Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, the Diary of a 95 Flower

Chapter 209 Employees Silence Boss, Rebellion Against Heaven
Liu Haochun returned to the dance studio and saw a message from Tian Xiwei.

I want to offer comfort, but I don't know how.

What I care about more is the first message Tian Xiwei sent.

I went to the film set to find Jiang Yang.

On the set of "A Little Reunion", you can see well-known actors such as Huang Lei and Hai Qing, as well as directors like Sun Jun and producers like Xu Xiaoou.

I really want to go.

Even knowing that I don't even have the right to talk to these people, I still want to go and see for myself.

Yang Chaoyue and Tian Xiwei are both artists under Jiangyang Company. Yang Chaoyue even played a supporting role in the drama "A Little Reunion".

What reason could I possibly have to go?
Liu Haochun intentionally tilted his phone screen towards Yang Chaoyue.

Yang Chaoyue had just taken off his coat when he asked, "Xiwei replied to you?"

"Mmm," Liu Haochun responded softly.

"Xiwei went to find Jiang Yang?" Yang Chaoyue paused slightly as he took off his coat.

It's clear from Tian Xiwei's words that she's not in a good mood.

She took out her phone and called Tian Xiwei, who answered instantly.

We chatted for a few minutes and then hung up.

Yang Chaoyue put on his coat and walked towards the dance studio door: "Xiwei doesn't have the crew's pass, so she can't use the hotel's spare car. I'll pick Xiwei up and go to Yang Ge's place to see how Yang Ge's grades are going."

"OK, all right."

Liu Haochun responded, smiled, waved to Yang Chaoyue, and didn't follow.

Watching Yang Chaoyue push open the door and leave.

The dance studio fell silent again, leaving Liu Haochun alone.

Her smile faded, and she went to the barre, put her hands on her hips, and stretched her legs.

To practice for the re-examination in a few days.

A dozen minutes later, the door to the dance studio opened, and Yang Chaoyue, having changed his clothes, stood at the door: "Haochun, want to come along?"

Liu Haochun looked up and met Yang Chaoyue's smiling gaze.

Understanding Yang Chaoyue's meaning, she asked incredulously, "Where are you going?"

"Yang Ge's film crew, over at the Pan-Ocean International Community."

"Can I go too?"

Liu Haochun's eyes flickered.

"Why not? I'll take you into the crew, and nobody can stop you."

"Okay...okay! I'll go change my clothes."

Liu Haochun's throat bobbed, but he didn't say anything more.

At first, she walked briskly, but when she passed Yang Chaoyue, her pace immediately quickened, and she almost jogged into the elevator.

Yang Chaoyue took out his phone and opened his chat history with Jiang Yang.

While she was changing clothes, Jiang Yang replied to her message: ["Xiwei probably didn't pass the preliminary exam for the Beijing Dance Academy. She's quite sentimental. Comfort her and bring Liu Haochun to the set while you're at it."]
Yang Chaoyue typed back: ["It's all taken care of, Yang-ge. How did your preliminary exam results at the Beijing Dance Academy go?"]
Jiang Yang sent a message: ["I don't have time to look, come over quickly."]
"Don't you miss me?" Yang Chaoyue smiled.

[“I really want to. Huang Lei caught me. This place isn’t far from his house. After filming my scene with him today, he insisted on cooking me a meal. You need to come over right away; I can’t suffer alone.”]
Yang Chaoyue's smile froze.

Suddenly I didn't feel like going to the film set as much, nor did I miss Yang Ge as much.

Tian Xiwei rode for a few stops, exited from the Shangezhuang station, and waited on the street for Yang Chaoyue to pick her up.

On ordinary days, she could joke around with Jiang Yang.

When she was in a bad mood, she would talk back to Jiang Yang.

They treated Yang Chaoyue with a different attitude.

Yang Chaoyue took good care of her and taught her everything without reservation. You have to listen to Yang Chaoyue.

My emotions have actually calmed down.

She felt a little jealous of Liu Haochun, but quickly calmed down.

Accept the reality that your talent is not as good as the other person's.

I also understand that what Jiang Yang said the day before yesterday—that his hard work and diligence were a kind of talent—was just him comforting himself.

