The elevator went up slowly, the number on the floor display jumped all the way from 1 to 12, and with a ding, the elevator door opened, and Gu Xue walked out of it and walked straight into the president's office.

Leaning on the leather executive chair and looking at the bright clear sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Gu Xue's mood was extremely depressed.

This office was originally owned by Sheng Zeyi, the chief executive of Yueheng Pictures, who submitted his resignation to the company a week ago and took more than half of Yueheng's artists with him.

Before taking over Yueheng Pictures, Gu Xue would never have thought that the company's situation was so bad, basically it was a matter of asking for money and no money, asking for no people, and leaving an empty shelf to bluff people.

Gu Xue opened the laptop she was carrying, clicked on a text folder, and selected one of the pictures. This is an enrollment registration form reproduced with a mobile phone, and there is a headshot pasted in the upper left corner of the form, in which the boy has short hair, good facial features, and a little green in his expression.

Although it was a photo from a few years ago, Gu Xue recognized him at a glance as Jian Feng, the young man she saw in the illusion and stood at the award ceremony to give an acceptance speech.

In order to find this person, Gu Xue took a lot of trouble, she checked the large and small films that had been released in the past two years, and did not find a director named Jian Feng, so she went to several art colleges and universities to check student files.

Jian Feng is very young, she looks like a college student who has just walked out of campus for a few years, following this line of thought, she checked the list of all the students who have been admitted to the directing department since 2001, and finally, in the 05-level student file of Haishi Film Academy, Jian Feng's name was found.

Tong Guò Jian Feng's classmate, Gu Xue inquired about the other party's current address.

In an old-style alley in Haishi, there are rows of old houses, and the doors of the residents on the ground floor are piled up with sundries, making the already narrow alley seem more and more cramped.

Gu Xue turned into a deep alley, followed the address in her hand, looked for it one by one, and finally stopped in front of a house.

She was about to knock on the door, but it was hidden and opened with a slight push. There was a young man standing inside the door, who was brushing his teeth at the sink, and seemed to hear the movement outside, he turned his head sideways and glanced at Gu Xue, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Gu Xue didn't answer immediately, but stood in place and looked at the man for a while, the other party was about twenty years old, wearing a pair of padded pajamas, his hair was unkempt, his eyelids were a little puffy, and he didn't look like he had slept enough.

Rao is like this, Gu Xue still recognized it, the young man in front of her was the person she was looking for, she smiled and handed over a business card, "Mr. Jian, hello, I am the CEO of Yueheng Pictures, my name is Gu Xue." ”

Jian Feng held a toothbrush in his right hand and a water cup in his left hand, and was stunned for a while with his mouth full of foam, before he realized that the person standing in front of him was actually the president of the film company. He quickly rinsed his mouth, spit out a mouthful of foam, and then, wiping his wet hand on his pajamas, raised his hand to take the business card.

Jian Feng looked at the business card in his hand, and then at Gu Xue, a little unsure, how could a dignified president suddenly come to the door, "Mr. Gu, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"Oh, yes, I have a movie I want you to be the director." Gu Xue got straight to the point and directly clarified her intentions.

"Please let me be a director and make a movie?" Jian Feng has become more and more confused, since graduating from school, he has no other works that he can do except for directing a few MVs, and it is unbelievable that someone will personally come to the door to ask him to direct a movie.

But since the opportunity was sent to the door, there was naturally no reason to push it out, Jian Feng smiled and said politely: "Mr. Gu, why don't we go upstairs to talk." ”

There are a total of three families living in this house, Jian Feng's rented place is on the top floor, and there is a boy named Dong Lehui who lives with him.

When Gu Xue entered, the other party was lying on the desk and struggling to write, and when he saw that a beautiful woman suddenly came to the room, Dong Lehui pushed his glasses, looking a little confused.

Jian Feng hurriedly introduced the two of them: "Mr. Gu, this is my friend Dong Lehui. Le Hui, this is Mr. Gu of Yueheng Pictures. ”

Gu Xue and Dong Lehui exchanged a few words, and when they caught a glimpse of each other writing, they leaned over and looked at it a few more times, "You wrote it, is this the script?" ”

Dong Lehui smiled shyly, "Well, it's just writing and playing." ”

"He, when he was in college, he was obsessed with writing scripts, as long as he was free, he would sit there and write non-stop, and said that he would write a drama in the future and let me shoot it." Jian Feng interjected casually.

