Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 38 Is she sick?
Can Guan Yue and Yin Xu go together?"

Dong Xuan's request was not excessive, so Wu Chen agreed immediately.

The other party also suggested that Wu Chen bring the three funny guys in the dormitory with him.

He stepped into the dormitory, and the winter sun shone through the window and sprinkled on the mottled wooden table, like the yellowed halo of an old film.

Wu Chen put down his flip phone, grinned, and looked at Park Songri and the other two with a wicked smile:
"I'll give you a chance today. Please treat me to a meal!"

"Why?" As soon as Wu Chen finished speaking, the three of them shouted in unison, their eyes as loud as copper bells.

"Brother Chen, don't threaten us brothers with the embarrassing incident at noon. We won't fall for it. He is also from the Central Academy of Drama anyway." Xiang Zhuo puffed out his chest and raised his head, looking very tough and proud.

"Oh?" Wu Chen chuckled, picked up the broken plastic comb on the table, and pretended to comb his hair in front of the mirror.

"Is that so? Fine. It's a rare occasion that I made an appointment with Senior Sister Dong Xuan to have dinner together in her dorm room. Since you guys aren't interested, I'll have to go alone. Hey."

"What on earth do you mean? Do you know how to speak? Just because this is our Brother Chen." Xiang Zhuo's face changed in an instant, pointing at Chu Tianshu and Pu Songri's noses and scolding, "Do you understand the rules?"

Before the two of them could come to their senses, he had already approached Wu Chen in a fawning manner, nodding and bowing: "Brother Chen, am I right? Do you have anything else to add?"

"Ahem, no!" Wu Chen nodded with a suppressed smile, "Not bad, you're showing a desire to improve, which is very comforting to me."

"That's right, I'll pay for the meal. It's not for anything else, but mainly because it's been so long since I treated you to a meal, so I have to spend some money today no matter what."

"Fuck, Xiang Zhuo, are you still human?" Chu Tianshu and Pu Songri reacted angrily, each holding one of his arms and shouting in unison: "Brother Chen, we're paying and working hard!"

"Fake ministers, you two fake ministers, what do you want to do?" Xiang Zhuo's hands and feet were flailing around like a duck being carried. "Brother Chen, don't believe their nonsense!"

Wu Chen didn't bother to pay attention to Xiang Zhuo and asked curiously, "I understand paying, but what does contributing effort mean?"

"Hehe, that's what I mean!" Chu Tianshu and Park Songri looked at each other, a wicked smile flashed across their faces, and they threw Xiang Zhuo directly onto the bed, then pounced on him.

Xiang Zhuo was pressed on the bed, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.

Wu Chen covered his face, unable to bear to look.

Winter nights come early, and by half past five it was already dark.

At the gate of Beijing Film Academy, the cold wind swirled dead leaves, and the dim light of the street lamps enveloped the rusty iron school gate, like the soft light shot in an old movie.

Wu Chen, wrapped in a woolen coat, stood in the wind with his three little babes, stamping his feet in cold.

Xiang Zhuo's nose was almost running, but he still insisted: "I'm telling you two, it's not that I lost, it's mainly because I gave Brother Chen face!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Chu Tianshu and Park Songri nodded with a smile.

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard at the school gate, and Dong Xuan and the other two walked over slowly.

Dong Xuan was wearing a beige coat, her long black hair was slightly curly, and a few strands of soft hair were scattered on her shoulders, which just set off the clarity and brightness of her almond-shaped eyes.

Guan Yue and Yin Xu followed beside them, one wrapped in a flowery cotton-padded jacket and the other in a pink down jacket, with faint smiles on their faces.

"Hey, good morning, senior sisters!" Wu Chen stepped forward and greeted them confidently.

"No, Junior Brother, it's popular to talk nonsense nowadays." Guan Yue looked up at the sky. Although the stars were not visible yet, it was definitely not early.

Everyone laughed, and Dong Xuan patted Guan Yue lightly: "Don't spoil the show!"

"It hasn't even started yet, and you're already defending him?" Guan Yue widened her eyes in disbelief.

"Yueyue!" Dong Xuan's face turned slightly red, with a hint of anger in her coquettish expression.

"Okay, okay, no more joking." Guan Yue knew that Dong Xuan would get angry if she continued talking, so she stopped immediately.

After this operation, Park Songri, Xiang Zhuo and the other two were extremely envious.

"By the way, Senior Sister Guan Yue, I didn't tell you in detail at noon due to an urgent matter. Do you mind?" Wu Chen deliberately said this.

