Shi Lan really hadn’t expected Chen Beini to co and offer help "in the snow," although she didn’t particularly need this pile of charcoal. Yet, she did feel the sentint from the other party. Based on her current status, her involvent in the Peak’s movie did indeed seem like coming to the rescue.
Afterward, she received another ssage from Perry, the boy who initially stood up for Binbin in "Senior Traveler" and later, won over by the big shot’s character, they turned from foes to friends. She hadn’t expected him to still have that kind of heart.
Perry: "Sister An Lan, based on what I know about you, you’re definitely not as troubled as the outside world describes, but I still hope you’ll consider . I really want to act in a movie, and it doesn’t matter if there are several auditions, just give a chance. I mustered a lot of courage to send you this WeChat, hoping to get a response from you."
After reading, Shi Lan thought, how could this kid still be so naïve as before? But it was quite rare; so much ti had passed, and he still had this directness.
An Lan: "Let’s skip the nonsense, all actors have to go through the usual audition process. You don’t want people saying you got a role through connections, right? If you’re truly skillful, co and audition. I neither want nor am willing to pull strings for anyone, understand?"
Perry: "But I heard the auditions are over."
An Lan: "By midnight today, see what you can do."
Perry: "Thank you, Sister An Lan! Thank you!"
So, Shi Lan extended the audition ti once more and notified everyone that the deadline was pushed to midnight.
Perry’s broker felt the risk was too high for him to audition. Although Perry could possibly win the bet, he had already made a na for himself, and if he screwed up in An Lan’s hands, all their efforts would be in vain. Clearly, the broker and Perry stood on different grounds; the broker’s considerations were all based on potential gains.
Perhaps Perry might give up after auditioning?
Shi Lan hadn’t seen Perry’s works; everything was new, so she didn’t hold much hope for his acting abilities.
But to her surprise, after Tang Ze and his team reviewed the audition, they thought it was not bad. So they sent the kid’s audition clip to Director Deng Cong, who also felt Perry had a certain aura. His acting was a bit naïve, but he was precise in expression without traces of performing, his script foundation was also OK, and more importantly, he understood creation.
With a bit of polishing, this rough jade might shine. As a result, Director Deng added Perry to the shortlist.
Now that the candidates were in place, it was up to Director Deng to strategize. After the actors were confird, everything else proceeded much more smoothly. And Perry, as he had hoped, got a small role. However, seeing this small role, his broker expressed dissatisfaction.
"You had so connection at least, An Lan is really distant."
"Brother Yue, I’m already quite content," Perry didn’t mind at all.
"Well, if it’s a minor role, consider it a learning experience. Fewer scenes an any issues won’t involve you, which makes feel more at ease."
Perry excitedly signed a contract with Peak and subsequently, received the film script.
Film Title: "Death Cycle"
After reading it, Perry felt a surge of excitent and goosebumps, especially from the dark ending which was truly haunting.
However, the words "cyber violence" were too profound.
Never before had there been such profundity.
And because of this, Perry felt the depth of Shi Lan’s determination to enforce real-na registration online.
...
Half a month after Peak’s casting concluded, there would be a script reading for the film, and at that ti, all actors would also et the legendary repairman Man One.
Shi Lan wasn’t worried that Xi Cheng would be ridiculed; she just wanted to keep his identity hidden until the end, even from the crew’s actors, if possible. However, that was quite difficult.
Tang Ze and Xiao Yue thought there was no need for further secrets and suggested signing confidentiality agreents with the crew. But Shi Lan, looking at the list in her hands, felt from years of experience that this list of actors might not be final, as the identity of Man One could introduce instability.
The eting went on until nightfall, and Shi Lan glanced at the ti, intending to clock out, but a call from Han Ya diverted her attention once more.
"Sister An Lan, there’s a situation at Mingliu, can you co over to handle it? My brother flew to Moscow and won’t land till tomorrow."
"Is the problem serious?" Shi Lan furrowed her brows.
"It’s kind of beyond , on the scope of hitting the trending searches."
Shi Lan took a breath, fell silent for a mont, and said, "Hold steady, I’ll figure sothing out."
"An issue at Mingliu? Should you go handle it, boss?" Tang Ze had just glanced at Shi Lan’s incoming call, so he knew it was from Mingliu.
Shi Lan put down her phone and winked at him: "You go."
"But Han Ya was looking for you, wasn’t she?"
"My husband wants to go ho and rest," Shi Lan said, lifting her chin, "Make a trip there. If it gets too much, call ."
Having never dealt with Mingliu, Tang Ze was unaware of its operational status, but since Shi Lan had handed down the task, he naturally could only text Cao Yixuan to go to sleep first.
But Cao Yixuan replied with just two words: "Waiting for you."
...
Mingliu’s operations had never encountered any problems because Han Hao really did have so capabilities in this area. Shi Lan had placed him in that position because she knew he was adept at dealing with all sorts of tricky situations.
But problems arose as soon as he left?
If it wasn’t competitors causing trouble, it had to be enemies showing up at the door.
All these tricks were beneath consideration to soone who had made too many enemies in a past life.
...
As late autumn night fell, Tang Ze drove swiftly to Mingliu.
The custor service center was still buzzing at this ti.
Dressed in a black business suit, Han Ya stood at the entrance of the custor service center, having a heated argunt with a young man.
Tang Ze observed the other party for a while, gathering his thoughts, then approached: "What happened?"
Han Ya looked towards Tang Ze, then said, "Brother Tang, this gentleman, without any proof, is accusing our staff of stealing his wife’s expensive watch."
"Without proof? My wife had it on when she entered, and it was gone when she ca out. Are you still denying it?" The man raised his voice, "I told you to let your manager review the surveillance footage. You haven’t even settled the matter after this long and you’re still shirking responsibility—is this how Mingliu operates?"
"I am the manager," Tang Ze walked over, gently pushing Han Ya back.
"Isn’t An Lan your manager? What kind of manager are you? I want her to co here and apologize to !" The man seed to be infuriated, his attitude very aggressive.
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