Chapter 339: The Villain

The assistant responded quickly: "I was just about to show it to you; it has already been revised."

She pulled a document from the bottom of the stack she was holding—it was the revision of the magazine photoshoot plan for Jin Li.

If the CEO hadn't personally ordered a few days ago that Jin Li's planning proposal needed some changes, the magazine department would have already invited Jin Li to shoot for the magazine.

The magazine department was only a small division within Fang Fei, and under normal circumstances, it wouldn't disturb the CEO.

It was precisely because it involved Huayun, which had high popularity online, that Dai Zong had requested the magazine department to create a better proposal.

But this matter was ultimately the magazine department's business, and its priority within the group was very low, which is why the assistant had reported other matters first and mentioned it only at the end, not expecting Dai Zong to ask about it proactively.

The assistant thought to herself: It seems the CEO really likes Jin Li.

Dai Xueling flipped through the revision, pondered for a few seconds, circled two of the items, and then said:

"I am not satisfied with these two conditions. Send it back and have them redo it. This proposal does not give me a feeling of being amazed."

"Using next year's popular theme colors as a gimmick is already very outdated, and promoting popular colors is something the four major magazines do; Fang Fei will not lead that."

Although Fang Fei is an international luxury brand, because the clothes produced are mostly qipao-based, the styles of the clothes limit the use of color.

Therefore, every year, the new products released by Fang Fei are rarely influenced by popular colors.

Dai Xueling knew that the magazine department wanted to create a magazine comparable to international standards to challenge Huayun, so the newly revised proposal was very internationalized.

However.

She did not believe that her own magazine could go toe-to-toe with Huayun.

Using one's own weaknesses to compare against others' strengths is the silliest thing to do.

Dai Xueling said in a deep voice: "Tell them, if they hand in this kind of proposal next time, then they don't need to take over the Jin Li magazine shoot. The headquarters will take over completely, but when the year-end evaluation comes, this will not be counted as their performance."

The assistant had already recorded this statement with a voice recorder.

Dai Xueling thought for a moment and continued: "I want better refinement based on the first proposal, not for the magazine to head toward internationalization."

"The magazine department hasn't dug deep enough into Jin Li's characteristics. I need to see Jin Li's shining points, her thoughts, and her plans for the future in the magazine. By the way, you can play this statement to them word-for-word."

The assistant replied: "Understood, CEO."

At the same time, Li Xunfang was shooting for a magazine.

She was shooting the inner pages of Huayun's October issue, and the photo placement was arranged on the earlier pages.

She was very satisfied with this position, and thus ignored the fact that she was inheriting "the property left behind by Jin Li."

But although the position was very good, she was very dissatisfied with Huayun's somewhat perfunctory shooting attitude.

As a competitor in the same lane, Li Xunfang valued Jin Li very much; she would pay attention as soon as there was any news about Jin Li.

Having paid attention so much, Li Xunfang also discovered that Jin Li had a kind of magic; any endorsement or variety show she took on would go viral in different forms.

But this going viral relied not only on Jin Li's personal charm but also on the brilliance of the variety show and endorsement planning.

In general, she was indeed lucky to be able to encounter reliable teams every time.

Even if some teams were very small, such as the movie "And Then There Were None" she shot, one could feel from the behind-the-scenes footage that everyone in the crew was working very seriously and really wanted to make this movie well.

Everyone was working hard, and coupled with Jin Li's popularity, it became a small hit.

Every time, Li Xunfang hoped that Jin Li would encounter an unreliable team, but every time she returned disappointed.

As time went on, she no longer pinned her hopes on Jin Li having bad luck, but rather hoped that her own resources could be better.

Only by having better resources than Jin Li could she stay on top of her.

—This was Li Xunfang's thought.

So for this Huayun shoot, she valued it immensely.

However, after reading the shooting plan, and then the adjustments during the shoot, the various layouts and lighting... Li Xunfang vaguely sensed that Huayun was very perfunctory about this shoot.

She even had the feeling that she wasn't shooting for some inner page with a prominent position, but was temporarily pulled in to make up the numbers for the back page.

Oh, wait, the back page of a magazine is a popular position, often having many advertisements.

So, her treatment was not even as good as the back page.

The Huayun photographer squatted down and said: "We just need to shoot one more set of shots and we can finish. Come on, cooperate a bit, turn your head to the other side, and show your clear jawline."

However, Li Xunfang did not follow suit this time.

She looked straight into the camera, frowned, and asked, "What do you mean by 'we can wrap up'?"

Photographer: "It means we're done shooting."

Li Xunfang: "It's noon now, so the morning shoot is done, but what about the afternoon?"

Photographer:?

