ATAMMDO 34

Chapter 34- The Former Blind Date Inquires About The Current Blind Date

 

“The next scene is more important. Xie Bing’s mentality will change a little in this scene.” Cheng Qinghua said, but then suddenly realized that Qin Lu was not listening. He seemed to be distracted, which surprised the director.

 

“You actually get distracted. I thought this kind of thing would never happen to you. What are you looking at?”

 

Cheng Qinghua followed his gaze, but there were many people around that he could not pinpoint where he is looking exactly.

 

Qin Lu looked back at Cheng Qinghua, “It’s nothing. You can continue what you were saying.”

 

Seeing that Qin Lu didn’t utter a reply the first time he said it, Cheng Qinghua had to repeat his statement. The latter nodded and suddenly asked him, “How many roles does Jiang Liu Cheng have still?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng has been in the crew for a long time. Although his role is not small, if he shoots every day, it will not take long until he finishes all of his scenes.

 

However, because Cheng Qinghua gave priority to finishing the scenes of the old actors, sometimes Jiang Liu Cheng had to wait a day for a scene. As a result, he couldn’t progress that much at times.

 

Cheng Qinghua: “There’s not much left, why are you suddenly asking this?”

 

Qin Lu: “It’s nothing.”

 

It’s just that time seems to go by a little too fast all of a sudden.

 

The next morning, Qin Lu’s hotel door was suddenly knocked upon.

 

He opened the door and saw Jiang Liu Cheng standing outside. With his right hand still raised, as if he is about to knock on the door again. Perhaps, he didn’t expect that Qin Lu would immediately get the door.

 

“What’s the matter?” Qin Lu saw that Jiang Liu Cheng lowered his head that he could only see the swirls on the top of his head. For the first time, Qin Lu discovered that Jiang Liu Cheng actually had two swirls.

 

“Can you lend me your hat for a while?” Jiang Liu Cheng still didn’t look up to face him.

 

Qin Lu raised his eyebrows, “It’s okay for you to borrow it, but why do you keep your head down?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng knew that he could not escape, and he was also worried that if he stood at the door for too long, more people would see him. So, he finally raised his head.

 

Seeing his face, Qin Lu couldn’t hold himself back. He laughed out loud under Jiang Liu Cheng’s eyes that knew that this would happen.

 

“Come in first.” Qin Lu turned himself sideways to make way. He waited for him to come in and then closed the door before saying, “What’s wrong with your face?”

 

“I tried a snack last night. Who knew it would be like this the next day.”

 

When he tried it last night, he only took one bite and felt that it was not right. He didn’t eat it after that. Who knew that his reaction to that snack would be delayed? He was fine last night, but when he came together in the morning, he found that some red dots around his face all the way to his neck had appeared.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng had already taken the medicine that Li Qiu bought before, but it was not quite effective. That is why he wanted to go down and buy another medicine, but going out with this face would definitely attract the attention of many people, and suddenly thought that Qin Lu had a hat.

 

Qin Lu shook his head with a laugh, “You know your physique, why did you still eat those snacks?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng told him that it was sent by the food company that asked him to endorse it. If he wanted to pick it up, he would definitely be responsible for the fans who bought it, so he wanted to try it for himself.

 

He originally thought that the person who dared to seek his endorsement should have some confidence. After all, his nickname has been spread so widely. Who would have known that there was still a company with a head iron, knowing that the additives exceeded the standard and dared to seek him.

 

Qin Lu frowned after hearing this, “Knowing your physique, yet they still dare to do this. It is either because they suspect this is just your persona, or they are doing it  on purpose.”

 

If it is the former, Jiang Liu Cheng’s failure to test it properly will be equivalent to more sales. However, since his state is true, if this news broke to others on that matter, the snack corporation would eventually go down like XX’s Fried Chicken.

 

If it’s the latter, they need to find out why the other party is doing it and what the purpose is.

 

Qin Lu: “No matter what kind of reason, the other party has no good intentions. Do you know who is targeting you?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng thought of that woman as soon as he heard Qin Lu’s question. He had no grudge against that company, and she was the only one who would want to hide or get rid of him.

 

“If it’s the latter, I probably know who did it.”

 

When Jiang Liu Cheng was a child, he was poor and had no chance to eat snacks. Later, when he grew up, the situation at home was a little better that his grandfather would occasionally buy him some snacks.

 

The food in those days was different from now as there were not so many additives.

 

He was so lucky to grow up to be a teenager. It wasn’t until one time when he ate the snacks that his classmates had given him. From there, he developed allergy symptoms. At that time, the woman had long since disappeared from his life with his grandfather, so she didn’t know his body.

 

Qin Lu actually thinks that it is most likely the former option because the young man’s character doesn’t seem like he will form a deadly vengeance against powerful people.

 

It is impossible to think of people who use endorsements to target Jiang Liu Cheng and to think they deliberately spend this kind of trouble. It cannot be an ordinary hatred.

 

“Can you tell me about it?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng hesitated for a while. Only Guo Qifan knew about his family affairs. He didn’t even talk about this with Qiao Mei and Zheng Kailin because he was not very used to telling others about these things, since he felt like he was selling himself out.

 

“Then I’ll talk about it later when you want to talk about it.” Qin Lu saw Jiang Liu Cheng’s hesitance, so he didn’t plan on forcing him to spit it out. He just had an unexplainable feeling in his heart. This was a strange feeling he had never experienced before, so he didn’t go either to find out what it feels like.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded, but still didn’t say anything.