Because I understand that people with great dance talent, like Liu Haochun, are never lacking in hard work.

Yang Chaoyue is the same.

Even Zhao Jinmai, who recently returned from the film set, has been practicing splits while eating Mimi shrimp chips.

Fortunately, while his dance talent was inferior to Liu Haochun's, it was far superior to Yang Chaoyue's.

of course.

They can't be compared to that freak Jiang Yang.

Suddenly I realized that life's journey is like this: spending a lot of time feeling lost, and growing up in just a few moments.

The phone vibrates.

Received the news.

It wasn't a private chat, but rather in a newly created QQ group.

The group name is: [Beautiful Girl Battle 4].

The group created by Yang Chaoyue.

Besides Tian Xiwei, the remaining people include Liu Haochun and Jiang Yang.
Yang Chaoyue tagged Tian Xiwei in the group chat: [“Almost there, Xiwei, haven’t you had breakfast yet? I bought you two roujiamo (Chinese hamburgers).”]
Tian Xiwei typed a reply: ["It's 5 yuan for two, but you insisted on giving the owner the 6 yuan roujiamo?"]
"You're making fun of me too!" Yang Chaoyue sent a message.

In the group chat of four people, only Tian Xiwei and Yang Chaoyue were chatting idly.

Liu Haochun did not send a message.

Jiang Yang didn't make a sound either.

After chatting for a while, Tian Xiwei realized she was getting hungry and craned her neck to look towards the driveway.

I didn't see the East Hotel's spare car.

look around.

Not far away, a sanitation worker in an orange uniform was eating a pancake next to a trash can; the plastic bag had the Jingkelong logo printed on it.

Security personnel wearing red armbands were shouting at passengers on the platform behind them, forbidding them from bringing milk tea into the station!

There are Lianjia Real Estate advertisements in the exit passage.

Luxury homes near the south gate of Chaoyang Park start at 60,000 yuan per square meter.

Seeing the price again, Tian Xiwei still felt it was expensive.

Housing prices are unlikely to rise any further.

Otherwise, ordinary people like myself will never be able to afford a house in the future.

A short while later, the Panamera drove up. Having ridden in it many times, Tian Xiwei was somewhat familiar with the car.

After the car came to a complete stop, I habitually reached out and opened the passenger door.

Upon opening the door, they found Liu Haochun sitting in the passenger seat: "Xiwei."

Yang Chaoyue called from the back row, "Xiwei, come to the back row."

"oh oh."

Tian Xiwei then realized that the driver was a driver from the East Coast Hotel wearing a mask and a business suit, not Jiang Yang.

Therefore, there is no point in sitting in the front row.

I went to the back row and took the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).

After chatting for a while, Yang Chaoyue discovered that Tian Xiwei was not as vulnerable to setbacks as he had imagined, and had already recovered, which put his mind at ease.

The car drove towards the Pan-Ocean International Community.

Liu Haochun didn't say much, silently looking at the [Beautiful Girl Battle 4] group that Yang Chaoyue had just created on his phone screen.

The other three people in the group all work for Jiangyang Company.

I am currently an unstaff member.

I'm a little hesitant to speak in the group chat.

Zhao Jinmai and Jiang Yang Chaoyue also have a group chat. Zhao Jinmai and herself are not from Jiang Yang's company.

The situations are different.

Because Zhao Jinmai is a senior in the entertainment industry, she debuted very early, and her status is appropriate.

And his current identity is merely that of an ordinary student at the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy.

A message suddenly popped up in the group chat.

It was posted by Jiang Yang: [“Who created this group?”]
Yang Chaoyue typed: [“I built it, so what?”]
Jiang Yang sent a message: ["Did you learn your name from Zhao Jinmai? What a terrible name! Give me admin privileges and change the group name. I'm a straight guy, and it's weird for me to be in a Sailor Moon group."]
Permission granted.

Jiang Yang changed the group name to [Baby Ba Si].

He messaged: "[How's this name? @everyone.]"
Liu Haochun replied instantly: "[It's fine.]"
Yang Chaoyue: [“Naive.”]
Tian Xiwei: [“Happy.”]
Jiang Yang was about to type when he suddenly noticed that Yang Chaoyue had revoked his group admin privileges, changed the group name back to [Beautiful Girl Battle 4], and banned him from speaking for an hour. An employee banning his own boss?

