Chapter 438

Bai Jiang was a bit confused by what Xu Ting said.

When he saw Xu Ting keep looking at the "Five-Three" in his hand, he realized what was happening and quickly put down the book in his hand.

But after a while, he felt there was no need to hide it and picked up the "Five-Three" again.

Bai Jiang said very frankly: "As you can see, I am studying high school freshman mathematics."

Xu Ting couldn't help but say: "You've been graduated for so many years, can you still remember high school knowledge?"

Bai Jiang shook his head: "I can't remember, but I can learn. The 'Five-Three' workbook also writes out the key knowledge points, it's not just pure drilling. I also got a set of high school freshman math textbooks, preparing to read the books while doing the problems."

Xu Ting looked at him a few more times and said with a complex expression: "Are you also going to learn from Jin Li and take the college entrance exam?"

Bai Jiang still shook his head: "No, my undergraduate institution is a first-tier university; I don't want to experience the college entrance exam again."

He paused and explained: "Didn't Jin Li say before that her imagination is good because of drilling problems? Every time she has time, she will think about the problem-solving steps in her mind, so I want to try if it works."

Xu Ting frowned and said in an unclear tone: "I thought you had long known that was a deceptive statement. How could imagination be improved by thinking about problems?"

"We aren't like we haven't experienced the high school stage; we didn't show any talent for imagination back then. This is just an excuse she made because she didn't want to tell us her training method."

Bai Jiang was silent, and a flash of hesitation crossed his face.

Seeing his expression, Xu Ting felt a bit uncomfortable and said on the surface: "Say whatever you want to say; I won't go and report you to the director."

Bai Jiang:...

She always felt that every sentence Xu Ting said today had an underlying meaning.

Didn't Jin Li already accept her apology in person? She hadn't seen her go to report to the director, had she?

Bai Jiang thought to himself that some things he didn't know must have happened in the past few days.

Bai Jiang said: "To tell you the truth, when I was in high school, my imagination was quite rich. I felt that as long as I studied a little, I would be a literary star, definitely material for Tsinghua or Peking University."

Xu Ting: "That's not imagination; that's daydreaming."

Bai Jiang was once again speechless.

If that's what you think, there's nothing I can do.

The two's conversation ended unhappily in silence, but neither side cared.

The crew's training tasks were very full; being able to chat for a few sentences was already stealing leisure from a busy schedule. Any more thoughts were crushed by the heavy training, leaving them breathless.

Jin Li was also training. Because it wasn't intense physical training, Chen Qin didn't have to run to the temple often these few days and spent more time on set.

She heard a lot of news on set and originally wanted to share it with Jin Li, but as soon as she saw her so tired, she silently swallowed the news back.

Forget it, better not let Jin Li hear rumors about herself; after all, they weren't good words.

Chen Qin couldn't share it with Jin Li, but she didn't hide it from the other assistant, Driver Xiao Cheng.

Chen Qin mysteriously pulled Driver Xiao Cheng into her room and whispered: "I went to the set these past few days and heard about something. Have you heard?"

Driver Xiao Cheng had also often run to the set a while ago, but recently Chen Qin had been going, so she stayed in the hotel.

Driver Xiao Cheng asked curiously: "Is it about the rumors between Sister Jin Li and Sister Xu Ting?"

Chen Qin nodded, no longer keeping people in suspense, and said it out plainly:

"There's a rumor on set that although the 'spreading rumors about Jin Li' incident has nothing to do with Xu Ting, it was caused by her assistant."

"This made the director have some opinions about Xu Ting, so Xu Ting will no longer appear in Director Chu's films in the next project. Out of guilt and compensation, Director Chu will let Jin Li be the lead actress in his next film."

She said, suppressing her excited voice: "I don't know where the rumor came from; it sounds so real. It's a pity the director hasn't mentioned any promise to Sister Jin Li. If only it were true."

Driver Xiao Cheng asked back: "How do you know the director hasn't mentioned it to Sister Jin Li?"

Chen Qin was stunned and asked back: "Did you hear Sister Jin Li say he mentioned it?"

Driver Xiao Cheng shook her head and said honestly: "No, but I feel this rumor is different from the previous ones. If it's true, then it's news the director intentionally released."

"If it's false, then someone is jealous of Jin Li and wants to make Jin Li bear the reputation of a 'victim gaining benefits,' which isn't good for Sister Jin Li's development."

Chen Qin thought for a while and nodded with a solemn expression: "Hmm, originally she could get the lead actress role in the next film through her own ability, but with this message spreading on set, it became getting it through compensation, which is a bit not good."

"Then should we mention it to Sister Jin Li? What if Sister Jin Li doesn't want to be rumored like this by others?"

Chen Qin originally didn't want to disturb Jin Li with these things, but now she wasn't sure.

Driver Xiao Cheng said affirmatively: "Let's tell her!"

