Chapter 738: Filming the Three Emotions of a Timepiece

Xi Mengze stammered, "Just, just a few days ago."

Sui Lingfang said loudly, "What did you say? A few days ago?"

Xi Mengze immediately stood at attention and said stiffly, "No, it was a few months ago!"

Sui Lingfang glared at her: "How many months is 'a few months'? Tell me clearly and honestly."

Xi Mengze rolled her eyes, "Maybe 5 months?"

Sensing that Sui Lingfang's expression was off, she immediately added: "No, it should be 6 months... No, no, 7 months. Oh, Sister Fang!"

Xi Mengze walked over and took Sui Lingfang's hand. "I don't know the exact date. Anyway, I've known him for several years, and our feelings just developed naturally.

If you ask me exactly when my heart fluttered, I can't say. By the time I realized it, we were already together."

Sui Lingfang looked at her suspiciously, "Is what you're saying true? You two have been together for at least half a year?"

Xi Mengze nodded, "The real heart-fluttering happened even earlier, so early that I had already fallen for him before I even noticed."

Sui Lingfang gave her a deep look, then sighed.

"You're not young anymore. If it were an ordinary person your age, you'd already be married with children. It's a bit late for you to start dating now, but it's not too late.

I haven't had much contact with Yan Xingdong, but the boy group brought up by Zhang Guang shouldn't have bad character.

He is the captain of March Sky and has a strong sense of responsibility. If you are with him, you don't have to worry about him lacking responsibility or commitment.

If you ever feel wronged in the future, break up decisively. There will always be a better, more obedient man next. Don't hang yourself on one tree."

Sui Lingfang said earnestly.

Xi Mengze nodded like a chick pecking at rice and whispered, "I thought you would disagree."

Sui Lingfang: "Why would I disagree? Jin Li started even earlier than you, and I didn't interfere. Let everything take its natural course.

Although you are stars, the premise of being a star is that you are also human beings.

A person only has one chance to live in this life. How you want to live your life is entirely in your own hands.

That is your life; I have no position to intervene. I respect every major life decision you make."

She paused and said, "You and Yan Xingdong hid it so well before that even I didn't know you two were dating. Now that you're suddenly mentioning this to me, do you want to go public?"

Xi Mengze nodded solemnly.

Actually, Sister Fang was quite sharp. The reason she couldn't sense it before was that she and Yan Xingdong were in a state of "more than friends, less than lovers."

If it weren't for the fact that she had too many romantic entanglements this year and the thought of finding someone to block them had arisen, Xi Mengze would never have considered dating.

She was a person with a very indifferent temperament. She only had a bit of passion when singing; in other aspects, she was very indifferent and could live alone.

It just so happened that Yan Xingdong confessed to her at this time, and she was not repulsed by him.

Thinking that if she rejected him, they wouldn't even be able to be friends in the future, she felt uncomfortable.

Therefore, Xi Mengze believed that she liked Yan Xingdong a little bit, but her liking might only be a little bit.

She also told Yan Xingdong about this, and Yan Xingdong didn't mind.

To use a saying often spoken by the elderly: feelings can be cultivated.

Yan Xingdong wanted to try with Xi Mengze and was determined to do so, so Xi Mengze also wanted to try, which happened to be a way to avoid many bad romantic entanglements.

Xi Mengze said, "We plan to go public today."

Sui Lingfang said without thinking, "No, it's too rushed. How will you write your public announcement? Is there someone to review it? Has it passed a risk assessment?

Give me some time, and I'll have the team screen for risks. If you're in a hurry, I'll try my best to let you go public tomorrow or the day after."

"By the way," she suddenly thought of something, "Does Zhang Guang know about this?"

The reason she said this was that she felt Xi Mengze dating Yan Xingdong was a big deal.

If Zhang Guang knew, he should have called her to discuss subsequent public relations strategies, rather than there being no movement at all.

This didn't seem like Zhang Guang's usual style.

After all, his way of handling things could be described as watertight.

Xi Mengze looked blank, "I didn't ask about this. He should know. Should I send him a WeChat message to ask?"

Seeing her like this, Sui Lingfang knew it wasn't reliable.

"Forget it, I'll call Zhang Guang and discuss it with him."

As the New Year approached, red lanterns were hung on both sides of the road, and the streets were decorated with lights and colors.

After finishing the live stream, Jin Li sat in the car and passed one plaza after another, seeing many Spring Festival decorations that were only set up for the New Year, each one very beautiful.

