Yu Xuezheng thanked him and left, while Xiao He rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache.
The production crew was more complicated than he had imagined.
When Xiao He was on the set of "The Legend of Chasing the Wind", he basically just acted. As long as the money was right, Director Deng would not cause him any trouble. Yuan Sitong, the female lead who was originally thought to be a big problem, was also unusually quiet and had a much more proper work attitude, and did not cause too much trouble.
And this film crew—
Yu Xuezheng has a backstabbing agent, the director is a master of muddying, and although Le Yuanbo is the male lead, he has just joined Jiaxing Entertainment, is new and insignificant, and his words aren't necessarily eloquent. There's also the producer Luo, who has some issues...
Xiao He frowned.
Even without using his own sense of smell, Xiao He could tell that this producer, Luo, was no good. Just his eyes alone carried a lot of unpleasant malice, which Xiao He disliked very much.
Oh right, there's another guy—
"Brother Xiao!"
Speak of the devil, and he appears. Just as Xiao He thought of a "familiar face" in the film crew, he heard a call from behind.
Helpless, Xiao He could only stop and turn around.
Sure enough, Jiang Chifei and his agent Bao Xin came over.
—Oh right, I almost forgot, there's another person in the crew with whom he has a grudge, and that's the guy in front of me, the culprit whose own fans picked him up at the wrong airport and chased him all over the place.
"Hello Brother Xiao, welcome to the crew today! I was in the dressing room just now and didn't receive the message from here, please forgive me."
Jiang Chifei treated Xiao He with great courtesy.
This time, Jiang Chifei no longer had the aloof demeanor he displayed at the airport last time. He was dressed in the robes of a disciple of a celestial sect, and his hair was styled in an ancient style, giving him a truly ethereal and otherworldly air.
Xiao He originally thought this person had a bad temper, but after the other person took the initiative to apologize last time, he had a new impression of this person.
"Hello."
Xiao He also greeted him in a friendly manner.
Bao Xin glanced behind Xiao He and saw that only Xiao He's assistant, Xiao Chen, was with him. He then asked with a smile, "Didn't Sister Liu come to the set today? I was just saying that we haven't seen each other in a long time and I wanted to catch up with her."
"Yes, she'll be a little late."
Xiao He explained.
"I see. Then let Jiang Chifei show you around. After what happened earlier, the crew might need some time to adjust."
Bao Xin nudged Jiang Chifei, just like a relative visiting a friend's house to promote their own child.
Xiao He felt that the agent and Jiang Chifei weren't too stupid, so he didn't refuse and followed in Jiang Chifei's footsteps.
Actually, there's not much to see on set. At most, you can look at the layout of the dressing rooms, the decorations and furnishings on set, and the other main actors.
Xiao He shuttled between the two film crews, but his focus was still on "The Legend of Chasing the Wind," so he was destined not to stay on the set for long, and getting familiar with the environment was not very meaningful to him.
So after walking for a short while, Xiao He appeared to lose interest.
Jiang Chifei then led Xiao He to sit down to the side.
"When did this Producer Luo arrive?"
Seeing that Jiang Chifei looked like he wanted to strike up a conversation but didn't know what to say, Xiao He simply brought up a topic he wanted to know.
"Producer Luo? Luo Zesheng?"
The first to answer Xiao He was his agent, Bao Xin.
Xiao He nodded: "Yes, I heard that the previous producer was detained because of Wang Shaoqi's matter. I didn't know this new producer Luo before, so I asked out of curiosity."
Bao Xin immediately explained responsibly, "Producer Luo is one of the shareholders of Jiaxing Entertainment. He is usually in charge of web dramas. This time, Xingchen Entertainment caused too many problems, so after discussion, the producer was changed to someone from Jiaxing."
Xiao He's {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} expression was indescribable.
Well, the producer position does indeed involve managing both people and money. If the producer is appointed by the main investor, their power can even be greater than that of the director. So, there was a reason why Wang Shaoqi wanted to curry favor with the producer.
But after all this changing producers, they ended up bringing in another problematic one. Isn't that just too much of a rip-off?
Xingchen Entertainment has its problems, and Jiaxing Entertainment is just as bad.
Xiao He is now genuinely regretting joining this production team halfway through his career.
Sure enough, there's a price to pay for taking advantage.
"What's wrong? Is there some conflict between Teacher Xiao and Producer Luo?"
Bao Xin was a shrewd person. Seeing the strange expression on Xiao He's face, he cautiously probed, "Producer Luo is indeed not easy to get along with. If he does anything wrong, please forgive him, Teacher Xiao."
"Uh, okay, I got it."
Having learned what he wanted to know, Xiao He casually made an excuse to leave: "I have a shoot later, so I'll go get my makeup and hair done first. Goodbye."
Seeing that Xiao He was about to get back to work, Bao Xin felt embarrassed to keep talking to him and could only watch him leave.
Jiang Chifei, who had been sitting upright, now looked crestfallen.
"These people are really hard to read."
Jiang Chifei muttered a complaint under his breath.
Bao Xin sighed, "I didn't expect Luo Zesheng to come to this production crew. I don't know what the company was thinking, why they arranged for him to come."
Luo Zesheng's reputation isn't great. People in the industry might only know a little about it, but as someone from Jiaxing Entertainment, he knows it all too well.
"I'm afraid Liu Rulan doesn't even know that Luo Zesheng has come to this film crew."
He was worried, "What if the production crew starts fighting each other again? Will we even be able to continue filming this show...?"
"Why think so much?" Jiang Chifei said nonchalantly. "Let them fight it out, we'll just film ours."
Bao Xin glanced helplessly at Jiang Chifei: "We're all in the same production crew. If they start causing trouble, how can we possibly fare any better?"
"If the sky falls, those who are tall will hold it up."
Bao Xin: "...Anyway, stay away from that Luo Zesheng, the farther the better. He's no good."
"Okay, okay, okay—"
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Xiao He returned to the dressing room and happened to run into Liu Rulan.
Old Qi was standing next to Liu Rulan, and the two were talking about something. Her expression was clearly not good.
"Sister Liu."
Xiao He called out, and Liu Rulan immediately looked over in the direction of the sound.
"Don't interfere in Yu Xuezheng's affairs."
Liu Rulan got straight to the point.
Xiao He glanced at Lao Qi, confirming that Lao Qi hadn't told Liu Rulan about Zhou Junhao's private meeting with him, and then explained with a smile, "I know, this matter would be bad for the crew if it got out of hand, and I'm not going to be the one to be criticized."
He just does good deeds whenever he can; he's not really foolish enough to fight on someone's behalf.
"That's good."
Liu Rulan breathed a sigh of relief.
“But I just ran into Jiang Chifei and his agent, and we chatted about our current producer, Luo Zesheng—” Xiao He paused, then asked, “This Luo Zesheng, I heard, is also from Jiaxing Entertainment. Sister Liu, do you know him?”
"Luo Zesheng?"
Liu Rulan's expression, which had just calmed down, suddenly turned ugly.
"Why did Jiaxing let this piece of shit come over?"
Xiao He: ...Okay, it seems this matter is not so simple after all.
