Huayu 2015, the Artist of Light and Shadow

Chapter 197 Kou Rui, the White Moonlight, vs. the Cold and Beautiful Little Black Cat! Entering the game with one's own body, one gains a decisive advantage over fate!

Making a movie is not a simple matter.

No matter what kind of movie you're making or what city you're filming in, you'll need strong support from the local authorities.

For example, blocking roads.

For example, fire safety.

For example, filming permits and security support.

Therefore, no matter where Lu Yunzhou goes to film, the first thing he has to do is to build good relationships with the locals.

On the fourth day after arriving in Chongqing, a deputy director of the local relevant department contacted the film crew to prepare for a "multi-department coordination meeting".

Although filming hasn't started yet, this meeting is needed to determine where the film will be shot.

Only when filming begins can the relevant local authorities provide strong support.

It is precisely during this process—when actresses encounter people with ill intentions—that they suffer misfortune.

After all, actresses join film crews to become the leading lady.

How can you be a leading lady if you can't even make a movie?

Whenever this happens, as the female lead, I basically know what to expect. Tonight I have to take a nice, fragrant bath and be picked up by a car that very night.

Ten years ago, Lu Yunzhou would never have considered filming in Chongqing.

"Jingjing, I'm going to a drinking party tonight. Will you come with me?"

Considering that Zhang Jingyi will be coming to Chongqing to film again in a while, who knows what kind of people she will run into?

Lu Yunzhou took Zhang Jingyi to get acquainted with the place beforehand, just in case Zhang Jingyi ran into any trouble later.

The unexpected party caught Zhang Jingyi off guard, and she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed: "But I didn't bring any decent clothes."

"It's okay, I'll take you out to buy it later."

Chongqing is a big city, and the flagship stores of Kourui and LDC opened in Chongqing some time ago. Lu Yunzhou took Zhang Jingyi to choose a few outfits.

"Um."

Zhang Jingyi thought about it and didn't refuse.

That evening, Lu Yunzhou took Zhang Jingyi to MixC Mall and drove to the flagship store of Kourui to help Zhang Jingyi choose several outfits.

"I feel like it's still lacking something?"

Zhang Jingyi changed her clothes several times, but Lu Yunzhou was still not satisfied.

He looked at it for a while, then seemed to realize something.

Kou Rui's star models are Gulnazar and Zhang Tianai—both have taken an extreme approach in the past two years, being stunningly beautiful and extremely aggressive.

The more extreme the design, the stronger the visual impact.

But not all girls look so aggressive.

Besides these two, Zhou Ye also looked very striking and stunning when she wore the Kourou dress.

However, Zhang Jingyi is a round-faced type of girl.

She wore Cornetto, but couldn't quite pull off that kind of elegance.

However, this didn't stump Lu Yunzhou. He found the store manager and casually said, "I remember we released a white satin dress with one shoulder before. Find it."

"OK."

Upon hearing this, the store manager immediately went to check the inventory.

A moment later, she found the "one-shoulder white satin dress" that Lu Yunzhou had mentioned.

This one simply won't sell.

It's not that it's unattractive, but rather that for most people, this kind of white satin dress clings to their skin and doesn't fill out well.

Satin clothes don't hide the flesh; they're unadorned, and under the lights, every curve is magnified.

If there's even an inch of flesh on the waist, a very obvious crease will appear on the satin skirt.

If the shoulders sag slightly, like the rounded shoulders of some female celebrities, the whole dress looks like it's being pulled down by a water ghost.

Only female celebrities with exceptionally good figures dare to wear satin dresses and steal the spotlight on a red carpet.

These are subtle tricks that ordinary people wouldn't know.

Lu Yunzhou only had some knowledge of these things because his family was in the clothing business.

Under Lu Yunzhou's expectant gaze, Zhang Jingyi changed into a white off-shoulder satin dress.

She walked out somewhat shyly, because the sloping shoulder design only covered one shoulder, while the other shoulder was clearly exposed.

Lu Yunzhou sat there, looked her up and down, and said to the shop manager, "Get a red embroidered rose and pin it on Miss Zhang's chest."

"OK."

The store manager understood immediately and quickly went to the jewelry counter, selected a hand-embroidered fake rose, and pinned it to the spot where Zhang Jingyi's shoulder was exposed, covering up quite a bit of it.

But after looking at it for a while, Lu Yunzhou waved his hand again: "Forget it, take the roses away. Red and white don't match. A black dress would be a perfect match."

After removing the roses, Zhang Jingyi stretched out her figure and shone brightly in front of the mirror.

She had never realized that she was so beautiful.

This dress perfectly concealed her biggest flaw—Zhang Jingyi knew from the beginning that her legs were relatively short and her calves were rather thick.

Making her wear a short skirt would be to expose her shortcomings.