She took out her phone and checked; there was one week left until the Spring Festival, and the Spring Festival travel rush had already begun.

No wonder she saw many people pulling suitcases on the side of the road; it turned out they were all rushing home.

She was currently heading to the hotel arranged by Yajun, which was very close to the Yajun headquarters building, making it convenient for her to go over and start filming tomorrow.

Chen Qin sat in the front of the car, constantly making phone calls to coordinate with the people at Yajun.

After a while, she hung up the phone and turned to tell Jin Li: "Sister, Yajun added two sets of filming, saying that according to the filming duration we provided, these two sets can be squeezed into your working hours. What do you think?"

Jin Li thought about Chen Qin's arrangements and raised her eyebrows.

"If they can really strictly follow our requirements, then add them."

Chen Qin kept the filming time for each set very tight; she wouldn't let her stand in one place and let the photographer shoot at will, but rather, each set had a time limit.

In this regard, Chen Qin appeared very cold and had no room for negotiation.

She stated that as long as the filming time for each set was exceeded, Jin Li would stop filming immediately, no matter how much the brand begged to extend the duration.

This was the rule.

Only by following this rule could they finish filming the multiple sets of clothing required by Yajun within three days.

If this rule were broken, Jin Li might not be able to finish even if she worked overtime until the New Year.

Chen Qin said: "I think Yajun's ideas for this shoot are also very messy. How can they ask to add two more sets of filming the night before they are supposed to start tomorrow?

Logically speaking, everything should have been finalized a week ago. Their last-minute insertion always makes me feel they are unprofessional."

Jin Li said indifferently: "I didn't follow their ideas. They wanted me to sign a revenue-sharing endorsement contract, but I only take a fixed endorsement fee.

Different contracts correspond to different plans. I disrupted their plans, so they immediately changed the plans. Changing too hastily will lead to mistakes."

Chen Qin said: "I hope there won't be any mistakes in tomorrow's shoot."

Jin Li smiled: "Yajun is, after all, a luxury brand with a deep foundation, and I'm not the first spokesperson they've hired. I believe their filming team is very experienced."

After she checked into the hotel, she received a video call from Xi Mengze.

The first sentence Xi Mengze said was—

"Jin Li, I'm going to make my relationship public."

Jin Li: ?

She had only joined a production crew, so how was it that after coming out of the crew, Xi Mengze not only had a boyfriend but also wanted to make the relationship public?

Had she been in the crew for a long time?

Jin Li was a bit confused; it seemed like it had only been 10 days at most.

She observed Xi Mengze carefully and found that her eyebrows were filled with the breeze of spring; it was indeed the demeanor of a young girl in love.

And it must be said, the effect of falling in love was immediate.

Even before the boyfriend was made public, more than half of Xi Mengze's "peach blossom curse" had already dissipated.

Once the news was made public, the curse would completely cease to exist.

The only troublesome person would also be dealt with by her significant other.

Moreover, looking at her physiognomy, her spouse was quite supportive of her.

The two had complementary personalities and complementary careers, and their married life would be very happy.

It seemed the boyfriend Xi Mengze was dating was someone she knew; the spouse palace on her face looked a bit familiar.

Sure enough, the next second, Xi Mengze said: "Aren't you curious about who I'm going to make public?"

Jin Li guessed: "Could it be Yan Xingdong?"

Having had dealings with Xi Mengze, being familiar with her, and his pursuit being quite sincere, thinking about it, it could only be Yan Xingdong.

More importantly, the last time they talked, she had mentioned Yan Xingdong.

Although Xi Mengze was very surprised, she didn't insist. If Yan Xingdong pursued her, she would also reject him decisively, just like she rejected other men.

Xi Mengze nodded: "Yes, it's him."

"He confessed to me, and I was very hesitant. I didn't know if I loved him. But I was very clear that I didn't want to lose this friend.

If the consequence of a failed confession was never contacting him again, I wouldn't be able to stand it, so I accepted.

I made one request, which was that we must go public after being together; we couldn't have a secret relationship. He agreed without hesitation, so I decided to go public."

Jin Li nodded: "Since you think there's no problem, then there's no problem.

Yan Xingdong is the captain of March Sky. I learned some things about him from Gu Cheng. Gu Cheng said he is a responsible and committed captain.

No matter how far you can go in the future, for now, Yan Xingdong's character is good. You picked a very good boyfriend."

