Zhao Ranran saw Zhao Yixuan's actions and couldn't help but snort. Although she was not a fan of celebrities, she liked watching TV series, especially those starring handsome men and beautiful women. She had actually watched Zhao Yixuan's works before joining the crew, and after joining the crew, she was also pleased to see the real person, but she soon realized something was wrong.
Zhao Yixuan seemed to have some inexplicable hostility towards her senior.
She also knew the source of this hostility, so naturally she didn't have any good feelings towards her. There were many beautiful female stars in the entertainment industry, and her senior sister was not bad looking!
Zhao Ranran moved closer while pinching the ice cream and said, "Senior sister, don't pay attention to her."
Ying Yanluo smiled helplessly. It would be impossible to ignore him completely, after all, she still had to check the script.
Zhao Yixuan's personality is probably a little spoiled, but fortunately her work attitude is pretty good, at least the filming process went smoothly.
Ying Yanluo was blocked by several female students in the school's hot water room. They looked a little nervous and excited, but they had no ill intentions. At the same time, she also noticed the comic books they were holding, which seemed to be her works. Then she understood, and asked in a gentle voice, "Are they my readers?"
The girls' eyes lit up immediately and they nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, big brother, we really like you. Um... can you sign an autograph for us?"
Ying Yanluo never attends any public events, let alone benefits like book signings. Only when a new work is pre-sold, the first 3,000 readers who place an order have the opportunity to grab a signed version of the comic book.
Ying Yanluo looked at their nervous and expectant faces and nodded, "Okay, do you have a pen?"
"Yes, we have it." Several girls immediately took out ballpoint pens from their school uniform pockets.
Ying Yanluo signed on the title page of the comic book they brought.
A few students passing by saw this scene and couldn't help but wonder, "There are still people chasing screenwriters for autographs these days?"
"I don't think so. It seems that this screenwriter is a great comics master."
"What kind of cartoonist is this? He looks really good."
"I'm not sure, but it's amazing anyway."
After signing autographs for these young readers, Ying Yanluo was often chased by students holding comic books and asking for autographs in school in the following days. Only then did she realize that there were so many of her readers in this school. There were too many readers asking for autographs, and she still had work to deal with, so she would never leave the crew during the students' rest time. For this, she was often teased by the crew members.
Later on the weekend, the students got their phones back, especially those readers whose books had been signed by Ying Yanluo. They happily posted their signatures on WeChat Moments or Weibo. In particular, after posting them on Ying Yanluo's comics super topic, countless comics readers in the super topic were envious.
Other comic readers asked the bloggers how they got the signatures
The bloggers replied that the film crew they were following was filming at their school and they went to ask for it.
Ying Yanluo did not mention on Weibo that she had joined a new crew, so most of the readers were unaware of it. So when they asked what crew she had joined and what drama she was filming, the bloggers refused to say.
After students from a certain university posted photos of their signed books, Ying Yanluo’s Weibo account was flooded with comments.
Zhao Ranran was always helping Ying Yanluo pay attention to the updates on Weibo, and naturally she noticed the readers' enthusiasm.
"Senior, your readers are too crazy. Seriously, why don't you consider holding a lucky draw?"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Ranran thought for a moment and said, "How about a book signing event? Yes, let's hold a book signing event!"
In their circle, cartoonists of Ying Yanluo's level can basically hold several book signing events a year. In fact, this kind of book signing event is not only a benefit to readers, but also helps to increase the popularity and fame of the cartoonists.
Ying Yanluo really thought about Zhao Ranran's suggestion seriously.
At the same time, her publishing editor also noticed this matter, and immediately came to discuss it with her. The editor's idea coincided with Zhao Ranran's. It happened that "Penglai" was also doing the preliminary work for publication, and it would be officially released around mid-December, and the signing event could be arranged before the beginning of next year.
Ying Yanluo did not directly reject the editor's suggestion to hold a book signing event, but she felt that the time was a bit tight.
So the two discussed it again and decided to schedule the signing event in June next year.
After it was finalized, Ying Yanluo posted a Weibo. Because there is still more than half a year to next June, she did not tell readers the specific time of the signing event, but only said that there would be a signing event next year if there is a chance.
As soon as this Weibo post was published, Ying Yanluo’s readers were excited again!
They originally just wanted a lucky draw for a signed book, how could they dare to think about a book signing? Of course! The crying child gets the milk!!
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The crew just finished filming the high school portion on the last day of the contract, and their next filming location is a university in Xiamen.
As usual, Su Weichu parked his car in front of the school gate and waited for her.
Ying Yanluo waved to her colleagues, then trotted towards Su Weichu's car.
"Mr. Ying's teacher is really undeterred by wind and rain!"
"Sweet love belongs to others."
"Am I the only one who noticed that Mr. Ying's husband changed cars?"
Several people seemed to have discovered the highlight.
"Fuck! Lamborghini! Rich guy!"
"I heard that Mr. Ying's husband seems to be running his own business. It can be seen that his business is not small."
"Teacher Ying was in the top ten of the comic book income rankings last year. She is also wealthy. She is definitely a beautiful, rich and white lady."
As soon as they entered the door, the chubby baby rushed towards them and surrounded Ying Yanluo's feet, meowing non-stop.
After Ying Yanluo changed her shoes, she reached out and picked up the little girl. "Little girl, you are really getting fatter and fatter."
"If you eat and drink well every day, it would be strange if you don't gain weight. But you also eat and drink well, so why don't you gain weight?" As he said this, he reached out and touched Ying Yanluo's waist.
Ying Yanluo felt a little itchy when he touched her, so she hid aside with her little baby in her arms, saying, "It's better if I don't gain any weight. I don't want to gain any weight."