Lu Yunzhou was well aware of this, and immediately selected several long dresses for her—and this one-shoulder satin dress was especially stunning.

This directly avoids all of her shortcomings.

It made her look like moonlight, her whole body faintly emitting a soft white glow.

Do you like it?

Lu Yunzhou saw affection in Zhang Jingyi's eyes, but he still couldn't help but ask a question.

Perhaps hearing these words from Zhang Jingyi would make him feel better.

"Uh-huh."

Zhang Jingyi nodded repeatedly.

She caressed the satin dress she was wearing with obvious affection; the fabric felt incredibly smooth, and the material must have been very expensive.

With this unique design, this dress would probably cost tens of thousands of yuan, right?

It was so expensive that she didn't dare to look at it for long.

"This dress is actually quite ordinary in design, so it's been sitting in the warehouse and hasn't sold out yet. But when Jingjing wore it, she looked extraordinary."

"Indeed, clothes still need to be worn by people."

Lu Yunzhou stood up and stood next to Zhang Jingyi, shoulder to shoulder, in front of the mirror.

He turned and glanced at Zhang Jingyi.

When Zhang Jingyi saw Lu Yunzhou's gentle gaze as he turned to admire her in the mirror, a smile involuntarily crept onto her lips.

I'm so happy.

"A dress is a girl's face, and the more high-end the dress, the more awe it inspires. But not many girls can maintain that image."

"Jingjing, in my professional opinion, you will become the muse of many fashion designers in the future."

Lu Yunzhou extended his left hand.

Zhang Jingyi glanced down, then smiled and reached out her hands, instinctively taking Lu Yunzhou's left arm.

Tomorrow evening, she will be arm in arm with Lu Yunzhou at an official banquet.

Just thinking about that scene made her heart bloom like peach blossoms.

The following day.

Lu Yunzhou took Director Lao Dong to a coordination meeting.

The main task is to provide comprehensive support for the filming of "A Writer's Odyssey" in Chongqing.

In addition to their filming team, there were also local publicity, cyberspace administration, radio and television, public security detachment, traffic management detachment, urban management, culture and tourism, and street officials from the filming location.

In short, the number of attendees was quite large.

Old Dong was dumbfounded.

He had held similar meetings before, but back then he was just a nobody and nobody paid any attention to him.

This time, Lu Yunzhou solemnly introduced Lao Dong to everyone as the director of "A Writer's Odyssey".

After this part was introduced, the entire audience erupted in applause.

Old Dong couldn't help but feel a surge of heroic spirit, and wanted to shout: "A true man should be like this!"

But during the meeting, there were so many things to do and so many people that Lao Dong couldn't remember them all.

After the meeting, Old Dong saw Lu Yunzhou shaking hands with everyone, even recognizing their titles.

Out of surprise: "Brother Chuan, you've remembered all these people?"

Is it difficult?

Lu Yunzhou looked at Lao Dong with some surprise: "They each spoke for three minutes. Isn't that enough time for you to remember their names and positions?"

Old Dong was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Is that correct?

We've only just met, and I'm expected to remember everyone?

Anyway, Lao Dong admitted that he didn't have that ability.

However, Lao Dong had vaguely heard that Napoleon had this ability.

When Napoleon launched his counterattack on Paris, he encountered one of his old subordinates on the road. He called him by name and recounted in detail the battles the subordinate had fought alongside him and the merits he had made.

After a brief reminiscing session, the other side immediately switched sides, leading their army to join Napoleon in fighting their way back to Paris!

"It's okay if you don't remember."

"There's a reception tonight. Have a few drinks with them, chat about gossip, and you'll get to know them quickly."

Lu Yunzhou gently patted Lao Dong on the shoulder.

As a director who wants to make a movie, I can't even remember who in this area can help me right away?

This is a required course; you can't graduate if you fail!

There's a saying that goes, "A bad pen is worse than a good memory."

Old Dong couldn't remember so many people on his own, so he added them all on WeChat and made notes for them.

When I'm making movies in the future, if I encounter any problems, these are the people who can help me.

"Technology changes lives."

Old Dong was filled with emotion.

He looked up and saw that tonight's leading man, Lu Yunzhou, was chatting with the local film bureau leader.

Zhang Jingyi stood beside Lu Yunzhou, as quiet as a statue, only smiling faintly.

Wang Junkai, the male lead and a native of Chongqing, also attended tonight's reception dinner.

He was still young and not used to this kind of adult reception; it felt more like a bragging party.

Actually, Wang Junkai himself is not very willing to attend these kinds of business cocktail parties, for fear that someone might put something in his drink.

If that were the case, he would have to hide in the bathroom immediately and then send a message to his agent.

However, tonight's banquet is an official event.

It should be legitimate, right?

In addition, being a native of Chongqing, he even ran into a relative at the reception, which relieved him.

