Accidental Mark

【Accidental Mark · Chapter 18】

Pei Shaoze's visit to the crew has already become the focus of the audience. The scene of him walking over and chatting with Cheng Xia quickly attracted the attention of the staff. Many curious eyes turned here. Everyone seemed to be guessing Mr. Pei and What is the relationship with Cheng Xia? Why did you chat with Cheng Xia alone?

The probing eyes made Cheng Xia very uncomfortable, so she lowered her head and pretended to tidy up the fast food.

Pei Shaoze sensed Cheng Xia's embarrassment, and took the initiative to give him a step: "You eat first, I'll go over there and have a look."

The man turned and left, and Cheng Xia exhaled lightly.

Boss Pei was very close to him just now, his heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, and he even had some difficulty breathing.For some reason, he couldn't help being nervous when he was alone with this Alpha, but he didn't feel this way when he was with other Alphas.Cheng Xia thought about it carefully, and the biggest possibility is that he lost control of his pheromone in front of Pei Shaoze, lying on Pei Shaoze's bed naked that night, pestering him for a mark...Of course I'm sorry to see Mr. Pei.

Thinking of this incident made Cheng Xia embarrassed, he simply forgot about it, turned around and went out with a bag of takeaway.

The space on the shooting site was limited, so Director Zhang simply borrowed a meeting room from the school leaders, let everyone in to eat, and told: "You eat in the house, remember to take away the garbage after eating!"

Cheng Xia entered the room and found that the manager was there, so she sat down beside Zhou Yan consciously, and called out with a smile, "Sister Yan."

Zhou Yan asked casually: "What did Boss Pei talk to you about?"

Cheng Xia confessed honestly: "I just chatted a few words about the piano, and Mr. Pei said that he also learned the piano."

Zhou Yan said "Oh", feeling very puzzled - Boss Pei just stood outside the window and stared at Cheng Xia intently, and also took the initiative to chat with Cheng Xia after entering the room, she thought Boss Pei treated Cheng Xia differently.However, Mr. Pei only had a brief chat with Cheng Xia and then turned to find Chen Yijun. It seemed that the chat with Cheng Xia was just the boss casually caring about the employees?

Mr. Pei's attitude is really unpredictable, Zhou Yan simply gave up guessing, and said softly: "Director Zhang is quite satisfied with the scene just now, but he wants to keep improving, and shoot again in the afternoon, and there will be more in post-production. Footage can be edited."

Cheng Xia said understandingly: "It should." He is a newcomer, and he didn't expect to go through it all at once.

Everyone around opened their lunch boxes, and the smell of food wafted through the room. Cheng Xia was indeed hungry, so he focused on the food.Braised chicken drumsticks, tomato sirloin, snow peas, shredded fish-flavored pork...all his favorite dishes!

Cheng Xia ate with relish, with a satisfied face.

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Outside the door, Pei Shaoze held up a big umbrella and walked into the snow.

Zhang Fan followed Mr. Pei suspiciously. Mr. Pei did not join the crew after lunch. This is normal. You can't just stand by and watch others eat, right?However, what does it mean for him to walk around the school with an umbrella on a snowy day?

Aware of Zhang Fan's doubts, Pei Shaoze suddenly asked, "What do you think of the scenery in the Seventeenth Middle School?"

Zhang Fan hurriedly replied: "Among all the middle schools in Rongcheng, the greening of the Seventeenth Middle School ranks among the top three, especially the snow scene in winter, which is not even comparable to many universities." So you are walking in the snow and enjoying the scenery?Zhang Fan didn't dare to continue asking.

Pei Shaoze stopped in front of a lake and looked into the distance.

The environment of the Seventeenth Middle School is really good. There is a large artificial lake on the campus. In winter, the lake is covered with a thick layer of ice, and heavy snow like goose feathers is falling one after another. The trees beside the lake are also completely covered by snow. It's like being in a fairy tale world.

If the camera shoots from the sky, this picture must be beautiful, and it can be used as a snow scene promotional film.

