Chapter 247: Crew Stranded

The head office was in a desperate situation, so Julie didn't have to avoid anything when she spoke.

Zhang Yingtian didn't forget to remind: "If you want to do a financial audit, you must do it as soon as possible. If the news gets out, I'm afraid someone will be impatient and try to find a way to grab it before you."

They had a way to find Julie, so it was possible others had other channels. In short, this matter had to be done as soon as possible.

Boss Yang nodded: "I'll arrange for the audit team to enter immediately, and Xizi, don't be idle either. Find a lawyer to draft an acquisition contract. If there are no problems after the financial status audit, we will sign the contract immediately."

Shen Ci saw that there was nothing for her to do, and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Yang, do you need me to help with anything?"

Boss Yang laughed: "You just need to get the money ready!"

Shen Ci also smiled upon hearing this: "No problem, then I'll sit back and enjoy the results while waiting for news."

Julie only accompanied them for two glasses of wine, and after reaching a preliminary intention, she left the table early.

After she left, Zhang Yingtian couldn't hold it anymore. After hesitating for a long time, he probed and asked: "Brother Xizi, the matter I mentioned to you last time... about bringing me along, do you agree?"

Shen Ci and Boss Yang ate their food silently. Yan Wenxi looked at Zhang Yingtian and said slowly and bluntly: "The 270,000 will be split among the three of us just right. Don't come in and stir things up with your pittance."

"But rest assured, I said that if this matter can be done, I will definitely credit you for this contribution. If there is anything that needs help in the future, I will definitely return this favor to you."

"Brother Xizi, you're too polite. What favor or not, I prepared this good news to apologize to you and Miss Shen Ci, not for your favor." Zhang Yingtian wasn't angry, his words were beautiful, and his attitude remained respectful.

Yan Wenxi wasn't polite with him. Since Zhang Yingtian said so, he accepted it all, nodded, and picked up his wine glass: "Fine, then let's have a drink."

Zhang Yingtian smiled and toasted back. There was some bitterness in his smile, but he was mentally prepared for this result.

First, the money he could come up with was indeed too little.

Second, he and Brother Xizi hadn't had a deep understanding, so it was understandable that the other party didn't trust him.

Jiyang City, Nanying Town.

After Shen Li and her party landed, they were arranged by the crew's staff to stay in a hotel in the town.

In a blink of an eye, they had been staying in the town for several days.

The filming location was in a village in the mountain gullies around Nanying Town. The mountain roads were difficult to travel, and it had been raining intermittently for several days, so the crew couldn't get in, and even the start date was delayed.

The old air conditioner's outdoor unit in the hotel hummed, and if the air conditioner wasn't turned on in the room on a rainy day, the quilt would become damp.

Shen Li sat on the chair by the window, focusing on the script. Everything external since arriving here hadn't had any impact on her, but instead gave her more time to deeply understand and explore the character.

The phone on the side suddenly rang.

Shen Li turned her head to look. It was a WeChat message. Before she could pick it up, several new messages popped up one after another.

She put down the script unhurriedly and picked up the phone. After unlocking it, she saw that it was a picture message sent by Song Anyu.

There was the facade of a beautiful school.

There was a vast ocean with green sea water.

And a beautiful beach under a red sunset.

The last one was a group photo of six or seven youthful, handsome men and beautiful women wearing school uniforms. The person holding the phone at the very front of the lens was Song Anyu himself.

Song Anyu's new drama had started filming. It was the heroine script that Shen Li had rejected. The filming location was in the beautiful seaside city of Min'an, and the filming environment was much better than Shen Li's here.

Thinking about it, the entire filming process must be relaxed and pleasant.

"A-Li, we've started filming. Have you joined the crew? I don't know how the signal is on your side, and if you can receive my message."

Song Anyu's message followed closely.

The two contacted occasionally, not frequently. Most of the time, Song Anyu took the initiative to send her messages, and Shen Li would reply politely when she saw them.

"Min'an is so beautiful, good luck with the filming!"

Receiving Shen Li's reply, Song Anyu hooked his lips excitedly, his fingers flying on the screen: "How is it on your side? You wouldn't still be trapped in the town, would you?"

"Yes, but the weather forecast says it will be sunny tomorrow. Once the mountain roads dry out, we should be able to enter the mountains."

"Your group is really too hard. Once you get into the mountains, who knows what trouble you'll encounter? If you need help, just tell me."

"Rest assured, I'm not afraid of hardship, but thank you anyway."

Song Anyu sighed lightly as he looked at the message on the screen. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt there was an invisible distance between him and A-Li. Although A-Li would reply to his messages every time, those messages were very polite, not even as warm as between friends.

But he also knew a lot about A-Li's personality; she was originally a very polite person.

It was just that he couldn't hide his disappointment in his heart. He truly liked Shen Li, liked her very much!

"Anyu!"

Xiaolong suddenly ran over, holding something in his hand, and handed it directly to Song Anyu: "Here, new script."

"New script?" Song Anyu frowned in confusion: "We're about to start filming, and the script is changed?"

"No, the director said they just deleted and changed some things, like the kissing scenes were all deleted," Xiaolong said casually: "High school campus dramas aren't allowed to have kissing scenes now, they won't pass the censorship, so they were all deleted. Just take a look when you have time, the main plot certainly hasn't changed."

Song Anyu nodded upon hearing this, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

On the other side, Sister Xiaoyun bought rice noodles from outside: "A-Li, eat while it's hot, I specifically asked the waiter, this rice noodle is especially delicious."

"Thank you, have you and Brother A-Pan eaten?"

"We ate, A-Pan ate two big bowls. You like spicy food, so I packed some chili oil, it's made by the shop itself, especially fragrant!"

Sister Xiaoyun had already prepared everything for Shen Li as she spoke. The fragrance of the rice noodles filled the whole room, and A-Li, who wasn't very hungry originally, felt her stomach sink.

And then she heard Sister Xiaoyun lower her voice: "When I came over just now, I heard He Zixiao on the phone in his room, getting angry, saying he wanted to quit."

"Ah?" Shen Li held her chopsticks, her small face startled: "Quit? The contract should have been signed long ago, right?"

Sister Xiaoyun nodded: "It must have been signed. Maybe he felt the conditions were too poor. The hotel isn't soundproof, I heard it clearly. He was complaining that the hotel arranged by the crew was too broken, he even saw a spider on the wall, and the food was too spicy, his stomach couldn't take it and he kept having diarrhea."

Shen Li sighed: "This hotel is already the best hotel in town. The crew's staff all live in even worse small hotels. Everyone should be considerate of each other."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 248 =====