If Dong Xuan and others were to bring it up, they would have to beat around the bush for a long time.

"Nothing!" Guan Yue waved her hand. Seeing Wu Chen bring it up, she didn't hesitate. She took two steps closer and asked curiously, "Junior brother, why did you invite those golden flowers from the Central Academy of Drama today? What's the matter? And what's the matter that they can't handle, so you need my Xuan'er to step in?"

As soon as these words came out, Dong Xuan and Yin Xu's beautiful eyes shot towards him. "Oh, it's all my fault. I didn't think that Senior Sister Dong Xuan was the most suitable one." Wu Chen shook his head and sighed.

"Damn, is Brother Chen the best actor?" Park Songri and the other two muttered in their hearts, not daring to blink, for fear of affecting Wu Chen's performance.

"Junior brother, don't blame yourself. Tell me what's going on first!" Guan Yue said without stopping, her curiosity completely bursting. "We are classmates, it's not a big deal. Xuan'er will definitely help you!"

Senior Sister Guan Yue, you are such a great assist.

Wu Chen wanted to give Guan Yue a thumbs up, but he continued, "It's like this, I have a film project on hand, and I went to great lengths to invite Zeng Lijie and others from the Central Academy of Drama.

But unfortunately, my small crew can’t afford Sister Yuan Quan, and Sister Zeng Li just doesn’t match the female lead.”

"Then there's Hu Jing." Guan Yue blurted out.

"Yes, Sister Hu Jing is willing to lower the price to help me!" Wu Chen took this opportunity to clearly pronounce the word "lower the price", "But we still need a female lead."

"Ha, two female protagonists." Guan Yue was stunned for a moment and looked at Dong Xuan.

It was obvious that Wu Chen was planning to invite Dong Xuan.

"Junior brother, you are just a freshman, how did this project come about?" Yin Xu interrupted, looking puzzled.

"The school thought the script was okay and probably thought I was a promising talent, so they cast me!"

Wu Chen said it lightly, but it immediately silenced Dong Xuan and the other two.

"Xuan'er, why don't you give it a try? Wu Chen is so pitiful," Guan Yue whispered in Dong Xuan's ear.

Yin Xu and Dong Xuan heard it clearly, and they looked at Guan Yue as if she were mentally retarded.

"How can Wu Chen be pitiful? He's already making a movie." Yin Xu was too tired to complain and mentally deducted 10 points from Guan Yue's IQ.

Dong Xuan's eyes showed strong interest. Even Zeng Li can't do it?

"Director Wu, did you bring the script?"

Wu Chen was startled by the call of "Director Wu". Seeing the teasing in Dong Xuan's eyes, he was not afraid: "I brought it. Can I read it while eating?"

In the private room of Movie Story Restaurant and Bar, the lights were soft and bright, illuminating Dong Xuan's fair face like jade, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, like the fluttering wings of a butterfly.

Everyone held their breath and waited quietly for Dong Xuan to finish reading the script.

"Wow, what a good role!" Dong Xuan exhaled lightly, with a glint in her eyes.

She wanted to challenge herself with this role, as both the character portrayal and the depth of the role were much better than the film she currently had.

Besides, this is a movie, and the only risk is that the director is a junior fellow freshman.

"Junior brother." Dong Xuan just opened her mouth, and suddenly remembered that Wu Chen had just mentioned that Hu Jing reduced her price to help with the performance.

After all, she was in the same school as Wu Chen, and was much closer to him than Hu Jing and the others.

"Junior brother, fifty thousand, I'll do it." Dong Xuan gritted her teeth. She couldn't lose face or lose the show. At least she couldn't be worse than the students from the Central Academy of Drama.

This price is very sincere. After "Snow Goddess Dragon", Dong Xuan's salary has increased by leaps and bounds.

However, the crew only has a budget of 400,000 yuan, so every penny must be used wisely, and there must be room for error. They cannot spend every penny to the fullest, otherwise they will not be able to cope with any emergencies.

This is also why some film projects go wildly over budget.

Wu Chen originally gave Dong Xuan a maximum budget of around 5. Now that Dong Xuan proposed it herself, the price was naturally negotiable, so he looked rather embarrassed.

Seeing this, Dong Xuan asked curiously, "Junior brother, how much salary did Hu Jing ask for?"

"Thirty thousand!"

As soon as Wu Chen finished speaking, Dong Xuan, Yin Xu, and Guan Yue all glared at him, cursing in their hearts:

"No, this Hu Jing is sick."

(End of this chapter)