Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 41: Female "Troublemaking Medicine"

Since he said he would publish two chapters of "The Beginning" tomorrow, Cheng Xi continued writing after reading the QQ group messages for a while.

When my eyes were sore and I was about to take a rest, I found that my roommate Wang Ge had brought a chair and sat next to me.

The two chatted for a while about the details of the script creation of "Wan Wan" and the difficulties encountered during filming.

When Cheng Xi finished the first two chapters of "The Beginning" and scheduled them for tomorrow's release, his eyes flickered as he said to Wang Ge:

"Gezi, are you free tomorrow morning? If you're interested, you can come with me to Sohu headquarters. They want me to review a script."

When Wang Ge heard this, he understood what Cheng Xi meant:
"Cheng Xi, Brother Cheng, you are my brother. This is a good opportunity. I am definitely free."

"They also want to take advantage of the popularity of 'Wan Wan' and make a short play. You've been researching it for so long, it's okay to talk about your ideas tomorrow."

When Cheng Xi heard the word "brother", he felt very comfortable. Wang Ge is a brother worth taking care of.

I can see how hard he works in the dormitory. He is handsome, but he doesn't really care about picking up girls.

I'm either looking in the mirror, studying the script, or attending class seriously. My occasional entertainment is playing games with my roommates.

The next morning, Cheng Xi and Wang Ge put on formal clothes and took a taxi to Sohu headquarters together.

Sohu’s headquarters is located in Zhongguancun, Haidian District, very close to Beijing Film Academy, about 15 minutes away.

Looking up at the towering office building, Cheng Xi walked inside.

The secretary of Sohu Video's president Zeng Xiongjie was already waiting for Cheng Xi at the door.

After greeting each other, the two walked into the building.

As soon as he entered the building, he saw an ordinary-looking man wearing black-framed glasses and looking a bit shrewd running towards Cheng Xi quickly.

"Hello, Mr. Zuibai. I'm Dong Chengpeng, the host of Dapeng Daba Daba. Sorry to bother you."

The man named Dong Chengpeng spoke quickly and panted.

After saying that, he gave Cheng Xi a harmless smile.

At first, Cheng Xi said that this person looked familiar. After hearing him say that he was the host of "Dapeng Daba Daba", and seeing his iconic smile, he naturally knew who he was.

But now he really looks so inconspicuous, his shirt is loose, his tie is a little crooked, and his suit pants have many wrinkles.

"Hello, Dong Chengpeng."

Cheng Xi blinked and then greeted him as well.

"Dapeng, what are you doing? Stop stopping celebrities coming to our building at the door. Everyone is afraid of you now. When you see a celebrity coming, you ask them if they want to join your interview."

At this time, Mr. Zeng's secretary stepped forward to block Cheng Xi.

"Secretary Hu, I'm really not here to be interviewed by a TV program this time. Believe me!"

Dapeng then took a few steps towards Cheng Xi.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zuibai. Dapeng has always been like this. It's for his show. We are all used to it."

"It's okay, I'll call you Dapeng too. Tell me what you want from me?"

Cheng Xi would naturally give this opportunity, even though Dapeng's "The Pancake Man" fooled everyone and lost his popularity.

But the progress in the subsequent films is visible to the naked eye, and they can be regarded as representatives of the grassroots struggle in the entertainment industry.

I even read his autobiography, "Laughing Out Loud on Difficult Days". Although the writing is not good, the important thing is that the emotions are real and the struggle is arduous.

When Dapeng heard Cheng Xi say this, he knew that Teacher Zuibai at least didn't dislike him:
"Thank you, Mr. Zuibai. I'm a fan of yours. I especially love watching 'Never Expected,' which you produced and wrote. It's really amazing!"

"So I also wrote a short play script in your honor. I knew the teacher was coming today, so I came here specially to show it to you."

Cheng Xi accepted the script that was forced upon him without hesitation.

To be honest, he admired Dapeng for this. He seized every opportunity, was very humble before becoming famous, and did not care about his own face.

Cheng Xi is only a freshman now, but he calls teacher all the time, and uses the title of respect. Anyone with a little bit of dignity can't refuse.

Most people think of him as a screenwriter, and few notice that he is also a producer, after all, he is still young.

Since Cheng Xi had a script seminar to attend later, he didn't talk much. He just nodded and agreed, saying that he would go back and look at it after he was done.

