The villain must spend all his money before he goes bankrupt [Transmigration Book]

After listening to his words, Xi Yang was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly burst into laughter after realizing it.

"It's this time, why are you still telling me such meaningless big talk?" Xi Yang laughed exaggeratedly, clutching his stomach and unable to straighten up.

Ye Zhou was not annoyed, but just looked at him expressionlessly, with a residual smile in his eyes.

Xi Yang stopped laughing, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, coughed a few times and said leisurely: "Director Ye, you think this movie is invested by your family, yes, you are the director of "Chasing Light" That’s right, but there are still investors standing above you, and you, a director, are essentially different from me, an actor, and you are also a wage earner.”

"Now that I've talked so much, I'll just ask you a simple question." Xi Yang showed pity, and looked at Ye Zhou as if he was looking at a poor guy who couldn't recognize the situation, "You take me as the lead actor?" If it's changed, how do you explain to the investor, do you think the investor will spare you?"

When he was talking, Ye Zhou didn't interrupt at all. After he finished speaking, he was sure that he had nothing to say. In Xi Yang's mocking eyes, he pretended to be dazed. After a little thought, he nodded in agreement. : "I think you're right."

"You are the director, we still have to cooperate in the future, and I don't want to make it too embarrassing, you just need to apologize to me seriously, and then dismiss this group performance, this matter will be over..."

Before Xi Yang finished speaking, Ye Zhou made a gesture to him.

Then, Ye Zhou took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and skillfully entered a series of numbers on it. After a few seconds, the call was successfully connected, and Mr. Jiang's low and lazy voice rang from his ears.

"Why did you call all of a sudden?"

Ye Zhou glanced at Xi Yang, and said in a very serious tone: "Mr. Jiang, I am Ye Zhou, the director of "Chasing the Light". That's how it is. The crew has some problems recently and I want to report to you."

Mr. Jiang, who was processing the documents, heard him speak in such a tone, raised his eyebrows slightly, stopped the signing hand, and said, "Say it."

Fearing that Xi Yang couldn't hear clearly, Ye Zhou put the phone away from his ear, turned on the speakerphone, and turned his head to ask, "Can you hear this volume?"

Xi Yang only thought he was playing tricks. After all, he had been in the industry for a long time. Except for a few very big-name directors, ordinary directors would dare to talk to their investors like this.

Seeing Ye Zhou on the phone at this time, he sneered at his pretentiousness, and watched him play with folded arms as if watching a joke.

After confirming that he could hear it, Ye Zhou didn't talk nonsense, and directly cut to the point, and said to Mr. Jiang: "The leading actor Xi Yang came in late and left early for many times, which seriously affected the filming progress, so I want to change the leading role and report to you. , and ask for your opinion by the way."

Jiang Tingyuan thought it was something important, but now after listening to it, he realized that it was just such a trivial matter. He stopped and continued to sign the unfinished name on the document, and said calmly: "Your crew, you can do whatever you want. Do it without reporting to me."

Fearing that Ye Zhou would not understand what he meant, Mr. Jiang paused and added another sentence.

"I support whatever you decide."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Jiang." After receiving an affirmative answer, Ye Zhou felt that Mr. Jiang was too generous.Trying to hide the smile in his eyes, he coughed lightly and said, "With your words, I feel relieved."

What responded to him was an inaudible chuckle. For some reason, Ye Zhou felt that his ears were burning, so he hurriedly said goodbye and hung up the phone.

After sorting out his emotions, Ye Zhou looked at Xi Yang again, and said, "Thanks for your reminder, I just called the investor, and I have already obtained the other party's understanding and consent."

"So Mr. Xi, our cooperation is over here. Goodbye." After speaking, Ye Zhou didn't even bother to give him an extra look, turned around and walked towards the studio.

When he left, he still didn't forget to call the small group of performers together, leaving Xi Yang standing alone, looking at the two people's backs, he couldn't describe his mood at this time in words.

