Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 243 241. Do you want to defraud me of money? !

The sumptuous food on the table was already cold, but Chen Li'an didn't mind it. He sat there and ate seriously to replenish his energy.

"Does it taste good? Do you want to heat it up?" Liu Xiaoli sat opposite and asked Chen Li'an.

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

Chen Li'an swallowed what was in his mouth and said, "No need to heat it, it's delicious. I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good."

"As long as you like it." Liu Xiaoli stroked her hair with a smile, looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "If you have any favorite dishes, I'll cook them for you next time."

"As long as it's vegetarian, I don't like it too greasy."

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

Liu Xiaoli decided to go back and learn how to make braised pork. Recalling memories is also a way to increase feelings.

After a while, Chen Li'an finished eating, looked at Liu Xiaoli and asked, "Have you thought about what you want to do in the future during this time?"

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

"Where? The United States?" Chen Li'an raised his head and looked at her and asked.

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

Chen Li'an wiped his mouth and said, "Of course. When are you going to go? Will Sissi come with you? She has just started school and she hasn't gotten used to her new classmates yet."

"On November, take her with you when Sissi has a holiday." Liu Xiaoli replied.

"Is the National Day holiday too short?" Chen Li'an thought for a moment and said, "It will take two days to go back and forth. Then give Sissy 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. It still has 160,000 to 70,000 dollars in it. You can keep it for when you go out for fun."

A hundred thousand U.S. dollars would be worth more than a million yuan if converted into RMB, but Chen Li'an didn't feel that much. It wasn't like he couldn't make money.

Isn't making money just for spending? Just be happy.

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

Thinking of how a poor family could become rich, Chen Li'an paused and said to Liu Xiaoli: "I'll ask my friend to transfer some more money to it later, so I don't have to worry about money when I go to play."

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

"Is there any reward?"

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

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

"Well"

Liu Xiaoli hugged Chen Li'an and responded fiercely. After experiencing two intimate exchanges, she seemed to be more passionate and intimate.

Emotions are cultivated time and time again.

What Zhang Ailing said is right, what is the passage to a woman’s heart?

Chen Li'an stayed at Liu Xiaoli's place that night. It was just the two of them, very relaxed and carefree, leaving traces of their communication everywhere.

It seemed that due to her daughter's absence, all the burdens in Liu Xiaoli's heart were temporarily put aside.

After Chen Li'an left the next day, Liu Xiaoli returned to her gentle mother again when she picked her up.

Chen Li'an yawned and listened to Li Dabai's chatter.

"Teacher Chen, your dark circles have gotten worse again. If you continue not paying attention to rest, your body will be damaged." Li Dabai felt sorry for Chen Li'an's health, and also complained that he didn't know how to control himself.

Don't wait until you have the chance. If Chen Li'an's health fails, wouldn't it be a loss?

Chen Li'an yawned and said, "I know, let's go back and catch up on some sleep now."

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

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "I'm not going. Let's go tomorrow. My phone is out of battery. You can call her later and tell her that I drank too much at a dinner party with my classmates last night."

"OK."

Li Dabai knew that she was talking about Chen Meiren, and he wondered whether Chen Li'an's phone was really out of battery or he didn't want to be scolded by Chen Li'an, so he lied to him.

Soon after returning home, Chen Li'an went to the bedroom. Li Dabai took his mobile phone to the balcony to call Beauty Chen. As expected, he was complained about.

Li Dabai hung up the phone with a grimace, came to the bedroom and looked at Chen Li'an who had just laid down to catch up on his sleep, and whispered: "Teacher Chen, Mr. Chen asked you to go to the company at two o'clock in the afternoon. She has an investment that she is undecided on."

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 his saliva, looked at Chen Li'an's dark circles, and said with some trepidation, "Teacher Chen."

"What am I? I want to rest on your leg." Chen Li'an opened his eyes and looked at Li Dabai and said.

Li Dabai: "." I am still a tool man, right?

Li Dabai looked at Chen Li'an, who was lying on his lap, and gently rubbed his temples, thinking that sooner or later, he would have to 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, who was full of energy, came to the company. As soon as she met Chen Meiren, she came up and pinched Chen Li'an.

"What did you do last night?!"

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

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

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

Women during pregnancy have greater mood swings, so Beauty Chen can only endure her temper.

After all, Chen Li'an still owed her.

Chen Li'an sat opposite 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 and said: "The Kangxi crew wants to invest more, and the film Returning on a Snowy Night has been completed, but the Grand Theater wants to sell it directly to Beijing Satellite TV."

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

Chen Meiren said with a headache: "It is said that the budget is not enough. This time I didn't join the team to keep an eye on it. It's hard to tell the specific situation."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Li'an took out his cell phone and called Chen Zihan in front of Meiren Chen.

The call was quickly connected, and Chen Li'an said directly without giving Chen Zihan time to speak: "Hey, 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 originally very happy to receive a call from Chen Li'an, but hearing Chen Li'an's serious tone, he suddenly felt a little sad.

But after a moment of silence, he said, "Still on the set."

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

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

Chen Zihan glanced around, walked to the corner with his mobile phone and whispered: "Two days ago, I heard the director and Zhang Guoli discussing how to increase expenses, but I didn't hear the details clearly. I wanted to tell you, but yesterday The call didn’t go through.”

After hearing what Chen Zihan said, Chen Li'an couldn't help but frown. He glanced at Beauty Chen sitting opposite, and then said: "Yesterday, my phone was turned off. I know about it. Please help me pay attention to it on the set. I’ll contact you later.”

