The preparations for the crew here have been completed.
Except for a few full individual schedules or their other roles for other TV series, basically all the actors needed were in place.
Director Wang counted the things and saw that Chu Qianze was in the same place, holding a small notebook to jot down something. He walked over and asked curiously. “What are you doing? I’ve been watching you write things down before.”
“—Some life inspirations, or slang, something like that.”
Chu Qianze heard Director Wang’s questioning and spread out the notebook in his hand. “I have seen it on the Internet before. Write down some interesting things that come to mind. When there is a bottleneck, take it out and take a look. It will probably have a different effect.”
Director Wang turned over the first two pages, and the two words in the table of contents were particularly eye-catching. “You classified them?”
He flipped it back again, a little confused.
What are these words? Why can’t he understand it?
Chu Qianze noticed Director Wang’s confusion and took the book back. “For convenience, they are all written briefly, and there are some self-drawing symbols. It’s very convenient for me to look at it by myself.”
“The habit is very good. If you keep at it, you will get something.”
Director Wang didn’t tangle with the font either, just patted Chu Qianze on the shoulder.
During this time, Chu Qianze was like a sponge, frantically ingesting professional knowledge. From the questions he asked, he could also feel that the opponent’s level was constantly improving, and it was still at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It’s really scary. The young people now are really amazing.
Director Wang sighed, but he didn’t think about anything else.
He was still very willing to cultivate and train new people, especially those who were willing to work hard and have good talents. They were comfortable teaching.
“By the way, don’t rush back at night. Filming will officially start tomorrow. Tonight, we have a mobilization banquet. At the end of each shoot, you run the fastest, and we can’t find you anywhere.” Director Wang said.
“Party tonight?”
When Chu Qianze heard this, he moved his gaze away from the book and looked at Director Wang, “Didn’t we have a dinner party before?”
“Isn’t it good to be invited to dinner? If you go back to gnawing on professional knowledge every day, you still should take a break.” Director Wang smiled and scolded. “This time, the place is not far from here, the food is very good, and there is a place to play and relax.”
“Director Wang, you think of me too highly. How can I go when someone is inviting me to dinner? Of course I’m going to go. I can’t miss such a good thing.” Chu Qianze put the fountain pens in the notebook and put them in his jacket pocket.
It really shows the benefits of wearing casual clothes, with large pockets to store many things.
In the evening, the crew walked to the hotel together.
Chu Qianze followed slowly, chatting with others while walking. He didn’t speak much, so he listened silently, occasionally asking the people next to him to say a few words.
Suddenly, he felt as if he had heard someone calling him.
He glanced around, but saw no one.
“Chu Qianze!”
Chu Qianze turned around and looked back; he found the source of the sound, which turned out to be Shu Yuanhang.
Seeing someone running to his side, he simply said a few words to the people next to him.
“Editor Chu, then let’s register for you, and you can come in by reporting your name.” Duan Fa said.
“Thanks.” Chu Qianze said goodbye to them and stood still waiting for someone to come over.
“It’s really you. I thought I was wrong.” Shu Yuanhang walked over a few steps faster because he was breathing a bit fast.
“I was surprised too.” Chu Qianze said.
“Are you going to have dinner with someone? Are you going that way?” Shu Yuanhang said, pointing in the direction.
Chu Qianze, “Yes, so are you?”
“Then let’s just go together.” Shu Yuanhang pulled the person forward and exchanged greetings.
“Haven’t seen you for a while. How are you now?”
“Just normal, I guess.” Chu Qianze said, pulling his hand back in the process.
“You still live in the original place. Have you ever thought about changing places? How’s your novel coming along?” Shu Yuanhang’s gaze swept across Chu Qianze’s face, with a little strange emotion in his eyes.
In the past year or so, he had experienced a lot and fallen in love several times, but he didn’t seem to feel anything.
The conditions for finding someone were becoming increasingly favorable as vision improved. Originally, he thought Chu Qianze was just a past tense, but when he saw someone, he found that the desire to challenge seemed to be back.
Shu Yuanhang felt that it was probably because Chu Qianze had not been acquired at the beginning, so he seemed to be a special person. But now when he sees him, he has to say that the other party can still be regarded as high quality.
However, now he has more capital, which is not comparable to before. Catch up with people first, play for a few days, and then separate when you get tired.
