Chapter 74: Cancelled Design Rights
The shooting site was in chaos and all the staff were exhausted and anxious.
The director angrily turned off the camera and shouted through a loud speaker, "Cut! Take a break and adjust. Reshoot in half an hour!"
Everyone found it incredible that their leading actor, who was always known for his “one-take perfection” style, could sometimes be out of shape even after ten retakes.
The director pulled Qin Qi aside. Even if he was a famous actor, he would be scolded if he couldn't shoot the ideal state. The director was furious and said a lot of unpleasant words. He even threatened in front of many staff members, "Shoot if you can, get out if you can't! Don't waste everyone's time. At worst, the whole crew will take a holiday with you. When you are ready to face the camera again!"
Qin Qi lowered his head and took all these words in his heart. His performance was not up to the standards of a professional actor, and the director was right to scold him, and he admitted it.
But his mind was full of Kong Nanzhu, and he couldn't get into the emotional scenes with the heroine.
Tang Xintian walked up to her with concern and brought her a cup of ginger tea. She wanted to comfort Qin Qi with a few words, but Qin Qi's eyes swept across her face, cold and without warmth, and he did not hide his annoyance at all.
Xiao Liu came forward at the right time to take the ginger tea for Qin Qi, "Thank you, Teacher Tang. Teacher Qin didn't get a good rest last night. He was just scolded and is in a bad mood."
Tang Xintian couldn't help but take two steps back. Her innocent face looked pitiful because of her sadness. "Brother, you should have a good rest. If there is anything you need my help with, just let me know."
As soon as Tang Xintian left, Xiao Liu immediately threw the ginger tea in his hand aside.
Xiao Liu knew that his boss had been suffering from his wife's recent refusal to answer his phone calls, so he half-jokingly said, "Teacher Qin, why don't you take another photo of Jiang Cha and post a Weibo to thank Teacher Tang for her concern? Once Sister Nanzhu gets jealous, she will definitely contact you."
Qin Qi glared at him.
After much deliberation, Qin Qi released Song Linyuan from the blacklist for the first time.
Ever since they had dinner together after the Chinese New Year, Song Linyuan added Qin Qi on WeChat and sent harassing messages to Qin Qi almost every day, from morning to night, with a frequency almost as high as the number of times Qin Qi contacted Kong Nanzhu.
【Has Teacher Qin eaten yet? 】
[Teacher Qin, can you send me a selfie? (Photo: Song Linyuan's pretentious wink selfie)]
[Movie Emperor, you are so cold, can you pay attention to me?]
[Good night, my little actor]
Qin Qi couldn't stand it anymore and blocked the person directly.
Qin Qi dialed Song Linyuan's voice number. After three rings, Song Linyuan's lazy and funny voice sounded, "Teacher Qin! You finally let me off the blacklist. Did you miss me?"
Qin Qimei's heart skipped a beat. "What is your purpose in going to so much trouble to get close to my wife ?"
Song Linyuan sneered nonchalantly, "Of course, I'm here to share your worries. I feel bad that you're working so hard on the set, so I'm here to help you take care of your family. Don't thank me, this is what a fan should do."
Qin Qi felt that it was a mistake for him to contact Song Linyuan.
This person is simply incapable of communicating in normal human language.
Song Linyuan keenly noticed the conflict between Qin Qi and Kong Nanzhu. He didn't mind adding fuel to the fire at the critical moment. The more vigorously the fire burned, the better.
So he made an appointment with Kong Nanzhu to discuss the cooperation with the brand in detail, and casually mentioned at the end, "Last time, Du Ying said that the design planning for the new season of Yayun has already begun . They haven't contacted you yet, right?"
Kong Nanzhu nodded.
Song Linyuan looked at her regretfully, "I asked my brother's friend to help ask around, and the planning team at Yayun received a notice that you voluntarily gave up participating in the design."
Kong Nanzhu frowned, "How could I give up on my own initiative? No one has ever asked me for confirmation."
She would just hold on to such an opportunity tightly and there was no reason for her to give up.
"Perhaps they think that the person who explained this matter must have been authorized by you, or that this person has a stronger say, and what he said does not need to be confirmed again."
Kong Nanzhu instantly understood who Song Linyuan was talking about.
