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The Little Merman - Chapter 16

Published at 14th of December 2022 06:25:22 AM


Chapter 16

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TL: Onion

Xiao Fang was right. She asked the crew. It turned out that the original male lead of the play suddenly had a car accident two days ago and couldn’t play.

“It’s over. If she knows that Qiao Mo will become the male lead, Sister Yan won’t let you take this drama at all…” Xiao Fang was so upset that she didn’t know whether to tell Yan Shu or not.

Jiang Yu looked at Qiao Mo, who had already done a good job in the field and changed his costumes. He was still laughing and talking to the actors in the show the moment before. As soon as the sound of the board sounded, his momentum changed. His hands were shackled, his back was slightly curved, his eyes were like a pool of water, and the officials who were escorted were beaten and scolded by whip, and he was indifferent, as if he was the bereaved prince in the drama.

“He acts really well.” Jiang Yu couldn’t help saying.

Xiao Fang replied, “Sister Yan’s vision wasn’t wrong. Before being dug out by Sister Yan, Qiao Mo was a poor student in a movie theater relying on his own work and study. In order to earn a living, he performed group performances in various messy film crews. Once, he was nearly forced by a third-rate director, and was saved by Sister Yan. Sister Yan saw him as a poor student who had potential and rushed to sign him. All of her resources were dedicated to him.

Xiao Fang had worked as an assistant to the last artist Yan Shu brought. The artist had no professional ambitions. She married a rich man soon after filming a movie and faded out of the entertainment industry. She had a good relationship with Yan Shu and had always been in touch, so Xiao Fang also knew a lot about the things that happened when Yan Shu just signed with Qiao Mo

“Sister Yan was so good to him, why did he terminate the contract with the company?” Jiang Yu asked with confusion.

Xiao Fang pouted, “What else can it be besides for money and fame? Xingying Media is leaning on Qin’s. It has lots of money and has dug a lot of people in our company. In addition, Sister Yan and him were a bit disagreeable at the time, and they had an argument. Qiao Mo wanted to play a role in a play. The director was also an experienced director. No matter who played it, it can be a big one. But it was suspected of plagiarism. Sister Yan did not want him to play, but he wanted to play. Later he went to Xingying Media and picked up the film. Right now, it should be still being finalised.

Jiang Yu frowned, and he was very impressed by the company Xingying Media. Does the boss sign the artist himself?

In the morning, Jiang Yu made two plays. He waited to eat outside after the filming when he remembered that there was a fried yellow croaker in yesterday’s box lunch.

When Xiao Fang gave the lunch box to him, Jiang Yu took the time to open it. There was no fried yellow croaker, but there was braised fish.

Alas, braised fish fillets were also good. Jiang Yu opened his chopsticks and ate happily. Xiao Fang sat beside him worried about what Yan Shu would do if she saw Qiao Mo. He absentmindedly opened the box lunch, glanced down, couldn’t help whispering, what a fish.

The fish was full of bones and it would get stuck if he was not careful. He didn’t like to eat fish. He used chopsticks to poke the fish. He was about to eat the tomatoes and scrambled eggs when he felt a hot stare staring at him.

He looked up and saw Jiang Yu staring at him without blinking… at the fish in his lunch box. He looked at the lunch box in Jiang Yu’s hand, and was shocked. It’s been only a few minutes and Jiang Yu had eaten all the fish. The fishbone was laid on the lid of the lunch box.

“…I don’t eat fish, do you want it?” Jiang Yu’s eyes were too hot, Xiao Fang asked.

“Well, thank you.” Jiang Yu’s eyes were bright and thanked Xiao Fang politely. Then he quickly took the fish into his lunchbox with chopsticks.

After dinner, Xiao Fang received a phone call from Yan Shu, saying that her business was not over yet, and she could not come today. Hanging up, Xiao Fang breathed a sigh of relief, it looked like it could be dragged for more than another day.

Yan Shu didn’t come, but an unexpected guest came instead, Gu Zecheng. It was said that he came to the scene to see Chen Rui’s performance. But whether Jiang Yu was on or off the scene, every time he accidentally glanced at him, he could see him staring at himself.

Today’s schedule was originally to film until 6 pm, ate dinner in the evening, and filming again at 7 pm. But just after 6 o’clock, after finishing the last scene in the afternoon, Lin Zhen got up and clapped his hands, saying that Gu Zecheng would invite the whole crew to have dinner, and the night shooting would be moved to tomorrow.

Jiang Yu didn’t want to go, but the whole crew went, and he couldn’t make excuses. When he got to the place to eat, the starring lead actors sat together, and Jiang Yu sat down the farthest from Gu Zecheng.

Gu Zecheng sat next to Lin Zhen. He toasted Lin Zhen with a smile, “Director Lin, Jiang Yu and Chen Rui are new to our company. This is their first filming, you need to take good care of them.”

Lin Zhen laughed and said, “Mr.Gu is very polite, both of these children have performed well. The new signings of your company are of high quality.”

“Chen Rui performed well in school, as for Jiang Yu…” Gu Zecheng looked at Jiang Yu, his gaze lingered on his fair little face and delicate white collarbone exposed by the wide neckline of his T-shirt, “He was signed by Yan Shu.”

 

Sitting next to Lin Zhen, Qiao Mo, who had been smiling all the time, looked up at Jiang Yu.

When eating, everytime Jiang Yu had to look up, he either saw Gu Zecheng’s unscrupulous eyes or Chen Rui’s jealous eyes, and even he didn’t have an appetite to eat his favorite food. He decided to slip out of the box.

The hotel was not far from the film and television city. When Jiang Yu walked out of the hotel, he smelled the smell of freshly baked cake. There was a cake shop on the left. He stood outside the glass door and couldn’t resist the temptation. He liked to eat cakes.

At eight o’clock, Lin Cheng should be still filming on set. He bought a small cake, found a shared bike outside, and rode to the film and television city.

Jiang Yu rode along the road for a while, and the cell phone in his pocket rang. He stopped by the side of the road and glanced at it. He was called by Xiao Fang. She said on the phone that Gu Zecheng found that he was not there and found a reason to leave.

A car came from behind, Jiang Yu hung up the phone and was about to go on the bicycle when the car behind him suddenly drove in front of him, blocking his way. Jiang Yu’s heart jumped, and he had a bad hunch. Sure enough, when he saw the rear window slowly lowered, Gu Zecheng sat inside with an ill face.

“…Manager Gu.” Jiang Yu said quietly.

Gu Zecheng looked at him unscrupulously again. The child supported his bicycle with his legs on the ground. He was wearing slim jeans. One of his legs appeared extra long and straight. Under the yellow street lights, his fair skin was covered with warmth. The luster was glowing like light.

“Your assistant said you are uncomfortable.” Gu Zecheng swallowed and said, “Get in the car, I will take you back to the hotel.”

“President Qin, I have found the artist who went to the reception that day, and the photos have been posted.” Qin Shen sat in the car with a slight hum, hung up the phone, and clicked the photos to identify them one by one.

The two pearls were really strange. The only clue was the little star who had entered his room that night. Maybe he knew why his tie disappeared and how the pearl appeared.

 

But he was drunk that night, he didn’t see what the little star looked like, and didn’t know if he could find them. He flipped through the photos page by page to a sudden pause. He knew this person, he was the child who had run into him in the corridor that night.

Qin Shen’s fingertips stopped at the corners of the child’s smiling lips in the photo. He also went to the reception that night?





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