“I want an agreement.”
“What agreement?”
“An agreement for movie collaboration.”
“Have you seen any good films already?”
“Yes, I have.”
“From which director?”
“Lu Yuan.”
“I’ve never heard of him… Is he a small director who’s just graduated from Yanying?”
“That’s not important…”
“When’s the screening?”
“1st September”
“Oh, I’ll leave the midnight slot for you and put down [Scary Terror] then…”
“Midnight slot? No way! I want the daytime slot!”
“Daytime slot? How much investment was put into that movie?”
“I invested in that movie.”
“Your investment? I’ve never heard you invest such a big sum of money on any movie….. Moreover, it’s filmed by a new director.”
“I invested one million dollars!”
“How about the others?”
“The total investment is worth one million dollars!”
“…”
“Where’s the agreement?”
“I can only give you a midnight slot; the daytime one is impossible. The cinema chain is newly opened, and we need some popularity. We can’t be using such movies just to fill up the slots. Moreover, the daytime slot has been reserved.”
“Let me see the schedule.”
“Take a look yourself, it’s on the table.”
“Do you plan to sign [Capital City]?”
“Erm, yeah, I had a good discussion with China Gold yesterday.”
“Don’t sign it, why don’t you sign [Buried] instead.”
“What!”
“Change it to my movie!”
“Ridiculous! Do you know what you’re talking about?”
“The movie demo is on your table, take a look at it first. I’ll wait for you here.”
“Alright then.”
One hour later…
“How is it?”
“There’s not much problem with the movie. It’s not bad, but it won’t guarantee a good place in the box office. The actors’ acting is not bad either, but without the support of resources from China Gold, it’ll be very hard for him to have publicity gimmick…I will still hold my stand and give you the midnight slot. As for [Capital City], I’ll sign it too.”
“Then I want a portion of the daytime slot…I won’t stop you from signing [Capital City], but after [Soaring Life] is pulled from screening, have it changed to [Buried].”
“You’re indeed…sigh…fine…”
“Yeah, then I’m leaving.”
“Do you have any interests in Lu Yuan?”
“Don’t smoke so much, I don’t want my mother to become a widow!”
“…”
Wang Jinxue was holding onto the contract while standing outside the door. After she heard the middle-aged man in the office finish his words, she turned and left after saying that sentence.
“Can’t she hope for better things for me?”
The middle-aged man shook his head, while he watched Wang Jinxue leave. His expression had a hint of helplessness to it.
After that, he read the script and watched the movie for a while.
It was a good script and a good movie.
However, this was not the main point. What kind of charm did that young man possess to make his little princess speak up for him?
That was quite interesting.
One’s mind would feel great after meeting with happy occasions.
Fatty Wei’s mind was brightened up and he specially did a backcomb hairstyle. In fact, he spent an extra one hundred dollars to buy a pack of ‘Huaxia’ and put it in his pocket.
Fatty Wei had heard of Tianhe Cinema Chain before. Even though it was considered a B-list cinema in China and wasn’t very famous, after they had gone through rejection and disappointment repeatedly, they could finally screen their movie in a cinema chain that offered acceptable dividends. It was a blessing that fell from the skies.
Fatty Wei could see his own path turn from a gloomy and somber state to a resplendent and dazzling one. He could even imagine the scene of Sheng Lianjie kneeling on the floor calling him Daddy!
Fatty Wei felt very good just thinking of it.
Lu Yuan was very calm in comparison. When Lu Yuan received the contract sent over by Wang Jinxue, he smelled the faint fragrance from it and felt as though he was living off a woman.
Wasn’t it?
Investment?
She invested!
Cinema chain?
She found one.
As for himself, all he did was write a script and pull in a director whom he wasn’t sure was reliable or not…
Then, the movie was produced just like that…
If he were to really break everything into parts to see…
He didn’t even f*cking do anything!
He shook his head suddenly and forced himself to stop overthinking. Otherwise, his dignity as a man would be badly hit.
What was this feeling of being a good-for-nothing supposed to mean?
After skimming through the contract hastily, Lu Yuan went ahead to sign it as he didn’t see anything fishy.
There was no clause in the contract that could put him at a disadvantage. Everything seemed reasonable.
“Hey, since you guys have found a cinema chain that is willing to screen your movie, you don’t need my help anymore. Moreover, I’ve promised to cooperate and keep the publicity confidential, can you let me go now? I don’t want the prize money anymore either, that should do it!”
“I think we should remove your pants and take another shot.”
“What are you trying to do! F*ck!”
“Alright, I was just kidding!”
“Just what are you guys trying to do!?”
“Nothing, that’s good, that’s good.”
The noon’s sunshine was very glaring.
The pitiful Zhou Shuai had been locked up for a day. He had been breathing in so much smoke the whole day that he thought he was going to suffocate and die if he were to continue taking in more of it.
The lounge’s atmosphere was filled with so much smoke.
