Entertainment: Starting with a complete collapse

Chapter 122 Li Tian'er

Carrying a bag.

Su Qing left the company and drove to the filming location of "Unexpectedly," which was just a small park. Assistant Director Wang Xiao chose to film here according to the script written by Huang Min.

The set for "The Terror Live" was already quite rudimentary at the time.

"Unexpectedly" was even more rudimentary, but the good thing about this web series was that Zhang Jianhua secured several sponsors, which allowed this small-budget web series to recoup half of its production costs.

now.

Her younger brother, Su Yan, was standing there, holding a toy knife he had bought online. The camera was pointed directly at his face, and he looked completely idiotic, even glancing at the toy knife in his hand.

Subconsciously.

Su Qing covered her face with her hands.

Huang Min's signing of Kim Ji-mi, who has single eyelids and an ordinary appearance, already puzzled Su Qing. But signing her brother—who looks so awful—as the male lead was something Su Qing could hardly bear to look at.

Even so, Dongsheng Film Company still has to give him a base salary of 5,000 yuan per month. If this weren't the company's lowest base salary standard for signing new employees, Su Qing would have wanted to reduce her brother's base salary to 1,500 yuan.

Especially since her younger brother was now dressed in ancient costume and wearing a long-haired wig—just as Su Qing was starting to find it hard to bear, her brother stared at the toy knife with a look of astonishment.

Su Qing slowly exhaled.

"Hahaha"

A male crew member who had been pulled into a cameo role by Hwang Min during the filming of "The Terror Live" rushed over from the side, making this laugh. Judging from his makeup, he was probably playing a villain: "If you want to rescue the princess, then—"

There was a slight pause, but director Wang Xiao didn't yell "cut."

"Just, just, just step over my dead body."

Obviously.

This crew member remembered his line: "Come on! Unleash your ultimate move, the Nine Yang Divine Fist!"

Then look at her younger brother, Su Yan, with that blank expression on his face.

Su Qing couldn't stand it anymore.

She wasn't unfamiliar with web dramas, but this was the first time she'd ever seen one this bad. It was practically made for fun! Su Qing found a chair and sat down. It was ten o'clock in the morning. A few pedestrians passed by in the park, but they just stood there watching curiously before walking away. Nowadays, people aren't really interested in making these kinds of web dramas.

Especially considering it's such a simple genre, with just one camera and a few staff members, the episode was filmed in about half a minute.

The speed was astonishing.

The number of NGs is so low it's unsettling.

However, Su Qing did not choose to interfere. Director Wang Xiao had communicated with Huang Min before filming, which was obviously Huang Min's idea. Otherwise, Huang Min was at least the director of "The Terror Live." Even if he couldn't make a movie like "The Terror Live," he wouldn't have made such a bad one.

"sister"

Su Yan walked over excitedly and asked, "How was my acting!?"

"Three levels better than an idiot."

Su Qing replied.

"What is that!?"

Su Yan asked a question subconsciously.

Su Qing glanced at him indifferently and said, "Cerebral palsy."

Hearing his sister say that, Su Yan immediately became unhappy and said, "Sister, you can't talk about your brother like that. I am your own brother, born from the same mother. Also—Director Wang Xiao sent two or three episodes that he had filmed to my brother-in-law. He said that I am a genius in acting, the kind of genius that only comes once in a century. He said that even if I just stand there without moving, my face and eyes are full of acting."

"You think he's praising you!?"

Su Qing asked back.

"What else!?"

Su Yan replied.

"Okay! Whatever makes you happy."

Su Qing was too lazy to argue with her younger brother. Seeing her sister get up as if to leave, Su Yan grabbed her and said, "Sis, treat me to a meal first. I came to check this out this morning, and there's a restaurant next to the park. Judging from the decor, the food must be delicious."

"I'll treat you to dinner, but please let go of my hand first."

As she spoke, Su Qing coldly stared at her younger brother and said, "One more thing, Huang Min is not your brother-in-law. If you call him that again, I'll tear your mouth off. Besides that, I'll send you back home. If you stay here, behave yourself. Once you're in the company, remember to call me Manager Su. Don't call me 'sister,' who's your sister?!"

"You!"

As soon as Su Yan finished speaking, he saw his older sister's gaze sharpen. He shrank back in fright and said, "If you don't want me to call you that, then I won't." Su Qing walked to Director Wang's side and said a few words to him. Afterwards, the crew of "Unexpectedly" finished work and went straight to the restaurant that Su Yan had mentioned.

Around the same time.

Wang Jing arrived at the office of Wan Hao, the general manager of Zhongteng Pictures.

The two had known each other for a long time, so Wang Jing didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated her purpose. After listening, Wan Hao pondered for a while, then shook his head: "Sister Wang, given our relationship of knowing each other for so many years, if you asked me for any other favor, as long as it's within my ability, I certainly wouldn't refuse. But you've come to the wrong person for this."

"Zhongteng Pictures is currently the investor in Huang Min's film. If you ask, they will definitely give you that opportunity."

Wang Jing thought that Wan Hao was saying this because he felt that she and Huang Min were not familiar with each other, so she quickly replied.

That's not what I meant.

Wanhao replied, "Firstly, this is a private matter between Huang Min and Lin Wan. Secondly, you know that the production cost of Huang Min's film is only this much. They don't lack this kind of investment now. The fact that they brought Zhongteng Pictures along shows that they value our company's distribution and theater network. Thirdly, as a man, I feel sorry for Huang Min's situation. So, if you ask me to ask, I won't do it for any reason."

"hehe"

Wang Jing gave a bitter laugh and sighed, "I've really fallen on hard times. The two shops I built up are completely ruined, and now even if I ask someone for help, they won't listen to me."

"Sister Wang, that's not very meaningful."

Wanhao said helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to help, but that I can't. Take my advice, don't get involved in Lin Wan's mess. She won't recover, and neither will you. Nobody can help her. Go to our company and pick a trainee to mentor. When Zhongteng Pictures needs roles for young people, we'll try our best to give them to the trainee you mentor."

"The fortune teller said I can only take care of houses that have collapsed before."

Wang Jing replied, "As long as Huang Min returns the video content to Lin Wan, it won't be difficult for him to clear his name with those five pixelated photos."

This is difficult for others.

For Wang Jing, there were ways to deal with it. She could find someone to admit that it was created using AR to simulate photos of Lin Wan and Wang Zhi, and then have that person issue a public apology.

If Lin Wan then acts very magnanimously and doesn't pursue the person's responsibility, she can even gain some goodwill.

As for the press conference—admitting to being with Wang Zhi is one thing, and the photos being fake is another; the two are unrelated, as those in the industry clearly understand.

The entertainment industry!

Plays are made for the audience.

This is not for people in the industry.

All you need to do is make the audience think those photos are fake.