Volume 8: Return to the Golden Years Comprehensive World Chapter 581 The entertainment industry is a big melting pot
Back in the car, Su Cheng looked at Yuan Xudong expectantly and asked:
"Xudong, what do you think of my performance just now? Is it an improvement compared to before?"
"It's still pretty good, but..."
"But what?"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who was only halfway through his words, Su Cheng couldn't help but ask himself in frustration:
"It's still not very good, right? I think it's not very good either. Did you just look at it? I think the first one is better. The latter ones seem to be a little bit off. But I'm embarrassed to ask everyone to do it again. I'm afraid of wasting everyone's time. What do you think?"
"Actually, I also think the first one is better, but does Cheng Yurou, who plays opposite you, have any conflicts with you?"
Yuan Xudong said, Su Cheng quickly shook his head and explained:
"No, Sister Yurou is very nice to me. She also taught me how to act and how to relax!"
"Yeah?"
Looking at Su Cheng who was foolishly being sold and still helping others count money, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile and said:
"You should be more careful, lest you get sold out one day and still help others count money. Are you stupid?"
"You are stupid!"
Su Cheng rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong and said with a curled lip:
"You are the one who has many schemes. If I get sold out one day, it will be you who sold me out, right?"
"Of course not!"
Looking at the naive Su Cheng, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"You are not for sale. I won't sell you no matter how much money you offer me, unless it's you..."
"Unless it's me what?"
Seeing that Yuan Xudong only spoke half of his words again, Su Cheng couldn't help but said impatiently:
"Hey, can you please finish what you want to say at once? It's really frustrating. Come on!"
"Unless your best friend Ye Qiao wants to buy it, I think she likes you a little bit?"
Yuan Xudong said directly. He was not talking nonsense. Ye Qiao was sometimes careless, but she always protected Su Cheng. Yuan Xudong felt that she liked Su Cheng. Su Cheng was startled when she heard Yuan Xudong say this, and then quickly said in disbelief:
"This is impossible, don't talk nonsense!"
"Well, maybe it's my illusion!"
Yuan Xudong was not completely sure, he just had such a feeling. Su Cheng glared at him and said angrily:
"This must be your illusion. How could Ye Qiao like me?"
"Okay, it's just my illusion, right?"
"It was your illusion in the first place. Fortunately, Ye Qiao and Ding Xia were not here, otherwise you would have started fighting again!"
Su Cheng rolled her eyes and said, hearing her say that, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"If Ye Qiao and I have a falling out, will you choose to help me or your best friend?"
“Do I need to answer this question?”
Su Cheng glanced at Yuan Xudong and smiled slightly:
"If you lose your boyfriend, you can always find another one, but you can't lose your best friend!"
"Oh, that's how it is!"
Looking at Su Cheng's big, watery eyes full of smiles, Yuan Xudong suppressed his laughter and said:
"Then if you give up on me and I go back to being with your best friend, what will you do?"
"you……"
Su Cheng was a little dumbfounded, and could only play tricks and say:
"That's impossible. My best friend would never betray me!"
"So, what do you say about Liu Mengtian?"
Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"She used to be your best friend, why don't you two interact with each other much now?"
"Don't mention her!"
Hearing the name Liu Mengtian, Su Cheng couldn't help but glared at Yuan Xudong and said angrily:
"It's all your fault. I'm one of the four little beauties, and she was just an ordinary trainee back then. She felt uncomfortable and didn't want to associate with me anymore. And she..."
"What else happened to her?"
Yuan Xudong asked deliberately. Of course he knew what had happened between Liu Mengtian and Su Cheng. Before Su Cheng became famous, Liu Mengtian had always helped her, which was nothing. But after Su Cheng became famous, the status of the two changed drastically. Su Cheng, who was originally in a weak position, wanted to help Liu Mengtian instead. Liu Mengtian felt uncomfortable, and their friendship had a crack at this point. Later, in order to become famous as quickly as Su Cheng, Liu Mengtian wanted to take a shortcut, and she wanted Su Cheng to help her.
