Chapter 488: Keep Me
Seeing Jiang Yuxiang's half-smile, Lin Yuzhen retorted: "Don't talk nonsense. Who has someone in their heart? It's totally false!"
Seeing Lin Yuzhen's rebuttal, Jiang Yuxiang became even more excited. The gossip fire in her eyes burned fiercely. She urged, "Oh, it seems that I have hit the nail on the head. Tell me quickly, who is he? Which talented person is it that makes Miss Lin, who even Xue Shan despises, fall in love with him?"
"Go away, no, I'm not telling you. Humph, I won't talk to you anymore."
Lin Yuzhen was a little flustered by the question. The people and things that she had wanted to forget came to her mind again at this moment.
In her mind, the figure who sat in front of the computer desk and quickly tapped the keyboard after school every day seemed to appear before her again. She could never forget the confident eyes and the flying eyebrows.
Every time I see him, I always get angry for no reason.
But when I can't see him, I can't help but think about him.
Lin Yuzhen, who had never tried to like someone, didn't know what was wrong with her. She had been advised countless times that she and Lu Yiming were not from the same world and she shouldn't have such delusions.
But thoughts and ideas are the most uncontrollable things in this world. They always echo in your mind when you least want to remember them.
The two returned to the dormitory. Lin Yuzhen was packing her bedding and preparing to eat when the small spirit tube she placed on the table rang.
"Yuxiang, please answer the phone for me. Maybe it's my mom calling."
"knew."
Jiang Yuxiang, who was standing next to him, picked up the receiver and said in a soft voice, "Hello."
Hearing that the voice on the phone was not Lin Yuzhen's, Lu Yiming said, "Hello, classmate. Is this Lin Yuzhen's dormitory? I am her high school classmate Lu Yiming."
Hearing that he was here to see Lin Yuzhen, Jiang Yuxiang couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lin Yuzhen, biting her lips lightly, holding back a smile, and said, "Ah, yes ."
"Is she in the dormitory now? If she is, please ask her to answer the phone, thank you. If she is not in the dormitory now, please tell her that I will call again at 9 o'clock in the evening."
Jiang Yuxiang said: "She is here, I will give her the phone now."
"OK, thanks."
She looked at Lin Yuzhen with a smile and said with a smirk, "Xiao Zhenzhen, the guy who's looking for you is a very nice guy. He said his name is Lu Yiming."
"Lu Yiming?"
After hearing Lu Yiming's name, Lin Yuzhen's eyes froze, and she was obviously quite surprised.
Jiang Yuxiang naturally noticed that Lin Yuzhen's eyes were not right, and the gossip fire burned again: "Oh my God, this person could be the prince charming that you have been thinking about all the time, right?"
"What do you mean Mr. Right? You better watch less indecent TV dramas!"
Lin Yuzhen grabbed the phone and pouted, "Why are you calling me?"
Across from him, Lu Yiming smiled after hearing Lin Yuzhen's familiar and pleasant voice: "Dear client, hello, I am Xiao Lu, the financial specialist of Future Fund, employee number 709394."
"Our company now has a brand new financial product with an amazing rate of return. Are you interested? If you place an order now, you will also be given a free opportunity to act in a TV series. Becoming a big star and reaching the pinnacle of life is just around the corner. Don't miss this opportunity if you pass by."
The first semester was almost over, and this was the first time Lu Yiming thought of calling her. Lin Yuzhen immediately felt unhappy.
Although she didn't leave any contact information at the time, girls don't need a reason to be angry.
In addition, she had just been teased by Jiang Yuxiang, which made Lin Yuzhen even more unhappy. But when she heard Lu Yiming talking to her seriously in a familiar tone, she couldn't help laughing and stopped being angry with him.
"Why are you suddenly committing fraud?"
Lu Yiming immediately retorted: "Hey, be careful with your words. What do you mean by fraud? This is a legitimate business. How are you doing in Beijing? Are you used to it? I heard that the climate in the north is dry . You should drink more hot water."
"What do you mean by drink more hot water? You are so insincere in caring about others!"
"Hehe, I am extremely smart and unrivaled in the world, so of course I am living well here!"
After a few words to each other, the two started chatting casually.
