Chapter 73 Good News
Cui Bo was obviously confused by these words. He subconsciously looked back at Xu Kun, and when he met his scrutinizing gaze, he lowered his head guiltily.
"I beg you."
She stammered, "As long as you help me, I will definitely repay you well!"
As she spoke, she stretched out her trembling hands, wanting to hold Xu Kun's big hand.
"That's what happened afterwards."
Xu Kun took a half step back and sneered, "I can indeed play a role now, but when you are chosen, as a small supporting role, can I still make the decision to replace you?"
Cui Bo's outstretched hand suddenly froze in mid-air. After a while, he said awkwardly: "I, I didn't mean that."
Xu Kun took another step forward at the right time, got close to her, and asked with a condescending gaze, "So what you mean is that you want to repay the favor first and then do the work?"
"W-what do you want to do!"
Facing that tangible aggressive look, Cui Bo subconsciously protected his chest with both hands, leaned back as hard as he could, and said in panic: "If you do this again, I'll call for help!"
"嘁~"
Xu Kun snorted and retreated to a safe distance: "It's true that most men are lustful, but you shouldn't treat lustful men as fools."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
But halfway through the journey, Xu Kun stopped and turned back and said, "If I were you, I would hurry up and change the track."
In fact, according to Xu Kun's observation, Cui Bo was more suitable to play the role of the queen's maid. Later, by chance, she was named Huabuzi of Concubine Jin.
Although Huazhuzi was unable to break free from her position as the queen's vassal throughout her life, her role was actually no less than Tong Layue's, and she also had a lot of room to perform.
But to Cui Bo, these words sounded like a declaration to kick her out of the crew, which made Cui Bo panic, regretful and angry.
It was exactly as Xu Kun guessed. Cui Bo was indeed intending to play along so as to let Xu Kun take advantage of him and trick him into helping him to step down Yang Rong.
As for what happened afterwards...
Doesn't treating someone to a meal count as repaying a favor?
Anyway, she wouldn't say anything final, and after the matter was done, Xu Kun would no longer be able to influence her whether to stay or go.
But Cui Bo didn't expect that the good idea he came up with in a flash of inspiration would be easily exposed by Xu Kun, who was now threatening him and trying to kick him out of the crew.
It's over, completely over!
At this moment, Cui Bo was completely enveloped in despair.
…………
Let’s go back and talk about Xu Kun.
He returned to his room and saw Deng Chao half lying on the bed, raising his two big feet and stepping on Baoqiang's face.
Baoqiang's face looked like a red monkey's butt, as if he wanted to hide but didn't dare to.
"What is this for?"
This scene was so hot that Xu Kun didn't even dare to go in. He stood at the door and asked with disdain, "Do you two have some kind of fetish?"
"You have that kind of fetish!"
Deng Chao retracted his foot, sat up straight, and said sourly: "I am acting with Baoqiang. This guy is obviously playing a young eunuch, but he can enjoy the happiness of being with both the Empress and Concubine Jin. Even Emperor Shunzhi didn't have such treatment!"
Deng Chao is really smart. When he first came for the re-examination, he kept saying "I" and insisted that he was Fulin himself.
Now that victory has been secured, he has become much more restrained and no longer calls himself "I".
"What is the blessing of having all the people?"
Xu Kun only knew that Wu Liangfu, played by Li Jianyi, had a concubinage relationship with Kangxi's biological mother Tong Layue. This was the first time he heard that Wu Liangfu also had such good fortune.
Baoqiang explained anxiously, "Brother Kun, don't listen to his nonsense. It's not like that at all!"
But the more he explained, the more curious Xu Kun became. He immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the script."
Baoqiang wanted to cover it up, but Deng Chao suddenly snatched it away, wrote down the page number, and threw it to Xu Kun, saying, "It's on page 57!"
Xu Kun flipped it open and took a look. It was indeed a "blessing to have three wives". The plot was about the Queen being demoted to Consort Jing, living in seclusion in a side hall, and being able to amuse herself with the little eunuch Da La Wu.
