Feng Nan believed that Dai Jia's jealousy towards Jiang Se might come in handy one day.
But although she employed people, she was also very suspicious and kept a close eye on Dai Jia. During the previous filming, Feng Nan noticed that Dai Jia answered a phone call. When she was questioning, she stared at Dai Jia with her eyes, holding the bottle tightly in her hand, and her eyes were sharp.
Dai Jia lowered her head and said meekly:
"It was Huo Zhiming's assistant who called."
When she said the three words "Huo Zhiming", the vigilance in Feng Nan's eyes relaxed a little, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded, motioning Dai Jia to continue.
Dai Jia glanced at the film set in the distance. The young director was still discussing the scenes with a few actors. The staff on the set were walking around in a completely disorderly manner. She lowered her voice:
"Huo Zhiming's assistant said," she paused and Feng Nan's face darkened:
"What did you say?"
"It was said that someone has signed a contract for the role of 'Shen Xunran' in the film 'Criminal Suspect' that you're interested in..."
As soon as Dai Jia finished speaking, Feng Nan sucked in a breath of cold air with a hiss. He put his hand on Dai Jia's arm and pinched it hard before he regained his voice:
"You, what did you say?"
The first thing that came to her mind was that Huo Zhiming, just as she remembered from her previous life, had chosen Fan Zhiyun to be the heroine in "Criminal Suspect".
As soon as this thought came to Feng Nan's mind, she trembled with anger.
She had contacted Huo Zhiming earlier and expressed her desire to join Huo Zhiming's crew. If it was during Huo Zhiming's early years, Feng Nan's status in the entertainment industry would naturally mean no chance.
But now that Huo Zhiming's situation is getting worse and worse, it also gives her an opportunity. She once auditioned for the role of 'Shen Xunran'. In terms of acting skills, Feng Nan feels that she does not have any big problems. But for some reason, Huo Zhiming has been reluctant to agree.
Feng Nan originally wanted to bring his own investment into the group, and he was not in a hurry to force old man Huo Zhiming into a corner.
With the experience in her previous life, she knew that investing in "Criminal Suspect" would be beneficial to her in every way. The film performed well both in terms of box office results and word of mouth. If she could invest in this film and then use this condition to get "Shen Xunran", she would then gain both fame and fortune.
But she doesn't have much money. In the past few years in the entertainment industry, Feng Nan has taken on many small advertising endorsements and made some money, but she invested most of it in the filming of "Revenge" earlier. But in the end, "Revenge" that she had high hopes for did not bring her satisfactory results.
In addition, after becoming a star, she needs to attend many events and buy clothes and jewelry. She is not famous enough, so she has to spend money on many things herself.
In the early years, she could still rely on some of Feng Nan's original collections to get through the difficult times, but as time passed, many valuable collections had been sold out by her. Feng Zhongliang also cut off her dividends from Zhongnan Industrial and froze some cards and funds in her name, making Feng Nan feel embarrassed and stretched.
When it comes to investing in "Criminal Suspect", she is also powerless. She once borrowed money from some cousins of the Feng family, but although the various branches of the Feng family appear to be harmonious on the surface, they are actually scheming against each other. As soon as she showed any sign of wanting to borrow money.
I don’t know if Feng Zhongliang had warned this group of people, but they all talked about other things and sometimes even made sarcastic remarks.
She also tried to persuade Zhao Junhan to invest in "Criminal Suspect" together, so that he could make money and she could get the role. However, Feng Nan remembered the time when Zhao Junhan turned against her.
Now the two of them are only an engaged couple in name, but in reality they are doing their own things. Zhao Junhan even blatantly keeps several lovers and runs an entertainment investment company, and his business is booming.
Magazines and tabloids often contained gossip about him embracing young stars, which made Feng Nan extremely embarrassed, and naturally he did not want to let Zhao Junhan get away with it.
Until Dai Jia came to her and gave her advice.
Knowing that Feng Nan was short of money and wanted to invest in Huo Zhiming's script, Dai Jia suggested that she take on a few more low-budget movies first and then talk about investing in "Criminal Suspect" after getting the money.
Huo Zhiming has held the script in his hands for so many years and has been preparing for the movie, but he has encountered obstacles everywhere. It may not be made into a movie in a short time.
When Dai Jia mentioned this suggestion, Feng Nan thought it made a lot of sense.
