The Peony Room is a large private room with a minimum consumption of 6,888 yuan per night, which does not include the 15% service fee. Although the price is high, you may not be able to get it if you do not book in advance. Tonight's Peony Room was reserved by Fang Dafu, a famous real estate developer in Nandu City, and it was specially used to entertain the famous director Li Lei.
Fang Dafu's name is very tacky. In the early years, many people joked about his name, but now very few people joke about his name in person. People who are richer or more powerful than him look down on him, while those who are not as good as him don't dare.
After Fang Dafu became rich, he took on lovers one after another, and there was no taboo between men and women. It was a typical example of a family where red flags were kept intact and colorful flags were fluttering outside. In order to flatter his lover, the rich man in front of him often uses money to invest in movies and TV series. This can not only make his lover happy, but also open up another investment channel. Why not! Although Fang Dafu was unclear about the relationship between men and women, his investment vision was quite good, and he survived many of the country's real estate control policies safely. So for the money invested in the entertainment industry, even if he sometimes loses money, he can't afford to lose it!
Unless his lover wants to be the hero or heroine, for other supporting roles, for the sake of his reputation as an investor, he often does not need to come forward in person at all, and often just makes a phone call or asks his subordinates to handle it. But director Li Lei is different from other people. Unless the person recommended by the investor really meets his requirements, no matter how much money you take, he will ignore you at all.
During this time, Li Lei was openly casting for a costume drama. The other protagonists and supporting roles have been confirmed, but one of the important male supporting actors has never found the right person. As a director, Li Lei has always strived for excellence in his roles. For this reason, Li Lei not only personally met with many people recommended by others, but also personally went to several major film and television schools to select people, but he could not find a suitable candidate.
Fang Dafu's current lover, Ye Ran, came out of a talent show, and even won the runner-up at the time. But there are so many talent shows in China every year, so what if the runner-up is the champion? I don’t know how many such champions and runners-up there are in a year. Except for being popular for a while, most of them are slowly forgotten as time goes by.
Ye Ran is a very talented person (otherwise, even if someone praises him, he may not be the runner-up in the end. Although he has always been taciturn and aloof on stage, his facial features are extremely exquisite and outstanding, and many little girls like him. This set, during the draft process, was affectionately called "Prince Ran" by some NPC fans. However, even with the title of "Prince Ran", it did not make him continue to become popular. Later, he switched to Fang Dafu, who looked like He is not bad, and his temperament is not bad. He has also participated in several idol dramas thanks to Fang Dafu, but to be honest, his acting skills are really average and he has not become popular as he expected.
This time, I heard the news about Li Lei's selection from my former classmates, and that's why I came up with this idea. Now Fang Dafu is supporting him and he has been filming some movies, but it has always been tepid. If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to become famous, his life will be difficult in the future. If you can get a role in Li Lei's movie, it can be a supporting role, because even if you are a newcomer, as long as you have the opportunity to participate in a film directed by Li Lei, whether it is a protagonist or a supporting role, there will be no one who is not popular. Even if you are a newcomer, Li Lei has Way to make you popular.
When Fang Dafu heard the news from Ye Ran, he started to think about it. As a director, Li Lei, no matter how famous he is, will not make Fang Dafu look at him differently. Instead, Fang Dafu learned about Li Lei's background through certain channels. Li Lei is from Kyoto, and his parents, uncles and brothers are all senior government officials. In the past, there were investors who thought they were wealthy and wanted to find someone to deal with Li Lei because he was too merciless. Unfortunately, Li Lei was still alive and well, and the person who dealt with him no longer knows where he is!
In Nandu, Fang Dafu is also considered a figure, but he is not respected in the entire Celestial Empire. For Fang Dafu, who has always wanted to expand his career territory, if he can catch up with Li Lei, it will give his career a layer of insurance. . In order to make his little lover happy, and even more so for himself, Fang Dafu asked someone to set up a connection, and finally contacted Zhong Lei's assistant Zhou Yu, hoping to invest in Director Zhong's new film and give Ye Ran a chance.
Originally, Li Lei didn't want to talk to Fang Dafu at all, but he happened to have an appointment with someone to meet at Zunhuang, and because he hadn't found a suitable candidate for his role for a long time, since the recommended person had the title of prince, it was all right. meet.