“Two grandpas, what exactly are you trying to do? Can you let me use your toilet to rinse my mouth? I can’t take the smell of this sock anymore!”
“Go ahead, nobody’s stopping you…”
“Really?”
“Look at my honest face, will I lie to you? I said that I would quit smoking for a day, have you seen me smoke anything yesterday?”
“???”
Fatty Wei looked at Lu Yuan with a strange expression and became extremely speechless. This fella’s mouth was spouting nonsensical words again.
Zhou Shuai seemed to have developed a phobia from all that pranking. He couldn’t stop turning his head back while walking. He was afraid that this big-built Fatty Wei would run toward him suddenly and do something unpleasant to him….
He finally heaved a sigh of relief after reaching the toilet. He couldn’t stop rinsing his mouth with the running water.
As the refreshing water cleansed his mouth, the stench of the smelly sock was finally washed away. In fact, he could even taste the sweetness from the running water.
He stared at his haggard reflection in the mirror after rinsing his mouth. In that instant, he felt as though there was nothing left to live for anymore.
Barbarian Lu! Barbarian Lu!
F*ck! I finally knew why he was called Barbarian Lu.
He was practically a devil!
Zhou Shuai walked out of the toilet and saw both Lu Yuan and Fatty Wei staring at him. After seeing how Fatty Wei’s gaze was especially filled with bad intentions, his heart that had loosened up started to become tense again.
What were these two guys trying to do?
“Oh by the way, do you want some exclusive news?”
“What are you both thinking of again?”
“Don’t be anxious. Come here, brother. It’s all a misunderstanding and we’ve already explained it. Previously, we were just trying to protect ourselves to prevent you from writing nonsense. Actually, we’re both good people. Come and sit here…come, don’t be so restrained, we are good people…” Fatty Wei warmly pointed to the seat next to him. His smile blossomed like a stalk of chrysanthemum.
“What exclusive news?” Zhou Shuai didn’t sit but stared at Fatty Wei closely.
This guy seemed to have a basket full of bad ideas.
“Tsk tsk, you can interview Lu Yuan exclusively. During the first few days of the movie’s screening, you can publicize this exclusive interview. In the interview, Lu Yuan can talk about some secrets pertaining to An Xiao and the process of producing [Invisible Wings]…? This is some great stuff that’s hard to come by…”
“Really?”
“It’s definitely real!”
“Sure!”
Time passed by quickly, half a month had passed in the blink of an eye.
The song [Invisible Wings] was becoming a crazy hit. If you walked on the streets and approached a random person, they would be able to hum a few sentences of this song.
The music channels on television had been repeating this song for a while, and it had been the top hit on every record chart. The album had also been sold out, taking over other singers’ albums by more than 50%. Many big merchants had been queuing outside the factory in the early mornings, hoping to get first-hand stocks. The moment they placed the albums on the rack, it would all be sold off again…
Following the popularity of [Invisible Wings], the rewards for finding Barbarian Lu and Doggy Lu had increased to a shocking six hundred thousand dollars. In fact, all sorts of questions and guesses had been repeating continuously over the internet. Every day, a big group of people would arrive at Hengdian to investigate but would return without any clues. Some people were like Zhou Shuai, so close to finding out the truth but had inexplicably lost the threads. All sorts of fake news were spreading everywhere, and people couldn’t even tell the authenticity anymore.
Sky Entertainment had not stopped this from happening. In fact, they had added so much fuel to the fire, hoping to stir this piece of news to its climax!
Even though everyone had been confidential about the identities of Doggy Lu and Barbarian Lu, the higher management of the entertainment business could already guess it.
China Gold Headquarters.
“Brother T, what’re you going to do there?”
“To look for Lu Yuan.”
“Didn’t he reject you previously? Brother T, I think you don’t have to waste your time on him.”
“Do you know the status of Barbarian Lu and Doggy Lu?”
“I don’t know, why?”
“That’s why you can only mix with me. Hurry, prepare the train tickets.”
“Ok.”
“Du Du Du!”
“Hello…”
“Who’s this?”
“Lu Yuan?”
“Yes, who’re you?”
“I’m your old classmate Chen Feng, do you still remember?”
“Oh, yes I remember, what’s the matter?”
“Are you at Hengdian?”
“Yeah…what’s the matter?”
“That’s great, we’re holding an alumni gathering tomorrow evening. I finally found you! We’re just short of you…”
“I won’t be going… I’ve something on…”
“Come join us, we’ve not seen each other for so long and we miss everyone. It won’t take too much of your time. Moreover, some of them are in the entertainment business and doing great. I heard you’re at Hengdian, maybe they can help you out…”
“Erm… let’s forget it.”
“Join us, really. Those of us who stayed in the dormitory miss you… I know you may not be doing so great, but I’m not doing great either. It doesn’t matter, we’re all old classmates!”
“Erm, alright then…”