In May, the weather in Seoul was the most changeable. The afternoon was still sunny. The asphalt road was soaked by the light rain, but it was only a light rain. After washing the city, the rain stopped. Tian Xingjian, who was sitting in the car, had not remembered to turn on the windshield wipers.
After Tian Xingjian's questions and answers, he learned a lot about Li Juli. Of course, he didn't know her private life, but about her salary. He was in the film industry, so he didn't know much about the music industry or trainees. However, he had heard that the low-level artists in Han country were very poor, but he didn't know how poor they were.
Li Juli's lips were quite tight. It seemed that the two of them had the same system and had to keep it a secret. However, they also knew that Li Juli's appearance fee for this movie was 1 million won, which was about 5000 yuan. However, she only got 100,000 won, which was 500 yuan. The rest was taken by the company. As for the travel expenses, they were all paid by themselves.
At this moment, Tian Xingjian also understood that Li Juli had told him that she had already received her salary. It seemed that the travel expenses of this little girl in the production team would be more than her salary.
This was only their production team. Other production teams did not have this benefit. As for why their production team was so special, it was naturally because Shen Lie had made a statement. It was nothing more than to expand their network. After all, their production team was not famous and only had some qualifications. Otherwise, Shen Lie would not have spent money like this. He would definitely be like other production teams and not have any travel expenses.
"Have you eaten?" Tian Xingjian, who was sitting in the car, looked at his watch and asked casually.
"No need, no need. I'll just go back to the dormitory and eat some ramen!”Li Juli quickly shook her head. She was getting more and more wary of Tian Xingjian. He hinted to her at the set, and after the show ended, he wanted to send her off. He didn't ask her where she was going, and now he wanted to take her to dinner. Later, he wanted to take her to a hotel. Thinking of this, Li Juli really wanted to call the company for help, but she was afraid that she couldn't deal with Tian Xingjian, the bully of the set. Didn't she see how badly he beat him up and no one dared to say anything?
Moreover, a small cameraman was bossing the production team around. He was completely acting like a director. On the contrary, the real director sat there obediently and did not dare to say anything.
At this moment, in her heart, Tian Xingjian was the kind of person who was a high-level villain in the company.
"You don't have to pay for it. Let's go and have some barbecue. Look at how skinny you are. Don't go back to the company after filming and say that we bullied you!”Tian Xingjian found it funny and tried to find a barbecue restaurant for dinner.
" There's really no need, senior…" Li Juli's voice immediately became softer when she heard that she was eating barbecue. It had been a long time since she had eaten meat. Her heart kept telling her that she couldn't go, but she couldn't help her biological needs.
Ever since she joined the company as a trainee in high school, she spent almost all her time studying in the company other than going to school. Her monthly allowance was not enough for her expenses at all. One had to know that girls always had the thought of comparing themselves when living in the company's dormitory. How could they not buy two pieces of clothes a month? Otherwise, they would be looked down upon by others. After buying clothes, their living expenses would naturally be reduced. She had to diet to lose weight, let alone eat meat.
"Is it enough? Order two more plates.”Tian Xingjian looked at Li Juli, who was quite reserved at the beginning, and started wolfing down her food. He thought that three plates of meat would be enough for the two of them, and this was considering that he had a bigger appetite as a man.
"Thank you, Senior. I'm full! No, no, Han Niu is too expensive!”Li Juli said with some embarrassment.
"It's okay. I have an appetite after seeing you eat. Uncle, give me two more plates of Korean beef!”Tian Xingjian shouted at the boss as he spoke. He didn't care about pork belly, it was really too disgusting. Besides, in his life since he was young, there was no roast pork. It was usually beef and mutton. I won't even let you eat meat?"
"No, no!" Li Juli was even more embarrassed by Tian Xingjian's words. She also remembered the way she ate just now, and as a junior, she only cared about eating for herself and didn't wrap meat for her senior, which made her feel very embarrassed.
"Am I that scary? You look like I'm going to eat you.”Tian Xingjian smiled and took a sip of his drink.
"No, no, Senior is very good. I was too rude!”
When Tian Xingjian saw that Li Juli was about to stand up and bow, he quickly asked her to sit down. He was also helpless. Han culture was like this, so he could only accept it. However, he did not have so many rules in private. He only bowed and kowtowed when he was young. When he grew up, he had no habit of it.
"By the way, when will your company want you to debut?”Tian Xingjian asked casually. After all, this was a parallel world. What if Tara debuted first? No one could say for sure. The main thing was that he wanted to hear news about Park Hyomin and Park Jiyeon. These two were his otaku goddesses.