Ye Ran was once called "Prince Ran" by those little girls. After all, it was not for nothing. He did look a bit noble on the stage, which should be helpful for being selected as a supporting actor for the role of a well-known young man. In fact, in Fang Dafu's mind, it is not a big problem whether Ye Ran can be selected. The most important thing is that he can build a relationship with Li Lei through this.
In order to entertain Li Lei tonight, Fang Dafu has found some people to accompany him. Not only are the senior executives of his company, but also several of his business partners and friends from the Land and Resources Bureau, Planning Bureau and other government departments. From here, he can It can be seen that the purpose of inviting Li Lei to this dinner party, but Ye Ran's matter became incidental.
"Special Assistant Zhou, look, it's already this time, why hasn't Director Li arrived yet? Is Special Assistant Zhou urging him again?"
When Zhou Yu first arrived, he said that Director Li would be arriving late. When it was almost eight o'clock, after Zhou Yu and Li Lei talked on the phone, Li Lei directly asked them to have a banquet without waiting for him. He would come later. Now that the wine has passed three rounds, the food has passed five flavors, and the protagonist has not yet arrived, Fang Dafu may not be very good to Li Lei, but his words to Zhou Yu are not so good.
Ye Ran is sitting here today, firstly because his agent gave Ye Ran a performance assignment at the Zunhuang Club. If it was a few months ago, he might not have been willing. Even if Fang Dafu was here, he had already been there for nearly two months. None of them are filming, and they can only occasionally participate in some variety shows to maintain their exposure. The Zunhuang Club is considered the top entertainment venue in Nandu City. People who come here are either rich or noble, so you can't meet any noble people when you perform here; the second and most important point is Importantly, tonight I hope that after meeting him, Li Lei will give him the opportunity to participate in Li Lei's new drama for the sake of Fang Dafu, an investor.
"Yes!" Ye Ran's face was very ugly. In the past, because of Fang Dafu's reputation, the directors were quite polite to Ye Ran. Even if Li Lei is a famous director, what can he do? How dare he not To save face for investors?
In fact, among the people present, not only did Ye Ran's face look ugly, but the others were also a little impatient in waiting, but unlike Ye Ran, they also knew some of what Fang Dafu meant from his mouth, and also understood Li Lei's background, so I didn’t show my impatience.
"Xiao Ran, what are you talking about?" Although Fang Dafu scolded Ye Ran softly, but with a doting look on his face, he was obviously a little impatient to wait like the others, but he had to worry about other things, so he had to be a look.
Zhou Yu is Li Lei's college classmate. He has followed Li Lei since he left school, so he naturally knows Li Lei's temperament. Born in a family of high officials, because he is the youngest in the family, although he cannot be said to act unscrupulously, he does things according to his own temperament, but there is one thing that is good for him, keeping his word! Since he agreed to come over to meet Ye Ran, he would definitely come over. However, tonight he also made an appointment with his friend Chen Lixuan and his gang. He also told him about Fang Dafu's identity as a guest. Judging from the current situation, he should I'm not planning to come over yet.
Li Lei could come as late as he wanted. As his assistant, he always wanted to smooth things over, but he would not humbly apologize to everyone present, "Boss Fang, I'm sorry! But Director Li will definitely come as he said he would." , it’s not here yet, it must have been delayed by something, please don’t bother waiting!”
Regarding Ye Ran, Zhou Yu ignored him at all. Before coming here, Zhou Yu also searched for some of Ye Ran's previous video materials on the Internet, especially the stage photos of his previous auditions, and he was quite looking forward to it. But after meeting the real person in person, especially after seeing the boy below just now, he was very disdainful of Ye Ran's aloofness.
Besides, if he was really noble, he wouldn't be called his godbrother by Fang Dafu. Who here doesn't know what this godbrother is. Ye Ran is honestly not much better than the candidate he met with Li Lei before, except for his face. But since the Third Young Master has agreed to it, there is no need to add hatred to the Third Young Master for no reason. Besides, only the Third Young Master can decide whether it is suitable or not, so there is really no need for him to say anything.
