I found a cell phone from ten years ago.

Chapter 106: Is it a breach of contract to date you?
Li Xu reached out and hugged Liu Xin in his arms, patting her on the back. He said with both heartache and amusement, "Okay, okay, don't cry anymore. I was actually lying to you."

After hearing this, Liu Xin couldn't help but look up, looking at him with tears in her eyes, and asked with a choked voice, "What, what do you mean?"

Li Xu raised his hand, gently wiped the tears from her face, and said with a smile:
"You're so good, how could I bear to replace you? Don't worry, you're still the heroine. After we finish filming today, we'll sign the contract and officially cooperate."

Liu Xin stared at Li Xu in a daze for a moment before she reacted, bursting into laughter and waving her hands in angrily, slapping him.

"Lie to me? How could you lie to me? Do you know that I was so sad and heartbroken just now? I really thought you didn't want me anymore."

Why does the last sentence sound a bit ambiguous?
Li Xu really didn't expect that Liu Xin would hit someone, so he "helplessly" hugged her in his arms and controlled her.

"You were just having trouble finding your groove, so I tried to help you out. Look how emotionally present you are now."

Maybe they had too much fun in the afternoon, Liu Xin couldn't find the right state when filming just now, and she didn't have the sad feeling of separation and breakup between lovers at all.

After filming the scene five or six times, Li Xu realized that this was not a solution. He had an idea and thought of using this method to trick her and let her act with "true feelings".

I just didn’t expect Liu Xin to be so sad and cry so hard. The effect was a bit too good.

Xu Haoyang, standing behind the camera, looked at Li Xu and Liu Xin hugging each other and fighting like a couple having a quarrel, with an expression on his face as if he had eaten too much dog food.

He admired Li Xu to the extreme. He was so good at flirting with girls that he made Liu Xin laugh and cry.

At this moment, Li Xu suddenly turned around, looked at him and asked, "Did you take pictures of everything?"

Xu Haoyang seemed to react after hearing this. He quickly glanced at the camera and said, "Ah, it was recorded. I hadn't turned off the camera just now."

He was so busy "watching the show" that he forgot about filming.

Li Xu let go of Liu Xin, walked forward, picked up the DV camera on the stand, and watched the playback.

Under the camera, Liu Xin was grinning and crying loudly. I felt so sorry for her and it was really heartbreaking.

Liu Xin also followed, looked into the viewfinder, and couldn't help pouting and said, "Why don't you delete this? The crying is too ugly."

She hadn't fully recovered from her previous emotions, and her voice was still a little choked.

Li Xu gave her a funny look and said, "You can't delete this. You worked so hard to shoot this shot. If you delete it, all your tears will be in vain."

He had a vague feeling that this episode would become a hit once it was posted online.

A lively and lovely girl like Liu Xin suddenly cried so sadly, as if she was bullied. Anyone who saw it would feel distressed.

After all, regardless of gender, the desire to protect the weak and beautiful things is common.

However, he is probably going to be scolded badly.

Li Xu could even imagine how many people would criticize him under the video.

In fact, someone had already left a message in the comment section, saying that he was "Aquaman", a scumbag who used sweet words to deceive innocent girls.

There are also many bootlickers, honest people... no, kind-hearted people, who have been leaving messages to persuade Liu Xin to stay away from him, the "Sea King" and scumbag, and not to be foolishly deceived by him, otherwise she will definitely suffer losses and be hurt.

Li Xu sneered at these self-righteous people from the bottom of his heart. They are just licking dogs and they deserve to end up with nothing.

Do you really think that those "good girls" were deceived because they didn't see the true face of the scumbag? Most of them were willing to be deceived, and some even took the initiative to pay for it.

There are very few good girls who are truly deceived.

Although the scumbag is a scumbag, he is experienced and understands women's needs better and can meet their needs.

Just like the saying goes, the only ones who can satisfy all the needs of women are scumbags and liars.

After watching the replay again, Li Xu put down the camera and said to Liu Xin with a smile, "Let's hurry up and shoot while we're still in good shape."

She was crying so hard that her eyes were red and she looked so pitiful. She didn't even need to act. It looked like she was being bullied by a scumbag...

No, why does this sound like he is scolding himself?
The filming of the next few scenes went smoothly and was basically completed in one take.

However, when filming the final scene where the two of them parted, Liu Xin had a hard time getting into the mood and couldn't cry.

It’s not that she can’t cry at all, but her crying looks a bit fake. It’s obvious at first glance that she’s just pretending and doesn’t look like she’s really sad.

Although Liu Xin has a more relaxed personality and is a "social bull" who dares to express herself, she is not very talented in acting and her performance is not as natural as the girl in the original video.

But she also has her own advantages, which is that she is cuter, more lively and more beautiful.

"Stop, stop again!" Li Xu stopped the filming again and again.

This was the third time he called a stop, and this shot was shot three times.

