Chinese Entertainment Intelligence King

Chapter 16 The restaurant owner must have put something in the dish

After performing about four or five times, Yan Li suggested ending the rehearsal.

In fact, this scene is not particularly difficult from a performance technical point of view. The main thing is to find the right scale and to ease and overcome the shame of acting with the actress.

As long as these two points are done, everything else will be easy. After all, Yan Li’s previous private training was not in vain.

In addition, another reason was that Yan Li felt that Qin Lan's condition was becoming increasingly abnormal, and perhaps because of the hot weather, he himself was unable to control his anger.

After all, the two of them were not very familiar with each other, so this time he asked someone for help, just in case he couldn't control himself and accidentally fired a gun.

It may be difficult to meet in the future!

"Is that all? Why don't you practice some more? It's still early. Since I agreed to help, I have to help you to the end."

Qin Lan was still a little unsatisfied. She thought Yan Li was embarrassed to bother her, so she took the initiative to suggest working overtime.

"No, no, I've almost gotten the hang of it. I can't chew too much. This is enough for me to digest when I get back."

Yan Li shook his head and drank the remaining half bottle of mineral water in his hand in one gulp. Finally, he felt less thirsty.

Qin Lan was also drinking water, but not as voraciously as Yan Li. Seeing that Yan Li seemed very thirsty, she gave him the remaining half bottle of water in her bottle.

"You drink it."

"Thanks."

Yan Li took it and gulped it down. Qin Lan saw him take it and drink it directly, and a smile flashed in her eyes, but she still patted him and said angrily.

"How can you be so bad? Someone just finished drinking and you drink directly from the bottle."

Yan Li squeezed the water bottle and played with it: "It's okay, I don't mind you being dirty."

"Pooh."

Qin Lan spat at him: "If I have to despise you, it's me who despises you."

After some laughter and banter, the two sat down to chat under the shade of the trees in the grove. Qin Lan mentioned the rehearsal and teased Yan Li.

"Your acting is pretty good. You're so bad that I'm scared. Are you playing yourself?"

Yan Li curled his lips and said, "If I were acting as myself, you would still be able to talk to me like this."

"rogue."

Qin Lan threw some weeds at him. "Even if you're not acting yourself, you're not a good person. Judging from the way you looked just now, you're not a good person. Did your ex-girlfriend break up with you because of this?"

"You are wronging me."

Yan Li complained: "I'm a well-known honest and upright boy at Beijing Film Academy. I usually don't talk to other girls."

"cut."

Qin Lan obviously didn't believe it, but she was still curious and asked Yan Li the reason for the breakup, but Yan Li avoided answering.

"It's all in the past, why are you talking about this?"

"Is it really over?"

Qin Lan, with an expression of disbelief, revealed her true intentions and asked the question she really wanted to ask: "Are you still in love with your ex-girlfriend?"

Yan Li smiled but still didn't answer, and changed the subject casually. Qin Lan was rejected twice and didn't know how to continue asking. She could only struggle with her conscience in her heart.

Are you completely giving up and don't want to talk anymore?
Or is he still in contact with that fair-looking ex-girlfriend?

After chatting for more than half an hour, seeing that it was almost time, Yan Li prepared to send Qin Lan back to the hotel.

Qin Lan may have a play in the evening, so she needs to be given enough time to take a shower, eat, rest and put on makeup.

On the way back, they came across a lottery shop. Yan Li greeted Qin Lan and ran in to buy a few sports lottery tickets.

Qin Lan also followed him into the store and asked curiously, "Are you still betting on football?"

Yan Li replied: "The World Cup is just for fun."

Qin Lan understood. Sports lottery was only officially launched last year. It became popular this year due to the World Cup, and the term "patriotic ticket" was even born.

The so-called patriotic vote means blindly betting on the Chinese team to win the World Cup, regardless of whether the opponent is Brazil or Costa Rica.

The Chinese national football team lost all three games. I wonder how much money the sports lottery made.

The World Cup is very popular now, and many people in Hengdian are following the trend. The crew of "My Fair Princess 3" is no exception. Qin Lan has seen several staff members scolding the South Korean team for engaging in shady dealings because of the lottery.

Thinking of this, Qin Lan also became interested: "I'll buy two tickets too."

"Okay, but don't buy too much. I'm just having fun."

Yan Li only bought two matches. There were only two games left in the World Cup: the third-place match between South Korea and Turkey, and the final between Brazil and Germany. "I don't understand football. Which team are you rooting for?"

Qin Lan doesn't watch football, so she plans to buy it with Yan Li, who doesn't hesitate and expresses his opinion directly.

"South Korea will definitely lose in the third-place match. As for the final, I'm more optimistic about Brazil. Ronaldo has been incredible in this World Cup."

