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Chapter 398 I didn't take it to heart

Is my time to be tested?
When Fan Jinshuo sat on Cao Sheng's lap and put his arms around his neck, this thought flashed through Cao Sheng's mind.

He habitually touched her waist.

This habit was something he gradually developed over many years of relationships with different women.

In the past, whenever a woman sat on his lap, he would habitually touch her waist. This habit was somewhat like when someone picks up their chopsticks at a meal, they would habitually poke the table to make the tips of the two chopsticks level.

Therefore, you can't say that his habit is a form of consciousness.

It was completely subconscious.

However, Cao Sheng knew in his heart that he was somewhat unable to cope.

This woman is, after all, Fan Jinsuo, who at her peak was hailed as the most beautiful woman in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Although she is still quite green and far from the allure of her peak, it is well known that perverts prefer youth.

Although he liked Huang Qingya, who was mature and well-endowed.

But I also like young and beautiful girls like Fan Jinshuo.

After all, men usually have a wide range of interests.

"You'll definitely be able to play the leading lady someday."

Cao Sheng answered one of her questions.

In the original timeline, although her acting skills have always been questioned, she is beautiful, popular, and has played countless leading roles.

Upon hearing this, Fan Jinshuo's smile deepened, and she twisted her body slightly, making her face even redder, which also caused Cao Sheng's blood pressure to rise.

She simply wrapped her arms around his neck, breathed into his ear, and asked, "So now? Can you give me a good role? It doesn't have to be the female lead, okay?"

Cao Sheng thought about the three scripts he had recently written.

I heard that "The Deception" has already started filming in India, and the main roles have been cast.

Although "Infernal Affairs" has not yet started filming, the main roles have already been divided up by actors from Hong Kong. This is because the Hong Kong film market has been so sluggish in the past two years, with only a few decent films being released each year. As a result, the actors there have long been like lambs waiting to be fed. As soon as the news of the "Infernal Affairs" project spread in the industry, they couldn't hold back any longer and used all their skills to rush in, quickly dividing up all the roles with any screen time.

Some people were a bit slow to act and there weren't any decent roles available, so they simply approached directors and investors, hoping to get a cameo role for free.

Not for the pay, but just to make an appearance in this blockbuster and let moviegoers know.

For example, Huang Rihua.

As far as Cao Sheng knows, he volunteered to play a cameo role for free.

Therefore, if a role really needs to be assigned to Fan Jinsuo, the only option is to cast her in the movie "Crazy Stone," which hasn't even been officially approved yet.

but……

Does this movie have a female lead?

For a moment, Cao Sheng couldn't think of any character who could be considered the female lead.

It's even difficult to pinpoint exactly who the male lead in this movie is.

In his opinion, this is an ensemble film with many outstanding characters, but no clear male or female lead.

The key issue is the lack of compelling female characters.

At first glance, Bao Shihong, the head of the security department in this movie, seems like the male protagonist, but he has kidney problems and urinary incontinence as soon as he appears, which is obviously not the character setting for the male protagonist.

The female lead...

Bao Shihong's wife, a bus ticket seller, had very few scenes in the original "Crazy Stone," and her appearance was average; she didn't seem like the female lead.

Therefore, Cao Sheng couldn't think of what kind of role he could give Fan Jinsuo in this play.

Even if she were given the role of Bao Shihong's wife, she wouldn't have many scenes.

The key point is: he was somewhat resistant to this kind of deal.

Using a character from a script to exchange for a beautiful woman's body is too depraved; it was an act he once despised.

So he shook his head at Fan Jinshuo, whose eyes were full of expectation, and said, "No!"

Fan Jinshuo was stunned.

The blush on her face faded visibly, her complexion turned slightly pale, and her eyes betrayed her disappointment. "Why...why? Am I not pretty enough?"

Cao Sheng looked at her. "Don't you know that Director Feng didn't like my script this time? Didn't he tell you?"

Fan Jinshuo was stunned. "Huh? How could this be? He doesn't even like your script? This... how is this possible?"

She was surprised.

Subconsciously, I thought that Cao Sheng's scripts are so sought after these days, with Hong Kong and Hollywood vying for them, how could Feng Xiaogang, a mainland director, possibly look down on Cao Sheng's scripts?

Every industry has an ecosystem.

In the eyes of many people in mainland China, the current ecosystem of the film and television industry is that Hollywood is first, Hong Kong is second, Taiwan is third, and the mainland is at the bottom.