Dong Lehui is currently a journalist for a magazine, but his biggest dream is to become a screenwriter. His mind is very active, and he often pops up some interesting plots, as soon as inspiration comes, he will immediately pick up the pen to create, and sometimes write until late at night.

Over the years, he has created more than a dozen scripts, but unfortunately, he has no connections in the film and television industry, and what he writes has never had a chance to make into a movie, so he can only entertain himself.

Gu Xue suddenly thought of something, and raised her head suddenly, "Can you show me those scripts of yours?" ”

Dong Lehui was stunned for a moment, then got up and took out a few stacks of bound manuscript paper from the cabinet, "These are all written by me before." ”

Gu Xue took those manuscripts and flipped them up one by one, and when she turned to one of the stacks of manuscripts, her movements suddenly stopped, because on the cover of the stack of manuscript papers, there was a line of beautiful pen words: "The End of the Road is Not the End"

Gu Xue's fingers trembled a little, and she couldn't help but feel excited when she thought that this movie script, which might make Yueheng Pictures turn over, was pinched in her hands at the moment.

She took a deep breath and waved the script in her hand at the two opposite, "I plan to shoot this drama, are you two willing to join?" ”

******

For today's Yueheng Films, shooting small-budget movies is undoubtedly the wisest choice, in fact, Yueheng Pictures will come to this point, which has a lot to do with the failure of investment.

Gu Zhiwei invested in several so-called blockbusters before and threw out billions of dollars, but as a result, the box office was bleak, and he couldn't even recover the cost, which directly led to the company falling into financial difficulties.

Although the cost of Gu Xue's film this time is not high, the shortage of funds is still an unavoidable problem. 10 million was a drop in the bucket for Yueheng Pictures in the past, but now, it has become the penny that stumps the hero.

In order to ensure that the film was shot smoothly, Gu Xue had to find another investor.

During this time, she went to several places and contacted many bosses, but in the end, she couldn't negotiate. Yesterday, one of Yueheng's former partners suddenly called Gu Xue and said that someone was willing to invest in her film and hoped to ask her out to meet.

At about 11 o'clock at noon the next day, Gu Xue took a taxi to the meeting place: a French restaurant in a prosperous area. On the way here, the silver bracelet on her wrist suddenly flashed, the closer she got to the western restaurant, the more frequent the flickering, Gu Xue didn't understand what this meant, so she was a little uneasy.

In the French restaurant, filled with melodious violin music, low-hanging crystal lamps, crystal clear, brilliant and gorgeous, under the soft light is a pair of men and women who are dining, they either bow their heads, carefully cut the food on the plate, or raise goblets, drinking each other beautifully, as if floating in the air with an elegant and romantic atmosphere.

Gu Xue stood at the door of the restaurant and looked into the hall. On the phone, the partner didn't reveal much information to her, only that the other party's name was William, and that she would definitely find him when she got there.

But Gu Xue looked around, but only saw a table of men and women chatting happily, and did not find any guests sitting alone.

At this time, a waiter came over, led her to an empty table, and handed over the order list, Gu Xue said that she still had to wait for someone, so she walked away.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, a well-dressed man walked from behind Gu Xue and sat directly on the empty seat opposite her.

Gu Xue was about to call the partner, and just took out her mobile phone, she suddenly felt movement around her, and the moment she looked up, she was stunned, "Wen Minxuan? ”

Wen Minxuan leaned back in the chair, folded his hands, and put them on his lap casually, "Xiaoxue, how are you doing?" ”

"How could it be you?" Gu Xue narrowed her eyes slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in her dark eyes.

Wen Minxuan hooked her lips, "Have you forgotten what my English name is?" ”

Gu Xue suddenly realized and took a deep breath, Wen Minxuan's English name is indeed william, but few people in China call him that, so after a long time, few people remember his English name.

It's just that Gu Xue was too anxious at the time, and as soon as she heard that someone was willing to invest in her movie, she immediately agreed to the request to meet, and she didn't inquire about the details of the other party.

She lowered her face and asked in a stiff tone, "What do you want?" ”

Wen Minxuan chuckled, "Mr. Gu, you don't seem to be happy to see me?" Is this the kind of attitude your company has towards investors? ”

"Young Master Wen, you are mistaken, I just came to negotiate with you today, as for whether it can be negotiated, it is difficult to say, so you are not an investor in the film at present." Gu Xue's voice was still not warm.