“I still live in the original place, and the novel is still being written… That’s it.”
Chu Qianze glanced at the person and had a panoramic view of the little pride in the other person’s eyes. “You look like you are doing well?”
“I recently bought a house. If you find it inconvenient to live alone, you can come to my house for a while.” Shu Yuanhang had even more pride in his eyes.
Although it was a loan and half of it was funded by the family, it was really an achievement to be able to buy a house at this age. Those people who heard that he had bought a house before were envious or ashamed of themselves, and he didn’t know what this person would say.
Chu Qianze responded, but he didn’t have much expression.
Seeing that his reactions were mediocre, Shu Yuanhang felt a little unwilling. This person was always like this. Just like a deep pool, no matter what he does, he will disappear after being thrown.
“Do you know that house prices have risen sharply recently? I looked at it two days ago, and it had risen again, and now—” Shu Yuanhang was about to say something, and he was suddenly pulled.
“Red light.” Chu Qianze reminded.
“Oh, I didn’t pay much attention.”
This topic was interrupted, and it was inconvenient to continue, so Shu Yuanhang simply changed the question.
“Two months ago, my company was acquired. In addition to my recent promotion, I can now contact some film and television matters. Do you have any stars you like? How about I give you their autographs if I meet them later?”
Chu Qianze became interested, “Your field of work is in film and television?”
Seeing Chu Qianze’s reaction, Shu Yuanhang sneered secretly, but his face was very indifferent. “Yes, I recently belonged to the Cimu Group. Do you know the Cimu Group? It has invested in many TV series and movies, and recently two more are on the air.”
“Cimu Group, I know this.” Chu Qianze said.
They bought the copyright of the novel, and it seemed to have something to do with Chai Heling.
Now that he thought about it; Chai, this wood, Cimu.1Chai [柴, chái], this wood [此木, cǐ mù], Cimu [辞木, címù]
Shu Yuanhang looked around and lowered his voice. “I heard that they recently bought the film and television copyright of a novel, and it is now in preparation, and it should be about to be filmed.”
Chu Qianze’s eyes moved slightly, and he asked in cooperation, “What novel?”
“I don’t remember the name very well, but this novel is very popular now. It’s quite wonderful; the protagonist is an old man.” After Shu Yuanhang finished speaking, he added, “It’s all internal news; don’t talk about it outside.”
“This time, the crew’s party was hosted by the Cimu Group. As an employee, I just happened to be able to have a meal.”
At that time, the two of them happened to come to the hotel where the dinner was held. Shu Yuan Hangyun said lightly. “If you want to come, should I take you with me?”
Before Shu Yuanhang had finished speaking, Chu Qianze had already walked directly over and stopped at the gate.
Just as he wanted to stop him, he saw Chu Qianze being let through by the waiter.
Chu Qianze walked inside and saw that Shu Yuanhang hadn’t followed, so he couldn’t help but turn around and ask, “Won’t you come in?”
This was, for his own sake, just letting people in.
Shu Yuanhang’s previous words were just words; he didn’t really want to take him inside. But things were already like this, he could only bite the bullet and continue. “Coming.”
With that, he walked inside.
“Sir, because this dinner is private, please show me your work permit.” The waiter called Shu Yuanhang.
You let Chu Qianze in without asking for a permit, but I need to?
What kind of reasoning is this?
Shu Yuanhang felt annoyed but also knew that this was not a place to cause trouble, so he took out the employee ID from his bag.
Walking in, the view of the hotel.
Compared to a hotel, it was more like a meeting place, similar to a party but with a larger area.
Although it was not the first time that Shu Yuanhang had come to this kind of party, it was the first time that it had been on such a large scale.
“I’ll go first. If you need anything, tell the waiter directly.” Chu Qianze had already seen a few friends beckoning to him.
“How can you walk around by yourself?” Shu Yuanhang stopped Chu Qianze, shocked by his casual attitude, and his tone was a little bit reproachful.
Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by a voice.
“Editor Chu, why haven’t you come yet?”
Duan Fa walked over and urged, “We have reserved a special place, but we are waiting for you.”
Editor Chu?
Shu Yuanhang was in a daze when he heard the name. Then he felt that the man who came over looked familiar.
Wasn’t this person one of the people who came to the company to inspect before? It was said that he was now in charge of the crew of the recent hit novel.
