Chapter 579: Too Eager to Progress

To speak honestly, before coming to the mainland, Chen Qiaoen had designed many ways to meet Zhou Yi, but she never imagined that her first meeting with this man would encounter a difficulty level—

This doesn't look like acting at all; that woman Cheng Hao clearly came prepared. She could swear to heaven based on her experience of scrambling around the Taiwan circle for the past two years.

Qin Lan's expression was visibly somewhat dim.

Although she had long known she couldn't catch Zhou Yi, she had secretly dreamed of Cinderella's glass slipper...

Yang Mi, who had come purely to meet her idol, was unusually nervous. Tang Yan, hoping to use Zhou Yi's MV to help herself get selected as an Olympic Baby, gazed curiously at Cheng Hao's departing graceful figure, guessing in her mind the likely...

Love entanglement?

As for Wen Yongshan, she didn't care about Cheng Hao at all; her gaze was fixed on Zhou Yi.

In Hong Kong, the reputation of the "fresh model" industry is generally poor; it sits at the very bottom of the social hierarchy, looked down upon by models in other sectors. Girls who enter this field typically strive desperately to rise, possessing psychological maturity and resilience far beyond that of their ordinary peers.

Things like mistresses, fourth mistresses, and being kept by patrons are everywhere. Sister pairs, mother-daughter pairs, school beauties, and famous socialites going bankrupt and entering the trade—whatever gimmick can attract eyeballs, the Hong Kong fresh model industry accepts them all without exception.

If Zhou Yi were willing to take her, she could even contribute her good sister Yang Ying to play the blindfolded king game with Zhou Yi on the bed right now.

"Hello, welcome to the 'Gui Zang' film crew. Qin Lan, trouble you, hard work."

Zhou Yi, who was also watching Cheng Hao's departing figure, came to his senses, walked over, and exchanged friendly words with the group. The undisguised intimate posture towards Qin Lan in his speech made Yang Mi and Tang Yan widen their eyes—

Good heavens, I simply say good heavens.

Wen Yongshan and Chen Qiaoen's eyes lit up.

"Y-you, hello Zhou Yi, I am your fan, may I take a photo with you and then ask you to sign an autograph?" The future "Big Secret" was currently still an underage girl who could shoot a pure youth even while surfing the internet in an internet cafe; she had come prepared, taking out a stack of Zhou Yi's albums and looking forward expectantly;

Leg-spirit Tang Yan, relatively speaking, behaved somewhat restrained, showing none of her usual wild girl energy.

Chen Qiaoen, who had just passed her plastic surgery recovery period, very schemingly jumped a couple of steps while walking forward; the surging magnitude could be said to look down on the whole scene—the other few tied together wouldn't be enough to fight her;

Only Wen Yongshan, the fresh model who had the "sassy" card as her ace but couldn't play it in the initial acquaintance stage, ground her teeth in frustration.

Damn it, is being big so great!

Scheming bitch!

I am underage and haven't fully grown yet; wait until I am a few years older...

"Of course, you are my heroines; I will satisfy all your requests." Although Yang Mi was the only non-lead role among the group, she was at least introduced by Zhou Xun, so Zhou Yi naturally had to say something nice on the surface.

After signing autographs, taking photos, and exchanging contact information, and having the film crew staff lead the four of them back to their hotel rooms, Zhou Yi then took Qin Lan back to continue busy with the wrap-up work.

And all of this was basically photographed by reporters squatting outside the hotel.

Based on the current situation of "if there are dates, hit them twice; if not, hit them twice anyway," the reporters who dared not speak wildly about Zhou Yi could only adopt the method of the Spring and Autumn Annals—

"Shock! Zhou Yi meets Hong Kong fresh models at a hotel!"

"Is it moral collapse or legal decay? Zhou Yi meets five women at a hotel!"

"Zhou Yi did it too! Talented man's romance, Stephen Chow is not alone!"

"..."

Stephen Chow's latest movie "Kung Fu" officially began shooting in Shanghai not long ago, but then the scandal of Stephen Chow bringing fresh models to the set broke out; people even caught photos as proof. Worse, paparazzi squatted and dug up garbage bags thrown out from Stephen Chow's room, tirelessly digging out condoms from inside, leaving Stephen Chow, who had flatly denied it, with his face on the ground...

This was something the paparazzi squatting at Zhou Yi's hotel failed to squat for.

If Zhou Yi's life team hadn't been instructed by Qian Jiang to pay attention to his private life, he would probably have followed Stephen Chow's awkward scene.