However, the winter vacation is only for one month in February, and the school will start on March 2st. Once the school starts, the film crew will be stationed in the filming will affect the students' study, and the school will definitely not agree.If the filming is finished during the holidays, the time will be rushed...but if you hurry up, you can still make it in time.

Pei Shaoze frowned in thought, and after a while, he took out his mobile phone and took a video of the surrounding area, and sent it to the director Liu Xueyi who just added a friend: "Director Liu, many stories in the novel "Folding Paper" take place in winter. This is Let’s take a look at a snow scene in No. [-] Middle School. If we shoot the scene in No. [-] No. [-] Middle School, what do you think of the effect?”

Liu Xueyi didn't expect that the producer had just finished signing the contract at noon, and the producer actually went to inspect the shooting location in the afternoon?Is this Pei Shaoze a workaholic?He looked at the video curiously, and immediately replied quickly: "It's so beautiful! Compared with the fake snow scene with foam, the real scene is infinitely better! It's just that the Seventeenth Middle School is a key middle school, and the principal will allow us to enter the school to film dramas ?"

Pei Shaoze said, "I'll solve this problem."

After he finished typing this message, he sent another message: "We have to hurry up and ask Mr. Xu to write a plot outline and episode outline and send it for the record as soon as possible. The cast will be confirmed this month, and the machine will start after the Spring Festival. Director Liu's side Is there a problem with timing?"

Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran are waiting for the flight to take off in the waiting hall. They flew here from other places yesterday to have an interview with Mr. Pei, and they booked a ticket to go home today.He showed his mobile phone to his friend, and Xu Moran couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Are you in such a hurry to turn it on after the Spring Festival?" Liu Xueyi said seriously, "Just say if it can be done within three days. It's handed over to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for filing. It’s not the finalized script, so it’s not difficult for you to write a plot outline, right?”

Xu Moran gritted his teeth: "Of course you can work overtime!"

Liu Xueyi replied: "Boss Pei, Xiao Xu and I have no problem. But, is it too late to start the opportunity during the Spring Festival?"

Pei Shaoze said: "If you miss this holiday, once the school starts, it will be difficult for us to borrow a venue."

Liu Xueyi agreed: "That's right, then Xiao Xu and I will work overtime these few days to get out the outline of the plot first, and the script can be carefully polished while selecting actors!"

Pei Shaoze said: "I plan to use drones to shoot from the sky. Taking advantage of the frequent snowfall in Rongcheng recently, I will finish shooting all the parts about winter in the script. Then, the whole crew will fly to Ya'an City to shoot the summer part. Now there are green trees and flowers everywhere, and it will not violate the harmony to shoot summer scenes.”

Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran looked at each other.

In other words, all the exterior scenes of this drama will be shot in real locations?

In the past, Liu Xueyi’s small-budget online dramas were shot in a studio. All kinds of beautiful scenery are actually a canvas, and the protagonist is acting in front of a green screen. To be honest, even after post-processing, it still looks crude and cheap. feel.

The real scene is of course good, but it is also expensive!

The whole crew flew to Ya'an City, food, housing, and transportation were all money, and there was an extra fee for borrowing public venues, and extras were also a lot of money. This is not the standard of an ordinary web drama, is it?

Liu Xueyi couldn't help but said: "The funds..."

Pei Shaoze said: "Tianxuan offered 1000 million, and I will bring in at least 500 million more investment. This drama can save the cost of publicity and persuasion, and the salary of newcomers is not high, so 80% of the money is spent on filming Come on, is that enough?"

Liu Xueyi was so excited that he almost dropped his phone: "Enough, enough!"

1500 million is used to shoot a youth campus web drama, 80% of which is used for shooting. Not only is this enough, it is more than enough!It doesn't make sense that other people can shoot with 500 million, and they can't shoot well with 1500 million!

Pei Shaoze said: "It's hard for you to work overtime these few days, and contact me anytime if you have any questions."

