After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 693 Celestial Fairy: Changchang, don't go in!

Li Mingyang swiped his card to open the door and said dismissively, "I don't know about that. I know about Juanjuan's situation. I'll find someone to handle it later. Okay, that's all."

After saying that, Li Mingyang went into the house and closed the door behind him.

Not hearing the door close, Li Mingyang turned around and saw Su Chang holding the door shut and walking in.

“Director Li, you must know the reason. Can you tell me?” Su Chang said, standing at the door.

Li Mingyang looked Su Chang up and down. She exuded both innocence and a stubborn femininity. Time had not been kind to her at all.

Looking back five years ago, when we first met, Su Chang was even younger and sweeter than a little squirrel.

Although she wasn't as pretty as Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, she was stunning at first glance.

Having debuted as a child star, Su Chang was very perceptive. Noticing the ill intent in Li Mingyang's eyes, she took a step back and stepped onto the threshold.

It was a little uncomfortable to walk on, but when I looked down, I realized I had walked in on my own.

"I didn't mean that," Su Chang said weakly, her face slightly flushed.

"I didn't mean that either." Li Mingyang waved his hand, turned and walked towards the stairs. "Close the door, thank you."

Bang!
Su Chang slammed the door shut, leaned against it, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

"I'm not bad either..."

Su Chang's self-esteem was hurt.

She lowered her head, looking distracted, and walked aimlessly forward.

Li Mingyang's image flashed wildly through my mind...

From their first meeting, Li Mingyang tricked Qianqian and her aunt into a romance that resembled a bouquet of flowers.

She never dreamed that Li Mingyang would actually meet with her with the intention of getting her for free, and that paparazzi were even prepared in the hotel lobby to try and associate him with Qianqian and drag her into the mess...

She also helped out, otherwise things wouldn't have gone so smoothly...

Sometimes, she couldn't help but wonder if being able to act in Your Name and Weathering With You was a way of giving back...

Eh……

Sisi verbally called Li Mingyang a bastard, constantly slandered him, and even said that their relationship was fake, but then she turned around and accepted shares in the Bouquet Hotel.

It's fake. You actually accepted a gift worth hundreds of millions? Do you think I'm stupid?

As soon as Su Chang got angry, she became clear-headed and suddenly felt something was wrong. She looked up and froze on the spot.

At the corner of the corridor, Jing Tian, ​​Yang Mi, and Qianqian stood in a row, all staring at her.

"Changchang, what are you doing here?" Liu Yifei asked, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"I... was just passing by."

"Passing by? This corridor goes from here to there, and there's only one door. What are you passing by?" Liu Yifei said in a very unpleasant tone.

Su Chang had just suffered a blow to her self-esteem at Li Mingyang's hands, and now she was humiliated by Liu Yifei. She was furious and said coldly, "Can't I just be passing by?"

Not wanting to be laughed at, Liu Yifei reached out to pull Su Chang.

Su Chang flung him away and stormed off.

"Is this a case of wanting something but not getting it?" Jing Tian asked, watching Su Chang walk away quickly.

"I guess so," Yang Mi said, blowing a bubble.

"Changchang, you've lost your room key!" Jing Tian suddenly shouted.

Su Chang just wanted to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible, but Jing Tian's shout forced her to stop and turn back.

Seeing that Jing Tian was holding a card, he had no choice but to come back.

Su Chang just wanted to leave quickly, saying thank you as she went to get her card.

It didn't move?
Su Chang looked at Jing Tian with a puzzled expression.

Jing Tian put her arm around Su Chang's shoulder. "This is my room key."

"..."

"My man is back?" Jing Tian asked, touching her nose.

Su Chang was taken aback and looked abruptly at her best friend, Qianqian, who looked completely calm, as if she had heard something perfectly normal.

A bold guess flashed through Su Chang's mind.

No way, you guys are together?!

……

The trigonometric function formulas went through Su Chang's mind.

From acute angles to obtuse angles, and then to equilateral triangles...

When Su Chang came to her senses, she had already been pulled to the door.

“Um… Juanjuan is still waiting for me downstairs.” Su Chang stiffened and resisted.

"She's playing downstairs... Why are you reacting so strongly? Confess honestly, do you have some ulterior motive?" Jing Tian joked.

Mischief?
My values ​​are very sound, okay!

Do your parents know you're playing such high-stakes games?

"Sweetie, stop teasing Changchang, let Changchang go back," Liu Yifei said.

Jing Tian smiled and released Su Chang.

Why should I leave just because you tell me to? I won't!
Su Chang brushed a stray hair behind her ear, a stubborn smile curving her lips, and said firmly, "I'm not going back. I happen to have something to discuss with Director Li."

