coronation of stars

Chapter 31 The Night before the Storm (1)
Amidst the busy work of recuperating her foot injury and running publicity, Qiao Yan took time to go back to Kaixing.

After her popularity rose, the gold content of the title Kaixing's first sister was greatly improved, and she finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of boasting when it was mentioned.Now the treatment she receives everywhere is not what it used to be, and it is the same when she returns to Kaixing. The girl at the front desk who saw her would only smile and say hello, now she screamed and rushed over to ask for an autograph. She walked into the office from the company lobby When he was in Luo Ming's office, his back looked like he was running away.

Luo Ming and Shu Li were originally sitting next to each other on the sofa. They didn't know whether they were discussing things or simply bored with each other, but now Qiqi looked up at her.Shu Li was a more upright person, beckoning her to come and sit down for a while, while Luo Ming slapped her thigh playfully and began to tease her about her outfit.

"Hey, the big star is here, where are the security guards in the windbreaker and sunglasses? Your image is too close to the people. How can you be worthy of the paparazzi who pass you by if you don't arm yourself like a rice dumpling? You are so unprofessional, bad review! "

Windbreaker for the weather at the end of June?Qiao Yan looked at the air that was about to steam and spontaneously ignite outside, pretending she didn't hear Luo Ming's words, she sat down on the sofa in a place that wasn't so light bulb, and leaned back comfortably in the air-conditioned room, not moving much. Move your head and express your enthusiasm: "Brother Luo, you need to take your medicine on time...don't give up the treatment, don't let down the touching friendship that Sister Li has never left for many years."

"Hey—you've got a lot of guts, you, you dare to complain about me?" Luo Ming was delighted, then corrected his attitude, snorted angrily, and exaggeratedly expressed that he was angry, and that he would continue to confront Qiao Yan for a few more times In a word, he was stabbed in the elbow by Shu Li, who really couldn't see it.

"You're so grown up, yet so childish." Shu Li lightly reprimanded Luo Ming, who touched his nose, coughed and began to sit upright.Shu Li turned to Qiao Yan, and there was a rare soft expression on her usually serious face.

"Congratulations." Shu Li congratulated Qiao Yan succinctly, and handed her a few folders on the desk, "This is a project I recently asked you to cooperate with, including endorsements, commercial activities, and roles in the crew Invitation, there are many projects, all of them are in these folders, you can see which ones you like, and the company will contact you for further negotiation."

Qiao Yan thanked her, reached out to take a few folders, but did not open them.

"I don't know how to read any scripts." She shook her head, stacked several folders together and raised them slightly, tilting her head to observe the thickness of the folders.

"It looks like a lot... It's just which endorsement brand has a good reputation, which commercial activities must give face to the promoters, which director's personality and directing ability are good. I don't know anything about these things, and I don't have time to understand them. How dare I I decided based on my intuition, Sister Luo Geli knows that I actually prefer a more stable life, and I don't have any adventurous spirit."

She put down the folder, blinked and looked at Luo Mingshuli, the smile on her face was weak, but her sincerity was obvious.

"I don't have many advantages as a person, but fortunately, I am very self-aware, and I am willing to give trust to people who are good to me." Qiao Yan said softly, lowered her head and smiled and raised her hand to pat the cover of the folder. "I trust Sister Luo Geli's eyesight, don't let me start to stock up when I first became popular, are you too relaxed? Sister Li, please give me some advice, so many projects, I can't see the famous ones."

Luo Mingshuli looked at each other silently, and it was only then that she finally felt relieved.

The industry's current evaluation of Kaixing is basically the same: he has the vision to discover good seedlings, and he is really good for his own artists, but the resources at hand are quite short, and he is a bit of a self-contained and independent, which can make artists It is a good place to poach corners and pan for gold if it becomes popular but cannot keep the artists who have already become popular.

Qin Fei and Li Shana are the best examples to support this conclusion. In fact, there are many other supporting evidences, but they are not as big as the first two, so they didn't make too much splash.