Naturally, it seemed as if she had returned to the past, when Lu Yiming was penniless and could only run to his homeroom teacher Zhu Hanwen's house after school every day to type on the keyboard. In Lin Yuzhen's eyes, he was just a problem student surrounded by scandals.
Every time the two met, they would bicker and joke with each other, and neither of them would give in.
But those times can never be returned.
Lin Yuzhen felt regretful. After learning about Shi Qingxue's existence, she had buried her feelings for Lu Yiming deep in her heart. She even did not leave Lu Yiming any contact information when she left No. 1 Middle School.
However, she didn't expect that the person she thought she would never have any contact with again in this life would call her now.
Lin Yuzhen was filled with mixed feelings and could only hide her true emotions. She pretended to be calm and asked, "Come on, why did you call me? You can't really be trying to defraud me, right? Let me make it clear first, you know, I'm not as rich as you."
"What you said is true. I am serious about financial management, okay? The Future Fund has really launched a new financial product, which is mainly used to invest in Xiaguo's top luxury housing market. The rate of return is quite good."
Then Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Of course, the TV series is real, and the pay is not low, 5,000 yuan per episode, and we plan to shoot 40 episodes, which means 200,000 yuan. We are all old acquaintances. You see, I have a way to make money, so I came to you immediately, didn't I?"
"Two hundred thousand!"
Lin Yuzhen, who was about to refuse, could not sit still when she heard the number. Now the houses in the fourth ring of Beijing are only 2,000 to 3,000 yuan per square meter. Even if you go outside the fifth ring to buy a cheaper two-bedroom apartment, you may be able to buy a car with the remaining money!
A pay of 5,000 yuan per episode is definitely considered a high salary in the current domestic TV drama circle.
Especially for newcomers like Lin Yuzhen, even if they are not paid, there are still many people willing to offer themselves to her just for a chance to play a role.
After all, beauties are not a scarce resource in the entertainment industry; money is.
"So, you agree?"
Hearing the ruffian tone in Lu Yiming's words, Lin Yuzhen really wanted to refuse and give Lu Yiming a hard blow.
But when I think about the 5,000 yuan pay for filming an episode of a TV series, I just can't say this.
Making money is not shameful!
"Um."
Lu Yiming laughed so hard on the other end of the phone that it shook the world. Then he said, "Okay, I'll call you when we're ready to shoot. Hang up, I'm busy here."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yuzhen heard a busy tone coming from the microphone.
"snort!"
Lin Yuzhen stamped her feet in anger.
This guy, will he die if he says a few more words?
“Bang!”
Lin Yuzhen put her phone down heavily and kicked the wall hard.
Suddenly a piece of white plaster fell off the roof and fell to the ground and turned into dust.
Jiang Yuxiang swallowed and looked stunned.
"Well, if you kick the wall down, you have to pay for it."
Lin Yuzhen said angrily: "It's not like I can't afford to pay!"
"He's really rich. A rich woman wants to be supported."
Jiang Yuxiang came over and hugged Lin Yuzhen, then said seriously: "Did that guy bully you?"
Lin Yuzhen curled her lips and said, "No."
Jiang Yuxiang asked curiously, "Then why are you angry? Hey, why did Lu Yiming call you? Is he confessing his love to you?"
Lin Yuzhen said: "He asked me to film a TV series."
"Filming a TV series? What kind of a development is this?"
Jiang Yuxiang was totally confused now.
"What? Filming a TV series? Who is your classmate? Does he have the final say on whether you can film a TV series?"
Then, the smile on Jiang Yuxiang's face froze.
She seemed to feel that the name Lu Yiming sounded a little familiar.
"Wait a minute, Lu Yiming..."
Jiang Yuxiang frantically flipped through a financial magazine, held it in her hand, pointed at the young and handsome face on the cover and asked Lin Yuzhen: "The Lu Yiming you are talking about, could it be this Lu Yiming?"
Seeing Lin Yuzhen nodded, Jiang Yuxiang became even more excited: "Oh my God, the richest man in Xia Country is actually your classmate? No wonder you look down on those rich boys in our school. Among the younger generation, is there anyone who can be compared with the richest man Lu?"
What Xue Shan and Xue Hai, what TV station director, they are nothing in front of the richest man!
"Yes, that's him."
Looking at Lu Yiming's cool and handsome look on the cover and thinking about how this guy just hung up on her, Lin Yuzhen suddenly felt furious again.
