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Chapter 489 Tough Guy?

"Daqi, I see you've been so busy and happy lately, I think I should join you in. Do you have any scripts that would be suitable for us to act in together? How about we make another movie together? Anyway, I'm just sitting at home all day doing nothing."

After Zhou Huimin finished speaking, she did not receive a response from He Daqi for a long time.

Turning my head, I saw that He Daqi, who had been playing around with the child just moments before, was now pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed.

"I'm talking to you!"

A fair, delicate foot kicked He Daqi in the waist.

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"It's okay, if you're really sleepy, just go back to your bedroom and sleep."

"No, no, I'm not sleepy. I want to watch cartoons with Huanhuan and Lele." He Daqi replied energetically, and then started playing around with the two children again.

Just kidding! Who's been happy lately? He Daqi has no idea how Zhou Huimin came to that conclusion.

Want to make another movie with me? Haha!

Others may not understand Vivian Chow, but how could He Daqi not understand her? If he were to act with Vivian Chow, he would only need to serve her and wouldn't have to do anything else.

He already felt he didn't have enough time, and if he were to have Zhou Huimin filming as well, some of his plans would probably have to be postponed for another year or two.

So now He Daqi would rather play dumb than respond to Zhou Huimin's words.

Sure enough, seeing that He Daqi was too lazy to even act, Zhou Huimin kicked him several more times in anger, but she didn't bother him anymore. She glanced at him sideways and continued watching videos on her phone.

He Daqi also took out his phone and chatted with Lu Yang using QQ.

"The second season of 'Go Fighting!' is about to start filming. Do you think Yan Min can handle it all by herself?" He Daqi typed.

"It should be fine, I feel like I've taught everything I need to. But senior brother, do you want Yan Min to be in charge of the second season of Infinite Challenge herself? What about Cen Junyi? He's just as good as Yan Min."

“I want him to prepare another variety show. I recently wrote a script for a variety show, you must have heard about it, right? They can each be in charge of a variety show and see who can outdo the other.”

What He Daqi didn't know was that Yan Min and Cen Junyi were sitting next to Lu Yang watching him edit a movie. He Daqi messaged Lu Yang about the two of them, and Lu Yang immediately betrayed him by showing them the message He Daqi had sent.

The two, who had initially been a little competitive, looked at each other and suddenly found each other much more agreeable. Each of them would be in charge of a variety show, so there was no need to fight over it anymore. Perhaps they would even discuss how to make the variety shows even better in the future.

"Xiao Cen, do you think you can prepare a brand new variety show? If you encounter any difficulties, tell me. I'll tell your senior brother about the problems now, so that you won't make mistakes later and cause your senior brother to have a problem with you," Lu Yang said to Cen Junyi in a low voice.

“I think I… should be able to.” Cen Junyi answered rather slowly, but the last four words, “should be able to,” were quite forceful.

Lu Yang looked left and right, then typed a reply to He Daqi on his phone: "Senior brother, I will talk to them about this. If they encounter any problems or don't understand something, I will have them call me. I won't let them delay the filming of the variety show."

Previously, He Daqi pressured Lu Yang to get involved in the variety show, and Lu Yang was unwilling. Now that Lu Yang is no longer in charge, he has offered to help on his own.

It wasn't that Lu Yang was being unreasonable; it was mainly because Yan Min and Cen Junyi were now considered his apprentices, and he had genuinely taught them skills. They had a bond with him, and if they messed up the project, it would embarrass Lu Yang. That's why he took the initiative to tell them to call him if anything came up.

Not long after Lu Yang sent the message to He Daqi, He Daqi replied without continuing to argue about the variety show, which was taken as tacit agreement. Instead, he asked about other things.

"How's the film editing going with Ning Hao? Is he editing directly from the rough cut, or is he editing it himself from the original film?"

“Senior Ning Hao didn’t use the rough cut. He’s currently working on the script and organizing the film negatives, so he hasn’t edited out many shots yet.”

After seeing the new message from Lu Yang, He Daqi clicked his tongue and touched his nose.

It seems Ning Hao definitely thinks the shots taken by those three directors are mediocre, so he's picking the gold from the trash...

It must have been tough on Ning Hao. After he finishes editing, he'll take it to Han Shanping and ask him to remember to give Ning Hao some compensation and also to credit Ning Hao. Ning Hao is a famous director now, and crediting him will boost box office revenue.

If the movie's domestic box office performance is not ideal, He Daqi will definitely have to cover the shortfall. Therefore, He Daqi is quite happy to enhance the ticket sales hype. After all, if the box office is high in the end, He Daqi will not have to spend money to boost the box office.

