors, so they cannot participate in too many.

But singers are different. Singers can perform on variety shows! No delay!

Lin Zhi: "Qiao Yan contacted several musicians and planned to create an album tailor-made for Han Shu. There are also several crews who are interested in asking Han Shu to sing the OST."

Yan Xi nodded. Han Shu couldn’t always sing other people’s songs. He still had to have his own songs.

"If possible, let Qiao Yan find some music variety shows that are suitable for Han Shu. It will also be good for accumulating popularity."

"good."

——

In the afternoon, Yan Xi went to visit the crew of "Crazy".

"Crazy" is a big production with an investment of 500 million yuan. All the actors are veteran actors and big names. The leading actors have both acting skills and popularity. In such a crew, Zhou Qingyu's three-legged cat acting skills are obviously not good enough.

Fortunately, Yan Xi turned down other announcements from Zhou Qingyu. It would be a waste of time to play roles that were not suitable for Zhou Qingyu. Yan Xi also invited an acting teacher to teach Zhou Qingyu acting knowledge. The acting teacher repeatedly taught Zhou Qingyu the roles of the third female lead.

Diligence can make up for lack of talent. This saying is absolutely useful.

With this kind of compensation, and the compatibility between the character of Lihua and Zhou Qingyu, Zhou Qingyu's performance can actually be considered outstanding.

Especially the cello part. When Zhou Qingyu was immersed in the theater performance, Director Wei's eyes were filled with tears. For a moment, he thought that the real Lihua was alive.

Director Wei and Producer Xu were reluctant to replace Yan Xi. It was not because Ye Luoyi was too suitable, but because they felt that Zhou Qingyu's acting was too bad and they were worried that she would ruin the movie.

But now it seems that Director Wei feels that the rumors in the industry are wrong. Zhou Qingyu’s acting skills are not bad. She performed very well and acted opposite veteran actors without being overshadowed!

The rumors about Zhou Qingyu in the industry are really too much!

Miss Zhou is beautiful, has good acting skills, and has her own investment. This kind of actor should be cooperated with more in the future~

During the break, Yan Xi came to Zhou Qingyu and gave her the health tea.

The character of Lihua has a stunning appearance, and figure and temperament are also very important. Zhou Qingyu has to maintain her figure recently, so she can't drink milk tea for the time being.

"You don't drink milk tea yourself, and you don't let me bring food to the crew members. Isn't that bad?" Yan Xi remembered that when Zhou Qingyu came to the "Bottom Line" crew to find her, she also brought a food truck!

"I'm rich now, so afternoon tea doesn't cost much!"

Zhou Qingyu waved her hands, "It's not that I don't want to buy it, but I don't need you to buy it."

Just as he finished speaking, a food truck arrived at the crew.

This is the dining car of a five-star hotel. From the plates of pastries on them, you can tell how expensive an afternoon tea here is.

There was also a banner on the dining car that read, "Tianhui and Zhou Qingyu wish the crew of "Crazy Summer and Winter" a smooth filming!"

Tianhui? Pei Yubai?

A Ferrari followed the dining car to the crew, and Pei Yubai got out of the Ferrari.

"I'm here to visit Qingyu at work. Qingyu and I are treating everyone to afternoon tea. Please feel free!" Pei Yubai had a gentle smile on his face and generously treated everyone to afternoon tea.

However, thinking about the price of afternoon tea, Pei Yubai felt the pain. Tianhui's economy has been in recession recently, and he wanted to save as much as possible. When he visited Ye Luoyi's crew in the past, he spent less than one-tenth of the money he spent this time!

The crew members had no idea of ​​the twists and turns in Pei Yubai's heart, but since they were being treated to a meal, they would have to eat it, so they all thanked Pei Yubai.

Pei Yubai came to Zhou Qingyu with a small cake and black tea.

Zhou Qingyu's phone call that night made him realize that if he wanted to win her back, he needed to work extra hard. Zhou Qingyu was willing to give him a chance, which showed that there was still a possibility for the two of them. She was just being petty, and it shouldn't be difficult to get her back if she let her temper take its course.

