HuaYu: The most muscular director in history!

11 month 14 day.

Sony China BJ Office.

In the cramped audition room, the bearded director took a sip of tea and looked solemnly at the woman opposite him.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Yiyan, you don't meet our standards. It's not because of you personally, but because we only need three female leads, and the first three are already quite suitable."

"Three?"

Perhaps because the director seemed easy to talk to, Jiang Papa frowned:

"Besides me, Zhou Yang, and Liu Jing, who else is coming for the interview?"

The director didn't say anything, but gently picked up the green tea on the table and put it down in a different place.

"..."

Jiang Papa's eyes flickered for a moment, his chest heaved a few times, and then he turned and left.

"Click—"

The door opened, and a group of classmates immediately surrounded them.

"How's it going? Crawling!"

Jiang Yiyan's eyes reddened slightly. She shook her head and looked up at the mountains beside her.

"Feel sorry."

Xiang Nan looked ashamed and clasped his hands together, apologizing repeatedly.

"I should have fought for the rights to film the music video back then, otherwise this embarrassing situation wouldn't have happened."

"I……"

Before Jiang Papa could speak, Zhu Yawen rolled his eyes and suddenly interrupted.

"Xiang Nan, it's not your fault. The audition list clearly states that you are only a screenwriter. We are very grateful for the opportunity you gave us to audition."

"Yes," Luo Jin chimed in, offering his advice.

"Lu Fangsheng wasn't selected either. It wasn't that he wasn't good enough, but the director said he looked too old."

"Haha, does that make you look old?" Zhou Yang laughed heartily, but Jiang Papa remained sullen.

"Cough cough..."

At that moment, the door opened, and the director came out, holding a list in his hand.

"Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin, Zhou Yang, Xiang Nan, Liu Jing... Liu Yifei, come with me."

A group of students responded, turned around and comforted PaPa for a couple of minutes, before following the director's footsteps.

"Liu Yifei..."

Behind them, Jiang Papa stared wide-eyed, his fists clenched so tightly his knuckles turned white.

That woman, even though she didn't come, she was still chosen?

On what grounds?

On the other side, the group followed the director to a quiet room.

Chen Yaochuan was already waiting there, holding a stack of papers, handing them to whoever he pointed to.

This stack of papers contains both contracts and scripts.

"There are four music videos in total, and we expect to finish filming in fifteen days. The time is very tight, so I hope everyone will do their best."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

How can I not work hard? Two thousand five days' pay is ten thousand in four or five days!

Zhu Yawen couldn't help but smile.

I can finally buy that laptop I've been eyeing!

After signing the agreement, Chen Yaochuan and Xiang Nan exchanged a glance, communicated silently for a while, and then left the room.

At this point, the director clapped his hands, gathered everyone together, and began reading the script together.

"Where's Yifei?"

Xiang Nan pouted.

"She'll be here tomorrow, and the 'Happy Worship' music video can be filmed in just one day."

The script reading session officially began.

In the small, quiet room, five people squeezed onto a sofa, occasionally exchanging quiet conversations as they flipped through papers.

"Did you write this?"

Zhu Yawen's eyes were full of suspicion.

We were all freshmen who entered the school in the same batch, so why are you so outstanding?

Not only is he tall, but he also excels in his side hustles.

Releasing a song and it soaring to the top of the new song chart is one thing, but you're also a screenwriter?

"Isn't this simple? It's just a fairy tale, what's the big deal!"

Zhu Yawen rolled his eyes: "Did you kill someone off in your fairy tale storybook?"

"Alright, alright, let's get back to the reading," the director interrupted them.

He's a pragmatic person; wouldn't it be better to finish filming sooner and get paid sooner?

"The music video for 'Fairy Tale' focuses on unrequited love, and the main filming location is the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences."

"Pfft..." Zhu Yawen chuckled, but shut his mouth again after being glared at by the director.

What kind of love song MV would choose a hospital as a filming location?!