Luo Ming and Shu Li are well aware of Kai Xing's current situation, but the competition in the entertainment industry is so fierce, without good actors, how can we get good resources, and if we can't make achievements, how can we get a wider network of people? People with achievements all choose to leave, which is like a bad vicious circle. Kaixing can only barely protect himself these years, and his own development has always been subject to many restrictions.

And now, Qiao Yan, who has suddenly emerged and become popular, is like the key to breaking this restriction. If she is willing to stay in Kaixing, then as long as Kaixing continues to vigorously cultivate her, her rising popularity will definitely bring more benefits to the company and herself. Good resources can build a wider network of people. The smooth development of the company will in turn promote Qiao Yan's own development. There are too many people in the entertainment industry who rise to the top overnight and fall to the bottom of the valley. In Kaixing...

If Qiao Yan is willing to stay in Kaixing.

Qiao Yan's popularity is mainly due to Xu Zhen's starring role in "The Chivalrous Daughter", which is also inseparable from the bonus of Mu Ting's MV heroine, and people in the circle may not understand how Kaixing can get such a good two. However, no one knows better than Luo Ming and Shu Li that the two resources that Qiao Yan obtained have nothing to do with Kai Xing.

"The Ranger of the End of the World" that Kai Xing fought for for Qiao Yan was generously assisted by Mu Ting and Wei Ze, and Cao Rui made such a despicable move in the end. Mu Ting's invitation to Qiao Yan was entirely out of morality and personal friendship. Kaixing itself has nothing to do with it.

And "Chivalrous Girl" was Qiao Yan's own initiative to inquire about resources and then brought it up to the company. Although the company also helped Qiao Yan win an audition opportunity, it actually had no ability to interfere with Xu Zhen's finalized result.

So Qiao Yan's popularity was very accidental and very inspirational. In the final analysis, she didn't really borrow Kaixing's help.Kaixing's shortcomings are already very obvious. If Qiao Yan starts to leave, even Shu Li can't say that she is ungrateful.

It's just that the long-term expectations and optimism are still the same as every time in the past, and in the end it was nothing but nothing.

However, they also held this kind of hope inexplicably—from the day Qiao Yan rejected Li Shana's invitation to leave, Luo Ming never put Qiao Yan and Qin Fei Li Shana together in his heart.

As Qiao Yan said, she is indeed a very self-aware girl, and she will repay her kindness-she wandered alone on the set for three years, and it is not that no other entertainment company has extended an olive branch to her. However, she eventually walked under the shaky roof of Kai Xing. In any case, she would have some of the same original intentions as them.

Back then, she thanked Kaixing for the freedom and shelter she had promised her, but now, it was Kaixing's turn to thank her for never giving up.

Shu Li's gaze at Qiao Yan finally softened completely.

A few months ago, on a cold winter night in the northern country at two in the morning, she watched this girl hanging from the water in the hospital to read the script that she did not act in the end, witnessing how much she had paid for the best result. .

And now, she has finally seen the girl usher in a happy ending, and what is even more gratifying is that she will still witness and single-handedly contribute to the girl's many better tomorrows with Kai Xing.

"Look at the blue folder above that I clicked with a marker. Inside are more suitable projects I sorted out. There are many invitations from all directions. I only left these few. In the future, your focus will still be In terms of filming, various activities are now more expensive and less expensive."

She explained briefly, and Qiao Yan nodded in clear agreement, then pulled out the thinnest folder and opened it.

Then the script and name on the first page made her stand up from the sofa suddenly, and looked up at Luo Ming and Shu Li, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

"This script...I..."

"It's just an audition opportunity, the script is not yours yet, relax." Luo Ming gestured comfortingly to her, and she sat down obediently, but when she looked at the script again, she still felt her heart beat a little faster.

The casting of Gu Feisheng's new movie has finally started.