Liu Xin opened the back door of the taxi, got out, and quickly walked over to Li Xu. She said with a somewhat frustrated look, "Isn't that enough? I really can't cry anymore."

She had cried so hard just now and had almost vented all her emotions, so it was really difficult for her to cry again now.

Li Xu looked at her, sighed deliberately and said, "I'm thinking about whether I should change the heroine."

This time, Liu Xin didn't believe it at all. She smiled and said, "You're lying to me again, aren't you?"

Then she added, "How about you let me calm down a little while longer and think about whether there's anything else that's sad about me."

"Don't worry about it, I have a solution." Li Xu said.

"What method?" Liu Xin couldn't help but ask curiously.

Li Xu smiled at her, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he walked to the taxi and said to the taxi driver sitting in the driver's seat:

"Master, I'm sorry to have wasted your time.

"It's okay, don't worry, just take your time to take pictures." The taxi driver was a burly middle-aged man, and he said with a very straightforward smile.

It was his first time to encounter someone filming a movie, and he also played a role, which felt very novel.

At the request of the taxi driver, Li Xu specially gave him a shot so that he could show his face in the video.

After returning to Liu Xin again, Li Xu took out a bottle of eye drops and a tube of mustard from his coat pocket.

He had long guessed that Liu Xin might not be able to cry, so he made preparations in advance.

"Have some of this mustard." Li Xu said, handing the mustard in his hand to Liu Xin.

"Mustard? This is the method you said!" Liu Xin took the mustard with a smile, looked at it in his hand for a while, then squeezed out a long piece and put it directly into his mouth.

"Oh, it's so spicy!" The next moment, she was so spicy that tears came to her eyes and she hissed and flapped her tongue.

"Why do you eat so much?" Li Xu said angrily and amusedly.

"I thought that eating more would bring me more tears, but I didn't expect it to be so spicy!" Liu Xin said pitifully with a bitter face.

"Then let's hurry up and shoot. After the spiciness wears off, you'll have to try it again." Li Xu smiled and put away the eye drops.

This Liu Xin really has some talent for comedy.

Li Xu turned around and gestured to Xu Haoyang and the taxi driver, indicating that they could start filming.

Liu Xin, holding her handbag, looked at Li Xu eagerly with tears on her face. Li Xu walked over, hugged her gently, and said softly, "Okay, stop crying and get in the car."

At the same time, the taxi parked on the side of the road honked at the right time.

Liu Xin cried, looking back every few steps as she walked to the taxi, opened the back door, and got in. After getting in, she kept waving at Li Xu through the window.

The taxi drove away slowly, but after driving twenty or thirty meters away, it suddenly stopped and reversed.

Liu Xin opened the car door, got out, trotted over to Li Xu, took his arm, and asked with a coquettish smile, "How did I perform this time? Did I pass?"

Li Xu didn't stop midway, which meant she probably passed. Li Xu looked at her, smiled and nodded, "Well, you did well, you passed."

After hearing this, Liu Xin jumped for joy and cheered, "Oh my! I finally passed!"

Seeing her like this, Li Xu couldn't help but shook his head in amusement, then turned to Xu Haoyang who was not far away and said, "It's done, you can pack up now."

In fact, Liu Xin's mood was a little bad just now, but that was all she could do. After all, she had never been in a relationship or been broken up, so it was difficult for her to act out that kind of true emotion.

There was no way he would lie to her again.

Xu Haoyang put the DV camera, tripod, and handheld stabilizer into the camera bag, then walked over with the camera bag and said to Li Xu, "Brother Xu, I'm done. I'll go back first."

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Xin and winked at Li Xu.

Although this guy is a bit gossipy and not very tight-lipped, he still has one advantage, which is that he is very perceptive and never acts as a third wheel.

Li Xu stopped him and said, "Don't leave in such a hurry. I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Xu Haoyang asked curiously.

"No hurry, let's talk later. Let's find a place to eat and talk."

As Li Xu spoke, he took out the Samsung i9008 and checked the time. It was almost 9 o'clock.

He remembered that he had promised Luo Jiahui that he would return to the hotel early tonight, but it seemed that he could not do it.

Li Xu, Liu Xin and Xu Haoyang got into a taxi together.

Xu Haoyang was very tactful and took the front row seat first, leaving the back row seats for Li Xu and Liu Xin.

Li Xu said to the taxi driver, "Master, please take us to Erlouwan."

Five or six minutes later, the taxi arrived at Erlouwan Food Court.

After paying the fare and getting off the car, Li Xu took Liu Xin and Xu Haoyang to a roadside spicy hot pot stall they had visited when filming the video before.

The middle-aged woman who was setting up the stall recognized Li Xu and his companions immediately after seeing them. She smiled and said, "Are you guys here to film again?"

Unlike the era of universal self-media more than a decade later, when people were shooting videos everywhere and people were used to it, people would be surprised and curious when they saw someone shooting something with a camera.

