Chapter 88: So Brazen
The broadcast of "What's the Matter" not only made Cheng Yao and Zhou Ziyu popular, but also secured their status as first-line stars, and even Ji Sisi became popular.
Gu Ting played by her, although she did a lot of bad things about the relationship between Gu Changfeng and Beifan in the early stage, but in the end she died for Gu Changfeng, and successfully created a character image who is infatuated to the extreme, with skilled acting skills, coupled with sweet appearance, she has also gained a lot of fans, and the resources she got are better.
After the successful broadcast of "What's the Matter", Luo Qianning gave Zhou Ziyu and Cheng Yao half a month's vacation to let them rest for a while, and then there will be the filming of the movie.
The script Luo Qianning chose for Zhou Ziyu this time is called "The Pianist", the story takes place during the war years, and the character's name is Fang Zhishan, who went to join the army because of the decline of his family, but he looked down on the poor boys who came out of the ravines, and others looked down on his arrogance.
He has always been a chaotic Laipi, selfish, only concerned about his own safety, and always hiding at the end when fighting, incompatible with his comrades.
It wasn't until an operation, in order to let him retreat first, that his comrades-in-arms died in front of Fang Zhishan in one step, he had nightmares every night, and he couldn't sleep because of the torture of guilt, that he realized little by little how terrible the war was and how fragile the lives of his comrades-in-arms were.
When a stealth operation called the concert unfolds, a man is needed as a pianist to infiltrate the enemy's interior and steal confidential information so that they can successfully break the enemy's plan, and he takes the initiative to sign up.
After being ridiculed, denied, rejected, and persisted countless times, he was selected to become a sleeper and finally successfully completed the mission, but because his identity was exposed, in order to delay time, he did not retreat and was shot at the concert.
The reason why Luo Qianning chose this script is because the character of Fang Zhishan is completely opposite to Zhou Ziyu's personality or personality.
Zhou Ziyu's character for the audience and fans has always been a popular idol, handsome and cool, which very restricts his development space, making many screenwriters and directors feel that Zhou Ziyu can only play the rich second generation, or can only star in idol dramas.
The role of Fang Zhishan belongs to the image of Brother Bing, he doesn't need to be handsome, he doesn't need to be cool, what he needs is perseverance, strength, and righteousness.
These are very strange to Zhou Ziyu, and even more strange to Zhou Ziyu's fans and audiences.
If Zhou Ziyu can successfully portray this role, it will be a huge surprise to the audience and fans, and it will also be very helpful to his future career.
Luo Qianning directly finalized the script with the producer, and almost escorted Zhou Ziyu to the set to try on makeup and let him join the group.
Zhou Ziyu was wearing a somewhat shabby military uniform, but he still couldn't hide the pride and handsomeness on his face, even if he put on makeup and costumes, he still looked like a popular idol.
Luo Qianning was helpless, she had long known that there would be such a situation, and now she could only take one step at a time.
threw Zhou Ziyu to the crew and warned him not to make trouble, and Luo Qianning went to find Cheng Yao.
This time, Luo Qianning chose the script for Cheng Yao, called "Linchuan Earthquake", which tells the story of Lin Xiao, a female college student, who was assigned to the disaster area as a volunteer to participate in the post-disaster reconstruction after the Linchuan area experienced a major earthquake.
Lin Xiao, who has been pampered since childhood, is very reluctant to this volunteer activity and has been perfunctory, but when the local victims expressed their gratitude to her again and again, she slowly saw the beauty of human nature, and finally chose to stay in Linchuan as a teacher for two years and participate in education work.
The reason why Luo Qianning chose this script was completely because she wanted to take advantage of Cheng Yao's current fame to participate in a movie with social significance, which could cause more positive energy resonance and make it easier to win the award at the end of the year.
Cheng Yao now needs awards and trophies to increase her gold content and popularity, which is conducive to future development.
To put it bluntly, it is easy for such a movie to win some awards now.
Luo Qianning had already negotiated with the producer before, and she was going to take Cheng Yao to sign the contract today.
Tan Jie drove the two to the producer's company, Luo Qianning led Cheng Yao to push the door in, the person in charge of the producer is Li Wei, who is also a well-known boss.