Su Weichu smiled and shook his head, "Okay, go wash your hands, I'll serve you sour radish soup and old duck soup."
Ying Yanluo's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded obediently, "Okay."
When she came out of the bathroom after washing her hands, Su Weichu had already placed the prepared old duck soup on the dining table. Ying Yanluo immediately trotted over. In the first few days after joining the crew, she finished work early and could come back to have dinner with him. However, she was busy these few days, so she had to have dinner on the crew. She would drink a bowl of hot soup every evening when she came back.
The soup bowl contained duck legs, duck gizzards, and sliced pickled radish. He had stewed it since he came back in the afternoon, over low and high heat for several hours. The duck meat had already been stewed until tender and tasty. Ying Yanluo drank a mouthful of the soup with satisfaction, "So delicious."
Su Weichu sat next to her, stroking the cat and saying to her, "There's more in the kitchen, drink more."
Ying Yanluo picked up a piece of duck gizzard and put it to his mouth.
Su Weichu ate the duck gizzards she brought over.
Naituanzi sat on Su Weichu's lap, looked up at them, one drinking soup and the other eating meat, then stretched out his two paws to grab the dining table and meowed, his meaning was obvious.
The two of them looked over and smiled.
Su Weichu reached out and rubbed its head, "Little greedy cat."
"Have you booked the plane ticket?" Su Weichu asked her.
Ying Yanluo swallowed the duck meat in her mouth and nodded, "I've ordered it. It's for tomorrow at noon."
While drinking soup, she also told him that she would hold a book signing event in June next year.
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Ying Yanluo actually wanted to bring Naituanzi to the crew, but after thinking it over again and again, she finally decided not to bring him. In the past half month, she had already roughly understood how heavy the editor-in-chief's workload was, and she was afraid that in the later stages, the workload would only increase and not decrease, and she would not be able to take good care of the baby.
On the day they arrived in Xiamen, Ying Yanluo and Zhao Ranran went out for dinner. In the evening, they returned to the hotel and talked on the phone with Su Weichu before going to bed to rest. The next morning, they officially started working.
Just as she thought, the editor-in-chief's workload was indeed not small. She was either in meetings with other screenwriters or discussing the script with Lin Du and Zhao Yixuan. The rest of the time she was revising the script.
In late October, she received a call from Director Zeng.
Director Zeng is currently the director of one of her comic works, "Evening Breeze", which she sold the film and television rights to the comic two years ago. It has been in preparation for nearly two years and it should be about to start filming.
Director Zeng called her just to ask if she had time to participate in the filming and serve as a screenwriter.
Ying Yanluo is the author of the original novel, and she is currently developing in the direction of screenwriter.
Ying Yanluo was naturally willing to be the screenwriter for her own work, but "Evening Breeze" was expected to start filming in December, and during this period she was still in the crew of "Spring Breeze", which was expected to be wrapped up around January. The time schedules of the two works completely overlapped, so she could only politely decline.
Director Zeng really didn't know that she was with a crew at the moment, otherwise he wouldn't have called her.
"Evening Breeze" officially started filming in December. As the author of the original novel, Ying Yanluo naturally reposted the official announcement of "Evening Breeze" on her official Weibo account. Later, she focused more on the crew of "Spring Breeze" and didn't pay much attention to it.
In late December, Ying Yanluo asked Director Feng for leave in advance and returned to Beijing.
Because December 28th is Mr. Shen’s birthday.
Mr. Shen wanted to hold a simple family dinner, but even so, he invited quite a few people, including the Ying family, who were his in-laws.
It was Shen's father's birthday, so Shen Weiqing, who was studying in France, came back specially.
Shen Weiqing returned in a low-key manner. Apart from his family, no one outside knew about his return.
The birthday party was held at a hotel under the Shen Group.
When Ying Yanluo and Su Weichu went over, Shen Weiqing was talking to his father and mother. After seeing them, he came over and called them "brother and sister-in-law".
Su Weichu patted his shoulder and said, "You're doing well abroad. You haven't lost weight."
Shen Weiqing laughed. Actually, he and Dazhuang both lost a lot of weight in the past few months, mainly because they couldn't get used to Western food. Later, they simply cooked Chinese food for themselves, and only then did they gain weight again. After all, Chinese food is what nourishes people.
Sitting at the main table were the elders representing various families that the Shen and Su family were on good terms with. From the Wei family, there were the chairman’s father and mother, and from the Ying family, there were Mr. and Mrs. Ying, including the old man from the Song family.
They were all exquisite home-cooked dishes, and everyone started eating after saying auspicious words.
Ying Yanluo quietly ate the dishes in front of her, while Su Weichu would occasionally pick up dishes that were a little far away and that she liked more. She was a little embarrassed at first, but after looking around, she found that the elders were all talking and no one noticed them at all. Besides, Mr. Wei was also picking up food for Xingyao. At the main table, it seemed that they were the only ones who were really eating seriously.
Ying Rutian frequently looked towards the main table. The other people at the table might not know what he was looking at, but Tao Lanzhi knew that he was looking at Ying Yanluo.
Ever since she came back from the engagement party a few months ago, she had sensed that something was not right with him. To be more specific, after the engagement party, when he went home and talked to Ying Yanluo alone, he seemed to have lost his soul.
In fact, Tao Lanzhi didn't want to mention what happened that day. She felt embarrassed. When she received the invitation letter a few days ago, she didn't want to come. If she hadn't received the invitation letter, it would have been fine. But if she did, Madam Ying would definitely not allow her not to come.
Later, when she realized that something was wrong with him, she temporarily put her own affairs aside and tried to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, wanting to know what was going on. But no matter how she asked, he was unwilling to say. After a few days, he slowly returned to his previous state, but she knew in her heart that he was hiding something from her.