Finally, Dapeng handed Cheng Xi a business card and asked him to call him back.

Looking at Cheng Xi's slowly walking away, Dapeng suddenly shouted:
"Teacher Zuibai, if you don't like the script, you can also do an interview on my Deba Deba Show!"

Cheng Xi looked at Secretary Hu shrugged helplessly at him and smiled.

Dapeng, an inconspicuous yet impressive person. Perhaps this is the necessary factor for his success.

He knew that Dapeng got along well with many celebrities by relying on his persistence and various means.

He is also very good at "freeloading on celebrities", and now I have become the one he freeloads on.

When he arrived at the script discussion room, many people were already waiting for Cheng Xi.

Zeng Xiongjie was sitting in the main seat. Seeing Cheng Xi coming in, he took the lead in welcoming him and said:
"Welcome Mr. Zuibai to come to our Sohu Video for guidance. Everyone is welcome. Let me introduce these people to the teacher."

After everyone arrived, Zeng Xiongjie briefly introduced everyone present.

In addition to Cheng Xi and Wang Ge, there were two industry screenwriters brought in by Sohu and three young people interning at Sohu in the conference room.

In other words, the two screenwriters are the main writers, Cheng Xi is the director, and the three young people are just here to act as the "troublemakers."

The so-called "noisy medicine" is to provide some messy ideas when the regular screenwriters are blocked in their thoughts, mainly to stimulate everyone's thinking.

Many screenwriters in the industry like to include two female "troublemakers" when writing scripts, saying that they are more stimulating than male "troublemakers".

Of course, the specific method used for stimulation depends on the needs of both parties.

Cheng Xi also wanted to know.

I finally saw it today. The three "troublemakers" were two men and one woman.

But when Cheng Xi's eyes fell on this female "troublemaker", it was as if he saw a sexy dealer dealing cards online.

Jin Chen!

I didn't expect her to come here to cause trouble.

When the people at Sohu saw that Teacher Zuibai was so young, they were all very surprised.

Even Zeng Xiongjie, who knew the true identity of "Zuibai", couldn't help but sigh that heroes emerge from young people.

But he knew that he couldn't underestimate this young man. He made two moves and created a bestseller and a TV series that had over 100 million hits.

Strength cannot be underestimated.

As for the others, they were all a little suspicious of Cheng Xi.

"Teacher Zuibai, we already have a half-finished script. The main idea is to follow the trend of "Wan Wan", but our feature is to film some of the most popular jokes into skits and then add some Wang Dachui elements."

The so-called Wang Dachui element refers to the type of male protagonist who is cute and silly, thus creating a dramatic contrast.

But Cheng Xi knew that these were just the surface of the success of "Wanwan" and that if he tried too hard on them, he would fail.

When Mr. Zeng was introducing the script, he noticed that Cheng Xi's eyes kept falling on Jin Chen, so he said with a flash of his eyes:

"Xiao Jin, go get Teacher Zuibai a glass of water."

The female "Naoyao" was obviously stunned for a moment, then she reacted with an "Oh" and quickly came to Cheng Xi.

When she bent down to pour water, whether intentionally or unintentionally, she revealed her cleavage.

Well, not bad.

Small things are wonderful.

"Xiao Jin, introduce yourself to Teacher Zui Bai too. Don't be so shy."

When Jin Chen heard this, he said with a somewhat unnatural look:

"Hello, Mr. Zuibai. I'm Jin Chen, a junior at the Beijing Dance Academy, and currently interning at Sohu."

Facing a boy younger than him calling him teacher might be difficult for this school celebrity.

At school, there are countless boys like her chasing after her, and there are even more who are more handsome than Zui Baishuai.

Then Mr. Zeng said to Cheng Xi in a very flattering way:
"Xiao Jin is a very good intern, a new hire for our company. In April of this year, she was a guest host on our show 'Art Exhibition Beauty Performance'. She has a very stable stage presence, and she can dance and choreograph, so we asked her to come over to help with the script."

"Young people are always very active. I was worried that a bunch of old guys like us wouldn't be able to get along with you, Mr. Zuibai, so I specially called a few outstanding young people from the company to come over and keep you company."

After hearing this, Cheng Xi thought:
Mr. Zeng, you are very sensible.

But if they were to accompany each other, why weren’t there three female “troublemakers”?

Do you look down on me?
You know, what I'm good at is the "Trinity".

(End of this chapter)