After thinking for a while, He Daqi wanted to ask Lu Yang how his editing of "Phantom Prison Break" was going with Zhang Yimou.

I had only typed half a message when I saw Lu Yang send another new message.

"Senior, I'll get back to work now. We're still editing the movie here. Let's finish editing as soon as possible so we can go oversee the special effects production."

He Daqi deleted the text he had already typed and then replied with two words: "Okay."

Looking up, He Daqi pushed away Zhou Huimin's face, who was furtively peeking over to check her messages. Then, he put his phone on the table and asked Zhou Huimin casually, "What did you have the kitchen make tonight?"

"These are all your favorite dishes: braised pork trotters with soybeans, cabbage and jellyfish head, shredded vegetables with mustard, dry-fried broccoli, quail eggs with mixed mushrooms, and blanched bok choy."

Hmm? He Daqi turned to look at Zhou Huimin, his eyes clearly conveying the meaning: Is this my favorite food?
Vivian Chow suppressed a laugh as she looked at Ho Tai-kei and nodded: Yes! You love to eat it!
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Asia-Vietnam small conference room.

Cen Junyi adjusted his round-framed glasses, looked up from the variety show script, and gazed at the three girls who were sitting together chatting excitedly.

This was Cen Junyi's first time taking charge of a variety show, and it was a new show at that, so he was under a lot of pressure. Therefore, he honed his skills at the last minute and frantically absorbed all kinds of new knowledge.

He knew that South Korea had produced a variety show called Running Man last year, but he didn't expect He Daqi to acquire the copyright so quickly. Therefore, Cen Junyi had only watched the South Korean Running Man show briefly before and had not analyzed it in detail.

Ever since he learned that He Daqi was going to put him in charge of the domestic Running Man show, Cen Junyi stayed up for several nights and watched the Korean version of Running Man without fast-forwarding once.

While reading, I compared it with the script written by He Daqi. I couldn't say which one was better. They were both scripts prepared based on the national conditions, and the plots were different, so they couldn't be compared.

However, Cen Junyi still had his own ideas. In his opinion, when the first season of Running Man was filmed in China, after continuous adjustments with the Korean version, the latest version could learn from it. In fact, it doesn't need too many female guests; just one is enough.

Of course, this was just Cen Junyi's own idea. He hadn't told anyone about it. He was just a small-time director, and even if he had perfectly filmed the first season of Running Man and the ratings were high, he wouldn't tell anyone about it.

After all, the three girls sitting across from him, chatting and laughing, are all top celebrities in the entertainment industry. If he were to say that he only needs one female guest and wants to eliminate two, the director's position would probably be replaced within ten minutes of him saying that.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
There was a knock on the door of the small conference room, and then someone pushed the door open and came in.

"Hahahaha, hello everyone, I'm Zeng... I'm Chen Chichi, hey! Dilraba, Gulnazar, you two are here quite early." "Brother Chichi, this is Director Cen, he's in charge of our variety show. You should know this one, and this is Sister Tiantian." Dilraba didn't get up, but cheerfully introduced Chen Chichi.

"Director Cen, hello. Please take care of me in the future." Chen Chichi quickly came over and shook hands with Cen Junyi, then turned to Tian Tian: "Sister Tian Tian, ​​hello."

Sweetie isn't happy at all! Because she feels like she's being called old!

She knew that Chen Chichi had worked with Dilraba and Gulnazar on "iPartment," and even knew that the second season of "iPartment" would probably start filming after the variety show "Running Man" was finished. So even though she felt that she was being called old, she just smiled politely and nodded indifferently, saying, "Hello Chen Chichi, I'm Tian Tian, ​​born in 1988."

"Haha...ha...ha, this is awkward, I was born in 1985." Chen Chichi said speechlessly.

Good heavens! Before he even entered, Dilraba called him "Sister Sweetie," and he followed suit. After all, she's a top-tier star. Chen Chichi had watched her performance on the Spring Festival Gala when he was in high school, and his first thought was that she was a senior.

It took me a moment to realize that when I watched the Spring Festival Gala in high school, the other person looked like a middle school student.

Dilraba and Gulnazar were trying to suppress their laughter, while Sweetie was speechless. Just as the atmosphere was getting awkward, someone pushed the door open and came in, this time with two people.

"Hello, I am Deng Chao."

"I am Wang Baoqiang."

They exchanged greetings again.

Not long after Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang arrived, Lu Han and Hu Jun also entered the conference room one after the other.

Before Hu Jun could even speak, Cen Junyi stood up and said, "Alright, everyone's here. Hu Jun, please have a seat."