……

After the four women entered the house.

Tianxian tried to talk to Su Chang alone, but Su Chang ignored her and harbored resentment towards her.

Yang Mi walked with her head down, looking at her phone at the same time.

The general manager of Bouquet Video is very busy, but Yang Mi is enjoying herself immensely, typing away at lightning speed.

Jing Tian walked straight to the stairs and went upstairs.

Upon opening the door to their bedroom, they found Li Mingyang lying naked on the floor in a V-shape, the room reeking of alcohol.

Jing Tian wrinkled her nose and took a deep breath to make sure there was no lavender perfume scent from Su Chang in the room. She nodded and closed the door.

"Xixi, Mimi, he's asleep. Let's talk first, and we'll wake him up in a few hours." Jing Tian said as she walked to the desk near the floor-to-ceiling window, picked up a stack of documents from the desk, and placed them on the coffee table in the lounge area.

"He actually managed to walk back; his alcohol tolerance is terrifying," said Yang Mi, who is known for her high alcohol tolerance.

"Everyone was trying to get him to drink, and he actually chug the whole bottle of red wine down the drain with them," said Liu Yifei, the little alcoholic, fearfully.

"Actually, it was diluted with water." Jing Tian reached behind her, held her skirt as she sat down, and said, resting her chin on her hand.

“No wonder…” Liu Yifei said.

"The first part was diluted with water, but the second part wasn't. What he drank later was the red wine that Yanzi brought..." Yang Mi said while typing.

"So he got drunk." Jing Tian gently brushed her face, rested her chin on the back of her hand, and looked at Su Chang. "Changchang, did you bring him back?"

Su Chang raised her hands and waved them. "I wanted to help him up... but he wouldn't let me, and he walked back by himself... Oh, right, should we find a doctor to take Director Li to see? He was sweating buckets, his skin was bright red, his veins were bulging, and he was practically smoking, like Luffy in Gear Second, it was terrifying!"

"Luffy in Gear Second, Changchang, your description is too exaggerated..." Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed.

"No exaggeration, it's a great description... The last time I saw him sober up, it was just like Luffy going into Gear Second!" Jing Tian complained.

"It's still very hot! Like a fire poker..." Yang Mi complained.

"You all know! My goodness, when I went to help him, his hand burned me. Look, it's still red." Su Chang opened his arms for the three women to see; his left hand was noticeably redder than his right.

Liu Yifei scratched her head and said, "Are you talking nonsense? His hands aren't hot, they're perfectly normal!"

"That was before."

"He started getting a fever after drinking Chinese medicine for several months..."

After confirming several times that Su Chang and her husband were alright, Jing Tian lowered her guard and started talking about July and An Sheng in front of Su Chang.

The project "July and Ansheng" officially started filming in mid-September last year, but filming was delayed halfway through due to scheduling conflicts among the three actresses.

She claimed it was a scheduling issue, but nobody in the industry believed her; many people were just laughing at Jing Tian.

They laughed at her for overestimating herself, saying she hadn't even mastered being an actress before becoming a director.

Although Jing Tian was ridiculed for a long time because of July and An Sheng, this project is still the most top-tier resource in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Wanda, Enlight Media, and Bouquet jointly produced this film, ensuring no pressure in scheduling screenings.

The female leads, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei, are both extremely popular celebrities, along with Li Mingyang, the king of traffic who single-handedly sparked a traffic frenzy in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Traffic explodes!

The remake of "Goodbye My Soulmate," which achieved great success in both the Chinese and South Korean markets, is a representative work of the new Sino-Korean co-production model. It was pre-ordered for overseas release. If it weren't for this project, it would have already fallen into Jing Tian's hands.

She has no chance of being a director.

This project is just not finished yet; once it is, it's destined to be a blockbuster.

Su Chang really wanted to participate in this project, but none of the three women intended to include her.

She could only watch with envy...

Although she felt her acting skills were better than the three women's...

But good acting skills are useless...

Times have changed. Whether it's TV dramas or movies, acting skills are secondary. To get good resources, capital and popularity are the key.

Su Chang cupped her face in her hands, listening quietly as the three women discussed the script.

As she listened, she discovered a funny fact.

Director Li's official girlfriend, Jing Tian, ​​particularly likes to use Li Mingyang to put Yang Mi and Liu Yifei in a bad light.

"We don't need so many close-ups. Are you trying to show off your acting skills? It's too deliberate. Just shoot normally, try to shoot full-body shots as much as possible. That's how the lady was filmed!"