But Su Cheng didn't want to do that. She felt that she should rely on her own efforts to achieve her goals instead of some unconventional means. But Liu Mengtian didn't think so. She believed that Su Cheng's success was due to Yuan Xudong's money. She didn't have top resources like Yuan Xudong, so she could only rely on herself to find a way. In her circle of friends, Su Cheng had the best relationship with her, and Su Cheng was famous.
In the selection of some important roles and variety show competitions, Liu Mengtian wanted to take shortcuts through Su Cheng, such as asking Su Cheng to accompany an investor or director for a drink, or attend a dinner party, and talk to those people. She didn't really want to sleep with them, but just to give those people face and let Liu Mengtian support her. But Su Cheng didn't want to. She felt that Liu Mengtian was going too far. Similarly, Liu Mengtian also felt that Su Cheng was too aloof. It was just attending a dinner party and having a few drinks.
Their friendship further cracked, and they finally parted ways because of an incident a few months ago. Yuan Xudong invested in the filming of the TV series Meet the Dragon, which had an important character, Liuying, and Liu Mengtian wanted to play this role.
In order to get this important role, she went to dinner with the director. That very night, she got herself drunk and finally helped the director of Yu Long get his wish. Although she paid a price, Liu Mengtian did not get the role of Liuying.
Because Yuan Xudong was the investor and the role of Liuying was quite suitable for Su Cheng, the final result was predictable. The director would not go against Yuan Xudong for a newcomer like Liu Mengtian, and this kind of thing was an unspoken rule after all. Liu Mengtian was a small actress and did not dare to confront the director to the death. In the end, she accompanied the director for a while. The director arranged a female third role with an important role for her in another play. So far, Liu Mengtian had some outstanding works, but the price she paid was also very high. She had to accompany the old and ugly director every night, but the role she got was far inferior to Su Cheng's. This made Liu Mengtian completely blackened. She wanted to climb up by any means necessary. Since she had already taken off her clothes once, she didn't need to care about more times in the future.
Of course, it's not that Liu Mengtian didn't have ideas about Yuan Xudong, but unfortunately Yuan Xudong looked down on her and rejected her love several times. Maybe it's true love that you can't get. Liu Mengtian actually fell in love with Yuan Xudong. It was so bloody. After a falling out with Su Cheng, she expressed all her dissatisfaction and her love for Yuan Xudong. But now Su Cheng is not the same Su Cheng as before. She also has her own pride and confidence. Liu Mengtian actually did this, and she slapped Liu Mengtian twice.
The final result was that Su Cheng and Liu Mengtian broke up completely. Although they had not blocked each other, they basically did not interact with each other and tried to avoid appearing in the same occasions. They even felt uncomfortable when they heard each other's names.
Under Yuan Xudong's protection, Su Cheng's star path became more and more brilliant, and she mostly appeared on the screen with a pure and lovely image. Liu Mengtian also developed very well, but her reputation was not very good. She was constantly involved in scandals, some of which were hyped by the media and some of which were true. However, that's how entertainment stars are. Scandals are better than no news, and black fans are still fans. The four little beauties took the route of pure and innocent girls, while Liu Mengtian took the route of scandal hype, attracting attention, and grabbing traffic. She became more and more popular and her status rose rapidly.
In the beginning, some men looked down on Liu Mengtian, but later, as Liu Mengtian's status improved, the status of the men accompanying her also became higher and higher. However, Liu Mengtian was still obsessed with Yuan Xudong. What you can't get is the best. To be honest, Yuan Xudong felt very strange. He could only avoid Liu Mengtian. Su Cheng also knew this, so she hated it when Yuan Xudong mentioned her best friend Liu Mengtian. It was simply disgusting. How could there be such a person?