As for Jin Li, after returning to her room, she originally wanted to pick up the "Five-Three" to drill problems, but she suddenly received a call from Ye Weijie.

Ye Weijie said with a hint of excitement: "Jin Li, I ran to Pond Village again these past few days and specifically sought out the village chief to mention the filming of the crew. Originally, the village chief didn't agree, feeling it would be too much of a hassle for the whole village."

"But I told him that if your crew could become a filming location for a film or TV show, it could become a tourist village. With tourists coming to travel, you could also attract investment!"

"The village chief was immediately excited when he heard 'attract investment' and promised me he would cooperate fully, even urging me to apply to the higher-level departments quickly."

Jin Li was infected by the happiness in his words and also said with a smile: "So you are preparing to apply to the higher-level departments?"

Ye Weijie said proudly: "After tossing and turning for a week, only then preparing to apply to the higher-level departments? Isn't that efficiency too low?"

Before Jin Li could speak, he immediately said: "I have already negotiated with the provincial tourism department and have obtained the documents, allowing Pond Village to become a filming location!"

Ye Weijie kept in mind what Jin Li said: someone who could turn public land in the village into private land wouldn't be an ordinary person.

If they didn't have connections in the village, then they must have connections in the county or city.

Although Ye Weijie was a bit puzzled as to why Jin Li didn't think they had connections in the province, he originally wanted to ask why, but then he thought—

That's not right. If that family also had connections in the province, the provincial tourism department wouldn't have easily agreed to let Pond Village become a filming location.

So Jin Li's guess was correct; that family didn't have the power to reach the sky and extend their connections to the province.

Ye Weijie said: "I already got the documents yesterday, and the relevant instructions will be sent down to the city either today or tomorrow."

"If there are no problems in the city, it will soon be sent down to the county, and then to the village. If the normal process is followed, it can be completed within a week, and then we will know which place is being blocked."

Jin Li heard his eagerness and was puzzled: "How come you sound like you're quite happy to be blocked?"

Ye Weijie: "Uh, no, no, I hope this show is filmed smoothly, gets rich, gets rich, gets rich!"

Jin Li didn't know what she thought of and asked: "Are you sure you have already done the village chief's ideological work?"

Ye Weijie nodded busily, even though Jin Li on the phone couldn't see it, but he was so happy he was almost dancing.

"Right, I even have a recording, and I recorded it in front of the village chief. He guaranteed that as long as I could negotiate the filming location, he would take out the village for me to toss and turn, so it would be convenient to attract investment in the future."

Jin Li said silently: "The village chief asked you to add that last sentence, right."

Ye Weijie chuckled.

Jin Li thought for a while and said: "The place where Pond Village is located has a strong clan concept. The village chief is a person elected by the villagers and is also the head of everyone."

"Generally, the villagers won't oppose things decided by the village chief, but given the special geographical environment of Pond Village, you should still tell the village chief to reveal to the villagers early that the village is going to be a filming location, so that when someone comes to ask specifically, the villagers won't be completely ignorant."

She paused and said: "The same thing, said by different people, has different effects. You should let the village chief talk to the villagers properly and focus on mentioning attracting investment."

Ye Weijie asked cautiously: "Do you suspect that the wealthy family will call on the villagers to play tricks and hinder the filming?"

Jin Li smiled: "Director Ye, it's not suspicion, but certainty. If the village enters a filming team, and the film or TV show is destined to be a hit, it can promote local tourism, then the feng shui that the family worked so hard to cut off will overflow."

"'When water is full, it overflows; when it overflows, it suffers a loss'—this sentence isn't just talk, but a principle passed down by the ancients. By the same token—you can't do things to the extreme; you must leave a line of life. This is also the wisdom explored by the ancients."

"That family cut off the village's feng shui for their own use, which is already doing it to the extreme. If the feng shui is broken, they have to bear a great backlash, which is very likely to endanger their lives."

She asked back: "If it were you, could you sit still?"

Ye Weijie immediately said: "Then I definitely couldn't sit still!"

Originally, he was listening to it as a joke, wanting to be an onlooker.

But after being told this by Jin Li, he suddenly realized that this matter was even more dangerous than he imagined.

As soon as Ye Weijie thought about how he finally convinced the village chief to agree, only to be collectively opposed by the villagers, he had a headache.

"I'll call the village chief now and let the village chief hold a meeting for the villagers."

Jin Li reminded: "Use a good tone, remember to emphasize attracting investment, creating wealth, and collective prosperity."

Ye Weijie: "Got it, got it!"

After hanging up the phone with Jin Li, Ye Weijie immediately called the village chief.

The village chief was a bit hard of hearing, so Ye Weijie had to emphasize loudly that he must do a good job of the villagers' ideological work, let everyone accept Pond Village becoming a filming location for a film or TV show, attract investment, develop tourism, and achieve collective prosperity!

The village chief repeated it several times, and some content couldn't be remembered, so Ye Weijie had to remind him repeatedly.