Yan Li doesn’t watch much football, but he has a system.

Before today, he had already played the lottery once. Perhaps because there was news about the World Cup around him every day, Yan Li's intelligence system also triggered related intelligence frequently.

Some of them were coaching tactics, some were players' illnesses, which were of little use to Yan Li until the semi-final between South Korea and Germany.

[Daily Intelligence X: FIFA is under pressure from all sides because the South Korean team was favored by referees in the World Cup... FIFA is demanding that referees be impartial in the semi-finals and not show favoritism to either side.]

The South Korean team, without the referee's care, faced the German team, a traditional European powerhouse that has only conceded one goal in the World Cup. The result is self-evident.

Unfortunately, the odds of this game were not high, and Yan Li was cautious by nature and limited his bets, so the money he won was only used to improve his and Sailong's meals and buy two boxes of good cigarettes.

But this is good enough, Yan Li didn’t rely on this thing to make a fortune.

Be careful not to be greedy when gambling!

The more you want to make big money, the more likely you are to suffer a big loss. After all, it is a side business, so it is better to be safe. A small profit is still a profit.

The same is true for today's betting. Although he is optimistic about Brazil and Türkiye, to be on the safe side, Yan Li still left enough living expenses and only used the little cash he had.

Qin Lan was even more straightforward than him and invested several hundred dollars directly. Yan Li felt a little emotional.

"Is it possible that you are a local rich man?"

Qin Lan snorted with pride. After all, she had filmed a few movies before. She couldn't be considered rich, but she was much better off than Yan Li, a poor student who had just graduated.

When they got near the hotel, Qin Lan didn't let Yan Li send her off again.

She has been ignoring Huang Xiaoming these days. No matter how slow the latter is, he has realized what Qin Lan means. Although he stopped pestering her, he didn't seem to give up. In this situation, if he happened to run into Yan Li and her, it would be easy for trouble.

"Okay, see you later."

Yan Li didn't act pretentiously and waved goodbye. Qin Lan stayed where she was and watched him walk away before turning around and returning to the hotel.

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Yan Li had just returned to the hotel and taken a shower. He was about to go downstairs to watch TV using the boss's air conditioning when his cell phone rang.

"Hello, Brother Wang?"

Assistant Director Wang Decai on the other end of the phone: "Xiao Yan, are you free now?"

"If you have anything to say, please tell me."

"The investor is here, and the producer asked me to arrange for the crew members to accompany him for drinks and dinner. I thought you can drink quite well, so come over and join the party. I can then introduce you to some people and expand your network."

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for thinking of me. I'll pack up and come over soon."

Such social gatherings and drinking parties are inevitable in the entertainment industry, and Yan Li neither likes nor hates them.

As a small actor, he doesn't have much choice. If there is a suitable opportunity, he will go. It would be best if he can make some connections. If not, he will just take it as a free meal.

He left quickly and came back slowly. It was not until 10:30 in the evening that Yan Li returned to the hotel with slightly messy steps.

He can drink quite a lot. After all, he is from Shandong Province and his family runs a small restaurant. He grew up surrounded by alcohol and has never been afraid of beer. He can drink two kilograms of liquor without getting drunk.

Normally in this kind of situation, Yan Li wouldn't fight to the death. When he'd drunk a certain amount of alcohol, he'd start pretending to be drunk, so that nothing would get delayed after the game was over.

But today, two investors wanted to get the actress drunk. Yan Li couldn't bear it, so he helped to resolve the situation. With the cooperation of Wang Decai, he knocked the two men down. He himself was also a little drunk.

After returning to the room and taking a quick shower, Yan Li fell asleep and did not wake up until noon the next day.

Fortunately, there was no trouble in the morning. Yan Li stayed in bed for a while in a daze before opening the system to check today's information.

Daily News ①: Actresses Tong Lei and Bao Yujing (Princess Xiao) from "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties" are very grateful to Yan Li for helping them out last night.

Daily Intelligence ②: Li Silin, producer of "Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties," followed the recommendation of Assistant Director Wang Decai and was impressed by Yan Li.

【…】

[Daily Intelligence ⑤: Qin Lan, who was sleeping in the hotel at this moment, was having another erotic dream. The object of the dream was Yan Li. In the dream, the two of them…]

[Daily Intelligence ⑥: Yan Li, who was sleeping in the hotel at the time, also had a wet dream. The dream objects were Qin Lan and...]

Yan Li closed the system page, stood up and walked towards the bathroom. After running the water, he took off his underwear and threw it into the basin, then poured in some detergent and scrubbed it vigorously.

That restaurant owner must have put something in the dishes!
(End of this chapter)