But the reality is so outrageous that it does not require logic. Although Liu Mengtian has changed boyfriends one after another, she always believes that the person she loves is Yuan Xudong. Although Yuan Xudong avoids her, ignores her, and even looks down on her, she just likes Yuan Xudong and is even willing to be humble for him. It's a pity that love cannot be forced, so Yuan Xudong can only avoid her.
"You're asking even though you already know the answer. Don't you know what happened to her?"
Su Cheng couldn't help but glared at Yuan Xudong and said angrily. Seeing her cute appearance with pouting lips and puffed cheeks, Yuan Xudong hugged her in his arms, kissed her and said with a smile:
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about her anymore. I have good news for you. Early next year, a movie I invested in Hollywood will start filming. Would you like to be the leading actress?"
"What movie?"
Hearing that they were going to Hollywood to make a movie, Su Cheng deliberately spoke in a proud and coquettish tone:
"Please make an appointment with my agent. If you don't have time, I will have no choice but to reject you!"
"Yeah?"
Looking at the arrogant Su Cheng, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"I forgot to tell you, the male lead is Orlando who plays the elf prince. If you really don't have time, then I'll go find Ye Qiao!"
"What? Orlando?"
Hearing that the male lead was her idol Orlando, Su Cheng immediately said happily:
"I want to act, I want to act. Orlando is my idol, and I have the time!"
“Hehehe!”
Seeing Su Cheng's happy and excited face, Yuan Xudong felt unhappy. He hummed deliberately:
"Why should you be able to act if you want to and not act if you don't want to? Why? I think Cheng Yurou is pretty, why don't you let her act?"
"no!"
Su Cheng immediately objected. She didn't want to miss the opportunity to work with her idol. She hugged Yuan Xudong's arm and said coquettishly:
"Xudong, I beg you, I am your girlfriend, please agree to me, okay?"
"Huh, girlfriend? Now you know she's my girlfriend?"
Glancing at Su Cheng who was acting cute with him, and feeling the softness on his arm, Yuan Xudong hummed:
"Tell me, who is more handsome, your idol Orlando or me?"
“Puff~~”
Hearing Yuan Xudong ask such a childish question, Su Cheng couldn't help but burst out laughing. She said with a smile:
"Haha, are you a child?"
"What's so funny? Tell me, who is more handsome, your idol Orlando or me?"
"Of course Orlando is handsome. He is an international superstar. Do you know the elf prince Legolas he played?"
Su Cheng laughed. Seeing her like this, Yuan Xudong could not help but get angry. He suddenly pushed the laughing Su Cheng down on the sofa in the car, and then looked at her with burning eyes. Being pressed under Yuan Xudong, Su Cheng's heart trembled slightly and said:
"You, what do you want to do?"
"Orange, I like you!"
Yuan Xudong confessed affectionately, and as soon as he finished speaking, he leaned forward...
"Bad guy, be gentle..."
…
In this high-end RV that Yuan Xudong specially configured for Su Cheng for filming, he was busy for a long time and only finished his work when night fell.
The grown-up Su Cheng nestled in Yuan Xudong's arms. She looked up at Yuan Xudong, her pretty face flushed as she said shyly:
"Bad guy, you bully me, bad guy~~"
"Okay, I'm a bad guy, do you still feel pain?"
"Well, it doesn't hurt anymore, you bad guy~~"
…
Early the next morning, Yuan Xudong and Su Cheng walked into the set together. Su Cheng had a night scene to shoot, so she went to change into her filming costumes while Yuan Xudong walked around and looked around. At this moment, he felt someone was looking at him. Following the feeling, he saw that it was Cheng Yurou. Two female assistants were helping her fix her headdress, and she looked pretty.