"What morning or afternoon? I said we're done shooting. Don't you understand what that means?"

"It means this set of your photos is already done. If there's any need for reshoots later, we'll contact you again."

The photographer was confused by Li Xunfang's questioning, but Li Xunfang was the one who was truly bewildered.

Just changing two sets of clothes, no adjustments to the makeup, no clear theme, no props, shooting against a green screen the whole time.

This is called done shooting?

She had shot like this before when she came to Fang Fei, which was true, but at least there were some scenes, and the makeup wasn't that perfunctory.

But what month was that before?

An ordinary month, with nothing special happening, belonging to the off-season of the magazine industry.

Shooting like that at that time was no problem.

But she was shooting the October issue now, the "Golden September and Silver October" in the magazine industry!

Did Huayun not understand the gold content of this month, or was the photographer deliberately messing with her, or had Huayun deliberately moved her page position? Otherwise, how could it be so perfunctory?

Just like this, and they still want to fight with Jin Li?

Might as well believe that Jin Li will have bad luck!

Li Xunfang cooled her face, walked silently to the place where her bag was, took out her phone, and called her agent.

The photographer was also stunned by her behavior, calling out to stop her repeatedly: "What are you doing? Keep shooting! What's going on with you suddenly leaving?"

Li Xunfang acted as if she didn't hear, and after the call connected, the first sentence she said was:

"I want to sue Huayun for breach of contract. I haven't felt their sincerity regarding this shoot. They didn't plan it carefully, nor did they give me a sincere shooting environment. I want to sue them."

She spoke very loudly, not deliberately lowering her volume, and everyone around heard it.

Others looked at each other, all a bit bewildered.

The atmosphere on set was very relaxed and natural, but Li Xunfang's sudden seriousness made her exceptionally out of place.

Zhao Rui rushed to the Huayun shooting site.

To be honest, she was also frightened by Li Xunfang's set of rhetoric.

It wasn't that no celebrity had ever sued a brand for breach of contract, but those were all small brands that misused celebrity portraits, which didn't include Huayun!

Zhao Rui first scanned the situation on set; Li Xunfang was sitting alone, while others were chatting on the other side, the two groups clearly separated.

Li Xunfang's ability lay in the fact that even if she was just sitting there, once she put on her sunglasses and stuck her hands into her thin trench coat, she alone could create the aura of dozens of people.

So those staff members were just whispering on the other side, occasionally glancing at Li Xunfang, but no one dared to criticize her to her face, let alone get angry and tell her to leave.

As for the somewhat arrogant photographer that Xunfang mentioned, Zhao Rui didn't see him; no one on set was holding a camera.

She walked up to Li Xunfang and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Why do you want to suddenly sue Huayun for breach of contract? I looked at the setup on set, isn't it quite good?"

Li Xunfang sneered, took off her sunglasses, and revealed her beautiful face.

"That's because after I got angry, the staff hurriedly moved some sets over and moved the green screen away."

"Look at the large empty space in front; there are obvious signs of dirt and movement on the ground, which is where the green screen was before."

Li Xunfang flicked her sunglasses, pointing to a certain spot.

Zhao Rui looked over, and her eyelids jumped.

Good grief, so everything Li Xunfang said was true; it wasn't a case of princess syndrome acting up. Huayun was very perfunctory with her filming, didn't prepare anything, and wanted to just get by using green screens and cutout images the whole time?

She had been busy helping Li Xunfang pick announcements recently, holding many small meetings with the team every day, which is why she hadn't come out to run announcements with Li Xunfang.

Zhao Rui had originally thought that Huayun was such a big company, formal, and had previous cooperation experience, so she could handle it alone.

As a result, it was precisely because Li Xunfang had previous cooperation experience that she felt this shoot was exceptionally perfunctory.

In the past, when shooting magazine photos for ordinary months, Huayun wouldn't have been lazy to such an extent.

As a result, when encountering Golden September and Silver October, everyone relaxed instead.

What kind of logic is this?

Zhao Rui also realized something was wrong and said with a serious expression: "I'll call and ask right now."

She had originally wanted to call the staff to find the relevant person in charge, but seeing that everyone on set had a look of keeping their distance, Zhao Rui simply made the call herself.

"Hello, it's me. I am Li Xunfang's agent. I want your company to give me an explanation. We are shooting the October magazine inner pages now. Why is Fang Fei so perfunctory about the shooting plan?"

After the call connected, Zhao Rui took the initiative, and regardless of the other party's reaction, she threw the problem out all at once.

"If Huayun doesn't value this shoot, then we won't shoot. Let's treat this cooperation as if it never happened, and my artist also wants to sue you for breach of contract..."

