Chapter 712

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

By the time Jiang Han Zhou returned to the "Gui Lu" production crew, it was already August.

The temperature outside had slowly dropped, but they were currently in Heng Shi Film City, where there wasn't much else, only production crews were truly numerous.

Besides "Gui Lu", there were other idol dramas of various types that started filming at the same time; none could escape the male and female leads' romance-filled scenes, the only difference being how much industrial saccharin there was, after all some capital liked it, regardless of whether it was suitable or not, they just went all out performing it.

"Screenwriter Shen, would saying these few lines be somewhat unfitting for the male lead's character setting?"

Staff from the male lead's side came over to discuss; boiling it down to one sentence: change the script.

Shen Yao didn't say anything, only had the other party explain the reason for changing the script clearly.

Staff:...

How could this be made clear? It's just that the male lead felt these lines were cloying and boring, and unwilling to speak them out.

"Script matters aren't decided by me alone; how about this, later I'll discuss with the director and them; right now we're not filming this scene, you go film today's scenes first," Shen Yao smiled and sent the person away, turning to meet the female lead's staff saying the same thing.

Shen Yao:...

Endless, isn't it? If they don't want to act, then none of them should act; she wasn't insisting on keeping these few lines either, it was just for the script's integrity.

Now the supporting actors, after the casting change turmoil, had become diligent and serious in their acting, yet the two leads, because she was too easy to talk to, had become a bit pushy.

Without waiting for Jiang Han Zhou to come over, Shen Yao personally went to lodge a complaint.

The male lead was Jiang Han Zhou's own company's person; the female lead, though a rising star from another company, that company's leader had some ties with Jiang Han Zhou; accurately speaking, both sides counted as connected households, the relevant confidence could only be said to be half a catty versus eight taels.

Jiang Han Zhou:...

Raising his hand to rub his head, Jiang Han Zhou was speechless; had these two lost their minds together from acting?

"I'll talk to their agents; as for the script, what's there to back down on? Since they like changing scripts so much, next time let them act in their own company's drama, save them from coming out to embarrass themselves."

Jiang Han Zhou had been busy with "Wang Sheng" matters recently, his mood not very beautiful.

The reason was "Wang Sheng" had a small accident; it could be directly sent abroad for judging, but not certain to win popular awards; the reason being the confirmed judges had undergone a rather large change.

Three judges who liked this taste dropped out at once; those swapped in loved the bizarre, and there were even those who simply disliked Asian films.

Jiang Han Zhou had a fire pent up in his heart with nowhere to vent; these male and female leads also had tacit understanding, both together crashing before Jiang Han Zhou's eyes, a model of sharing blessings and sharing difficulties.

Shen Yao found it funny; mainly Jiang Han Zhou's smiling face had completely turned cold; if this appearance were seen by others, it would surely shock them so they couldn't eat dinner at night.

Since when? It seems no matter how successful the career, it cannot change the difficulties and troubles encountered; certain worries are everywhere.

"Producer Jiang, quickly dispel your anger; everyone in the crew is still waiting for you to uphold justice."

Shen Yao smilingly brought over a cup of tea brewed long ago and placed it before Jiang Han Zhou; premium tea leaves paired with suitable sweet spring water for brewing tea, in the past this would be enjoyment, now it could only make Jiang Han Zhou feel stifled.

Glug glug—

In just a few mouthfuls he drank the tea in the cup dry; Jiang Han Zhou suddenly smiled, mentioning that in a while he still had a few good scripts waiting for project approval and filming, "Screenwriter Shen, any interest in continuing to cooperate?"

Continue cooperating?

Shen Yao opened her beautiful eyes, "Not impossible, but regarding distribution" it cannot be like before; as the saying goes, more work more gain.

Shen Yao didn't lack favorable feelings toward Jiang Han Zhou, but having favorable feelings didn't mean she wouldn't make money.

Public and private distinct; the two of them were still career partners; neither could suffer a loss for long; why mix in inexplicable emotions here?

Jiang Han Zhou held the same thinking; the two could be said to hit it off immediately; soon, a new agreement was thus reached.

System:...

The System truly admired its own Host more and more; if memory served, they really were just an ordinary Childbirth System at the start; the Host had even done things relying on quantity to level quality.

Later, as the Host's abilities grew stronger and greater, quantity gradually weakened, relying on quality to obtain more rewards.

Now how had it evolved to not needing quality or quantity requirements, the Host could still complete the main mission well, letting herself live well while also earning rewards? Was this Childbirth System about to become unemployed?

The System suddenly fell into inexplicable panic, becoming strange and odd.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao couldn't be bothered to manage this system that would sporadically spasm; at this moment she was calculating exactly how much assets she had earned.