"It seems that this movie is very popular, and I have a lot of competitors." Wen Minxuan's smile deepened, "Then may I ask Mr. Gu, besides me, which other company or individual is willing to invest in your movie?" ”

Gu Xue pondered the other party's words, and suddenly came back to her senses, "You asked those people not to cooperate with me?" ”

Wen Minxuan pretended to be innocent and replied: "I just told them that I wanted to invest in this movie, and I didn't say anything else." ”

Because it is a small-budget movie, Gu Xue is looking for some small bosses this time, and their strength is far worse than that of the Wen Group, since Wen Minxuan has spoken, those people will naturally not cooperate with Gu Xue anymore. Who would offend the Wen Group for a low-budget movie?

Gu Xue bit her lip hatefully, "Wen Minxuan, what are you going to do to let me go?" ”

Wen Minxuan's body leaned forward, his hands rested on the table, and his eyes stared straight at Gu Xue, "Don't say that, I just want to help you, after all, we fell in love with each other, and we almost became husband and wife." ”

Gu Xue was right, Wen Minxuan just refused to let her go, from the moment she ran away from the marriage, the other party didn't intend to let her go lightly.

Wen Minxuan's group of fox friends and dog friends really didn't "disappoint" him, and the day after the incident, they spread the news of Gu Xue's escape from marriage and Young Master Wen's beating of his fiancée in the upper circles.

The terrible thing about the rumors is that they are spread falsely, and the more they are described, the darker they become, Wen Minxuan can't explain it at all, because the real reason for Gu Xue's escape from marriage is even more embarrassing than the content of those rumors.

In short, this time, Young Master Wen not only wore a green hat, but also ruined his reputation, and there was nowhere to say wrongs, so he naturally counted all the accounts on Gu Xue's head.

Of course, there is another reason why he refuses to let go of Gu Xue, and that is the possessiveness of men. Wen Minxuan and Gu Xue have been dating for so long, and they still spoil each other like princesses, but in the end, they didn't catch any oil and water, but cheapened other men, how could he be willing?

"Sir, miss, can I order now?"

A magnetic voice sounded from behind him, Gu Xue thought that the waiter from before was back again, and waved his hand impatiently, "Wait a little longer." ”

However, the waiter did not leave, but stopped in front of Gu Xue, "Xiaoxue? ”

Gu Xue turned her head sideways in surprise, and saw Sui Yun dressed as a waiter appear in front of her, and she was stunned again. Today is really lively, first Wen Minxuan, and now Sui Yun, if there is another one, it will be just able to gather a table of mahjong.

After a short period of stunnedness, a new question arose in Gu Xue's heart, she remembered that when she was in Hengshi, the bracelet on her wrist suddenly flashed, and later, she met Sui Yun, and this time, the bracelet flashed again, and then, she met Sui Yun again. How could it be such a coincidence?

Gu Xue didn't think it was a coincidence, but she couldn't think of a reason for it for a while, so she could only look Sui Yun up and down, trying to find the answer from him. When his eyes swept over the other party's neckline, he caught a glimpse of a small piece of red silk, Gu Xue immediately reacted, Sui Yun was wearing the string of silver pendants he gave him.

This discovery made Gu Xuemao stunned. The bracelet sparkled most likely because it sensed that the silver pendant was nearby. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense, and she couldn't help but glance at Sui Yun's neckline a few more times.

Sui Yun made her look a little embarrassed, and what she wanted to say before was quietly swallowed back. He actually didn't expect to see Gu Xue again, let alone that the little girl with a dirty face when she was in Hengshi would appear in front of him so glamorously at this moment.

When he saw Wen Minxuan and Gu Xue sitting together, Sui Yun's first reaction was: These two people are probably reconciled. Thinking back to the beginning, when Gu Xue told him about the experience of escaping marriage, and then looking at the warm picture of this little couple at this moment, as a bystander, Sui Yun was still very happy for them.

Sui Yun nodded at Wen Minxuan, it was a greeting, however, he would never have thought that the man in front of him would be full of hostility towards him.

Just now, Gu Xue looked at Sui Yun casually, but in Wen Minxuan's eyes, it became an eyebrow flirtation, secretly sending Qiu Bo. From the first time he saw Sui Yun, Wen Minxuan hated this person very much, coupled with the unclear relationship between the other party and Gu Xue, which made him look at Sui Yun more and more unpleasantly.