"Ah, no, our company didn't inform us! Besides, I've only been in the company for two years and I'm still in school.”Li Juli replied respectfully.
"Oh, go ahead. Oh right, I forgot to ask where you live. Is this far from your dormitory?”Tian Xingjian asked.
"It's okay, Senior. I'll go back by myself!”Li Juli shook her head again.
"I say, what's wrong with you, girl? Answer whatever I ask you. What do you mean no need? Fine, fine, don't do that. Forget it!”Tian Xingjian was also speechless. What was wrong with this bunch of Han Country juniors? They had to bow and apologize at the drop of a hat. He was here to eat, not to watch a performance.
As the three plates of Han beef were served, Tian Xingjian quickly signaled Li Juli to eat quickly. She still had to go back to the company to work. In a few days, she would be shooting the young scenes, especially the school scenes. It was a very complicated scene. Other than the modern school scenes, it was more about the lives of young girls.
Tian Xingjian also lost interest in chatting with Li Juli in front of him. He was too sullen. He didn't know how to chat at all. He was like a stuffy gourd. He didn't have any interest in chatting.
After the meal, Tian Xingjian watched as Li Juli got into the car obediently before asking,"Where do you live?"”
" Cloud Splash Cave in Jiangbei District!" Li Juli said weakly. This was the reason why she didn't want Tian Xingjian to send her. Not to mention, people living in Jiangbei had an innate inferiority complex.
" Jiangbei District? So far?" Tian Xingjian was stunned. The Dongdaemun District he lived in was near the Han River. Gangbuk District was almost outside the administrative boundaries of Seoul. He knew about this Cloud Splash Cave. It was not far from Kyonggi-do. He estimated that after walking for more than ten kilometers, he would not be considered a Seoul-citizen, but a Kyonggi-do citizen.
"It's okay, Senior. I can go back by myself.”Li Juli quickly lowered her head and said.
"Forget it, forget it. I'll go back to Jiangbei too. What are you going to do with the scenes in the morning? Didn't the company arrange accommodation for you here?”Tian Xingjian said helplessly. Jiangbei District was even further away than him.
"I've told my classmates that I'll stay over for a while, but I can't go often.”Li Juli said weakly.
"Alright, let's go. What kind of lousy company is that? Why did you arrange for people to be so far away?”Tian Xingjian was just grumbling. He could only pray that he would not be bewitched by Jin Yunxi again when he returned to Jiangbei today. He also hoped that this girl would not clean the place where he lived.
"I'm sorry, Senior. I've caused you trouble!”Li Juli also felt wronged. She couldn't say anything about the company's arrangements.
"It's fine. I'll pick you up tomorrow. I'll drop you off on the way so that you don't have to squeeze in the car.”Tian Xingjian rolled down the window helplessly and lit a cigarette at the red light.
As Tian Xingjian stopped chatting with Li Juli, she also sat there quietly like a kitten, not speaking or moving.
"Ring, ring, ring!"
Suddenly, the phone rang and broke the silence in the car. Tian Xingjian took out his phone from his pocket and turned down the music on the radio." What's wrong, Brother Shen Lie?”
"Where is it?" Shen Lie's voice came from the phone.
When Tian Xingjian heard this tone, it was obvious that something was wrong. He didn't know what had happened.”
"Forget it then. We'll talk about it tomorrow. Oh right, don't talk nonsense when you face the media on set.”
"Oh, that kid is spouting nonsense?" Tian Xingjian immediately realized what was going on. It was nothing more than the kid he had beaten up today. One had to know that their production team had always been very low-key. They protected the actors very well and had never let the media film them. Moreover, Shen Lie's publicity plan had not started yet.
"Yes, that kid's uncle is from the company. It's fine. He's just a small section chief. Just don't talk nonsense to the media. Leave the rest to the company.”
"If I had known, I would have knocked out all his teeth. I'm hanging up, Brother Shen Lie. I'm driving.”Tian Xingjian was just grumbling. He wasn't worried about fighting at all. After all, he had been fighting with a bunch of people in the production team for the past three years.
It had to be known that it was the 21st century at that time. The production team had fought with the local so-called social protection fees. It was also because of the new president's strong attack on the evil forces in the past two years that they had a much better life in the entertainment industry. Therefore, he didn't care about fighting at all. The one who was the best at fighting in their production team was Xu Mingbo. Don't look down on the 50-year-old man, he was the one who picked up a chair and beat him up the most.
