Huayu: From Prisoner to Movie King

Chapter 603 Impersonation SMS
The next morning, Xu Kun met Zhang Yimou.

According to Sun Honglei's private statement, Zhang Yimou is actually very dissatisfied with the current situation of the crew, because the current script, roles, and even style have all deviated from his original intentions.

Especially this kind of comedy style makes Zhang Yimou somewhat at a loss. Now many things are done by the people of Zhao Family Class. This is also one of the reasons why Xiao Shenyang dares to take action in the crew.

But when Xu Kun asked whether the filming went smoothly, Zhang Yimou was silent for a moment, but still gave the evaluation of "pretty smooth".

To be honest, Xu Kunzong was somewhat suspicious as to whether Zhang Weiping had some dirty laundry in his hands, otherwise how could he tolerate Zhang Weiping's increasingly excessive and reckless behavior.

Because there was no good communication in advance, Xu Kun mainly watched the crew's filming that day, so as to adapt to the Zhao Family Class's comedy style in advance.

With Zhao Benshan at his side, Xiao Shenyang became much more restrained, but also less lively than usual.

Xu Kun estimated that sooner or later, the master and disciple would have a falling out - yesterday's kneeling was secondary. The main reason was that Xiao Shenyang talked about how he had made a lot of money, and it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with his current status and gains in the Zhao family.

This is not an external cause, but an internal conflict between the master and the disciple. Even if what happened yesterday hadn't happened, sooner or later there would have been problems between the master and the disciple.

In fact, in the original time and space, after Xiao Shenyang became popular, he did fall out with Lao Zhao over the issue of profit sharing. However, the breakup between the master and the apprentice was relatively low-key, and did not cause a big uproar like the breakup between Guo and Cao.

This is a later story, let’s not talk about it for now.

All in all, after watching the show for the whole day, Xu Kun’s feeling can be summed up in two words: awkward.

There is a feeling of forced hybridization between the director and the crew, between the actors, and even in the dressing style.

Such a makeshift team is really uninteresting, so when the focus was on filming his guest appearance, his performance could only be described as mediocre.

When they left the group later, it was as if they were just mechanically going through the process. Some were smiling sincerely, some were smiling fakely, and some couldn't smile at all, all sent him to the business car bound for the airport.

…………

Just as Xu Kun was rushing to Gansu, the three candidate actors were also notified.

When Jin Chen received the call, she was having dinner outside with Li Yitong and two other female classmates. When she heard that she was selected, she was so excited that she almost couldn't speak.

It was not until after dinner when I went back to review the game with Li Yitong that I realized I was only one of the candidates and needed to compete with two other candidates. Only if I won would I have the opportunity to play the heroine of "The Way of Heaven".

But Jin Chen was still very happy. After all, she didn't have much hope in the first place. Now being able to enter 11 out of 3 was already a very good result. She could even use it as a stepping stone in the future - as a backup selected by a big director in the final stage, shouldn't she be more than capable of serving an ordinary crew?

However, the joy of being downgraded lasted only a day and a half, and Jin Chen fell into uneasy hesitation again.

Because the staff member who said on the phone that he would send her the script and sign a confidentiality contract did not come to her as agreed. Instead, he sent her a text message and asked her to meet on the 7th floor of a hotel the next day.

That evening, at an open-air food stall near Beijing Dance Academy.

After showing the text message to Li Yitong, Jin Chen picked at the vegetable leaves in the bowl and asked absentmindedly: "Old Li, do you think this is the legendary unspoken rule?"

Li Yitong put down her phone uneasily and remained silent without replying. It’s not that she couldn’t accept the existence of unspoken rules, but wasn’t this too blatant?

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Jin Chen lowered his head and picked up a few more leaves. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Boss, give me something stronger. I want that... that..."

"understand!"

The boss said briskly, "You want something with a lot of oil and fat, right? How about spicy?"

"Yes, yes, yes. The main thing is that it has to be spicy enough!"

After Jin Chen confirmed it, he asked in confusion: "Boss, how did you know I wanted this?"

The boss flipped the wok skillfully and said, "Ah~ The girls from Beijing Dance Academy who have been heartbroken or not been selected for some activities like to give up on themselves like this."

Jin Chen: "..."

Li Yitong pulled her arm and said solemnly, "Seriously, what are you going to do about this?"

Although she asked, she had actually seen through Jin Chen's thoughts. If Jin Chen hadn't been determined to burn his boats, he wouldn't have suddenly wanted to eat something heavy.

"what can I do?"

Jin Chen curled his lips and said, "The most important thing now is to confirm who sent this text message - if it was really from Director Xu, I won't be at a loss at all."

This casting event was originally named "Princess Selection", so the girls who participated in the audition were quite self-conscious - if they could not accept the unspoken rules at all, they would not sign up to participate at all.

Jin Chen had naturally prepared himself mentally a long time ago, so he seemed so calm.

Li Yitong hesitated to speak. As someone who loved Kun, she really wanted to say that Brother Kun was not such a person. But as a girl who had one foot in the entertainment industry, she really couldn't say such a dishonest thing.

"rest assured."

