Chapter 233 - Chapter 233: Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Three: Hanging Out
Chapter 233: Chapter Two-Hundred Thirty-Three: Hanging Out
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After her conversation with Gu Wei, Yun Liu called Tan Ning. “Try and get all the company’s core management personnel on our side as soon as possible.”
Tan Ning was pleasantly surprised and asked, “So, Mr. Yun agreed to transfer the company to you?”
Yun Liu sneered. “Of course not! He wouldn’t agree to give me the company so soon. He’s not stupid; he won’t let it go so easily, so I can only go to my parents and snatch it through them. We’ll just wait and see what my mother will do next. You best be prepared.”
“Understood. Leave it to me!” Tan Ning happily replied. “Yun Liu, I came across a few scripts recently, and they’re all pretty good. Are you interested in taking a look at them?”
“Oh? Are they all female lead roles?” Yun Liu languidly inquired.
Tan Ning hesitated for a moment before saying, “Yun Liu, it’s not necessarily a good thing if we just focus on female lead roles. If you are open to playing some supporting roles, we can put a positive spin on it and announce that you’re a cameo or a guest star acting free of charge. The main thing is to get you some exposure and let the audience remember you. The audience is capricious, and if you don’t frequently appear before them, they’ll soon forget about you.”
“No! I want to be the lead actress. I won’t take it if it’s not the female lead role. If no one’s willing to give me the lead role, then I’ll make my own movie with myself as the lead actress after I take over the company!” And with that, Yun Liu irritably hung up the phone.
Tan Ning stared at her phone and sighed in frustration.
“She still doesn’t agree?” Yun Liu’s assistant, Xiao Yun, carefully asked.
“Yeah,” Tan Ning responded gloomily.
Xiao Yun came close and said, “Tan Ning, we can’t keep waiting like this. Female artistes flop very quickly without constant exposure. How about… we arrange for Yun Liu to meet a few directors? We can take some photos of them together and spread rumors about a new movie or some such. At least, there’ll be some gossip about her or something…”
An idea suddenly came to Tan Ning. She patted Xiao Yun’s shoulder and praised, “That’s a great idea! Not bad, Xiao Yun; you’re starting to use those brains of yours! Let’s pick a candidate to arrange some scandals with Miss Yun Liu and hype it up. It’s a good way to increase her popularity. Since no one from the Gu family is cooperating with us, we need to step up to the plate ourselves. We have to let them see our value!”
Xiao Yun was quite thrilled at the positive encouragement. “Then which male artiste do you think is suitable?”
Tan Ning frowned. “A male artiste? That won’t do; it won’t help her raise her status if she has a scandal with a male artiste, and that’ll also risk retaliation from the artiste’s fans. So, male artistes are out of the question. Let me think about who will be a good fit…”
Liang Han squawked and hollered and felt like strangling Ye Kun. He felt extremely wronged as he grumbled to Shi Nian and Xi Cheng, “I was only gone for a few months to shoot a film, and he goes and betrays our brotherhood.” He turned to Ye Kun and groused, “That’s not cool, man! Where are your principles? What happened to being single together?! Ye Kun! You traitor! Tell me, who is your girlfriend? I must snatch her away from you! Only then will I be appeased!”
As he spoke, Liang Han pounced on Ye Kun, and the two tussled together again. Ye Kun shouted at Shi Nian as he wrestled against Liang Han, “Shi Nian! You can’t betray me! Don’t you dare tell him who my girlfriend is! I’ll destroy your marriage if my girlfriend gets snatched away!”
Shi Nian and Xi Cheng only watched as the other two messed around. They then clinked their glasses and downed their drinks.
“What?! Shi Nian! You’re in on it, too?” Liang Han exclaimed. “Did you introduce him to her? Why?! I’m also your pal! Why did you only introduce a girlfriend to him and not me? No, this won’t do! You have to make this up to me!” So saying, Liang Han pounced on Shi Nian.
Shi Nian stretched out an arm and pushed the meat sack that leaped at him far away as he lightly stated, “I had nothing to do with this. It just so happens that his girlfriend is my wife’s best friend.”
Liang Hanzhi knew Shi Nian had some trauma about people suddenly getting close to him, so he sat at an arm’s length away from him and grinned. “Does your wife have any other best friends?” he inquired.
Shi Nian nodded. “Of course she does!”
Liang Han’s eyes lit up. “Then what are we waiting for? Introduce me to them! You gotta introduce me to them!”
“Sure!” Shi Nian smiled. “What’s in it for me?”
“I don’t see you asking Ye Kun for benefits!” Liang Han angrily retorted. “Shi Nian, you can’t play favorites!”
Shi Nian glanced at Ye Kun, who had finished tidying himself after Liang Han had messed his clothes up. “Of course I won’t! He’d offered to be my slave in his next life.”
“Then I’ll be your slave for the rest of my life! So, hurry up and let Yun Nan introduce me to her friends!” Liang Han gave out his promise as uncaringly as if it were water.
Even Xi Cheng couldn’t help but laugh and chide, “Have some dignity, will you?
I can’t believe you would say such things! You’re a disgrace to your family’s name. Aren’t you afraid that your big brother will beat you up?”
Liang Han nonchalantly answered, “He’s a mess himself, so he’s in no mood to care about me right now. Hurry up and introduce me to a girl so I can beat my brother to the punch and flaunt the fact that I have a girlfriend before my mother!”
“Alright!” Xi Cheng said. “Since you’re so desperate for a girlfriend, Lin Yu has two best friends; you’ve met them before. Pick one, and I’ll put in a good word for you..”