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The crew next door is a costume crew. Director Zhang only knows that the director is called Zhao Hongyang, who is of average reputation, but he doesn’t know much about the others.
He looked at Jiang Mian and asked doubtfully, "Why do you ask this?"
"Just ask." Jiang Mian shook his head, "Do you know Director Zhao?"
"We've met a few times." Director Zhang said, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Mian: "I have something to do and I want to visit him. Can you help me connect him?"
"You want to film his film?" Director Zhang misunderstood, frowned, and said unceremoniously, "Zhao Hongyang's film is not suitable for you."
Jiang Mian: "Of course not, it's a bit of a personal matter."
After all, it was the director of a production crew who asked Tang Anan to find him. He would probably just ignore it.
She didn't want to go looking for someone in a big way. Since Director Zhang and Zhao Hongyang knew each other, she could use Director Zhang to make an appointment.
"Okay." Since it was not for filming, but a private matter, Director Zhang was not interested in knowing what a "private matter" was, so he readily agreed.
Jiang Mian liked Director Zhang's refreshing energy. She stood up and said, "Thank you, director. You are busy with your work. I will read the script."
"Wait a minute." Director Zhang stopped her and looked her up and down. "Is there nothing serious about your health?"
Jiang Mian has behaved herself since she joined the team. Even though she suddenly became the employer's financial backer, she is still the investor with the best temper and the least evil spirit that Director Zhang has ever seen.
Most investors think that they are the boss after they have invested money, and they always want to dictate what happens.
There are even some wealthy people who, in order to satisfy their addiction to acting, insist on being assigned a role by the director because of their status as investors.
This is not bad, the director just arranges a random role for the other party to try.
Directors who are more arrogant, want to play the main role, or make random changes to the play. Directors who are not well-known don't even have the capital to confront the management when encountering this kind of thing.
In addition to this situation, it is more likely that investors want to praise someone and appoint a certain actor to play the protagonist.
For example, Shen Shiqing.
However, for a director like Director Zhang who has a relatively high position in the directing world, if the director is unwilling, investors will be more or less polite to him.
Therefore, even if Shen Shiqing designated Guan Xin as the heroine, Director Zhang did not immediately agree and asked Guan Xin to audition.
Although Shen Shiqing was unhappy, he couldn't put too much pressure on him.
If Guan Xin hadn't acted as his first girlfriend, Director Zhang wouldn't be disgusted with her, but because behind her is Shen Shiqing, even if Director Zhang doesn't like her, as long as her acting skills are passable, Director Zhang can only use her.
At this moment, Jiang Mian appeared.
Director Zhang knew that Jiang Mian was related to Qin Jingrun. Based on this, Jiang Mian was more suitable for the role of Li Jingwan than Guan Xin in every aspect, so he naturally chose Jiang Mian without hesitation.
In fact, Director Zhang was a little worried at first. Since Jiang Mian had a relationship with Qin Jingrun behind his back, would he use this relationship to act like a monster on the set
Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary. Compared with Guan Xin, Jiang Mian was so worry-free.
Directors naturally like actors who are obedient, not evil, and have aura.
He already admired Jiang Mian, but when Jiang Mian became an investor without any of the bad habits of other investors, Director Zhang's love for Jiang Mian became more sincere.
Yesterday, Tang Anan asked him for leave for Jiang Mian, using the excuse that he was not feeling well. If other actors used this excuse, Director Zhang would be more or less suspicious.
When Jiang Mian came here, there was inevitably an extra layer of filters. He was worried that Jiang Mian was afraid of affecting other people in the team and working while sick, so he asked with concern.
"If you feel unwell, there is no need to force yourself. We have sufficient funds now, so there is no need to rush." Director Zhang said.
The money Jiang Mian invested came quickly - Director Zhang said it was short of 100 million, and she invested 20 million more.
This is the first time Director Zhang has seen such a casual and generous investor.
Jiang Mian didn't expect Director Zhang to care about her so much, so she winked playfully and said, "Thank you for your concern, Director. I'm fine."
Seeing this, Director Zhang felt relieved.
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Zhao Hongyang learned through his assistant that Zhang Zhixin came to him for something and asked him to have dinner tonight.
He was very surprised. He had indeed met Zhang Zhixin a few times, but he was not familiar with him.
Zhang Zhixin is much more famous than him, and most of his films have won awards, but he has never won an award. The gap between the two in the director world is not small.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongyang would not refuse the dinner invitation from Zhang Zhixin.
When the crew finished work in the afternoon, Zhao Hongyang took his assistant to a nearby restaurant where he had made an appointment, and the waiter ushered him into a private room.
He thought he would see Zhang Zhixin when he entered the box, so Zhao Hongyang was ready to greet him warmly. But when he saw what was going on inside, he swallowed the word "Zhang".
The box was empty.
Although Zhang Zhixin is more famous than him, since it was Zhang Zhixin who initiated the invitation, he is the host, and the host should arrive in advance.