"Wow, it seems that Lu Yiming's family is very rich. He is the richest man in the mainland."
Jiang Yuxiang was extremely envious: "Even if their whole family doesn't work and just eats, drinks and has fun all day, they still have more money than they can spend. It's great. They probably buy two bowls of soy milk at a time, and drink one bowl and pour one bowl."
Hearing this, Lin Yuzhen couldn't help but recall every detail of her encounter with Lu Yiming, and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "As for him, I remember when I was in the third year of high school, he was still a poor student with less than three coins in his pocket. He ran to my uncle's house all day to eat and use the internet. He was shameless."
Jiang Yuxiang became even more curious: "Isn't he a rich second-generation? Where does his money come from?"
In Jiang Yuxiang's opinion, Lu Yiming's family background must have played an important role in his current success, just like Xue Shan's popularity in school was definitely due to his father, who was the director of a TV station.
Lin Yuzhen sighed and said, "His first pot of gold was from writing a software program for Microsoft and selling it for $300,000."
"Then, he used the $300,000 to start a business, which continued to grow and develop. After more than a year, it became what it is today."
Although Lin Yuzhen said she disliked him, Jiang Yuxiang was full of admiration after hearing this, with stars in her eyes: "Oh my God, a self-made billionaire at the age of 17? Do such people really exist in reality? Even novels wouldn't dare to write about them like this!"
On Friday afternoon, Lin Yuzhen came back from class and started packing her luggage.
Jiang Yuxiang asked, "Are you going to Zhonghai now?"
"yes."
She had communicated with Lu Yiming and read the script, and happened to go for an audition this weekend.
Jiang Yuxiang hugged Lin Yuzhen, rubbed against her body, and whimpered: "When you come back, you will be a rich woman. You must support me."
Lin Yuzhen laughed and scolded, "Go to hell, if this gets out people will think I have some special fetish, how will I find a boyfriend then?"
"No, no."
The two of them joked a little more, and Lin Yuzhen said, "Okay, I have to leave soon, so I have to pack my things first."
Jiang Yuxiang let go of her hand and helped Lin Yuzhen pack her things.
"Have you asked for a long vacation from school? Filming a TV series will take at least a few months, right?"
Lin Yuzhen shook her head and said, "No. And I don't know if the school will approve a long vacation just for something like this."
Communication University of China has a very strict academic style, and it is impossible for them to let students delay their studies just because they have to work part-time. Lin Yuzhen also did not think that the school would let her off the hook, so she did not test the school's bottom line.
Jiang Yuxiang asked with concern: "Then how do you take care of both ends?"
Lin Yuzhen said: "I sent the class schedule to Lu Yiming, and he said he would help me plan my time."
Jiang Yuxiang still felt it was inappropriate: "Let me give you an example. You have classes tomorrow morning and the day after tomorrow afternoon. You can't possibly go in the day in between, right? Even if you go on the weekend, it's two and a half days short. The main filming location is in Zhonghai, which is more than 1,200 kilometers away from Beijing. You can't go back and forth between the two places, right?"
"It's not that bad. Lu Yiming said it would only take two . He has a private plane and can pick you up."
Jiang Yuxiang opened her mouth wide, not knowing how to complain. She could understand special car pick-up, but special plane pick-up was too outrageous!
Suddenly, I felt a little uninterested and didn't even have the interest to ask further questions.
Other people's old classmates series.
Why do people say that if you compare people, you will die, and if you compare goods, you will throw them away? This is too infuriating.
Lin Yuzhen took a plane to Zhonghai.
Gu Zhiruo came to pick them up at the airport. When they saw each other, they hugged each other excitedly and jumped up and down. They hadn't seen each other since they went to college.
Although we often contact each other by phone, we never communicate face to face. Now that we meet again, I am naturally happy from the bottom of my heart.
"You two are almost there. Don't you feel cold outside?"
Lin Yuzhen first heard Lu Yiming's voice, and then saw Lu Yiming's smiling face, and was immediately shocked.
I was happy in my heart, but there was some sadness in the corners of my eyes.
"Hehe, how do you have time to pick me up at the airport when you are so busy?"
"Hey, hey, we're old classmates, but you don't look at me in a good way as soon as we meet. Is that reasonable?"
