Cute Brother Badass Family Protector

Chapter 229: The Cruel Young Girl

“Are you not too tight? You really are like a homeroom teacher hiding in the hallway checking out his student.” Director Liu laughed.

“Isn't it natural to be strict with my students? I want him to be able to work on his own as fast as he can and produce a good film. At least my name will not be tarnished.” Director Hou scolded him.

It made Director Liu raise his eyebrows. He had not expected Hou Yuehai to have such high hopes for Tan Jinqi.

“Seriously, don't you trust your own students?” Director Liu sighed. “She is fine and works really hard here. Not only could he finish his job perfectly, but he could also do it efficiently. Moreover, he was willing to learn everything, and he did not give up on learning anything new. Heck, I envy you so much for having such a good student. Stop trying to brag, you old fart.”

Hou Yuehai laughed and walked towards Tan Jinqi.

Being a director for so long, all he needed was to look at the production and he knew Tan Jinqi was doing a good job. To be honest, he didn't need to ask Director Liu.

Tan Jinqi also looked at Hou Yuehai and ran towards him.

“Teacher,” exclaim the young man, “why are you here?”

“No excuses, really. I'm just here to check on you.” Hou Yuehai patted his student on the shoulder. “I heard from Director Liu that you did a pretty good job. Looks like you don't embarrass me.”

Ding Mengfei had followed Tan Jinqi and was shocked to hear the conversation. “Director Hou, is he really your student?”

Since Hou Yuehai was not teaching at the university, it meant that this student must have been the one who followed on the Director's side.

Ding Mengfei started to experience mixed feelings now. He never thought that Tan Jinqi would have such an influential person backing him.

“Yes. I just finished my last drama and am resting right now. Since there is nothing Jinqi can do here while I rest, I introduced him to work with Liu instead, ” Hou Yuehai said. Then he frowned. “I think I just heard you two arguing about something. Is something wrong? Why don't you tell me what he did wrong, and I'll punish him for you.”

Of course, there was no way Ding Mengfei would say anything now that he had learned that Tan Jinqi was a disciple of Hou Yuehai. He quickly made an excuse to ignore the question.

Since it was already lunchtime, Director Liu placed his hand on Hou Yuehai's shoulder and said, “Come. Let's go have lunch. It's been quite a while since the last time we met.”

The director then turned to some other actors and invited them over. “Zhang, Chen, Gu, would you like to come? Here's my deal!”

The three actors played only minor roles in the drama, but nevertheless, they were still famous actors with wide connections in the field.

Director Liu had reason to invite them.

Ding Mengfei could only watch as they left. Since Director Liu had only invited the three actors, there was no way he could follow them.

Since they still had more to shoot after lunch, they decided not to order any alcoholic beverages.

“Director, there is a question that has been bothering me for some time. Where did you find the young scriptwriter? The script is so amazing,” Zhang Kangwang suddenly asked. “It's been years since I last saw such an interesting plot and story. It's completely different from what you showed before. To be honest, that one might sell well after the drama airs, but it will never be a classic. It was not something that people would talk about for years to come and was definitely not something that people would watch over and over again. But this one is different. I can say with confidence that this will still be discussed for many years to come. This version is something you don't encounter every day.”

Now that the script had officially changed, Zhang Kangwang was finally able to give his true opinion on the previous version.

“To be honest, luck is on my side.” Director Liu sighed and told them the whole story now that he had the chance.

Afterwards, Director Liu warned everyone about Shen Jingyi. “Remember, if you ever meet him in the future, don't hire him as your scriptwriter. Heck, I would lose everything if I continued to use him for this drama. Remind everyone around you too. We have to make sure that things like this will never happen again.”

That was the main reason he had invited the three actors to lunch, to warn them of what Shen Jingyi had done.

After learning what was really going on behind the scenes, the three actors decided to take action as well. They planned to send a message to all their friends in the industry after lunch was over.

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Ding Mengfei was munching on her fat-free diet lunch while studying the script in her trailer.

“We can't let this continue like this,” he told his manager. “My reason for joining this drama is to increase my popularity, but look at what is happening now. I barely have a scene. How should I include my sponsor now? It's really impossible to forcibly add the same thing over and over again into what's left of my line, and viewers will definitely get annoyed. I also have more than one sponsor. What am I going to do now?”

At first, she was not worried that she was playing a small role because she could still attract the attention of the audience with her performance. It would have the same effect as playing the role of the female protagonist, and, if things went well, she could even get her own lead role after performing a few small roles.

But now, all his plans had been ruined.

Even her manager was anxious now, because only when the actress she managed became famous would she succeed.

“Hmm .. say, even if Tan Mo did write an amazing script, he was still a nobody, right?” Ding Mengfei suddenly asked. “I want to know what will happen if the sponsor finds out about this? Don't they think he's unreliable?”

“Are you going to tell sponsor?” Lin, the manager of Ding Mengfei, asked with a frown.

“What? Of course not. Who am I to contact them directly? Even if I could, there was no way I could talk to the person who was really in charge.” Ding Mengfei sighed as she put down her chopsticks. “If I could do that, do you really think I would stay here to make a living?”

Lin nodded. She almost thought Ding Mengfei had dated a rich man behind her. It was not that the manager was against it, but, at the very least, she needed to know what her actress was doing. If something happened because of the actress' actions, she should be able to react appropriately.

“But, what if people learn it online?” Ding Mengfei suddenly whispered, afraid that if someone heard the conversation, he would be out of business for good. “All we have to do is tell the scandalous website about the situation, and once word gets out, the sponsors will definitely question Director Liu for making Tan Mo the new scriptwriter. I know even if I do this, I won't be able to get more screen time, but I won't let Tan Mo off the hook. How could such a young girl be so cruel? He is really trying to destroy my future!”