Not long after the two left, Xi Yang's manager came out of the studio in a hurry, ran all the way to his side, and asked anxiously, "What's going on, what did you just say to Director Ye? How did he tell us to pack up and leave?"

Xi Yang couldn't tell what he was feeling now, and he couldn't tell whether Ye Zhou's phone call just now was real or fake, so he recounted what happened just now with a wooden face.

"Substitution?!" The manager's voice changed because he was too excited, and he grabbed Xi Yang's arm a little out of composure, "How dare he, with so much money invested in front, can he afford it as a small director?"

Xi Yang was so annoyed that he shook off his manager's hand, patted his clothes and said impatiently, "He called the person in charge of the management right in front of me. I don't know if it's true or not."

The manager was silent for a moment, then shook his head, and forced a smile: "Don't worry, maybe he's trying to scare you on purpose, let's go back first, and I'll contact the management later, at worst, let's apologize Take it easy, and be more sincere when the time comes, and this matter will be over."

Hearing that the manager asked him to apologize to Ye Zhou, Xi Yang's face turned darker, but he was concerned about what happened just now, so he didn't say anything.

For the next two days, both of them were quite optimistic, thinking that Ye Zhou was just trying to scare them. It wasn't until they received the lawyer's letter from Jingzhe Films that Xi Yang realized that things were really serious.

According to the lawyer, Ye Zhou has submitted evidence of Xi Yang's unexcused absenteeism, late arrival and early departure, etc. Xi Yang violated the contract, and now not only has he been kicked out of the crew, he also needs to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.

Of course Xi Yang doesn't want to go to court. It's not a glorious thing to do a drama. If it really gets into a big trouble, it might have a great impact on his career.

But the liquidated damages that the other party asked for was not a small sum, and the company would not help to pay the money, but had to pay it out of his own pocket, so Xi Yang was naturally unwilling.

He asked his manager to ask Ye Zhou out several times, wanting to have a good talk about it and see if there is room for relaxation. However, both Xi Yang's manager and himself seemed to be blacklisted by Ye Zhou. Can't get in touch with him at all.

Xi Yang changed his mobile phone to call Ye Zhou, but this time it got through, but Ye Zhou hung up the phone neatly as soon as he heard his voice.

After going through several twists and turns, Xi Yang asked a good friend in the circle, and finally got a chance to chat with Ye Zhou.

But this opportunity was useless. Ren Xiyang was talking about hype, and Ye Zhou was as motionless as a mountain. Ye Zhou listened to everything he said, but he didn't respond to a word, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

After his former character Cheng Ling in "Chasing the Light" was replaced by that little actor, Xi Yang finally understood his attitude and knew that reconciliation was impossible. After two days of depression, Xi Yang never looked for him again. Ye Zhou.

If this matter is destined not to be good, then instead of begging Ye Zhou again, it is better to find a way to act first, and it is the most correct way to control the direction of public opinion in your own hands.

……

Ever since Ye Zhou went against all opinions and replaced Xi Yang with Duan Jingyuan, this small group performance that everyone was not optimistic about completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

It's not that he is really talented, but that Duan Jingyuan really worked hard. He cherishes this hard-won opportunity very much. Since that day, he has not slept more than five hours.

Every day, Duan Jingyuan was always the first to arrive at the set and the last to leave. It was raining or not, and he was very humble. He used a voice recorder to record the whole process while listening to Ye Zhou's lectures, and practiced repeatedly after returning home.

He and Geng Bochuan, another lead actor, have always been very co-produced. The two often get together to discuss and study acting skills. Duan Jingyuan is two years younger than Geng Bochuan, and has a soft temper. .

The cooperation between the two opponents is getting more and more tacit. Even if Duan Jingyuan occasionally has problems, the director Ye Zhou never dislikes him, and he is very patient to give him a little trouble.

No way, Ye Zhou never had any resistance to this kind of hard-working actor, as long as Duan Jingyuan asked, Ye Zhou would never refuse.

Under such circumstances, the filming progress of the crew was like riding a rocket, and the scenes filmed in one day almost caught up with the scenes that could only be filmed in three days before.

