Lin Tang's role has very few scenes; she is a shallow, materialistic, and low-tier 18th-tier starlet who sells her soul for money.
He was recommended by the company, and the director approved him after just one glance.
Lin Tang works for a large company with extensive connections. Unlike Nan Qing, who discusses the script with the important actors, Lin Tang flits around the set like a butterfly, socializing with everyone in no time. He's also very charming and gets to know everyone quickly.
When Huo Yuzhou came to visit the set, Nan Qing had just finished filming.
He hurried through the crowd, vaguely hearing Lin Tang's deliberately raised voice.
"There's no such thing as a free lunch... They're probably messing with him every day..."
Nan Qing glanced over there indifferently, and Lin Tang gave him a provocative smile.
It seemed someone said something, Lin Tang's smile faltered slightly, but Nan Qing was in a hurry to see Huo Yuzhou, so she quickly looked away.
In this backward and dilapidated urban-rural fringe area, outside the specially designated film crew area, a luxury car worth tens of millions of yuan was quietly parked on the roadside.
Nan Qing opened the car door and got in, vaguely catching a glimpse of Lin Tang's face in the distance.
Huo Yuzhou wore a dark gray shirt, and a well-tailored vest accentuated his slim waist. Paired with narrow-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses, he exuded an air of sophistication.
The next second, he skillfully pulled Nan Qing into his arms.
Nan Qing retracted her assessment of him as having an elitist air, replacing it with "refined scoundrel."
"So pitiful, this shut-in..."
Huo Yuzhou cupped his made-up face in his hands, a slight smile playing on his thin lips.
" Baby, you look so well-behaved."
[That's good too.*]
Nan Qing: "..."
Nan Qing, expressionless, pushed Huo Yuzhou's magnified handsome face aside and said disdainfully:
"How could you bring yourself to kiss me like this?"
" Huo Yuzhou, you're really hungry."
Huo Yuzhou, whose cheek was being pressed against his, glanced at him, his phoenix eyes flashing with a bewitching, wicked charm.
"Can't I even compliment you on being cute?"
"Young Master, you're so adorable."
Nan Qing looked at Huo Yuzhou, whom she had easily pushed away with one hand, and smiled with her eyes crinkling.
"The Princess and the Pea, you are even more charming."
Huo Yuzhou's chest heaved with laughter, causing his chest to throb with suppressed embarrassment, which made Huo Yuzhou hug Huo Yuzhou even tighter.
Have you missed me?
"Me? I'm alright."
Nan Qing glanced out the window; Lin Tang, in the crowd, was secretly taking pictures of their car with her phone.
"However, it seems someone cares about you more than I do."
Huo Yuzhou's eyes followed Nan Qing's gaze, his handsome face expressionless.
Did he upset you?
Nan Qing cupped his face and turned him around, earnestly filing a complaint.
"Yes! He just said bad things about me!"
Huo Yuzhou: "What did you say?"
"You're messing with me every night!"
Huo Yuzhou slightly raised his sword-like eyebrows.
"That's truly a wonderful wish--"
Nan Qing gave him a threatening look, Huo Yuzhou quickly changed his tune.
"What is he saying? We're just friends, he's talking nonsense!"
Nan Qing felt guilty for a second.
He looked down at himself, sitting on Huo Yuzhou's lap with Huo Yuzhou's arm around his waist, and suddenly felt that things between them might not be so innocent after all.
Unexpectedly, Huo Yuzhou tightened his grip on his waist and placed a soft kiss on his lips.
Thinking about the previous agreement, Nan Qing hesitated whether or not to speak.
But the brief kiss was abruptly ended, and Huo Yuzhou patted his bottom.
"Come on, your husband will back you up!"
Before Nan Qing could even utter the word "what," Huo Yuzhou raised his arm, opened the car door, and pulled him out of the car.
His scene had just finished, and the crew was packing up to go to the next location. It was supposed to be a lively time, but for some reason, the moment Huo Yuzhou stood there, it seemed like the whole world went quiet.
Especially Lin Tang, who hadn't finished taking pictures yet, had her mouth agape, wide enough to fit an egg, and her eyes visibly lit up.
Huo Yuzhou led him by the hand, passing through pairs of eyes that were either staring in shock or observing with veiled suspicion.
With an aura of authority that commands respect without anger, and a noble and aloof appearance, every single hair of his exudes an air of menace.
" Nan Qing! This is your golden-friend?"
Lin Tang rushed over in a hurry, following the two of them while trying to flirt with Huo Yuzhou.
He wasn't stupid. His appearance and demeanor were far superior to those of the princes he associated with; he was definitely not an ordinary person.
And that luxury car worth nearly nine figures, along with the license plate number with a string of 8s that he could still own in S City, definitely belonged to someone extremely wealthy and powerful. It would be difficult to even meet such a patron, so he had to seize the opportunity.
Why don't you introduce it?
"Hello, I'm Lin Tang. You can call me by my nickname, Tangtang. That's what my fans call me!"
But the tall man didn't even glance at him until the director came out to greet him respectfully.
" Mr. Huo, what brings you here?"
" Mr. Huo?"
Lin Tang's spirits lifted. Could it be the Mr. Huo he had heard of before?
He was about to continue his obsequious flattery when he saw Huo Yuzhou condescend to glance in his direction.
"Get him out."
Nan Qing: "!!!"
The exceptionally talented middle-aged director smiled apologetically at Huo Yuzhou, then turned to look at Lin Tang.
"Ms. Lin, our production team has very strict requirements for the actors' conduct and has zero tolerance for any misconduct. Your behavior just now was indeed negative, as everyone witnessed. Please leave."
Eyes pierced her from all directions, and Lin Tang felt as if she had been stripped naked, utterly humiliated.
He debuted as a member of a boy group through a talent show. In the acting industry, people don't really look down on stars who come from talent shows. He only got this opportunity because he used his boyfriend's connections.
So that's why he was so busy expanding his network of contacts, only to be kicked out of the production crew before even filming a single scene, all because of a few words?
Lin Tang asked incredulously, "Why?"
"Are you crazy? What are you yelling about?"
The producer grabbed him and pulled him outside, lowering his voice:
"How dare you mess with this person? Just how many lives do you think you have left?"
Nan Qing watched as Huo Yuzhou resolved Lin Tang's situation with a single sentence, and then watched as the very serious and famous director and producer poured tea for Huo Yuzhou with an exceptionally devout attitude.
Perhaps afraid of disturbing their conversation, the two greeted each other and left after confirming that Huo Yuzhou had come to visit the set.
Outside, two assistants, accompanied by bodyguards, were handing out gifts to the entire crew.
Inside the room, Nan Qing was shocked. "You invested in this movie? So I got in through connections!"
Huo Yuzhou sipped his tea with refined manners, and solemnly corrected his statement.
"That's not the right way to think, Baby."
"You passed the audition on your own merit, and I only invested in this movie because I was worried that you would be bullied by outsiders."
"Moreover, because of you, everyone in the crew, including all staff and cast members, has doubled their income without changing their efforts."
They should thank you.
"You are the real God of Wealth, Baby."