Ye Weijie was so anxious in his heart that he wanted to fly to the village chief's side and use a megaphone to remind him!

The village chief said with a smile: "Don't worry, the villagers will definitely agree!"

Ye Weijie muttered in his heart: No, I'm not worried; I'm afraid that a long night will bring many dreams.

On the surface, he persuaded him with good words: "Village chief, you are doing your best for the villagers, but the villagers may not necessarily understand you. You should still tell the villagers and let them know the severity of the matter. This is definitely an excellent opportunity for them to grasp collective prosperity!"

Afraid that the village chief wouldn't take it to heart, Ye Weijie said again: "Several villages want to become filming locations. I'm afraid that those villages will know that Pond Village won the bid and will be unconvinced, specifically sending people to say that if a crew comes in to film, it will destroy the village's feng shui, calling on the villagers to oppose the filming."

As soon as the village chief heard this, his eyebrows stood up, and he was furious: "They dare!"

"I'll tell the villagers now!"

After hanging up the phone, Ye Weijie felt restless and couldn't stop walking back and forth in the room.

They were staying in a hotel in the provincial capital.

Because of the selection of locations, they had been running around for the past few months, and they were already used to living in strange places.

The more Ye Weijie thought about it, the more he felt that the consequences of setting Pond Village as a filming location would be terrible, but he had one good point—he liked to meet difficulties head-on!

Ye Weijie ran to the screenwriter's room, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Stop sleeping, let's set off for Pond Village tonight. I'm worried that someone will make trouble there, so let's go over and take a look."

The screenwriter hadn't fallen asleep yet and was playing games. He was a bit confused by his knocking on the door and a wild roar.

The screenwriter opened the door and looked at him with a puzzled face: "Are you sure that if the two of us go over, we can stop the troublemakers?"

Ye Weijie was choked by his words and suddenly realized.

That's right, the two of them wouldn't be of any use if they went over!

Ye Weijie thought about it and said: "We still have to go; I have to go and see, otherwise I won't feel at ease, but we'll take one more person."

The screenwriter asked: "Take who, a bodyguard?"

Ye Weijie didn't speak, opened the BOSS hiring APP, switched to the boss identity, entered "Daoist Feng Shui Master" in the top search box, checked nearby people, and checked the price under 30,000.

Click search, and another corner of the world opened up in front of the screenwriter.

Screenwriter:... Can hiring software be used like this??

Ye Weijie immediately contacted the third feng shui master. He had his own judgment: the one ranked first probably bought advertising traffic, the second was created by brushing orders and good reviews, and the third was the real deal!

Besides, the Daoist school likes the number "3," and choosing the third one fits the Daoist concept. Who wouldn't praise it for being particular!

Search for two minutes, talk for five minutes, and ten minutes later, the two carried the bulky filming equipment and set off for Pond Village.

The scene shifted to Jin Li's side.

Jin Li didn't know that Ye Weijie carried the camera to the front line overnight, and he was turned into a reporter for livelihood hotlines and field visits by her.

After talking with Ye Weijie, she used a bamboo tube to calculate a hexagram for Ye Weijie.

He was quite safe recently, but he would have a small ripple the day after tomorrow, but the ripple would be very small, and he wouldn't be hurt if he was careful.

Jin Li planned to call to remind Ye Weijie the day after tomorrow.

After doing these things, she opened the "Five-Three" to drill a math paper. When she was preparing to rest, Chen Qin and Driver Xiao Cheng knocked on her door and mentioned the rumors spreading recently.

After Jin Li finished listening, she raised her eyebrows and suddenly smiled lightly.

Chen Qin asked uneasily: "Sister Jin Li, will this rumor affect you?"

Jin Li asked: "Do you think my acting is bad?"

Chen Qin shook her head quickly: "How could it be bad? Anyone with eyes can see that your acting is very good, better than Xu Ting and Bai Jiang!"

Jin Li smiled: "So this rumor won't affect me. Everyone can see how my acting is."

She said: "Don't worry, I won't be affected, and even if it spreads, this rumor isn't bad for my development. Anyway, it's not me whose mentality is being messed with."

It's normal to have interest exchanges in the entertainment industry, and besides, her lead actress role was indeed obtained through compensation from Director Chu.

So Jin Li didn't feel angry about this rumor spreading. She wasn't that arrogant to think that all good resources were obtained through ability.

What is the entertainment industry afraid of?

It's afraid that you have no ability, and it's afraid that you have no connections.

After Chen Qin and Driver Xiao Cheng left the room, Driver Xiao Cheng suddenly said: "Did you notice?"

Chen Qin was stunned: "What?"

Driver Xiao Cheng: "Sister Jin Li didn't deny the truth of this rumor."

It took Chen Qin a while to react, and a bright light flashed in her eyes.

"So she really became the lead actress in Director Chu's next drama? Was it confirmed?"

Oh my, that's cool, that's cool.