Chapter 1403: Shall we prepare to start?
s.h.i.+ Hanchu was a little surprised. When he was eating with Tu Jie, he hadn’t heard him mention signing a new artist.
As if seeing through s.h.i.+ Hanchu’s doubts, Little Song said, “Brother Jie said that he wouldn’t take in any more artists in the future. Perhaps it’s because of Su Manman’s outstanding talent!”
Little Song’s tone didn’t hide his fondness for Su Manman.
“Are you very familiar with that young lady?” s.h.i.+ Hanchu turned his head and asked his a.s.sistant.
Only then did Little Song realize that he might have said something wrong. He smiled awkwardly and finally confessed to s.h.i.+ Hanchu the origins of the drinks and snacks they had received over the past few days.
When s.h.i.+ Hanchu heard this, his eyes narrowed as he looked in Su Manman’s direction.
The young lady was focusing on what the director was saying, nodding from time to time…
At this moment, Su Manman was a little nervous. She had gone through a lot of trouble to find s.h.i.+ Hanchu’s manager, Tu Jie, to sign a contract with him. She thought about how she and s.h.i.+ Hanchu would work together in the future, but she hadn’t expected for the collaboration to come so quickly!
The director of “Silent Disaster” actually contacted Tu Jie. He said that an actress in the production crew was suddenly hospitalized because she had finally gotten pregnant and was on the verge of a miscarriage. He had an unfilled role and wanted Su Manman to take it. There weren’t many scenes, but they were challenging. The director said that he had deliberately gone to watch Su Manman’s performance during the other production filming and was satisfied with what he had seen. Su Manman was not only pleasing to the eye, but her acting skills were also good, so he wanted Su Manman to give this role a try.
The way Tu Jie saw it, although Su Manman was an artist under him, her background was extraordinary. Therefore, he didn’t decide by himself and informed Su Manman about it first. Su Manman agreed without hesitation. Therefore, after the morning filming of “The Olden Days,” she had immediately gone to the set of “Silent Disaster.”
Su Manman had been noticing s.h.i.+ Hanchu the moment he arrived at the filming set. She became even more nervous, unable to hear what the director was saying at all. Her eyes were on the script, but her thoughts were somewhere else. They had long drifted to s.h.i.+ Hanchu.
When she saw s.h.i.+ Hanchu looking in her direction from the corner of her eye, she immediately straightened her body, making herself look more slender and tall.
“Director, Actor s.h.i.+ is here. Shall we prepare to start?” the a.s.sistant director asked.
The director looked up and smiled at s.h.i.+ Hanchu. He then said to Su Manman, “We’re not filming the scenes for this role soon, so there’s no hurry. The later scenes will be filmed opposite s.h.i.+ Hanchu. Think about it carefully… After you’re done with filming for ‘The Olden Days’ today, I’ll get the stylist to try out a few styling on you. Let’s decide on the styling first! s.h.i.+ Hanchu will film these scenes with you in half a month!”
“Okay!” Su Manman answered simply.
The director had already gone to talk to s.h.i.+ Hanchu and the other actors about today’s scene. Su Manman had yet to leave. She was still standing at the spot where she was earlier, looking at the tall s.h.i.+ Hanchu.
News about s.h.i.+ Hanchu had always been plenty on the internet…
It had been many years since she last saw s.h.i.+ Hanchu, and Su Manman felt that s.h.i.+ Hanchu had gotten even taller, and his gaze appeared even deeper.
“Manman, they’re about to film your scenes!” Su Manman’s a.s.sistant called out to Su Manman.
Su Manman looked at s.h.i.+ Hanchu, who was preparing to get into his character, and nodded. Her gaze lingered on s.h.i.+ Hanchu as she said, “Got it!”
The white figure disappeared from s.h.i.+ Hanchu’s peripheral vision. He couldn’t help but turn around and look over.
After Su Manman was done filming today’s scenes for “The Olden Age,” she tried on a few styles for her role in “Silent Disaster.”
