msmithbooks Chapter 223 Investing
Chapter 223 Investing
When Xu Ling arrived at the set, Chu Yan happened to be filming, and the two of them didn't meet each other.
"Hi everyone, I'm Xu Ling."
Xu Ling greeted everyone, and then personally distributed the small gifts he specially prepared to each staff member one by one, and his sincere and polite attitude won the favor of most of the staff present.
"I'm just a newcomer, and there are many rules that I still don't understand. Please remind me when the time comes. For the next month, please give me your advice!"
After all, they had just received Xu Ling's gift, and seeing Xu Ling speak so solemnly, the staff were somewhat embarrassed.
"Brother Xu Ling, you don't need to be so polite. If you want to give advice or not, just say what you have to say!"
"Yes, if brother Xu Ling needs help, just tell me, and I will try my best to help!"
"Brother Xu Ling, don't be polite!"
These staff members have been in the entertainment industry for a long time. What kind of artist have you never seen?
Domineering, hypocritical, mild-mannered, and so on.But it was the first time they saw an artist like Xu Ling who greeted the staff with such a sincere attitude.
Thinking that Xu Ling once worked as an assistant for an artist, these staff members suddenly felt that they were getting closer to each other.
Chu Yan had just finished filming the morning scene, and walked to the lounge, and then saw Xu Ling surrounded by a dozen staff members, who seemed to have a good relationship.
He just glanced at it, then looked away.
As long as Xu Ling doesn't provoke him, he will follow the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less, and he will ignore the other party on principle.
Xu Ling had captured Chu Yan's figure from the very beginning, and now seeing Chu Yan ignoring him and leaving directly, a haze flashed across his eyes, and he immediately stretched out his hand and waved.
"Mr. Chu, wait a minute."
Chu Yanquan pretended not to hear it, and walked straight forward.
Xu Ling didn't intend to just let Chu Yan go, and immediately talked to the surrounding staff, then trotted up to Chu Yan with a small gift, and smiled: "Mr. Chu, this is a gift I prepared for you. one serving."
Chu Yan did not accept the gift, but looked up at Xu Ling deeply. Those clear and clean amber pupils were like a pair of searchlights, as if they could see through the other person's mind.
Xu Ling was inexplicably terrified by Chu Yan's gaze, and pursed his lips. Seeing that his gift had not been accepted, he immediately drooped the corners of his mouth, as if he had been wronged.
"Mr. Chu, I specially prepared this gift, even if you hate it..."
Xu Ling originally planned to take the opportunity to pretend to be pitiful and let the staff know, but he didn't expect that before he could finish his sentence, Chu Yan reached out to accept the gift.
Chu Yan glanced at the gift, then slightly curled his lips, and looked at Xu Ling with a gentle expression: "Thank you for the gift."
After that, he carried the gift and walked into his lounge before Xu Ling could react.
Yu Bing was sitting in the lounge at the moment chatting with a few staff members who had a good relationship with him. When he saw Chu Yan walking in, he quickly got up and poured a glass of warm water to him.
Chu Yan handed the gift to Yu Bing, and said in a low voice, "There are some desserts inside, you girls should share them."
"Eh? Brother Chu, did you buy this?" Yu Bing asked suspiciously.
"It was given by Xu Ling."
Chu Yan said softly, then sat down, took out his phone and looked at it.
Chu Yan is gentle and popular with the crew, but he doesn't spend his time trying to please the crew like Xu Ling.Therefore, in less than a week, the relationship between most of the crew and Xu Ling became extremely close.
"Brother Xu Ling, I really admire you. You can start from an assistant and become an artist," said a staff member named Xiaowen, "If only I could miss you like this."
Who in the entertainment industry does not have a little desire to stand under the spotlight and shine brightly?
Xu Ling glanced at the ordinary-looking Xiaowen, a look of contempt flashed in his eyes, but he said gently on his face: "Don't be discouraged, you will be able to do it someday."
"If you can, that's great."
"Oh, don't think about it too much. Can Brother Xu Ling compare with you? Brother Xu Ling has a good personality and looks handsome," another young man said, "Look at you again, you are a social animal."
"You can't say that, it's always good to have a goal." Xu Ling tried to persuade her.
"By the way, Brother Xu Ling," Xiaowen suddenly remembered something, and said, "Let me tell you quietly, I heard that there is an actor in our crew who was brought in by an investor."
In fact, it is not surprising in the current showbiz that actors join the crew through connections.
But the problem is that Director Xu doesn't like doing this kind of thing the least, and he tolerates it, so how big is this actor's backing?
"No way? Director Xu has such a violent temper, how can he bear it?"
"That actor is really good, it actually made Director Xu feel relieved."
