Chapter 593: They fought tooth and nail, it’s laughable that everyone involved was just a clown.

After Zhuo Jianhua finished filming, Xiao He went up the mountain with the crew the next day to film.

The crew found a huge cave and built a suitably sized ice cave inside, where Xiao He performed his acting and tumbling as he fell.

The weather is nice today, but it's still very cold on the snow-capped mountain, and Xiao He has to work under tremendous pressure to film.

However, he did a very good job in the end.

The crew originally planned to spend a lot of time here, but Xiao He basically nailed it in one take and didn't need to be filmed repeatedly.

The most troublesome thing about filming in the snow is dealing with snow tracks and footprints. If the actors don't get it right the first time, the rest of the crew has to immediately restore the ground and the scene to achieve the most realistic filming effect.

Xiao He's skillful and superb performance made everyone easily skip this step.

Yue An, the lead actor who was originally scheduled to go up the mountain in the afternoon, also hurried up the mountain to cooperate with Xiao He for filming.

However, Xiao He could clearly sense that this well-known and famous senior did not have a very good impression of him.

Upon further inquiry, it turned out that she had a good relationship with Yun Ziqi before.

Yun Ziqi's ability to leave so decisively suggests that the crew had already planted many seeds of trouble for him.

This morning, Xiao He also heard someone say that Jiang Junjie's arrest and Yun Ziqi's departure from the group were all orchestrated by him, Xiao He, behind the scenes.

Xiao He no longer cared about these rumors.

A person with a clear mind should be like Zhuo Jianhua, able to distinguish right from wrong. As for those who can't judge people and believe everything they hear, Xiao He wouldn't bother to befriend them.

Fortunately, both of them had professional ethics.

When Xiao He was hidden in the snow, acting as if he was on the verge of death, Yue An did not deliberately delay the filming schedule because she disliked Xiao He. Instead, she still cooperated with Xiao He with a superb acting level to complete the final "last words".

Based on this point alone, Xiao He reluctantly withdrew his displeasure towards him.

After all, it's very cold to shoot in the snow.

Although the snow covering him was artificial, the surrounding temperature did not rise as a result; it remained very cold.

If the male lead's opinion about him were to affect the filming process, Xiao He wouldn't be able to leave without spending the entire ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) afternoon in bed.

The fact that the other party did not do that at least shows that he is a senior colleague who respects filming and works diligently.

Xiao He's attitude towards these matters has always been straightforward and honest, so after the work was finished, he still took the initiative to go over and shake hands with Yue An to express his gratitude.

Yue An was somewhat surprised to see Xiao He walk over despite his obvious displeasure and cold expression, but he didn't embarrass Xiao He. He simply nodded slightly, his coldness lessening a bit: "Congratulations on wrapping up filming."

"Thank you, Teacher Yue."

After responding politely, Xiao He turned and walked towards Director Yang Li.

Director Yang Li was clearly very satisfied with Xiao He's performance on set during this period. He was very kind to Xiao He and reminded him, "I have something to give you when we go down the mountain. Please wait a moment."

Xiao He's brow twitched: "Okay, thank you, Director Yang."

Could it be that featured spot?

...

After descending the mountain, Xiao He waited at the foot of the mountain all afternoon before finally meeting Director Yang's assistant in the evening.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, the filming took a little longer than usual today."

The assistant handed over the documents while bowing and apologizing to Xiao He.

Xiao He quickly shook his head: "It's nothing, it's nothing."

"Director Yang Li asked me to give this to you."

The assistant handed the documents to Xiao He, and without waiting for Xiao He to ask any further questions, turned around and hurriedly left.

Xiao He watched the other person's departing figure, then slowly opened the document in his hand, and found that it was indeed an invitation letter for cooperation from Rongshi Guanlv.

The predicted featured spot did not appear.

Xiao He glanced at the invitation in his hand, but he wasn't as disappointed as he had imagined.

Perhaps he had already guessed this outcome.

Back when they met for the second time to discuss collaboration, Director Yang Li never brought up the historical drama project with them. Instead, he mentioned the cultural tourism cooperation project in Chengdu. Although he was Director Qiu's classmate and already knew about the project and had a recommendation slot, he never mentioned it to them.

At that time, they were still clueless and did not understand the deeper meaning. It was only then that Xiao He finally realized that he had already been kicked out of the game back then.

Director Yang Li had no intention of giving him the recommendation slot he had in his hands.

Or perhaps, Director Yang Li did appreciate Xiao He and genuinely wanted to recommend good job opportunities for him, but he also had plans for the most top-tier and important resources.

This is reality, and this is human nature.

On the other hand, Xiao He and his group were affected by the mess at Jingyou Entertainment and started to have excessive expectations. But now that they think about it, Director Yang Li never made any promises. They were just overthinking things.

Moreover, they have already provided Chengdu's cultural and tourism sector with official cooperation project resources, which are quite valuable...

Xiao He closed the document in his hand, shook his head, and chuckled, a rare occurrence for him.

Do the other guys who fought tooth and nail for it know that Director Yang Li never intended to give them the recommendation slot from the very beginning?

They wanted to use "The Red Path of Snow Ridge" as a springboard, but little did they know that everyone involved was a clown.

Xiao Chen was still full of anticipation and fantasies: "Brother Xiao, is it that project?"

Xiao He did not answer: "Let's go back to Rong City first."

...

That evening, Xiao He and his group successfully met with Liu Rulan in Chengdu.

Xiao He's expression remained unchanged, while Xiao Chen looked dejected. Liu Rulan could tell the reason at a glance, and then said with a smile, "It seems that this filming was not very enjoyable?"

No, not at all.

Xiao He shrugged. "But I'm not exactly happy to be remembered by someone every day."

"Hahaha—" Liu Rulan chuckled with her arms crossed, "Then you haven't been on enough film crews. You were lucky before, you always ran into good people."

Xiao He sighed, "Stop laughing. Although Director Yang appreciates my abilities, he didn't give me a recommendation for his project."

"Now it's all over. Without the recommendation slots, forget about grabbing scripts, we don't even have the qualification to enter."

He was so confident that he wanted to compete with those people, but in the end he didn't even have a chance to get in.

After all, a referral slot is essentially a referral from an acquaintance, a guarantee, and a one-to-one referral system within the industry. They need to find someone with enough influence to help them get in; otherwise, their own efforts are useless.

But besides the recommendation slots held by director Yang Li, where else can they get recommendation slots?

It's not like Xiao He can use a hacker account to threaten others and then steal their spots, is it?

Just as Xiao He was hanging his head and thinking of a solution, Liu Rulan suddenly smiled.

"As for the historical drama, I already said I would take responsibility for handling it."

She brushed a stray hair behind her ear and said casually, "I told you before, you don't have to do everything yourself. Everyone in our company is paid to do their job. You don't need to feel any pressure. If you had to do everything, what would be the point of our existence?"

Xiao He was stunned for a moment, and then a yellow envelope appeared in front of him.

“When Director Yang talked to us about the collaboration before, his attitude was actually quite clear. But I thought you probably didn’t know about his relationship with Director Qiu, so I didn’t tell you.”

If it weren't for Yun Ziqi and Jiang Junjie's affair, Liu Rulan wouldn't have told Xiao He about Yang Li and Qiu Zhenlong's relationship, lest Xiao He have high expectations for Director Yang only to be disappointed in the end.

Xiao He stared in shock at the envelope in front of him, took it, glanced at it, then looked up at Liu Rulan, and finally confirmed—

Liu Rulan had already secured a featured spot without his knowledge!