Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“I think I’ll pass?”
ng Fan heard this and felt his head swell. He smiled bitterly. “I already started a scandal going there with Shan Jin bro last ti. If I go with you…”
“What, can the two of us not create a scandal?” Bai Zhi glared at ng Fan and smiled. “Besides, isn’t this a good way to combat gossip? Everyone will know you’re a professional bodyguard.”
ng Fan was speechless. “You can do that?”
Bai Zhi’s coquettish attitude was quite convincing. She was like a childish girl, shaking ng Fan’s hand. “I haven’t shopped around a street food market in a long ti, too! And I’m sad I didn’t get the championship, I just want to eat so delicious food to cheer up. That’s not asking too much, right?”
“Hmm, how co I can’t see a hint of happiness from your deanor?” ng Fan smiled. Seeing Bai Zhi glare at him again, he quickly nodded. “OK OK OK, let’s go, let’s go.”
The two exited the Mango TV HQ. The crew and the other staff mbers were still not off work yet, and the directing group were in a heated eting, nagging the staff to search through the clips and find what scenes needed to be fild again before the celebrities left.
“Director Xu, Professor Di.”
After the eting, Director Xu and Professor Di had been discussing so details that needed to be changed when soone entered through the door. It was a staff mber from the production lounge, who was also the assistant manager of the TV station’s broadcasting departnt.
Director Xu stood up to greet him. “Manager Jin, what made you grace us with your presence today?”
This Assistant Manager Jin burst out in laughter and said a few jokes to retort. Then, he got to his point. “I heard this ti your show invited the kid who beat that K-pop idol to be a guest? ng Fan, was it?”
Professor Di had gotten up to leave, thinking they had so internal affairs to discuss. After hearing the words ‘ng Fan,’ she stopped in her place.
Director Xu nodded. “Yep. Is there a problem?”
Assistant Manager Jin said solemnly. “Director Xu, you must think about this. Although this ng Fan character had a reason for the fight, everyone, including , had been rooting for him with our thumbs up. But still, a fight is a fight nonetheless, and it doesn’t look good. If he goes on a show, it might negatively impact your ratings. So I want to recomnd inviting another guest in his place, and film the segnt again. I already watched the ending, and Bai Zhi doesn’t win. When the ti cos, all you’d have to do is fill in the ‘Classic Voice’ and the collaboration performance. The cara shots can be edited too, so it won’t impact the show in any way.”
Director Xu heard this and creased his brows. At this ti, Professor Di stood up and interrupted him. “Manager Jin, have you seen his recording?”
“I’ve heard of him. I hear the results are very good, but I haven’t seen it firsthand,” he responded.
Professor Di suppressed her voice. “That’s the case. Manager Jin, maybe you should watch his clip before discussing this further.”
Manager Jin began to laugh. “Professor Di, even if the results were out of this world, would it affect the show in any way? This will not make the fight incident disappear! When the ti cos, people will begin to gossip, saying Mango TV invited a violent man onto their show. Then, it would negatively impact us. Besides, he hit a celebrity too, and celebrities are bound to have fans. You also know that K-pop fans start the most drama. We’re trying to consider this from all perspectives.”
“Manager Jin!”
After Director Xu heard this, the atmosphere in the room began to drop. “It doesn’t impact our show. Our crew is very capable of managing ourselves!” He then smiled coldly. “Your so called ‘consideration’ cos from your advertising departnt’s ties to that K-pop idol’s endorsent agency, isn’t it?”
Having been discovered, Manager Jin couldn’t help but admit. “There’s already a foreshadowing that we might break apart, so I have to consider this aspect. After ng Fan got in that fight, we weren’t the first people to invite him to perform. If he really makes it, don’t you think it’ll be difficult for us to get K-pop contracts in the future?”
Director Xu asked: “Everyone already knows about us inviting him to the show, and we’ve broadcasted the promotional material as well. We’re done recording now too, and you want to find soone else? Then let ask you, how will we explain this to the public? Tell them that you were worried the K-pop star won’t attend our shows because ng Fan hit him? Isn’t that asking to be scolded!”
Manager Jin had made himself clear, yet director Xu refused to back down. His face began to darken. “It’s easy to find an excuse. Just say the results weren’t good, and he doesn’t fit the show’s requirents. It’s that easy! It’s not like he’s from the entertainnt industry; this excuse will be perfect!”
Director Xu heard this and imdiately asked for soone to bring the clip of ng Fan’s voice acting, handing it over to Manager Jin. “Take a look first before talking.”
After watching for a while, Manager Jin’s expression looked unsettled. He could tell whether it was good or bad, of course, but this affected their company’s profits; it wouldn’t be dissipated that easily.
Back and forth, the two began to bicker.