Yuan Xudong smiled at her, and Cheng Yurou also smiled. At this time, Su Cheng had changed her clothes and walked out of the dressing room. She was wearing a bright yellow ancient long skirt, which made Yuan Xudong feel very bright. However, it was late at night and the dew was heavy. Su Cheng was only wearing such a bright yellow ancient long skirt, and she was shivering with cold. The crew was still preparing, and there was still some time before the filming. Yuan Xudong walked to her side, put his clothes on her and smiled:
"It's cold, I told you not to wear a down jacket, you deserved to freeze to death!"
"I'm not cold!"
Su Cheng said it stubbornly, but her body was honest and she was shivering with cold. Yuan Xudong put his clothes on her, she tightened her collar and said:
"I'll go get ready. You should wait for me inside. It's too cold outside!"
"All right!"
Yuan Xudong smiled and walked to the next room. After watching him leave, Su Cheng walked to the corridor next to her. Cheng Yurou was sitting there reading a script. Two female assistants, one was massaging her shoulders and the other was fixing her hair. Su Cheng walked over and smiled:
"Sister Yurou, how are you preparing?"
"I'm fine. How about you?"
"I, I'm fine too, Sister Yurou, you look so beautiful in this outfit!"
Su Cheng blushed a little and said that she had not prepared much. It was all Yuan Xudong's fault. He had tortured her so much that she had no strength left. At this time, Cheng Yurou glanced at Su Cheng and smiled:
"Su Cheng, why do I feel like you seem different?"
"Yeah?"
Hearing Cheng Yurou say this, Su Cheng's face suddenly turned red. She covered her face with both hands and said shyly:
"Is there?"
"Of course. Did something good happen?"
Cheng Yurou smiled and said:
"Tell me about it, and make me happy for a while, okay?"
"Okay, it's nothing actually!"
Su Cheng smiled a little embarrassedly:
"At the beginning of next year, I will go to Hollywood to make a movie. The leading actor is Orlando. He is my idol. Do you know the elf prince Legolas?"
"What? You're going to Hollywood to make a movie?"
Hearing that Su Cheng was going to Hollywood to make a movie, Cheng Yurou felt jealous and a little bit unbelievable. After all, Su Cheng was just a newcomer who had just debuted. Aren’t her resources too good?
Thinking of this, Cheng Yurou looked at Su Cheng and asked tentatively:
"Isn't it a passerby character? A minor character who only shows his face for a short time in the whole show?"
"That shouldn't be the case. Xudong told me that she's playing the female lead!"
Su Cheng murmured, she also knew the kind of small role that Cheng Yurou was talking about. It was like a well-known domestic star saying that he played a role in a Hollywood movie, but when everyone looked at it, it turned out to be just a small soldier who showed his face for a moment and was killed by the explosion as soon as he appeared on the stage. Tsk tsk, it was a lonely role!
"Xudong? Could it be Mr. Yuan?"
Cheng Yurou looked at Su Cheng in surprise and asked. She immediately understood the whole thing in her mind. Su Cheng became famous so quickly. Yuan Xudong just put his own clothes on her and she could even play the leading role in a Hollywood movie. All these were because Yuan Xudong was supporting her behind the scenes. As for the price she had to pay, needless to say, Cheng Yurou understood it all. She was just very unwilling. Why could a little girl who had just debuted be the leading role in a Hollywood movie, but she, a popular first-line actress, could not?
Su Cheng realized that she had let the cat out of the bag. She quickly covered her mouth and looked at Cheng Yurou pitifully and said:
"Sister Yurou, you won't tell anyone else, right?"
"Of course not. Don't worry, not only will I not tell anyone else, I won't tell either of them either!"
Cheng Yurou glanced at her two female assistants and smiled. Hearing her say this, Su Cheng immediately said happily:
"Sister Yu Rou, you are so kind, thank you!"
"It's okay. I don't really like people who gossip. Is Mr. Yuan your boyfriend?"
"Well, he..."
Just as Su Cheng was about to say something, a crew member came over and shouted:
"Sister Yurou, Sister Cheng, please get ready. The filming is about to begin."