"Director Zhao." The assistant's face changed slightly and he muttered, "Director Zhang won't come."
Could it be that this great director was deliberately teasing Zhao Hongyang
"There may be something delayed." Zhao Hongyang said, "Go in first."
After waiting for about ten minutes, the newcomer Zhang Zhi had not yet arrived, so the assistant suggested: "How about I contact Director Zhang's assistant."
Assistant Zhang Zhixin contacted him to make an appointment for the dinner.
But Zhang Zhixin is very famous. For a dinner like this, if they don't even have the patience to wait and keep urging them, it will make people unhappy.
Sure enough, Zhao Hongyang shook his head: "Wait a little longer."
More than ten minutes later, the box door opened.
"Sorry, Director Zhao, I'm a few minutes late." Jiang Mian walked into the box with Tang An'an, her eyes fell on Zhao Hongyang's unsightly face, and the smile in his eyes became a little thicker.
She arrived half an hour late on purpose.
There is an identity difference between Zhao Hongyang and Director Zhang. When he receives an invitation from Director Zhang, he will not refuse to accept it.
Director Zhang is not in the box, so he will not leave immediately, at least he will wait for a while.
The crew next door asked Tianshi Dad to do the cleanup work, and they only offered five thousand, so that was fine. However, they didn't believe in Tianshi Dad's ability. Before the agreed time, they told Tianshi Dad to pack up and get out.
Jiang Mian didn't care about the thousands of dollars, she just didn't want Tianshi's father to suffer such grievances in vain.
It's okay if she doesn't know. Since she knows, a daughter should always do something for her father.
The most important thing is that even with Tianshi's ability, he can't see the problem with the crew next door. Either "that thing" is hidden too well, or that thing is too tight.
Jiang Mian prefers the former.
If that thing was very powerful, it would not hide and just confront Tianshi Daddy head-on.
As long as Tianshi Dad is given enough time, he will find out sooner or later, but they drove Tianshi Dad away.
Without Tianshi Dad, it would be even more impossible to invite other people to see the problem.
But the person in charge of the crew didn't even have the most basic patience - Tianshi Dad said that when they invited him, they offered him five thousand for five days.
She looked at the blind Zhao Hongyang.
About fifty years old, short and fat, with a beer belly. His hair is sparse and the Mediterranean Sea is faintly visible. His eyes are droopy and his face looks very gloomy when it is expressionless.
The well-edited photos that Tang Anan searched for her on the Internet were almost two people.
Seeing Jiang Mian, Zhao Hongyang's eyes flashed with surprise, and he immediately frowned. Wasn't it Zhang Zhixin who asked him out
He looked at Jiang Mian doubtfully.
Jiang Mian pulled out the chair and slowly sat down opposite Zhao Hongyang: "Director Zhao, don't be confused. It's not Director Zhang who asked you out. I have something to do with you, so I asked Director Zhang to help make an appointment with you. I hope I didn't waste Director Zhao's time. "
She said apologetic words, but her tone and actions didn't sound apologetic.
Zhao Hongyang's eyes flashed with displeasure. He was a director after all, and his eyes were trained. Through Jiang Mian's movements and demeanor, one can naturally feel Jiang Mian's unkind attitude.
He didn't know Jiang Mian, so he was unhappy and doubtful as to why this strange and beautiful girl in front of him was so hostile to him.
Why did she use Director Zhang to ask him out, and what was her intention
Zhao Hongyang's assistant looked at Jiang Mian, thinking. He always felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere... Soon he remembered it.
He whispered in Zhao Hongyang's ear: "She is the female lead in Director Zhang's new play, her name is Jiang Mian."
Zhao Hongyang frowned even more. A newcomer actually convinced Zhang Zhixin to take the initiative to hook up with him.
Although his status in the industry is not as high as Zhang Zhixin's, he has also filmed several TV series with good reputations. Ordinary newcomers are not qualified to film his films.
What kind of relationship does she have with Zhang Zhixin to allow Zhang Zhixin to help her like this
Zhao Hongyang's mind was spinning and he looked at Jiang Mian without saying anything.
He didn't speak, and Jiang Mian didn't say anything either. She just looked at him with a smile.
There was an eerie silence in the box. Finally, Zhao Hongyang's eyes were filled with anger, uneasiness flashed across his face, and he said, "I wonder what Miss Jiang wants to see me for?"
"It's a small matter." Jiang Mian said calmly, "I heard that your team's recent filming was not going well and something went wrong, so I invited a master to do it."
Without saying anything, he saw Zhao Hongyang and his assistant changing their faces. Jiang Mian raised his eyebrows and continued: "I'm not interested in knowing what happened to your group. It's just the reward your group promised to give the master. , and in the end they didn’t give me any money, and even drove people away... Could it be that your group is so poor that you can’t even afford a few thousand yuan?”
The corners of her mouth were raised, with a strong sense of ridicule. Zhao Hongyang's eyelids twitched and he denied it: "I don't know what you are talking about. Since Miss Jiang has nothing to do, I still have something to do, you can do it yourself."