This is not an open casting call. Gu Feisheng has never made an open casting call. The news will only be released when the cast is confirmed and the film is about to start.Qiao Yan used to have insufficient status and never received such news, but now that she received an invitation for an audition for the first time, she couldn't help but feel excited.

What Gu Feisheng represents is not only the latest masterpiece of a well-known director, an excellent film of high quality, but also the feelings, memories and efforts of traditional filmmakers.Qiao Yan didn't know much about these before, but after meeting Gu Feisheng that time, she unconsciously began to pay attention.

Such films and filmmakers who have settled down calmly are really yearning for.

Becoming the heroine of Gu Feisheng's movie is the dream of many actresses. She didn't know much about it before, but now she understands it, and she also started to try her best to fight for this goal.

And now, this opportunity was finally in front of her.

When Qiao Yan stood at the door of Gu Feisheng's house again, her mood was completely different from last time.In midsummer days, an old tree in Gu Famous's small courtyard was covered with green leaves, and green and fresh vines climbed half of the wall, lush and full of vitality.She was led to the door of the room by Gu Feisheng's five or six-year-old granddaughter, but was stopped by a middle-aged woman here.

"Sorry, I can't come in now."

Qiao Yan felt vaguely familiar with the person blocking her, but couldn't remember who it was.Gu Feisheng's little granddaughter raised her head, and asked childishly, "Grandpa didn't say you can't go in. Auntie, why are you stopping big sister here?"

"Little girl, be good, because the other big sister is chatting with your grandfather just right in the room, and she doesn't want to be disturbed." Facing Gu Feisheng's granddaughter, the person who stopped her did not dare to neglect her, and explained in a friendly voice , When he looked at Qiao Yan again, there was some sarcasm and sharpness in his eyes.

"Miss Qiao Yan, right?" She moved the corners of her lips with a fake smile, and said coldly, "Please wait here for a moment, we Qin Fei and Director Gu are chatting, you can go in after she comes out. "

The little girl from the Gu family looked back and forth between the two blankly. Qiao Yan didn't bring an assistant or a manager, and faced Qin Fei's manager's indifference by herself, she slowly raised her eyebrows.

"Sorry, Director Gu and I made an appointment at three o'clock in the afternoon." Qiao Yan looked down at his watch and walked forward.

"Excuse me, it's almost time."

"Miss Qiao Yan." The cramp-like smile on Qin Fei's manager's face quickly disappeared. He grabbed the corner of Qiao Yan's clothes, and under the curious eyes of Gu Feisheng's little granddaughter, he approached Qiao Yan and made a gesture. With an intimacy and kindness, the words he said were not polite.

"You have to pay attention to first come, first served, right? If you come late, wait consciously. Ms. Qiao may have just been popular for a few days. She only tasted a little bit of fame, but she hasn't had time to learn the rules in the circle. I don't have the obligation to teach you, but Don't try to touch Qin Fei's bad luck, that's what smart people do, isn't it?"

Qiao Yan tried to walk forward for a while, but Qin Fei's manager held her tightly, and couldn't go around her without losing her composure.She simply didn't struggle needlessly, and stood there for two seconds. When she turned around and looked at the manager, she had a formulaic smile on her face.

"Miss Zhang, right? I've heard of you, and it looks like you've heard of me too. It would be great if you don't have to repeat your self-introduction." He stroked the head of the little girl beside him, then slowly raised his eyes, smiled and shook his head jovially to laugh at himself.

"Miss Zhang overestimates me too much. I have never been considered a smart person, otherwise I wouldn't have offended people so much when I was still unknown two years ago, and I haven't reconciled until now, right? I understand these things There have never been many, but fortunately, the boss and the manager of the company have a good temper, and I am allowed to do this nonsense."

"But I'm not very smart, but I don't want to be wronged by Ms. Zhang to death with just such a sentence. I just came here, how did I run into the bad luck of Sister Qin Fei? It means that Sister Qin Fei has been alone for a while. To meet Director Xu's permission, am I in the way, or something else? Make it clear so I can know what I did wrong."