The opportunity for cooperation between her and Yayun was originally given to her by Qin Qi. Now he took it back without saying a word. She seemed to have no right to protest.
After disappointments accumulated to a certain extent, Kong Nanzhu found that his ability to enlighten himself became stronger.
She didn't even feel sad, but her helplessness towards Qin Qi deepened.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Qin Qi was on the set, and Kong Nanzhu returned to the Qin family's old house alone. Facing Qin Qi's aunts and cousins, she had no peace the whole night.
Shen Jun's return to the company to take charge is undoubtedly a signal to everyone. Qin Hehai still does not plan to delegate power to these young people in the short term. The one who is most affected is Qin Fang.
Qin Fang hoped that her son Yan Ke would be given an important position, especially after Shang Jie got into trouble. She said that she wanted to seek justice for Shang Jie, but she was secretly happy in her heart. However, she did not expect that her brother had no intention of transferring Yan Ke to his side, and even recruited Shen Jun back to the company again.
Kong Nanzhu had no intention of getting involved in the internal strife of the Qin family, but during the meal, Peng Shiyi always glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally, and it was obvious that he had something to say to her.
Kong Nanzhu pretended not to see and ignored the private chat signal sent by the other party.
Xia Wanlin has been happily sharing with Kong Nanzhu the interesting things she encountered at school, and pulling Kong Nanzhu aside to discuss which star she has fallen in love with, as if she is treating Kong Nanzhu as an older sister with whom she can discuss her personal affairs.
"The adults are really weird. It's obviously a good thing for my aunt to go back to the company, but they all raised objections in a sarcastic way, as if they were the ones who opened the company."
Kong Nanzhu reminded her to lower her voice, "Don't think about things that are not our business."
"Sister Nanzhu, can you take me to Brother Qin Qi's room to have a look?" Xia Wanlin blinked, looking expectant.
She was full of curiosity about her celebrity cousin, but she was afraid of the somewhat cold Qin Qi. Every time she came to the Qin family, Xia Wanlin would occasionally go to Kong Nanzhu's room to stay for a while, but she never dared to go to Qin Qi's room.
Kong Nanzhu didn't think this was a very important matter and agreed without thinking.
When he opened the door, Qin Qi's room was still spotlessly clean. Even if he didn't come back, his aunt would come to clean it on time.
Xia Wanlin stared at the wall of discs with her mouth wide open. "Wow, this is so cool. I have never seen these before."
Xia Wanlin was very sensible. She said she wanted to come and visit, but she just looked with her eyes and did not touch anything in Qin Qi's room.
Kong Nanzhu didn't want to go downstairs so quickly, so she and Xia Wanlin hid here to kill time. After the others left, she pointed to the dartboard behind the door and asked, "Do you know how to play this?"
Kong Nanzhu remembered that Qin Qi used to put these things away in a drawer, but she found that all the drawers in Qin Qi's desk were locked.
"I remember Qin Qi used to have a lot of discarded old stuff in the storage room. I'll go look for it."
The storage room was filled with dusty old furniture. Xia Wanlin followed behind Kong Nanzhu, excited, "We are coming in to look for something. Do we need to tell Uncle and Auntie?"
Kong Nanzhu: "No need. The clutter here is all useless things that people don't want to part with."
What's more, Kong Nanzhu has lived in this house for eight years. She is familiar with everything here. She is just looking for something in her home. It is just a normal little thing.
But in Xia Wanlin's heart, the Qin family's old house was like a mysterious and solemn existence. She saw Kong Nanzhu rummaging through a box of toys that she and Qin Qi had put away, and she sounded a little envious, "When I came here to play when I was a kid, my mother always told me not to touch anything."
Kong Nanzhu's attention was not on Xia Wanlin's conversation.
She looked at the brand new safe in the corner, feeling a little confused.
This was the one she had seen in Shen Jun’s bedroom before. It was from here that Shen Jun took out the tourmaline ring to give to her as a gift.
"Sister Nanzhu?"
Xia Wanlin called Kong Nanzhu back to his senses. She dug out a flying chess board from the storage box and found a tool to pass the time. The purpose of their trip to the storage room was achieved.
Standing on the stairs, Kong Nanzhu saw that there was a person in the spacious living room who was supposed to be thousands of miles away.