Not looking, not knowing; one look, a shock; these two years her personal income had risen in a straight line.

The novel royalties that originally arrived every month were actually the lowest; besides that, the two sold adaptation rights and some authorizations, plus publishing settlements... carefully tallying it actually amounted to eight figures.

Hiss

Not to mention anything else, she also counted as a little Rich Woman now, right? Able to buy a house in Jing Shi with full payment.

Smilingly finding an intermediary to select and purchase her desired property; after all the transfer procedures were busy and done, she then contacted her family and sincerely invited Shen Qingshan and wife to visit and incidentally help her keep an eye on the house's decoration matters.

Shen Qingshan and wife:...

What?

Their own daughter in Jing Shi also belongs to the home-owning clan? And didn't even need to take money from home; looks like the news on the Internet isn't all fake, at least some are very true.

Shen Qingshan and wife were currently playing all over the place; going to Jing Shi was just a matter of booking plane tickets for them; after agreeing, in no more than three days, they had already appeared at Beijing International Airport.

Yu Shuhua laughed cheerfully greeting Shen Yao; the couple held large and small packages, one look showed they hadn't bought little while out playing.

Also, as Landlord and Landlady who never lacked money to spend, Yu Shuhua and Shen Qingshan's ultimate goal was just to eat, drink, and wait for death.

It was also because Shen Yao at a young age wanted to struggle on her own; otherwise their family of three would still be playing everywhere now.

"Daughter, how have you been recently? Heard news on the net, the drama you followed the crew for has finished filming; next, can you rest for a while?"

That drama called something "Gui Lu", anyway the name is weird and strange, but looks unexpectedly not bad; Yu Shuhua planned to promote it in the family group when the drama airs, strive to pull in a few more heads to contribute ratings.

The Shen Family also has younger generations who like mixing in circles; every day saying a pile of words elders don't understand; fortunately they understand spending money needs controlled limits, no excessive spending; Yu Shuhua just heard the younger generations chanting data ratings during New Year visits to relatives; it should be a very important thing, right?

"Next there are still other projects; Mom, I asked you and Dad over to help keep an eye on the house renovation issues," Shen Yao said while opening the trunk to put luggage, telling Shen Qingshan and wife her current plans; she and Jiang Han Zhou's money-making matters hadn't stopped, so projects were finishing one then starting another; in about half a month she would set off flying abroad; the "Wang Sheng" crew had her contribution, she couldn't be absent when awards were won.

Yu Shuhua let out an "oh" at those words, patting her chest and guaranteeing that she and Lao Shen would watch the house well, so Shen Yao wouldn't have to worry too much about Jing Shi matters while busy outside.

"But flying around like this every day, daughter, if you're tired just rest for a while. Our family also counts as having some assets, and you're our only daughter, no need to work yourself to death like this."

Good grief, anyone who didn't know better would think Shen Yao was some self-made rich first-generation, but she's clearly a proper second-generation property heir with a starting point.

Shen Yao gave an "mm," not refusing her birth mother's kindness, but the settled matters couldn't be changed for now; however, she could take a short break and relax a bit after finishing the busy period.

"Alright, as long as you have a clear idea in your heart, your dad and I can also go out with peace of mind."

Yu Shuhua turned around and fished out a new-model phone from her backpack, tap-tap-tapping away to contact the old sisters in Jing Shi; anyway, her daily routine was all kinds of fun, and she fundamentally didn't lack these wine-and-meat friends who could eat and drink.

The car hadn't even reached the hotel before Yu Shuhua's appointments were already lined up for three days later.

If it weren't for the house matters still needing handling, Yu Shuhua could have kept contacting more good friends.

Clicking her tongue with slight regret, Yu Shuhua got out of the car, looked up at the dozens-of-stories-high hotel, then pulled Shen Qingshan along muttering about whether they could also do this kind of investment to make money.

Although the family's houses brought in income every month, it was still too little.

Besides, the daughter has grown up; she'll definitely marry and have children and a family in the future. If the two of them don't do more investments while still young, where will the family foundation to support their daughter come from?

"But the two of us rarely have money-making thoughts; most of ours grow on eating, drinking, and playing.

Why not just move our thoughts onto these few things? Didn't we go to ×× before? Oh my, really not bad……"

The more Yu Shuhua spoke, the more excited she got; Shen Qingshan wore a look of total deference to her — as long as Yu Shuhua nodded, there was no disagreement.

Shen Yao: ……

Fine then, Shen Yao didn't stop the old couple from investing, because they still had enough self-awareness; even when putting in money they seriously weighed it, loss — definitely wouldn't lose much; profit — just depended on whether it was big profit or small profit.

