Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 227 Self-defeating
Qu Ying was determined to be more open in the car, but she was dumbfounded when she entered the private room.

Zhang Weining sat down unceremoniously to Zhang Yan's left, while Dou Peng shamelessly sat down to Zhang Yan's right, not giving her a chance to 'interfere' at all.

In the short time that followed, everyone else took their seats, leaving only the spot between Han Lei and Cao Ying.

With two men in between, how can you let go?
Qu Ying could only sit down dejectedly.

After ordering, the group at the front of the table started chatting about gossip in the music industry, such as the death of the lead singer of the band Beyond in Japan and the allegations that Michael Jackson had engaged in pedophilia.

Zhou Xun and Cao Ying listened with great interest, and Cao Ying couldn't help but ask, "Are there any from our mainland?"

The people at the head of the table fell silent. Zhang Yan, Zhang Weining, and Han Lei all looked at Dou Peng—the biggest gossip in mainland China in 93 was the love quadrangle between Dou Wei, Wang Fei, Jiang Xin, and Luan Shu.

Although Dou Peng's emotional intelligence was average, he couldn't bring up this topic in public, so he coughed and prepared to say something else to change the subject.

Just then, Zhang Yan's cell phone rang. He apologized to everyone, grabbed the phone, and went outside. Guided by the landlady, he went to the backyard to answer the call.

"boss Zhang."

Xu Zhenghui's anxious voice came through the phone: "I have to go to Beijing right away. I need to ask you for two days off."

Because Wang Jinghua had arranged her wedding, Liu Weidong, Xu Zhenghui, and Li Songqiang were leading their assistants to review the receipts and expenses with the finance department.

Logically, this should be a time when you can't leave, so a sudden request for leave must mean something unexpected happened. Zhang Yan hurriedly asked, "Is there something urgent? Do you need any help from the company?"

"This one……"

Xu Zhenghui hesitated for a moment before saying, "Luo Qi, the lead singer of the Compass Band, had one eye gouged out after an argument at a dinner party. He may also lose sight in his other eye. He is currently undergoing surgery to remove it in the hospital."

"so serious?!"

Zhang Yan was taken aback. He knew that although Luo Qi had been the lead singer for two years, the girl had only just turned 18 this year.

This was originally a promising future, but...

"how did you make it?"

"I heard she got into an argument with a thug, said something like 'People in Beijing are all idiots,' and then the thug smashed a beer bottle over her head and gouged out her left eye..."

Got~
Just when we were saying there wasn't any big news in the mainland music scene, here comes one.

Zhang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I'll call Wang Luyao and Tian Zhen this afternoon, and the four of us will go and take a look together."

Xu Zhenghui and the Compass Band are old friends. He bought the copyright for the song "Your Tenderness I Will Never Understand" from the Compass Band. Wang Luyao and Tian Zhen benefited a lot from it, so they should go and take a look.

Just then, Qu Ying came out as well.

Zhang Yan looked at her with some confusion, and she quickly explained, "I came to use the restroom."

"Oh, that's it in the corner."

Zhang Yanshun pointed, then called Tian Zhen and Wang Luyao separately, told them about Luo Qi's situation, and asked them to make preparations so they could go to Beijing to visit her in the afternoon.

Finally, he contacted Chen Hong again.

After finishing all the calls, Zhang Yan turned around and found Qu Ying still standing beside him, and she didn't look like she had just come back from the bathroom.

"Is something wrong?"

"that……"

Qu Ying tossed her hair and said softly to Zhang Yan, "Mr. Zhang, may I ride with you back to Beijing this afternoon?"

"This one……"

Zhang Yan counted the number of people and realized that one car wouldn't be enough to accommodate them all—after all, he had given Qu Ying a ride along the way, so there was no reason not to give Cao Ying a ride as well.

Just as she was hesitating whether to bring two cars or simply refuse, she noticed that Qu Ying was getting closer and closer, her face flushed as if she were a little drunk.

But the food and drinks haven't even been served yet.

It seems Wang Luyao was right; the modeling industry is indeed quite chaotic.

Normally, Zhang, with his increasingly lecherous and greasy appearance, would definitely have reciprocated by flirting with her, drawn by those long legs. But having just heard about Luo Qi's situation, even though it had little to do with him, he felt a pang of regret and emotion, especially since the backyard wasn't exactly a secluded spot.

