Get Out, This Damn Money

Chapter 23: destiny

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Chen Yiran was still in the company at the moment. Fu Ozun came out after the meeting and knocked on the door of Chen Yiran's office: "Mr. Chen, do you want dinner?"

Just as Chen Yiran was about to say "no", Fu Ozun took the lead and said, "Sister Linlin has told you to eat on time every day."

Chen Yiran: "..."

How long is he going to play this shit

Although he was complaining in his heart, he honestly shut down the computer, got up and walked out of the office.

Fu Ozun smiled meanly, and deliberately said to Chen Yiran, "Linlin has been finished recently, did you know?"

"Listen to Assistant Wu."

"Oh, did Assistant Wu tell you that she and Shangci's CP are very popular recently?" Fu Ozun said, and took out his mobile phone and clicked on a video he had collected, "Look, this is edited by netizens. The two videos have more than three million views."

Chen Yiran frowned slightly and glanced at Fu Ozun's phone screen. The photos of Li Linlin and Shang Ci are used on the cover of the video, but they are both their appearances in the play. He glanced at Fu Ozun: "You do this every day you come to the company?"

"...I watched it during my break." Fu Ozun put the phone back. "Since Huachuang has been involved in this area, we usually pay more attention to the dynamics of the entertainment industry. Is there any problem?"

"There is a special person in charge of this kind of thing, or do you want me to transfer you to be in charge of this?"

"..." Fu Ozun coughed and shut up obediently.

On the other side, Li Linlin was eating barbecue meat next door and watching her own TV series. Originally, I was a little embarrassed to watch my own drama. Now that so many people are watching it together, Li Linlin tried to liven up the atmosphere at the dinner table and divert everyone's attention elsewhere. I didn't expect everyone to watch it with relish.

Li Linlin finally gave up her resistance and watched. This week's updated plot involves business wars, and Eugasu used some means to control the Ou family's company in his own hands. But because Xiao Yiren kept staring at her, her plan almost failed.

Well, although in the end they are all going to lose.

After reading it, Li Linlin didn't feel so embarrassed anymore. Wang Xin's screenwriting ability is very strong, and the plot has always been very compact. The interaction between the male and female protagonists is also very sweet on their own, but because Ogashi is so popular now, it is natural for everyone to see that the two of them are sweet.

Today, the male and female protagonists are sweet for one minute on TV, and tomorrow there will be ten more "Northern Beauty" CP Xiang videos on the Internet.

After the two episodes of the TV series were broadcast, and the barbecue was almost finished, Wu Hui insisted on pulling Li Linlin downstairs to go for a jog, so that she could burn off calories. Seeing that they were going to leave, Chen Xi didn't want to stay here alone, so he went down together.

After they all left, several boys began to clean up the house. Lu Yuxuan stuck to Lu Ruizhou's side and asked him gossip: "Brother, do you like Sister Linlin?"

Lu Ruizhou wiped his hands on the table for a while, then squinted at him: "Is this a question your elementary school students should think about?"

"Oh, then elementary school students shouldn't buy food and cook by themselves."

"..." Lu Ruizhou was speechless.

Seeing his reaction, Lu Yuxuan knew that he must be interested in Sister Linlin, so he urged him to confess to others: "If you like it, say it, or you will regret it later!"

"..." Lu Ruizhou continued to wipe his desk, "You think too much."

Lu Yuxuan looked at him beside him, and questioned his soul: "Do you think you are not worthy of Sister Linlin?"

Lu Ruizhou: "…"

"Don't be afraid, even if you are really rejected, at least you have tried it." Lu Yuxuan said the truth more smoothly than Lu Ruizhou, "and Sister Linlin is not that kind of person, you might have a chance!"

Lu Ruizhou finally put down the rag in his hand: "I think you have too little homework. I will contact your head teacher now and ask her to assign homework to you alone."

"...Don't, don't, brother, you don't need to do this." Lu Yuxuan stopped him and showed a cute smile, "I'll go back to the house to do my homework now, goodbye."

Lu Ruizhou watched him close the bedroom door, and then stood there and sighed.

On Li Linlin's side, she didn't even notice what Lu Ruizhou thought of her, all her attention was on her undeniable enthusiasm.

When "Fatal Heartbeat" is broadcast every week, her popularity is about to rise, and it seems that there is a slow decline trend. Next week's "Fatal Heartbeat" should be broadcast again!

And now with the blessing of CP, her popularity is even higher than before, and the number of videos of her monk speech edited on the Internet is getting more and more considerable.

Brother Ran hasn't heard a single message in the past few days, it must be because of this!

"Linlin." Li Linlin was worried, but Wu Hui rushed into her room happily, "You are really a business genius!"

Seeing Wu Hui's appearance, Li Linlin couldn't help but jump up: "What are you talking about?"

Wu Hui happily held the folder in her hand, her face blooming with a smile: "Don't you want to accept the advertisements I told you last time? I turned them down. They thought you thought the price was too low. If you do, you will increase the endorsement fee a lot! Is this your routine, you say!"

