Jiang Se's calves were beautiful, slender and long, with even lines. Most importantly, her skin was in good condition, as delicate as porcelain, and the mosquito bites were particularly noticeable.
Pei Yi scratched her twice, and two red marks appeared. She lay on Pei Yi's shoulder and instructed him:
"A little to the left..."
He reached over and found two lumps on the left calf. He scratched them again. She lowered her head to look at Pei Yi's bandaged arm. She hadn't had time to ask just now, but now she couldn't help it:
"What happened to your hand?"
"Just a little accident."
He scratched twice. There were a lot of mosquitoes around, so he didn't dare to stay outside any longer. He pulled her inside.
"I could have come back a long time ago, but something unexpected happened, so I was delayed for some time."
He hesitated and didn't give any details.
The situation was more serious at that time, and he took some time to recuperate before coming back. It was already much better that he could appear in front of Jiang Se.
No wonder Pei Yi didn't insist on driving to pick her up when she came. Jiang Se glanced at his arm, and he was a little smug:
"Thank goodness for this injury."
He waved his hands, looking very happy and proud:
"I've taken a month off, and I'll be with you when I get back."
It seemed that there was really no problem with him, and Jiang Se breathed a sigh of relief.
When they entered the private room, Nie Dan and others were there. Seeing the two of them coming in holding hands, they greeted Jiang Se first. As soon as Jiang Se sat down, Pei Yi hugged her legs and put them on himself, and kept scratching the places on her body where she was bitten by mosquitoes.
He scratched it a few times, and occasionally reached out to scratch his face and body.
One of his hands was inconvenient and the other hand was too busy, so Jiang Se simply helped him to scratch the bumps on his arms and face.
Nie Dan was speechless when he saw the two of them like this:
"What did you whisper outside that caused you to be bitten like this?"
The two of them kept scratching each other since they came in. Pei Yi was fine, but Nie Dan had never seen Jiang Se so embarrassed before, and couldn't help laughing:
"If you want to talk, come in. We'll make room for you. Why are you hiding outside? Right, Brother Yi?"
Pei Yi ignored him. Seeing that Jiang Se's calves were red from being scratched by him, he didn't dare to do it again. He asked someone to get some medicated oil, and after applying it on her, the situation got much better.
"Sese, congratulations on the release of your new film."
Xiang Qiuji took a glass of water and sat over:
“The film is currently doing well at the box office.”
There is not a big market for romantic art films in China, and the box office performance is rarely outstanding; most are just average.
Zhao Rang had rarely made movies with pure love elements as the theme without adding other things. At the beginning, not many people in the industry were optimistic about it, especially when the female lead was changed halfway through.
Xiang Qiuji said:
"How about we find some people to put you on more news and boost the box office?"
"It probably won't be needed for now."
Xiang Qiuji said this not purely because of what Pei Yicai said, but because several people invested in "The Devil" which Jiang Se had previously filmed.
After the people from "Beijing Events" invested under the leadership of Pei Yi and tasted the sweetness, Nie Dan and others had the idea of setting up a company and continuing to invest in the future.
Currently, their investment direction is mainly on the scripts played by Jiang Se, so Jiang Se’s good reputation is beneficial to them.
The movie "About I Love You" starring her has been released. This is her first movie as the leading actress. If it is a box office success, it will have a certain box office appeal for her next movies.
"The premiere tonight has received a pretty good response."
Jiang Se didn't mean to be polite to Xiang Qiuji, but it seemed that the promotion of "About I Love You" was already very strong, and there were several shows to be on later, so Xiang Qiuji's help was not needed for the time being.
He nodded and moved the chair to sit closer. Just as he moved a little, Pei Yi stretched out his legs and kicked the chair.
The chair tilted back and turned Xiang Qiuji twice, until Xiang Qiuran held him down and it stopped. Xiang Qiuji had never expected Pei Yi to do such a thing. The water in his hand splashed all over his face and body, and even Cheng Runing next to him was splashed.
Being splashed all over was fine, but he almost fell backwards just now. Xiang Qiuji felt that he couldn't bear this anger any more:
"Pei Yi, what the hell are you doing?"
Xiang Qiuji spoke loudly, and Pei Yi was even more upset than him. He stood up and said:
"Just say it, why are you sitting so close?"
He had a bandaged hand and held Jiang Se with the other hand, his legs still shaking, and threatened Qiu Ji: "If you come any closer, it won't be kicking the chair."
"Alright, alright, stop messing around."
Nie Dan was also affected. He took a tissue to wipe the water off his head and face, and snorted at Qiu Ji:
"This movie should be really good, Sese. Zhou Chengwu called me tonight and asked Brother Yi through me if Sese has considered going to Jufeng."
While he took the tissue handed to him by Xiang Qiuran and wiped the water off his face and body, he said:
"He said that if Sese goes, all the people in Jufeng will serve you and treat you like a queen. You don't have to fight the lawsuit against your friend. Just let him handle the Century Galaxy contract."
The Zhou family is the actual owner behind Jufeng Entertainment. Zhou Chengwu is willing to say such words to win over Jiang Se, so he must have some benefits to gain.
The conditions he offered were very good, and he said to Qiu Ji:
"Your contract with Century Galaxy is about to expire, right?"
“I’m going to renew my contract.”
Jiang Se shook his head.
Xiang Qiuji was a little surprised:
"Renew the contract?"
She signed a three-year contract with Century Galaxy. "As far as I know, during these three years, apart from the fact that your agent was Xia Chaoqun, Century Galaxy did not pay you much."
For Xiang Qiuji, it was not difficult to find out what contract Jiang Se had signed:
“You don’t make a lot of money at Century Galaxy, and you don’t make a lot of movies.”
In the few years since she signed with Century Galaxy, she has only endorsed two films and starred in only two movies, with the only one released so far being "About My Love for You." Her income does not match her current fame.
"Have you ever considered starting your own business?"
"No." Jiang Se smiled. "In fact, the company has discussed with me about the movie script, but I refused it myself."
She has a clear understanding of her own positioning and what she wants, so she has no intention of desperately making money at this opportunity. Instead, she is focusing on developing her own reputation first:
"I'm not going to change agencies. I know other agencies offer better conditions than Century Galaxy, but I have my reasons for choosing Century Galaxy. As for Dai Jia, I've done what I should do. There's no need to mix the two together."
Jiang Se had said this, and it was obvious that he really had no intention of joining Jufeng.
Xiang Qiuji stopped talking about the words he was going to say to her, and everyone started talking about the movie "About My Love for You". (To be continued)