"good."
Su Cheng responded with a smile, Cheng Yurou hesitated for a moment and said:
"Xiaodong, please talk to Director Liu and ask him to shoot the scenes with Su Cheng and the Dragon King first. I'm not in a hurry here."
"Okay, Sister Yurou."
The staff member named Xiaodong left, and Su Cheng looked at Cheng Yurou gratefully and said:
"Thank you, Sister Yurou."
"It's okay, you go ahead and shoot first. I'll look at the script here so you don't forget the lines when you get nervous."
"Uh-huh!"
Su Cheng nodded vigorously, then took the script and left. After she left, Cheng Yurou looked at her two female assistants and said:
"You guys go take a rest."
"Okay, thank you Sister Yurou."
After sending everyone around her away, Cheng Yurou stood up from the chair, holding up the hem of her skirt as she walked towards the main room diagonally opposite. That was where the costumes and props were stored, and Yuan Xudong was inside. Cheng Yurou walked to the door of the main room, took two deep breaths, adjusted her mood and the smile on her face, and then walked in.
In the main room, Yuan Xudong was sitting on the sofa watching a short video on Bilibili. There was a girl named Xiao Li wearing a red dress. The background music was the opera song "Nan Que". The girl was wearing large thin-framed glasses and smiled back. Yuan Xudong felt that she looked like his first love. At this time, Cheng Yurou walked up to Yuan Xudong and whispered:
"Mr. Yuan?"
Hearing this soft and tender call, Yuan Xudong could not help but look up. What a beautiful Cheng Yurou with a face as white as snow and lips as bright as pearls, dressed like a lady from a noble family, standing in front of Yuan Xudong.
Looking at the woman who took the initiative to find him, Yuan Xudong smiled and asked:
"Miss Cheng, what can I do for you?"
"I……"
Looking into Yuan Xudong's eyes, Cheng Yurou hesitated for a moment before speaking directly:
"Mr. Yuan, I heard that you have invested in a lot of big productions in Hollywood. I wonder if I can ask you for a role?"
"Of course!"
Yuan Xudong affirmed, but before Cheng Yurou could show her happy expression, Yuan Xudong changed the subject and said:
"Do you mind playing a passerby with only one or two lines? Oh, by the way, it's with Su Cheng, and you play her college classmate."
"Is Su Cheng the heroine?"
"right!"
Hearing that she was asked to play a supporting role for Su Cheng, Cheng Yurou felt unwilling. She didn't want to be Su Cheng's foil and let her step on her fame to reach a new level. Thinking of this, she bit her lower lip lightly, looked at Yuan Xudong and whispered:
"I'm a top actress in China, more popular than Su Cheng. If I were to play the female lead, the domestic box office would probably be even better!"
"I know, but what if I have already promised Su Cheng?"
Yuan Xudong joked:
"And I don't really care about what you call the box office. It doesn't matter to me whether I make more or less. As for money, as long as it's enough, it's fine, isn't it?"
“Can I act in other movies?”
Cheng Yurou said softly. After glancing at her, Yuan Xudong knew that she didn't want to be a supporting role for Su Cheng. After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Xudong stood up from the sofa. He walked to Cheng Yurou and smiled softly:
"I have another script in my hand. I think the heroine in the script is quite suitable for you. She is as beautiful as you. Do you want to play it?"
"I want to..."
Cheng Yurou said softly. She seemed to understand what Yuan Xudong meant. Even her ears were red. Yuan Xudong didn't know whether she was really shy or just pretending to be shy. These female stars were quite good and their acting skills were great. Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"The script is in my room. If you have time, let's discuss it!"
As he spoke, Yuan Xudong stuffed a golden room card into Cheng Yurou's hand. Cheng Yurou blushed, she put the room card into her sleeve, and then said goodbye to Yuan Xudong:
"Mr. Yuan, I'm leaving first!"
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye-Bye!"
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