"Brother Fang, you see it's almost nine o'clock now. I'm going on stage in half an hour. I have to get ready. Director Li will come later. Brother Fang asked him to wait. Let's all I've been waiting all night!" What a famous director, how can he make a movie without money? No matter how famous he is, it doesn't depend on the investor's face.
Ye Ran has been following Fang Dafu for almost half a year, and because of Fang Dafu's support, he was spoiled by a lot of temper. He followed his financial backer Fang Dafu and met some directors. These directors were somewhat famous, but didn't they still have to be polite to him? ! This time through Fang Dafu, he thought he was quite sure of the role of supporting actor. Although the large screen is said to be higher-end than the TV series, how much worse can it be? What can't be done with money? ! It’s not like I’m asking for a protagonist, just a supporting role.
Zhou Yu didn't say anything after listening to Ye Ran's words. It doesn't matter if he joins Fang Dafu, a nouveau riche, to rise to the top. There are a few famous people in the circle who don't have anyone behind them, but according to the current trend, Ye Ran is just mediocre. .
Fang Dafu is still patient with the lover he is doting on, "Okay, Xiaoran, you go make preparations first, and we will wait until Director Li comes to do the rest. Be obedient!"
Ye Ran looked at Zhou Yu, but unfortunately Zhou Yu didn't focus on him at all, so he had to stand up bitterly, "Brother Fang, I'm going to get ready. You should come over and take a look later!"
Fang Dafu patted Ye Ran's waist affectionately and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go!"
Zhou Yu works for a boss like Li Lei who behaves casually. In order to avoid offending others, he must be tactful and considerate. After Ye Ran left, the group of people could continue talking and joking. They were all people present. The others knew to some extent the purpose of Fang Dafu's treat tonight, and they would definitely not undermine him. The unpleasant episode just now was naturally dismissed. Both sides ignored it, and the scene became lively again.
At around 8:40, Zhou Yu's phone rang. Seeing that it was Li Lei, he apologized to the others before going out to answer the phone.
"Zhou Yu, Chen Laosan and I were together, and you watched him for most of the night. What do you think of that prince? Can you meet people?"
When Zhou Yu heard Li Lei's words, he couldn't help but chuckle, "What does it mean to be able to meet people? Aren't you also a star? Why? You are very busy over there, don't you plan to come over and meet me?"
"No, I don't want to come over. I'm impatient to see those irrelevant people! Didn't I say that some prince will be on stage at Zunhuang at 9:30 tonight? I'll just go over and have a look. You can take care of the rest."
"Yeah, I get it!"
When Zhou Yu arrived earlier, after knowing the identities of Fang Dafu and everyone else present, he quietly told Li Lei that since Li Lei was impatient to deal with everyone here, it was natural for him, his assistant, to smooth things over.
Zhou Yu hung up the phone, walked into the private room, and said apologetically to everyone present, "I'm sorry, everyone. I just called Director Li to say that he was delayed and couldn't come over right away. I'm really sorry! I heard that Mr. Ye He will be on stage at Zunhuang at 9:30 tonight, and he will go directly to the lobby to enjoy Mr. Ye's performance, so he won't be able to come over for the time being."
Everyone here, especially Fang Dafu, was a little unhappy after hearing these words. However, considering Li Lei's background, if he wants to get on Li Lei's line, he can only endure any unhappiness. For this person who has followed Li Lei for many years It’s not easy for Zhou Yu to offend him openly.
Fang Dafu laughed and said, "Director Li is a busy man, and it's not an urgent matter anyway. We can wait until Xiao Ran comes down to talk about it. Then, Special Assistant Zhou will be asked to give him a word or two."
Zhou Yu smiled noncommittally. Unless he really couldn't find anyone else, there would probably be no hope for this "Prince Ran" tonight. The boy he saw in the lobby just now showed his true magnanimity. He even inquired about it and found out that one of them was the younger brother of the owner of the Zunhuang Club. As for the specific details, he couldn’t ask, and he didn’t know if he really didn’t know. , still unwilling or afraid to say more.
A group of people ate and drank, and time passed very quickly. At about 9:20, Fang Dafu and Zhou Yu came to the performance hall together. Others present in the Peony Hall can honestly say that most people are not interested in this kind of performance, but because of Ye Ran, and more importantly, because they heard that Li Lei would also be there, they followed Fang Dafu to the hall.
