I Married into a Rich Family After the First Date - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: The Production Team

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

She was now planning to escape and meet the male lead who was waiting for a blind date in the restaurant. Then, she would brush past him.

Tang Wei watched seriously, unaware that there were already people on set who were criticizing her.

Several small actors who were resting at the side looked at Tang Wei with dissatisfaction.

“Who is that woman? How can she just sit behind the monitor like that?”

“Could it be some big shot investor?”

“Heh, how is that possible? How can there be such a young big boss? She’s probably a university student who’s being kept by someone else.”

“No way, is it our Director? Producer? Or is it Movie King Xie?”

“Impossible! Movie King Xie is not that kind of person.”

“Yes, yes, Movie King Xie belongs to Sister Qin Shuang.”

The assistant director appeared behind them with his hands behind his back. He had a smile on his chubby face. “What are you all talking about?”

When the small actors saw him, they were instantly frightened and left quickly.

Assistant Director Su Peng looked at the only female extra who had not left. His bloodshot eyes looked at the female extra up and down, especially at her breasts for a while.

The female extra blushed and shouted, “Director…”

“Hey, I’m not the Director. I’m the Assistant Director.” Su Peng pretended to be serious.

The extra stepped forward and raised her hand. “But, in Qianqian’s heart, you are the true Director…”

Su Peng’s fat body trembled as he grabbed Qianqian’s hand. “My, you have such a sweet mouth.”

“Let’s go. Let me see if it is really as sweet as you make it seem to be. By the way, tell me what you were talking about just now.”

“Director~”

As Qianqian walked, she started to tell him what they had discussed earlier.

“Director, who is that woman?”

“Oh, she’s just a woman like you who wants to be loved by me.”

When Qianqian heard this, she knew that it was true. Then, would there be a time when she would not be an extra?

She didn’t have the luxury of sitting in the studio and watching the monitor. However, she had chances of becoming the female lead. This time, it seemed like she was going to succeed. Kneeling under the notorious Su Peng in this industry didn’t go to waste.

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Tang Wei glanced over and saw Su Peng leading a woman to a small changing room. She frowned and asked, “Why is Su Peng here?”

“It’s all because someone is backing him up,” said the staff member at the side.

Although the producer didn’t know the identity of the woman in front of her, she saw that Director Feng was friendly to the woman in front of her before filming started. It seemed that he respected her very much.

The producer thought that it was better not to offend someone without knowing their identity so that he would not suffer again.

Tang Wei recognized this producer as Director Feng was her partner every time. Her name should be Jiang Qing.

She nodded at Jiang Qing in response to her answer.

Two hours later.

After filming a scene, Song Chichi bowed to Movie King Xie, thanking him for his cooperation. She was naturally even more excited to be able to partner with him in this film.

After she bid farewell to him, she looked around for Tang Wei.

The two left the set together.

“Baby, you haven’t removed your makeup and changed your clothes yet.” Tang Wei stood still and looked at her cheerful best friend.

“Uh… I was so excited that I forgot.”

Song Chichi’s assistant also chased after her.

“Then you…”

“I’m going to the bathroom. Wait for me here when you’re done changing.”

“Yes, yes.”

Tang Wei turned and walked toward the bathroom.

On the other side of the corridor, Tang Yannan looked at the corner in confusion. He wondered if he was blind to see Tang Wei here.

When he looked closely again, the figure was already gone.

“What’s wrong, Second Brother?” Zheng Min said impatiently.

Originally, she wanted to meet this film’s Assistant Director, Su Peng. She didn’t expect her second brother to insist on following her. He really ruined her good plans. At this point, how was she going to get back the female lead role in ‘Red Maze’!

Tang Yannan was distracted and did not notice Zheng Min’s impatient tone.

“I think I saw Tang Wei,” he explained.

When Zheng Min heard that, she sneered in her heart.

Why would she be here? How could an unemployed person like Tang Wei be qualified to come here? She probably didn’t even know where the door was.

She held onto her second brother’s arm, and half of her breast was leaning against it. She said, “Second Brother, you must be seeing things. Anyways, let’s go. I’m a little sleepy.”

“But it’s only five o’clock now. Let’s go eat first.” Although Tang Yannan was restless, he still felt that eating was more important.

Zheng Min replied, “Alright then.” What a pain!

After a while, Tang Wei came out of the bathroom.

She waited for ten minutes at the spot she had just arranged with Song Chichi before her best friend came out.

“Where are you planning to go?” Song Chi raised her voice before she even reached her.

“Drunken Immortal Residence,” said Tang Wei as she held her hand.

“Alright~”

Drunken Immortal Residence had very good security measures. There was a lot of public opinion about the filming of “Red Maze’ now, so paparazzi would definitely be everywhere. They wouldn’t be able to defend against the swarm of reporters outside, but if they go into Drunken Immortal Residence, the paparazzi naturally could not take photos.

“How was my performance just now? Did I match Movie King Xie’s acting? Did I seem like a natural? Or did I drag down Movie King Xie with my bad acting?”

“Pfft.” Tang Wei was amused by her three consecutive questions. She pinched her face and said, “You acted naturally and matched Movie King Xie’s aura nicely. The two of you complemented each other and didn’t drag each other down.”

Song Chichi was happy. “Even though you’re probably just comforting me, I’m still touched. I’ll continue to work hard!”

Tang Wei burst into laughter. She was telling the truth. Acting was a mutually reinforcing process. There was no such thing as one party having good acting skills and the other party having bad acting skills. In other dramas, there might be one party who was a burden, but there was really no such thing in ‘Red Maze’.

The male and female lead had a good connection with each other, making people feel as if they had walked directly out of the book.

The fans of the original novel had also been posting crazily in the comments section for the past few days. They naturally did not accept the book being adapted into a movie, but it was understandable.

In Drunken Immortal Residence.

The two of them asked for a cubicle, and Song Chichi began ordering in no time.

“I’ll have steamed fish, sweet and sour fish, braised eggplant…”

Tang Wei saw that she was ordering more and more, the waiter revealing a bewildered expression. She shook her head and quickly stopped her.

“Don’t forget that you’re filming a girl who ran away from home. You can’t get too fat!”

Song Chichi was so frightened that she looked away from the menu. “This… This is enough. You can write all that down.”

“Alright, please wait a moment.”

Tang Wei nodded.

While waiting for the dishes, Song Chichi got up and stretched her muscles for a while. As she moved, she walked to the cubicle door. She raised her arm and paused. A hint of panic and sadness flashed in her eyes.

Tang Wei, who was sitting at the dining table, still smiled and said, “Haven’t you acted enough? Come and sit down already.”

Tang Wei looked up and saw her standing still. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Are you acting as a wall?”

As she spoke, she walked over.

Song Chichi quickly came back to her senses and turned around to push Tang Wei away from the door..

“What’s wrong with you?” Tang Wei frowned and saw that she was in a daze.

She wanted to look outside, but her best friend had already dragged her back in.

“It’s nothing…”

“Second Brother, Chichi seems to be in the cubicle in front. Why don’t we go and take a look? Maybe she’s lonely from eating alone.”

A gentle voice came from outside, making people unconsciously want to see who was speaking so considerately.