novelraw Chapter 56 The Two Women's Appointment
Chapter 56 The Two Women's Appointment
The following afternoon.
Chen Zhou, who had already returned to Kyoto, rented a computer room for his upcoming film editing work.
As the saying goes, the more things are like this, the more Chen Zhou wants to earn more money so that he can open his own film and television production company as soon as possible.
That would make everything much easier.
Around 2 o'clock, Chen Zhou and Jing Tian met up and then went to Xinghan Canlan Company.
I walked into an office.
Chen Zhou saw a middle-aged man sitting there.
At the same time, the middle-aged man also saw Chen Zhou.
So, as if he were welcoming a junior, he took the initiative to get up and walk towards Chen Zhou.
Instead of just sitting in an office chair like the big boss.
Jing Tian helped with the introduction:
"Uncle Lu, let me introduce you. This gentleman next to you is Director Chen Zhou."
"The director I'm working with this time."
"Hello, Mr. Lu," Chen Zhou greeted politely.
Lu Zheng smiled broadly: "Director Chen, you're too kind."
"This kid always talks about you to me, saying you're the most talented director he's ever met."
"It's really not easy to get such high praise from her."
"In that case, I should thank Jing Tian," Chen Zhou said with a smile.
"Please sit down, don't stand," Jing Tian said.
The three then sat down on the sofa one after another.
Lu Zheng sat alone.
Jing Tian then sat down next to Chen Zhou.
This made Lu Zheng pause for a moment.
Because Jing Tian's movements were just too smooth.
She's just like a girlfriend.
And so, naturally, she sat down right next to Chen Zhou...
"Director Chen, I've watched your previous film, 'The Unknown,' several times in a row."
"This is truly a rare film."
"So I'm really looking forward to your film, 'No Man's Land'."
"I will definitely go to the cinema to see it as soon as it is released."
Lu Zheng preached.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu," Chen Zhou said.
That concludes the pleasantries.
Lu Zheng stopped trying to evade the issue.
He went straight to the point and said to Chen Zhou:
"So far, all of Director Chen's films have been low- to medium-budget productions."
"The Unknown only cost a few million, while No Man's Land only cost tens of millions."
"But I believe that with Director Chen's talent, he certainly wouldn't be content with just making low-budget films."
"In the future, we will definitely aim for large-scale, high-budget productions."
"At that time, investment will also become a problem for Director Chen."
"Of course, with Director Chen's abilities, there will definitely be many investors willing to invest money with you."
"But these days, many investors like to back out at the last minute and withdraw their investment at the drop of a hat."
"Or they'll just stuff some of their own people in."
"But I can guarantee that if Director Chen is willing to work with me, Xinghan Canlan."
"Then this situation will absolutely not occur."
Chen Zhou remained calm:
"Mr. Lu is right."
"No Man's Land is certainly not my ultimate goal."
"I will definitely aim for big-budget productions in the future."
"But it's too early for Mr. Lu to say these things now."
"If my film 'No Man's Land' were to become a box office and critical flop, I'm afraid even you, Mr. Lu, would want to run away!"
"Hahaha." Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng burst into laughter. "Girl, the Director Chen you brought is really interesting. He keeps saying things that are hard to respond to, but he's also quite realistic."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zheng immediately said to Chen Zhou:
"Don't worry, Director Chen, even if your 'No Man's Land' is a critical and commercial failure."
"I'm willing to continue voting for you."
"For no other reason than that you dared to cast Xiao Tian as the female lead in the movie, that alone is enough."
"Since President Lu has already put it this way..."
"Then I will remember what President Lu said."
"I hope we'll have the opportunity to collaborate in the future."
Chen Zhou said.
The two then chatted for a while in the office.
After leaving Xinghan Canlan Company.
Jing Tian walked beside Chen Zhou and put her arms around his.
"Your Uncle Lu really cares about you," Chen Zhou said.
"Of course, my family has done him a lot of favors."
"He's overjoyed to be able to repay the favor he owes me."
Jing Tian said.
"Judging from your appearance, your family is indeed wealthy," Chen Zhou said.
Jing Tian suddenly stepped forward and stood in front of Chen Zhou: "Um... are you free tonight?"
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Chen Zhou asked in return.
"I was in the no-man's-land before, and I didn't have a chance to have some fun."
"Now that we're back in the city, of course we're going to find a place to explore and have some fun."
"If you have time, how about we go shopping together?"
"Of course, if you don't have time, that's fine too."
"Everything is based on your situation; you don't need to cooperate with me specifically."
Jing Tian is very sensible.
"You said you wanted to go shopping, but you really just wanted to go on a date with me, didn't you?" Chen Zhou bluntly exposed him.
Jing Tian blushed. "You found out. It actually meant a date."
"No matter what, we've already reached that level of intimacy."
"It's normal to make time for a date, isn't it?"
"Okay, name your time," Chen Zhou said.
Upon receiving this answer, Jing Tian was overjoyed.
"Let's start at seven o'clock tonight."
"Let's go stroll around the food street first."
"Then we'll go to clothing stores and arcades."
"We'll go wherever couples like to go."
"Is it possible that the places couples truly like aren't the ones you mentioned?" Chen Zhou asked earnestly.
"Really? Where is that?" Jing Tian asked curiously.
Don't couples just love shopping?
Chen Zhou leaned close to Jing Tian's ear and uttered two words: "Hotel."
Upon hearing these words, Jing Tian felt a jolt in her heart.
I really want to refute something, but I can't refute it at all.
How could Chen Zhou be so wicked!
I'm always thinking about these things!
We were just thinking the same thing...
That's all for now.
Chen Zhou and Jing Tian are temporarily separated.
Chen Zhou returned to his place and rested for a while.
More than ten minutes passed.
Chen Zhou's phone rang.
The person who called him was Liu Yifei.
Without much thought, Chen Zhou immediately answered the phone.
Before Chen Zhou could speak, Liu Yifei asked in a very sweet voice, "Director Chen, are you back in Kyoto now?"
"Yeah, I just arrived a short while ago," Chen Zhou replied.
A few days ago, Liu Yifei asked him about his schedule.
He also told Liu Yifei that he would be back today.
Are you free tonight?
"What? You want to ask me out too?" Chen Zhou asked.
"What do you mean by 'also'? Does that mean there are other people besides me who also made plans with you?"
"Boy or girl? Young or old?"
Liu Yifei asked a question.
"It just slipped out of my mouth. You should tell me first what you want to do with me tonight," Chen Zhou steered the conversation back on track.
"Of course I'm inviting you to hang out."
"Have you forgotten that we did things that young lovers do?"
"Why don't you come shopping with me?"
Liu Yifei spoke very softly, clearly very shy.
Chen Zhou immediately thought of the scene where he had passionately kissed Liu Yifei before.
There was nothing he could do; Liu Yifei had already taken the initiative to ask him out.
He really couldn't refuse.
"Okay, then let's do it after 9 pm."