GBP Chapter 165 Visiting Team
Chapter 165 Visiting Team
After a comprehensive inspection, Xie Junfei pointed out a few minor issues, but expressed overall satisfaction.
Huo Shen also changed his harshness from the airport and his attitude towards the person in charge became much better.
After finishing with Tia's matter, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Xie Junfei breathed a sigh of relief as if a matter had been put to rest, and went to have dinner with Huo Shen.
They happened to run into Huo Lan and Lu Wanzhou filming a program in Haicheng, so they took the opportunity to visit Huo Lan and Lu Wanzhou.
Compared to six months ago, Lu Wanzhou seemed like a completely different person. The timid and hesitant demeanor of hers had vanished, and her eyes were much more determined and bright.
She was happy to see Xie Junfei, but she suppressed her excitement and greeted him calmly:
"Miss Xie, it's been a long time."
Xie Junfei smiled and opened his arms to her.
A blush immediately spread across her face as she stepped forward and gently embraced Xie Junfei.
Holland stood aside and watched.
Even though Xie Junfei was a few years younger than her, he still naturally patted her head. Lu Wanzhou blushed and lowered her eyes like a rabbit, letting Xie Junfei do it.
Xie Junfei smiled and praised her:
"You look even more like a star than you did six months ago."
"I heard your film won you the Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival. Congratulations!"
Lu Wanzhou was a little embarrassed by the praise:
"It is all thanks to your help that I have achieved what I have today."
Xie Junfei shook her head:
"You're the one who's capable; otherwise, you wouldn't be where you are today."
Taking advantage of the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award, Holland helped Lu Wanzhou land a role in an SSS variety show, which was recorded and broadcast simultaneously. Lu Wanzhou has already gained a considerable number of fans. In addition, the official account recently praised the film "The Mountain Keeper" and conducted an exclusive interview with Lu Wanzhou, which has significantly increased her popularity.
In the short time they stood at the restaurant entrance talking, someone had already recognized her.
Seeing someone taking pictures, Holland put on sunglasses and urged them to hurry to the restaurant.
Xie Junfei likes Cantonese cuisine, while Huo Lan and Lu Wanzhou can't eat heavy oil and salt because they need to be on camera. Huo Shen, on the other hand, wholeheartedly caters to Xie Junfei's tastes. The four of them hit it off immediately and quickly chose their dishes.
While waiting, Holland told Xie Junfei about Venus's recent situation.
That short-sighted executive did make a lot of money in the early stages by using the "drain the pond to catch all the fish" approach, but this year he was backfired by the "tainted artists" under his management. In just a few months, two first-tier and three second-tier star actors under his management were implicated in scandals, and they were the kind of scandals that could not be cleared up.
Male celebrities soliciting prostitutes and female celebrities evading taxes are all minor issues compared to the diva behavior of film crews.
These actors have either been arrested or blacklisted, and all their unreleased movies, TV series, and variety shows are now essentially useless.
Venus suffered a great loss because of this.
In contrast, there was Holland's side.
Film star Lu Wanzhou won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress award for her debut film, beating out her arch-rival, Lanca, achieving instant stardom.
Regarding variety show personalities, Huo Lan recently signed a trainee for Xie Junfei who had been rejected by a Korean company. That trainee was extremely skilled and ranked first in the company's assessments for two consecutive years.
The reason for the return was also quite amusing.
The trainee couldn't stand the senior-junior culture in Korea. Because he couldn't bear to see his fellow domestic trainees being bullied by their seniors for no reason, he stood up for them and beat them up, leaving them with disfigurement.
The senior colleague started yelling and threatening to call the police. After hearing this, Holland immediately spent a lot of money to buy surveillance footage, hired a lawyer to defend her on the grounds of self-defense, and got her released back to China.
After returning to China, the trainee lived up to expectations, becoming famous for her avant-garde and extremely beautiful mental state on variety shows. She would go crazy at the slightest provocation when she encountered an idiot, which not only created variety show effects but also accumulated a large number of fans, successfully inheriting the variety show resources of the company's disgraced artists.
As for the TV series, it was taken over by another trainee who was bullied by his seniors and was sent back with Holland.
The trainee's appearance evokes a strong protective instinct, and her gentle exterior masks a strong inner core, perfectly fitting the aesthetic of modern idol dramas—a resilient and innocent young woman.
On Venus's side, everything is going in a positive direction.
The four of them ate and chatted, and had a fairly good time.
After finishing his meal, Huo Shen had to go to Huo's branch office in Haishi to handle some business, so he entrusted Xie Junfei to Huo Lan.
Holland readily agreed:
"Don't worry, after I take Lu Wanzhou to the film set, I'll bring Xie Junfei home."
The place where Lu Wanzhou recorded the variety show was not the most bustling part of Shanghai.
At this point, the film crew would have basically finished filming, and everyone else would have left.
Who knew that today, contrary to expectations, when the van drove to the film set, the number of people actually increased instead of decreasing.
Holland was somewhat puzzled:
"Why are there so many people today? Do you have another nighttime filming assignment?"
Lu Wanzhou also found it strange:
"No, the night scenes have already been filmed in the pre-production phase."
No sooner had Holland finished speaking than his phone rang; it was Lu Wanzhou's assistant.
She parked her car on the side of the road, answered the phone, and put it on speakerphone:
"To make a long story short, we're almost at the film set."
The assistant's voice was panicked and trembling with tears:
"Sister Lan, Lu Ling'er's boss came to visit the set just now. He said a few words to the producer, and Lu Ling'er took our voice-over!"
"I felt something was wrong, so I quickly went to ask the director, but I didn't expect the director to just scold me back."
"Please come and help us!"
When Holland heard that his assistant had been unjustly scolded, he quickly offered words of comfort and gave a few more instructions before hanging up the phone.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Xie Junfei noticed that Huo Lan's expression wasn't good and was somewhat puzzled:
"what happened?"
Holland angrily slammed his fist on the steering wheel:
"Why is it that persistent ghost, Lanka, again!"
"And of all people to come this time, why did Shen Huaishan have to personally take the lead!"
"Is the Shen family going bankrupt? Why is this big boss supporting a minor celebrity instead of working properly?!"
Hearing her say that, Lu Wanzhou, sitting in the back seat, weakly added:
“Boss, Lu Ling’er isn’t some minor celebrity; she’s an Oscar-winning actress, after all.”
Holland waved his hand, a flash of disgust crossing his face:
"Who does she think she is, a movie queen? She doesn't even deserve to be compared to you!"
"What good are awards if you sell culture for personal gain? You'll just be ridiculed by the entire internet!"
Upon hearing the familiar name, Xie Junfei raised an eyebrow slightly.
Shen Huaishan?