"Okay! Absolutely perfect! Chen Zheng, let's exchange contact details. Your acting talent is incredible, the best I've ever seen. It's hard to imagine that a complete newcomer like you could play a master returned from immortal cultivation so perfectly. You made me feel as though you really were a master returned from immortal cultivation!"
The morning had passed, and even Director Xu found it hard to believe they had finished three days' work in a single morning. He marveled at it while praising Chen Zheng's acting talent.
At this rate, they could finish shooting Qin Yi's drama in ten days at most!
"It was all right."
Chen Zheng smiled in response.
"Tch!"
An Jing gave a soft snort.
She actually wanted to reveal Chen Zheng's identity, but she felt these people certainly wouldn't believe her even if she told them. They would most likely think she was crazy.
"Chen Zheng, let's exchange contact details too."
After a moment's thought, Yanran took the initiative to ask Chen Zheng for his contact details.
"Sure."
Chen Zheng nodded and exchanged contact details with Yanran.
Watching from the side, Lu Yun looked as though flames could shoot from his eyes!
Why?!
Why did this Chen Zheng get Director Xu's favor? Why did he get Yanran's contact details when I still don't have them?!
Chen Zheng is just a newcomer, while I'm a popular young idol! Am I really inferior to this Chen Zheng?!
The more Lu Yun thought about it, the angrier he grew. An idea suddenly surfaced in his mind, and he sneered inwardly. He decided to probe Chen Zheng's background once Chen Zheng went downstairs. As long as he figured out the guy's background, dealing with him would be easy!
A few minutes later.
After exchanging a few words with Qin Yi, Chen Zheng left with An Jing and Su Cheng.
Lu Yun was about to follow them out, but Director Xu stopped him just as he took a step, wanting to discuss the supporting actor's scenes that afternoon. Lu Yun cursed inwardly. He had been planning to follow Chen Zheng downstairs for a look.
He had heard Qin Yi say earlier that Chen Zheng had driven there himself. Lu Yun wanted to roughly gauge Chen Zheng's background from the caliber of his car, and being stopped by Director Xu left him very annoyed.
But!
"Good lord! I never would've guessed!"
Five or six minutes later, a crew member who had gone downstairs to buy water couldn't help exclaiming as soon as he entered the room.
"What?"
The other crew members all looked over, their faces filled with puzzlement.
"I just saw Chen Zheng downstairs!"
The crew member smiled as he spoke.
"..."
The other crew members couldn't help rolling their eyes. What was so surprising about seeing Chen Zheng?
"Guess what kind of car the beauty who came with Chen Zheng drives?"
The crew member gave a mysterious smile.
"What kind?"
This time, everyone looked over again.
"A custom pink Rolls-Royce! Talk about flashy!" The crew member chuckled. "I really couldn't tell that Chen Zheng's girlfriend was so rich. Could he be a rich second generation himself?"
"Chen Zheng is actually a rich second generation... this..."
"No way. You really can't tell at all..."
"Qin Yi, is Chen Zheng really a rich second generation?"
For a moment, almost every crew member couldn't help looking toward Qin Yi, including Yanran. Yanran had thought Chen Zheng was merely a university student Qin Yi had found, one with some special abilities like herself. But now, it seemed things weren't that simple.
"Well... I met Chen Zheng while looking for inspiration at a café outside Nan University. As for whether he's a rich second generation, I don't know."
Qin Yi thought for a moment, then gently shook her head. She didn't care about such things. All she cared about was whether Chen Zheng fit the male lead she had written.
"A Rolls-Royce? Hmph! I've got a Lamborghini V12!"
Lu Yun gave a soft snort, his tone full of disdain, but inwardly, he started cursing again!
He had thought Chen Zheng was just an ordinary university student. He had even planned to find a way to hit on the two beauties who had come with Chen Zheng after investigating his background. Now, hearing this, he understood instantly!
Those two beauties weren't short of money at all!
And Chen Zheng was very likely some sort of second generation himself. Dealing with him would probably be difficult!
"I just remembered something. I think there's only one custom pink Rolls-Royce in Nan City." A crew member suddenly spoke up. When everyone looked over, he continued, "I read a news story online last year saying that Su Ziming, the head of Yuwei Group, had a pink Rolls-Royce custom-made especially for his daughter's birthday. It's also the only pink Rolls-Royce in Nan City."
"Su Ziming of Yuwei Group... he's a big shot, a wealthy businessman worth at least ten billion! I once filmed a documentary for Yuwei Group and met Su Ziming... wait! Now I remember. That beauty around twenty did look a little like Su Ziming around the brows and eyes. Could she be Su Ziming's daughter... is Su Ziming's daughter really Chen Zheng's girlfriend..."
Hearing this, Director Xu frowned slightly and brought up a detail.
"No way..."
"Is Chen Zheng that impressive? He can even land Yuwei Group's heiress?"
"If that's true, then Chen Zheng definitely isn't short of money! Holy shit! I really couldn't tell. I honestly thought Chen Zheng was just an ordinary university student!"
The crew members all widened their eyes, finding it somewhat unreal. They could only turn to Qin Yi again. After all, she was the one who had brought Chen Zheng in.
"Well... I'll find some time to ask him privately."
Qin Yi was a little surprised too. As a Nan City local, she naturally knew about Yuwei Group. Her own net worth as a famous beautiful writer exceeded a hundred million, but that was nothing compared with Yuwei Group.
She truly hadn't expected Chen Zheng to have this sort of relationship with Yuwei Group's heiress.
But!
But isn't this exactly the setup in my script?!
Qin Yi recalled that she had written her script the same way. One of the female leads was the heiress of a major corporation, and she shared a deeply passionate, heartrending love story with the male lead!
At the thought, Qin Yi's eyes suddenly lit up!
My eye for people really is exceptional. I found Chen Zheng, a perfect match for the male lead I wrote, in one go. Perhaps this was simply destined!
"Ah! I really envy Chen Zheng!"
"With a girlfriend that rich, why bother acting?!"
"That's the wrong way to look at it. Maybe rich people just want to experience filming, to experience being a star! There are plenty of rich second generations in the industry!"
The crew members launched into another round of marveling.
As for Lu Yun, his face alternated between green and white. At the thought of a behemoth like Yuwei Group, all his earlier ideas about scheming against Chen Zheng vanished without a trace.
If I really plotted against Chen Zheng in secret, I'm afraid... I'd end up in a miserable state!
"Lu Yun, if you don't want to act in this drama anymore, we can get someone else." Director Xu frowned and glanced at the distracted Lu Yun, then chuckled. "Lu Yun, you may be a popular young idol, but you should understand that a star is nothing before those major corporations. Some people are simply beyond your ability to cross."
Lu Yun's expression darkened at those words. He felt as though ten thousand alpacas were charging wildly through his heart. He felt utterly humiliated today, yet he didn't dare fight back!
"Director Xu, I've decided to withdraw from this drama. My acting isn't good enough to take on the supporting male role!"
So Lu Yun gritted his teeth and withdrew of his own accord.
"Qin Yi, what do you think?"
Director Xu looked toward Qin Yi.
"Withdraw? That's fine, I suppose. Chen Zheng's acting talent surprised me. With his talent, I don't think this drama needs a second male lead or any such roles anymore. Chen Zheng will be the only principal male character. I'll revise the script when I get home tonight."
Qin Yi glanced at Lu Yun, frowned slightly, then nodded as she spoke.
"Then that's settled."
Director Xu nodded too.
"..."
Lu Yun opened his mouth. He knew he had been kicked out completely. At that moment, he wanted to say something but couldn't get the words out, feeling another ten thousand alpacas charging wildly through his heart!