…He called Chu Qianze, “Editor Chu”.
The amount of information was so large that Shu Yuanhang didn’t even know what to say all of a sudden.
“Coming.”
Chu Qianze smiled at him and then said to Shu Yuanhang, “I will withdraw first. You feel free to roam around.”
“Wait,” Shu Yuanhang shouted, his eyes flashing. “You are…”
“I am now a part-time screenwriter.” After Chu Qianze finished speaking, he didn’t want to continue the conversation, so he walked forward with Duan Fa.
“You are too slow, you have to be fined!” Duan Fu started coaxing.
“Come on, drink today. Don’t want to work tomorrow?” Chu Qianze replied.
Shu Yuanhang watched the two leave, stunned in place.
If Chu Qianze is the screenwriter of this crew, according to the amount of investment in this crew, his salary is at least…
Then he can buy a house in full.
Did I just tell someone about my job?
Shu Yuanhang’s face was a little red.
“Shu Yuanhang?” A colleague walked in and saw Shu Yuanhang standing in place, so he called someone.
“Don’t you want to go? We are all over there.”
“Coming.”
Shu Yuanhang suppressed the emotion just now and walked with the others. Sitting on the seat, he seemed to ask unintentionally, “Do you know the TV series that the Cimu Group recently invested in?”
“The protagonist is the old man? Of course I know this. I also read the novel, which is very good! Originally, I was not interested at all, but as a result, I clicked on dozens of chapters, and the more I read it, the more it hooked me. It was simply poisonous.”
When a colleague mentioned something he liked, he couldn’t stop all of a sudden. “The author is really awesome. That novel was like a mudslide, and the writing style is very strange. Having said that, he seems to have been the screenwriter of this TV series.”
Shu Yuanhang choked as he drank water. “What did you say?”
“The author who wrote this novel is now also the screenwriter of this TV series. They were specially invited by the Cimu Group. This operation is quite common. I don’t know if that big boss came for this dinner. I really want to ask for an autograph.” The colleague said.
After figuring out what his colleague said clearly, Shu Yuanhang felt that his head was a little swollen.
“The crew is over there. Are you good enough to go?” When the person next to him heard this, he couldn’t hold back and interrupted.
“Come on, do I look like I’m prepared?” The colleague rolled his eyes. “When I’m done preparing, I’ll find them for an autograph!”
Shu Yuanhang listened to the conversation between the two without making a sound. As per usual, he will definitely seize this opportunity and say that he knows the screenwriter and has been roommates with him for a while.
But thinking of what he said not long ago and Chu Qianze’s faint expression, he suddenly lost his mind.
He was sure that Chu Qianze looked at himself just like he was watching a scene and didn’t care about it at all.
High-valued, talented, and able to make money.
Unconsciously, Shu Yuanhang’s desire to conquer that person became stronger.
Chu Qianze didn’t know about Shu Yuanhang’s psychological activities. He was taking his time eating, not to mention that the taste was not bad.
While eating happily, suddenly a light screen appeared in front of him, and a new task appeared.
[Plot: Shu Yuanhang and Chai Heling quarreled for unknown reasons. You strayed into it and took Shu Yuanhang away. And because of your intervention, Chai Heling had a sense of crisis, understood his vague feelings about Shu Yuanhang, and paved the way for his subsequent confession.]
[Task: Listen to the conversation between the two, and take Shu Yuanhang away from the dinner place.]
Chu Qianze had just stuffed sushi in his mouth, and when he saw the plot, he inhaled without paying attention. The fish roe was sucked into the lungs, and he coughed violently.
Duan Fa saw that Chu Qianze was coughing, which was heartbreaking, and quickly poured a glass of water over. “Brother, brother, take it easy.”
After taking the cup of water and drinking it, Chu Qianze felt better. “Thank you, brother. I’m alive.”
After glancing at the sushi left on the plate, he didn’t eat it in the end, but took a small steak from the side.
“What’s the situation? What reason do these two people have to quarrel? Eight poles can’t hit together, okay.2八竿子打不到一起好吧 [bāgānzidǎ bù dào yīqǐ hǎo bā] a proverb, which means to describe the relationship between the two is estranged or unrelated.” Chu Qianze said in his heart. His eyes fell on the paragraph, and couldn’t help but be happy.
