I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous - Chapter 21
Chapter 21: I’m a Movie King, I’m Very Panicky!
Translator: Lordbluefire
Editor: Lordbluefire
Contract? It was impossible for there to be a contract.
At the very least, Fatty Wei couldn’t make one appear out of thin air right now.
Fatty Wei didn’t have it, but Wang Jinxue had. After Wang Jinxue saw that the situation between the two became a little deadlocked, she silently took out a document, which was a pre-drafted contract, and passed it to Lu Yuan.
Her calm gaze also contained some helplessness.
Lu Yuan looked at the contract. After that, he glanced at Wang Jinxue from the corner of his eyes and other than feeling a little touched, he also felt a little scared.
It wasn’t because he was unhappy with the contract.
On the contrary, every clause listed in the contract conformed to Lu Yuan’s intentions. In fact, Lu Yuan didn’t even manage to find any flaws in some of the minor details.
For example, the arrangement of the production crew, the percentage allotment, the preferential treatment of actors…
It was as though when Wang Jinxue drafted the contract, she already guessed the thoughts of Lu Yuan.
One must know that Lu Yuan hadn’t communicated with Wang Jinxue beforehand about his thoughts and arrangements with regard to Lu Yihong!
This was why he felt a little scared.
Could it be that this Wang Jinxue studied psychology before?
(No way, I have to hide my thinking deeper in the future. I mustn’t allow her to read me so openly!)
Naturally, Lu Yuan didn’t display all these messy thoughts openly.
He continued to act as though he had known about this thing as he passed the contract to Lu Yihong.
Lu Yihong roughly glanced at the contract, he didn’t have any objections. He signed his name and pressed his thumbprint.
Everything was so smooth that it seemed like moving clouds and flowing water. There were no waves or any disturbance at all.
The production crew, investor, actors…
After all of these were settled, Lu Yuan discovered that he only lacked choosing an auspicious date and a location. The filming of this movie could begin soon.
There was no need to choose any famous scenic locations. The props needed were all very simple. A coffin, a grave, a few cameras for real-time shooting, and some essential first-aid staff…
Alright, everything was OK now.
“Tomorrow’s date looks good. How about starting to film tomorrow?” Lu Yuan flipped through the perpetual calendar. After checking tomorrow’s date, he inclined his head.
“Should we find a few Fengshui masters to take a look? After all, some of these things are really strange…we have no choice but to believe in it.” Li Qing suggested.
“Old Li, why are you so superstitious!”
“Eh…then, we won’t be finding any Fengshui masters?”
“Nope. Let’s set the date tomorrow.”
“Mn, there are no problems on my end.”
“Since we are starting to film tomorrow, I’m going to rest for now. Oh, by the way, which hotel will I be staying at tonight?” Lu Yihong stood up.
“There’s a bed in the company.”
“Sleeping in the company? Here? Not a hotel?”
“The director and assistant director are both sleeping in the company. As an actor, what preferential treatment do you still want?”
“Ah?”
“I said it before. Right now in this company, there are no superstars nor movie kings. There’s only a director, an assistant director, actors, and the production crew! No one will have special treatment. The contract clearly stated that.”
“In that case, I can pay for it myself, right?” Lu Yihong was helpless.
“Naturally not. If you truly have too much money and no place to spend it, you can consider treating the respectable director and production crews to a meal, but there’s no need for the meal to be too extravagant. We will just order some slightly expensive lobsters.” Lu Yuan muttered on for some time. After that, he solemnly looked at Lu Yihong who had a stupefied look on his face.
Lu Yihong’s mouth was wide open.
(What?)
(I still need to treat you guys to a meal?)
(What are you trying to do?)
Lu Yihong discovered that after he signed the contract, Lu Yuan’s expressions suddenly changed. In fact, his current attitude was completely different from a few hours earlier when they had first met each other!
In fact, he even felt that Lu Yuan was somewhat shameless!
Why would God give such vocals and talent to such a shameless person?
Was God blind?
“You guys can continue to discuss. I will return first.” After Wang Jinxue heard Lu Yuan’s words, she shook her head again as she departed.
“She doesn’t stay in the company?”
“Naturally, she stays in the 5-star Lauren Hotel.”
“But I got the best male lead for the Golden Bull Awards…”
“There’s no Golden Bull Award Winner here. There’s only an actor. Old Lu, how many times do I have to remind you?”
“…”
Upon seeing Lu Yuan rolling his eyes, Lu Yihong suddenly felt an indescribable heartache.
He glanced at the slightly yellowish bed in the distance, as well as the pile of indescribable objects with the smell of old socks emitting from them…
Even if he was put in the cold storage (talent company not using the actor) for a year, no matter how unimpressive the Golden Bull Awards were, he was still a movie king alright!
A movie king like him had to stay here?
What the hell did this production crew want?
Why did he feel like he had entered a bandit’s nest?
……………
Actually, Lu Yihong was fine with everything in the company. It was just that the smell of smoke was too dense.
After verifying gazes, they confirmed that Lu Yihong was someone easy to bully.
