HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

"Filming again?"

Xu Lang stared at Re Yizha, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "You're going to audition anyway, what's the point of filming? Are you doing this to support my business?"

"no."

Compared to the opportunity to audition, what is the cost of taking photos?

"I'm still unsure about this role. I mainly want you to help me find my footing during filming."

"Finding the feeling? That's not as simple as taking a photo; you also need to analyze the person."

Xu Lang raised the invisible knife in his hand again.

"A set of at least 6 cards costs 2000 yuan per card."

With that one cut, the price doubled.

"you..."

I'm speechless. I'm practically begging you for money and to apologize, and you don't even have a shred of decency?

"Another 12,000? That's way too expensive! You're a heartless, unscrupulous businessman!"

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"This is the price, take it or leave it!"

Compared to photographers in the entertainment industry, Xu Lang's prices are not high, in fact, they are quite low.

He priced it low before simply because at the beginning, as a freshman, he didn't have much of a reputation and hadn't made a name for himself.

But now, as Xu Lang's circle expands and his fame grows, he can't always maintain this price.

More importantly, photography with characters is much more complex than simple portrait photography, and even at 2000 yuan, Xu Lang felt it was a rip-off.

Re Yizha looked at Xu Lang and recalled his nicknames of "black-hearted businessman" and "treating people differently based on their status," which made him feel very depressed.

After pondering for a moment, she finally uttered a sentence:

"Never mind, I'll think about it first!"

"Okay, no rush, take your time thinking about it."

Xu Lang wasn't in a hurry. After speaking, he turned around and went into the dormitory building.

Reyizha stared at Xu Lang's back for a long time before silently turning around and leaving.

As soon as Xu Lang returned to his dormitory, he was surrounded by Jiang Wei and his two companions again.

"What happened between you and Reyizha again? I just saw her storm off in a huff again."

"Sigh, you can't just spoil a woman like that!"

As Xu Lang spoke, he lay down on the bed, propped his legs up against the headboard, and sighed deeply.

"She only ever sees what she's given. If you add any conditions to her relationship, all your kindness will be seen as evil in her eyes. These are all lessons to be learned!"

"Oh?"

The other three exchanged glances, their curiosity growing. Jiang Wei leaned closer, his face full of lewdness.

"Brother Lang, you've only known each other for a few days, aren't you making unreasonable demands on her?"

"Get out of my way!"

Xu Lang shoved Jiang Wei away impatiently.

"I simply raised the price of the photoshoot from one thousand to two thousand yuan, and she actually called me a heartless and unscrupulous businessman! How could I not be angry?!"

"What?"

Xu Lang's words were like a thunderbolt, striking Jiang Wei, Mao Jian, and Zhang Yanbin completely off guard.

"You're charging her for taking her photos?"

"You raised the price from 1,000 to 2,000? You're ripping me off!"

"You've taken so much money, why are you acting like you've suffered some great injustice? I'm truly speechless!"

This time, all three of them stood up in unison.

"Go away, you don't understand!"

Xu Lang was too lazy to explain to them, so he simply ignored the three of them.

Jiang Wei and the other two looked at Xu Lang as if he were a monster.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Wei nudged Mao Jian with his elbow. "Brother Mao, how did you find the models for the photography competition?"

"I paid 300 to find this!"

I am 500.

I am 600.

After Jiang Wei finished speaking, the three of them looked at Xu Lang, and one by one sighed and returned to their respective beds.

Silent tears welled up in my eyes!

That's a blow, the kind where a critical hit stacks up to a fatal blow!

That night, the three of them lost all interest in chatting and were all reflecting.

"How can the differences between people be so vast?!"

It's rare to have such a quiet night.

The next day, Sunday.

After getting up early and having breakfast, Xu Lang hurriedly returned to his dormitory.

"Leave me alone, I need to go back to sleep!"

There's a saying that goes, "The four great fragrances of life are":

"Fish from the river's first thaw, hens laying eggs, besides taking a nap, there's also a second wife."