Pei Yubai looked at Zhou Qingyu tenderly, "Qingyu, I ordered your favorite afternoon tea."

"Put it aside!"

Zhou Qingyu was not interested and held her health tea. "I'm trying to lose weight recently and can't eat anything high in sugar."

Pei Yubai's mouth twitched.

Why didn’t you tell me earlier if you couldn’t eat it!

But he didn't say this out loud, and there was still a gentle smile on his face.

Yan Xi ate the cake and Snow Peak coffee that Pei Yubai had treated her to. The cake was soft and fluffy, sweet but not greasy, the Snow Peak coffee was full of milky aroma, and the sweet ice cream combined with the bitter taste of the coffee made it taste fragrant and mellow. Afternoon tea in a five-star hotel is so delicious!

Pei Yubai's face, which was sometimes green and sometimes white, made the cake even sweeter.

Director Wei saw Pei Yubai visiting the set and asked the crew to take a half-hour break.

Zhou Qingyu stretched her limbs. She had been filming for the entire afternoon, especially the last scene where she had been sitting in one position playing the cello. Her legs were sore.

"Pei Yubai," Zhou Qingyu called out, "Come here and help me massage my calves."

Her voice was neither loud nor soft, loud enough for the people around to hear. Many people were curious about her relationship with Pei Yubai and turned their heads to look over.

Pei Yubai's face turned pale. He was the CEO of Tianhui after all. Why was he massaging Zhou Qingyu's calves? Did he think he was her servant?!

And there are so many people watching around...it's so embarrassing!

Pei Yubai gritted his teeth and knelt in front of Zhou Qingyu. Curious eyes and whispers all around made Pei Yubai feel embarrassed.

However, for his future in Pei's, he endured it!

He absentmindedly pinched Zhou Qingyu's calf. Zhou Qingyu was pretty, and even her calves were straight and slender, and white to the point of glowing. When Pei Yubai touched the calf skin, his fingers trembled slightly.

He suddenly felt a little distracted.

Pei Yubai suddenly saw an acquaintance with the corner of his eye.

—— Pei Hanli.

Pei Hanli is one of the investors of "Crazy". Not long after Xingyao invested in "Crazy", Pei Hanli also invested in this project to fill the funding gap of "Crazy", so "Crazy" was able to start filming so quickly.

However, this money went into Pei Hanli's private account, so it was considered his personal investment, so Pei Yubai would not get any benefits.

Seeing Pei Hanli at this moment, Pei Yubai felt more and more that giving a woman a massage was too embarrassing, and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Zhou Qingyu frowned and kicked Pei Yubai hard in the face!

"Pei Yubai, pay more attention! You're pinching me!"

Pei Yubai lost his balance and fell to the ground, looking very miserable.

He stood up in a hurry, especially afraid that Pei Hanli would look at him. He could kowtow to Zhou Qingyu, or shamelessly win her back, but it would be too humiliating if he did it in front of Pei Hanli.

"I have something to do at work, so I'm leaving now!"

Pei Yubai turned around and left in a panic.

Halfway through the walk, he turned around and saw Pei Hanli had walked up to Zhou Qingyu without him noticing.

Zhou Qingyu was still rubbing her calves, and it was obvious that she was really sore and uncomfortable.

"Really? You can't even massage my legs. How can it be so useless? Xixi, help me contact yesterday's masseur. My legs are so sore."

Yan Xi took out her cell phone and was about to contact the masseuse when suddenly, Pei Hanli knelt in front of Zhou Qingyu.

Pei Hanli was very tall, so he could only look up at Zhou Qingyu who was sitting on the chair. But he did not feel ashamed, but rather calm.

"Miss,"

He was polite and gentle, "How about, let me try it?"

Pei Yubai's breathing stagnated.

Zhou Qingyu looked into Pei Hanli's narrow eyes and did not refuse.

"OK."