"Is Senior alright?" Li Juli asked carefully after Tian Xingjian hung up the phone.
"It's fine. Oh right, be careful when you go to the set tomorrow. Don't tell the media, okay?”Tian Xingjian warned.
"Understood, Senior!" Li Juli nodded and fell silent again.
Tian Xingjian drove all the way until he dropped Li Juli off at the dormitory building. He said goodbye and left first. Although it was Jiangbei District, this place was not bad. At least it was not like the low and chaotic street where he lived. On her side, there were rows of apartment buildings. It was not that Jiangbei was synonymous with filth, but there were many residential areas like this in some places. It was just that his Dongdaemun District and the neighboring Zhonglang District were too representative.
Li Juli watched as Tian Xingjian's car tail light disappeared at the corner of the street before she jogged back to the apartment. She jogged all the way to the 7th floor. Seeing that the people in the dormitory were still busy, she greeted them and ran to the window to take a look. When Tian Xingjian's car really disappeared, she sat back on her bed and thought about what had happened today.
It was her first time acting, the first time she saw a man fight, the first time she was teased by a man, and the first time she was sent home by a boy. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that Senior Tian seemed to be young and quite stylish. Yes, it was the kind of manly feeling that was completely different from the little boys in the company now.
However, Li Juli felt a little shy when she thought about it. She quickly dispelled the thoughts in her mind and prepared to take a shower. If she didn't take a shower, the water pressure would be insufficient at night.
"Senior said he would pick me up tomorrow. Ah, what should I do if I didn't give you my phone number? What time should I come? Oh right, Senior said he lives in Jiangbei too. Where does he live?"
Just as Li Juli was thinking about something in the small bathroom, Tian Xingjian was also speeding back to his apartment to check on the situation. After all, the news on the Internet was still very fast. If Shen Lie could know about it, it must be the entertainment news this afternoon. It must have been fermented on the Internet.
When she rushed back to her little nest, she was slightly disappointed that she did not see Kim Yoonhee. However, she still quickly turned on her computer to check the news.
" A foreign director is attacking a local staff member!'
Tian Xingjian was speechless when he saw the title. The problem of regional discrimination could happen anywhere. He grew up in Singapore, then the M Nation, and now in Han. He was used to racial discrimination and regional discrimination. In Singapore, he fought with the locals who forgot their roots as a Chinese. When he came to the M Nation, he fought with the black and white people. When he came to Han, he fought with the Koreans.
Tian Xingjian only had one way to deal with this group of people who discriminated against him, and that was to beat them up until they had to find all their teeth on the ground. Otherwise, how could he have muscles? He was so thin and weak that he could bully anyone. Especially in the M Nation, those people said that they discriminated against him because of his muscles. That was why Tian Xingjian had no choice but to train his body.
Of course, as he grew older, Tian Xingjian was still a young boy. He only fought to fight back, not to cause trouble. In the past two years, he had stopped fighting and handled everything in a completely different way.
If an ordinary foreigner saw this title, they would definitely be furious and even prepared to go home. Tian Xingjian was just looking at it, mainly to see what the kid had exposed to the media. After checking more than a dozen major news reports in Han and watching the afternoon's online broadcast, he heaved a sigh of relief. This kid still had his priorities. It was probably his CJ uncle who warned him not to mention the details of the production team to the media.
They only mentioned that he, a foreigner, was causing trouble on the set. He scolded the staff members of the set without any regard for their seniority. Moreover, he even beat up an elder like him. Alright, in terms of seniority, Tian Xingjian was definitely older. After all, he had entered the industry in 2001, but he was really not as old as this kid.
After reading all these, Tian Xingjian's mind turned. This was an opportunity. He instantly thought of what benefits he could get this time. He wasn't famous before, but this time, he could use this opportunity to promote himself. Although he was Chinese, he was born in Singapore. Moreover, he was holding a passport that was his father's country. He definitely had an innate advantage.
People from Southeast Asian countries did not think of them as Chinese, especially in Singapore. They were the younger brothers of the United States and the United Kingdom, and they respected them. Coupled with his high education, he could turn the tables. However, it all depended on Shen Lie. He wanted to see if he could really push himself to the front.
However, he also knew that there was a risk. With Shen Lie's character, unless the film was a big success, it would not be in his personal interest to push a young man with no background.
Thinking of this, Tian Xingjian felt a wave of bitterness. Everything was fame, especially in the entertainment industry. Although he was famous this time, the negative news made him helpless. As expected, when he was young in the entertainment industry, he had no choice. Now, he wanted to succeed even more. As long as he became a big director, the media would immediately change their tone. Let alone teaching a young junior a lesson, so what if they hit you? You deserved it.
