CH 9

Posted on April 22, 2022by UntamedS

The hot search with Hailin’s name hung for most of the day before it came down.

But before the hot search went up, Fang Lin was discussing matters with people from fashion brands.

The things given by Duan Changke were not simple. The brands that didn’t like to look at people seriously, called him and arranged for a face to face meeting. First, they instilled their brand ideas, and then summarized their cooperation requirements. Because it was still in the conceptual proofing stage, it took a long time before it was fully settled, the date was set for the broadcast of his show.

On the whole, although he only endorsed one of them, it was more than that in the contract.

Finally the two sides agreed, as Fang Lin signed the contract, he was still in a daze.

Xia Qi was still settling into his new job, so Fang Lin hadn’t seen him for a while. Recently, it was Tao Le who volunteered to stay with him, saying that although he had no resources and no connections, he could at least help out.

Fang Lin spoke to Duan Changke about Tao Le, the other had no objection and told him that he didn’t need to consult him on minor issues.

When they left, Tao Le poked him at the back: “You didn’t mention it was a fashion resource. Is the company so big that they can give such a big welcoming gift? “

Fang Lin didn’t raise his head: “I don’t know.”

“Although I don’t really believe you …… I really can’t think of any other reason other than that, so I can only say that Hailin is really good to newcomers. Ah Lin, we are finally out of the sea of suffering.”

Tao Le continued joyfully, “From now on I’ll be the assistant of a superstar!”

Fang Lin’s eyebrows jumped, his voice was too loud and embarrassing: “Can you keep your voice down?”

“Oh oh, okay,” Tao Le nodded, “You know, I even thought you had reached some kind of unspeakable and mysterious relationship with Mr. Duan ……”

Hearing him say that, Fang Lin finally looked back at him: “Then why don’t you think so anymore?”

Tao Le sighed: “At least I’ve been with you for so long, don’t I know your character? Although you mention it a lot now, you’ve always been resistant to things like that.”

“…… Oh.” Fang Lin responded vaguely.

It seemed like he did renounce such things to Tao Le a few years ago.

He turned his head back and stopped talking, he originally wanted to jokingly say something about him and Duan Changke, but he couldn’t speak.

…… After he signed the contract with Hailin, Duan Changke didn’t look for him again.

Fang Lin also added him on WeChat, and once secretly clicked on his page, Duan Changke’s WeChat had nothing, he didn’t make posts and the background was white, it looked boring.

He couldn’t figure out the other’s mind, and didn’t know what the half hug that day meant.

He was enjoying the benefits, but he wasn’t completely at ease.

But he and Duan Changke really didn’t have anything in common, the other wasn’t in the entertainment industry, so even if he didn’t try to avoid him, they wouldn’t cross paths.

Fang Lin sighed and couldn’t help but slow down his steps a bit, and as a result, Tao Le hit his back with a “thud”—

“Ah ah ah ah, Ah Lin ah!

“Why are you shouting?”

“Oooooooooooooooooooooooo, look at Weibo! No, forget it, don’t look! Or you should look?”

Fang Lin didn’t know what he was saying, he pulled out his phone, Tao Le continued to howl: “You’re on the hot search list!”

Tao Le quickly took a screenshot of the hot search list, then returned to the album to set the photo as a favorite, and even automatically backed it up: “Oh my God! My dream has been to see your name on the hot search list for once, not bought or influenced, we did it!”

Fang Lin had finished reading the hot search headlines, with mixed feelings: “What you say is true, but it seems the post is nothing to be proud of ……”

It wasn’t like he didn’t hear the emotion in Tao Le’s tone.

In his previous life, Tao Le always gave him a pep talk when his company treated him as an outcast, and never tried promoting his career, Tao Le always persuaded him to try harder and he also told him that he’d be more popular than those who bought hot searches every day, so popular that netizens would see his name whenever they opened Weibo.

Unfortunately, he didn’t make it to the top once until he died.

No matter what, no matter what the reason was, his name finally started to appear in the sight of strangers.

“But I think Meng Jinyu’s fans are completely offended.” Tao Le muttered, “It’s amazing, according to reason, we actually really have no problem with him, how did two people who have no relationship suddenly became mortal enemies?”

Fang Lin recalled the Meng Jinyu he met at the audition that day, the other frowned at him from time to time and he seemed to have a bad temper, he didn’t seem to be a good person to get along with.

He didn’t know what he thought of him now.

After all, in essence, the two of them didn’t seem too different.

He looked at the huge number of discussions on his phone and belatedly realized what he did when he went to Duan Changke and said “I want it,” and finally signed the contract.

There was no point for him to go on being pretentious.

“If you’re offended, you’re offended.” Fang Lin logged out and said lightly, “It’s not as if no one has done it.”

He wasn’t a good person himself, he thought.

Tao Le didn’t hear the last sentence, “Ah Lin, what did you just say?”

Fang Lin had spoken on impulse, he didn’t want to repeat it, so he quietly walked faster.

A few days before the opening ceremony was the first script reading, the screenwriter also attached great importance to it, in order to help the actors understand the role, the original author was also invited.

All the actors were present, and Fang Lin also met several other main actors who hadn’t seen.

The lead actress was called Lan Peirou, she started acting when she was a child, and her acting skills were very good, after acting in a literary film, she won the best supporting actress award. Now a lot of script writers and directors were interested in casting her in their projects.

Her features weren’t stunning, but the more people looked at it, the more eye catching it became, which also happened to be very consistent with the persona of the female lead.

When Chu Chen came, he bought coffee for the whole group.