In the end, Zhang Yan remained professional and said, "Alright then, we'll take two cars later, but you might have to ride in the other one."

Then, pointing to the corner, he said, "The toilet is over there."

Then he went back to his private room on his own.

I was rejected?!
Qu Ying's eyes widened in surprise. She had clearly noticed Zhang Yan glancing at her legs two or three times earlier, which shouldn't have happened...

She looked down at her trousers and immediately felt she had found the answer.

Damn~
I should have worn a skirt!

Qu Ying hesitated for a moment, then simply messed up her hair a little, held her breath and blushed, finally tucking half of her shirt into her pants, leaving the other half exposed.

Then he walked to the pool and splashed water on his face like a giraffe.

When she returned to the private room, she was disheveled and her face was flushed.

If anyone asks, just say it's because I stayed in the toilet for too long—whether people believe it or not is another matter.

Anyway, Han Lei didn't dare to look at her again after that.

Zhang Yan secretly shook his head. If it weren't for this incident, he might have recruited the person into the company just for their legs. But this self-deprecating act proved that the other party was not only uninhibited but also quite cunning.

Such a woman...

…………

at the same time.

On the Qingfeng Street in Ming Dynasty Beijing Film Studio, the crew of "The New Dragon and Phoenix" was having lunch.

The crew ordered boxed meals from a restaurant, including two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, plenty of steamed buns, and a seaweed and egg drop soup, which is quite good for a film crew these days.

But Wang Qian, holding her own lunchbox, ate without tasting anything.

To avoid forgetting the image above:

She was brought in temporarily to play a cameo role as a widow seeking justice for her husband. However, the county and prefectural governments failed to uncover the truth and instead punished her with twenty strokes of the cane for disrupting the court proceedings.

Finally, it was Li Fengjie, who accompanied Zhengde on his trip, who used her modern knowledge to uncover the truth.

The scene where the case is solved will be filmed in the evening. The next scene to be filmed is after the truth is revealed, when the widow played by Wang Qian is moved to tears and kowtows to Li Fengjie's leg, while Li Fengjie is at a loss and asks Zhengde for help.

Thinking about the upcoming scenes, Wang Qian put down her chopsticks and turned to look at Chen Hong, who was eating and talking with Deng Jie and Chang Jihong not far away.

It's just one step away, really just one step away!
If I had landed the lead role in "Tianjin Wei" back then, I would be a national sensation now. Why would I be kneeling so humbly at Chen Hong's feet?!
Moreover, what others didn't know, Wang Qian did: the initial choice for the female lead in "Tianjin Wei" wasn't Chen Hong. As for how Chen Hong was later chosen...

Just look at her current title of 'boss's wife' and you'll understand everything!
If Chen Hong had married an old man over fifty or an ugly, unshaven male artist, Wang Qian's resentment wouldn't have been so great.

But she had seen Zhang Yanchang with her own eyes. He was a tall, handsome, talented, and rich young man. If she had known that she could get him by paying him, Wang Qian would have rushed to him long ago!
In the end, I was just too reserved back then. I was so narrow-minded and thought that students at the Beijing Film Academy would never lack opportunities in the future.

Who would have thought that after graduation...

It is said that "one wrong step can lead to eternal regret, and by the time you turn back, a hundred years have passed," but Wang Qian would rather she had made that mistake back then.

At this moment, Chen Hong suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "Really?"

Wang Qian composed herself and then realized that Chen Hong was on the phone.

“What time will you arrive? ... No, I can’t get away from here... Tonight? We’re filming a night scene tonight, and it should be finished around 10 p.m. — Okay, come over around 8 p.m.”

Seeing Chen Hong's tone and expression, Wang Qian's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Zhang Yan was coming to visit the set?
Even if Zhang Yan came to visit the set, there was nothing Wang Qian could do, and it was impossible to salvage the situation now. But she still felt a restless, resentful feeling.

This is only natural. Two and a half years ago, when we were interviewed, we were on similar starting lines, but in just two and a half years, we are now worlds apart.

Who wouldn't harbor some resentment or obsession in this situation?
(End of this chapter)