Chapter 28
I took it off myself
Tianyu Entertainment Company.
There was a company meeting today, and Jiang Haochen arrived at the company early in the morning. His assistant, Chen Qing, quickly went over the meeting materials with Jiang Haochen and reviewed the issues to be discussed in the meeting room.
Jiang Haochen listened silently until Chen Qing finished speaking before asking, "Who is Lin Yue's agent?"
Chen Qing paused for a moment before realizing what he meant: "The Lin Yue you're referring to is the one you met with at the Kaixiang Hotel last year..."
Jiang Haochen had no recollection of which hotel it was; he couldn't even remember the name, unless Chi Yuan had mentioned it yesterday.
"I think so."
Chen Qing: "His current agent should be Gu Fei."
After Lin Yue spent a night with Jiang Haochen, the company gave him a role as the second male lead in an S-level drama the next day. After that, Lin Yue became popular, and his previous agent could not keep up with his resources, so he was reassigned to Gu Fei.
Jiang Haochen: "Okay, remind Gu Fei."
For the first time, Chen Qing didn't understand his master's meaning: "What reminder?"
Jiang Haochen: "Chi Yuan is my man."
Chen Qing's eyes widened slightly. He had been Jiang Haochen's assistant for two years, and this was the first time Jiang Haochen had openly shown favoritism towards someone.
No, actually, this isn't the first time. From the moment he was willing to sign a contract instead of just doing it on a whim, Chi Yuan was destined to be different.
Chen Qing silently adjusted Chi Yuan's weight in his mind, then nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll take care of it right away."
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Qingcheng High School.
Because it's a youth campus idol drama, most of the plot takes place in high school, so the production team chose high school as the setting.
Fortunately, it was summer vacation, so the school was empty, which made filming easier.
Chi Won plays a school bully who is later expelled from school for fighting, but he still has some screen time on campus in the early part of the story.
Lin Yue, as the male lead, has a lot of scenes. He had already filmed one scene this morning and is currently resting.
Chi Yuan had just changed into his school uniform and came out from inside.
Lin Yue felt an immediate aversion to Chi Yuan upon seeing him and turned to ask his assistant, "When will my scene with him be?"
The assistant flipped through the script: "You and Chi Yuan don't have many scenes together. Chi Yuan's scenes are all with the female lead, only one or two fight scenes later on. According to the schedule, it will be at least next week before we can film them."
Lin Yue clicked his tongue, even more dissatisfied. He wanted to teach Chi Yuan a lesson during their rehearsal, but he didn't expect his scenes to be cut a week later.
Just as he was thinking about whether there was any other way to deal with Chi Yuan, the phone suddenly rang.
Upon seeing the caller ID, the assistant didn't dare delay and quickly handed the phone to Lin Yue: "It's Brother Gu calling."
Gu Fei, Lin Yue's agent.
Lin Yue answered the phone and sweetly called out, "Brother, why are you calling me so early?"
Gu Fei's voice was icy: "Did you provoke Chi Yuan?"
Lin Yue was taken aback and looked in the direction of Chi Yuan. Chi Yuan was also looking at him. Their eyes met in the air, but Chi Yuan quickly looked away.
Although Jiang Haochen didn't blame him last night, Chi Yuan still didn't want to cause him any trouble.
Lin Yue denied it, saying, "No, why would I provoke him?"
Gu Fei: "If you hadn't provoked anyone, why would Assistant Chen have called me this morning to remind me if you hadn't provoked anyone?"
Lin Yue's expression changed: "That Assistant Chen?"
Gu Fei: "Could it be that Assistant Chen? Assistant Chen called me personally today and told me that Chi Yuan is President Jiang's man. You should know what that means. Don't think you're something special just because you've become a little famous. This industry is never short of newcomers. With your current level of popularity, you'll be forgotten in a year or two. If you don't want to be sidelined, you'd better behave yourself. You even dared to mock Chi Yuan. Don't you know how you got to where you are?"
After saying that, Gu Fei hung up the phone without giving Lin Yue a chance to reply.
Lin Yue stared at Chi Yuan, who was having a sweet scene with the female lead, with a livid face.
I clearly sent that recording to President Jiang yesterday, so why didn't he dump that little bitch?
Lin Yue was filled with hatred, but in the end he dared not make any more small moves.
But he couldn't understand why President Jiang would protect Chi Yuan after hearing that recording, since he clearly hated people climbing into his bed the most.
Am I inferior to Chi Yuan?
"Tell me, who's prettier, me or Chi Yuan?" Lin Yue asked, unwilling to give up.
The assistant was stunned by his question. He glanced at Chi Yuan, then at his own artist. To be honest, both of them were very good-looking, but after serving Lin Yue for so long, all the filters had worn off.
Assistant: "Of course you're prettier; you're the nation's most handsome guy."
Lin Yue: "Then why didn't President Jiang choose me?"
The assistant didn't know how to respond to that question.
Unable to get a reply, Lin Yue slammed the phone down, drawing the attention of the crew, who quickly looked away.
Seeing that Chi Yuan was frowning, and considering that it was his first time on set, Tian Tian explained, "Don't worry, Lin Yue just has a bit of a temper, but he's quite dedicated. Just avoid contact with him in private."
