Chapter 522 Tell the truth in one sentence
【5800】
Magic City.
Because "Du Lala" is an urban workplace drama, the crew did not go to Hengdian to shoot, but filmed directly in the city.
During this period, Cai Yinong from the Tang Dynasty provided a lot of help.
But Jiang Yiyan did most of the things herself, which was very different from the crew of "So Young". At that time, Liu Haibo and Teng Huatao both had experience, Hao Lei was also a strong-willed person, and Jiang Yiyan played more of a supporting role.
However, the person who actually undertook the filming of the TV version of "Du Lala's Promotion" was Chen Sicheng, and Xu Jinglei was just a figurehead as the director, as her main focus was on preparing for the film version.
Although Chen Sicheng had ideas, he was a complete novice, and like Xu Kun, he was the type who would become an official after being an actor.
Xu Kun was successful, but Jiang Yiyan was not at ease with Chen Sicheng. In addition, the gap between their identities and status was a bit large. The TV version of "Du Lala's Promotion" was basically led by Jiang Yiyan, and the heroine Jiang Xin also had a considerable say.
But Chen Sicheng is also a man with his own ideas, otherwise he would not have bitten the bullet and taken on this "hard job" - with multiple orders, the filming progress of the crew has not been ideal.
But fortunately, the three of them are all trying hard to prove themselves, and although they argue, they are basically striving for excellence and do not hinder each other.
This morning.
Jiang Yiyan and Chen Sicheng had a disagreement over a scene of intrigue, so they filmed it again according to their own ideas, and after lunch, they put the scenes together for Jiang Xin and several other main actors to comment on.
"I feel Director Chen's version is better."
As usual, Jiang Xin was the first to speak out. After all, she was the least afraid of offending anyone. With her taking the lead, the others followed suit.
Jiang Yiyan was somewhat frustrated. At the beginning, she and Chen Sicheng could still go back and forth, but as the crew gradually got on track, Chen Sicheng also got more and more into the state, and the victory and defeat became one-sided.
It seems that the most I can do is be a producer.
Jiang Yiyan suppressed the resentment hidden in her heart and clapped her hands, saying, "Okay, I admit defeat. I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight. You can choose any place you want!"
There was a sudden cheer from below.
Although Director Chen is obviously more skilled, people generally still respect Producer Jiang more, after all, he has Xu Shiyi behind him.
Jiang Xin stretched out his body, and felt Chen Sicheng glancing at him out of the corner of his eye, so he immediately rolled his eyes.
This Chen Sicheng really learned everything from Brother Kun, even his lustful nature.
However, at most he could just take a peek and didn't dare to go any further. After all, Jiang Xin was a member of the Teddy Sisters Group, and everyone outside assumed that she was Kun Ge's exclusive lover.
The good side of this is that no one dares to harass her; the bad side is that not many people dare to pursue her - and Jiang Xin doesn't want to fall in love for the time being, so overall the pros outweigh the cons.
At this moment, Jiang Xin's cell phone suddenly rang. The assistant ran over and handed it to her. She looked down and immediately frowned.
"Who?"
Jiang Yiyan came over curiously: "Your old lover?"
Jiang Xin pouted and said, "That old lover of yours is Liu Tao, the one who played Ah Zhu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."
As she spoke, she picked up the phone and walked out.
Originally, her relationship with Liu Tao was pretty good, less than best friends but more than friends.
But when Liu Tao got married at the beginning of the year, it was clearly the best man who started to make inappropriate advances towards his female companions, and Jiang Xin couldn't stand it and got into a conflict with him.
As a result, Liu Tao not only did not speak up for her, but also followed Wang Ke in taking sides.
Jiang Xin was not unable to guess Liu Tao's thoughts. She just felt that after marrying into a wealthy family and retiring from the film industry, her previous connections in the circle would be of little use. Instead, it was her husband's connections that needed to be maintained more.
But being able to guess does not mean being able to understand. Or it could be said that it was precisely because Jiang Xin guessed Liu Tao's thoughts that she had a falling out with her and they had not been in contact for nearly a year.
I don’t know why Liu Tao suddenly called me.
"Hello~"
After the call was connected, Liu Tao's voice came out impatiently: "Xinxin, I'm in Shanghai, where are you now? I'll take a taxi to find you."
"Are you coming to the Magic City?"
Jiang Xin was a little puzzled. It was not strange for Liu Tao to come to Shanghai, but she suddenly contacted her after coming to Shanghai... Could it be that she flew to Shanghai specifically to find her?
It shouldn't be possible, right?
"I came here specifically to see you. There is something very important that I want to talk to you about in person."
As Liu Tao spoke, she revealed a hint of trepidation and sadness. Her half-true and half-false lines showed that she had not wasted this year, but had made some progress instead.
This is probably because I used to learn acting and practice lines purely out of utilitarianism, but this year I just treated it as a personal hobby to kill my free time.