Fang Dafu and his party came to the table reserved in advance and sat down. There was a female singer on the stage who was performing a lyrical song affectionately. Although the music was very beautiful and the singer looked very engaged, it was a pity that not many people listened carefully. , Zhou Yu couldn't help but shook his head.
Zhou Yu glanced at it for a few times, but showed no interest, so he couldn't help but look around. I don’t know whether it’s because the Zunhuang Hall’s business is good, or because of the appeal of the upcoming “Prince Ran”, but the performance hall is empty except for the one at the front, and all other seats are full. After the female singer went down, the host came up and introduced the singer Ye Ran to the audience, and then began to count Ye Ran's series of "achievements" in detail.
Zhou Yu suddenly saw a large table in the front row on the right, with a group of young men and women sitting there, including the two boys he met earlier. If the Third Young Master doesn't like Ye Ran, it's better to ask the boy if he is interested. However, someone who can get together with the brother of the owner of Zunhuang Guild Hall should have a good family background. Furthermore, he just saw the white shirt that the boy was wearing. Although it looked ordinary at first glance, he knew that this brand of white shirt cost more than 5,000 yuan after discount. This is not like a master who is short of money. I don’t know if I can persuade him. Many wealthy families don’t want their children to enter the circle.
At this moment, Zhou Yu saw Li Lei following Chen Lixuan and his group towards the empty stage in the middle. Chen Lixuan owns an entertainment company, but apart from some major decisions, there are other people involved in daily management. Many of Li Lei's movies, including this costume drama that is currently being produced, are all produced by Chen Lixuan's entertainment company. However, Chen Lixuan does not need to personally intervene in these matters. The two of them came together more because of their childhood memories. Relationship.
When Zhou Yu saw Li Lei coming, he said to Fang Dafu, "Boss Fang, Director Li is here. I'm going to say hello. I'm sorry!" After saying that, he stood up, nodded to the others present, and left. past.
After Zhou Yu came over, he greeted a few familiar people sitting here, "Young Master Xuan, Third Young Master, Young Master Lu, Mr. Zou, and Special Assistant Liang."
"Okay, Zhou Yu, we didn't just meet him today. Why don't you be so polite? Sit down!" Chen Lixuan said, raising his chin and motioning for Zhou Yu to sit down in the empty seat next to him. Zhou Yu thanked him and sat down.
After Zhou Yu sat down, the host had already left, the music on the stage sounded, and Ye Ran finally came on stage!
Ye Ran sang three songs in total. The first two were fast songs, and Ye Ran had to dance and sing at the same time. Thanks to being professionally trained, even if I sing while dancing, my breathing will not be affected, and the sense of liveness and stage is very good. The third song is a cover of Zhang Yusheng's "The Sea". The voice is clear and the emotions are well interpreted. Even the high notes of the chorus can be sung effortlessly.
After Ye Ran stepped down, Zhou Yu said to Li Lei, "Third Young Master, what do you think? Why do I have a feeling that this Ye Ran has chosen the wrong path!"
Li Lei has been in the director's field for many years and is very accurate in judging people. "It's true. Although this guy doesn't meet my requirements, his own conditions are indeed good! Needless to say, his face is very capable on stage." If he shows off his temperament and can sing and dance, if he has a good manager and someone to support him, he won't have to worry about becoming popular. Unfortunately, he has to act. I didn't see any acting skills in him, except In the first drama, the leading actor gave a half-hearted performance, but what happened later was simply horrible! I don’t know if it was intentional by the upstart."
After a pause, he said to Chen Lixuan's subordinate Zou Haibin, who is also the general manager of Tang Dynasty Entertainment, "Hain Hai, doesn't Tang Dynasty want to develop into the music scene now? It has also signed several big names. If Ye Ran has a good production People are not afraid of not being popular."
Zou Haibin nodded, "It's true, but I need to understand his contract first. If the fee is too high..." Although he didn't finish the sentence, the meaning was obvious.
"Third Young Master has seen his play?" Zhou Yu asked from the side. He thought Li Lei had not made any preparation at all.