Ye Zhou looked at the screen on the monitor and said, "Ka, it's fine."

During the intermission, Ye Zhou had just unscrewed the lid of the cup to drink water, but he heard an exclamation from beside him. Ye Zhou turned his head and found that it was his little assistant who yelled.

As soon as she called the little assistant, she regretted it. When she met Ye Zhou's gaze, she quickly covered her mouth, waved her mobile phone at him, and said in a low voice, "Director Ye, something went wrong. Please read this quickly."

Ye Zhou looked at the assistant's mobile phone and found that the interface was a news video, and the person being interviewed in the video was a familiar face, couldn't it be Xi Yang.

The headline reads in large bold letters, "Actor Xi Yang was asked to film while sick, and the director claimed that taking leave was regarded as absenteeism."

In the video, his face looks very haggard, his hair is disheveled and his face is pale. The thick dark circles under his eyes are more obvious against his pale face. He is in poor condition, as if he just had a serious illness.

Xi Yang's agent stood in front of him, protecting him, and said to the media: "I'm sorry we really can't say more, Xi Yang is just recovering from a serious illness, and he is not in good health, please understand and let me thank you."

The video is only 2 minutes long. From the beginning to the end, Xi Yang, the person concerned, did not say a word, but his pale face and poor condition have confirmed the rumors of illness.

Ye Zhou read all the news and found that although the names of the crew and director did not appear in the news, they were all replaced by abbreviations.

The crew of "Chasing the Light" is okay, it is only called a certain crew, and the name of the movie is not mentioned, but the director is not so ambiguous. director of the film.

The other party's hints were so obvious, of course the majority of netizens lived up to their expectations, and quickly locked their targets on Ye Zhou.

It was lukewarm before, there was a lot of black material, the movie shot a while ago became a hit, and the surname y, these clues all matched up.

The comments below were almost all one-sided. They were either feeling sorry for Xi Yang, or accusing director y of being inhumane. Some of the more extreme fans of Xi Yang directly began to attack Ye Zhou personally.

Those little assistants who commented dirty couldn't bear to read it, but Ye Zhou was watching it very calmly. After reading it, he returned the phone to the little assistant, picked up the cup and continued to drink water as if nothing had happened.

The little assistant waited in fear for Ye Zhou to get angry. However, 10 minutes passed, and the next round of shooting was over after the break. Ye Zhou was always very calm and did not show any annoyance.

Until the day's scenes were all finished, Ye Zhou didn't get angry, let alone bring up any solutions. When the assistant asked cautiously when he was about to get off work, Ye Zhou just said "don't pay attention to him" and left the set directly .

Facts have proved that Ye Zhou is indeed quite calm, which is completely within his expectation, it's normal to be in a hurry.

Now the matter has just fermented. If he guessed correctly, since Xi Yang has set up the stage, he is bound to sing well.

Since Xi Yang is determined to sing, how can Ye Zhou mess up his position, and he even looks forward to what tricks he can come up with next.

When Xi Yang finished singing the play, it would not be too late to settle the matter.

Ye Zhou didn't take it seriously at all. He finished work early today, after leaving the crew.Thinking that the New Year is coming soon, Ye Zhou encouraged Mr. Jiang to go to the market together in a very good mood, and buy some New Year's goods to store at home.

Although their family doesn't need to buy these things at all, and all the food, drink, and clothing will be taken care of by a special person, so they don't have to worry about it at all, but since Ye Zhou mentioned it, Mr. Jiang didn't spoil his interest, and nodded in agreement.

At around [-] o'clock in the afternoon, when the lights came on, the largest fresh food market in City A was extremely lively, crowded with crowds everywhere, and many customers surrounded each booth, crowded and crowded, and customers shouted loudly everywhere The voice of bargaining with the boss.

Before Ye Zhou came, he guessed that there would be many people, but he didn't expect there to be so many.Thinking of Mr. Jiang's slight obsession with cleanliness, and then looking at Mr. Jiang's neat suit, he suddenly thought of quitting.

