Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 16 - Chen Yu was taken advantage of

Because Chen Yu doesn't eat anything high in salt and oil, Reba prepared very simple tomato pasta, boiled beef tendon, and fruit salad for him.

And her own "dinner menu" is: scrambled eggs with pepper, cold beef, and pan-fried hairtail.

Anyway, all the preliminary work has been completed by Chen Yu. Reba only needs to stand by the stove and start processing the grated and sliced ​​pieces.

Reba, who was fully armed, was flipping the hairtail with long chopsticks, while taking turns placing a pair of slender and straight legs on the high insteps on both sides of her body for stretching.

"Ding dong, the warm candlelight dinner will officially start in ten minutes, please get ready." Reba's swaying white and tender feet poked her head and shouted to Chen Yu who was playing with the computer in the living room.

"Copy that." Chen Yu, who was talking about investment with Emmanuel, immediately turned around and replied loudly to the pretty cook.

The problem Reba encountered before was actually related to money.

Filming started on March 30 this year. Directed by Liang Shengquan and Li Weiji, and co-starring Reba and Zhou Yumin, Zhang Binbin, and Liu Ruilin, the ancient puppet "Fire Like a Song" suddenly had the embarrassing situation of withdrawing from the production at noon today.

Originally, Jiaxing Media took the lead for this ancient puppet, with Perfect World Pictures and SMG Shangshi Pictures providing a certain amount of funds and setting up and deploying a production team, while Mandala Film and Television was responsible for making up the remaining 50 million gap.

However, Ms. Zhang Yuxin, the head of Mandala Film and Television Media, learned through the channel of her father, director Zhang Jizhong, that "Fire Like a Song" might not be a star, and immediately decided to leave the "mud pit."

In addition, the exclusive online broadcast rights of "Fire Like a Song" were "stolen" by Youku, which also made Ms. Zhang Yuxin, who once worked for iQiyi and served as vice president, very dissatisfied.

Furthermore, "Shushan Chronicles 2 Fire Walking Song" intends to join forces with Ms. Zhang Yuxin again and has successfully obtained the star approval from Blueberry Channel.

Therefore, "Fire Like a Song" was directly thrown into the trash can by Mandala Film and Television Media.

After all, Zeng Jia, who had been confident before, made a "very heroic" addition to the contract: if the project cannot be completed, all partners can withdraw their investment before the official launch.

Zeng Jia dared to do this mainly because the results obtained by the previous dramas were so amazing, and adding this clause was also helpful to attract the attention of capital.

At this stage, Jiaxing is affected by the "gambling agreement" and Zeng Jia has to spread his business. This makes the return rate of the company's funds always in an inefficient and slow state. Although the book shows that the net profit is high enough, there is not much money.

"Mandala Film and Television's investment of more than 50 million is actually quite important to Jiaxing at the moment. Moreover, once it was revealed that "Fire Like a Song" could not be a star, Zeng Jia only appeased Perfect World Film and SMG. The industry is already in dire straits, so how can one still think about recruiting other partners?" Reba carefully picked off the hairtail fish's bones and put them into the old fish's pasta.

But no matter how far the situation develops, Zeng Jia still wants to finish filming "Fire Like a Song".

After all, Jiaxing, which is in the "gambling agreement", must not have any "aborted" projects.

Otherwise, a series of unpredictable losses may follow. Therefore, Zeng Jia called Reba mainly to ask her to ask Chen Yu if he was interested in acting.

If Chen Yu, who is now secretly praised as the "new idol" of China's young people by official media and official blogs, can be brought into the group, then Zeng Jia feels that he can easily obtain an investment of well over 50 million in ten days.

Chen Yu took a sip of the "love pasta" made by Reba. He had just talked about this with Emmanuel, who advised Chen Yu not to expose his poor "acting skills" at this stage.

Moreover, there is no place for Chen Yu in "Fire Like a Song". To survive, he is just a high-level supporting role, or to put it more nicely: friendly starring and friendly joining.

Considering Chen Yu's popularity in Europe and the United States and the current Chinese official promotion of him, this is purely because the management of "Fire Like a Song" is taking advantage of Chen Yu through Reba's channels.

Because Chen Yu is preparing to enter the entertainment industry, Emmanuel has done a lot of homework.

He cited the example of Yuan Xiaochao, the Asian Games martial arts champion who starred in the two films "Tai Chi 1 Starting from Scratch" and "Tai Chi 2 Heroes Rising".

Yuan Xiaochao, who had won glory for his country, landed on the screen rashly. However, due to lack of popularity, he was swept away by the torrent of capital and drowned in a short period of time.

Therefore, Chen Yu must take advantage of the current advantage of being "not within the Three Realms" to absorb more of Reba's popularity, and participate in more variety shows to consolidate and cultivate her popularity first.

Then, relying on his super cute appearance and fan base, as well as his strong influence and appeal in Europe and the United States, he can casually roam the big and small screens in China, find a sense of the camera, practice basic acting skills, and return to the European and American film and television circles when the opportunity comes. middle.

The Chinese entertainment industry has always been regarded by CAA and Emmanuel as a transition point for Chen Yu.

Reba felt a little disappointed when she learned that Chen Yu was unwilling to be involved in film and television dramas for the time being.

But she thought that even if Chen Yu "descended his dignity" to join the cast of "Fire Like a Song", the two would not be able to play the role of a couple.