"We're not filming today. We're here to eat." Li Xu responded with a smile, then sat down in front of the stall with Liu Xin and Xu Haoyang and ordered three servings of spicy hot pot.

Soon, the middle-aged lady prepared the spicy hot pot and brought it over.

Liu Xin picked up the chili oil and put several spoonfuls into her bowl, then asked Li Xu, "Do you want some too?"

She is from Jiangxi and likes spicy food.

"I don't need it." Li Xu shook his head. He didn't like spicy food very much.

"Hey, give it some. It will taste better with some chili oil." Liu Xin said as he put a big spoonful of chili oil into Li Xu's bowl.

"A little more," she continued, adding another small spoonful to the bowl with a smile.

Li Xu looked at Liu Xin with amusement, feeling that she was doing it on purpose. She knew that he didn't like spicy food, but she still put chili oil into his bowl so enthusiastically.

After getting to know each other, he discovered that Liu Xin had a somewhat quirky personality. She not only loved to be funny, but also liked to play tricks on people.

"How is it? Is it spicy?" Liu Xin asked with a smile as she watched Li Xu take a bite of the spicy hot pot.

"It's okay, not too spicy," said Li Xu.

He just doesn't like spicy food very much, but it's not like he can't eat spicy food at all. He ate turkey noodles even though they were so spicy.

"Try mine." Liu Xin said, picking up a tofu puff from her bowl and handing it to Li Xu's mouth.

Li Xu glanced at her, hesitated for a moment, and then ate the tofu.

Liu Xin had fed him like this before when they were filming, but this was not a filming session.

"How is it? Is it a bit spicy?" Liu Xin asked with a smile.

Li Xu nodded, "Yeah, a little bit."

Xu Haoyang sat aside, eating spicy hot pot silently, watching the two of them "showing off their love".

Li Xu took a few more bites of the spicy hot pot and said to Liu Xin, "We're going to sign a formal cooperation contract in a few days. If you have any requests, you can raise them."

Liu Xin quickly swallowed the food in her mouth, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Requests? I don't have any requests. As long as you let me continue to be the heroine, that's fine."

However, she quickly added, as if she suddenly remembered something: "No, I still have a small request."

"What's the request?" Li Xu asked with a smile.

Liu Xin looked at Li Xu with a flattering smile on her face, and said cautiously, "Can you give me a small raise? Just a small raise will do."

Li Xu looked at her with amusement and said deliberately, "Don't even think about raising your pay. You won't even get any pay in the future."

He couldn't help but sigh, revealing a look of disappointment, and muttered softly, "It's fine if the pay isn't increased, but why are they deducting it?"

"What? You don't want to? That's fine. I'll just change the heroine." Li Xu "threatened" with a smile.

Liu Xin quickly compromised and said, "I'm willing. I didn't say I didn't want to. Is it okay if I don't want the pay?"

But her lips were pouting so much that a soy sauce bottle could be hung on them, and her face was full of reluctance, as if she was being forced.

Li Xu couldn't help but laugh at her, but he quickly put away his smile and said seriously:
"Okay, enough kidding. Let me briefly explain the contents of the contract. From now on, you won't receive any paychecks. It will be a base salary of 3,000 yuan per month."

"Three thousand yuan a month, that's so much?" Liu Xin exclaimed in surprise.

Then, she smiled smugly and said, "I knew you were lying to me again. So, did I act well?"

Li Xu looked at her and shook his head with amusement.

Maybe Liu Xin thinks that three thousand yuan a month is a lot now, but it won’t be long before this amount of money is nothing in her eyes.

Li Xu continued, "This 3,000 yuan base salary is mainly for your living expenses. If you get any advertising, you will also get a share. We will split it 50-50."

"Oh!" Liu Xin responded softly, with a smile on his face, and nodded to show that he understood.

Li Xu finally said, "The contract period is four years, and the penalty is 500 million."

"Five million?" Liu Xin exclaimed, then smiled in disbelief and said, "Am I worth that much?"

"You are definitely not worth that much now, but you will be worth it in the future." Li Xu said with a smile.

The contract he gave to Liu Xin was not particularly good, but it was pretty good.

Especially the four-year term, compared with the "indentures" of eight or ten years in the entertainment industry, it is definitely very conscientious.

Li Xu remembered something and added, "Also, you can't have a romantic relationship during these four years, or it will be considered a breach of contract."

"What will happen if I breach the contract? Do you really want me to pay five million?" Liu Xin asked with a smile, but she still looked a little worried.

Li Xu gave her a funny look and said, "If I ask you to pay me back, can you come up with it? It won't do anything, I'll just freeze you out and stop letting you be the heroine."

Liu Xin looked relieved after hearing this and said with a smile, "That's good. As long as I don't have to pay any money."

Then, she glanced at Li Xu and asked tentatively, "If I were to date you, would that be considered a breach of contract?"

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(End of this chapter)