As far as she remembers, the filming of "Criminal Suspect" would start next year, so she still had enough time. So she signed seven movies this year in total, each of which could be said to be a very bad movie, as long as she was paid.
The director is not famous, the script is messy, and the work team is also hard to describe. She took these movies regardless of her reputation just because of the money.
Seven movies filled her schedule this year, and sometimes she had to fly around the country to film. She earned more than 10 million yuan in total. When Feng Nan was very happy, she heard that old man Huo Zhiming had signed the role of "Shen Xunran" to someone else.
If that's the case, then why has she been making these crappy movies these days
Feng Nan felt as if someone had hit her chest hard, making it hard for her to breathe.
"Come here."
She reached out and pulled Dai Jia's arm, not caring whether her nails hurt her.
Another assistant of Feng Nan in the distance didn't dare to breathe, and looked at Dai Jia with some sympathy, but Dai Jia seemed not to feel any pain at all, and obediently let Feng Nan drag her to the side, until they came to a corner with few people, Feng Nan raised his arm, and slapped Dai Jia in the face with a loud "slap".
Dai Jia's head tilted sideways after being hit, and Feng Nan's chest heaved with anger:
"Didn't you say that we should take on a bunch of films first? It's impossible to find someone suitable for Huo Zhiming's film in a short period of time?"
She stretched out her finger and kept poking Dai Jia's neck. She had no place to vent her anger. Huo Zhiming's action was like a stab in the back to Feng Nan. She was so angry that she was going crazy.
Watching a good opportunity slip away from her, she raised her arm and wanted to hit someone again.
When Dai Jia made the suggestion, she also thought it was a good idea, but Feng Nan lost his mind in anger. After she finished speaking, Dai Jia turned around, licked the corner of her mouth that was scratched by Feng Nan's nails, and said gently:
"Ms. Feng, it shouldn't have been possible to decide on a candidate so quickly."
"How dare you lie to me? Were you sent by Jiang Se to deliberately mess with me?"
Feng Nan's tone was sinister, and Dai Jia lowered her head even lower:
"I didn't lie to you, because the person who signed the contract for the role of 'Shen Xunran' in 'Criminal Suspect' this time was not Fan Zhiyun, but Tao Cen from Century Galaxy."
As soon as she finished speaking, Feng Nan paused and instinctively retorted:
"Tao Cen?" She was so surprised that her voice became louder.
"That's impossible!"
"It's Tao Cen."
Dai Jia touched her red, swollen, and hot cheek with the back of her hand, then lowered her eyelids to hide the expression in her eyes:
"It was precisely because she was the one who took over the script that the role of the female lead in Criminal Suspect was decided so quickly."
Whether in terms of status, fame, or acting skills, Tao Cen is not comparable to Fan Zhiyun, so she decided to take over Huo Zhiming's script, and everything will go smoothly.
It was precisely because she was the one who took a fancy to the role of 'Shen Xunran' that Feng Nan completely lost the opportunity.
However, what surprised Dai Jia was that for some reason, Feng Nan was always certain that it was Fan Zhiyun who filmed "Criminal Suspect".
And when she heard that Tao Cen had taken on the show, she said categorically that it was impossible.
Although this matter did seem a bit unexpected to Dai Jia, Huo Zhiming was a big director after all. Although he was not well-known now, he had works after all. His cooperation with Tao Cen was beyond the expectations of many people, but Feng Nan's reaction was very firm.
She gave Dai Jia the impression that she was very familiar with the situation of "Criminal Suspect" and had determined that the heroine of the film was Fan Zhiyun, and she had never thought that there might be someone else competing for the role.
While people in the industry were generally pessimistic about Huo Zhiming's new film, Feng Nan seemed very confident about "Criminal Suspect" and was determined to make money for the investment. It was as if she had already known in advance that "Criminal Suspect" would be a hit after its release, with good box office and the leading actress gaining both fame and fortune.
Dai Jia became distracted when he thought of this.
Feng Nan is a bit of an odd person. She is nominally born into a wealthy family, Zhongnan Industrial Company, but her behavior and speech do not seem like that of a well-educated lady. She has a strained relationship with her family, has a bad temper, and likes to put on airs.
It is said that she and her fiancé Zhao Junhan founded "Jiangnan Entertainment", but during the time Dai Jia followed Feng Nan, she found that she and Zhao Junhan hardly interacted with each other. She also heard from some colleagues in the company that they talked privately and said that the fiancée hated each other.