After saying that, Chen Li'an hung up the phone and called Jiang Qingqing again. After asking a few questions, he hung up the phone. He looked at Chen Meiren and said, "We are probably being taken advantage of."

"What do you mean?!" Chen Meiren suddenly got a little excited. She looked at Chen Li'an and asked, "You mean, they cheated you out of this million?"

Chen Li'an nodded and said: "An investment of six million is normally enough. It would be strange to suddenly add one million. In addition, I have recently become a famous idiot with money that can't be spent all. People will naturally focus on me." wallet.”

"Is it Zhang Guoli?!" Chen Meiren came to her senses. She thought about how difficult it was when she and Zhang Guoli were discussing cooperation before, and said angrily: "He's gone too far!"

Chen Li'an shrugged his shoulders and said calmly: "Not everyone in the industry is like this now. Why did he want to go it alone in the first place? It wasn't just for money. Who doesn't want to make more money?"

Chen Li'an walked up behind Mei Chen and rubbed her shoulders. He didn't want her to be angry because of this matter, as she was still pregnant.

"Don't worry about this little thing. This is a game between investors and producers. Which director doesn't want to take more money from investors' pockets? Let me handle this matter."

"One million!" Chen Meiren said angrily: "We really think we have been taken advantage of! I will go to the crew tomorrow to ask him what he means."

"Don't worry about this, just leave it to me." Chen Li'an smiled and comforted Chen Meiren and said, "As investors, you have to get used to this kind of temporary addition. Who makes us rich?"

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

It is normal for producers to seek additional investment from investors, but some really do not have enough budget, while others simply want to defraud money.

According to Kangxi's production scale, an investment of six million is definitely enough. The additional one million must be to put money in his own pocket.

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

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

"Hello, who are you?"

Listening to this familiar female voice, Chen Li'an guessed it was Deng Jie and said directly: "I am Chen Li'an, I am looking for teacher Zhang Guoli."

Chen Li'an was quite polite in his words. He would not get angry at a woman. That would be too ungraceful.

Deng Jie on the other end of the phone knew that Chen Li'an was an investor in this drama and guessed why he was calling.

Deng Jie turned to look 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 ten 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's impossible not to get angry when encountering something like this. Although he is not the kind of person who takes money very seriously, it doesn't 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 call was connected, he heard Zhang Guoli's polite voice.

"Hello, Teacher Chen, my name is Zhang Guoli."

"You're welcome. I'm too young to bear the title of teacher."

Chen Li'an said in a serious tone: "I am calling this time to ask about the additional investment required by the crew and why the production cost of six million exceeds so much. Are you sure you want one million?"

Zhang Guoli felt a little pressure inexplicably when he heard Chen Li'an's voice. Chen Li'an had a relatively high status and was also a financial sponsor, so Zhang Guoli naturally felt a little respectful.

However, the additional investment has been discussed with the director, and now I can only bite the bullet and say: "Yes, it is indeed over the budget. As for the specific amount required, this is the director's calculation, and I don't know much about it." .”

Zhang Guoli still left some leeway for himself and did not dare to be too tough.

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

"If we can't finish shooting for six million, it doesn't matter if this show is ruined in my hands. I don't care about a few million dollars! But please tell him that he may not have the opportunity to work in this industry again in the future!"

After saying that, Chen Li'an hung up the phone without giving Zhang Guoli time to react.

Leslie Cheung's expression on the other side of the phone changed from stunned to ugly. What Chen Li'an said was that the director was actually talking about him.

He served as the producer and supervisor of this drama. It can be said that he started it all by himself. It's not like Chen Li'an didn't know that the director was not targeting him.

The most important thing is that Chen Li'an didn't give any chance to explain at all, and seemed to directly believe that the additional one million was a fraud.

Zhang Guoli glanced at the director and Deng Jie opposite, 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 had answered Chen Li'an's call before, and she seemed to be a very elegant person.

Zhang Guoli sighed and repeated what Chen Li'an just said, then turned his eyes to Zhang Zi'en and said, "What should I do now that it's like this?"

Zhang Zien said nonchalantly: "What can he do to me? At worst, I won't seek investment from him in the future. I'll contact Beauty Chen again to see if I can get the 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? And Chen Li'an is famous in it. Just find a leader to say a few words, and the two of us will Don’t even think about getting ahead in the future.”

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

What else can we do now? Let's finish filming the drama first. As for Chen Li'an, he can only find a way to make up for it later.

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

Of course Chen Li'an doesn't want to quarrel directly. After all, the TV series has been filmed halfway, and everything will be settled after the filming is completed!

Zhang Guoli regrets it now. He has just established a foothold in the capital. If something like this happens now, it will be difficult to handle in the future.

I didn’t get the money, and I offended someone!

But how did Chen Li'an directly believe that he was an investment fraud? Liu Luoguo in the previous movie also spent more than 7 million.

Why is it that Liu Luoguo can do it but Kangxi can't?

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

No wonder they didn't arrange a producer on the set, and only arranged two actors to come over. It's like sending two spies to keep an eye on themselves, right?

Zhang Guoli probably had a headache after guessing the truth. He looked at Zhang Zien and sighed and said, "Let's just leave it at that. It's best to explain it to him in person later."

Zhang Zien twitched the corner of his mouth, what should he explain? How do you explain this thing? Explain that I didn’t mean to defraud you of your money?

You won't let yourself take the blame in the end, right?

Zhang Zien thought of what Zhang Guoli said to Chen Li'an just now, and suddenly felt a chill on his back.