Chai Heling confessed to Shu Yuanhang? Thinking about that scene, Chu Qianze wanted to laugh.
“What’s wrong with you? Coughing like that, and laughing so happily.” Duan Fa looked at this smile and felt seething.
“It’s okay, I suddenly thought of something.” Chu Qianze said, without holding back a smile.
Don’t say it, it’s quite emotional.
There was still about some time before the beginning of the plot, Chu Qianze moved faster, thinking of bringing a drink later, drinking while watching the play, and holding a plate of melon seeds.
If there are no melon seeds, cantaloupe is fine.
As soon as his gaze moved, he caught a glimpse of Shu Yuanhang standing up and walking outside.
Standing up, Chu Qianze took advantage of the situation to pick up the cup and directly sipped the drink inside. After finishing this, he remembered that he planned to bring a drink over to the scene.
“Is there any more of this?” Chu Qianze asked Duan Fa next to him.
“Coincidentally, I just finished drinking. If you want to drink, go there and get it yourself.” Duan Fa pointed to the front, separated from Chu Qianze’s location by three tables and a bar.
“Forget it.” Chu Qianze put down the cup in his hand, put two pieces of cantaloupe on the plate, and walked outside with the plate.
He glanced around. There were too many people here, and it shouldn’t be suitable for conversation. Chu Qianze continued to walk forward, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the target person walking towards the corner.
Finding a chair nearby to sit down, Chu Qianze was not ready to go now. He picked up the fruit on the plate and ate it leisurely.
Anyway, the task was just to listen to the conversation between the two people, but it didn’t say how much to listen to.
Chu Qianze already had some experience in drilling mission gaps.
Except for a few tasks with vague meanings and incomprehensible meanings, as long as he picks the words, he actually has a lot of freedom. He always felt that this system seemed to treat him favorably.
Maybe it’s because I’m too handsome.
On the other side, Chai Heling called Shu Yuanhang over, but did not speak immediately.
In fact, Chai Heling had been paying attention to the door, thinking that if he saw Chu Qianze, he would pretend to go over and have a chat inadvertently. As a result, he didn’t expect that the other party came with one person, and that person was not from the crew.
The two of them also looked very intimate.
Later, after looking at the whereabouts of the person, Chai Heling knew that the other party was his subordinate and an employee of a company he had acquired before.
How could the two people who couldn’t hit the side with eight poles be so close?
He really couldn’t help it, Chai Heling walked up when he saw someone leaving. Looking at the person in front of him, thinking about how to speak, he heard the other party speak first.
“Why are you here?” When he came to a remote place, Shu Yuanhang couldn’t hold it anymore.
He is now full of doubts.
It doesn’t matter if Chu Qianze was the screenwriter of the crew, it’s normal to come here, but why was this person here? The other party was definitely not a member of the crew, nor an employee of the company, because he knew all his colleagues.
Probably, is it a friend of someone?
This question was inexplicable, and Chai Heling didn’t mean to answer it. “Do you know Chu Qianze?”
Shu Yuanhang slowly patted his head and realized that the state of the person in front of him seemed to be wrong. He looked at him, hesitated, and said, “Of course we know each other, we have known each other for a long time.”
At the end, he tentatively asked, “Don’t you know each other?”
From Chai Heling’s silence, Shu Yuanhang was thinking about the current situation. This person doesn’t seem to remember Chu Qianze anymore. Now this is, trying to understand people from his own perspective?
Thinking of the appearance of the two sticking together at that time, Shu Yuanhang felt a burst of shock.
The main reason why he would give up at the beginning was that Chai Heling was so annoying that he didn’t have a chance to make a move at all.
But now, the initiative was in his own hands.
“We were roommates about a year ago, and we have a very good relationship.”
Shu Yuanhang changed his expression, with some reminiscences, “At that time, he was just a writer, writing novels in his room every day. As an office worker, I come back late every day, but he will still wait for me. Chu Qianze has a good personality and great cooking skills. I almost forgot to go to work because of the smell.”
Listening to Shu Yuanhang’s description, Chai Heling’s expression deteriorated uncontrollably.
According to his understanding, Chu Qianze seems to have started writing this novel more than a year ago, and it was also at that time that the situation improved.