Originally, I wanted to fix Sui Yun and let him suffer a little, but I didn't expect that this kid didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he dared to come to Haishi.

Due to Wen Minxuan's presence, Gu Xue didn't have the heart to catch up with Sui Yun, and after a brief greeting, she hurriedly ordered a few dishes and sent Sui Yun away.

Gu Xue could have walked away, but in the end, she stayed and had lunch with Wen Minxuan. She still had a trace of luck in her heart, hoping to communicate with Wen Minxuan again, she didn't ask the other party to help the Gu family, she just begged not to fall into the well at this time.

However, Wen Minxuan seemed to be a little absent-minded, during the meal, he frequently looked around, but the focus of his eyes was not the beautiful hot girl, but Sui Yun not far away.

Sui Yun was working as usual, not noticing that anyone was peeping at him, and after being busy for a while, he turned around and walked in the direction of the bathroom. Wen Minxuan stared at the other party's back for a while, then suddenly put down the knife and fork and whispered, "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

As soon as Sui Yun opened the zipper of the placket, Wen Minxuan walked in, and the two stood side by side in front of the urinal, nodding and saying hello to each other, and then they each looked back.

There were just the two of them in the toilet, and it was unusually quiet, except for the sound of rushing water. However, a sudden crisp sound broke the silence in an instant.

Sui Yun heard the sound of "bell", as if something had fallen, he subconsciously looked down, and sure enough, the watch on Wen Minxuan's wrist had unfortunately fallen into the urinal.

However, Wen Minxuan's expression was unusually calm, he zipped up his trousers, took out two hundred yuan from his wallet, and handed it to Sui Yun, "Pick up the watch for me." ”

Sui Yun stared at the banknote in front of him for a while, and then looked at the watch soaked in urine, but he never said a word.

Wen Minxuan saw that the other party didn't answer, so he stuffed the money back into his wallet. He raised his eyes to look at Sui Yun, his eyes were arrogant and indifferent, "Didn't you Manager Su teach you to meet the requirements of the guests as much as possible?" ”

Sui Yun's face was expressionless, and his tone was light, "I'm sorry, it's not within my scope of service." ”

"Really?" Wen Minxuan smiled contemptuously, "Do you want me to call Manager Su over and ask, is this not within the scope of your service?" However, don't blame me for not reminding you, if you really called Manager Su, you won't want to work here in the future. ”

Sui Yun frowned slightly, he knew that Wen Minxuan was not joking, and he also believed that the other party had the ability to make him lose his job. After Sui Yun came to Haishi, he has interviewed several places, and now this job, whether it is salary or employee benefits, is not bad, so he doesn't want to lose this job.

After hesitating for a moment, he squatted down, picked up the watch from the pool, and handed it to Wen Minxuan.

Wen Minxuan glanced at the wet watch, but didn't reach out to take it, "Clean it up, and then send it over." ”

With that, he turned and left the bathroom. As soon as he returned to the table, he took out his mobile phone and called the restaurant manager, and Manager Su learned that Young Master Wen was coming, and immediately said that he would come over to entertain him in person.

Soon, a chubby middle-aged man appeared in the lobby of the restaurant, he walked quickly to Wen Minxuan, and flattered him with a few words of flattery. Subsequently, the two chatted, chatting and chatting, Wen Minxuan suddenly said "oops", Manager Su saw this, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"When I washed my hands just now, I took off my watch and put it on the sink, and I forgot to take it after washing my hands."

Wen Minxuan said it lightly, but Manager Su was terrified when he heard it, because he knew that Young Master Wen's things were all valuable, and if they were lost or taken away by others, it would be a big problem. So, without saying a word, he went straight to the bathroom.

Sui Yun tore a few tissues and carefully wiped his watch, although the water stains were wiped clean, the smell of urine was still there, so he hesitated to use a hand dryer to bake it and remove the smell.

At this time, Manager Su arrived, and when he saw Sui Yun holding a watch in his hand, he hurriedly asked, "Is this watch left by a guest just now?" ”

Sui Yun nodded inexplicably, and Manager Su continued to instruct: "That guest is looking for this watch, you send it back quickly." ”

When he got the watch, Wen Minxuan didn't immediately put it on his hand, but handed it to Manager Su, "You smell it, what does this smell like?" ”

Manager Su leaned over and sniffed it, then frowned and looked at Sui Yun, "What's going on?" How does it smell weird. ”

"The watch just fell into the toilet." Sui Yun glanced at Wen Minxuan in confusion, he felt that this person was very strange, just now, the other party was obviously there, but now he seems to know nothing.

