Huayu Chunqiu, starting from being adopted by a fairy mother

Chapter 124: Shi Ma's Misunderstanding

Liu Jing was stunned. After all this time of trying to figure out the relationship, you don’t even know the other person’s name.

He stared at Lao Cai strangely, which made Lao Cai blush.

It's not because of shyness, but because of shame and ashamed.

"Sister Cai was so busy introducing herself that I forgot to ask her name that day." Sun Li suppressed his smile and explained to Liu Jing.

"Didn't Liu Shishi give me her contact information? Could it be fake? Hey, the girl is quite scheming and not reckless at all." Liu Jing was happy. Today he finally saw what it meant to have an eighty-year-old mother but a stubborn child.

Sun Li looked even more strange. "Whether it was a fake contact information or not, there is no way to know. Sister Cai sent out that business card when she handed it out that afternoon."

"Pfft..." Liu Jing burst into laughter, then slapped his thigh and laughed.

Tong Liya couldn't help laughing, she covered her mouth and lowered her head and laughed.

"I'm full." Old Cai's face turned black, and he was in no mood to eat.

Now that you know the name, it will be much easier to find someone in Beijing Dance Academy.

Even without the name, she could still find them, but it would be time-consuming and laborious. The filming of The Book and the Sword was about to start, and she did not have time to identify them one by one.

What's more, she is just a little girl. If you missed her, you missed her. You can only say that our fate was too shallow.

"What a talent." Liu Jing said contemptuously.

Old Cai realized something was wrong and was very surprised. "How do you know her name is Liu Shishi? Did you go back again?"

Old Cai still remembers what happened that day. From beginning to end, Liu Jing and Liu Shishi did not say a word.

"That's about right." Liu Jing couldn't explain, and he didn't turn back. There was no Jing Tian's name at Beijing Dance Academy, so going there once was enough.

"Let's go to Beijing Dance Academy now." Old Cai couldn't sit still anymore.

"Wait, I haven't eaten yet." Liu Jing's anger subsided and he felt hungry.

"Then take your time eating. We'll leave first." Old Cai no longer had the heart to stay here and had already flown to Liu Shishi.

"Waiter, bring two bowls of mixed noodles and a bowl of shredded tripe soup. Put it on Cai Yinong's bill." Liu Jing ignored Lao Cai and ordered his own food.

Lao Cai's face turned even darker. Just order the food. Why did he shout so loudly? It must be intentional.

"Yaya, I'm sorry. I had an actor I liked, but missed him for some reason. Don't worry, I will definitely choose you first next time I have a chance." Lao Cai apologized.

"Mr. Cai, it's okay, I understand." Tong Liya quickly stood up.

"Okay, let's put it this way first. I'm going out for a while." After saying that, Lao Cai picked up his bag and left.

"Oh! She must have been abandoned." Liu Jing looked at the lonely girl and couldn't bear it.

"I'll leave soon." Tong Liya thought Liu Jing was chasing her away and looked gloomy.

She was not surprised by Lao Cai's behavior. He was just saying hello to her, but many people didn't even say hello.

Directors and producers can call low-level artists to come and go at will, and don't care about their thoughts at all.

"If you are useful to her, she will be nice to you. If you are useless to her, she will abandon you at any time. Mr. Cai is a very realistic person." Liu Jing complained that he called the girl to audition, and then when he met someone better, he abandoned her there and ignored her.

This is a complete scumbag, a very scumbag.

"Mr. Cai is a very nice person." Tong Liya quickly explained.

"Don't say good things for her. I don't even know her." Liu Jing shook his head. Old Cai would be more realistic than he said. Tong Liya's expression became even gloomier.

She has been a dancer for more than ten years, but she is more interested in being a film and television actor.

Liu Jing changed the subject and continued, "Well, I've read your profile and heard that you're a great dancer. Can you teach people to dance?"

"I got the Level 17 dance teacher qualification certificate at the age of and worked part-time as a dance teacher in a training school in Urumqi." Tong Liya looked up and became much more confident when talking about professional knowledge.

"So amazing." Liu Jing instantly looked at her with new eyes. A woman with good looks could only make his eyes light up. After the light, there was nothing else.