He glanced at Luo Jin and Liu Jing beside him. These two were the male and female leads of "Fairy Tale," but they were much more professional than him and had no objections.

"《Just Love You》 takes an urban romantic approach and was filmed in Houhai Bar Street; 《Lies》 is a love story and was filmed at Weiming Lake in Peking University."

As he spoke, he glanced up at Xiang Nan: "You're a screenwriter, an actor, and a singer. Every music video requires you to lip-sync."

Xiang Nan nodded; he and Brother Chen had checked these details many times.

Both "Just Love You" and "Happy Worship" were filmed in bars.

Xiang Nan's idea was: Yi Fei only has three days off, two days to record songs, and one day to finish two music videos at the bar.

His album has six music videos: four were filmed in Beijing, one was filmed at the Million Sunflower Garden in Guangzhou while Yi Fei was on a long leave, and one was filmed at Xiao Ri Zi.

At this moment, Zhu Yawen nudged Luo Jin with his elbow and lowered his voice, saying, "Hey, do you think Liu Yifei and Xiang Nan have that kind of relationship? They both disappeared at the beginning of the semester, and when we saw them again, it was on the set of a music video. Xiang Nan even specially reserved an acting spot for Yifei."

Before Luo Jin could even speak, Zhou Yang scoffed, "Oh dear, someone started giving scores to the girls in their class right after the start of the semester, and even gave Fei a perfect score. I wonder what Xiang Nan will think when he hears that?"

Zhu Yawen's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly clasped his hands together and begged her for forgiveness.

Please stop talking. Don't you know Xiang Nan is all muscle? Do you want me dead?

Liu Jing gave him a light kick: "Say less."

Xiang Nan heard it, but didn't say anything.

It's still early. Try talking nonsense again in two years.

I'll make sure you roll your hands into a ball!

"Alright, that's all for the reading session. Come back tomorrow for the shoot. The shooting schedule will be sent to your phones tonight."

"Okay, Director Hu."

The group began to disperse.

Even though a music video can only be considered a small-scale production, who would complain about the cost?

Even freshmen at Beijing Film Academy can easily shoot a music video.

Sony's is like a small theater, and there's also a small theater far away in the Condor Heroes Film City...

"What are you going to do with this?"

In the mother and daughter's room, some scraps of paper were scattered on the floor, and three suitcases were neatly arranged next to the TV cabinet.

Today is the day the crew of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" changed filming locations.

Taking leave is difficult enough, but Liu Xiaoli also discovered that this girl had secretly taken out her secret stash of money?

What are they doing? Eloping?

"What elopement? Mom, don't talk nonsense."

"Then what are you going to do with all that money? What are you going to do with so much money at such a young age?"

Inside the room, Liu's mother and Yifei stood facing each other. She shook her daughter's little savings account in one hand, her tone somewhat serious.

This was no small matter. She was terrified that her daughter might go astray, develop a gambling addiction, or be scammed into investing or pyramid schemes...

Even lending it to Xiang Nan would be fine!

"I'll lend it to Xiang Nan!"

"Oh, is that so?"

"wrong!"

Liu's mother closed her eyes, raised her hand and pinched the space between her eyebrows. She felt that her blood pressure must be very high right now.

Even after fifteen years of raising them, they still can't be tamed. When will they...?

She paused, then glared at her precious daughter again.

Why are you lending him money? What does he need the money for? Why are you lending it to him?

The three questions left Yifei completely bewildered. She rolled her eyes, then crossed her arms, turned her head away, and mumbled something under her breath.

"Hmph, whatever, don't worry about it..."

"you!!!"

Liu's mother raised her hand, and Yifei suddenly shrank back.

Looking at her daughter's pitiful appearance, she couldn't bear it anymore, sighed softly, and put the savings book on the bed.

"Before you turn 18, you'd better give up on those ideas and forget about them!"

"Mom, what... what do you mean?"