"How did you drop your watch in the toilet?" Manager Su's face changed, he recognized this brand, a watch costs millions, in case it is broken, the repair cost alone is a lot of money.

Wen Minxuan put down his watch and said with a stern expression: "Manager Su, your employee broke my watch, and I now ask for compensation." ”

Without waiting for Manager Su to answer, Sui Yun had already opened his mouth first, "Sir, you fell into the toilet by yourself with the watch, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

"Really? Why don't I remember it? Wen Minxuan hugged his arms and said with a smile: "I only remember that I left my watch on the sink, and then, you sent the watch back, and then, you told me that the watch fell into the toilet." ”

Sui Yun's face gradually became gloomy, he realized that he had fallen into a trap, and the other party had already thought about calculating him from the beginning, and there was no monitoring in the bathroom, and what happened at that time was only known to the person concerned, and others did not know at all.

Gu Xue sat on the side, quietly watching, seeing this, she couldn't stand it anymore, not to mention, how the watch fell into the toilet, just by Wen Minxuan's aggressive posture, it could be seen that he was deliberately making things difficult for Sui Yun.

For Wen Minxuan, a few million is nothing at all, but for Sui Yun it is an astronomical amount, of course, in the end, it is definitely impossible to make Sui Yun lose millions, but more or less he will always be asked to pay a little.

Sui Yun once helped Gu Xue, so Gu Xue should repay him this favor because of his affection.

So, Gu Xue took out her mobile phone, dialed a string of numbers, and then turned her mobile phone to Outside. After a while, a female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Vacheron Constantin Customer Service Center, it is a pleasure to serve you." ”

This delicate sound immediately attracted the attention of the other three men, who all looked over in this direction.

Gu Xue reported the model of a watch, and then, looking at the phone, asked, "I want to ask, does this watch have a waterproof function?" ”

The customer service on the other end of the phone continued: "This is a diver's watch, and it is water-resistant up to 150 meters. ”

"So if this watch falls into the pool, will the function of the watch be affected?"

"It shouldn't be affected."

"Okay, I see, thank you."

Gu Xue hung up the phone, looked up and smiled at Wen Minxuan, "Young Master Wen, when you bought this watch, the clerk didn't tell you, is this a diving watch, can it be waterproof up to 150 meters?" ”

Wen Minxuan looked at her thoughtfully, his fingers tapped on the table one by one, but he didn't say anything, Gu Xue saw that he didn't speak, so he looked at Manager Su again, "Manager Su, is the water depth of your toilet here more than 150 meters?" ”

"Uh...... This ......" question is really unnutritious, and Manager Su doesn't know how to answer it.

Gu Xue glanced around at the other three, and then made a concluding speech: "Young Master Wen, I think it's right, you failed to take care of your belongings, first of all, it's your fault, and secondly, this waiter didn't pick up the money and returned the watch to its original owner, it stands to reason that you should thank him." Although, the watch fell into the toilet, but fortunately, the water depth did not exceed 150 meters, and the function of the watch would not be affected, so, speaking of which, there seems to be nothing wrong with this waiter. ”

Her words sounded quite reasonable, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that something was wrong, but Gu Xue couldn't care so much, as long as it sounded reasonable, it didn't matter if he was crooked or right.

Wen Minxuan looked at Gu Xue quietly, his expression was calm, there was no trace of gloom on his face, he hooked his lips, revealing a smile of unknown meaning, "Xiaoxue, I really didn't expect you to be able to say that?" ”

He really felt that Gu Xue had changed, become powerful, and become interesting, he used to think that Gu Xue was just like her name, pure as snow, but because it was too simple, it lacked some taste, and the other party was just right now.

Being disturbed by Gu Xue like this, Wen Minxuan didn't want to pursue the matter of the watch anymore, he put the money on the table, and then got up and said to Gu Xue: "I still have something to do, go first." ”

After speaking, he walked towards the door, and when he passed by Sui Yun's side, Wen Minxuan patted the other party's shoulder and said softly: "We will come to Japan for a long time." ”