"I'm coming over anyway, so there's no harm in meeting him. I searched for his information on the Internet last night, and it's getting worse and worse. I'm just checking it out today, no! But with his face, he's become more and more popular in the past few years. I don’t have to worry about finding anyone to praise him in time.”
When Chen Lixuan heard what Li Lei said, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What, are you interested?"
"I've always been only interested in beautiful women!"
Lu Guantao next to him also smiled and said, "What, are you preparing for a change of taste?"
"Fuck, my mother is still waiting to have her grandson!"
"Third Young Master, over there, sitting with Boss Zunhuang's younger brother, there is a boy who I just saw down there. I think he must meet your requirements for Young Master Wushuang, but I just don't know if he is interested." Zhou Yu pointed to Li Lei the table where Zhao Jinyu and his group were sitting.
"Really?" Zhou Yu has also met many people with him during this period. There is really no one who has received such a high evaluation from Zhou Yu. Now there are people who can get such a high evaluation from Zhou Yu, not to mention that they can fully meet their own requirements. , you should be able to pass the requirement of at least five or six points.
"But the light is too dim to see clearly. I'll go back to the private room for a while, and you ask that person to come over." After Li Lei said this, he turned to Chen Lixuan and Lu Guantao sitting on the other side and said, "I want to see I’ve finished reading it, what about you, do you want to continue?”
Chen Lixuan simply stood up and said, "Let's go, Guantao and I are here to accompany you."
Chen Lixuan and his party left directly, and Zhou Yu walked towards Zhao Jinyu's table and came to their seats. Just as he was about to speak, Fang Dafu's voice came from behind him, "Special Assistant Zhou, why is Director Li so fast?" Just left, I just watched Xiaoran’s performance, what do you think of Xiaoran?”
Alas, there is still such a person here. Fang Dafu wants to use San Shao's new film to praise Ye Ran, his little lover, but more importantly, he is probably trying to build a relationship with San Shao. However, Fang Dafu also thought too simply. He thought that he could hook up with the Third Young Master for just one to twenty million, and it would be faster to dream!
"Boss Fang, Director Li came here just now specifically to watch Mr. Ye's performance. After watching it, I felt that Mr. Ye sang well and danced well, but unfortunately, it just didn't meet the requirements of Director Li's play. Let’s talk about it later when we have a chance!”
"Well...thank you Director Li. Can you let Director Li meet Xiaoran in person? This drama is not suitable. There may be a suitable role for Xiaoran in the next drama."
Fang Dafu is a frequent visitor to the Zunhuang Guild Hall. He knows very well that the table facing the stage was specially left by the owner of the guild hall and cannot be accessed by ordinary people. Although he and Li Lei were separated by two stages and could not hear their conversation, it could still be seen that not only Li Lei, but also several other men could tell from their gestures that they were all from everyone, and Li Lei and Li Lei They are very familiar with each other, so they are probably from Kyoto and should have a similar background to Li Lei. If you can establish a relationship with these people, then there is no need to worry about those ghosts and monsters reaching out to you.
"Director Li came here today, firstly to appreciate Mr. Ye's performance, and also because he made an appointment with someone. He has something to talk about. Let's talk next time!"
"This..." Fang Dafu was a little unwilling. He finally made an appointment with someone. After making so many preparations, he didn't even say a word to the real host. But now that he made it clear that he didn't want to see him, no matter how annoyed he felt, it didn't matter. Method.
"Boss Fang, let's talk about it later when we have a chance!"
Fang Dafu saw that if he continued to pester, he would become even more annoying. Besides, it was a bit unseemly for him to stand here, so he had to go back and sit down.
When Zhou Yu and Fang Dafu were talking just now, these two people were standing next to Zhao Jinyu and the others. Now that they saw that the middle-aged man had left, but this one was still standing here, they all looked at Zhou Yu curiously.
Zhou Yu didn’t recognize any of the dozen or so people sitting here, except for one Qian Jiabao whose surname was Qian, so he had to take out a business card and said, “Hello everyone, I am Zhou Yu, director Li Lei’s assistant. The new play directed by Li Lei is I think this gentleman is particularly suitable for a role." He pointed at Zhao Jinyu and then said, "I wonder if this gentleman is interested?"