She said with sincere blessings.

The corners of Xi Mengze's mouth lifted, and she wanted to press them down, but she couldn't.

She said while suppressing a laugh: "Actually, even now I feel like I'm dreaming; it's a bit unreal.

He actually really became my boyfriend, and I really am going to have a boyfriend.

I have never dated before; I'm both nervous and expectant, afraid that I won't do well, and afraid that he will let me down."

Jin Li said with a smile: "Meng Meng, do you know? Your current emotions are exactly what it's like to be in love.

Long before you knew it, your relationship with him had already begun."

The next day, Jin Li went to the Yajun Timepiece headquarters very early to start her makeup and styling.

Filming started at nine o'clock, and makeup and styling had to be completed by around eight o'clock. Counting the time for setting the makeup and styling, Jin Li was already at her post at six in the morning.

It sounded like it was quite hard to have to be at the company at six o'clock.

But in fact, among many stars, Jin Li was considered to have arrived quite late.

Some stars attached great importance to their cooperation with luxury brands; as long as there was a filming task the next day, they would arrive at 3 a.m. to let the makeup artist apply their makeup.

But Jin Li didn't want to waste so much time.

After all, before the makeup artist applied the makeup, the teams of both sides had already discussed the makeup style, and the makeup artist hired by the brand was a well-known expert in the industry, so they wouldn't ruin the makeup.

Therefore, to save time and improve efficiency, the first step started with makeup.

While applying makeup, Jin Li received a message from Gu Cheng.

He had just arrived at the airport and would soon take a plane to the Imperial Capital.

Gu Cheng was also going to the Yajun headquarters today to film the Asia-Pacific region endorsement advertisements and various promotional photos.

However, he was filming in the afternoon session, while Jin Li had to start filming from the morning session.

After Jin Li finished her makeup, a Yajun staff member ran over in a hurry to ask: "Do you want to specifically isolate the venue?"

Jin Li was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

The staff member said anxiously: "The location of the filming studio was wrong. You are filming in Studio 2, which is on this floor.

Studio 1 is on the floor above, but there was a problem with the coordination. The team responsible for the set layout didn't see the message clearly and also set up Studio 1 on this floor.

I'll take you to see it. Studio 1 and Studio 2 are separated by a distance, so the filming won't be affected. If you mind, we can use a black cloth to separate them."

Jin Li was originally going to rush to Studio 2, so the staff member led the way.

There was a distance between the two studios; it wasn't close, and it wasn't far.

As long as one focused seriously on filming, one wouldn't be disturbed.

But if one became idle and wanted to slack off, one couldn't help but glance at the other side.

Chen Qin frowned, a bit angry: "How do you people work? So unreliable.

Jin Li is your global spokesperson for women's watches. Is this your working attitude?

The filming studios are so close; aren't you afraid that someone will secretly take photos and then leak them, exposing your new products in advance?"

The staff member was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. Jin Li suddenly asked: "Who is using Studio 1? If I accept it and don't use a black cloth to separate it, aren't you afraid of a leak?"

The staff member said: "It's Gu Cheng. He won't start using Studio 1 until the afternoon. The types of watches you two are filming are different, but the level is very important, so it still depends on your wishes."

Jin Li said indifferently: "Then there's no need to separate them. If you set up a black cloth in the middle, I don't know how much time it will waste.

Since you aren't worried about leaks, I'm not worried either. I trust the quality of the other party's team."

The staff member let out a long sigh of relief.

He not only had to ask for Jin Li's opinion but also had to call Gu Cheng.

Fortunately, after contacting Gu Cheng, there was no problem on his side either.

Jin Li's filming proceeded first.

The clothes she wore had to echo the color scheme of the watch on her wrist.

The director required her to film the three emotions of the timepiece.

The rigor of the timepiece, the absolute rationality of the timepiece, and the tender romance of the timepiece.

Jin Li not only had to show these three emotions but also couldn't steal the limelight from the watch; she had to make people notice the watch at first glance, rather than just noticing the person.

When the photographer was filming, he was a bit worried that Jin Li would steal the scene.

Many stars had very obvious personal styles, and the endorsed items often became a foil for the person, rather than the person being a foil for the items.

In terms of showing the characteristics of items, stars generally didn't do as well as models.

But until he entered the filming, the photographer realized that he had underestimated Jin Li.

This star's hard photo shooting style was so distinctive!