Jin Chen grabbed her wrist with his backhand and said, "If I really climb up this high branch, I will definitely drag you down with me. By then, we sisters will be able to work together to achieve our goal!"

Li Yitong rolled her eyes: "Should I still say thank you to you?"

Then Jin Chen said, "What if I'm kidding?"

The ease on Li Yitong's face immediately disappeared. If it were someone else, she would probably refuse without hesitation - being able to accept unspoken rules and being able to accept "sisters with the same heart" are not the same concept.

But that was Xu Kun after all!

He is the idol that I have liked since high school, the man that many female stars are attracted to, and he is almost at the top of the entire mainland entertainment industry!
"Haha, you're actually moved!"

Jin Chen slapped the table and laughed, then leaned over to Li Yitong's ear and said, "Old Li, I knew you were a reserved person. Now..."

"go away!"

Li Yitong pushed her in anger, then said seriously, "Seriously, I'll go with you tomorrow. If you find something wrong, I can take care of you."

Jin Chen did not refuse, or rather, she had always thought so, so the two began to discuss the deployment of troops.

Jin Chen: "Then we will split up into two groups. I will be in the light and you will be in the dark. Remember to set your phone to vibrate + silent mode, so that no one can hear the noise when you call the police - that's how all those stupid heroines on TV act."

Li Yitong: "Do you want to prepare some self-defense items? I remember Tang Shiyi in our class has a bottle of anti-wolf spray."

"Okay, I'll borrow it from her later - let's come up with a code. I can't just call the police when the time comes."

As the two were plotting enthusiastically, a large pot of steaming hot Maoxuewang was brought to the table.

Looking at the red peppers, the oily soup, the duck blood, tripe, pig intestines, and luncheon meat, Li Yitong swallowed her saliva and said hesitantly, "We are not heartbroken, there is no need to give up on ourselves, right?"

"Everything clicked."

Jin Chen's eyes lit up, he picked up the chopsticks and said, "Let me try it first to see if it's authentic."

"I almost forgot you are from Chongqing..."

Li Yitong shook her head helplessly, watching Jin Chen eat heartily, but she had no desire to pick up her chopsticks at all.

After finishing his meal and returning to the dormitory, Jin Chen not only borrowed the anti-wolf spray from Tang Shiyi, but also got a retractable switchblade from somewhere.

The next morning during the cultural class, I saw her making a lot of noise, holding a knife and focusing on the lower three routes - she couldn't attack the upper three routes, because if she went over the table, the teacher would see her.

Li Yitong was a little worried and whispered, "Don't be impulsive when the time comes."

"Don't worry, if it was Director Xu, I would definitely not resist."

As Jin Chen spoke, she stuffed the switchblade into the toe of her sandal, pressed the mechanism with her toes, and looked at the tip of the knife that popped out. She said regretfully, "It's a pity that I didn't make it in time, otherwise I could have made a small prop and hidden the knife in the shoe, which would have been perfect - hehe, this female warrior has practiced dancing for many years, and her leg skills are quite amazing!"

"Tsk, childish ghost~"

Li Yitong rolled her eyes at her and whispered, "I'm afraid that you will really hurt someone and it will be a bad ending. We will definitely notify the school then." "What can I do? How can I be a chivalrous man if I'm timid?!" Jin Chen said as he raised his foot and drew his sword.

Li Yitong looked at her speechlessly, thinking, are you going there to be chivalrous? You are clearly going there for the unspoken rules.

She hesitated for a moment, but still whispered, "I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep yesterday. I always felt that this was unlikely to be the work of Brother Kun. Even if he wanted to... there was no need to do it so blatantly."

"right."

Jin Chen put the switchblade on his waist, posing as if he was ready to fight to the death, and said, "I also think that the text message was a bit reckless. What if we leak the text message to the media?"

"That……"

Li Yitong wanted to persuade Jin Chen to give up the meeting, but seeing Jin Chen's eager expression, it was obvious that he would not agree. She also thought about finding a few more people to give her courage, but how could she dare to let others know about this?
As I was worrying about gains and losses, it soon reached three o'clock in the afternoon.

The agreed meeting time was at four o'clock in the afternoon, but it was quite far from the Beijing Dance Academy, so the two set off early and took a taxi straight to the meeting place.

Before coming, although Jin Chen acted very boldly, when she arrived at the magnificent hotel, her calves began to cramp.

Swallowing his saliva, Jin Chen confirmed with Li Yitong again: "Get off the elevator on the sixth floor, then quickly climb the stairs to the seventh floor. When you get there, try to pretend... Wait, if that person is really from the crew, will he recognize you?"

"Then what?!"

When the time came, they discovered that there was a big loophole in the plan, and they were immediately at a loss.

Jin Chen glanced around subconsciously, because in movies and TV dramas, when big shots do bad things, they always like to arrange people downstairs.

If this had been discovered earlier...

No, no, if he is a real big shot, would he need to impersonate someone else?
She was just scaring herself when the hotel front desk noticed that something was wrong with the two of them and notified the lobby manager. The lobby manager came over and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, ladies, is there anything I can help you with?"