After reading these messages, Tian Xingjian shook his head and thought about the movie in front of him again. Only if this movie was successful could he stop these guys from making noise in front of him. Once again immersed in the movie, the following filming was not easy. Other than the various connecting shots, the action scenes of the big scenes were also very troublesome.
The next morning, Tian Xingjian took out his phone and was about to check the time when he realized that it was turned off. He found a spare battery and switched it on. As soon as he turned it on, he found a lot of text messages and phone recordings. He roughly browsed through them and found that they were all messages from Han Jiaren and Kim Yoonhee. However, Sun Yizhen, Wen Geunying, and Kim Taehee also sent him a text message, which surprised him.
Especially since he had never asked for the three girls 'phone numbers. As for where they got them from, women had ten thousand ways to get a man's phone number, but a man wanted a woman's phone number.
After washing up, he went downstairs and replied to each of them. However, just as he was about to drive to Yanjiang Continent, he remembered that he was going to pick up Li Juli this morning, but he didn't seem to have her number. However, he turned around and prepared to go over. What if she was waiting there? Although it would be a little late, he was the director. It was fine to go to the set a little later.
He drove all the way to Li Juli's dormitory. He had been looking for her for a long time. The buildings here were all similar. He didn't pay much attention when he came back last night. Fortunately, he found her in the end. A beautiful goddess who was shivering from the cold stood by the roadside and kept looking back and forth. If he didn't notice her, he would be blind.
"Cold!" Tian Xingjian looked at Li Juli who was getting on the car and said with a smile as she tightly crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"It's alright, Senior!" Li Juli felt a little wronged. She usually left at six o'clock and rushed downstairs. It took her 20 minutes to walk to the bus stop. She went downstairs at the usual time, but she waited for two and a half hours. It was almost nine o'clock. She felt wronged.
"Well, I didn't have your number. It's fine. You don't have any scenes in the morning. Have you had breakfast?”Tian Xingjian said as he handed his phone to Li Juli, indicating for her to enter the number herself.
"Senior, I ate breakfast in the morning!" Li Juli carefully took the phone and said. However, she was a little conflicted. Should she enter her phone number?
"Who told you to eat in the morning? You can't lose weight like this, right? Where's the KFC nearby?”Tian Xingjian didn't have the habit of eating rice in the morning, so he could only visit KFC in the morning. Of course, sometimes he would simply drink a glass of milk and stuff a few mouthfuls of bread.
"Turn left from here, then turn right. There's one after two streets!”As Li Juli spoke, she quickly entered her number into Tian Xingjian's phone. She was a young man after all. Who didn't like KFC? She liked it too, but she didn't have money. It was already good enough that she could eat it once every few months.
Tian Xingjian listened to Li Juli's command and nodded. He started the car and prepared to go to KFC to buy some breakfast. He hadn't eaten this morning.
"Senior, did you see the news last night?”Li Juli, who was sitting in the car, asked Tian Xingjian in a low voice. This was the first time she took the initiative to talk to Tian Xingjian, and she was extremely nervous.
"I saw it. It's fine. Don't worry so much. Just focus on filming your movie!”Tian Xingjian replied casually.
Just as Li Juli was about to say something, she heard the phone in her hand ring again. When she saw the caller ID, she quickly handed the phone to Tian Xingjian.
"Put it on speaker!" Tian Xingjian was smoking with one hand on the keyboard and the other on the phone.
Li Juli immediately helped Tian Xingjian connect the phone and placed it on his shoulder.
"Brother Shen Lie, what's the matter?" Tian Xingjian didn't have the habit of answering the phone with 'youkeseeyou', as he did in Han. They were all acquaintances.
"Why isn't he here yet? What's the matter?" Shen Lie's voice came from the phone.
"There's a traffic jam. You know that the bridge is blocked every morning.”Tian Xingjian casually made up a story.
"Okay, don't go to the production team for now. You're on leave today. Just come to the company in the afternoon.”Shen Lie's voice sounded again.
"No way, Brother Shen Lie, it's that serious?”Tian Xingjian quickly stopped the car and took the phone. What did this mean? They wanted to dismiss him? He was completely counting on this movie to gain a foothold in Han and be ready to kill everyone. It would be best if he could get countless endorsements and film companies. He could save some money and buy a few good scripts so that he could develop in Hong Kong or Hollywood in the future. This had always been his starting point.
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。