Not only are the actors ranked in this way, but the directors are ranked in a similar manner.

Therefore, even though Feng Xiaogang has become a leading figure in mainland commercial films in the past two years, in Fan Jinshuo's mind, he is still not as important as the big directors from Hong Kong.

Therefore, she couldn't believe that Feng Xiaogang would look down on Cao Sheng's script.

Why should he?
How dare?
Cao Sheng chuckled, then patted her waist again, this time unable to resist, "It's the truth, you really didn't know?"

Fan Jinshuo shook his head.

Cao Sheng: "You can call him and ask."

Fan Jinshuo smiled bitterly, "He has already blacklisted me, and I can no longer call his phone."

Cao Sheng: "???"

This was something Cao Sheng hadn't expected.

After a moment of silence, Cao Sheng smiled and said, "Anyway, in a while, you'll see that his new film wasn't written by me."

Fan Jinshuo frowned and pondered for a moment. Her big, watery eyes gradually refocused from confusion. Looking at Cao Sheng, she smiled shyly, pulled her arms around his neck back a little, and cupped his face. Then, without Cao Sheng being prepared, she lowered her head and kissed his lips.

This is an aggressive player...

This thought flashed through Cao Sheng's mind.

He tried to push her away, but his hands didn't push her very hard.

Because he was a little reluctant to part with it.

Fan Jinshuo...

She is Fan Jinsuo!

She is hailed by many viewers as the actress who best embodies the character of Daji, bar none!

In the original timeline, after she played the role of Daji, someone created a GIF online in which a fox's face was transformed into hers, and surprisingly, the face shape didn't change much, which was quite astonishing.

You should know that Daji was a fox spirit in disguise.

Many viewers felt that his face shape, resembling that of a fox, was appropriate.

Fan Jinsuo's face shape is surprisingly similar to that of a fox.

As she parted her lips from his to breathe, Cao Sheng, with mixed feelings, reminded her, "I really don't have any roles to give you."

Fan Jinshuo smiled, her cheeks flushed again. She held his face with her right thumb and pressed it against his lips, whispering, "Don't say such discouraging things. Banks can lend you money! If you ever get a suitable role, just remember me. I trust your conscience..." Before Cao Sheng could reply, she lowered her head and kissed his lips.

……

Trust my conscience?

Afterwards, when Fan Jinshuo went to the bathroom to take a shower, put on her clothes, said goodbye to him, and left.

Cao Sheng leaned against the headboard, looked down at his chest, and chuckled to himself.

I thought to myself: I never thought my conscience could be exchanged for a Fan Jinsuo.

But he wasn't sure how much of his conscience he had left.
He must have had a conscience when he was young.

But the world is a murky place. Before his rebirth, he had spent over forty years in the mortal world, witnessing countless acts of deceit and treachery, countless instances of good deeds going unrewarded, and countless selfish individuals achieving great success...

Having seen similar things many times, he felt that his conscience had gradually become clouded.

Whenever I feel compassion and want to do something good, I subconsciously think about whether it might cause me any trouble.
Over time, he couldn't help but doubt that he had become indifferent and had lost all conscience.

He felt that his greatest conscience was to avoid intentionally doing bad things.

The idea of ​​keeping oneself in the dark became his guiding principle.

And today, Fan Jinshuo actually dares to gamble with his conscience?
He sat on the edge of the bed for a while, then chuckled to himself, got up, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and changed into clean clothes.

Reborn brewed himself a pot of tea, sat down in front of the computer, and turned it on.

At this moment, he seemed to still see Fan Jinsuo's smile and figure before his eyes, and he seemed to still smell her fragrance.

But he didn't take it to heart.

He knew how career-oriented this woman was. In matters of the heart, she was like a bird without feet, always flying... never settling down.

Therefore, no matter how beautiful her face was or how wonderful the experience he had just had, he wouldn't take it to heart.

He wasn't conflicted about it.

This is the mindset of a middle-aged man.

Physiological needs and emotions are separate.

……

On a passenger plane bound for Beijing.

Feng Xiaogang, wearing a baseball cap to cover his face, sat in a window seat in first class, next to his assistant whom he had brought to Huizhou this time.

No one disturbed him.

In this state, Feng Xiaogang leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.

But his mind was filled with every detail of his trip to Huizhou and his encounter with Cao Sheng.