He looked a little embarrassed and said, "Well, there are too many people here, why don't we just go home, Brother Jiang."

Jiang Tingyuan rubbed his head, opened the door first and got out of the car.

Seeing this, Ye Zhou followed immediately, and the two bodyguards of Boss Jiang behind him also followed immediately. In this way, a strange combination soon appeared in the market.

This combination is mainly divided into three parts, bodyguards, Ye Zhou, and Jiang Tingyuan.

In the crowded crowd, two bodyguards guarded Ye Zhou and Jiang Tingyuan, and Ye Zhou, who was protected inside, stretched out his hand to protect Mr. Jiang. Others come across.

Ye Zhou, who was devoted to protecting Boss Jiang, obviously didn't realize that Jiang Tingyuan would always stretch out his hand to separate the contact position when he was about to be touched by others.

Just like that, the four of them struggled to survive in the crowd. Ye Zhou couldn't even see the shadow of the New Year's goods all the way, let alone shopping for the New Year's goods, and all he saw were people.

Rather than saying that they are shopping in the market, it is better to say that they are playing rafting, drifting and drifting with the crowds all the way, and where to stop is not decided by themselves, but by the crowds.

Finally, Ye Zhou was squeezed in front of a stall. After taking a closer look, Ye Zhou excitedly said to Mr. Jiang, "Look, brother Jiang, it's hairtail. I'll buy some and we can cook hairtail in braised sauce!"

Mr. Jiang naturally wouldn't refuse, and even handed Ye Zhou a card to show his support, and he could buy whatever he wanted.

Ye Zhou asked the price and was ready to pay, but when he heard the sound of bargaining all around, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy, and joined the ranks of bargaining enthusiastically.

"Boss, let's make it cheaper. The one in front of you just now costs 100 yuan for a box. Don't ask for a hundred and twenty yuan. Is [-] yuan okay? If you can, give me a box."

Although it had been a long time since he had bargained for a price, Ye Zhou was very proficient in his business, and he was not unfamiliar at all.

Who is Ye Zhou? The talent who can forcibly withdraw money from a stingy investor. He is no stranger to bargaining, and he is very handy.

The boss is not easy to talk to. With so many customers coming and going in the market every day, he has long been invulnerable. He didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard Ye Zhou bargaining, and directly refused: "No, I won't sell it for less than one hundred and twenty."

"Ham, if it weren't for the fact that the one just now is not as good as yours, I bought it just now, and after shopping around, I can count that your hairtail fish looks the freshest, one hundred and one, if you don't sell it, I will leave. "

Ye Zhou made a gesture to leave, and at the same time began to count silently in his heart. When he counted to three, he was stopped by the boss as expected.

"Come back, come back, one hundred and one is one hundred and one, the stall will be closed soon, and I will give you a bargain." The boss said as he grabbed a box of hairtail and was about to stuff it into the bag.

Ye Zhou turned back and immediately stopped him when he saw the situation, "Boss, I don't want that box, take it for me from inside."

After getting the boss's supercilious look, Ye Zhou happily got a box of hairtail that had just been taken out of the cold storage, and shook it in front of Mr. Jiang, begging for praise, and said, "I'm amazing!"

Mr. Jiang was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "What were you doing just now?"

Ye Zhou was stunned, and quickly realized that with Mr. Jiang's status, he should rarely come into contact with these things, and explained: "Bargaining means buying things at a lower price than the original price."

I don't really care about the little money cut off, but more about the psychological satisfaction that can be obtained through bargaining.

Mr. Jiang nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words.

The two walked forward again. When Ye Zhou was bargaining with various bosses, Mr. Jiang stood beside him and watched quietly. After walking around, the two bought big and small bags of New Year's goods, and there were two bodyguards Almost unable to carry it, Ye Zhou and Jiang Boss also carried several bags in their hands, and then they were ready to go back.

When he walked to the entrance of the market, Ye Zhou found a stall selling small crispy meat, which looked very fresh, and he couldn't help but feel a little greedy, so he decided to buy some to eat at home tonight.

