fringe artist

Chapter 243 241. You want to lie to me? !

The sumptuous food on the table was already cold, but Chen Li'an didn't dislike it, and sat there earnestly eating to replenish his strength.

"Is it delicious? Do you want to warm it up?" Liu Xiaoli asked while sitting opposite Chen Li'an.

There were fine beads of sweat on Liu Xiaoli's forehead, and her long black hair stuck to her forehead looked very charming.

Chen Li'an swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It doesn't need to be hot, it's delicious. I really didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good."

"It's fine if you like it." Liu Xiaoli stroked her hair with a smile, looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "Is there any dish you like, I'll cook it for you next time."

"Vegetarian is good, I don't like too greasy."

"Yeah." Liu Xiaoli hummed, watching Chen Li'an eat quietly, and suddenly remembered that when she first met him, they ate stewed stew together.

Liu Xiaoli decided to go back and learn how to cook in stew. Bringing back memories is also a way to increase feelings.

After a while, Chen Li'an finished eating, looked at Liu Xiaoli and asked, "Did you think about what you want to do in the future?"

Liu Xiaoli looked at Chen Li'an in confusion and said, "I haven't made up my mind yet, I want to go abroad to see my sister."

"Where? America?" Chen Li'an looked up at her and asked.

Liu Xiaoli nodded her head and said, "Yes, she has lived in America for many years, I want to visit her."

Chen Li'an wiped his mouth and said, "Of course, when are you planning to go, will Sissy come with you? She just started school, and she hasn't gotten used to her new classmates yet."

"When Sissi is on eleventh, take her with her when she is on vacation." Liu Xiaoli replied.

"Will the National Day holiday be too short?" Chen Li'an thought for a while and said, "It will take two days to go back and forth, so please ask Sissy for a few more days off."

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he went to the bathroom to find his clothes, took out a bank card from his wallet and handed it to Liu Xiaoli.

"This is my card in the United States, and there is still [-] to [-] US dollars in it. You can save it when you go out to play."

If 10,000+ USD is converted into RMB, it would be more than 100 million, but Chen Li'an doesn't feel anything, and it's not like he can't make money.

Isn't money just for spending, just be happy.

Liu Xiaoli pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment to take the card. This was the first time Chen Li'an gave her money in person, and she still felt a little strange in her heart.

Thinking of the poor family's rich road, Chen Li'an paused and said to Liu Xiaoli: "I will ask my friend to transfer some more money later, so you don't have to worry about money when you go to play."

"Yes." Liu Xiaoli hugged Chen Li'an lightly and said, "You are so kind to me."

"Is there any reward then?"

Liu Xiaoli raised her head and looked at Chen Li'an, stroking his chest with her fingers and said, "What reward do you want?"

"What do you think?" Chen Li'an lifted Liu Xiaoli's chin, and lowered his head to hold her red lips.

"Well"

Liu Xiaoli embraced Chen Li'an's fierce response. After two intimate exchanges, she seemed to be more enthusiastic and intimate.

Feelings, isn't that how they are cultivated time and time again.

Zhang Ailing's words are right, what is the passage to a woman's soul?

This night Chen Li'an stayed at Liu Xiaoli's place, only the two of them, very relaxed and wanton, leaving traces of their communication everywhere.

It seemed that because of her daughter's absence, all the burdens in Liu Xiaoli's heart were temporarily left behind.

After Chen Li'an left the next day, when Liu Xiaoli brought Qianqian back, she became that gentle mother again.

Chen Li'an yawned while listening to Li Dabai's chatter.

"Mr. Chen, your dark circles are getting worse. If you don't pay attention to rest like this, your body will be ruined." Li Dabai felt sorry for Chen Li'an's body, and also complained that he didn't know how to control himself.

Don't wait until you have a chance, if Chen Li'an's health fails, wouldn't that be a loss!
Chen Li'an yawned and said, "Understood, go back and catch up on sleep now."

"Aren't you going to the advertising agency?" Li Dabai asked with his foot on the accelerator.

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "No, let's go tomorrow. My phone is out of battery. You can call her later and tell her that I drank too much at dinner with my classmates last night."

"Ok."

Li Dabai knew that she was talking about Chen Meiren, and he wondered whether Chen Lian's phone was really dead or he didn't want to be scolded by Chen Meiren, so he lied to himself.

Soon after returning home, Chen Li'an went to the bedroom, Li Dabai went to the balcony to call Chen Meiren with his mobile phone, and was complained as expected.

Li Dabai hung up the phone with a bitter face, came to the bedroom and looked at Chen Li'an who had just laid down to catch up on sleep, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen asked you to go to the company at [-] o'clock in the afternoon. She has an investment decision."

Chen Li'an hummed in confusion, then patted the bed and said to Li Dabai, "Come here."

Um? ? ! !

Li Dabai was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but swallowed, looked at Chen Li'an's dark circles, and said, "Mr. Chen."

