Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 24 Why Don’t You Fly to the Sky?

"Your dad said you have a film project and wanted to talk to me about shoes?"

Zhang Zemin spoke directly to the point, his voice revealing the shrewdness typical of a businessman.

"Yes, Boss Zhang, one of the heroines in my movie is a designer of women's shoes, and the shoe styles of the two heroines are also fashionable," Wu Chen said.

"Women's shoe designer, your father hasn't talked to me about this." Zhang Zemin was silent for a few seconds after hearing this, and there was a little more interest in his tone.

"But the film industry has a long cycle and high risks. I'm not investing in shares, I'm just advertising. I need to check your background.

I'm flying to Beijing tomorrow, can we talk the day after tomorrow?"

"Movie Story Bar is at No. 4 Xitucheng Road, right near my school. It's easy to find. I'll reserve a time later!"

"Okay!" Zhang Zemin agreed readily and hung up the phone.

Wu Chen put away his phone, took a long breath, turned around and saw Liu Yifei and Zhou Yang staring at him with wide eyes. Park Songri also came over with a curious look on his face.

"Junior brother, have you found the crew?" Liu Yifei blinked, her tone full of curiosity.

"No." Wu Chen shook his head. "You'll know later."

Upon hearing this, Park Songri suddenly became thoughtful, but since there were so many people around and it was inconvenient to point it out, he just pretended that nothing had happened.

"Mysterious!" Liu Yifei said with a pout, but she was also a girl at heart, and in a blink of an eye she forgot about it and excitedly talked about the matter of adding penguins.

"Hurry up and add it, this is my Penguin account!"

"Hey, why do you only use the word Chen? Can't you come up with something nicer?" Liu Yifei started complaining as soon as she added it.

"You make it sound like you got the name right, and you're still flying around like that. But why can't you fly into the sky?" When Wu Chen said this, everyone laughed.

Liu Yifei clenched her fist and pretended to hit.

Wu Chen dodged repeatedly, and the two of them fought back and forth, making a mess.

"Yawen, what are you looking at?" Luo Jin stood aside and asked when he saw Zhu Yawen looking over from time to time.

"Ah? Nothing!" Zhu Yawen came back to his senses and quickly looked away, his eyes flickering.

Luo Jin also saw through the situation but didn't say anything. He and Zhu Yawen lived in the same dormitory, so he knew a little about his roommate's situation.

On the way back in the evening, Park Song-il finally spoke and whispered, "Brother Chen, is there any hope for your project?"

"Well, I think I've achieved half of the success. Let's go faster. I plan to go see Old Mu again." Wu Chen did not hide it. After all, most of his roommates knew about it.

"Then can we do something big?" Park Song-il said with some excitement.

Wu Chen smiled and said nothing more.

Things must be done in secrecy, and before they are accomplished, there must be a sense of crisis. This is why Wu Chen did not reveal too much other information to the outside world.

"Please help me with the equipment, I'll go over first." After putting down the equipment, Wu Chen greeted Park Songri.

"Okay, Brother Chen, go ahead, I'll be there for you."

"Ok!"

Wu Chen thought he could still catch up with Mu Deyuan when he got off work, but when he got there, the office door was already locked.

Coincidentally, Xu Bin, carrying a briefcase and looking like he was leaving get off work, saw Wu Chen and asked, "What's wrong, Wu Chen? Do you want to talk to Director Mu about something?"

"You're unlucky. He was just here with us, chatting about your class. He left a few minutes ago. If you have something urgent, just call him. You have his number, right?"

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Xu," Wu Chen nodded in response. "Yes!" After that, Xu Bin tugged at his coat and quickly left.

A cold wind whistled in from the end of the corridor, picking up a few dead leaves and sending them swirling past.

Wu Chen wrapped his woolen coat tightly, took out his cell phone, found Mu Deyuan's number, and pressed two keys on the keyboard.

The phone rang a few times, and Mu Deyuan's slightly tired but still energetic voice came from the other end: "Any news from your advertiser?"

"Well, I have an appointment with him at the Movie Story Restaurant the day after tomorrow. I was wondering about your time?"

Mu Deyuan pondered for a moment, "Noon, let's set it at 12 o'clock! You should also get ready. Don't think that you can rely on me for everything. How much advertising fee you can get depends on you."

"okay!"

Wu Chen chuckled. With Mu Deyuan in charge, half of the matter was done.

As for what happened later, he had lived half his life in his previous life, so he was quite good at attracting investment.

As the night deepened, only a few dim lights flickered in the dark corridor. The wind made the branches rustle. It was a bleak and sad scene, but Wu Chen felt it was particularly lively.

"Look, it's so full of life. This is how it should be in the middle of winter."

Wu Chen hummed a little tune, returned to the equipment room, and took Pu Songri to have dinner.

The next day, Wu Chen and his friend continued to work as laborers in the acting department.

However, today's task was particularly easy. Wang Jinsong only arranged for them to shoot two scenes, the first and the last.

The first one is used for today's improvements, and the last one is used later until the official performance.

The sunset filled the small theater on the third floor of the performance and guidance building. The north wind blew gently, mixed with the smell of car exhaust from the direction of Jimen Bridge and the cool scent of dead branches in the distance, bringing a hint of coolness.

"Thank you for your hard work these past two days." Wang Jinsong walked down from the stage, rolled up the script in his hand, and shouted to Wu Chen and Park Songri, with a rare gentleness in his tone.

"It's my duty." Wu Chen replied with a smile.

"Are you free later? We've organized a dinner party, come along!" Wang Jinsong patted Wu Chen on the shoulder.

"Teacher Wang, this is not good. We don't want to disturb your class."

Before Wu Chen could finish his words, Liu Yifei pulled Zhou Yang over and shouted with a smile, "Junior brother, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Many people in the class want to thank you. The filming was really great and saved us a lot of time."

"Then it's settled. You should all know the 'Old Beijing Lamb Hotpot' on the corner. If not, let Yifei and the others take you there. Come early." Wang Jinsong happily made the decision.

Wu Chen and Park Songri looked at each other, both feeling helpless.

They had just eaten at this restaurant a few days ago. They ate the mutton twice a week, but it still didn't taste good.

"Well, do you know how to get there? If not, call me 'Senior Sister' and I'll take you there!"

Liu Yifei said with a smile, with her hands behind her back and her body slightly leaning forward. Her pear-blossom-like face looked particularly fresh against the backdrop of the setting sun, and her eyes were clear and lively.

"I know how to get there even with my eyes closed!" Wu Chen sighed weakly.

"Oh, then walk away with your eyes closed and let me take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei immediately crossed her arms over her chest, looking like she was enjoying the fun.

"Pfft!" Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing out loud.

Wu Chen was stunned.

Damn, this girl, why doesn't she play by the rules?
(End of this chapter)