Mr. Jiang seemed to have noticed his thoughts first, and when Ye Zhou was about to step forward, he pressed his shoulder and said, "I'll go."

Ye Zhou was stunned, and it took him a few seconds to realize that Mr. Jiang wanted to buy some crispy meat for him. Seeing that he had already walked to the stall, Ye Zhou hurriedly followed.

It was quite normal at first, Ye Zhou heard Mr. Jiang imitating what he did just now, asking the boss the price of the crispy meat.

"25 a pound."

Things began to develop in a magical direction when the boss quoted the price.

Ye Zhou heard Mr. Jiang say to the boss in his extremely sexy voice, "Can it be cheaper?"

The words, which were obviously bargaining, came from Boss Jiang's mouth, but there was a hint of threat in them.

The boss was obviously frightened. He glanced at his high-end suit and the two bodyguards behind him. After hesitating for a moment, he asked weakly, "...you, how much cheaper do you want?"

Mr. Jiang, who can calmly solve even the most difficult problems, was actually asked this question by the boss.

He glanced at Ye Zhou, as if he was thinking about the range Ye Zhou bargained for just now. After rigorous calculations, Mr. Jiang decided to take an average, and said calmly, "Ten yuan, I want all of it."

boss:"……?"

The total price was 25, and he directly cut off more than half of it when he came up. Is this fucking here to bargain or to smash the market?

To be honest, if it weren't for the two bodyguards standing behind him who didn't seem to be easy to mess with, the boss really wanted to put the crispy meat on his head.

She looks well-dressed and decent, but how can she be so stingy? !

Ye Zhou was also caught off guard by Mr. Jiang's incredible strokes. He pulled Mr. Jiang behind him before the boss got mad, and apologized to the boss repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, 25 is 25, pack it up, we want everything gone."

Boss Jiang's brows were all wrinkled, obviously he didn't understand why Ye Zhou bargained so smoothly before, but it's not so good when it's his turn.

Ye Zhou carried a large bag of crispy meat in his left hand, and Mr. Jiang's wrist in his right hand. He quickly left the market and returned to the car safely.

Looking at Boss Jiang's incomprehensible expression, Ye Zhou really wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. He held back his laughter the whole way, and when he arrived at the door, he still couldn't bear to explain it to him.

"The extent of bargaining is determined according to the total price. For such ingredients with relatively transparent prices and small profits, generally the fluctuation will not be large, and at most it can only be wiped out."

Mr. Jiang was very smart at first, but his thinking was limited in a misunderstanding when facing things he hadn't touched before. Now when Ye Zhou talked about it, Mr. Jiang immediately understood.

Of course, the price of understanding is...

Ye Zhou looked at the big bag of fried and unfried little crispy meat that he brought back, and thought in despair that they would be with little crispy meat for a long time to come.

He silently swore in his heart that he would never let Boss Jiang bargain again in the future!absolute!

The next morning, as soon as Ye Zhou arrived at the set, he saw several cars with unfamiliar license plates parked at the entrance of the set. He raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing in his heart that the media should have rushed over after hearing the news.

Ye Zhou entered the studio through the back door, and found that the crew members were discussing something together. He just got closer when he heard the distressed voice of Geng Bochuan's manager.

"You want to die again, and you want to die again! Little ancestor, can you stop being so impulsive, even if you are really angry, can you give me a signal before you die next time, I really beg you!"

"Can't you be quieter? Do you still think there are not enough black fans? I know you feel sorry for Ye Dao, but you can't use your brain before posting on Weibo."

"Can you solve this problem by tweeting at Xi Yang on Weibo? Can you solve the problem besides recruiting yourself? You can solve the bullshit!"

Geng Bochuan's manager was so angry that he rolled his eyes, wishing he could hit him twice to make him remember.

In stark contrast to the manager's irascibility, Geng Bochuan was quite leisurely at this time, and said slowly: "It is Director Ye's job to solve the problem."

"But it's my business to hate him."