Hu Jun glanced at everyone in the small conference room and saw that they were all smiling at him kindly. So he nodded happily to them and found a seat.

"You may have known each other beforehand or heard about each other, but there are definitely some who don't know each other. So, as the director, let me introduce myself first. I am Cen Junyi, the director in charge of filming our Running Man variety show..." As soon as Cen Junyi finished saying his name and position, everyone laughed and started to applaud.

Having no other choice, Cen Junyi began to introduce Hu Jun after the applause subsided: "This is Teacher Hu Jun."

Amid applause, Hu Junqi made a brief appearance and then sat down.

"This is Teacher Deng Chao."

Applause, stand up.

"This is teacher Wang Baoqiang."

……

"This is Teacher Chen Chichi."

"This is Lu Han..."

"...Sweet..."

"Dilraba..."

"Gulinaza"

After all eight guests stood up, Cen Junyi distributed several pages of materials to each of them.

"This is where everyone's character is listed and their main responsibilities for filming. For example, Chen Hechi and Deng Chao, you two mainly use a吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical commentary) style to introduce the guest stars and announce tasks, thus advancing the filming process. Teacher Hu Jun is there to showcase his strong physique while performing tasks..."

"Wait a minute!!!" Hu Jun immediately interrupted Cen Junyi.

"What's wrong, Teacher Hu?" Not only Cen Junyi looked at Hu Jun, but the others also looked at Hu Jun curiously.

After all, Hu Jun is the oldest among them. Everyone else had no objections, but Hu Jun jumped out and interrupted the director. It seemed like he was trying to take advantage of his seniority.

"Director Cen, I just want to ask, who arranged this character setting that showcases my strong physique for me?"

Mr. Hu is really upset now!
I just look like a tough guy, and I've even played Qiao Feng and various other heroes. But I can play tough guys because I'm a good actor; I don't actually have the physique to overwhelm everyone!
Especially since I'm the oldest person in this conference room, and everyone else is a young person, it's hard to say who will give way to whom when it comes to actually doing the task!

With my old bones and back, I really don't need to risk my life for a variety show.

Hu Jun was starting to have second thoughts, especially since he had previously called He Bing to complain about him, saying that He Bing was wearing plasters every day to film a variety show, risking his life to support his nephew's program.

Seeing that Hu Jun asked the question with such righteous indignation, Cen Junyi hesitated for a moment before answering, "It was arranged by President He, President He Daqi."

Upon hearing this, Hu Jun immediately pulled out his phone and called that bastard.

"Hey? Daqi, I have something to tell you! I..."

Before Hu Jun could finish speaking, He Daqi on the other end of the phone interrupted him. The people in the small conference room vaguely heard He Daqi announce a number on the phone, and then Hu Jun fell silent.

"No problem, Daqi, you have a good eye for people! Uncle is a tough guy! Three or five ordinary people like me could be taken down by Uncle."

After hanging up the phone, Hu Jun sat down with a grin and waved to Cen Junyi: "Director, I'm all set."

“Alright, let’s continue.” Cen Junyi nodded.

Wang Baoqiang nudged Deng Chao with his elbow and muttered, "Actually, I can be a tough guy too. I trained at the Shaolin Temple."

"It's like I've never practiced before. I even learned Tai Chi at Wudang Mountain," Deng Chao casually remarked.

"Really? Then we can give each other a hand and practice sometime!" Wang Baoqiang replied happily, looking quite serious, without paying attention to controlling his volume, and interrupted Cen Junyi's introduction.

Everyone looked at Wang Baoqiang and Deng Chao strangely. Good grief! The first variety show meet-and-greet, and you two are going to have a one-on-one battle?
Deng Chao looked at Wang Baoqiang in surprise. "No... Dude? Are you serious?"
Cen Junyi was interrupted twice, but he wasn't angry. He just smiled and watched everyone's reactions, pondering in his heart how to continuously adjust everyone's persona.

For example, Hu Jun has changed his tough guy persona to an unreliable, elderly Lian Po persona. When he makes a mistake, he says he's too old, and when he has a brilliant performance, he boasts that he's a real man and can still handle it.

At this moment, Cen Junyi felt that Wang Baoqiang was quite entertaining for variety shows, and could be portrayed as a slightly shrewd fool.

As for Deng Chao and Chen Chichi, who are entrusted with high hopes by He Daqi, Cen Junyi has not yet seen any outstanding performances. There is no rush. There will be plenty of opportunities to observe them while filming, and adjustments can be made as filming progresses.

(End of this chapter)