Li Jie, Xiao Yi, Zhang Min, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhou Huimin, Xi Xi...

Surrounded by beauties since childhood, he has an immunity to beautiful women.

But a woman who is both beautiful and talented should definitely be looked up to.

"I have been practicing dance since I was six years old, and it has been thirteen years now. My current major is dance education, and teaching people to dance is my profession. Not only can I teach, I can also choreograph." Tong Liya's face was bright and energetic at this moment.

"Okay! I'll give you a chance. Jingxing Film and Television is preparing a historical drama, which tells the story of the struggle for hegemony between Wu and Yue. The play involves the palace of King Wu, the palace of King Chu and the palace of King Yue, and there are many scenes of palace maids and singing girls dancing. The crew originally wanted to hire a professional dance teacher. Since you also understand this, our meeting is fate, and I'll give you this opportunity. This is Zhang Min's business card. When you contact her, just say that I introduced you." Liu Jing has always admired confident women, provided that they are truly talented and not fakes.

"Thank you." Tong Liya hurriedly thanked him.

"This is just an opportunity. It depends on you whether you can seize it." Liu Jing also wanted to test this person's level, but he didn't know much about dancing.

"Yes, I understand." Tong Liya nodded heavily.

“Jingxing will have many historical dramas coming up, all of which require dance. There are Xi Shi’s clog dance, Wang Zhaojun’s long-sleeved dance, Diao Chan’s white silk dance, Yang Guifei’s Hu Xuan dance and colorful feathered dress dance, Gongsun Da Niang’s sword dance, Zhao Feiyan’s palm dance, and so on. Dance is indispensable for historical dramas. If you perform well, I will suggest that Sister Min sign a contract with you, and you will be Jingxing’s chief choreographer in the future.” Liu Jing painted a big picture and wanted to raise a fish by the way.

When he was at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama, it was very rare to see students with bubbles on their heads, but it was very common among students at the dance academy.

After a trip to Beijing Dance Academy and picking up so many bubbles, Liu Jing has decided to make Tong Liya a candidate.

They are from a serious dance troupe, so they must rehearse frequently and interact with many dancers.

He is also a good tool, not to mention that he is a student of an art school in the Western Regions.

"I will try my best." Tong Liya was greatly encouraged and full of energy.

"By the way, your information says that you are good at folk dance and ballet. How much do you know about dance in the Spring and Autumn Period?" Liu Jing asked.

"I don't really understand, but I will try to find out," Tong Liya promised.

"Okay! You should learn about the clog dance first. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me. This is my contact information. Although I don't know much about dancing, I know some dance knowledge." Liu Jing took out a pen and wrote down his contact information on Zhang Min's business card.

Tong Liya was confused. What was this person talking about? What did he not quite understand and what did he understand a little?
She took the business card with both hands, but still didn't understand it. She just felt it was so profound.

Liu Jing looked at her a few more times and said, "It's a pity that your skin is too dark. You can't be on camera without makeup, and it has to be heavy makeup. Otherwise, I would arrange a role for you. Well, we'll talk about it when the time comes."

Tong Liya's gratitude vanished in an instant. I am dark-skinned, but there is no need to keep mentioning this.

"You go back first, my noodles are here." Liu Jing shook his head. He thought that she was the most beautiful woman in the world, but that was just wishful thinking.

After he finished his noodles, he rested for a while. Feeling that it was about time, he sent Liu Shishi's contact information to Lao Cai.

When Liu Shishi left her contact information, he was standing behind her, raised his foot to take a look, and wrote it down directly.

Not only was there contact information, but there was also a message, "Sister Cai, I just remembered that I also have Liu Shishi's cell phone number. I'm so sorry, I fainted from hunger just now and forgot about it."

Lao Cai had just arrived at the Beijing Dance Academy campus and had not had time to look for his friends when Liu Jing's text message arrived.

"This guy really deserves a beating. He's playing tricks on me." She stared at the school motto "Follow the Tao and respect virtue, harmony between heaven, earth and man, integration of literature and dance, and excellence in both virtue and art" and slapped the stone.