After confirming Lu Yihong wasn’t like those types of movie kings who would show a cocky face with a lofty and cold attitude, Fatty Wei began to shed his pretense. He started to act like Lu Yuan, becoming extremely casual and unrestrained, parading around the company in his underpants while occasionally scratching his as*hole.
Smoking was a bad habit, having inner quality was also a bad habit. However, Fatty Wei discovered that after hanging out with Barbarian Lu, he was led onto a path of no return.
He silently cursed in his heart that Lu Yuan was a very terrible disaster, after that, he began to engage in self-criticism for a long time before continuing to smoke again.
……………….
“Du du du, du du du.”
When the light of dawn shone into the little house, Lu Yihong discovered that there was now more stubble on his face. His entire person looked extremely dispirited.
There was a smell of someone falling from grace.
Tonight, he felt very complicated.
He had been enduring the smell of smoke from Lu Yuan, and the snoring of Fatty Wei, and the teeth-grinding sounds Li Qing occasionally produced.
This caused him to be so tormented that he couldn’t sleep even if he wanted to.
It wasn’t easy before he finally fell asleep in the wee hours and now, he was awakened by a series of phone calls while in a dazed state.
He was very angry.
“I don’t care who you are! You have successfully angered me!” Li Yuhong picked up his phone. His mood was currently extremely vexed.
“I’m in Hengdian!”
“Ah? Why have you come here?”
“I’m your agent, I naturally have to come!”
“You wait, I…I’m not at Hengdian. I’m at Yanjing!” Lu Yihong started upon hearing the voice. After that, he sat up instantly.
“Is that so? In that case, who’s the one driving your Wrangler?”
“What?”
“I’m now at the entrance of ‘Distant Films’.”
“What!”
“What the airplane!”
After hearing this, Lu Yihong was like a carp flipping around. He accidentally knocked into Lu Yuan who was sleeping on the upper bunk bed, causing Lu Yuan to feel as though there was an earthquake, shocking him awake from his sleep.
After confirming there was no earthquake, he felt a little strange as he lowered his head and watched Lu Yihong who quickly put on his clothes in a panic before rushing out of the house.
………
“This movie king must be the passive one in his sexual relationship!”
“Yeah.”
“Who do you think will be the one on top or below when they consummate their marriage?”
“Mn, I’m not too sure.”
“I think the girl definitely is on top, the guy is below.”
“Cough, cough. Actually, I feel like this too.”
“Great minds think alike! Ze ze! (SFX of clicking tongues)”
Li Qing and Fatty Wei stood at the company’s entrance as they watched a fat woman of about 30+ years of age berating Lu Yihong. The two of them couldn’t help but start joking around.
Lu Yihong was like a grandchild. He was scolded so badly that he had no way to retort. In addition, he looked extremely terrified.
“How is the arrangement? So uncultured. Have you guys prepared the props yet? What about the production crew? What about the opening ceremony?” When the two of them were chatting, Lu Yuan suddenly walked out of the house with a straight face as he solemnly shot a glance at the two of them.
“Ah…?” The two of them subconsciously shrank back when they saw the solemn look on Lu Yuan’s face.
“Fatty Wei, check out your current appearance. Is this something an assistant director should wear? Also, as for you Old Li, it isn’t that I want to criticize you. I felt that you were quite popular in the past, but why have you become so shameless now? Where did you learn the habit of dangling the cigarette on your lips?”
“Cough, cough.” Li Qing was so startled that he started coughing after being cast a serious glance from Lu Yuan.
Fatty Wei felt that this was extremely absurd in his heart.
This Barbarian Lu started to act like a decent person?
(Can we be compared to you?)
(Old Li was completely taught by you alright!)
“What are you guys looking at? How uncultured. I’m telling you guys that it’s clear Lu Yihong is clearly the passive one in this sexual relationship. His agent will be the one on top dominating him. What’s there to discuss? Quickly get back to work!” Lu Yuan continued staring at them solemnly. He then glanced at Lu Yihong before cursing at them seriously.
“We are not talking about Lu Yihong and his agent… A`Yuan, you…no wonder you can write the storyline!” Fatty Wei and Li Qing swallowed their saliva. Their gazes were filled with shock when they stared at Lu Yuan.
They were just discussing the ‘uncertain plot’ at most.
However, Lu Yuan was excellent, he directly outlined the plot.
“Didn’t I say it before? You guys must have heard it wrongly.” He coughed softly and walked toward the company.
………
“This is his information?”
“Mn?”
“Your information is fake, right?”
“How can that be possible…”
“Could a little fellow who specializes in forestry become a director? Moreover, he has never written or sung any songs in school before. Without him having any records of mastering the guitar or piano, do you feel that someone like this could compose a musical piece like [Für Elise]?”
“This…”
“Do you really believe this?”
“I…I don’t really believe it.”
“Hence, do you think your information is true?”
“This… are you saying that the information is fake?”
“Just use your pig brain to think. Do you think such an illogical thing is reasonable?”
“Ah…”
“Who was the one responsible for checking this information…?”
“It was done by Little Wang!”
“Tell him there’s no need for him to come to work tomorrow. How dare he use fake information and pass it off as real? Forget it, you don’t need to check on this information any longer. I will personally go and meet with this fellow!”
“Yes.”
