Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 440 Tao Hong's Advance

After finishing discussing the script with Sha Rurong and seeing the two off, the girls' gathering in the next private room had already ended.

After all, Gong Li and the other two were having dinner together during a break from filming, and they still had a lot of scenes to shoot.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yan carried his mobile phone into the next private room and saw Chen Hong sitting alone in the main seat with her eyes closed, resting. He quickly went over and asked, "Are you tired? Why don't you go home in a hurry and lie down in the office rest room for a while?"

With his help, Chen Hong got up and shook her head, saying, "I can't sleep well here either, let's go home to sleep—how ​​did your talk with Director Sha go?"

"For Zhang Jiayi's sake, I went to great lengths to persuade him, and it's now tentatively settled—Director Sha's skills are average, but he's good enough to be a supporting character."

Chen Hong hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I originally wanted to give this role to Jiang Wu—after all, he is Jiang Wen's younger brother, and his acting skills are also quite good. We should give him some opportunities."

"This……"

Mentioning Jiang Wu also gave Zhang Yan a headache. The male lead for the several dramas he was currently working on was either already decided or simply not suitable for Jiang Wu.

And the supporting roles...

Even disregarding Jiang Wen's influence, Jiang Wu himself has starred in films and even won an award.

Although it wasn't him personally who won the award, but the film, with that level of experience, it wouldn't be appropriate to give him a supporting role in a TV series.

"otherwise……"

Zhang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let's first find him a significant role in 'The Opium War.' With that carrot in hand, we can stall for time."

"That is one way."

As they talked, they had already gotten into the car.

After fastening her seatbelt, Chen Hong suddenly said, "Gong Li seems to really be leaning towards us. Although she didn't say much, she listened very attentively when I talked about our future film plans."

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at Zhang Yan with expectant eyes: "If we can realize our dream and sign Gong Li, it will definitely cause a sensation in the country!"

Indeed, although Gong Li has received some lukewarm reception in Hong Kong, her fame and influence in mainland China are extraordinary.

but……

Zhang Yan hesitated and said, "Didn't we already agree that before 2000 we would focus on low-budget comedies and occasionally make one or two urban action films? These are not Gong Li's strengths."

"But that's Gong Li after all!"

Chen Hong was somewhat stubborn: "It would be such a pity to miss this opportunity!"

"Let me think about it some more."

Zhang Yan did not give a definite answer. Although "Sunshine" benefited from winning a major international award, his experience in Venice made him realize that this path was no longer so easy.

At least in the short term, it will be difficult for Chinese films that are not sensational enough to win the three major European awards again—but Dream will never go in that direction.

Chen Hong was somewhat disappointed, but she didn't dwell on the topic. Instead, she turned to talk about Gai Lili: "Gai Lili has recently come to her senses and is planning to try working behind the scenes to prepare for the future."

“That’s great! We’re short-staffed right now. You always praise her for being smart, right? If she really has that talent, then we’ll have another capable assistant in fulfilling our dream.”

The two had no objection to this matter, since Yuanmeng was already planning to expand its staff in order to take over the cinema.

They chatted about both business and personal matters along the way.

When they arrived at the villa, Zhang Yan parked the car and was about to take out the key when Chen Hong reached out and stopped him.

"what happened?"

Zhang Yan asked, puzzled, "Where else do you want to go?"

“I’m not going anywhere, I just want to stay home and get a good night’s sleep—but you still have two guests to entertain.” Chen Hong said, handing over a small piece of paper.

"This is?"

Zhang Yan saw the room number of a nearby hotel on the piece of paper and looked at Chen Hong with a puzzled expression. "This is Tao Hong and Zhou Tao's room number—you should help them relax. After all, they're guests from afar, and we should do our best to be hospitable." Chen Hong, who had already gotten out of the car, closed the door behind her, waved gracefully at him, and then turned and went back home.

Zhang Yan watched her disappear behind the door, then looked down at the note in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and restarted the car.

Having been together for so long, he no longer worried that Chen Hong was testing him, but leaving his pregnant wife to go out and have fun alone still made him feel somewhat uneasy.

or……

How can we make arrangements for Gong Li?
Zhang Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Who would have thought that his way of comforting his wife was to find ways to bring his mistress into the company?

Speechless all the way.

Upon arriving at the hotel entrance, Zhang Yan looked at the small piece of paper again and frowned, because it only had a room number on it, which meant that the two of them were staying together.

Zhou Tao probably wouldn't mind, but Tao Hong...

After thinking for a moment, he simply paged Tao Hong to tell her that he had arrived at the hotel and asked her to come downstairs to meet him.

He waited downstairs for almost twenty minutes before receiving a call from Tao Hong: "Just come up here."

After saying this, Tao Hong hung up the phone immediately.

What does this mean?
Completely bewildered, Zhang Yan went upstairs. Before he could even knock, Tao Hong opened the door.

This is a standard double room with two beds spaced one meter apart. In the corner is a fan-shaped coffee table with a thermos and water cups on it. There is nothing else there.

Zhang Yan peeked inside and scanned the area, but couldn't find Zhou Tao anywhere. Just as he was about to ask where Zhou Tao was, he suddenly heard a series of muffled groans coming from the bathroom.

He instinctively pushed open the bathroom door and saw Zhou Tao tightly bound to the toilet with a towel stuffed in his mouth.

"This is……"

Zhang Yan was dumbfounded.

"Actually, I've wanted to teach her a lesson for a long time."

Tao Hong sneered: "You always resort to those little tricks every time we meet. Do you think I can't see through you?"

"Uh~"

Instead of defending Zhou Tao, Zhang Yan raised a very practical question: "What if I need to use the restroom?"

Tao Hong reached out and hooked the towel in Zhou Tao's mouth with her finger, then said, "She has a silver tongue, she'll definitely be able to serve you well."

A picture immediately popped into Zhang Yan's mind, and to be honest, it was quite something to look forward to.

No, no!
Now is not the time to think about this.

"Let her go."

Zhang Yan took out a room key from his pocket and said, "I just booked another room next door, we can go there..."

Before he could finish speaking, Tao Hong suddenly pulled him close and kissed him on tiptoe.

Amid Zhou Tao's increasingly frustrated moans, the two kissed for nearly three minutes before separating.

Tao Hong wrapped her arms around Zhang Yan's neck and her legs tightly around his waist, panting slightly as she said, "Don't you think it would be more exciting with her around?"

Tsk~
It seems that Tao Hong is also beginning to evolve.

Although she used to love recklessly, she was still relatively innocent overall. How could she have developed such wicked thoughts?
Although he felt a little guilty towards Zhou Tao, Zhang Yan ultimately couldn't resist the temptation. Ignoring the increasingly urgent 'woofing' sounds behind him, he carried Tao Hong in his arms and walked towards the single bed closest to them.

At this moment, Tao Hong suddenly spoke up: "Go to the one inside, that bed is hers."

(End of this chapter)