Because of the need to deal with and pay attention to a lot of points, just re-sorting the personas almost took all morning, not to mention that the screenwriter explained every detail.

The official start was late afternoon, the indoor air conditioning was sufficiently high, and with Chu Chen’s coffee, everyone was trying to ignore the laziness brought by the summer day.

Lan Peirou had experience, so she had a good way of dealing with the role of Ji Haiyao, who was a light and quiet person. Her lines and rhythm were very good, which made everyone immerse themselves in their roles.

Needless to say, Chu Chen wasn’t worse.

The only thing that was a bit problematic was probably the second male lead.

He was a new actor called Jiao Ze, his acting experience wasn’t rich, the reason why he passed the audition was because the casting director saw the character’s temperament in him.

But who would have thought that the first time the script was read would be like this.

The director saw that he couldn’t say his lines fluently, and after holding back twice, he said, “Jiao Ze.”

“Didn’t you read the script properly before coming?”

Jiao Ze felt very guilty, he apologized repeatedly and said he would pay attention next time.

After all, they couldn’t waste time on one point, and after a while it came to the rivalry scene between Chu Chen and Fang Lin.

Fang Lin played Chu Chen’s younger brother, so after knowing his brother’s relationship with the female lead, while keeping their secret, he silently hid all his emotions from anyone.

Probably because of Jiao Ze’s mistake, the assistant director looked at Fang Lin’s resume, also a small actor with little experience, and couldn’t help but tilt his head and say something to the director.

The director’s expression didn’t change, he simply said two words, probably to reassure the assistant director.

After all, it was only the third male lead, as long as he wasn’t extremely bad, there was no big problem.

As a result, in all the scenes of Jing Chuan that needed attention, Fang Lin’s performance was beyond everyone’s expectation.

Not only were his lines smooth and error-free, he seemed to be able to get into the role when he picked up the script, even though it was only a peripatetic reading, but in some places where there were few lines, his expressions and speed of speech reflected the turn of emotion and change.

All in all, the peripatetic reading wasn’t bad, and the worried expression of the assistant director became a little better.

The next day was the opening ceremony, the film and television industry was very superstitious, incense and worship of God was essential, all the cast and crew were present, this time Jiao Ze brought coffee for everyone, and apologized for his performance yesterday.

The crew was very efficient, arrangements for their accommodation was made in a nearby hotel, in accordance with the status of the actors, after the opening ceremony, filming would begin. 

Fang Lin actually didn’t like this kind of occasion, in his opinion it was better to nestle in the room assigned to him and memorize the script.

But he also knew that it wasn’t good to be out of the group all the time, so he arrived at the ceremony on time.

The weather was hot and the location was outdoors, so Fang Lin started to feel hot before he took a few steps, he was about to ask Tao Le to get him a small fan when a glass of chilled mineral water was handed over.

“Thank you.” Fang Lin was stunned and took it from Chu Chen’s hand.

“No need.” The other smiled, “I saw that your room is very close to me, so I originally wanted to ask you to go with me, but you came out first, so I brought you some ice by the way.”

He had to say that Chu Chen was really likeable, Fang Lin walked while chatting with him casually for a few minutes.

“Your performance yesterday was really good.” Chu Chen raised his face to look at him, “To be honest, I was impressed.”

Fang Lin smiled, after all, in his previous life he valued this role too much, even if some time had passed, he had studied thoroughly, so the feeling was easily recovered.

“You are also very good.” He took a sip of water, “Take care of me.”

Chu Chen smiled brightly and called Fang Lin by his character’s name: “Good talk, brother Jing Chuan.”

After the opening ceremony, Fang Lin and Chu Chen chatted so much that they both arrived at the hotel door before Chu Chen received a call saying that there was a full group dinner in the evening and they couldn’t be absent.

“Ah sorry,” Chu Chen said into the phone, “I really wasn’t paying attention to this matter, I thought we didn’t need to attend, so just …… sorry sorry we’ll be there soon.”

Fang Lin watched Chu Chen hung up the phone, and saw his helpless expression, he suddenly that he wasn’t alone.

“So you also didn’t want to go ah ……,” he said.

Chu Chen sighed, “I didn’t mean it. I thought that we could just sneak back into the room without reminding anyone, but I didn’t get what I wanted.”

“They said that the director and the producer are there, we have to go.”

Chu Chen smiled like a big child, he looked back at Fang Lin: “Let’s go, together? I heard that there are investors, so we can’t offend our backer.”

Probably because of his recent relationship with Duan Changke, Fang Lin was extra sensitive to the word backer, even though he knew that Chu Chen was only describing the investor of this drama.

Wait, the investor of this drama ……

His eyebrows jumped a little.

The sky was already dark when Chu Chen and Fang Lin arrived.

They arrived at a restaurant with a strong Chinese aura, exquisite and elegant. The outside looked unremarkable, only after walking in would people discover its uniqueness.

Probably in order not to let others disturb then, the crew temporarily booked the restaurant, the only people present were all relevant personnel.

“I don’t want to come, mainly because I don’t really want to drink.” Near the door, Chu Chen whispered to Fang Lin, “I hope I won’t drink too much tonight.”

As soon as the carved wooden door opened, the eager atmosphere was revealed.

The box was elegantly decorated, and the lighting was also warm, and people were already seated in the main table.

Because they had just entered, everyone naturally welcomed them politely.

Fang Lin lifted his head–

Sure enough.

As the investor, Duan Changke was sitting in the most conspicuous position in the box.

He couldn’t avoid it, his and Duan Changke’s gazes collided.