Before that, Chai Heling didn’t know what the other party’s life was like or how he was doing.
But this person knows it clearly. From this person’s attitude, Chai Heling could feel that the other party had a faint possessiveness for Chu Qianze.
Could it be these two people…
“So you are, lovers?”
Chai Heling said the latter word very hard, and even his heart began to ache faintly.
Hearing this, Shu Yuanhang was silent for a moment, then raised a smile. “That’s right. He also said that when the TV series is finished, he will make it public with me. He chased me at the beginning, do you know how he chased me…”
Stung by the pride in Shu Yuanhang’s eyes, Chai Heling felt that this person’s smile was inexplicably dazzling.
The two people who were chatting did not notice that, at some point, there was one more person in the corner.
Oh, ho.
As soon as Chu Qianze walked here, he heard Shu Yuanhang’s words.
Who is this person talking about? Is it me?
Could it be that I did something terrible while sleepwalking?
Where was the quarrel? It was clearly Shu Yuanhang’s unilateral disinformation. This kid, Chai Heling, used to be very talkative, so why is he so silent now?
Leaning against the wall, the more Chu Qianze listened, the more his brain hurt. His eyes fell on the drum set not far away.
Listening to Shu Yuanhang’s more and more exaggeration, Chu Qianze simply took out the fountain pen in his pocket, turned around, and hit the drum set hard.
Facing the two people who looked over at him together, he pulled out a polite smile, which was very dazzling under the neon light.
“I’m sorry, you are ruining my eyes.”
This was the slang that had just been recorded during the day, and Chu Qianze subconsciously said it.
He blinked his eyes slightly, and he guessed that the two of them probably did not notice their mistakes. The arc of his mouth continued to rise, pulling out a wanton smile.
The chandelier was rotating, and the light just passed over Chu Qianze’s body, making the whole person look particularly eye-catching and dazzling.
While the two of them did not react, Chu Qianze directly hooked Shu Yuanhang’s neck with one arm. “I think you are tired too, so I will send you back.”
With that said, he took the person directly and walked outside.
When he came to the door, he raised his hand to summon a taxi and pushed the person in.
Thinking of how Shu Yuanhang was showing off in an ostentatious manner just now, he still felt that he needed to settle things.
Chu Qianze bent over and put one hand on the side of the car door, his eyes slightly raised, but there was no smile. “Next time you make another rumor, I will expose your love history. You’ve done a lot of similar things, and there should be colleagues involved.”
After a pause, his tone was slightly playful, “If things spread in the company, what will happen?”
“What are you talking about?”
Shu Yuanhang’s heart thumped, pretending not to understand.
“Don’t mess with me, that’s it.”
Too lazy to converse with this person, Chu Qianze stood up and closed the door with a belt in his hand.
Standing up straight and taking a step back, he reached out and waved his hand, “Be careful on the road~”
[Completed]
Watching the car leave, Chu Qianze exhaled and prepared to go back inside. He still has a lot of snacks to eat.
As soon as he turned around, he saw Chai Heling.
“Aren’t you lovers with the person just now?” He ran over, and the hair that was originally combed was now a bit messy.
“Of course not.”
Chu Qianze didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Do you think it’s possible?”
Chai Heling pursed his lips, his eyes lit up slightly.
“You said before, my conversation skills are very old-fashioned, and TV series don’t shoot like that.”
Chu Qianze raised his eyebrows and waited quietly for follow-up.
Chai Heling shifted his gaze slightly. “So I want to hire you to teach me the skills of talking to people.”
“—Talking to people?” Chu Qianze’s tone was slightly raised, a little surprised.
“Don’t worry, the price is not a problem.”
Chai Heling was very serious, and seeing that he didn’t seem to be too happy, so he added. “I believe in your abilities, or do you think you are not very good at it?”
Exciting method, this is. If I take the bait, I am—
Chu Qianze crossed his arms over his chest, and looked Chai Heling up and down. After seeing that he was quite uncomfortable, he said, “No problem, isn’t it just a conversation? It’s a trivial matter.”
“But Mr. Chai, if you really want to learn, you have to follow my course and you can’t give up. Can you do it?”
Chai Heling, “Of course.”
Chu Qianze nodded, a few hints of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. “Okay, then the matter is settled.”
Can’t do it?
I want to see who can’t do it.
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