Colleagues in the company all disliked her and often laughed at Feng Nan behind her back, saying that she didn't look like a wealthy socialite, but rather like a third-rate star in the entertainment industry who was eager to make a name for herself and was not presentable.
The most important thing is that she has an inexplicable resentment towards Jiang Se. Dai Jia has not figured out the details yet.
Dai Jia remembered that when she saw her resume and learned that she had signed a contract with "Jufeng Entertainment" and had killed someone because of it, Dai Jia still remembered the look in her eyes, which was very suspicious.
The two men each had their own thoughts. Feng Nan was worried because the development of the situation was beyond his control. It was as if all his memories of his past life were messed up at this moment, and the experience he had gained before had no advantage at all at this moment.
Many things had changed so much that she even felt like her memory was messed up. Perhaps she had no past life and she had not been reborn.
She was a little flustered, so she didn't notice Dai Jia's absent-mindedness.
It was Tao Cen who snatched away the role of "Shen Xunran", so Feng Nan naturally lost all opportunities.
If it was Fan Zhiyun, she could still give it a try, but when it came to Tao Cen, she had no confidence to even try, whether in her past life or this life.
In addition to Feng Nan and some people in the domestic circle, Xia Chaoqun, who was accompanying Jiang Se to film "God's Redemption" in Italy, also quickly got the news that Tao Cen had joined the crew of "Criminal Suspect".
The crew temporarily changed roles, and Jiang Se was reshooting the scenes that Laura Brown had previously filmed. She and Donald cooperated very well, and the filming went much more smoothly than before.
After finishing a scene that needed to be re-shot, Cesare signaled for a break.
Jiang Se has lost some weight recently, and Cesare asked her to lose at least eight pounds as soon as possible. The character of Lannie is a completely different type from Shireen. She should look thin and fragile, instead of being as energetic and motivated as Shireen.
In addition to filming, she couldn't rest. She took a 15-pound ball and did squats, sweating profusely.
Mo Anqi said in a low voice:
"Sister Xia, does Sese know that Tao Cen has taken over the project "Criminal Suspect"?"
Huo Zhiming's movie script has always been with Xia Chaoqun. It was originally chosen by Jiang Se. Xia Chaoqun clearly intended to keep the drama for Jiang Se.
Someone from the company had called to inform Xia Chaoqun of the news. If it had been someone else who took on the role in this film, it would have been fine, but it had to be Tao Cen, so Mo Anqi couldn't help but think about it.
"Is this a coincidence, or did Tao Cen do it on purpose?"
When filming Cesare's "The Lost City", Tao Cen had already tried to snatch the role of Jiang Se.
However, "The Lost City" was a big-budget commercial film at the time, and the director was the famous Cesare, so it was understandable that Tao Cen grabbed such a role.
Huo Zhiming has not been well-known in recent years, so Tao Cen should not be interested in his film scripts.
"How can there be so many coincidences?"
Xia Chaoqun glanced at Jiang Se in the distance and laughed.
Tao Cen is a thoughtful person who never believes in coincidences and believes that everything depends on human effort.
The director of the movie "Criminal Suspect" is Huo Zhiming. If Jiang Se had not watched this movie before and was interested in this drama, the possibility that she would read this script would be zero.
"Isn't it a coincidence? Didn't Tao Cen deliberately steal the role again?" Mo Anqi frowned and lowered her voice, a little angry.
Xia Chaoqun withdrew his gaze from Jiang Se, stared at Mo Anqi, and asked with a smile:
"Steal a role? What role did you steal?"
Mo Anqi was a little confused by her question and murmured:
"The heroine 'Shen Xunran' in 'Criminal Suspect'..."
"Sese did read the script of Criminal Suspect at the beginning." Xia Chaoqun raised the corner of his mouth, "But from beginning to end, she was not watching the character of 'Shen Xunran', but the person 'Zhong Qi' in Criminal Suspect."
Because Tao Cen found a way to take away Jiang Se's chance to film "Lost City", Xia Chaoqun was more careful after she got the script of "Criminal Suspect" and Jiang Se chose it. Among the characters in the script, she circled not "Zhong Qi" but the heroine "Shen Xunran" to prevent this kind of thing.
Tao Cen himself might not have guessed that Jiang Se was indeed interested in "Criminal Suspect", but the object of her interest was not the righteous female police officer in the play, but the villain who did not have many scenes. (To be continued)