Hearing Liu Tao's tone was not right, Jiang Xin hesitated for a moment before reporting his current location and said, "There is a small teahouse nearby. Let's meet there."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xin was about to ask Jiang Yiyan and Chen Sicheng for two hours of personal leave when she saw Hao Lei coming with Zhao Liying.
"Sister Hao Lei." "Sister Jiang Xin!"
The two sides greeted each other, and Hao Lei raised her chin towards the conference room: "Busy?"
Jiang Xin said, "I'm going to take advantage of lunch to digest the food and catch up on the scenes we shot this morning. We've already finished them. What's going on? Do you have something to talk to Yi Yan about?"
"I have something to ask you two."
Hao Lei said helplessly: "This is not a selection of concubines... Bah, the casting issue is getting bigger and bigger. Our Director Xu has no choice but to hold auditions in advance. Brother Chen [Chen Xuebin] will help to watch over the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy, and the Shanghai Theatre Academy will be handed over to the three of us."
"And my share?!"
Jiang Xin pointed at herself in surprise, then shook her head again and again: "Forget it, I can't leave now."
After saying that, thinking that he would be asking for leave soon, he quickly added: "It's good if you can spare one or two hours normally."
"But if you don't go, what if Yi Yan and I disagree?" When Hao Lei said this, she didn't consider Zhao Liying next to her at all.
It's not that she looked down on Xiao Zhao, it's mainly because Xiao Zhao now has nothing to show for himself except his reputation. Besides, she came from an independent background, and if she insisted on being a judge, it would only cause trouble.
Although Jiang Xin is also an independent, she debuted as a child star and her acting skills and fame have been recognized by the industry, so there is no problem in letting her host the casting at Shanghai Theatre Academy.
As they were talking, Jiang Yiyan came out of the conference room and pulled Hao Lei over and said happily, "You came just in time. Please contribute your best friend and make two theme songs for our crew!"
This is naturally referring to Han Hong.
Hao Lei rolled her eyes: "I came here to recruit men, why did you blackmail me? The progress of your TV series is far behind our "Dwelling Narrowness", why are you in such a hurry to come up with a theme song?"
“Isn’t there an original novel?”
Jiang Yiyan directly pulled Hao Lei into the conference room, took out the original novel and handed it to her, saying: "Ask Han Hong to read it carefully and try to finish it as soon as possible, so as not to delay our broadcast and release."
The two chatted and laughed, and when they decided on the theme song, they turned around to find that Jiang Xin had disappeared.
"Where's your sister Jiang Xin?"
Jiang Yiyan asked Zhao Liying in confusion.
"Sister Xin said that a friend of hers was visiting her in Beijing, so she asked the director for two hours' leave."
"嘁~"
Hao Lei pretended to be angry and said, "If someone else looks for her, she will have time - forget it, I'll find someone else who's free."
She thought about it in her mind and remembered that there was a junior sister from the same school whom she hadn't seen for a long time, so she might as well bring her along to return to her alma mater together.
…………
the other side.
Jiang Xin booked a private room in the teahouse and waited for about half an hour before seeing Liu Tao, with his face plain and without makeup, rushing over in a hurry.
Before leaving in the morning, Liu Tao actually put on makeup, but before leaving, she thought that she was here to act pitiful, so it would be more appropriate to go without makeup, so she washed off her makeup.
Jiang Xin originally wanted to stand up to greet him, but when she thought of Liu Tao's performance at the wedding, she held back.
Seeing her sitting there with a cold face, Liu Tao immediately sighed and said, "I know you must be blaming me. In fact, I also regret it very much, so I am too embarrassed to contact you since then."
"That's pitiful."
Jiang Xin looked at her with empty eyes and said, "You don't want to ask me for help, do you?"
"You really got it right."
Liu Tao sat down opposite Jiang Xin, looked her in the eye and dropped a bombshell: "Wang Ke is bankrupt now, and we owe a total of 500 million yuan in debt."
"Pfft~"
Jiang Xin, who had just taken a sip of tea, suddenly spat out tears when she heard this. She coughed a few times to catch her breath and asked in disbelief, "How much? Are you kidding me?!"
It's not like she hadn't thought about Liu Tao getting into trouble, but this hole is too big, isn't it? !
"Do you think I would joke about something like this?"
Liu Tao smiled bitterly and said, "I have been looking forward to marrying into a wealthy family for half my life, but who would have thought that I would become like this in less than a year. If I had known earlier... Now I am forced to do nothing but go back to my old job and make movies to pay off my debts and support my family."
"You wait!"
Jiang Xin raised his hand to stop her complaints and said suspiciously: "You can probably estimate how much money I have, so you are definitely not here to borrow money from me; in terms of resources...so you want to contact Brother Kun?!"
Liu Tao didn't expect that his plan to play the victim would be exposed by Jiang Xin before it was officially launched. He didn't know what to do for a moment and could only give an awkward smile.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Xin knew that he was right, and shook his head helplessly, "What Li Xiaolu said is indeed correct. All of us have become Director Xu's subordinates involuntarily - but you may have made a wrong decision. I never get involved in those messy things."
(End of this chapter)