Li Wei was already sitting in the conference room waiting. Seeing Luo Qianning coming in, he stood up and shook hands with her: "Mr. Luo, I have admired my name for a long time." ”
Luo Qianning smiled: "Mr. Li is polite. ”
Li Wei looked at Cheng Yao again and smiled brightly: "Miss Cheng Yao, I've been looking up for a long time!"
Cheng Yao smiled and sat down with Luo Qianning.
After a few pleasantries, this Li Wei didn't have the slightest intention of signing the contract, Cheng Yao looked at Luo Qianning, meaning, whether to sign it or not?
Luo Qianning was also a little anxious, this contract was all about good things, what does it mean to delay mentioning it now?
"Mr. Li, we are here today mainly for ......" Luo Qianning was about to mention the contract.
Li Wei interrupted her and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, don't be impatient, wait for someone to talk about it." ”
Luo Qianning frowned, waiting for everyone? Qianmo's side is full of people anyway, who is not on the producer's side?
Luo Qianning and Cheng Yao sat in their seats and drank two cups of tea, fifteen minutes later, the door of the conference room was opened again, and a tactful voice like a yellow bird came: "Mr. Li, I've been waiting for a long time!"
Luo Qianning frowned and turned back, this person who was nearly half an hour late was Luo Jiaxin!
Luo Jiaxin is wearing a decent little suit, quite a bit of mature women's demeanor, revealing sex appeal and beauty, she is followed by Jiang Yuewei, Jiang Yuewei is wearing a white long skirt, fairy spirit, beautiful and moving.
Li Wei immediately stood up and walked over to hug Luo Jiaxin: "Jiaxin! You are here! What a big shelf!"
Luo Jiaxin covered her mouth and smiled: "Mr. Li, don't tease me, where did I come from!"
Jiang Yuewei leaned forward and shook hands with Mr. Li very gently: "Mr. Li, take care of me." ”
Li Wei also shook hands with her with a smile, and several people greeted each other warmly, as if they couldn't see the existence of Luo Qianning and Cheng Yao at all, completely ignoring the two of them. The secretary took the contract and sent it to a few people, Luo Qianning flipped through the contract, turned to Mr. Li, and asked, "What does Mr. Li mean by this?"
Li Wei smiled and looked at Luo Qianning: "What does Mr. Luo mean?"
Luo Qianning opened the contract, pointed to the first page, clicked, her fingers made a muffled tapping sound on the table, and she asked, "What does it mean for Cheng Yao to play the second female lead?"
Before Li Wei could speak, Luo Jiaxin sat opposite Luo Qianning and said with a smile: "Qianning, don't you know how to read? ”
Luo Qianning raised her head with a smile, looked at Jiang Yuewei opposite, and said, "If I guessed correctly, is the role of the female number one Lin Xiao Miss Jiang's?"
Jiang Yuewei looked at Luo Jiaxin and didn't speak, she was completely listening to Luo Jiaxin now.
Luo Jiaxin opened her contract, turned around, pushed it to Luo Qianning, and said: "It is written in black and white, you can see for yourself." ”
The first page reads that Jiang Yuewei plays the female number one Lin Xiao!
Luo Qianning threw the contract on the table with a "snap", looked at Li Wei, and looked indifferent and fierce: "Mr. Li, is this teasing me? Cheng Yao, who said that he was good, starred in this movie, and today he will become Jiang Yuewei?"
Li Wei rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "Mr. Luo, you may have misunderstood, I have never finalized the starring role of Cheng Yao, is it wrong for the people below to convey it? I am really sorry to let you misunderstand." ”
Luo Qianning sneered: "Mr. Li, I am a three-year-old child? are all businessmen, just put it bluntly, what price did my good eldest sister offer you to make you choose Jiang Yuewei so decisively?"
Li Wei was a little embarrassed, glanced at Luo Jiaxin, and Luo Jiaxin immediately said: "Luo Qianning, the roles you get by your ability, it's boring for you to mess around like this!"
Luo Qianning smiled: "How can it be nonsense? I also want to learn from the eldest sister, how to snatch the role from others, after all, the last time Jiang Yuewei evaded taxes, everyone knew about it, and the eldest sister could still persuade Mr. Li to let her star in the movie, I don't know what means were used?"