What Deng Chao had just performed was the action of Concubine Jing [Hao Lei] teasing Da La Wu with her jade feet while washing her feet - and sitting opposite her was Concubine Jin [Hua Hua Zi] who was also washing her feet. After watching, Xu Kun rolled his eyes at Deng Chao and said, "You are not teasing Bao Qiang on purpose because you are jealous, are you?"
"How is that possible! Don't talk nonsense! Baoqiang, don't believe him!"
There is no difference between these three consecutive denials and a direct admission.
Xu Kun threw the script back to Bao Qiang and said speechlessly: "We are all actors. This kind of thing is inevitable in the future. If you keep getting jealous, you will suffer when the time comes."
"Who is jealous!"
Deng Chao said stubbornly: "My biggest problem is that I have a big heart, I am heartless and don't care about small matters..."
As he was speaking, Xu Kun's cell phone rang.
Xu Kun made a 'pause' gesture to Deng Chao, took out his phone and scanned it. He found that it was Director Li Yang calling, so he quickly picked up the phone and asked, "Director Li, is there any progress on the competition?"
“Finally it’s done!”
Li Yang's voice was filled with excitement that could not be concealed, as well as weakness after having just been relieved of a heavy burden: "It will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival next February. They are very optimistic about our film and say it has a chance to win an award!"
"Great!"
Xu Kun was also very excited. After all, it was his first movie and the first role he had devoted himself to, not to mention the experience of escaping death.
He put the phone to his other ear and shouted, "Director Li, we must celebrate this!"
"I'm looking for you for this. I'll be in charge of notifying Yixiang, and you'll notify Baoqiang. We'll be at the restaurant where we first met."
When Xu Kun hung up the phone, Bao Qiang was already standing by with shining eyes, and asked excitedly: "Brother Kun, is Blind Shaft going to participate in an overseas competition?!"
"Not only that, there's also a chance to win an award at the Berlin Film Festival!" Xu Kun grabbed his bald head hard and said with a smile, "Director Li asked us to go out and celebrate."
“Is there really a chance of winning?”
Deng Chao was a little envious standing aside. Right now, Chinese people are most obsessed with foreign awards, and he is naturally no exception.
"It's just a chance, not a sure thing."
Xu Kun said this modestly, and then reminded: "Don't sleep too deeply at night, we will rely on you to open the door when we come back."
"Bah~"
Deng Chao rolled over and lay flat on the bed, saying unhappily, "I knew that nothing good would happen to me if I got into trouble with you two!"
Xu Kun gave him a middle finger and took Baoqiang out of the room.
As a result, when I got to the yard and looked up, I saw Hao Lei and Yang Rong whispering under the grape trellis.
"Sister Lei."
Seeing that Hao Lei seemed a little excited, Xu Kun called out to her and asked, "What's the matter?"
Before Hao Lei could do anything, there was a clanging sound in the room behind her, as if Deng Chao had knocked over the foot basin.
When Hao Lei saw that it was Xu Kun and Bao Qiang, she led Yang Rong over and said, "It's nothing. Just now, she saw Cui Bo crying with red eyes, and this girl was a little confused."
Xu Kun was not surprised that Cui Bo cried so hard that her eyes turned red. She had tried every possible means to deceive him, so what was so strange about her crying after failing?
But Yang Rong...
"how?"
Xu Kun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you planning to abdicate and let someone more capable take over?"
Yang Rong's face was tense with anxiety. After hesitating for a long time, she finally pursed her lips and said, "But I also worked hard and put a lot of thought into playing this role well."
"Then it's over."
Xu Kun spread his hands and said, "We are here to act, not to give up seats on the bus. It can't be that the weaker one is right, right?"
At this time, Deng Chao, who was dressed neatly and had washed his face with Dabao, rushed out of the house. When he saw that not only Hao Lei but also Yang Rong was outside, the excited smile on his face suddenly froze.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Deng Chao put his arms around Xu Kun and Bao Qiang and said righteously, "I'll come out to see them off."
(End of this chapter)