She didn’t expect Tu Jie would come to pick her up personally after the photoshoot was done. He was holding a bunch of variety show materials in his hands. It seemed like he was going to show them to Su Manman and let her pick them out.
“The Olden Days” was technically Su Manman’s first drama. It hadn’t even been released to the public, so she wasn’t well-known yet as an actress. But all the variety shows that Tu Jie brought for the newcomer, Su Manman, were all popular variety shows that not even popular celebrities could just appear on.
However, even though she was a newcomer, Su Manman’s position was different. She was a newcomer with capital and could invest in the production she picked. Such an artist would simply be treated as an empress dowager by all of the production crews. Of course, everyone wanted to have her on the show.
Inside her van.
Tu Jie placed all the doc.u.ments in front of Su Manman. “Take a look at these, Manman. Choose… They’re all popular variety shows, and most of them are reality shows. How about this show… I’ll get the production crew to think of a way to arrange for you and G.o.d s.h.i.+ to film together!”
Tu Jie pointed at the program description.
Su Manman, who had a neck mask on, removed her neck mask and picked up the production crew’s introduction to take a look…
Su Manman was speechless.
Horror variety shows had been very popular recently, causing celebrities who were invited to such a show be tormented all over the place. There was no aesthetic sense at all.
However, when she thought about what Tu Jie said, that she could be on the show with s.h.i.+ Hanchu, Su Manman felt a little tempted.
When Tu Jie saw Su Manman’s conflicted expression, his lips slowly curled up…
s.h.i.+ Hanchu’s a.s.sistant, Little Song, had told him that Su Manman would always bring drinks and snacks for s.h.i.+ Hanchu whenever he was filming on set. From the looks of it… it seemed like Su Manman was pursuing s.h.i.+ Hanchu.
Ever since Jiang Mingzhu pa.s.sed away, s.h.i.+ Hanchu had been increasingly withdrawing himself from the people around him. As his manager and as his friend, Tu Jie was truly worried.
Su Manman was pretty and she had given Tu Jie a good vibe…
More importantly, Su Manman was the one who had taken the initiative to ask Tu Jie to accept her as his artist. He guessed that it was part of her plan to pursue s.h.i.+ Hanchu.
Back then, Tu Jie had only thought of Su Manman as just a pretty face and was prepared only to use her for her looks. Who would have thought that Su Manman would arrange for a role in “The Olden Age” herself? Without relying on him as her manager, she invested in the series production in exchange for a role. Then, unexpectedly, the director of “The Olden Age” called to praise him, saying that he had a good eye for picking talent. The director said that the newcomer, Su Manman, had a bright future because not only that she was pretty, but her acting skills were astonis.h.i.+ng too.
Tu Jie felt that this outstanding and beautiful lady would be able to heal the wounds on s.h.i.+ Hanchu’s heart. Therefore, he was willing to help Su Manman.
“This episode is going to be filmed at the Super Scary Labyrinth of Fear, the largest haunted house in the world. It’s in the Fuji-Q Highland theme park in j.a.pan. I heard it’s super scary, just like its name, and it terrifies people to death. Plenty of brave men went in there only to come out crying. So, there’s currently only one female guest in this episode to this point. G.o.d s.h.i.+ is also going to film this episode. If you want to do it, it’ll be easy to get you in the show!” Tu Jie said gently. “After all… having female guests on this episode will be the highlight. Nowadays, the audience likes to watch celebrities getting tortured by this kind of stuff.”
Su Manman’s brows furrowed slightly.
Although she wasn’t afraid of ghosts, ever since she was reborn, she had been very respectful towards ghosts and G.o.ds.
On the other hand, s.h.i.+ Hanchu…
How should it be said? s.h.i.+ Hanchu had a weakness. It wasn’t that he was afraid of ghosts, but the lighting that was created on purpose made s.h.i.+ Hanchu especially uncomfortable. He felt so uncomfortable that he felt suffocated, unable to move an inch…