"No【No need】!"

The two denied it in unison, and without bothering to discuss anything else, they hurried to the elevator and took the elevator directly to the 6th floor.

When they reached the sixth floor, the two got off the elevator together and went into the stairwell to discuss for a long time but could not come up with any good solution.

Finally, Jin Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Who cares? I don't believe this is a dangerous place. Let's just follow the original plan!"

Then Jin Chen went up to the seventh floor first. Li Yitong waited for about a minute and a half before following him as if nothing had happened.

As a result, when they reached the corridor on the seventh floor, they saw Jin Chen frowning at the target room. For a long time, he didn't show any intention of pushing the door to go in. Instead, he waved at Li Yitong, motioning her to come over and take a look.

"what happened?"

Li Yitong approached like a thief, looked at the door number, and found that this was not the hotel room as she had imagined, but a SPA room prepared by the hotel for female guests.

Seeing that it clearly said 'No Men Allowed', Li Yitong couldn't help but frown: "Could this be a mistake?"

"No, I think this might really be arranged by Director Xu!" Jin Chen made a seven with the tip of his chin and said in a deep voice: "You see, in the movies, those big guys like to do this kind of thing to cover up their tracks..."

As they were talking, a young girl suddenly pushed the door open and came out. After seeing the two of them, she said without surprise, "It's you - come in."

Li Yitong looked at Jin Chen, who was still immersed in the state of a famous detective. He said with an expression that there was only one truth: "The surveillance here is also controlled by you, right?"

"What do you mean?"

The young girl just felt confused.

"How else would you know I was coming?"

"The hotel front desk just called."

The other party replied calmly, "They said there were two people sneaking around and asked the SPA shop to be on high alert. Sister Yiyan heard it and guessed it must be you."

"Uh~"

Jin Chen showed an embarrassed expression, then glared and said: "Sister Yi Yan? Jiang Yi Yan?!"

Li Yitong also widened her eyes beside her.

"Come in and talk."

The young girl held the door and made way for Li Yitong. Seeing that Li Yitong was a little hesitant, she said, "You can come too."

The two were still a little nervous, but since they had already been discovered, there was no point in splitting up, so they finally gritted their teeth and walked into the spa.

In the VIP room, Jiang Yiyan was lying on the bed whitening and moisturizing her skin. When she heard the noise coming from the door, she said, "You must be wondering why I asked you to come. Actually...what are you doing?"

Halfway through the conversation, Jiang Yiyan suddenly discovered that Jin Chen was sneaking along the wall and moving around to a position diagonally in front of her.

"Well... Sister Yiyan, please don't misunderstand me."

Jin Chen explained awkwardly: "I couldn't recognize you from behind, so, so I wanted to confirm it."

"Haha, girls nowadays are quite interesting."

Jiang Yiyan turned over and sat up, and said to Jin Chen without any reservation: "Let's get straight to the point. The reason why I called you over is because I don't like Yuan Shanshan very much, and that Zheng Shuang has already signed a contract with Tianyu..."

Hearing this, Jin Chen's eyes lit up: "Sister Yi Yan, you don't want to recommend me, do you? Don't worry, I am definitely willing to sign with your studio!"

"What are you thinking of?"

Jiang Yiyan said speechlessly: "At present, Brother Kun prefers Yuan Shanshan and Zheng Shuang. You are just a substitute. It's not impossible for me to make you the regular player, but you are not worth my efforts."

Jin Chen immediately lost his temper and muttered, "Then you... no, then why did you call me here? You're not asking me to quit, are you?"

"Of course not. I plan to sign you first, and then find you a few good teachers to help you improve your shortcomings. If you can win, that would be great. If not, you can only blame yourself for not trying hard enough."

Jiang Yiyan stood up and found that she seemed to be shorter than the other two. She sat back on the bed calmly and ordered, "Okay, now you two should take off your clothes first."

"what?"

Jin Chen was excited when he heard that he was going to sign a contract for training, but when he suddenly heard these words, he was a little confused for a moment.

"Ah, what? What if there is something wrong with you? We are only looking at the surface now. We have to go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow."

"Oh."

Jin Chen was relieved. After all, all the people present were women, and Jiang Yiyan was only wearing a pair of underwear, so there was nothing to cover.

After taking off his shirt, Jin Chen found Li Yitong standing beside him at a loss. Then he realized that Jiang Yiyan said "you guys" instead of "you".

So he hurriedly asked, "Sister Yiyan, are you going to sign Yitong too?"

"It's just a side note. Besides, I also like girls who are loyal and good at being friends." Jiang Yiyan said, and added with a pun: "Of course, the premise is that she must be knowledgeable and interesting, not a dullard."

Jin Chen and Li Yitong looked at each other and vaguely guessed what Jiang Yiyan meant.

Although this is not an unspoken rule, it is also testing the two people's acceptance level of it. As for the reason... Who doesn't know that Jiang Yiyan is Xu Kun's chief eunuch?

and many more!

Jin Chen's expression suddenly froze. He reached out and touched his waist, not knowing whether he should take out the things hidden inside or try to get away with it.

(End of this chapter)