This is utterly outrageous!

Jiang Yang put his phone in his pocket, too lazy to look at it, afraid it would affect his mood for filming later.

Looking up, Huang Lei was touching up her makeup by the lake in the Pan-Ocean International Community.

The sight of ducks swimming on the lake was arranged by the film crew; they were attracted to the ducks by being fed, and the ducks were filmed on camera.

There are artificial reed beds by the lake with green fake leaves tied to them.

The property's security personnel sat in their patrol car, keeping a close eye on the film crew.

In the corridor, there was a black Audi A6 with a Beijing license plate, which was Huang Lei's car in the drama.

A fence has been erected around the area to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering the scene.

"Jiang Yang, Huang Lei's side is almost ready, get into the zone," Wang Jun called out from in front of the monitor.

Then came Huang Lei's voice: "Jiang Yang is in the zone? He can be in the zone anytime. He just yelled at me and stared at me like that. I was afraid he would push me into the river at any moment. I would really catch a cold if I did."

The words fell.

The crew members on set all laughed.

Huang Lei is always like this; he's very good at livening up the atmosphere.

After each shoot, they would go to his van and have his assistant get some food to share with everyone.

I can chat with anyone for a while.

Instruct the camera operator on how to set up a telescopic cannon for panoramic shooting, teach the props team how to rent props most cost-effectively, and teach the stage manager how to memorize the actors' lip movements and lines.

He spoke very logically and persuasively.

Each staff member being instructed responded with a sincere attitude, nodding vaguely in response.

Didn't talk much.

Because we couldn't discuss it in detail.

After getting to know him better, I realized that Huang Lei seemed to be good at everything, but in reality, he was bad at everything.

She has no airs of a celebrity, doesn't act like a big shot, and casually sits down to chat with the extras.

Occasionally, I would share some interesting stories about teaching at the Beijing Film Academy, talking about which students I taught and what achievements they made. I would also mention which students were initially quite dim-witted, but later, with my guidance, they finally got the hang of things.

Everyone was happy to listen.

When Jiang Yang calmed down and came to the lakeside again, the entire film set quieted down.

Because filming is about to resume, we need to hurry up, not disturb the actors, and go home for the Chinese New Year after filming is finished.

Most of the scenes had already been filmed; this part of the story was added by the production team on short notice.

The scene being filmed is of Jiang Yang and Huang Lei having a heart-to-heart talk by the lake.

It might not make it into the final cut, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

If some plot points are unusable during the review process, this section can be replaced.

The director of photography knelt on one knee on the wet grass, adjusting the monitor with the camera pointed at Jiang Yang.

The props team continued to feed the ducks in the lake, attracting them to the camera.

Huang Lei, dressed in his costume from the play, strode over.

It's winter now, but we're filming scenes set in summer. I'm wearing a short-sleeved shirt, rubbing my hands together; it's so cold.

The two exchanged a glance but remained silent.

Having filmed so many scenes together, we've developed a tacit understanding and can complement each other's acting, whether it's actions or eye contact.

The script supervisor places the clapperboard within the camera's focus range, ensuring the text is clearly visible, and reads it aloud in a clear, fast-paced manner:
"Scene 38, Shot 3, Take 2! Action!"

The mallet struck rapidly, producing a crisp click.

The long take was filmed again.

Jiang Yang and Huang Lei's expressions immediately changed.

The two instantly got into character.

I strolled leisurely along the lake.

Huang Lei chattered on and on to Jiang Yang, who lowered his head slightly, his eyes unfocused. When Huang Lei uttered a certain line, he slowed his pace.

The voice has a hoarse quality typical of puberty:
"You all think I'm a bad kid, right? Transferring schools, fighting, bad grades... whatever I do is wrong!"

As he spoke, he kicked a pebble into the lake.

After he finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Huang Lei's reaction.

Huang Lei suddenly laughed out loud, softening the lecturing tone with a relaxed Beijing accent: "When I was your age, I poured chalk dust into my homeroom teacher's water cup, and he chased me up three flights of stairs."