"Luo Qianning, what do you mean, what means can I use?" Luo Jiaxin said a little angrily.
Luo Qianning smiled and raised her eyebrows to look at Luo Jiaxin: "Eldest sister, what are you doing so excited?
After a pause of two seconds, Luo Qianning smacked her lips: "No, isn't it? Hasn't the eldest sister always been counting on marrying into a wealthy family in the imperial capital? I thought you had always been very clean." ”
"Shut up!" Luo Jiaxin had already stood up, her hands propped up on the table, and she leaned forward, looking like she was going to fight with Luo Qianning.
"Eldest sister, don't get excited, I'm just talking about it casually. Luo Qianning waved her hand, glanced at Cheng Yao, and smiled knowingly.
"Jiaxin, sit down, sit down, don't be angry. Li Wei pulled Luo Jiaxin and reassured.
Luo Jiaxin took a few deep breaths and sat down.
The reason why Luo Jiaxin was so excited was because she was said by Luo Qianning.
She and Li Wei were college classmates, and Li Wei favored her at that time, Luo Jiaxin had been hanging him unhurriedly, until Li Wei's career was successful in these years, and he had a place in the upper class society of the imperial capital, and Luo Jiaxin gradually became warm with him.
She has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and she is no longer an untrained little girl, this time she simply made an appointment with Li Wei to go out a few times, and Li Wei was accepted by her, gave her an endorsement of international cosmetics, and gave the role to Jiang Yuewei by the way.
Li Wei stroked Luo Jiaxin's back distressedly, sat back in his seat, and looked at Luo Qianning with some unhappiness: "Mr. Luo, this is your fault, Jiaxin is your sister anyway, how can you talk like this?"
Before Luo Qianning could speak, Cheng Yao smiled: "May I ask in what capacity does Mr. Li teach my boss a lesson? As a partner, you may not be able to reach this cooperation, if it is Luo Jiaxin's boyfriend, you are still like me, quiet and good, the Luo family's family affairs, they can handle it by themselves." ”
If it were in normal times, with Cheng Yao's caution, he would never say such things to offend the producer or the director, but this time, Cheng Yao knew that with Luo Qianning's character, this cooperation would definitely be blown up.
"Cheng Yao, how do you speak?" Jiang Yuewei saw that Cheng Yao had spoken, and immediately helped Luo Jiaxin speak.
Luo Qianning's eyes were like knives, and she looked at Jiang Yuewei: "Is Cheng Yao wrong? Or does Miss Jiang not understand people's words? The Luo family's family affairs, it's not your turn to intervene!"
Jiang Yuewei was very frightened by Luo Qianning's eyes, shrunk her neck, and didn't dare to speak.
Luo Jiaxin glanced at Luo Qianning very impatiently, and said: "Now Mr. Li's meaning is obvious, you either sign to let Cheng Yao play the second female lead and match Yuewei, or don't sign it, and this script will be given to us." ”
Luo Qianning took the contract and flipped through it, with a helpless smile on her face.
Luo Jiaxin sneered, what kind of hard bones are you pretending? Isn't it going to be signed in the end? Otherwise, give it all to her, what will Cheng Yao shoot in the second half of the year?
As long as Cheng Yao plays a supporting role for Jiang Yuewei, Jiang Yuewei will be able to step on Cheng Yao and make a comeback, are you afraid that there will be no topic at that time?
Luo Qianning picked up the contract, came over, "stabbed", and tore it in half, and then she tore the contract in two under the shocked eyes of Li Wei and several others.
Luo Qianning stood up, raised her hand, and all the fragments fell on the brown and black conference table, and some of them were even thrown directly into Luo Jiaxin's face, Luo Qianning sneered: "Shameless, what qualifications do you have to let Cheng Yao play a supporting role for you?"
"Luo Qianning, you ......" Luo Jiaxin pulled away the fragments on her face and was about to get angry.
Luo Qianning looked at her coldly: "Luo Jiaxin, do you think I am really rare this kind of thing? You like to pick up things I don't want, just take them, I hope you can bring Jiang Yuewei out, otherwise your studio should be closed!"