My hand hurts a lot, but I feel much better now.

"What's wrong?" Sun Li was puzzled.

"Oh..." Old Cai was tired. He met a difficult ancestor. He couldn't hit or scold him, but people still did him favors.

Apart from this flaw, everything went smoothly for Mr. Cai.

Shi's mother answered the phone, rushed to the campus, and after asking the teacher for his opinion, she agreed readily.

With pity for the love of parents, Nangong’s mother also had several conditions, one of which was that she asked him to follow the group.

Her daughter was still young, and she was worried. Of course, Lao Cai didn't dare to refuse, otherwise, even if there was nothing wrong, the mother would think there was something wrong.

At the suggestion of Lao Cai, Liu Shishi changed her name. Although it was only a change of one character, the name was elevated to a higher level.

Princess Xiangxiang confirmed that the preparations for "The Book and the Sword" were basically completed.

Li Guoli despised Liu Shishi's young age. He was rebuked by Lao Cai and lectured by Liu Jing, and he had nothing to say.

After all, when Princess Xiangxiang appeared in the book, she was only in her teens.

Guan Yonghe played Huo Qingtong, Sun Li played Li Yuanzhi, Yan Danchen played Luo Bing, and Chen Shasha played Zhou Qi. Liu Jing was very satisfied with these female characters.

As for the male characters, Liu Jing is quite satisfied with them all except the male protagonist.

Ray Lui plays Wen Tailai, Tse Kwan-ho plays Yu Yutong, and as for Yu Wanting who was kicked out by Liu Jing, the crew invited Ji Qilin to play the role.

Liu Jing has worked with him twice, both in Yitian. He played Zhu Yuanzhang once and the White-browed Eagle King once, so naturally he would arrange it with someone he is familiar with first.

Hu Ge was not idle either, as Lao Cai arranged a small supporting role for him.

The male lead is Zhao Wenzhuo. It’s not that the actor is bad, but Liu Jing doesn’t seem to be a good match.

When filming the subsequent emotional scenes, Liu Jing was always distracted.

On October 10, Liu Jing returned to school, took a long vacation, and went directly to Hengdian.

The filming of The Book and the Sword was scheduled to start on November 11, so he had to train the actors in advance. Even Zhao Wenzhuo was no exception, but he was a kung fu star after all, so he only needed to be trained one day in advance.

Both "The Book and the Sword" and "The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber" have martial arts scenes, and both are novels by Jin Yong, but they focus on different aspects.

"The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" has many special effects scenes, and the actions have to be coordinated with the special effects, so the fighting scenes naturally lack a lot of the excitement of fist-to-flesh combat.

"The Book and the Sword" has almost no special effects, which is a great test for the martial arts director.

These are not a problem for Liu Jing. Most of the actors that Lao Cai found have a foundation in filming martial arts scenes, unlike in "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", where there are also green hands like Gao Yuanyuan.

The only greenhorn here is Liu Shishi, but the Princess Xiangxiang she plays doesn't know any martial arts.

As soon as November began, Liu Shishi joined the group accompanied by her mother.

Although Liu Shishi did not have any martial arts scenes, she still had to receive training, mainly in etiquette, dance and performance.

What made Lao Cai even more delighted was that Liu Shishi was a Hui Muslim and she understood the etiquette of the Hui tribe very well.

These trainings are not for Liu Jing, but for someone else arranged by Lao Cai.

"Sister Cai, you look good. Auntie, good morning." After Liu Jing explained today's tasks, he came to another classroom while everyone was practicing.

Old Cai was very happy. In front of Shi Ma, Liu Jing didn't even call him Old Cai or Old K.

"Teacher Liu, the apples I just bought are big and sweet." Shi Ma bought a bag of apples and was distributing them to Teacher Liu's training teachers.

When she saw Liu Jing coming, she naturally had to get this one.

The apple was already washed, so Liu Jing took it and ate it without hesitation, "Thank you, Auntie."

He stood in the corner, watching the dance training. In addition to Liu Shishi, there were several extras.

Liu Jing watched for a while, with an admiring look on his face. This girl has a really good foundation in dancing.