Looking over at Chen Yu who was washing dishes in the kitchen, Reba rubbed her sexy, flat and firm belly and decided to use her post-dinner break to write a reply to Zeng Jia.

Thinking about Zeng Jia, who had been sitting in the office for nearly twelve hours a day for many years, Reba's desire to be a "capitalist" weakened by three points again. Reba felt that she might as well go out and hang out with Chen Yu in such busy time. "Although I won't touch the [actor] profession for the time being, I can help you in other ways." Chen Yu gently shook the foam on his hand and raised his eyebrows at Reba who slipped into the kitchen to inspect the work.

When Reba heard Chen Yu say "internal show", she immediately thought of the derogatory term "bringing money into the group".

Reba, who has managed to reach her current position, certainly knows the benefits of "bringing capital into the group".

Moreover, this opportunity is very rare and comes at a time when Jiaxing's capital turnover is difficult.

Reba felt that even if Zeng Jia, Zhao Ruoyao, and Yang Mi did not want to become big so soon, the "gamble agreement" and the current difficult production situation of "Fire Like a Song" forced them to pretend to be happy and accept it.

In addition, "bringing capital into the group" is also a good opportunity to show your personal value and strength to the outside world, regardless of whether the final specific amount is 50 million or 60 million, at least the starting point is relatively high.

Since Chen Yu took the initiative, Reba would not pretend to be pretentious. Anyway, she had the right to borrow her boyfriend's money to "invest" in herself even if the media asked.

It was a "borrowing" and not a "free gift", Reba raised her head and rubbed Chen Yu's cheek, pursed her lips and reiterated, but in her heart she had already added the word "producer" to her label.

After a long meeting with Chen Yu in the kitchen, the charming Reba trotted back to the living room to talk to Zeng Jia about the matter. It was just as Reba expected. Zeng Jia, who was currently pressed for time, could only agree verbally first and then wait for Reba. After recording "Longing for Life", the company discussed it in detail.

As for the hidden dangers such as "Long Nights and Dreams" Zeng Jia changed his mind midway, Reba would not consider it at all. After all, this opportunity was picked up for free. If it succeeds, Reba will make money and she will not lose anything.

Moreover, since Reba has proposed her own plan of "bringing capital into the group", it is equivalent to clearly showing her potential to Jiaxing, even if Chen Yu behind her is the real "powerful driving force".

What's more, Chen Yu is also a cute "little fish" that he carefully raised! While Reba silently praised herself arrogantly, she dug out a set of sexy short nightgowns from her suitcase.

"Every merit must be rewarded, and every mistake must be punished." Reba decided to reward the considerate Chen Yu later.

"You're dressed up so exaggeratedly!" After clearing the kitchen table, Chen Yu turned sideways and looked at the Uyghur beauty who was walking in a catwalk.

Reba raised her index finger at Chen Yu to tell him not to talk nonsense and ruin the atmosphere.

Taking the initiative to come over and taste the after-dinner "dessert" carefully and slowly from head to toe is the most important thing for him to do at this stage.

From the dining table to the sofa, it was already 11:05 in the evening when Reba, who was enjoying a lavender bath, helped Chen Yu brush his back.

"I've just been fooling around with you, and I haven't even decided what dish to order for "Longing for Life" tomorrow! Teacher Huang Lei hasn't decided yet!" Reba casually put the bath towel on her white and tender feet.

Chen Yu obediently sat on the small round stool with his back turned to enjoy Reba's service, but he still insisted on "cooking noodles with water" as he said before and thought about bringing mineral water and noodles to the show.

"Then do you want to collect another bag of dead branches and leaves and buy a box of matches or something?" Reba's little feet moved nimbly on Chen Yu's back, but the strength was too light.

After hearing Chen Yu's complaints, Reba curled up her crystal toes wrapped in a bath towel and poked Chen Yu's back, and told him that if he wanted a strong sense of friction, he could find two pieces of garnet sandpaper.

Chen Yu, who was scolded by Reba, quickly changed the topic and talked about meeting Chen Kun in the community supermarket. Reba said that when she lived here before, she often saw Chen Kun taking his children for a walk.

"Sometimes Li Yuchun will sing a few lines with everyone in the pavilion in front of Building 1. There are many artists living in this community. The advantage is that he can make many friends, but the disadvantage is that some personal matters cannot be hidden from these guys. , For example, if we live together, Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Li Yuchun, etc. will definitely know at the latest in the morning the day after tomorrow." Reba asked Chen Yu to turn around and prepared to rub the latter's face.

"Stop, I can do this myself. Sister, please take a rest for a while." Chen Yu reached out to grab the bath towel.

Upon hearing this, Reba immediately shook her little feet to prevent Chen Yu from getting the bath towel and asked him if he disliked her?
Chen Yu just opened his mouth to explain.

Reba then slammed down the water surface, and the splash of bath water instantly covered Chen Yu's face.

It’s unclear whether Durant has tasted Scarlett’s bathwater.

But he had indeed drank Reba's bath water just now, and it was a big gulp.

Seeing this, Reba quickly got up and brought Chen Yu a bath towel to wipe his face and held the toothbrush and mouthwash in her arms.

She definitely didn't do it on purpose. She just patted the water because she was thinking about what to order at "Longing for Life" tomorrow.

"Then let me kiss you, okay? This means I have drank my own bath water." Reba put the plastic wrap on Chen Yu's mouth!
"Damn, you're such a scumbag...well..."

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