He stood up and prepared to walk out.
Jiang Mian didn't stop him, and just said slowly: "Then I have to spend some money to buy a few hot searches, and publish the news that your group is suspected of being haunted, causing three consecutive female lead actresses to be injured during filming. , I believe netizens have sharp eyes and should be able to tell whether it is true or false."
Zhao Hongyang turned back sharply, his eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty.
Facing Zhao Hongyang's gaze, Jiang Mian smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.
What Jiang Mian said was naturally obtained through Tianshi's father.
She didn't ask before because she was too lazy to ask. Anyway, she just followed Tian Yu's father to pick up the leak in the end.
The crew next door changed three female leads in a row, and all three actresses were injured for no apparent reason during filming.
Zhao Hongyang gave an order that no one should let this matter out. Otherwise, if the news is leaked, it will be thought that it is the crew's problem.
At that time, no actresses would dare to come to the filming, and the film would have to be put on hold, and the loss would be huge.
Zhao Hongyang didn't believe this at first, but because the actress' injury was so weird, the assistant director thought there might be something dirty in the group and suggested asking a master to deal with it.
Zhao Hongyang was moved and handed the matter over to the assistant director, who in turn invited Tianshi Dad.
After Master Tian came to the set, he ran around everywhere. The assistant director thought he was "working" at first and was very happy. Zhao Hongyang also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the day before yesterday afternoon, the new female lead almost got injured again.
Father Tian is aggrieved. The new female lead was accidentally injured by himself. It was not the fault of something hidden in the crew at all. The other party was hiding and there was no rush.
The assistant director believed that Tianshi Daddy had no real material at all and was just here to trick him into eating and drinking, and he didn't listen to Tianshi Daddy's explanation at all.
He angrily told Zhao Hongyang about this, and Master Tianshi was kicked out without giving him a penny.
If you haven’t solved the problem, why should you give me money
"Don't worry, Director Zhao, I won't get involved in your group's affairs. However, I know this master, and I can't see him being busy for a while. He didn't arrive at the appointed time, didn't get a penny, and was driven away by you, but he didn't get anything." If you don't do it, my conscience will be very uneasy." Jiang Mian put his fingers on the table and tapped them rhythmically, "Since your group is not poor, it's better to give them the full reward."
Zhao Hongyang finally understood Jiang Mian's purpose in finding him. He couldn't believe it: "You came to me through Director Zhang just to get back five thousand yuan for that magician?"
Not to mention that he couldn't believe it, even the assistant didn't believe it.
It’s only five thousand yuan, but why is it such a big deal? !
As soon as the word "magic stick" came out, Jiang Mian stopped tapping his fingers on the table slowly, and his eyes turned cold when he looked at Zhao Hongyang.
"Five thousand is the price just now." Jiang Mian said, "I thought about it and Director Zhao's reaction told me that five thousand is too little for your group."
"Let's see, one price, five hundred thousand." She said in an understatement, as if five hundred thousand in her mouth was no different from five yuan.
puff-
Tang Anan just picked up the juice on the table and squirted immediately after hearing this.
Before Jiang Mian brought her here, he told her the purpose of coming here - to ask for Mr. Zuo's salary.
Tang Anan was embarrassed when she first heard it, but because Jiang Mian always did something unexpected, she didn't think much about it.
I just became more and more curious about the relationship between the little boss and Mr. Zuo.
Mr. Zuo was not here last night. If he wanted his salary, he could ask for it himself. Why should the small boss ask for it for him
Confused, Tang Anan followed Jiang Mian to ask for his salary with excitement on his face.
Her intuition told her that it would be very satisfying to watch Jiang Mian ask for salary from the director of the crew next door.
Who would have thought that in the end Jiang Mian asked for 500,000 yuan, which instantly increased the original price by a hundred times. This was not asking for salary. This was clearly for extortion.
If she knew that Jiang Mian had easily knocked back five million from Shen Shiqing, she would have understood that the five million was already a sign of mercy for Jiang Mian.
Zhao Hongyang laughed angrily, and his bulging beer belly almost unbuttoned his suit. He said: "Jiang Mian, you are a newbie, how dare you speak to me like this?"
"Don't think that because you have Director Zhang's backing, you can say whatever you want. Seeing as you are a newcomer and young, I won't hold you accountable."
"Give her five thousand." Zhao Hongyang raised his head slightly. The assistant took out his wallet, counted out five thousand in cash, and placed it on the table with a look of contempt.
This is the first time the assistant has seen such a stupid actress, and she dares to blackmail the director. She is also awesome.
He said: "Ms. Jiang, you are a newcomer, and you probably don't understand some of the rules in the industry. You have to understand that when word spreads about an artist blackmailing a director, it is a kind of scandal. Which director will dare to ask for it in the future?" An actor like you.”
"To be an actor, you can't just have a beautiful face, you must also have a smart mind."
"Really?" Jiang Mian stood up and said calmly, "An'an, lock the door."