Luo Qianning pulled Cheng Yao up, turned around and left the conference room, walked to the door, suddenly remembered something, turned back to Li Wei and said, "By the way, Mr. Li, before you are desperate to help, I suggest you go and check how many boyfriends Luo Jiaxin has." ”
Luo Jiaxin glared at Luo Qianning, and before she could scold her, Luo Qianning threw herself on the door and walked away.
Luo Jiaxin looked at Li Wei aggrievedly: "Did you see how she bullied me? I didn't lie to you, did I? It's like this in front of you, and she is usually more arrogant at home!"
Li Wei hugged Luo Jiaxin in his arms and coaxed in a low voice: "It's okay, it's okay, all the good resources will be given to you in the future, with me to help you, are you afraid that you won't be able to take her little girl's film?"
Luo Jiaxin twisted her waist and said coquettishly: "You don't really believe her words to sow discord, do you?"
Li Wei pinched her face dotingly and said, "How come? I believe in you." ”
"You're so nice!" Luo Jiaxin hugged Li Wei warmly and kissed him on the cheek.
Jiang Yuewei also smiled and said: "Jiaxin, don't worry, I will definitely play well, and I will definitely not embarrass you!"
Luo Jia looked at Jiang Yuewei with satisfaction and said, "Suppress Luo Qianning, I will rely on you!"
This time, they robbed Luo Qianning's script, Cheng Yao has no good resources in the second half of the year, and at the end of the year, no one wants to steal the limelight from the two of them!
Luo Qianning and Cheng Yao went downstairs and returned to the car, Luo Qianning kicked the seat angrily and scolded: "Damn!"
Cheng Yao pulled her and persuaded: "Okay, don't be angry, it's not worth it." ”
Luo Qianning scratched her hair in annoyance and said, "I should investigate Li Wei clearly, and I won't lose this cooperation!"
Cheng Yao hugged her and said, "How can I blame you for this? Who would have thought that Luo Jiaxin and Li Wei still had a leg." ”
"But if you lose the script, it will affect your career!" Luo Qianning was very angry because she felt that her negligence would delay Cheng Yao's development.
Cheng Yao smiled: "It's okay, just give me a vacation, it's a big deal, it's okay to make a TV series again, there are not a few actors who shoot many TV series a year, I only have one TV series this year." ”
Luo Qianning shook his head: "I'll think of a way when I go back." ”
She didn't let Cheng Yao catch up with the filming of the TV series, because rolling the drama would affect an actor's acting skills and state very much, and Luo Qianning hoped that Cheng Yao's works would not be too fine.
Cheng Yao now has a large number of fans in the TV drama industry, and urgently needs a movie to enter the big screen market.
Sending Cheng Yao back to the apartment, Luo Qianning returned to Shengjing, nestled on the sofa and flipped through those scripts, these are the scripts sent by the producer when he heard that Cheng Yao was going to make a movie.
Luo Qianning has flipped over and over again many times, and that "Linchuan Earthquake" is the best and most suitable for Cheng Yao in her opinion.
Looking through these scripts again, it still turned out like this, and I didn't pick out a single eye-catcher.
The doorbell rang, Luo Qianning opened the door with a sad face, Mo Tingchen walked in and changed her shoes, rubbed her hair, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Luo Qianning threw herself into the sofa and said, "The script that Cheng Yao negotiated was snatched away by Luo Jiaxin." ”
Mo Tingchen sat on the sofa, pulled her into his arms, and asked, "How could you be robbed? Didn't you sign a contract today?"
Luo Qianning pouted: "Luo Jiaxin slept with him, and he was fascinated by Li Wei's fans, I can't do this kind of thing." ”
Mo Tingchen punishively twisted Luo Qianning's waist and said, "What nonsense, I see who dares to touch you!"
Luo Qianning rubbed her waist and said with a sad face: "I finally chose a script, I have been busy for so long to negotiate, and now that the cooperation has failed, where can I find a new script!"
"Okay, don't worry, eat first. Mo Tingchen pulled her up and took her to the restaurant to eat.
Luo Qianning pulled the rice and ate it in small bites, and whatever dishes Mo Tingchen gave her, she stuffed them into her mouth, looking absent-minded.