Taking a nap is the greatest respect you can show to university students on weekends.

This is absolutely not fallacy, but has been proven since ancient times. Su Dongpo's line, "Reporting that the master is sleeping soundly in spring, the Taoist lightly strikes the five-watch bell," can serve as proof.

But Xu Lang forgot that there was another saying that was also quite good:

Life is full of disappointments, eight or nine times out of ten.

I had just lain down and was about to doze off when my phone rang.

"Damn it, you better have something important to do, or even if the King of Heaven himself came, you wouldn't have a good time!"

Xu Lang didn't even look at the phone, and groggily answered it. He then heard a questioning voice on the other end:

"Xu Lang, why didn't you reply to my message yesterday?"

Shen Qingyue!

You're practically walking into the line of fire.

If you keep talking nonsense, I'll block you completely!

After saying that, Xu Lang hung up the phone. Why disturb someone's sleep so early in the morning just to ask this question?

Why are you looking for trouble?

"Um?"

On the other end of the phone, Shen Qingyue, who had just finished putting on makeup, was stunned.

"What's going on? Did they dial the wrong number?"

I checked it again, and yes, it was Xu Lang's phone number.

They were all lovey-dovey yesterday, how come today...?

She wanted to call back, but remembering Xu Lang's words, she didn't dare.

"Is he angry because I didn't agree to his request yesterday?"

The more Shen Qingyue thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. She secretly planned, "At worst, I'll give him some treats next time."

Meanwhile, Xu Lang didn't think about anything at all, put down his phone, and continued to sleep.

Just as I was about to drift off to sleep, I heard the dormitory supervisor's voice coming from the hallway:

"Xu Lang from room 302, someone's looking for him."

Holy crap!

Xu Lang cursed, pulled the blanket over his head, and pretended not to hear.

Fortunately, the dormitory supervisor called out twice, but when no one paid any attention, she stopped bothering with it.

"Now it's peaceful, isn't it!"

As Xu Lang was thinking, he heard a woman's voice outside the window:

"Xu Lang~~~!"

"Hmm? Why does that voice sound so familiar?"

Before Xu Lang could respond, Jiang Wei, who was sleeping near the window, suddenly jumped up, rushed to the window to look outside, and called out to Xu Lang:

"Brother Lang, it's a hot jug."

Xu Lang was exasperated. "This girl's addicted to blocking the building entrance!"

It used to be just traffic jams at night, but now it's traffic jams in the morning too. Doesn't anyone get any sleep?

"Ignore her!"

Xu Lang was like a foodie craving fried skewers; he was so hungry that he couldn't stop thinking about it, and even at night, he had to have some.

It's like a simp who knows there's no reward, but still has to lick his boots; he can't stop licking them even if he's not allowed to!

Xu Lang felt exactly that way; he was determined to go back to sleep.

But he really underestimated Reyza's stubbornness. After shouting at the top of his lungs several times and seeing that it had no effect, Reyza changed his approach:

"Xu Lang, I was wrong, I apologize, please forgive me!"

Holy crap!

This caused quite a stir in the entire boys' dormitory.

Who is Reyizha?

She was a campus beauty among the freshmen of the Beijing Film Academy in 2004.

Who could stand her shouting like that?

The animals in each dormitory immediately began to play the role of beautiful moral guardians:

"Xu Lang, how can you let such a beautiful woman shout like that from below? Where is your conscience?"

"Xu Lang, do you know how to write the phrase 'cherishing beauty and showing compassion'?"

"Xu Lang, that's my goddess! Give me back my goddess!"

In an instant, dormitory 302 was surrounded by boys. Some came to question, some to watch the spectacle, and some to hear the gossip—all squeezed in.

"Xu Lang, hey, stop pretending and get up already!"

Xu Lang felt like he was going crazy. He jumped out of bed and stormed downstairs, silently vowing to himself:

"Hey, if you ever dare to block my building entrance again, I'll teach you a lesson!"

Meanwhile, the animals upstairs were all crowded on the balcony, craning their necks to look down.