He was still fuming when he boarded the plane.

He felt like he had offered Cao Sheng a warm welcome, but Cao Sheng had been so enthusiastic towards him, just like he had treated Wang Shuo back then. He had showered Cao Sheng with compliments, called him Brother Cao, and had repeatedly tried to secure higher screenwriting fees for him at Huayi Brothers... and so on.

The results of it?
They finally agreed to write me a script, and then they produced such a nonsensical and shoddy one?
The male lead couldn't stop urinating as soon as he appeared on screen?

The plot unfolds in several fragmented segments, with such loose connections between the storylines and emotions that it feels like an essay. Is the form scattered but the meaning coherent?

Is this what you call a script?
Are you trying to ruin me?
If I actually made a movie like that, would the audience buy it? The box office and reviews would be a complete disaster, right? Would I even be able to make a living after that?

only……

As the plane flew high in the sky, all was quiet. With his eyes closed, he involuntarily recalled scenes from the script. After recalling them many times, he suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked somewhat surprised.

Because he suddenly realized that the seemingly fragmented plot was actually quite funny.

Moreover, the way he makes jokes is completely different from the comedies he has made before.

In this script called "Crazy Stone," many of the funny parts are comedic moments that arise naturally from the plot.

For example, as soon as Mike stepped out of the airport on International Avenue, his suitcase was stolen by a local petty thief.

For example, the male protagonist meticulously sets up security measures on this side of the wall to protect the gem, while in another room just across the wall, Dao Ge's gang is plotting how to steal the gem.

and many more.

Feng Xiaogang suddenly realized that many of the jokes in the script were silent.

He suddenly felt that the script wasn't so bad after all.

He frowned in thought, his eyes darting back and forth.

After thinking about it for a while, he sighed and muttered to himself, "It's not that bad, but it's not exactly a good thing either!"

……

Two days later.

Early in the morning, when Cui Xinyu arrived at Cao Sheng's place with the breakfast she had just bought, Cao Sheng, who had already gotten up and practiced his boxing a few times in his room, stood up, turned to her and asked, "Have you found out anything? Have you found out about that director named Ning Hao?"

Cui Xinyu paused, then said with a wry smile, "Not yet! Boss, I've asked so many people, but no one knows this director. Are you sure his name is really Ning Hao? Or is it not that name?"

Cao Sheng remained silent.

She still hasn't found out about Ning Hao, so for Cao Sheng, there's no need to keep asking.

This indicates that Ning Hao either hasn't started directing yet, or he's just started and hasn't made a name for himself.

Regardless of the possibility, it means that even if he does find Ning Hao, Ning Hao is not capable of making a good film like "Crazy Stone" at this stage.

It's like if someone approached Cao Sheng, who was still in high school, and offered him 100 yuan per thousand words to write a novel, even if he really wanted to earn that money, he wouldn't be able to write it.

Even if you offer him a sky-high price of ten thousand for a thousand words, he still just can't write it.

Even if he managed to write a novel, the quality would be appalling.

Because Cao Sheng couldn't write novels at all during high school, he had only read a few classic works as extracurricular books, and his reading volume was pitifully small.

In this situation, would you let him write a novel?
He always found writing 800-word essays very painful.

Not to mention novels that often run to hundreds of thousands of words.

"Alright, if we can't find it, then let's stop looking and focus on doing something else!"

Cao Sheng walked towards the restroom and casually gave Cui Xinyu some instructions.

Cui Xinyu was a little surprised. As she placed the breakfast she had just bought on the table, she asked, "Boss, are you really not going to look for it anymore? Should I look for it again?"

Cao Sheng went to the washbasin to wash up and casually replied, "No need! Just sell the simplified Chinese rights to my new book as soon as possible! By the way, which publisher has shown the most sincerity these past two days?"

Cui Xinyu: "Hmm, it should be Huacheng Publishing House! They sent a vice president over, who is already on his way and should arrive today. He told me on the phone that I must wait for them to arrive before deciding which publisher to choose for my new book."

Cao Sheng was a little surprised and nodded.

After washing up and having breakfast, his phone suddenly rang. He took out his phone and saw that the caller ID showed it was Mr. Yan from Changjiang Literature & Art.

General Manager Yan and Yan Qiansan.

Cao Sheng had a pretty good impression of this boss.

Therefore, in the past two years, almost all of his simplified Chinese publications have been entrusted to Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House.

(End of this chapter)