“The script is new, it’s not a comedy anymore. You guys go back and try acting out July and An Sheng, and decide who plays whom based on the suitability of the roles… Who said we can’t change the actors? This is a dual-female-lead movie, there’s no question of who gets the lead. If you disagree, talk to Li Mingyang.”

"Just shoot the outdoor scenes casually, and use special effects if you can... It's not like you're paying for it, you just need to cooperate. That's how we filmed 'Spring in Seoul' and 'Miss'."

"Don't worry, I've already paid someone to prepare the storyboards. You don't need to imagine them out of thin air. Just listen to me."

"What kind of looks are you two giving me? Humph! I was the one who filmed the second half of it. If I weren't capable, how could I be the assistant director for this lady?" Su Chang couldn't stand it anymore.

Being an assistant director has absolutely nothing to do with your abilities... If I were Director Li's girlfriend, I could be an assistant director too!

"Sweetie, I didn't mean to question you... I'm going to make a phone call." Yang Mi put down the cushion, stood up, and quickly walked away from the others to the French windows to make the call.

"We're making an art film, using special effects would be a huge waste of time... What if we lose money?"

Liu Yifei is only concerned about whether or not she will be compensated!

Li Mingyang's use of special effects is sure to make the box office a hit...

The budget for Seoul Spring was 20 billion won, but due to the use of special effects, the cost exploded, reaching 35 billion won. It is the most extravagant and expensive film ever made by South Korea, bar none!

With 20 to 30 million, you can definitely break even.

If it exceeds 100 million, then things are in serious trouble.

"It's alright, I've calculated the cost, it's only fifty million."

"The cost of saying goodbye is less than three million..."

"Korean actors are cheap. Seohyun, Im Yoon-a, and Lee Kwang-soo combined don't even cost a million... If you think the cost is high, are you willing to lower your salary?"

The celestial being remained silent, only smiling.

"What are you laughing at?" Jing Tian asked, displeased.

In fact, Jing Tian's mood was never good from the very beginning of the script discussion, because Liu Yifei and Yang Mi kept questioning her.

“I can use my acting fees to invest and get dividends,” Liu Yifei said.

"No way." Jing Tian refused without even thinking.

In her view, profit sharing is her right as a director, and whether she earns a lot or a little, it's all hers.

In any case, Jing Tian never intended to lose money.

Liu Yifei's heart ached. She didn't care about the dividends; she just wanted to use her position as an investor to keep Jing Tian, ​​who wanted to work on special effects.

Li Mingyang's Pangu special effects are indeed impressive, but Jing Tian is using Wanda's money, so Li Mingyang will definitely rip her off!

Costs are skyrocketing!
Jing Tian was happy, and Li Mingyang was happy.

She's the one who ultimately bears the consequences...

Her recent films, The Four Great Constables, broke even with a small profit, while The Assassins was a complete flop... She desperately needs a big-budget film to recoup her losses.

Art films have low production costs, making them the most profitable genre.

To establish oneself in the film industry, making money for investors is the most practical thing to do.

Mimi's Island Horror is not good.

With a budget of eight million, but box office earnings exceeding one hundred million, Mimi quickly established herself in the film industry.

Then they stopped filming and focused solely on Li Mingyang's movies.

Without filming, there are no other achievements to compare her to, and Mimi remains incredibly popular.

She also had a series of high-stakes, low-risk, high-reward romances, but after making several films, the results were less than ideal... she desperately needed to recoup her losses...

"I go!"

Upon hearing the sound, Liu Yifei instinctively looked up.

Then a long, dark shadow flashed by on the second floor.

Immediately afterwards...

Then came the sound of the door slamming shut.

……

Li Mingyang went back inside, put on his comfortable new sportswear and sunglasses, and then went out again.

Reaching the second-floor railing, Li Mingyang looked down and saw Jing Tian, ​​Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and Su Chang.

The three women were definitely after July and An Sheng.

Su Chang was probably just passing by and was brought in.

"Director Li, you're awake?" Liu Yifei stood up excitedly, finally seeing her savior.

Liu Yifei was too happy too soon; she soon had suicidal thoughts.

When Li Mingyang learned that Jing Tian wanted to use special effects and film "July and Ansheng" with a green screen, he not only didn't stop her, but also advised her to accept her fate.

"Okay, when should I restart it?"

Liu Yifei had seen through it all; Li Mingyang dared not oppose Jing Tian.

What else could she do but accept her fate?

"We'll reshoot this month and wrap up filming this month."

Liu Yifei was about to nod.

Then I heard Jing Tian complaining that the filming was too rushed.

“You don’t need to go on location shooting, and once you get into character, filming will be quick. If all else fails, you still have me!”