Besides Wang Junkai, Zhou Ye, who originally had a minor role in the movie, was also brought in by Lao Dong to make up the numbers because she is half from Chongqing.

After all, the female lead, Tian Xiwei, is still on the set of "Zhu Xian" and hasn't had a chance to attend the reception yet.

That being said, Tian Xiwei is also from Chongqing.

Thinking about this, Lao Dong realized why Chongqing attached so much importance to this movie, and why so many people came to the coordination meeting.

The male and female leads are both from Chongqing. How much buzz will they generate in the local area during the film's promotion? It would be strange if the locals didn't pay attention.

Zhou Ye wore a black Coral long dress and Coral's new stiletto heels.

Because of Lu Yunzhou, she tried the Kou Rui style—and after trying it, she fell madly in love with Kou Rui.

This design perfectly matches her appearance and temperament!

Kou Rui understands her.

Zhou Ye has a naturally cool temperament, which, combined with the simple and aloof style of Northern Italy, makes her look like a rose with thorns.

wrong.

It should be an angry little wildcat whose pupils gradually dilate, its eyes become round and black, showing its cutest state, but in reality, it is already frantically wagging its tail, ready to launch a fatal attack at any time!

Zhang Jingyi stood not far away, next to Lu Yunzhou.

The soft white light shone on her white satin dress, making Zhang Jingyi look like moonlight, pure and flawless.

Perhaps this is what many people's ideal woman in their youth looks like?

Perhaps it's not the most beautiful.

But it's always impressive.

She may not be perfect, but from a certain perspective, she seems to embody all of my youth and beauty.

At that moment, Zhang Jingyi seemed to sense something and turned to look over.

In the enormous banquet hall, under the dazzling crystal chandeliers overhead, Zhou Ye was coldly watching her.

In Zhou Ye's dark, aloof eyes, Zhang Jingyi seemed to see a sword.

The sword was already drawn—Zhang Jingyi even sensed danger; Zhou Ye was trying to steal her man!

Why?

"What is she thinking?"

Zhang Jingyi was a little confused.

Lu Yunzhou never developed any romantic feelings for Zhou Ye; he simply treated her as a colleague, or rather, a friend—that was basic courtesy.

In this respect, Lu Yunzhou has always been impeccable.

But when did Zhou Ye start misunderstanding?

She's the kind of proud, wildcat who probably wouldn't actively pursue a man, right?

Or rather, I've never really understood Zhou Ye correctly.

Just then, Zhou Ye walked over and whispered something in Zhang Jingyi's ear, full of sarcasm.

"You two-timing green tea bitch, do you think you can fool the whole world?" she retorted.

Zhang Jingyi frowned, blinked once, then blinked again. At that moment, her brain was almost shutting down.

Green tea? Are you talking about her?

Ok.

Zhang Jingyi felt that although Zhou Ye had labeled her a "green tea" (a derogatory term for a manipulative woman), making her feel uncomfortable, Liu Haocun was indeed quite "green tea."

It's normal to get a little cuckolded after spending so much time with Liu Haocun, right?

I can barely accept the label of "green tea" (a derogatory term for a woman who is overly scheming or manipulative).

But what on earth is this "two-timing" nonsense?

"She's acting so well. She's playing innocent again."

Zhou Ye chuckled coldly a few times and whispered in Zhang Jingyi's ear, "That noob has already said everything."

Has Cai Xukun already said everything?

What exactly did he say?

Damn noob!

Zhang Jingyi didn't know what Cai Xukun would say, but she always felt that nothing good would come out of Cai Xukun's mouth.

"Coconut, Jingjing, what are you two talking about? Be careful, this is a business setting. Don't whisper here. People will think you're talking about crickets."

At this moment, Lu Yunzhou gently patted the two of them on the shoulder, then took two glasses of orange juice from the waiter and handed them to the two of them.

The two of them seemed a bit off.

Lu Yunzhou could clearly see that their auras were clashing, so he came over to interrupt them slightly to prevent the two from arguing in public.

At that moment, Lu Yunzhou picked up a glass of orange juice, took a small sip, and a look of enjoyment appeared on his face: "The orange juice in Chongqing is quite delicious, better than I expected. I've already had three glasses tonight."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Jingyi also looked expectant, took a sip, and her face lit up with joy: "It really is quite good."

drink."

Zhou Ye stood beside her, laughing in agreement. But her gaze towards Zhang Jingyi turned sharp as a knife, as if she wanted to stab her.

That green tea b*tch, she's such a good actress.

How should I tell Brother Zhou? He's so pitiful. He's such a good person, yet he's been kept in the dark by that green tea bitch Zhang Jingyi.

If he gets exposed later, he will be ridiculed by the entire internet.

Wu Yifan's fans must be laughing their heads off.

"It seems my only chance is to personally enter the game and hope to gain an advantage!"