The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 487 Feeding
Well, according to someone's usual practice, Li Hong was practically already at their mercy, just waiting to be devoured.

However, he still hasn't touched anyone.

The reason is simple: he's used to being fed, and now he won't even think about eating unless it's directly fed to his mouth. Doesn't Guo Zhenni always come to him on her own initiative?
Okay, just kidding. The main problem is that the rhythm was disrupted. Who would have thought that a pair of artificial twins would appear in such a production crew?
Since Li Lei and Han Meimei are the absolute male and female protagonists, other characters that have appeared in the textbook, such as Lin Tao, Wei Hua, Lucy, and Lily, cannot appear too often.

Generally speaking, unless it's a movie like "The Banquet" or "The Founding of a Republic" that specifically asks the audience to count the stars, there won't be more than three big names in the cast. Otherwise, who would the audience be watching?
So besides Li Lei and Han Meimei, only Jim was added, and then Jim's sister Kate will make a brief appearance at the end.

However, since we also want to capitalize on the popularity of the English textbook, we need to find ways to add the rest as Easter eggs. For example, the English teacher is a woman whose English name is Lucy, and she also has a twin sister whose English name is Lily.

At first glance, this setup seems fine. In general, in this situation, the actress would play two roles, and when the two characters need to be in the same frame, a stand-in would be used to help with the lines. Then, they would be edited together in post-production, like in "Twin Dragons".

When Xu Jiuyang arrived at the film set, he was shocked to realize that something was wrong. Not only did the two actresses look almost identical, but the one playing the younger sister was named Chen Shu, while the one playing the older sister was named Liu Weiwei.

Let's look at the company it belongs to: Jinwu Media.

Alright, he knows what's going on. And it turns out they're all Li Yunxin's people, especially their rigid mannerisms, which are no different from Dong Qing's back then.

Then, naturally, they all knocked on the door together.

Moreover, they came very frequently because they were said to have been waiting for a long time, but they never got the chance to work together. Neither of them looked very good in period dramas, but their appearances in modern dramas and period dramas set in the Republican era were exceptionally good.

So, with Guo Zhenni interspersed throughout, and Zhang Yan and Yang Ying taking turns to speak from time to time, there was no time left for Li Hong.

In addition, Li Hong is not a proactive person, and she kept putting it off until now.

"So the idea that they won't eat unless they're fed to their mouths is very wrong," Xu Jiuyang muttered as he came outside.

But he quickly sighed again. It wasn't that he lacked motivation; it was mainly because he had a good impression of her in his previous life, but in this life, due to certain events, he had a little wicked thought about such a dignified woman as her.

"Hopefully I won't end up like Guo Zhenni, getting hit by a boomerang," Xu Jiuyang said to himself. Then he saw Li Shishi, Xiaoli's new secretary and assistant, walking over from around the corner.

"Mr. Xu," she greeted first.

Xu Jiuyang nodded in response: "Did you come from Fangfei's place?"

"Yes, is there something you need?" the other person asked immediately, showing a keen ability to read between the lines.

"My sister wants you to come over, but she didn't say what it is," Xu Jiuyang said.

As I mentioned, he's Xiaoli's new secretary and assistant, so naturally he lives in this villa and knows about his relationship with her.

“Okay, I’ll be right there, Mr. Xu,” Li Shishi said, bowing respectfully.

Come to think of it, Zhang Lei seems to be with Sister Yuanyuan? This thought popped into Xu Jiuyang's mind after they parted ways.

However, he quickly put it out of his mind and didn't even care why Li Shishi became Xiaoli's new secretary assistant. The female hosts of CCTV had already been divided up by them, and even a minor character like Qin Fang hadn't escaped, so... it's normal.

Instead of worrying about all that, Xu Jiuyang decided to spend more time with his daughter. He walked to the door, lost in thought. "Daddy!" Yangyang ran in happily, throwing herself into his arms.

"Yangyang is such a good boy, where did you go to play today?" Xu Jiuyang picked up the little guy.

Although Tangyuan is chubby and has a cute, tiger-like face, my daughter is still cuter. After all, she is her father's sweet little darling.

That's why, even though he could have explained the leave request over the phone, he insisted on coming over to say that Tangyuan was his child, and Yangyang was also his child.

Putting that aside for now, Xu Jiuyang's leave from the film crew was mainly for the purpose of establishing his own studio.

As mentioned before, his contract with Fan Bingbing has expired, and he is now considered a free agent. Originally, he definitely didn't want to be an actor anymore, since he's not short of money now.

Although he is prepared to do something instead of just lying around because of them, anything is better than being an actor and a star, right?
However, for some reason, they kept coming to persuade them to stay in the entertainment industry.

"You know, I've never signed any other male artists besides you, and I never will. It wouldn't be right for you not to lend a hand and fill this gap, would it?" — Fan Bingbing
“Based on the grand entertainment strategy we discussed earlier, I’m interested in getting involved in film and television production, so could you perhaps continue to stay in the entertainment industry for now?” — Gao Yuanyuan
"Sisi wants to continue acting in movies and TV series, and she's worried about not having anyone to look after her. Could you help her out again, little brother? She doesn't need to act alongside you, just keep an eye on her." — Sister Xiaoli

“I don’t really care about that, but… if possible, please leave me some more time, so that my parents won’t have anything to say when I go home.” — Lee Yoon-hyung
"You said you'd invest in entertainment, so I did; you said you'd bring the big-budget film studio model over, so I did; we've only done half the work, and you think you can just run away? No way!" — Angela
Well, they were basically all against it. Even Li Yunxin, who always considered his feelings, had such an ambiguous attitude. What could he say?

"Let's get this straight first, since this is my studio, everything has to be done my way." After flipping through the contract, Xu Jiuyang said this to Fan Bingbing, glancing at Mo... and Wang Mengmeng beside her.

"Of course, I'm just investing some money," Fan Bingbing said with a smile.

Xu Jiuyang paused for a moment: "Even if you're all together, it won't work."

Since Fan Bingbing had already invested money, everyone else naturally followed suit, even Yang Mi got involved.

"I know, I know." Fan Bingbing's smile widened.

“I’m going to see Kang Honglei later, do you want to come too, Fan?” Xu Jiuyang asked again.

"Does Xu think this TV series will be a huge hit?" Fan Bingbing asked curiously.

“I’m not sure, but the story is very good,” Xu Jiuyang said, keeping his mouth shut. “Moreover, Director Kang has several works with good ratings and reviews. Plus… I’ve told you before, to fulfill my dad’s regret that he couldn’t let me join the army, I’m going to invest in and act in this TV series.”

“Okay, since Xu has said so, I naturally have no problem with it.” Fan Bingbing shrugged. “However, I won’t go with you. After all, this is your first investment project since you set up your studio.”

"It sounds to me like Fan is waiting to see me make a fool of myself," Xu Jiuyang said, deliberately narrowing his eyes.

However, the other party did not deny it at all: "What, can't I watch you make a fool of yourself, Xu?"

“No problem, but…” Xu Jiuyang was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"But be careful of getting slapped in the face, right? It's okay, if that happens, I'll let you slap me all you want!" Fan Bingbing was so heroic that she seemed to be possessed by a masochist.

(End of this chapter)