The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 245 That's all I know.
As April of 2002 arrived, the spring sunshine grew brighter, and more and more people went to the countryside for outings.

The filming schedule for "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" has also sped up considerably. For example, the scenes featuring Yang Xiao and Ji Xiaofu are almost finished. However, Wei Zi, who plays the role, sighs deeply every day after filming because some clueless guys always come up to him and ask, "Teacher Wang, what's the background of that Xu Jiuyang?"

Of course, the questions weren't limited to that. There were also things like "His family is really just in business" and "He doesn't have any other background," etc. Basically, they all meant the same thing: Aren't you very familiar with his family? What's going on here?

Every time this happens, Wei Zi can't help but want to slap himself for making so many fuss back then.

That's right, they took the initiative to greet you, but that doesn't mean you can brag about it. In the end, you ended up getting yourself into trouble.

Wei Zi knew his own situation. In the end, he and Xu Jiuyang's father were just ordinary friends, a little closer than nodding acquaintances. They could exchange phone numbers, but that was about it.

When the other party called last year, asking him to keep an eye on his son who had come to Beijing to pursue his dreams and become an actor, his impression of him had already faded considerably.

Thinking it was just a casual favor, he agreed and quickly found the young man's trail on the set of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Because the other person seemed quite humble and polite, Wei Zi agreed to the young man's request, only telling him that his father had found someone and that they were doing well, without providing any further details.

This matter should have ended there, but the subsequent developments were somewhat beyond his expectations. As a veteran actor who had been acting for over 20 years, he was well aware of what kind of trouble might occur on set, but... it was rare to see someone as ruthless as this guy.

It was already outrageous enough when he was on the set of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He brought a pretty little assistant with him, had an ambiguous relationship with the female producer, and then he was constantly involved with "Huang Rong" and had a close yet distant relationship with "Mu Nianci".

I thought that was the end of it, but I never expected that he would get involved with "Li Ping" and "Bao Xiruo" afterwards. It's just... just outrageous!

It's normal for older women to sleep with younger men, but at least it should be under the guise of free love. You're being slept with by two men at the same time, and you're also flirting with other young girls on set... I've never seen anything like it.

However, this is ultimately a private matter. Just because he is on good terms with someone's father doesn't mean he can take care of his son for the father. That's why he said something when he left the group.

Later, during the Spring Festival, I received a congratulatory phone call from old man Xu Jiuyang and found out that the kid had indeed gone back.

It should have ended here, but to Wei Zi's surprise, after the New Year, he received a film contract to play Yang Xiao in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", and he actually ran into that kid again.

You should know that he originally planned to take a good rest in the first half of this year. He acted in several TV series last year, and although they were all supporting roles, they were still very hard-working.

Unfortunately, the original actor who played Yang Xiao was involved in a car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol. The production company used their connections to ask him to take over the role, and they even offered him a higher salary, so he agreed. Little did he expect that this would happen so coincidentally.

Wei Zi soon learned that he had gotten the role through Xu Jiuyang's introduction, and that Xu Jiuyang had been very respectful and polite to him since filming began, so he was somewhat pleased.

In this situation, when the crew members asked Xu Jiuyang about gossip because he would come over to greet them from time to time, they would casually say a few words.

He felt that everything he said was normal and there was nothing to hide, such as Xu Jiuyang's family being in business, Xu Jiuyang himself being a science fiction writer, and so on.

Although he also saw that Dong Qing was involved in the production of this TV series, as a mature veteran actor, he had to learn to ignore certain things on set.

However, some things cannot be ignored. It's one thing for Fan Bingbing, one of the female leads and a national idol, to be ambiguous with that guy, but it seems a bit exaggerated that Gao Yuanyuan, another female lead and a well-known beautiful writer, is also ambiguous with that guy.

You know, the two of them often sit and chat with him without any hesitation in their spare time. Given their intimate manner, it's impossible that there's nothing going on between them.

There were even rumors within the production crew that Gao Yuanyuan, a female writer who had never been an actress, came to the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber production crew to play the female lead because of him.

However, even though they seemed to have a close relationship with him, no one ever noticed any inappropriate behavior, so the ambiguity was fine; some men can have one woman on each arm. But as it turned out, he was far too naive.

When Wei Zi joined the crew, rumors circulated that he was having an affair with Jiang Qinqin, who played Yin Susu. Jiang Qinqin also made no attempt to hide it on set, appearing intimately with Xu Jiuyang.

At this point, he didn't take it to heart. After all, he had already witnessed this kid's... abilities on the set of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and Jiang Qinqin's reputation hadn't been great in the past two years.

But he couldn't sit still for long, because Xu Jiuyang had to return to the city for some business, and the crew started filming the scenes with Yang Xiao and Ji Xiaofu. He and Tao Hong worked together quite well.

As soon as that kid came back, Tao Hong started to get distracted, and the number of NGs doubled.

Wei Zi hadn't thought much of it at first, but when he heard someone say that they saw Xu Jiuyang come out of Tao Hong's room in the morning, he went numb.

Others might just treat it as gossip, but he knew it was definitely true. He Qing and Jiang Shan had gone out together on the set of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Of course, of course, that would have been fine, but a few days later he personally witnessed that kid sneaking out of Jin Qiaoqiao's room.

Okay, okay, that's normal. Think about what happened on the set of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Besides, Jin Qiaoqiao's reputation in the industry seems to be even worse than Jiang Qinqin's.

However, just a few days later, Jiang Qinqin and Jin Qiaoqiao were seen chatting and laughing together around that boy.

Thank goodness, ever since Jiang Qinqin secretly saw Xu Jiuyang come out of Jin Qiaoqiao's room, she has been constantly clashing with Jin Qiaoqiao during breaks from filming, and now they're sitting together again after only a few days.

Well, think about He Qing and Jiang Shan who went out together, it's perfectly normal...

A few days later, Chen Zihan, who played Yang Buhui, joined the crew. The next day, she sat down next to Xu Jiuyang with Jiang Qinqin and Jin Qiaoqiao without stopping at all.

Although I know they were classmates at Beijing Film Academy and even lived in the same dormitory, this is still too far-fetched.

But that wasn't the most outrageous part. Just two days after Chen Zihan sat next to that guy, Tao Hong moved over too. Although she quickly realized her mistake and ran away to keep her distance, everyone had already seen it.

If you think that's the end of it, you're wrong. After Shi Xiaolong rejoined the crew, the production team split into two groups for filming. One group filmed Zhang Wuji's scenes at Bright Peak, and the other group filmed the scenes of young Zhang Wuji at Lianhuan Manor. As a result, Chen Xiuli and Guo Feili, who played Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying respectively, also joined the crew.

Then, on the day they joined the crew, these two came to Xu Jiuyang's side and forcefully inserted themselves among Jiang Qinqin, Jin Qiaoqiao, and Chen Zihan, talking intimately with that guy without any acting.

A man who is surrounded by five beautiful girls every day, not counting his assistant, the female producer, or even the two leading actresses.

Therefore, people kept coming to Wei Zi to ask:
"Teacher Wang, didn't you say his family was in the construction business?"

"Teacher Wang, didn't you say he didn't have any connections?"

"Teacher Wang, didn't you say he just joined the industry?"

How the hell should I know! Wei Zi wanted to roar to the sky, but in the end, he could only smile slightly at their strange looks, which seemed to say, "Teacher Wang is really bragging without thinking."

"I don't know either, that's all I know."

(End of this chapter)