Manager Jin did have a say-so in this matter, but Director Xu had control over his show, not to ntion that Director Xu never liked to back down in matters of show quality.
“I will call Bao Zhi myself. If she agreed to shoot again, you’ll be okay with this, right?”
Without Director Xu’s agreent, he got Bai Zhi’s number and called. Bai Zhi, however, didn’t even give him a chance to argue.
“Replace him? Only if you replace , too!”
She said and hung up.
Manager Jin’s expression was not pleased as he held the phone.
“I don’t believe this. This is part of my jurisdiction, I’m doing this!” Manager Jin beca angry as the argunt continued. The two decided to find soone at the production center to decide the matter.
Just as they prepared to leave, it so happened that before the production center sent anyone over, the channel GM arrived. He originally ca to congratulate Director Xu for the successful recording of “Voice Legend” and its amazing footage, as well as taking the Strategist and others out for dinner. He ca in ti to see Manager Jin and Director Xu arguing.
“ng Fan? Tell what you all think.”
The channel GM heard the argunts as he sent a WeChat ssage.
“Lao Tao, was that person you ntioned ng Fan?”
“Yes, what did he do now?”
“Nothing. I heard a guy did really well on the show, and the na sounds like this ng Fan, so I just asked.”
“Don’t ss with him, or I’d get yelled at!”
The channel GM finished with his WeChat conversation and heard the argunt, too. He put away his phone.
He spoke with an upbeat tone, “Lao Jin, Director Xu demands a lot from his program and we have to support that. Your considerations are careful and thorough. However, as TV industry people of Huaxia, we need to have our pride. We cannot lose our pride and sense of honor, we cannot blindly trust outsiders, we have to believe in our own people. Of course, I understand your dilemma. You must have been overworked lately; I’ll approve a long break for you. Get so rest.”
After he finished speaking, he ignored Manager Jin as he said to Director Xu and Professor Di, “Is Director Zhang still in the lounge? Let’s all head over.”
The three of them left, leaving Manager Jin with an ashen expression.
Pride, sense of honor cannot be lost… With words like these, Manager Jin knew he was finished!
…
“What’s wrong?”
ng Fan looked curiously at an angry Bai Zhi, who just finished a call.
“Nothing. Just a stupid notice.”
Bai Zhi tamped down her anger; she didn’t want this to affect ng Fan or ruin their mood. With ng Fan acting as bodyguard, they had fun walking around and eating, not having any worries.
Maybe because she felt so safe, Bai Zhi was able to greet and even talk to fans and other people who recognized her along the way. The people were also able to keep a safe distance. Other than talking to her excitedly, none of them did anything over the line.
The scene made Bai Zhi look like a resident of this street food area, with the fans and pedestrians as her neighbors.
Bai Zhi enjoyed the ti, which her fans loved to see. Of course, Bai Zhi also got to enjoy many delicious foods.
Who cares if she gained weight. She didn’t care about that now; she just wanted to enjoy the mont.
When they got tired, they found a small snack shop to rest and to keep eating.
Happy tis always feel so short. After they finished walking the whole street food market, they had eaten everything and it was ti to go.
“Little Fan, what if we walked back? It’d be a nice walk. You’re here to protect anyway.”
Bai Zhi wanted to call Sun, but she decided against it. She wanted to walk back.
ng Fan agreed as the walk wasn’t far.
…
“How nice!”
Bai Zhi hugged the jacket ng Fan took off for her. She shivered as she said happily, “It has been so long since I walked like this.”
“That’s easy to fix. Co out and walk more.”
“It’s not that simple.”
“If you’re a hobody, don’t use the fans as an excuse. Are most people in your industry really hobodies?”
“A lot of them are. Other than work, they like to stay ho.”
“It’s nice staying ho, as long as you’re comfortable. Why do you have to go out? After walking around so much, you’ll realize staying ho — playing gas and being on the phone — is the most relaxing. Plus, you don’t have to wash your hair. That’s important for girls, right?”
“That’s true. They say you can tell a girl takes you seriously if she’s willing to wash her hair to co see you.”
“…”
The two of them chatted as they soon arrived back at the hotel. After Bai Zhi returned to her room, she took off ng Fan’s jacket, carefully folded it, and called back Director Xu. Her expression was completely different now.
“Director Xu, now can you tell what’s going on?”
…
The next morning, ng Fan did his usual jog, then waited to have breakfast with Bai Zhi. He then left for the airport.
Bai Zhi wasn’t flying to Hu City; she was flying to Dian Province. ng Caiwei was shooting a movie there, and she got a supporting role, which was no less important than the leads in so big productions.
ng Fan flew by himself back to Hangzhou City. He landed around ten in the evening. He didn’t tell anyone he was back as he got a taxi to go straight to the dojo near Huanglong Stadium.
Reviews
All reviews (0)