"What about me? I want to pillow your leg." Chen Li'an opened his eyes and looked at Li Dabai and said.

Li Dabai: "." I really am a tool man, right?
Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an who was pillowed on his lap, and gently rubbed his temples, thinking that sooner or later he would get rid of his status as a tool man!

I want to live in a villa!
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Li'an came to the company with enough energy. As soon as she met Chen Meiren, she came up and pinched Chen Li'an.

"Why did you go last night?!"

"I had a meal with my classmates and drank too much."

Seeing Chen Li'an's face remained unchanged, Chen Mei let go of her hand, snorted and said, "Don't turn off your phone next time."

Chen Li'an supported Chen Meiren to sit down and said, "Understood, I just forgot to charge it."

Pregnant women have a lot of mood swings, and Chen Meiren can only endure her temper.

After all, Chen Li'an still owed her.

Chen Li'an sat across from Chen Meiren and asked, "Why did you ask me to come here today?"

Chen Meiren took a document from the table and handed it to Chen Li'an, saying, "The Kangxi crew needs to invest more, and the filming of Returning on a Snowy Night is also finished, but the Grand Theater wants to sell it directly to Beijing Satellite TV."

"Why the additional investment." Chen Li'an flipped through it, and found that there was an additional investment of 100 million, which was not a small amount.

Chen Meiren said with some headaches: "It is said that the budget is not enough. This time I did not join the team to watch. It is really hard to say the specific situation."

Chen Li'an thought for a while, took out his mobile phone, and called Chen Zihan in front of Chen Meiren.

The call was connected quickly, and Chen Li'an said directly without giving Chen Zihan time to speak: "Hi, it's me. Are you and Jiang Qingqing still on the set?"

In the Kangxi crew, Chen Zihan, who had just finished filming a scene, was quite happy to receive Chen Li'an's call, but hearing Chen Li'an's serious tone, he felt a little sad.

But after a little silence, he still said, "Still on the set."

"Well, has anything happened to the crew recently?" Chen Li'an took the phone and said, "I received a request for additional investment from the crew today. I don't know what happened to the crew."

Hearing that Chen Li'an was looking for him as a business, Chen Zihan suppressed his emotions. Thinking of the news he accidentally heard two days ago, he immediately understood.

Chen Zihan glanced left and right, walked to the corner with his mobile phone and whispered: "I heard the director and Zhang Guoli discuss how to increase expenses two days ago, but I didn't hear the details clearly. I wanted to talk to you, but yesterday The phone didn't go through."

After hearing Chen Zihan's words, Chen Li'an couldn't help frowning, glanced at Chen Meiren who was sitting opposite, and then said: "Yesterday, the phone was turned off, I know about it, please pay attention to it in the film crew, I'll contact you later."

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he hung up the phone, and called Jiang Qingqing again. After asking a few words, he hung up the phone, looked at Chen Meiren and said, "We must have been taken for a ride."

"What do you mean?!" Chen Meiren was a little excited, looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "You mean, the 100 million is a scam?"

Chen Li'an nodded and said: "An investment of 600 million yuan is normally enough, but adding another 100 million yuan suddenly is strange. In addition, I have recently become a well-known idiot with endless money, so people will naturally focus on my wallet." gone."

"It's Zhang Guoli?!" Chen Meiren came to her senses, thought about how difficult it was when she and Zhang Guoli discussed cooperation before, and said angrily: "He is too much!"

Chen Li'an shrugged his shoulders, pretending to be relaxed and said: "It's not the same in the industry now. Why did he go it alone in the first place? It's not for money. Who doesn't want to make more money."

Chen Li'an walked behind Chen Meiren and rubbed her shoulders, not wanting her to be angry because of this incident, and she was still pregnant.

"Don't worry about this trivial matter. This is the mutual game between investors and producers. Which director doesn't want to spend more money from investors' pockets? Let me handle this matter."

"One million!" Chen Mei said angrily, "We really took it for granted! I'll go to the crew tomorrow and ask him what he meant."

"Don't worry about it, leave it to me." Chen Li'an comforted Chen Meiren with a smile and said, "As an investor, you have to get used to this kind of temporary addition. Who made us rich."

"I'm just angry, 100 million is not 1 yuan." What Chen Meiren was most angry with was that if Chen Li'an hadn't been in the capital this time, she might have given the money without hesitation.

It is perfectly normal for the producer to seek additional investment from investors, but some of them really do not have enough budget, while others simply want to cheat money.

According to Kangxi's production scale, an investment of 600 million yuan is definitely enough, and the additional 100 million yuan must be to put money in his own pocket.

After Chen Li'an comforted Chen Meiren for a while, he got Zhang Guoli's phone number and went outside the company to call it.

The phone rang several times before being answered, but it was not Zhang Guoli who answered the phone, but Deng Jie.

"Hi, hello, who are you?"

