The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 602 Smoothed Out

Two days later, Zhang Jing arrived in Chikan, and the film crew quickly got back to work.

She didn't come alone; she brought a small team with her and met up with Master Yuan in Guangzhou before coming over.

Zou's side reacted quickly. He called that day and contacted Master Yuan that evening. Then Master Yuan made another call to the stunt coordinator of the crew, and the staff in Hong Kong were completely appeased—the action director was from the Yuan family stunt team.

Then, with Master Yuan in charge, the staff in Hong Kong fell completely silent. All talk of sticking together and sharing a common hatred was no match for the power of capital.

Zhang Jing was also decisive and efficient. She had probably been instructed by Angela before arriving and made thorough preparations. On the first day, she got to know all the key figures in the crew and gained their basic approval.

Of course, this was also due to the concerted efforts of Li Xue and Guo Zhenni, and the same was true in bed.

In short, test shooting took place that very evening, and the scenes featuring Gong Baosen and Ding Lianshan were completed the next day. The scenes featuring the male lead Chen Yaoxing and Ding Lianshan began that evening.

"President Xu is amazing. He got the crew running smoothly in just a few days," Old Zhao said half-jokingly after rehearsing his lines during preparations.

"Teacher Zhao, there's no need for that. When filming, I'm still just an actor," Xu Jiuyang said with a slight smile.

Just as he had predicted, Wang Qingxiang, Shang Yilong, and Lao Zhao were all now politely keeping their distance from him.

"They used to keep their distance from me because of women, now they keep their distance because of power. They're going to keep their distance from me anyway," Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but complain in private.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Li Xiaoran asked, puzzled.

Although she didn't arrive with Zhang Jing, they were practically side by side. She then went straight into someone's room and started acting like the lady of the house.

"Is this a good thing?" Xu Jiuyang asked rhetorically.

"Of course, being surrounded by us is better than being surrounded by other stinky men. Otherwise, who knows if they'll introduce you to some slutty bitches!" Li Xiaoran argued confidently.

"You guys make it sound like you don't know anything..." Xu Jiuyang muttered.

"I heard you!" Li Dabai pounced forward, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws. "Of course we will, there's no other way, but if we're the ones searching, the variables are controllable!"

Xu Jiuyang's expression turned wary: "No, you're not Li Dabai. You couldn't possibly have this kind of knowledge. Who are you?!"

"What do you mean I can't possibly have this perception! Is this how you see me?" Li Dabai was furious and opened his mouth to bite him.

“That’s how it is,” Xu Jiuyang dodged for a moment, then grabbed her and pinned her down. “Speak! Who ordered you! What’s your purpose! What are you implying!”

"I absolutely will not tell!" Li Dabai, with his hands tied behind his back, put on a look of resignation. "Sister Jiang was tortured but she didn't tell, and I won't be any less!"

"Severe torture, is that it?" Xu Jiuyang laughed angrily. "Comparing yourself to Sister Jiang, huh? You really have the nerve, Li Dabai? Fine, if I don't teach you a lesson today, you won't know why the flowers are so red!"

"What a joke! Do you think I'm afraid of you...? What are you doing?! Stop! Help!"

The two of them fussed around in the hotel room for quite a while before finally stopping. In the end, Li Dabai, dressed in rags, huddled in a corner, looking at the other person with a pitiful expression, as if he had been bullied terribly.

"Now you know how powerful I am, right?" Xu Jiuyang said smugly.

"How could anyone be like you!" Li Dabai said angrily, "How could you... do that... and still do that... don't you think... don't you think it's childish?!"

"What's so childish about it? I'm just checking my son's eating and drinking utensils. Is there anything wrong with them?" Xu Jiuyang laughed.

"Of course I asked... What did you say?" Li Dabai was about to retort, but she realized what he meant after only saying four words. She immediately jumped in front of him, her eyes wide open. "You heard me." Xu Jiuyang smiled and pinched her cheek.

This obvious refusal to repeat itself is tantamount to telling her that what happened just now was just a joke.

Li Xiaoran gritted her teeth in anger, then softened her tone: "Don't you want to know who told me to say that?"

"Even a fool could tell it's Sister Yuanyuan. You don't have the brains for that," Xu Jiuyang said matter-of-factly.

He even dared to bet that Sister Yuanyuan would say that if all the women who could hold a place by his side came from her family, then the hierarchy of superiors and inferiors would always remain fixed.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the clues were still noticeable: at the bottom, anyone could be paired, but the requirements became stricter as you went up.

Putting everything else aside, Yuanyuan and her friends always go together as a trio. Fan, besides Angela, also goes to Zhang Yan. Angela, besides Fan, also tries with Yini. Li Yunxin, of course, has the three secretaries, but they take turns.

Even Sister Xiaoli eventually had to half-heartedly call Liu Fangfei over, not to mention the Great Tang Poet Immortal.

"I... why do I have no brains!" Li Dabai said angrily, then rolled his eyes and suddenly jumped off the bed.

"You just wait." She grabbed a piece of clothing from her suitcase and ran into the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Li Xiaoran swayed out, wearing a red fitted cheongsam embroidered with peonies that fully revealed her stunning curves.

However, Xu Jiuyang rolled his eyes: "The slit is all the way up to your waist, are you wearing an Ao Dai?"

Li Dabai, who was twirling around happily, immediately put her hands on her hips and said coquettishly, "What do you mean you're wearing an Ao Dai? I had it specially made."

"Okay, it's really nice, but... ouch!" Xu Jiuyang gasped before he could finish speaking. He finally understood the problem with this cheongsam, because it was the only one she owned.

So when Li Xiaoran walked past him with an air of nonchalance, her slightly faster pace lifted the hem of her dress, and combined with her pitiful, innocent appearance, even if it was an act, it was enough to make anyone's mouth water.

The rest is self-explanatory.

Because of this, when Li Dabai came out of the filming the next day after changing into the cheongsam, the charm between his brows made many people stare in disbelief, and then he was scolded by Zhang Jing.

"Do you even know what kind of personality your character has? Do you want the audience to immediately think you just came out of a brothel? Where's the decorum? Where's the gentleness?" Zhang Jing was extremely blunt.

Li Xiaoran lowered her head, biting her lip, looking very unhappy, but she didn't refute anything because someone was right next to her.

However, Xu Jiuyang did not escape either.

"Boss, we can play PUBG all we want normally, but we have to film a movie now, can you tone it down a bit?"

"I'm so sorry, I really went a bit too far last night," Xu Jiuyang apologized repeatedly. "How about this, I'll think of a way to make the others wait a little while."

Zhang Jing nodded and left the temporary rest room—of course, she couldn't scold them in public. After all, they were his people; did she really want to cause a scene in front of outsiders?

"She bullied me!" Li Xiaoran immediately complained, and judging from her lip movements, she was about to call him "husband."

Fortunately, before she spoke, she remembered that the soundproofing of the temporary rest room wasn't very good. Otherwise, how could Zhang Jing have established the director's authority without making things too awkward for each other?

But he was still upset, so Xu Jiuyang lowered his voice and coaxed him, "It's okay, it's okay, it's my fault."

(End of this chapter)