"You were even more rebellious than me back then?" Jiang Yang's throat bobbed.

Huang Lei raised his hand and hooked his arm around Jiang Yang's neck: "Rebellion is not a crime, but don't let it take the blame for you. It's like blaming your phone for lagging when you lose a game, but who's really bad at it?"

Jiang Yang was slightly taken aback, but remained silent.

The two continued walking slowly.

The photographer deliberately distorted the reflections of the two people in the ripples, metaphorically representing the process of repairing their relationship.

The entire long take lasted several minutes to film, and if a single line was wrong, it had to be reshot.

There were no retakes this time.

The residents who had been watching the filming outside the set gradually quieted down.

They were drawn into the characters played by Jiang Yang and Huang Lei.

Parents, especially those with rebellious teenagers, might find themselves reflected in this fictional storyline.

"Okay! Click!"

Wang Jun shouted, "Perfect! No need to reshoot this scene. Teacher Huang, Jiang Yang, your scenes for this morning are finished. You'll have to work hard tonight."

I'm tidying up my things on the bench in the rest area.

Huang Lei immediately stepped into the camera, shivering from the cold. He only felt a little better after putting on a cotton-padded coat.

He brought up the recent art exams: "Jiang Yang, Mai Mai told me you went to the Beijing Dance Academy for your art exams a few days ago? Didn't we agree that you would be my student?"

"Just let the artists I signed take the test casually. Anyway, they applied in the first place, so they might not pass."

"Yang Chaoyue went to audition for the Beijing Dance Academy?"

“It’s not Yang Chaoyue, it’s another artist, Tian Xiwei, from my hometown, she went to the same high school as me, she’s the girl who came to visit the set when we were filming night scenes last time.”

"Oh, Oda."

Huang Lei remembered.

That girl clearly had feelings for Jiang Yang.

Huang Lei wasn't interested in talking about young people's love and romance. Instead, he brought up Jiang Yang's attempt to take the entrance exam for the Beijing Dance Academy. Knowing that Jiang Yang wouldn't pass the preliminary exam, he felt relieved: "That's true. You've been busy practicing your acting skills, so you don't have time to practice dancing."

As filming for this drama nears completion, I'm always amazed by Jiang Yang's acting skills every time I act opposite him.

He doesn't look like a newly adult actor, but rather like a veteran actor.

I even feel that Jiang Yang's acting skills have improved since the beginning of filming.

With acting skills like that, her future is definitely bright.

It's clear that Jiang Yang is ambitious and wants to start a company; he's signing more and more people.

By taking Jiang Yang as his student, he would likely not need Jiang Yang's help in the future as Jiang Yang's career developed. However, his daughter, Duo Duo, would be a different story.

The appropriate role to play depends on one's age.

Given Jiang Yang's age, his target audience will definitely be young people.

Just like when I was young.

Now that I'm older, I mostly play roles in family dramas that older people watch, so these kinds of resources won't be of much help to my daughter.

Keep an eye on Jiangyang first.

Kind-hearted, never looking down on people from the lower classes, unpretentious, and able to take a joke—these are qualities my daughter should learn from.

Even Zhao Jinmai, after getting to know Jiang Yang better, has clearly become more attentive to her studies.

Jiang Yang was brought into the circle by me, so I'll use this connection when it's useful.

She was very afraid that her daughter, Duoduo, would be influenced by bad people, so she arranged for Duoduo to get to know Jiang Yang. If they could get along well, that would be best, at least Duoduo wouldn't have the energy to associate with those shady characters.

When Jiang Yang was packing his things, he took the script book from the table, which contained the exam admission ticket.

Jiang Yang was about to take the admission ticket away when Huang Lei stopped him: "The preliminary test scores for Beijing Dance Academy are out today. Let me check how your score is."

"No, Teacher Huang, my grades must be bad, it'll be embarrassing."

"Hey, what's there to be afraid of losing face in front of me? My daughter, Duoduo, can dance. If you want to learn, come to my house for dinner later. You can chat with Duoduo. I've talked to Duoduo about you. She said you have good acting skills and are good-looking, just like me when I was young."

(End of this chapter)