Seeing that the girl in front of him was still as arrogant as before, Lu Yiming couldn't help but smile knowingly, silently recalling the "hard and simple" entrepreneurial career when he was just reborn and sat in the homeroom of his head teacher and typed on the keyboard.
"I'll arrange for you to stay in a hotel later. Have a good rest tonight. I'll take you to the crew tomorrow to meet the other leading actors."
Asking Zhao Tiezhu to help Lin Yuzhen carry the gifts, Lu Yiming then took her and Gu Zhiruo out of the airport and headed to the arranged hotel.
At this time, in the crew of "Live and Work", King Liu was also giving some inside information to several leading actors.
So Zhang Weijian, who had just come to Zhonghai from Hong Kong, was not very familiar with the situation. Since he was the second male lead, he naturally asked, "Who is the second female lead?"
Li Bingbing, the leading female role, was also very curious about this. After all, there were many scenes between her and the second female role in the play.
King Liu hesitated to speak, and finally said, "The casting of the second female lead was decided by President Lu himself. Ahem, this is a complete newcomer who has only filmed one commercial before, so please bear with me. Even if you have any questions, I hope you can be as tactful as possible."
After he said this, Li Bingbing and Zhang Weijian immediately understood.
The two of them are no longer newcomers in the film and television industry, so they naturally know what this means.
Li Bingbing said helplessly: "It seems that a young lady is coming."
Zhang Weijian said self-deprecatingly: "I was very polite not to play the female lead right away."
However, despite saying this, the two of them still made an OK gesture to King Liu, and everyone understood it tacitly.
After all, the arm is not as powerful as the thigh. Who would dare to cause trouble to the financial sponsor over such a small matter?
King Liu said: "Don't worry about that for now, I'll tell you about the play again, the shooting time is still very tight, everyone should familiarize themselves with it as soon as possible."
The next morning, Lu Yiming brought Lin Yuzhen to the crew.
Among the main actors, Zhang Weijian may be a level lower in popularity and popularity, but King Liu and Li Bingbing are both well-known big stars. Lin Yuzhen has no awareness of being a "connected person" at all. As soon as they met, she took the initiative to greet King Liu and others, acting like a fan girl.
Seeing Lin Yuzhen like this, several people breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it is a daily practice for sponsors to insert people with connections into the crew, it is a great blessing for the entire crew to have a person with connections who has a good temper.
King Liu muttered in his heart, this girl is so pretty, no wonder a young man like Mr. Lu can't control himself.
As expected, even a hero can be tempted by a beautiful woman.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Okay, let's get started. If you don't understand something, let Liu Tianwang and the others teach you. At least you are studying at Communication University of China, so read it carefully and study hard. This will be a plus point that you can write on your resume in the future."
Lin Yuzhen made a face at Lu Yiming and said, "Got it."
Lu Yiming smiled and said to King Liu and the others, "I have brought the person to you. You can explain the play to her first, and then we can start filming after she has explained it clearly."
The three leading actors exchanged glances, and instantly understood each other. Everything was self-evident - it seemed that the young lady in front of them had to be served well.
King Liu said: "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, I will do my best."
"That's fine, you guys go ahead and do your work, I won't bother you anymore."
The day passed quickly.
In the evening, after work, Lin Yuzhen returned to the hotel where she was staying, and Gu Zhiruo came soon after.
Gu Zhiruo said curiously, "Hey, how do you feel about your first day on the set? Is everything going well? I heard that there is a tradition of bullying newcomers in the crew, especially big-name stars, who always want to order newcomers to do things like pouring tea or serving water."
Lin Yuzhen shook her head: "No, everyone in the crew was very nice to me."
Then she counted on her fingers: "King Liu, Sister Bingbing, and Zhang Weijian, they all spoke very kindly, no one acted like a big shot to me, and no one asked me to run errands. Occasionally, when I did something wrong, they would patiently give me advice, which benefited me a lot."
Gu Zhiruo was surprised and said, "Wow, you are so lucky. You only met celebrities who are easy to talk to."
Lin Yuzhen didn't think too much about it and said proudly, "Maybe. I've always had pretty good luck since I was a kid."
Little did they know that in the entire crew, let alone letting Lin Yuzhen serve tea and water, everyone wanted to worship her like Guanyin Bodhisattva.