Just talking about dancing, it's much better than Sissi's half-baked performance.

He was looking here and people were looking at him over there.

Shi's mother was very moved, "This child is really good, he is so amazing at the age of fourteen. I can't imagine what he will be like in ten years."

"Don't look at his young age, he has been in the industry for ten years, and I still have to call him a senior." Lao Cai also sighed. If there was any chance, she would definitely try her best to sign Liu Jing.

"His family was really confident and let him start filming at a very young age." Shi's mother had done her homework in advance. The more she found out about Liu Jing's information, the more frightened she became.

Liu Shishi's grandfather Liu Tianli was a Xihe drum actor. He was friends with Lao She, Yuan Kuocheng, Hou Baolin, Guan Xueceng, Qiu Shengrong and others.

The family has a background, so Shi's mother found out a lot of information about Liu Jing.

"You're right, I've only met his aunt so far. I don't know what kind of parents would raise such a child. Their ancestors' graves must be filled with resentment." Old Cai became curious.

"I'm not sure either, it seems like his father is in the system." Shi's mother shook her head.

"This time it's all thanks to Liu Jing. If it weren't for him, I would have definitely missed Shishi." Old Cai sighed. Thinking of the incident, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"What's going on?" Now it was Shi's mother's turn to be curious.

"Oh! Shishi left me her phone number that day, but I lost it. I didn't expect that Liu Jing knew Shishi and gave me her number." Lao Cai gave a brief explanation.

"What a coincidence." Shi Ma's expression changed slightly.

"That's right. I even forgot to ask Shishi's name. It was Liu Jing who told me." Old Cai smiled. She planned to treat this experience as a behind-the-scenes feature that she could use when promoting the play.

"People get lost three times a day, and you never know where they are." Shi's mother smiled.

"When I saw Shishi that day, I felt that she was suitable to play Princess Xiangxiang. Not only did I think so, but Liu Jing also made the decision on the spot." Old Cai focused most of his attention on Shishi and did not notice Shima's expression.

"he?"

"Don't just regard him as a martial arts director. Jingxing is also an investor in this play, and he is the representative sent by Jingxing. This time, some investors wanted to push other people to play Princess Xiangxiang, but Liu Jing had a tough attitude and directly rejected it. If it weren't for Liu Jing, even with me, Shishi would be in danger this time." Old Cai sighed. She needed to balance the interests of all parties, and obviously Liu Jing didn't need to consider these.

"Really? I'll have to thank him when I have time." Shi's mother narrowed her eyes, her mind full of thoughts at this moment.

How could such a coincidence happen in the world? If it was a coincidence, it must have been arranged in advance.

There is no good thing in the world without reason. All good intentions are for a greater purpose.

During the following conversation, Shi's mother was a little out of sorts.

Liu Jing's admiring expression also became dazzling in her colored eyes.

Fortunately, Liu Jing only looked for a while and then walked away with a swagger.

He has his own job, so he can't stay here for a long time.

The morning training ended and Liu Shishi had just changed her clothes. Shi Ma saw that there was no one around and started questioning her.

"Shishi, do you know Liu Jing?" Shi Ma asked casually.

"I know him." Liu Shishi touched her forehead. How could she not know him? It hurts when they bumped into each other. She was somewhat thankful that she lowered her head that day, otherwise it would be really embarrassing if they bumped into each other.

"It was Liu Jing who helped you get the role of Princess Xiangxiang this time."

"I heard from Sister Cai that I thanked him when we came here yesterday."

"Why did he help you so much?"

"He said that since we both have the surname Liu, he told me not to think too much about it." Liu Shishi looked strange.

"Does he like you?" Shi's mother finally couldn't help it.

"Mom, what are you talking about? We have only known each other for a few days." Liu Shishi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

She had thought so before, but the conversation yesterday made her realize clearly that the other person had no interest in her. With a girl's intuition, she was sure that the other person was not pretending.

"Oh, the kids nowadays." Shi's mother sighed. She felt half relieved. After observing her, she felt that the girl at least didn't have any other thoughts.
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PS: This is the only chapter for today.

(End of this chapter)