Liu Xueyi was full of fighting spirit: "Alright Mr. Pei, we will pack our bags when we get back, and go to Rongcheng to retreat and change the script!"

After finishing the conversation, Pei Shaoze turned and walked in another direction.

He wanted to inspect the environment of No. [-] Middle School again.

Last time at the Tianxuan conference, he told shareholders that each group's investment of less than 1000 million yuan can be directly decided by the team leader. Once it exceeds 1000 million yuan, it has to be discussed at the company's general meeting.

This passage is actually very meaningful.The fact that the team leader's investment does not exceed 1000 million does not mean that the investment in a drama must be limited to 1000 million - because the team leader can still attract investment from outside based on his ability.

With Pei Shaoze's network, it is not difficult to get millions of investment from his rich second-generation friends.What's more, advertisers, sponsors and other fields that he has not been exposed to. Once the doors in these fields are opened, he does not need the approval of other executives in the company to make any drama he wants to make in the future.And once the drama he invests in explodes, is he still afraid of losing money in the future?

It is estimated that a lot of sponsors will rush to invest money in him.

Zhang Fan finally knew the reason why Boss Pei went to school with an umbrella. He came to No. [-] Middle School not only to visit classes, but also to inspect the shooting scenes of the next school drama. He killed two birds with one stone, and the plan was meticulous. No wonder he was so efficient!

At this time, in the office.

Cheng Xia has already finished his lunch. The set meal has five dishes, but the quantity is small but refined. What's more, the 18-year-old boy is just at the time of physical development. He has eaten all the dishes and cleaned up the fruits, leaving only dried fruit bags and milk tea. Unpack.

Cheng Xia quickly packed the lunch box, got up and wanted to take out the trash outside, the assistant, Sister Rong, took the trash bag and helped him pour the milk tea into the thermos, and said with a smile: "When you want to drink in the afternoon, you can find it at any time. Me, drink hot!"

Cheng Xia thanked her and went out to get some air.

As soon as he walked out, he saw Mr. Pei in the distance.

Wearing a long coat and holding a big black umbrella, Pei Shaoze has a tall and straight figure, and walks calmly. The handsome man walks slowly from the vast snow. From a distance, it looks like a colorful ink painting, full of The depression and coldness of winter.

Cheng Xia stared blankly into the distance, unable to look away for a while.

A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed towards him, Cheng Xia suddenly remembered the night when he was in such a mess, when Pei Shaoze sent him home, it also snowed heavily, Pei Shaoze was worried that he would catch cold, so he gave him a down jacket.

The warmth of wearing thick clothes seems to remain in my heart.

Sometimes he couldn't help thinking, what would he do if he was replaced by another Alpha and forcibly marked him that night?Or, the other party looked at him with contempt, regarded him as an omega relying on the boss's superiority, and told him to get out of Tianxuan, how should he deal with himself?

But none of that happened.Pei Shaoze handled the matter in the most gentle way, without leaving any shadow on Cheng Xia.Like an older brother graciously forgiving a child's careless mistake and never mentioning it again.

It really gave Cheng Xia enough face and dignity.

Mr. Pei seems indifferent, but he is actually a very gentle person...

When Cheng Xia thought of this, Pei Shaoze had already walked in front of him.

The boy was in a daze, and the line "Cheng Xia's favorability for you +5" skipped in Pei Shaoze's mind.

The little seedling grew an inch taller by itself?

Pei Shaoze asked softly, "What are you thinking?"

Cheng Xia came back to his senses, there was no one around, his cheeks were slightly hot, and he said in a low voice with a volume that only the two of them could hear: "I was thinking, how can I return the down jacket you borrowed me? Or send it directly?"

Pei Shaoze nodded: "Okay, I'll send you your address on WeChat, you can send it to me another day."

Both of them deliberately lowered their voices, as if they were saying... a secret that only they knew.

The down jacket, and the same bed they slept with that night, are indeed secrets that only they know.