Hearing this somewhat familiar female voice, Chen Li'an guessed it was Deng Jie, and said directly: "I'm Chen Li'an, I'm looking for Teacher Zhang Guoli."

Chen Li'an spoke politely, he would not get angry with a woman, that would be too rude.

Deng Jie on the other end of the phone knew that Chen Li'an was an investor in this drama, so she guessed what he was calling for.

Deng Jie turned her head and glanced at Zhang Guoli who was still filming on the set, and then said to the phone: "He is still filming, can I call you back later?"

"Okay, please call me back within 10 minutes, I'm in a hurry."

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he hung up the phone, took out a piece of chewing gum from his pocket and threw it into his mouth.

It is impossible not to be angry when encountering this kind of thing. Although he is not the kind of person who values ​​money very much, it does not mean that anyone can come to him to cheat money.

I really thought he was a fool!
Chen Li'an waited for a few minutes before the phone rang. As soon as the phone was connected, he heard Zhang Guoli's polite voice.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, I'm Zhang Guoli."

"You're welcome, I'm too young to be called a teacher."

Chen Li'an said in a serious tone: "I'm calling this time to ask the production crew about the additional investment. Why the production cost of 600 million is so much more. Are you sure it's 100 million?"

Hearing Chen Li'an's voice, Zhang Guoli felt a little pressure inexplicably. Chen Li'an's status was relatively high, and he was also the patron of money, so Zhang Guorong naturally respected him.

However, the additional investment has already been discussed with the director, and now I can only bite the bullet and say: "Yes, it is indeed beyond the budget. As for the specific amount needed, it is calculated by the director, and I don't know much about it." .”

Zhang Guoli still left some leeway for himself, not daring to be too tough.

Hearing Zhang Guoli's evasive words, Chen Li'an, who was holding the phone, sneered and said, "Then please tell the director for me, if you can do it, if you can't do it, then get out!"

"600 million can't finish the filming, it doesn't matter if the show rots in my hands, I don't care about the small money of a few million! But please tell him, there may not be a chance to be in this industry in the future!"

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he hung up the phone without giving Zhang Guoli time to react.

Zhang Guoli's expression on the other side of the phone changed from stunned to ugly, and what Chen Li'an said inside and outside the words was that the director was actually talking about him.

It can be said that he was the producer and supervisor of this drama, and it's not like Chen Li'an didn't know that the director was targeting him.

The most important thing is that Chen Li'an didn't give any chance to explain at all, as if he directly believed that the addition of 100 million was a scam.

Zhang Guoli glanced at the director and Deng Jie on the opposite side, and said in a serious tone: "He seems to know what's going on here."

"What's going on? What did he say?" Deng Jie asked a little strangely. She answered Chen Li'an's call before, and she felt quite elegant.

Zhang Guoli sighed and repeated what Chen Li'an said just now, then turned his gaze to Zhang Zien and said, "What should we do now?"

Zhang Zien said indifferently: "What can he do to me, at worst, I won't ask him to invest in the future, and I will contact Chen Meiren later to see if I can get money."

Zhang Guoli looked at Zhang Zien and explained helplessly: "If this matter gets out, do you think anyone will dare to invest in us in the future? Besides, Chen Li'an is famous on it, just find a leader to say a few words, the two of us Don't even think about it in the future."

Deng Jie looked at Zhang Guoli nervously and asked, "Then what should we do?"

What else can I do now, let's finish filming the show first, as for Chen Li'an, I can only find a way to make up for it later.

Zhang Guoli could also feel that Chen Li'an didn't want to break up with him completely, otherwise he wouldn't talk about the director in a roundabout way.

Of course Chen Li'an didn't want to tear his face apart, after all, half of the filming of the TV series was done, and everything will be settled after filming!

Zhang Guoli regretted it a little now. He had just gained a firm foothold in the capital. Now that something like this happened, it would be difficult to deal with in the future.

You didn't get the money, but you offended someone!

But how did Chen Li'an directly believe that he was cheating the investment? Liu Luoguo in the previous film also spent over 700 million yuan.

Why Liu Luoguo can do it, but Kangxi can't.

Zhang Guoli suddenly thought of Jiang Qingqing and Chen Zihan who were filming with the group now, and he seemed to suddenly understand.

No wonder I didn't arrange a producer on the set, but only arranged two actors to come over. The feeling is that I sent two spies to stare at me, right?

After probably guessing the truth, Zhang Guoli also had some headaches. Looking at Zhang Zien, he sighed and said, "Let's just leave it at that. It's best to explain to him face to face later."

The corner of Zhang Zien's mouth twitched, explaining what?How to explain this thing?Explain that I didn't mean to cheat you out of money?
You won't let yourself take the blame in the end, will you?
Zhang Zien thought of what Zhang Guoli said to Chen Li'an just now, and suddenly felt a chill down his back.

(End of this chapter)