Chapter 47: I’ll Give You Three Hundred
After replaying the video he shot, Xu Ningzhou raised his head again to look at the girl who was sitting on the opposite side and holding a guitar. His eyes showed more fervency than before.
“When was it done?” Xu Ningzhou’s voice was a little hoarse, and it was particularly sexy and charming on an autumn night, “As far as I know, you were busy preparing for the song of the 100th anniversary of Xinghan Music Academy.”
Song Qinghuan altered her own practice scores while fiddling with the guitar strings. After chatting with Qu Wenyou, Song Qinghuan added something Ms. Qu, the screenwriter, wanted onto her work. When she heard Xu Ningzhou’s words, she didn’t look up, “The day before yesterday. Teacher Qu called me and I started preparing.”
Xu Ningzhou felt that his girl was omnipotent.
“It’s very nice. When we start to promote the movie, these videos can be published online as bloopers.”
The only celebrity in the whole crew was the editor, Qu Wenyou. Her husband, Xu Hao, only won a few documentary awards. In addition, he was a new director in the film industry. None of the actors in the crew was popular enough. As a businessman, after Xu Ningzhou decided to invest, several promotional programs had already popped up in his mind, and one of them was about Song Qinghuan.
Song Qinghuan had no objection. She brought Xu Ningzhou over for help. Even after the movie became a huge hit, people in the industry would only know that Xu Ningzhou was an investor, and she could simply wait to get back the investment returns which would increase by several folds. That way, she could stay unnoticed.
There was no dispute in their first cooperation. They knew everything that was going on in each other’s mind.
The couple of Xu Hao and Qu Wenyou regarded Song Qinghuan as their savior. With the help of Xu Ningzhou, not only did they have more funds, but the crew was also now under Huanyu Entertainment Company, which would ensure them great convenience from now on. So the shooting process had accelerated a bit.
In less than a day’s trip, the two of them first rushed to the crew before talking about cooperation, film music, and so on non-stop. After everything was over, Song Qinghuan realized that Qu Wenyou and her husband looked at her full of gratitude.
Qu Wenyou, who was more than ten years older than Song Qinghuan, felt that she had just found a confidant and a close friend who understood her well after communication on the film score.
In private, the two of them exchanged their opinions on writing and music composing.
On her way back from Dongyang City, Song Qinghuan took a breath after sitting on the plane. During this break, she realized that she and Xu Ningzhou spent all the time with the crew and didn’t even know any iconic buildings in Dongyang City. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry about such a tight schedule.
As soon as the plane landed, Song Qinghuan received a call from Song Mingxiu before even leaving the terminal.
The driver that Xu Ningzhou arranged for to pick them up had already arrived. Xu Ningzhou pulled the door open. When Song Qinghuan hung up, he asked, “I’ll take you back to school first?”
Song Qinghuan shook her head and said, “No, I still have something to do. I won’t go back to school first.”
“Huh?” Xu Ningzhou remembered what was on Song Qinghuan’s timetable. According to his analysis of Song Qinghuan’s timetable, she probably had spared a day to visit the crew and had to make up her classes. So he subconsciously asked, “Don’t you have classes this afternoon?”
After saying that, Xu Ningzhou regretted it.
“You stole my timetable?” The door closed, and the driver in front of him noticed that the atmosphere was tense and immediately pretended to hear nothing.
Song Qinghuan looked at Xu Ningzhou with a sneer and said, “Say, apart from the timetable, did you put a positioning monitor or something on me?”
Xu Ningzhou touched the tip of his nose nervously. If he could, he would actually want to do it.
Song Qinghuan burst into anger immediately, “Did you? Are you really doing this? Xu Ningzhou, I will give you three hundred, you will return fifty to me.”
“Huh? You give me three hundred?” Xu Ningzhou didn’t know what to say, “I’m up for sale for just 300?” He could actually sell himself for nothing.
Song Qinghuan shook her index finger and smiled playfully, “We are not on the same page. I mean. I’ll help you see a doctor in the Department of Brain of the First Hospital.”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
Xu Ningzhou’s eyes squinted, and he really couldn’t control his hand. He pinched Song Qinghuan’s tender cheeks and said, “Bad girl, you tease me every day!”
Two hundred and fifty!! That was a Chinese metaphor for a stupid person.
All his illusions were shattered in a flash!
Song Qinghuan pulled Xu Ningzhou’s hand away from her face and watched the car leaving the underground parking lot of the airport. She said to the driver in front, “Sir, could you please send me to the Minghua Hotel on the Second Ring Road? Thank you.”
“Minghua?” Xu Ningzhou raised his chin, and the part-time driver who got the hint of his boss through the rearview mirror nodded and said yes.
Xu Ningzhou’s long legs moved in the car. He looked at Song Qinghuan. Minghua was a hotel chain that belonged to the Song Group. The manager of the hotel was the second son of the Song Family, Song Yuecheng.
Song Qinghuan looked down at the phone and said, “My dad is in Wan’ning City. I’ll have dinner with him.”
This was what Song Mingxiu told her on the phone just now. He told her that Song Yueming came to Wan’ning City on a business trip and wanted to have a meal with his daughter and son.
Just arrived today? When she heard this, Song Qinghuan almost laughed out loud. If Song Yueming arrived today, the person she saw in the airport parking lot yesterday would be a ghost.
With Song Lan in Lin’an City, Song Mingxiu came even often to Wan’ning City. Song Qinghuan held the phone tightly and moved her finger to delete the message sent by Song Lan.
Xu Ningzhou nodded and said, “All right, you do what you need to do first. Let me handle the film-related matters.”
Song Qinghuan raised her head and gave a bright smile to Xu Ningzhou.
Xu Ningzhou… Xu Ningzhou’s heart was pounding.
After entering the lobby of Minghua Hotel, Song Qinghuan heard the noise inside before exiting the revolving door.
There was a loud noise in the lobby of Minghua Hotel. Song Qinghuan walked out of the revolving door and saw a pack of people as well as some shooting equipment in the lobby.
Song Qinghuan frowned. She was obviously very familiar with this, which was usually the case when a celebrity stayed for the night. Which celebrity was staying at Minghua tonight? How come it attracted so many reporters and onlookers?
The security team of Minghua Hotel was already maintaining the order at the scene. At this time, the lift door opened, and Song Qinghuan saw a group of bodyguard-like people walking out with two ladies who were instantly crowded by reporters waiting in the hotel lobby.
Fortunately, there were bodyguards and the security team, and these crazy reporters were not able to get close. But the cameras on the reporters’ hands and various flashes still forced the ladies, who were in the spotlight, to tilt their heads. They raised their thin palms to shade their eyes against the dazzling light ahead.