Li Linlin: "..."

No, she didn't.

"Linlin, you are surprisingly business-minded!" Wu Hui put the folder on the table, which contained several contracts. Li Linlin's heart skipped a beat, and a very bad premonition surged: "You don't sign the contract, right?"

"Yes." Wu Hui turned the contract to the page of endorsement fees, "They gave too much."

"..." Li Linlin glanced at it, there was indeed a lot.

But, this is not what she wants!

"Why did you decide on your own?" Li Linlin asked her angrily.

Wu Hui was stunned for a while, and said, "Didn't you ask me to work hard? My job is to help you take over."

Li Linlin: "..."

"And I thought that you should be satisfied with the price, so you signed it." Wu Hui looked at her cautiously, "Is there still less? I'm not saying Linlin, we are newcomers after all, and the price is already very high. If you add it, it will make us look too much."

Li Linlin: "..."

Omg! The biggest mistake she made in her life was finding Wu Huier as her manager!

Wu Hui thought that she was dissatisfied with the price, and continued to enlighten her: "Well, you can't just look at the endorsement fee, but also the brand value. The two endorsements I picked up for you are all my picks. Wanxuan, a very good brand in all aspects, and the product is also very suitable for you!"

Li Linlin pulled the corners of her lips. The two brands that Wu Hui picked were indeed very good brands. The previous spokespersons were also famous artists. She was actually a bit of a climber when she came to her.

But, this is not what she wants!

Wu Hui observed her reaction and said again: "These two endorsements are really good, and they are very sincere, saying that they will call you the full amount today."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Linlin received a text message notification. She picked up her phone mechanically and glanced at it, it was an account notification from the bank. She didn't count the zeros clearly, and there was another notice from the bank. It was still a new entry, as many as the zeros in the previous one.

Li Linlin: "..."

No, that's enough! Don't give her any more money!

Linlin is desperate.

Wu Hui glanced at Li Linlin's mobile phone like a thief, and saw that it was indeed an account notification, and immediately became happy: "Great, our studio has money to recruit people now! Tonight we will call Shang Xixi and Xiaoxi smiled and went out to dinner to celebrate!"

Li Linlin: "..."

The joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same. :)

Wu Hui may be really happy today, she actually agreed with Li Linlin to eat hot pot, and Li Linlin's heart hurt by money can be considered a trace of warmth.

Five girls went to a famous hot pot restaurant, asked for a VIP room, and ordered a table of dishes.

"Come on, let's wish Linlin a bright future!" Chen Xi held up the orange juice in his hand and called on everyone to get up and toast.

"I wish Linlin more and more popular and richer!" The orange juice in the hands of the five people met, "Cheers!"

Li Linlin had a bitter look on her face, and quickly said silently in her heart: "No no no, don't listen to them, please!"

Although Li Linlin was reluctant in every possible way, the contract was signed and the money was received, so she could only resign herself to filming an advertisement. Shooting commercials is indeed a lot easier than shooting TV dramas. Li Linlin basically finished filming both commercials without spending much time.

"The next step is to cooperate with the brand's publicity, don't worry about this, I will follow up." Wu Hui didn't come to the scene with Li Linlin today, so she made a video with her over the phone, "I have class soon, you let Xiaoxi and Xiaoxiao will send you back to Yinwan directly."

"Yeah." Li Linlin nodded wearily. Wu Hui thought she was tired from filming and didn't take it to heart.

Li Linlin hung up the phone and leaned back in her chair in a trance. Xiaoxi and Xiaoxiao secretly glanced at her and sent messages to each other with their mobile phones.

"Why is Linlin still not very happy after earning so much money this time?"

"I also think it's strange. It's easy and expensive to shoot commercials. Why is she dissatisfied?"

"I don't know, do you think it's too unchallenging?"

"...Is that so? As expected of a top student at Imperial University!"

After the two of them sent the message, they raised their heads and glanced at Li Linlin. Xiaoxi said tentatively, "Linlin, do you want to have a dessert? We promise not to tell Wu Huier!"

"That's right." Xiaoxiao also echoed, "What kind of food do you want, we'll buy it for you."

When it comes to food, Li Linlin finally recovered a bit. She thought about it for a while and said to the two of them, "I want to eat the buffet at Dingou Hotel. The desserts in it are all good."

"Okay, then let's go with you."

"No need, I'll just go by myself." Li Linlin rejected them. Although the two of them didn't control her like Wu Hui, they would definitely stop her if she ate too much. So, she should go alone!

Xiaoxi and Xiaoxiao were actually a little worried, but Li Linlin insisted, so they could only let her go.

After arriving at the cafeteria on the second floor of Dingou Hotel, Li Linlin immediately became happy. She went to the membership-only dining area inside, took a plate and packed a lot of food for herself, and found a corner seat to sit down.

There are much fewer people in the member dining area than the front, and the privacy is better. Even the food served is different.

Li Linlin was enjoying her meal when she heard a quarrel coming from the side. She glanced curiously and saw a tall and thin middle-aged man talking to a man dressed as a boss opposite.

