Chapter 739: So many that it makes one angry

Shen Li walked to the food area and randomly chose a few dishes.

A pretty girl beside her secretly looked at her a few times, and Shen Li also felt the other party's gaze and couldn't help but look over subconsciously.

The girl pursed her lips somewhat shyly, but still took the initiative to greet Shen Li: "Teacher Shen Li, hello."

"It's you. I remember you." Shen Li recognized the other party, but couldn't call out her name for a moment.

When Director Li Xiao was auditioning, this girl's manager had secretly mentioned to the producer whether her name could be ranked before her own.

She also remembered that when she first saw this girl, she had praised her to Sister Kuan for being pretty, and Sister Kuan also said her conditions were very good.

"My name is Wang Ziyu. I didn't expect Teacher to still remember me."

"No need to call me Teacher; just call me Shen Li." Shen Li didn't like others calling her Teacher; it was very awkward.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ziyu nodded hurriedly: "Alright, then I'll call you Sister Shen Li."

Shen Li smiled and curled her lips. After serving the soup, she returned to her seat.

This was a youth story film, and the crew had mostly young actors, with the male-to-female ratio basically half and half. Shen Li was considered the most popular among them.

The girls were all very pretty, and Wang Ziyu was very outstanding among them. Many newcomer male actors didn't dare to show excessive familiarity with a popular actress like Shen Li when they were still completely unfamiliar with each other, so they all focused their attention on Wang Ziyu.

Boys gathering together were always like this; the first thing they would do was screen which girl had a good figure, which girl was fair-skinned, and which girl was prettier.

Even if it wasn't blatant, they were basically all secretly sizing them up with their peripheral vision.

"Sister Shen Li, can I sit here?"

Wang Ziyu appeared beside Shen Li with her tray, looking flustered, and said somewhat nervously: "I-I'm not very familiar with everyone, and I'm a bit socially anxious."

Shen Li was still chewing something, and upon hearing this, she nodded to signal that she could sit.

Wang Ziyu immediately showed a grateful smile. After sitting down, she didn't forget to nod at Tan Yue opposite her.

"Did you join the crew by yourself?" Shen Li looked at her and asked.

Wang Ziyu's lively big eyes blinked, then she shook her head: "With my uncle, who is my manager."

"Your manager is your uncle?" Shen Li was somewhat surprised and confirmed: "Is it the one from last time?"

Wang Ziyu clearly also remembered the incident last time. Her uncle had taken advantage of the time when Sister Kuan and Shen Li hadn't arrived to secretly propose to the producer that his niece's name be ranked before Shen Li's, only to be heard on the spot.

Unable to bear the embarrassment for a moment, Wang Ziyu twitched the corners of her mouth but still nodded.

"I'm really sorry about last time. My uncle, he..."

"It's okay, I can understand." Shen Li interrupted her embarrassment and said with a smile: "Managers are all like this; they always have to consider things for their own artists."

Wang Ziyu looked at Shen Li, feeling somewhat moved in her heart, thinking that Shen Li was really very gentle.

Just at this moment, Xu Ke'er walked into the restaurant, and she wasn't alone; she appeared at the same time as Assistant Director Liu Tong.

The so-called assistant director was actually a director's assistant in the crew, and after being beautified, was called an assistant director.

This kind of status was generally enough to deter newcomer actors, but it was clearly not enough in front of qualified and popular actors.

It's just that it was a coincidence that most of this crew were newcomer actors, and Assistant Director Liu Tong was present during the interviews, so they all knew him.

Plus, Xu Ke'er was also a relatively qualified senior actor in the crew. With the two appearing together, these young actors were all like frightened birds, one after another getting up to greet them like military training.

"Brother Tong, Teacher Ke'er, hello."

"Brother Tong, hello. Sister Ke'er, hello."

Liu Tong raised his hand: "Everyone sit down and eat. No need to be so polite."

Looking at Xu Ke'er again, that bit of vanity was all on her face, and she didn't avoid it at all, looking at Liu Tong and saying: "You help me get some food. I'm too lazy to move. You know my taste."

Liu Tong nodded and turned to get a tray.

So blatant, everyone immediately saw that the relationship between the two was unusual. Those with simple minds would think they were friends, while those with complicated minds would think the relationship was complicated.

Shen Li saw it in her eyes and didn't say anything, but in her heart, she understood why Xu Ke'er's manager could demand a suite for her after making a big scene today.

That staff member wasn't afraid of Xu Ke'er, but of Liu Tong.

"A-Li, do you want to go out for a walk tonight? I heard there's a square nearby that's particularly famous. It's so prosperous and so pretty." Tan Yue suddenly looked at Shen Li and asked.

Shen Li shook her head: "Let's forget it today. Let's rest early and have a good state for filming tomorrow. We'll go another day when we finish work early."

"That's fine too. Anyway, we'll be staying here for a month or two; there will always be opportunities."

Liu Tong finished getting the food and returned to his seat. He subconsciously looked around, and then his gaze fixed on Shen Li's table.

In the entire crew, the two actresses he was most impressed by were Shen Li and Wang Ziyu. Shen Li went without saying, but it was this Wang Ziyu whom Director Li Xiao had immediately decided on after seeing a clip of less than twenty seconds.

She was indeed very pretty, and it was the kind of pretty that had characteristics and high-level bone structure.

"What are you looking at?"

Xu Ke'er noticed his gaze and glared at him unhappily: "No matter how pretty Shen Li is, you can't stare at her so straightly."

Liu Tong withdrew his gaze and grinned: "Look at you, can't I even look?"

"I'm still sitting here!" Xu Ke'er rolled her eyes at him: "If you want to look, look whenever I'm not around."

"I wasn't looking at Shen Li." Liu Tong raised his chin towards Wang Ziyu: "You haven't seen that little girl, right? I feel like she can become popular. Director Li Xiao took a fancy to her at a glance. Her conditions are too outstanding, and she's not inferior at all next to Shen Li."

Xu Ke'er watched for a few seconds, and a wave of irritation instantly surged in her heart.

She wasn't that old; she was only twenty-five this year, but she couldn't help it that the newcomers emerging in the entertainment industry now were younger and prettier than the last. Twenty-year-olds were considered good, and there were those who started to stand out at sixteen or seventeen.

"There are really so many pretty faces, so many that it makes one angry!" Xu Ke'er muttered angrily.

Liu Tong put some food into her bowl and comforted her with a smile in his tone: "You're also very pretty."

The two sat far away, and that interaction was seen by others as flirting; no one knew what the two had said.

Who knew that just as everyone was eating, the lights in the originally bright restaurant suddenly flashed and instantly fell into darkness.

This sudden accident caused many girls who were afraid of the dark to scream, especially since it suddenly turned from bright to dark, and their eyes couldn't adapt at all; it was almost pitch black in front of them.

"What the hell? Is there a power outage?"

"Did the circuit breaker trip?"

"Everyone stay in your seats and don't move around. Pay attention to safety!" ===== CHAPTER 740 =====