"Let me tell you, it's really exaggerated. Stephen Chow in the film crew is completely different from the Stephen Chow I imagined; he's terrifying." Sun Yanzi, who always liked the image of Stephen Chow's past movies, encountered the first beating of her life in the "Kung Fu" crew—

"He knows I haven't properly acted before; the script was given to him by him, yet on the first day of shooting on set, he scolded me mercilessly, and finally changed me into a mute, saying it suited me and the effect would be good..."

Having finished the album promotion period, Sun Yanzi, who unlike Xiao Yaxuan had no English songs to prepare, naturally rushed non-stop into the "Kung Fu" crew while the heat was high to perform her first screen touch, only to run straight into Stephen Chow, the tyrant of the set, and had to come find Zhou Yi to pour out her grievances.

September 22, evening.

After discussing with Ning Hao, confirming all storyboard scripts and handing them to him to pass on to the girls, Zhou Yi received a phone call and laughed so happily upon hearing it, like an elder of the Soul Hall: "Serves you right! You have your day too!"

Back then, when he suffered under Jiang Wen, Sun Yanzi had laughed at him no end; now the tables have turned.

Sun Yanzi on the other end of the phone was so angry she squealed, but she could do nothing to Zhou Yi; in the end, she could only admit that she had indeed lost her awe for this King of Comedy.

Movies are movies; reality is reality.

"Acting is so tiring; now I know why you've always been unwilling to take movies." As Warner Records' number one lazy dog, regarding the matter of making movies, in just a week, Sun Yanzi directly experienced the whole process from initial enthusiasm to current boredom and dullness.

If she hadn't signed the contract early, she would have wanted to leave.

"Let me tell you, the atmosphere in the crew recently is particularly oppressive; Stephen Chow and Hung Kam Po are just about to fight in the set, arguing fiercely, and everyone dares not breathe loudly..."

Zhou Yi, cracking melon seeds, listened with great interest.

The movie "Kung Fu" is indeed the work where the relationship between Hong Kong big brother Hung Kam Po and Stephen Chow broke up; it's just that this breakup time was slightly later than in his memory.

In his memory, the conflict broke out in August, but in reality, Sun Yanzi hadn't entered the crew in August.

Not until time entered September, when Sun Yanzi entered the crew, did this movie officially start shooting.

After all, in a sense, this was a privilege fought for by Warner; although the female lead's role in this movie was almost non-existent, at least nominally she was the female lead, so Sun Yanzi must have the status she deserved.

If the female lead wasn't in place and shooting started, what would that count as? Even if Sun Yanzi agreed, Chen Ze Shan wouldn't agree.

"Stephen Chow, directly and indirectly, still wants me to ask you to make a cameo, but he didn't say how much money; it seems he wants to use favors to offset it?"

"Come on, his favors are useless."

Zhou Yi, who was drinking water, almost spat it out: "Going to Dragon Movie to make a cameo was because I owed him a favor in the past; after all, he helped me with 'Rush Hour 2'. Stephen Chow's kind of favor bond is something only I would flush down the toilet; why would I go make a cameo? To admire his age and lack of bathing?"

Feng Xiaogang's precedent; he was tricked twice, front and back, and this favor still hadn't been repaid even after the two of them fell out—

Hiss, wait a second, Feng Xiaogang seems to be in this...

"He only hinted at it like that; I pretended not to understand and fobbed him off, but he has already found that mainland director Feng Xiaogang to make a cameo; his face is indeed strong." Sun Yanzi said her wit as if seeking credit.

Zhou Yi tactically drank water, wanting to laugh.

He could already foresee the look on Feng Xiaogang's face after next year's "A World Without Thieves" started shooting.

"Just right, in a couple of days I'm going to Shanghai to shoot an MV; I'll visit you then. Although I won't make a cameo, it can at least help you hold the fort."

"Hmm? Really?! You're that kind?"

The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly rose, causing Zhou Yi to subconsciously move the phone away from his ear...

Sun Yanzi, who had been rolling around on the hotel bed with a beaming smile, pulled a corner of the quilt over herself, grinned, and asked, "Do you have some undisclosed ulterior motive?"

At the same time, the doors of the two elevators on Zhou Yi's floor opened almost simultaneously—

Chen Qiao'en and Wen Yongshan, both meticulously dressed, stepped out of the elevators one after the other, only to meet in the hallway.

Both wore exquisite full makeup; one was in a spaghetti-strap dress, the other in a bodycon skirt.

As they stared at each other in shock, they could both see the burning desire for progress in the other's eyes...