The manager's face cooled down a little bit with Qiao Yan's words, but it was really hard to refute it directly.She knew that Qiao Yan broke into Qin Fei and Gu Zhaoming's underground love affair two years ago, and she also knew that Qin Fei had always harbored inexplicable hostility towards Qiao Yan. With Qiao Yan's popularity, this hostility became more and more As she got deeper, she had always felt that Qiao Yan would not be successful, until now she realized that this newcomer who became famous overnight was not as simple as she imagined.

What Qiao Yan said earlier, firstly, he showed that he had never cared about facing Qin Fei face to face, and he already had a feud, so he didn't need to whitewash the peace on the surface; then he pointed out that Kai Xing would definitely be firm Standing on her side, this kind of unreasonable matter, if Xuan Ting insisted on holding on, it would be too unreasonable.

And Qiao Yan's last point is more clear and straightforward, even if the manager stopped her a hundred times here, even if there are a hundred so-called rules in the circle——

Whether it's Qin Fei or her economic manager, this kind of secret understanding is not easy to be exposed directly to the broad daylight.

And Qiao Yan might not know it, but she knew very well in her heart that the time Gu Feisheng made an appointment to meet Qin Fei today was also three o'clock in the afternoon.

It's not just a day or two for Qin Fei to peek at the heroine of Gu Feisheng's new movie. As early as when she came over from Kaixing, the company's promise was to let her appear in Gu Feisheng's movie.But in the face of a director like Gu Feisheng who doesn't care about softness and toughness, he can't find any way out of the world. He can only use the most positive attitude to ask Qin Fei to visit early, hoping to impress Gu Feisheng. Next best impression.

And now Qiao Yan and Qin Fei were invited to come here at the same time. Whether Gu Feisheng didn't pay too much attention to Qin Fei or Qiao Yan, it was definitely not good news for Xuan Ting.

The manager gritted his teeth secretly, but the strength in his hand loosened indiscernibly.Qiao Yan paid no attention to it, glanced at the clean and elegant courtyard out of the corner of his eye, approached the manager and spoke in a low voice, laughing before saying anything.

"Or maybe it's Miss Qin Fei who has been upset and irritable recently, so I want to trouble Miss Zhang to remind others that strangers are not allowed to enter?" Qiao Yan raised her eyebrows lightly, and pursed her lips slightly.

"For example, lost love?"

The economic man's face suddenly turned pale, and he raised his head to look at Qiao Yan suddenly, with an expression of shock and anger that he couldn't hide.Qiao Yan shook her head leisurely, raised her hand with slanted eyebrows, forcefully knocked off the manager's hand that was holding onto the hem of her clothes, and walked forward holding the hand of Gu Feisheng's little granddaughter.

"I am a person who likes to think wildly when I have nothing to do. I am not only guessing whether Sister Qin Fei is broken in love, but also wondering why she wants to break up."

"I'm in a hurry, so I won't accompany you for the time being. See you, Ms. Zhang. If you haven't talked enough, we'll talk about it next time we meet."

She took the little girl's hand, bypassed Qin Fei's manager, and opened the door of the small building.The little girl walked forward ignorantly being held by her hand, raised her palm-sized face, and looked at her curiously.

"Big sister..." She looked back at the manager who was still standing there, and asked Qiao Yan in a low voice, "Are you two arguing?"

"No, it's just a fair competition." Qiao Yan replied softly and gently, shaking the little girl's hand, "In the fair competition between conspiracy and conspiracy, one person loses in the end—as long as there is competition, there must always be competition." lost."

In fact, she still doesn't know who the loser is.

She has always been clear in her heart that she is far from qualified to face Qin Fei head-on now, and she doesn't know what the consequences will be in the end if such a sharp and real confrontation.

(End of this chapter)