"Thank you, honey! You're the best!" Jing Tian's face lit up with joy.

"Don't rush to Cannes. You can go after the awards ceremony. Right now, the most important thing for you is to finish filming the movie. Put yourself into it wholeheartedly and bring out the passion you had for writing the script."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely film it well." Jing Tian thought of something, hugged Li Mingyang's arm and snuggled against him, "Honey, they don't believe that I directed 'Goodbye'. Can you tell them that I did film it?"

Just then, Mimi, who had just finished a phone call, came over. When she heard Jingtian say that she was the one who took the picture of the goodbye, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Liu Yifei remained silent, only smiling, wanting to see how Li Mingyang would lie through his teeth.

Su Chang also wanted to hear how Li Mingyang would make it up, her eyes full of curiosity.

Even with Li Mingyang's thick skin, he couldn't withstand Jing Tian's boasting.

Is that directing?

You're at most an assistant director... and an assistant director with an open-book exam at that.

Kim Go-eun, Kim Ji-won, Lim Yoon-a, and Seo Hyun are the four leading actresses in the future Korean entertainment industry!

Kim Go-eun is a top-tier actress among the post-90s generation in the Korean entertainment industry, with an outstanding track record.

And Lee Kwang-soo is a naturally gifted comedian; as long as he performs normally, he doesn't need any coaching...

"Goodbye to the crew. I won't be there for long. Jing Tian will be the director most of the time, and she's doing a great job... You should have faith in her."

Li Mingyang's final emphasis made Jing Tian very unhappy.

Jing Tian snorted, shoved Li Mingyang aside, clutched her skirt with both hands, and stormed upstairs.

Bang!
The heavy sound of the door closing followed.

Liu Yifei shifted her gaze from upstairs to Li Mingyang, covering her mouth and chuckling, "Director Li, you've had it pretty tough too."

Li Mingyang rolled his eyes, glanced at the time on his wrist, and said, "It's late. If there's nothing else, you can go back now."

Liu Yifei smiled even more broadly, "Goodnight, Director Li, Changchang is leaving now."

Su Chang got up, said goodbye to Li Mingyang, and left the duplex apartment with Tianxian.

After walking a few steps down the long corridor, Su Chang suddenly jumped up happily.

"Changchang, what's wrong?"

"You and Li Mingyang are fake?"

"What's fake?"

"It's about discussing marriage!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei proudly raised her delicate chin and said, "He's a scumbag, how could I possibly marry him! Didn't I tell you long ago that our relationship was fake and our marriage was fake?"

Su Chang took Liu Yifei's arm and said with a smile, "It's great that you and Li Mingyang are fake."

Not long ago, Su Chang ignored her, but now he's suddenly being so affectionate, leaving Liu Yifei a little confused.

“My aunt told me that Director Li gave the bouquet to you at the hotel. I was so sad at the time, I felt like I was deceived... I asked you to help me get together with him, but you made all sorts of excuses and even slandered him. Then you actually got together with him.”

Good heavens! Why do you tell everyone everything?!
"Now I'm relieved. Sisi, you haven't changed. You really didn't want to be with him."

"..."

"Sisi, can you help me set them up?"

"You haven't given up yet? He really is a scumbag! I asked you to come with me, but not Mimi, because the three of them slept together..."

"If Jing Tian and Mi Mi can accept it, then I can too!"

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Su Chang and said irritably, "Aren't you disgusted by unspoken rules?"

"I actively pursued the person I liked, how could you make it sound so disgusting!" Su Chang was unhappy, pouted her lips, and pushed Liu Yifei away.

“That’s not what I meant. He’s not right for you… He’s a scumbag and cold-blooded, full of schemes and tricks. Don’t be fooled by how nice she is to Jing Tian into thinking he’s a good man… He’s nice to Jing Tian because he wants to climb the social ladder and needs a strong enough background. Jing Tian can help him.”

"The fact that you can say these words makes you no different from him."

Liu Yifei fell silent after Su Chang's words.

Why think so much when you like someone...?

After Su Chang finished speaking, she turned around and happily rushed towards the door at the end of the corridor.

Tianxian stared wide-eyed in disbelief. The usually timid Su Chang had suddenly become brave!
She felt a mix of emotions and opened her mouth to call Su Chang back.

But Su Chang had already knocked on the door.

Those words were never spoken; they vanished like the wind from my lips.

The door is open!
Li Mingyang opened the door.

Liu Yifei hoped that Li Mingyang would be decisive, close the door, and make Su Chang give up on the idea.

I rely on!

Why are you laughing so happily!
You scumbag, how could you even touch him!

Changchang, don't go in!
……

(End of this chapter)