This feeling of whispering made Cheng Xia's heart beat like a drum suddenly, and he hurriedly changed the subject: "Where did Boss Pei go?"

Pei Shaoze said: "I inspected the environment of No. [-] Middle School, and it's quite suitable for shooting snow scenes."

Shooting snow scenes?The school drama Mr. Pei said before that he would invest in has a lot of plots in winter and snow.Could it be that besides visiting the set, Mr. Pei also inspected the shooting location today?

Pei Shaoze saw through Cheng Xia's thoughts, nodded and said, "It's that school drama, how are you preparing?"

Cheng Xia immediately became serious, and obediently said as if answering a teacher's question: "I went back and read the original book once, and I want to read it at least three times to study the protagonist's personality and psychological changes carefully."

"The original?" Pei Shaoze raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Well, I went to the bookstore and bought the book myself." Cheng Xia smiled a little shyly, "Just looking at the outline and character design is not comprehensive enough. After reading the original book, I have a deeper understanding of the characters in the book Some."

Pei Shaoze was very pleased to hear what Cheng Xia said.He originally thought that Cheng Xia would be like most artists, only reading the information given by his agent, but he didn't expect that the little guy was quite clever, so he went to buy the original book and read the full text.

Although Pei Shaoze chose this original novel based on Cheng Xia's characteristics, if nothing else happens, Cheng Xia will definitely choose the protagonist.

However, it is a completely different experience to make the cake ready for him to eat directly, and let him get the cake by himself through hard work.Pei Shaoze didn't want to spend resources directly on Cheng Xia, he hoped that Cheng Xia could enjoy the process of "working hard on his own, reaping success, and stepping up to the top step by step".

This process is what matters.

Every time he talked about work, Cheng Xia was very serious. He admired such a serious and hardworking young man.Facing the clear eyes of the young man, Pei Shaoze said gently: "Opportunities are only given to those who are ready. Go back and study carefully. The audition time should be fixed soon."

Cheng Xia nodded vigorously: "Well, thank you President Pei!"

At this moment, Chen Yijun just came out and saw Mr. Pei and Cheng Xia chatting, she couldn't help but joked: "Mr. Pei, are you here to visit my class? Why did you catch our little Cheng Xia chatting non-stop?" ah!"

Pei Shaoze didn't take her jokes, and said calmly: "Yijun, apart from visiting the class, I actually have something else I want to ask you for help."

Chen Yijun looked surprised: "What help?"

"You can borrow the venue of No. [-] Middle School to shoot the MV. Do you have a good relationship with the principal?"

"Well, I graduated from No. [-] Middle School, and the current principal happened to be my class teacher back then." Chen Yijun looked at Pei Shaoze suspiciously, "Why, does Boss Pei have anything to do with our principal?"

Pei Shaoze nodded: "Please turn around and tell the principal that I also want to shoot a school drama in No. [-] Middle School. In addition to filming, I also need a large number of extras. If possible, I hope the principal can cooperate with us. It’s time to find some students of the right age to act as group performers. Regarding the cost, I will personally discuss it with the principal.”

Shooting a TV series in Seventeen?This is also a kind of publicity for his alma mater, and Chen Yijun immediately agreed: "No problem, I will make an appointment to introduce you to meet later, I also think my alma mater has a beautiful scenery!"

After talking about this, Pei Shaoze walked into the studio and said goodbye to Director Zhang: "Director Zhang, I still have things to do, so I won't bother you here."

Director Zhang smiled and said, "Okay President Pei, on behalf of the staff, thank you for your concern!"

Pei Shaoze said some polite words to the crew, and when he walked to the door, he looked back at Cheng Xia. The young boy happened to be looking at him too. The two looked at each other. Cheng Xia immediately looked away embarrassedly, and said politely: "Goodbye, Mr. Pei." .”

Pei Shaoze nodded to him, turned and went out.

Goodbye, Cheng Xia.There will probably be an audition next time we meet, I hope you can give me some surprises.