Chapter 343: Leisure
On the second day at the set, the staff and actors witnessed a very interesting scene. Their great Director Ye was kneeling on one knee, applying a band-aid to the blonde girl who had been invited for a guest appearance. Miss Ye applied the medicine to her knee, patiently put on the band-aid, and even checked the wound, even though it was a very small injury.
But seeing Director Ye disregard her image like this, and in front of so many people, everyone couldn’t help but burn with the fiery curiosity. Who on earth was this blonde girl, and why could Director Ye value her so much?
“Does it still hurt?”
After applying the band-aid to Yu Linna, Ye Zhiyun stood up and asked faintly.
“Not anymore… it’s just a little numb.”
Yu Linna said with a wry smile.
Ye Zhiyun was silent for a while. She patted her head, and in her slightly puzzled gaze, she sat down next to her.
“I went too far. I’m sorry.”
“Eh… no, no, I don’t blame you.”
How could Yu Linna possibly blame her? It was absolutely impossible for her to blame her.
And Ye Zhiyun herself didn’t know what had happened last night. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it. It was probably a strong sense of jealousy that made her unable to control herself. Just like when she had first met Yu Linna, the strong sense of jealousy had made her unable to control herself, and had led her to do some excessive things. She clearly knew it was wrong, but she still did it, because her reason had been overwhelmed by anger.
She wasn’t angry. She was just jealous.
Just like when Yu Linna was with her childhood friend, Li Muqing.
The two of them didn’t speak until Ye Zhiyun herself went to the set to give the signal to start filming, continuing today’s shooting task. Because Yu Linna had a guest appearance, she wouldn’t be leaving. She would be staying here for the next period of time.
But when she was idle and bored, she would scroll through her phone and chat with others. Coincidentally, she had run into An Xiayue during her break, and had chatted with her.
◇ Yu Xia: Today is my birthday!
An Xiayue suddenly mentioned today’s date to her. Yu Linna thought for a moment and pressed a few keys.
◇ NA Nana: Happy birthday (^▽^) I’m sorry I don’t have a gift for you. I’ll make it up to you when you get back.
◇ Yu Xia: Mmm, okay. Let me tell you, today Brother Qing and everyone in the crew celebrated my birthday. Although there was no cake to eat in Africa, Brother Qing had brought flour, and he cooked noodles for everyone in the crew!
◇ NA Nana: A good man. Are you sure he’s not your biological father?
◇ Yu Xia: I was born in the summer. My mom named me Xiayue. I think my name is very nice!
◇ NA Nana: It is indeed not bad. It’s like the bright moon in summer. Is that what it means?
◇ Yu Xia: Something like that. The meaning of my name is, the little Yueyue born in summer.
◇ NA Nana: So cute.
Chatting with her, Yu Linna chuckled.
It was really interesting to chat with An Xiayue. She liked being with her more and more. She had even said that she would take her to the United States to play when she had the chance. She had never been abroad before. She was really looking forward to that day.
◇ Yu Xia: I’m 24 starting today. Time flies so fast. When is Shion-sensei’s birthday?
◇ NA Nana: I don’t celebrate birthdays.
On the other side of the screen, An Xiayue had just finished reading this message and was about to reply with something when she suddenly thought that Yu Linna seemed to be a child with no parents, so there was no need to celebrate her birthday. Thinking for a moment, she deleted the edited message and wrote a new one.
◇ Yu Xia: Then how about this? Let’s go out and play together on Christmas? I’m in the United States, and Christmas is like the New Year. It’s very happy. I’ll take you to eat turkey.
◇ NA Nana: That’s pretty good. I’ll go.
Phew, An Xiayue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this message.
It was so great to be able to ask her out.
To be able to play with the cute Shion-sensei was pretty good. What she was more worried about was when the filming in Africa would be over. She wanted to go back to her home country to play with her. She wanted to find Shion-sensei and go to the snack street again to eat delicious food. But before that, she might have to go back to her old home in Beijing first. After all, it was her mom’s request.
◇ Yu Xia: Let’s not talk first. I’m going to be found out for slacking off. I’m going to film.
Turning off her phone light, An Xiayue returned to the set to film again. If the filming went smoothly, their crew was expected to finish all the scenes this month. At that time, the entire crew could go back to their home country. After that, it was just waiting for post-production editing and movie promotion. But if possible, she really wanted to ask Shion-sensei to stand on the platform for promotion. With her fame, she should be able to attract some traffic.
But what An Xiayue didn’t know was that Shion-sensei’s reputation was not very good now.
Because of the failure of The Magician, there was a torrent of bad reviews online. Many people evaluated her works as declining in a straight line, with the more quantity, the worse the quality. Some people directly said she had run out of talent. If the previous god-tier author Shion-sensei still had the noteworthy work Ballad of the Enchantress, then after the current Shion-sensei had released The Magician, she had directly fallen from the altar.