But over all these years, Yu Shuhua and Shen Qingshan could still leisurely play everywhere; they probably earned quite a lot.

"Host, more than just earning quite a lot — System suspects they're the true Main Characters." Even those projects that easily crash violently had their shadows, yet they always managed to pull out before the crash, not only not losing but even making a small profit.

"Oh, then I'm even less worried." During the time abroad I couldn't attend to domestic affairs, because a large number of celebrities had to attend various fashion weeks and award ceremonies.

The family of three finished eating at the hotel, then rested properly for a night before going to look at the Jing Shi luxury flat Shen Yao had bought outright.

The location was good, surrounding facilities complete, corresponding price also very beautiful, directly sinking all the money Shen Yao had earned into it.

Yu Shuhua fell in love with the place at first sight, especially when Shen Yao took out her own designed blueprints — her eyes shone even brighter.

Pity the luxury flat Shen Yao bought temporarily had no other sellers; otherwise Yu Shuhua would have wanted to buy one and be neighbors with her daughter.

But since it's their own daughter, them coming to Jing Shi in the future isn't impossible to stay there.

The family of three communicated again with the renovation personnel; after everything was busy-finished, Shen Yao moved her body to go meet Jiang Han Zhou.

Compared to herself still being able to leisurely rest a bit, Jiang Han Zhou recently was so busy his feet didn't touch the ground.

When Shen Yao arrived at Jiang Han Zhou's company, Jiang Han Zhou in the office still hadn't gotten off work, diligently flipping through the final preparation materials, to prevent any issues while out that couldn't be turned around in time.

"Producer Jiang is worrying a bit too much," Shen Yao propped her chin sitting opposite Jiang Han Zhou. "The Wang Sheng Production Team's director and Main Cast and Screenwriter and cameramen etc. will all go over. There aren't many films competing this time; the probability of winning an award isn't small."

Calm analysis: Wang Sheng has at least a 60% grasp of being able to win an award.

Here refers to the final grand prize; ordinary consolation-type awards are a sure thing; just depends on how generous the organizers can be.

"The responsible jury chairman Robert doesn't like realistic style much; he's already put out word he's more optimistic about 'Quan Xiang Jiu Meng'."

Jiang Han Zhou flipped out the report and pushed it before Shen Yao for her to appreciate.

Shen Yao glanced at the English report above, finally nodded her head. "Support domestic films? Wouldn't that be a bit too ugly a look?"

Although she never held particularly high expectations for foreign film festivals, someone directly speaking their inner thoughts like this was still very rare.

It's not like it's the stage where Asian films are weak; numerous films' markets all rely on domestic to eat their fill. Is this person still living in the last century?

Jiang Han Zhou nodded seriously. "So this news wasn't released long before it was deleted; should have been suppressed."

Standing up and coming to Shen Yao's side, Jiang Han Zhou raised a hand pointing at the door. "How is Screenwriter Shen's clothing preparation going?"

Shen Yao raised an eyebrow. "I thought this kind of thing was all handled by the production team."

Jiang Han Zhou shrugged his shoulders. "The production team will handle other performing personnel; Screenwriter Shen's side I'm handling personally."

"Jiang Han Zhou this person is truly generous." Sure enough, chasing a woman still relies on spending money to show grandeur.

System looked at the rows upon rows of clothing before its eyes; a single haute couture price easily broke six figures, not even counting the various jewelry needed to wear on the body.

Shen Yao actively picked out clothes she liked and tried them on one by one until satisfied.

Jiang Han Zhou accompanied at her side, playing the role of providing opinions.

However, Jiang Han Zhou came before Shen Yao wearing the off-shoulder white evening gown, pointing at her bare neck and earlobes and wrists.

"Does Screenwriter Shen mind wearing previously used jewelry?"

"Can Producer Jiang help?"

Jiang Han Zhou raised an eyebrow, turned and made a phone call; in just a moment, someone delivered a suitcase.

Inside the box was a set of white jewelry: tiara, necklace, ear pendants, bracelet, ring, and leather bag.

Shen Yao: ……

"Hiss, this must cost quite a bit, Jiang Han Zhou's family foundation is really thick."

System was led by the generosity to calculate; no matter how you figured, it had to be eight figures.

Shen Yao enjoyed Jiang Han Zhou's thoughtful service; by the time all the jewelry was worn on her body, the whole person immediately became dazzlingly radiant.

"Not bad, just a bit stealing the host's thunder." But overseas appearances require photos sent back domestic; Shen Yao even less wanted to be used as cannon fodder for comparison.

Thinking back now, dressing up like this is also very good.