Mo Tingchen was helpless and called her: "Ah Ning." ”
Luo Qianning was still distracted and didn't react.
Mo Tingchen put down his chopsticks and tapped his fingers on the table: "Ah Ning!"
Luo Qianning came back to his senses: "Huh, what's wrong?"
"Eat well. Mo Tingchen pointed to her bowl, and Luo Qianning's dish had already been thrown out.
Luo Qianning embarrassedly took two tissues and wiped them, and said, "I can't eat it, I'm sad to death!"
Mo Tingchen was helpless: "Eat first, I'll figure out a way for you." ”
Luo Qianning was stunned: "You won't spend money on me to buy a script again, right?"
Mo Tingchen shook his head: "No, I spent money to buy the script, do you want it?"
Luo Qianning bit the head of the chopsticks, frowned, and said in a tangled manner: "Quality is more important, I want Cheng Yao to win the award." ”
"Well, I know, I'll figure it out. Mo Tingchen said.
Luo Qianning's eyes lit up: "Really?"
She knew that Mo Tingchen would never let her down.
"Eat first. Mo Tingchen pointed to her bowl.
Luo Qianning immediately lowered her head and picked up the rice, now she just wanted to finish the meal quickly, and then see how Mo Tingchen was going to solve this matter.
After eating, Luo Qianning looked at Mo Tingchen with bright eyes, wishing that he could come up with a perfect script for her now, then she would definitely pick up Mo Tingchen for offering.
Mo Tingchen pinched her face: "Let's talk about it tomorrow, go to bed first." ”
"You tell me now! I want to know now!" Luo Qianning's tone was rare and gentle, with a bit of coquettishness.
Mo Tingchen shook his head: "No, go to sleep first." ”
Luo Qianning soaked softly and hard for a long time, but it was useless, so she could only go back to her room to take a bath and sleep.
But her mind was full of scripts, as well as the smug faces of Luo Jiaxin and Jiang Yuewei in Li Wei's conference room today.
Luo Qianning tossed and turned, but she couldn't sleep, it was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Luo Qianning still didn't fall asleep, she went to the living room to drink water with dark circles under her eyes, and saw that Mo Tingchen's study was still lit.
Luo Qianning walked over and pushed open the door, Mo Tingchen was busy in front of the computer, saw her come in, stood up and asked, "Why haven't you slept yet?"
Luo Qianning cried with a sad face: "I can't sleep!
Mo Tingchen pinched his eyebrows helplessly, walked over and picked up Luo Qianning and put him on the sofa, and said, "Okay, I'll tell you." ”
Mo Tingchen went to the bookshelf and pulled out a book, handed it to Luo Qianning, Luo Qianning took it, the cover was a black and white design, and the title of the book was "Double-Sided".
"Have you read this book?" Mo Tingchen asked.
Luo Qianning shook his head blankly: "I haven't seen it." ”
"Go back and see, tell me what you think when you're done, tell you, now go back to sleep. After Mo Tingchen finished speaking, he picked up Luo Qianning and sent her back to the bedroom.
Mo Tingchen put Luo Qianning on the bed, took out the book from her arms, put it on the bedside table, and said, "Sleep well, we'll talk about this tomorrow." ”
Luo Qianning turned over, lay on the bed and covered the quilt, Mo Tingchen kissed her on the forehead and said, "Good night." ”
"Good night. Luo Qianning looked at Mo Tingchen with a smile.
As soon as Mo Tingchen walked out of the room, Luo Qianning immediately sat up and opened the book.
The author's name is Jia Nian, who has been dead for many years, and this book is his last work, which has won many literary awards at home and abroad, and is also a masterpiece in the world.
But Luo Qianning hadn't had much contact with it in her previous life, and she had read some of it in her life, but she really hadn't dabbled too much, and she really hadn't read this book at all.
But Luo Qianning thought that it must not be a mediocre work to be placed in Mo Tingchen's study.
She is too anxious about Cheng Yao's script now, if she hadn't carefully checked Li Wei's social networking, she wouldn't have delayed for so long, resulting in Cheng Yao now having no drama to film, she herself would die of shame and couldn't sleep at all.
Since Mo Tingchen had already picked out this book for her, Luo Qianning couldn't wait to read it in ten lines now.