Chapter 7: Rival in Love?

"Hehe, you say we're all fellow disciples; isn't talking about money hurting feelings?" Wu Yuchen said with a thick skin.

"Heh! You're trying to shoot a 'tyrant film'!" Huang Lei scolded with a smile.

Wu Yuchen hurriedly put his hands together and begged Huang Lei:

"Senior! Dear senior! Our crew is very difficult; there's less than 20,000 yuan in the account, which is barely enough to buy film stock. Please support us!

And this is just a short film, finished within 11 minutes, shooting takes no more than three days at most; just pick a weekend!"

Looking at Wu Yuchen's appearance of crying poor, and thinking of such a good script and story, Huang Lei was actually a bit moved.

But then he sighed in his heart; if it were another time, it would be fine, but this period was exactly when he was busy with his own life's big event, so he could only say sorry.

"Wu Yuchen, it's not that senior doesn't want to help you; it's really that I have some private matters to attend to during this period."

Wu Yuchen's heart moved upon hearing this, thinking of something, and said to Huang Lei:

"Senior, let me tell you, I found a girl among the freshmen in the acting department this year who is both pure and beautiful; I fell in love with her at first sight, and she is especially suitable to be the female lead of my film. I plan to invite her later.

Oh, she seems to be called Sun Li; I don't know if you have an impression of her?"

"No!" Huang Lei's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly blurted out.

"Ah? Why not?" Wu Yuchen pretended to be innocent.

Huang Lei was really anxious now; could he say this was his wife-to-be whom he had long since set his sights on?

As early as when he reported before school started, he had fallen in love with Sun Li at first sight, and now he had privately launched an offensive and was planning to formally confess in the next two weeks!

If you pull his sweetheart away, what's the point of his confession!

Huang Lei looked at Wu Yuchen with a different gaze; what did "fell in love at first sight" mean? This kid wouldn't be his rival in love, right?

Huang Lei looked at Wu Yuchen's handsome appearance, which didn't lose to his own, and a sense of threat grew in his heart.

Director and actress, chatting about the script, guiding acting skills—this back and forth, it was very easy to hook up; Huang Lei knew this set too well!

No, absolutely couldn't let Sun Li join their crew; couldn't let them have contact!

He had to speed up the rhythm and take Sun Li down quickly!

Huang Lei coughed and said:

"Wu Yuchen, this is what I think: this female lead is a core figure; finding a newcomer without acting skills won't hold it up. Your budget is limited anyway; where would you have the money to grind acting skills?"

"Senior, if you come, do you still need to worry about the acting skills of a newcomer? You can personally guide the acting skills!"

Wu Yuchen said in a seductive tone.

He had seen Huang Lei's interview in his past life and knew that Huang Lei should be chasing Sun Li now. He had sent such a good assist opportunity, and Huang Lei wasn't moved?

Huang Lei glanced at Wu Yuchen. Personally guide? Hey, this seems... different from what he thought?

Huang Lei's heart moved; he poked his head to look around, saw no one else, and then stared at Wu Yuchen and asked in a low voice:

"What do you mean, kid?"

"Brother, I'm creating an opportunity for you!"

Wu Yuchen showed a smile that everyone understood and raised his eyebrows at Huang Lei; the meaning expressed in this look was clear at a glance.

Huang Lei said "damn" in his heart; his body couldn't help but tremble, and the chair under his butt was brought to a creak, and then he asked nervously:

"How did you know!"

Huang Lei was a teacher after all, and Sun Li was a freshman who had just entered; letting people know that a teacher was chasing a student would have a bad influence.

And if he didn't catch her, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

So he had been doing it secretly.

"Hey, senior, don't worry about how I know. I have this intention; you can't let me down!"

At this very moment, Wu Yuchen was already shoulder-to-shoulder with Huang Lei, looking very close.

Huang Lei then reacted; this kid knew about this from the very beginning and had calculated it on his head.

This was not a freshman who had just entered at all!

This kid was more refined than him!

Huang Lei thought it was really annoying and funny, but thinking it was all for shooting the film, he understood it all. He knew how difficult it was for a student to prepare a crew; shouldn't he try every possible way to utilize the resources he could utilize?

But at the same time, he felt relieved in his heart; Wu Yuchen could openly reveal this to him, showing he wasn't a rival in love, so he was still a good brother. No, he was his teacher!

Huang Lei coughed and took out some teacher's majesty, saying to Wu Yuchen sternly:

"Don't talk about this outside!"

"Senior, don't worry; except for me, no one knows!"

Wu Yuchen made a zipper gesture on his mouth and then asked again:

"Then the male lead..."

"Forget about the male lead; I don't have this intention during this period." Huang Lei's mind was now on how to take Sun Li down as soon as possible.

And this play had a rape scene for the female lead; how could he bear to let his sweetheart suffer this pain?

"Senior, you can't ignore our crew!" Wu Yuchen shouted again upon hearing this.

"Alright, alright, what other requirements do you have? Tell me all; I'll solve whatever I can solve for you."

Huang Lei knew that the male lead definitely wasn't non-him, and this kid must have other plans for finding him.

"Our crew lacks a 16mm camera; look..." Wu Yuchen said immediately.

The Beijing Film Academy naturally had cameras, but it wasn't something he, a student, could borrow. This thing was precious, and they were afraid that students wouldn't know better and break it, but Huang Lei was different.

"I'll help you borrow it; one week, is that enough?"

"Senior, our film is shot, the washing and editing equipment..."

Huang Lei aimed at Wu Yuchen; sure enough, these things were the real purpose.

"You kid, playing tricks with me; if you had said it directly at the beginning, could I not help you?" Huang Lei criticized.

Wu Yuchen naturally nodded and accepted the criticism obediently, but he knew it wasn't that no students wanted to borrow these devices before, but which teacher in the academy had ever loosened their mouth?

Especially since he had just entered school for less than two months; if some teachers knew he wanted to shoot a short film independently now, they would label him as ambitious.

If he didn't play this trick and let the two have a small secret that didn't hurt the harmony, even Huang Lei might not necessarily help him wholeheartedly.

Huang Lei pondered: "I'll try my best to help you talk about the washing and editing equipment, but you definitely have to pay for the chemicals yourself!"

Wu Yuchen immediately smiled brightly:

"That definitely won't let the school suffer; thank you, senior!

Then the female lead..."

"Get lost!" Huang Lei directly blurted out a swear word.

Looking at the back of the refined junior leaving, Huang Lei smiled and shook his head.

He really thought highly of this kid's future development now; he had talent, a thick skin, and could mix up some fame one way or another.

Huang Lei thought of something; he wouldn't let Sun Li go, but it wasn't impossible to help him find a female lead... ===== CHAPTER 8 =====