"Boss Qian, our TV series really has great potential. As long as it can be broadcast smoothly, it is guaranteed to make money."

Boss Qian laughed and made it clear that he didn't believe what he said: "You should change someone else to fool you. The last person who told me this caused me to lose tens of millions, and now I am still hiding at home and dare not come out. for me."

"… "

"You have no IP and no traffic, so what guarantee do you have to make money?" Boss Qian stood up and patted the man's shoulder, "You directors, you can't lie to me alone, I'm in your circle. Is it some well-known bully?"

"… "

Boss Qian walked away with his bag, leaving the tall and thin man sitting on the sofa slumped.

After a while, he picked up his mobile phone again, made a call and went out: "Hello, is that Boss Liu? I'm Tao Ye..."

Just after he introduced himself, the other party hung up the phone.

The man was stunned for a moment, flipped through the address book again, and dialed another number to go out: "Hello, Mr. Xie, I'm Xiao Tao. Yes, it's the investment thing I told you last time, I don't know how you thought about it. So? No, I'm not urging you, it's just that my crew is still waiting for the money to start work. Oh... This is it... Well, then I won't bother you."

After hanging up the phone, he sat there holding the phone, shrouded in shadows, as if he could cry the next moment.

The last time Li Linlin saw a boy cry was when she was in high school, because she always came first in the exam, and when the second-place boy talked to her, she cried aggrieved. But for high school students, it is normal to be emotional. An adult man will not easily expose his vulnerability.

Li Linlin sat in her seat and watched him for a while, put on her bag, put on her sunglasses, and walked towards him.

"Hello." She greeted the other party, and the man who was wandering in the sky was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at her in a trance.

Li Linlin raised her sunglasses and smiled at him: "Are you all right?"

The man was stunned for a second, recognized her as Li Linlin, and quickly stood up from the sofa: "It's Miss Li, hello hello."

Li Linlin sat down on the sofa opposite him and said to him, "I was sitting there just now and heard you and Boss Qian talking. Is there something wrong with your TV series?"

Hearing her question, Tao Ye was silent for a while before opening his mouth and said, "I am ashamed to say that I have encountered some problems. It hurts, but I also blame me. Our crew didn't invest much in the early stage, and when I was shooting, I always wanted to be perfect. , Unconsciously, the money was spent too much. Coupled with the withdrawal of capital by an investor in the middle, our capital chain is now broken, and the entire production team is suspended. "

"oh, I see."

"I have been looking for new investors for the past few days, but everyone is not optimistic about our drama. Now the industry is too impetuous, and everyone can only see IP and traffic. It seems that these are the guarantees. But a really good movie Are TV dramas based on these? Why do TV dramas with only one shell always have the best resources, while those who really want to do dramas seriously, no one cares? What happened to this world, this world? ?!" Tao Ye said, and directly cried to himself.

This aggrieved look really resembled the man who was second in Li Linlin's class at that time. She pursed her lips, took out a tissue from her bag, and handed it to him: "I understand, now everyone only looks at money, but not everyone just wants money!"

Tao Ye Wan, as if he had met a bosom friend, nodded while wiping away his tears: "Yes, in life, there is always something else to pursue!"

Li Linlin also nodded: "Well, how much money is missing from your crew, I'll invest."

Tao Ye's movements froze, and he was stunned: "Are you willing to invest in our crew?"

"Yes." Li Linlin nodded, "Although I'm not a big boss, I still have some savings. How much money do you need?"

Li Linlin is a popular female star no matter what, and has an international superstar father, Tao Ye is not worried that she will not be able to pay. He considered it for a while, and said to her, "Two or two million?"

Li Linlin said, "Is two million enough? Well, I'll give you five million."

Tao Ye stood up abruptly and was so excited that he almost knocked over the table in front of him: "Really, really?"

"Of course, it's too late to transfer money today, I'll send you money tomorrow!"

"Then, then I'll go to print the contract now!" Tao Ye took his bag, his voice trembling, "The business center of the hotel can print it, you, you wait for me here, I'll be right back!"

He said and ran downstairs with his bag. Li Linlin went back to her table and waited for him while eating. After a while, Tao Ye came over like a small whirlwind: "He, the contract is printed!"

"Okay." Li Linlin signed her name without looking at it.

Tao Ye was stunned for a while, and asked her, "Aren't you going to look at the contract first?"

Li Linlin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, a person with a dream like Director Tao will not cheat me on the contract."

Tao Ye's heart was moved, and his tears were about to flow again: "Don't worry, I have confidence that our show will definitely be popular!"

Li Linlin smiled and nodded.

After Tao Ye left, Li Linlin continued to sit in her seat and ate everything she took. Although she admires people like Tao Ye, the bosses who reject him are right. In this industry, the possibility of making money in a drama like his is indeed very small.

But she didn't invest to make money, but... It's really pleasant to put the money out!

She walked downstairs humming a ditty. As soon as she got to the lobby, she saw Chen Yiran walking among a group of business people.