"Who is that actor? I'm so curious."
Xu Ling's eyes flickered when he heard this. He naturally knew that he came in through connections, but he put on a puzzled look: "The investor pushed in? Who is it?"
"You said..." Xiaowen suddenly came over and said in a very low voice, "Could it be Brother Chu?"
After all, Chu Yan is Xiao Suian's husband, so as long as he is willing, it must be easy for him to join the group under the name of the Xiao family.
"Probably not," another staff member didn't think much of it, "Brother Chu's acting skills are so good, you've seen it too, basically every time Brother Chu is filming, Director Xu can't stop boasting."
"Maybe Director Xu said something against his will because he was afraid of offending the Xiao family?" Xiaowen had a bad impression of Chu Yan since the last time he was in the studio, so he felt that Chu Yan was the investor. come entertainer.
The other staff members shook their heads without expressing any opinion.
Seeing that no one spoke, Xiaowen looked at Xu Ling and asked, "Anyway, I think it's probably Brother Chu, Brother Xu Ling, what do you think?"
Xu Ling pretended to be embarrassed and said: "It's not convenient for me to say this. Although Brother Chu has a bad temper, he shouldn't do such a thing, right?"
Although Xu Ling didn't admit it directly, the surrounding staff gradually became suspicious of Chu Yan after seeing his hesitant attitude.
Slowly, the crew began to spread the rumor that "Chu Yan is a related household stuffed in by investors", and it intensified, and it seemed to be true.
It was like seeing the investor put Chu Yan in the crew with his own eyes.
"It pissed me off!"
Yu Bing walked into Chu Yan's lounge angrily, and put his water glass heavily on the table.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yan asked without looking up at the phone.
"Brother Chu, do you know what I heard when I went to turn on the water just now?!" Yu Bing gritted her teeth and said angrily, "I heard some staff actually say that you came in through connections. Relying on the Xiao family, you are not qualified to play the role of Jiang Ye at all!"
"Whether I am qualified to play the role of Jiang Ye is not up to them to decide. Why are you so angry?" Chu Yan probably knew about these rumors, but he didn't take them to heart.
This kind of rumor was nothing more than deliberately released by someone with a heart, and there was no substantive evidence, so why should he bother.
But Yu Bing didn't think so, her face was flushed with anger: "Of course I'm angry! Obviously this is all nonsense!" She gritted her teeth and said, "They don't know anything, so why are they talking nonsense!"
Yu Bing personally accompanied Chu Yan to the audition, and naturally knew that Chu Yan got the role by relying on her own ability, so she was even more worthless for Chu Yan.
Chu Yan looked at the little girl beside her whose face was flushed, and felt warm in his heart, and smiled faintly: "Okay, don't be angry."
"And those people talking about you, I remember that they are very close to Xu Ling," Yu Bing said, "I suspect that these rumors are spread by Xu Ling!"
Except for Xu Ling, there is really no one who can do this kind of thing.
Chu Yan can naturally guess it, but he is much calmer than Yu Bing as the client: "Okay, I understand, don't take this matter to heart, I will deal with it."
"Brother Chu, what are you going to do?" Yu Bing only thought that Chu Yan was perfunctory.
Chu Yan didn't change his face, and his tone was flat: "Since they keep saying that I was brought in by investors, of course I can't let them down."
Yu Bing was taken aback for a moment, but didn't understand for a while: "Brother Chu, what do you mean?"
"It's nothing interesting," Chu Yan smiled slightly, his eyes showing some cold light, "I just want Suian to throw some money into the production crew casually."
Yu Bing understood now, his pupils widened instantly: "What? Brother Chu, are you serious?!"
"Of course it's serious, otherwise what do you think?"
Chu Yan directly called Xiao Suian, and smiled at Yu Bing with his head tilted.
Chu Yan wanted Xiao Suian to invest in the film "Silence" before.
Based on his vision for many years, he can be sure that this movie will definitely be a hit, so investing some money in the crew at this time will be beneficial and harmless.
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The whole crew lived in a hotel near the filming location. Although this hotel is not a four-star or five-star hotel, the living environment and facilities are not bad, which made the cast and crew quite satisfied.
"Brother Chu, do you sleep comfortably in that room?"
The person in charge of the life of the crew saw Chu Yan sitting in the restaurant of the hotel having dinner, so he hurried over and smiled ingratiatingly.
Last week, Anxin's subsidiary suddenly invested 500 million yuan in the crew, becoming the largest investor in the crew of "Silence".
An Xin's president is Xiao Suian, and Chu Yan is Xiao Suian's legal partner.It is self-evident what the purpose of An Xin's sudden investment at this time is.
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