There are all sorts of people in this circle. As long as they don't make things difficult for you at work, Sweetie thinks they are all good people.
Chi Yuan smiled and hummed in agreement. The boy's clean eyes were filled with laughter, making his school uniform look even better.
Sweetie said sincerely, "You don't look like a school bully at all. You're clearly a good student. Were you the kind of student who listened to teachers and did exceptionally well in school?"
Chi Yuan smiled shyly: "I used to be the class monitor."
Sweetie: "The class monitor must be really good at studying, unlike me, I'm a terrible student. But I have to play a top student, you wouldn't believe it, I didn't know the answers to any of the questions in the script."
At this moment, the director came over, glanced at Chi Yuan, and also felt that something was wrong: "Stylist, come and fix your look."
The stylist rushed over, stared at Chi Yuan for a moment, then messed up Chi Yuan's hair a bit more, and then unbuttoned a few buttons on his neatly buttoned school uniform.
"You're the school bully, not the academic genius. Why are you dressed so neatly?" The stylist, seeing that Chi Yuan was a newcomer and didn't have much of a presence, didn't pay much attention and simply handed the school uniform to Chi Yuan to put on himself.
Chi Yuan apologized: "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention."
Chi Yuan had never attended high school, so he was quite excited when he received the school uniform, eager to see what he would look like in it. He hadn't really paid attention to the "school bully" persona he was portrayed as.
Seeing his good attitude, the stylist didn't say anything more. She pulled out the clothes, crumpled them up, and then stopped.
The director still sensed something was off: "You're acting too strangely; you're completely different from what I saw on the live stream."
He felt that Chi Yuan's cool and handsome demeanor in the live stream was a good fit for the image of a cold and aloof school bully, but how come this kid is so well-behaved as soon as he puts on a school uniform? It doesn't fit the persona at all.
Sweetie stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Chi Yuan is naturally well-behaved; he'll be fine when it comes to acting."
The director was skeptical, but since the choice had already been made, he couldn't back out now, so he could only agree: "Okay, let's try shooting one."
After the director left, Tian Tian looked at Chi Yuan worriedly: "Don't be nervous, this role isn't difficult, just keep a cold face."
Chi Yuan: "Don't worry, I'll act well and I definitely won't let you embarrass yourself in front of the director."
Sweetie laughed: "You said it, I'd come to you if I embarrassed myself."
"Click."
The crew's cameraman couldn't help but capture this scene: two handsome young men and beautiful young women in school uniforms, the girl looking up with a sweet smile, the boy looking down with doting eyes, the perfect height difference, the gentle expressions, without needing any special words or atmosphere, could create the feeling of first love.
"ACTION!"
Filming has officially begun.
Chi Yuan's obedient expression suddenly vanished, his face turning cold as he arrogantly strode into the classroom. His mere presence silenced the students' reading aloud. Chi Yuan's gaze swept across the classroom before he sat down in the back corner and collapsed into bed.
This is the entrance of the school bully in the drama. He has no lines, but his eyes and actions have vividly shown his arrogant and ruthless character.
"CUT! Great!"
The director was very satisfied, and his earlier worries had long since vanished.
He didn't expect that this newcomer with few works actually had acting skills; once he got into character, he was a completely different person.
"The next scene we'll be filming is a fight scene where you climb over the wall. The school wall is about two meters high, so you need to climb over it cleanly and efficiently. Go practice beforehand."
"it is good."
Chi Yuan obediently went to practice. He had good motor skills and only needed to practice twice to meet the action director's requirements. The second scene was also filmed smoothly.
He didn't have many scenes, only two today, but because of his unexpected performance, he finished work early.
Lin Yue hadn't caused him any trouble, which relieved Chi Yuan.
"Chi Yuan, I have a few photos here, all taken by me while you were filming. Sister Wei Ran said we'll use them for promotional purposes later, so keep them for now and you can use them later. Here you go." Assistant Xiao Pan was a temporary assistant sent by the company.
Chi Yuan looked at the dozen or so photos sent to his phone, showing him in various looks from the drama.
Chi Yuan looked at himself in his high school uniform, his expression somewhat dazed.
"I hope you'll be wearing your high school uniform by the time I see you next time."
Chi Yuan asked Xiao Pan, "Can I send the photos to my friends?"
Xiao Pan: "Sure, as long as your friend doesn't post it."
Chi Yuan hummed in agreement, selected a photo, and sent it to Jiang Haochen.
Chi Yuan: {This is what I look like in my school uniform.}
Even though it's been a long time, I still want to show it to you.
In the conference room, Jiang Haochen, who was bored, saw the photos on his phone and felt a bit conflicted.
Why do you look so young in your school uniform?
She's acting like a minor; how can she possibly continue what she did last night?
Jiang Haochen replied: {How can I bring myself to take your clothes off when you're dressed like this?}
Chi Yuan's face flushed crimson, but fearing Jiang Haochen wouldn't actually take his clothes off, he replied shamefully, "I'll take them off myself."
Jiang Haochen: {So good.}