At this point, everyone also felt that Shion-sensei was already a thing of the past. Peaking at her debut, that was probably what they were talking about. She, who had once been expected to become the first supreme god author of Wenqing, had in the end fallen. The author with the most hope of challenging the position of a supreme god in Wenqing was still Air-sensei.
As long as Yu Linna had seen this information online, she should have known her own situation. Now, she was completely abandoned by the world.
She didn’t even know how many fans would still buy her works.
What a disastrous year. Yu Linna couldn’t help but recall the days when she had struggled in the entertainment industry. At that time, it was also like now, not knowing where her future was.
…
Ye Zhiyun had also seen something, but she hadn’t said it. When she went back to eat after work, Ye Zhiyun really wanted to comfort her with something, but she didn’t know how to start. First of all, she herself had not succeeded yet and was also an entrepreneur. For her to comfort others, it seemed she had no noteworthy advice to offer. She thought about it and decided to forget it.
“Zhiyun, when you were doing this, were you afraid of failure?”
Yu Linna suddenly asked about her work.
In the eyes of an ordinary person, it was indeed a very hard thing to imagine. She had never filmed a movie before, nor had she filmed a short film. She directly carried a camera and a director’s baton, becoming a director, and it was even a commercial film, with an investment of up to 40 million. The key was that Ye Zhiyun had no experience before this and was just a little girl. At most, she had played the market, been a businesswoman. It could be said that she was completely unrelated to a director.
She was taking such a high investment to film a movie. Once she failed, the responsibility would be on her.
At that time, would she regret taking on this job?
“I’m quite scared, but I still want to do it.”
Because I want to create a place for us to be together, a house just for us.
“If I don’t do it, then that means I’m giving this opportunity to someone else. I don’t want that.”
I really need such an opportunity to prove myself, even if it’s just a walk-through.
“I don’t know what I’ll become, but I don’t want to back down.”
Yes, I want to move forward. If I don’t move forward, then there really is no way to go.
It was precisely because she had a goal that Ye Zhiyun was firmly moving forward. Once she decided, she would never regret it, at any cost.
Yu Linna still didn’t know where she was going, but she also hoped that her future could be with Ye Zhiyun.
She secretly reached out, touched her hand, and held it gently. Ye Zhiyun was startled. It was the first time she had seen such a proactive Yu Linna, and the two of them were not in any kind of relationship. They were innocent. If she did this, did it mean…
No, it’s also possible that Yu Linna just sees it as a common thing between girls.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhiyun’s happiness dissipated by more than half.
But she didn’t see Yu Linna’s flushed ears, and her constantly dodging eyes.
…
Chen Xi was currently busy with a meeting in the editorial department, discussing the work content for the next issue. The chief editor had specially told her about next month’s novel publication matters. He said that Shion’s book writing speed was too fast, and she could relax when appropriate.
Other people’s chief editors would have wished for their authors to submit as many manuscripts as possible, to squeeze out all their value. He, on the other hand, hoped that Shion-sensei would write a little less.
“Shion-sensei is your responsibility, but her contract is also about to expire. Although it’s not good to say so, she really can’t bring us any direct benefits anymore.”
Although it was not pleasant to say, it was also time. After Demon Child, Shion-sensei’s works would no longer give them the film and television rights and the manga rights. In this way, Wenqing would no longer have the initiative and could only get income from the published novels. In other words, Shion-sensei’s future cooperation with them would end here.
If Shion-sensei could give them more benefits, it would have been fine, but her sales were constantly declining, never reaching expectations, and the sales for each issue were dropping. This also forced Wenqing to re-examine her value.
“She is my author. I believe she can write good works. She is just confused.”
Only Chen Xi would speak up for her.
Chen Xi was very clear. She had misjudged once before. This time, she would definitely not misjudge. She knew how outstanding Shion-sensei was. From the TV series scripts she had taken on, her screenwriting ability was first-class. Even if she went to other places, she would still be put to good use. The reason she couldn’t write now was probably because she was still confused in her heart.
She believed in Shion-sensei, believed that she could write better works, but it just needed time.
“Chief Editor, didn’t you say before that there was a Japanese author exchange meeting? I have a recommended candidate. I hope it’s Shion-sensei. If she can go there, maybe she can learn something.”
Chen Xi mentioned the author exchange meeting between Wenqing and Japan. This was a connection that Wenqing had made with the Japanese novel association, and then had Wenqing’s authors go to Japan to study with the authors there, to learn from professional lecturers about the experience of bestsellers, and then to apply what they had learned. Although that’s what they said, there were almost no authors who could write a bestseller just by attending a few exchange meetings. Most people still relied on themselves.
But Chen Xi hoped that Yu Linna would go there, to change her mood at the same time. More importantly, she hoped that Yu Linna could find her own direction, understand what she wanted to do, and not just wander around.
But persuading her to go was probably not that easy.