As soon as the words "breach of contract" came out, the person in charge finally came back to their senses from a state of bewilderment.

"Wait, what breach of contract? Didn't Li Xunfang come over to shoot?"

Zhao Rui said unceremoniously: "Our artist came over to shoot a long time ago. It is Huayun that doesn't value this shoot. Clearly, we are shooting the October inner pages, but the arrangements are not even as good as off-season shoots."

"Huayun didn't value this shoot, and we are very worried about whether your magazine can stand out in October."

The person in charge immediately said: "Where are you? How about this, I'll go over and understand the situation first, okay?"

Zhao Rui knew the nature of these workplace people; many say they are coming, but don't show up even after waiting for a long time, so she turned up the pressure.

"We are at the B-zone shooting studio. If I don't see you within an hour, I can't guarantee what behavior my artist will take. Perhaps she will want to share this matter on her blog."

The person in charge's face changed drastically, and he said solemnly: "I'll go over right now."

Li Xunfang sat opposite Zhao Rui, listening to her agent's entire conversation, slightly raised her chin, and felt very satisfied.

Although her resources this year were not as good as last year, she was still considered a popular star among first-tier stars, and she couldn't be insulted like this!

The person in charge quickly arrived to understand the situation on set. Li Xunfang sent him the video she had taken before and said:

"It is precisely because I have cooperated with Huayun that I know this is far from Huayun's standard. If Huayun intends to shoot the October issue at this level, I will not cooperate with Huayun." Li Xunfang said with a stiff face.

The person in charge thought to himself why this person had so many issues, while also feeling that there was a problem with the setup on set, his brows furrowed tightly.

He called over the staff and asked who was responsible for the shoot this time.

When he heard it was the son of a certain supervisor who had just joined the job not long ago, his heart skipped a beat.

He was the one who handled that person's entry, and he remembered that it was agreed that he had to undergo three months of training before taking the post.

It had been less than a month, so why was he already out shooting?

The person in charge deliberately avoided Li Xunfang and pulled one of the staff members aside to ask: "What's going on? Isn't it supposed to be three months before he can shoot? Who let him take over?"

That staff member knew some inside information and whispered: "Young Master Pan offended Photographer Afei. Master Afei was responsible for training him and passing on experience."

"But Young Master Pan felt his experience was outdated and old-fashioned. Huayun is an international company and should use the most cutting-edge international methods to shoot, and also said he wanted to engage in some shooting methods that express the photographer's unique personality."

"Master Afei was angered away by him and threw down the burden and quit. Other photographers are responsible for other celebrities' shoots and won't come over, so Young Master Pan is doing this shoot himself."

The person in charge was trembling with anger: "Then these shooting plans?"

The staff member whispered: "They are all thought up by Young Master Pan."

No wonder Li Xunfang was angry; it turned out that the person shooting for her was truly a layman!

Fortunately, it was just the photographer who was unreliable; other people at Huayun were still reliable, so some processes looked flawless, and she only blew up because she felt the photographer was shooting perfunctorily.

The person in charge immediately called another photographer who was on vacation, offered triple the salary to get him to come back to work immediately, and take charge of Li Xunfang's shooting plan.

Then the person in charge went to Li Xunfang's side and apologized profusely, indicating that it was internal staff who had mixed up the plans and given her someone else's plan, and now they had re-planned for her.

After Li Xunfang waited for him to finish his rambling, she asked: "Then when can I reshoot? It is a reshoot, right? You said you wanted to change to a new plan for me?"

The person in charge's expression became solemn: "We can shoot the day after tomorrow. I guarantee it."

Li Xunfang thought for a moment, "I want to communicate with the photographer personally."

The person in charge thought about it and agreed: "Fine."

This matter was Huayun's fault. If Li Xunfang continued to pursue it, the scandal of "using a rookie photographer to test the October issue" would not be suppressed.

Although Young Master Pan was very unreliable, he was also the son of a certain supervisor, and that supervisor was in charge of the international department, whom the person in charge couldn't afford to offend.

So he still wanted to settle the matter.

Li Xunfang continued to make demands: "I want my clothes to have some of next year's popular colors."

The person in charge's mouth twitched, but he still agreed: "Okay."

He added: "But just some."

Li Xunfang smiled brightly: "Okay."

Generally speaking, next year's popular color outfits are only arranged for the magazine cover, so this outfit is unique to the celebrity shooting the cover.

But if some artists are highly valued by Huayun, they will also be matched with some accessories or parts of outfits related to popular colors during the shoot.

Li Xunfang making this request was equivalent to upgrading her own status.

Others didn't know the inside story and just thought she was highly valued by Huayun. ===== CHAPTER 340 =====