 

Qin Lu took out the hat from his study and handed it to him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng took it and put it on. Unexpectedly, because the hat was a little big on him, it slid down to cover his face 

 

Qin Lu saw that his entire face was covered by his hat, and there was an inexplicable feeling that the other party was wrapped in his own breath.

 

“It looks too big, my hat doesn’t fit you.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng adjusted the hat again and said in a buzzing voice, “It doesn’t matter. It’s better if it’s bigger, I won’t be seen by others.”

 

Qin Lu said, “Why don’t you let Li Lei buy it for you?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “He has already gone to the crew, and he is probably busy now. I don’t want to trouble him.”

 

Qin Lu: “Then you don’t have to go. What kind of medicine do you want to buy? I will ask Zhang Ning to buy it for you, so it won’t be troublesome.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng told him the name of the drug.

 

Qin Lu went back to his study. He took out his mobile phone and called Zhang Ning.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said thank you to him and was about to go back to his room to wait when he suddenly saw a printer in his study. With that, he stopped in his tracks.

 

“What’s wrong?” Qin Lu asked.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said, “The crew I went to for an audition with sent me an electronic script. I want to print it out. I think you have a printer in your study. Can I use it?”

 

Qin Lu: “Of course, you can. Come over anytime you want to print something in the future. You don’t need to ask.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng walked into his study and suddenly thought of one more thing, “Can I also borrow your computer?”

 

Qin Lu nodded, “Yes.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng “Thank you.”

 

Qin Lu raised his brows. Before, Jiang Liu Cheng would also thank him. At that time, he didn’t have any special feelings about it. He would just simply brush it off. Now, when he heard him say this, he felt that the other party was being too polite to him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t know what Qin Lu was thinking exactly. After Qin Lu helped him open the computer and entered the password, he didn’t look at the things on the desktop, but transferred the electronic document to the computer and printed it directly.

 

The clicking sound of the printer reverberated in the study, and it would take some time for the script of dozens of pages to be printed out.

 

With nothing to divert his attention, Jiang Liu Cheng’s gaze involuntarily turned to Qin Lu. Still, he didn’t know that Qin Lu was looking at him, so he was slightly stunned when he met his gaze.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng had an inexplicable feeling, only that Qin Lu had never looked at him with such eyes before.

 

Just as the strange atmosphere spread in the study, a knock on the door broke the silence between the two people.

 

Zhang Ning bought the medicine and came up.

 

Qin Lu went out to get the medicine and came back and asked, “How do you take this medicine?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said, “Take three at a time. If it doesn’t subside, I will take it again at night.”

 

Qin Lu took three tablets, then went to the counter to pour a glass of water. Afterward, he handed it to Jiang Liu Cheng and watched him take it.

 

After a while, the script was finally printed.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said his goodbye to Qin Lu with a stack of scripts on his hands and returned to the next room.

 

He didn’t rush to look back, but he sent Qin Lu a transfer, saying it was the money for the medicine. He asked him to help transfer it to Zhang Ning because he didn’t have Zhang Ning’s WeChat.

 

Qin Lu didn’t reply immediately. So Jiang Liu Cheng suddenly remembered that he could ask Qin Lu to push Zhang Ning’s WeChat business card to him instead.

 

When he was about to type in another message, the transfer showed that it had been received.

 

Qin Lu: [I will help you transfer it to him.]

 

Upon seeing this, Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t say anything about adding Zhang Ning’s WeChat anymore. Instead, he said thank you and started reading his printed script in his room.

 

The script was adapted from an online novel. When Li Qiu told him about this novel before, he read it and thought it was a romance novel as it was related to falling in love, but who knew it was not.

 

The protagonist is an ignorant rich second-generation. After his rich father’s death, he thought he would inherit his father’s billionaire fortune. Who knew that the lawyer told him that the rich father made a will before his death in which he can only get one-third of the assets, and if he wants to inherit it, he has to fulfill the conditions he proposed.

 

The rich second generation agreed in order to inherit the inheritance, but who knew that the rich father’s inheritance request was for him to become a grass-roots civil servant? He had to be a civil servant, and he could not give up halfway. Otherwise, he would lose his inheritance rights.

 

The rich second generation had no choice but to agree because he found that all his credit cards had been blocked in advance, and the house he lived in was locked. If he did not agree, he would not only be penniless but also live on the streets.

 

The story unfolds against this background, and the adapted script almost restores more than 90% of the plot of the novel.

 

The screenwriter seems to respect the originality of the novel, except for some details, and did not make many changes.

 

When Jiang Liu Cheng read the novel, he almost finished it in one breath. And now, it is the same when reading the script. Even if he already knows the development of the plot, he still sees the end of it in one sitting.

 

In fact, he didn’t feel that he was similar to the protagonist in the novel, but he really liked the story.

 

After reading it, Jiang Liu Cheng wrote a small composition for the protagonist, as usual, marking down every change in the protagonist’s mood.

 

Unknowingly, it was already noon when Li Lei found out that he was not on the set. He hurriedly called him to remind him of his role, only to find out that he was still in the hotel.

 

“Liu Cheng, didn’t you see the text message I sent you? The director said that he would take a few more scenes and ask you to come to the crew.”

 

“Sorry, I didn’t notice new information on my phone, I’ll be right there.”

 

“Okay.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng hurriedly packed up and went out. The shooting location had some distance from the hotel. He was standing on the side of the road and was about to stop a car when a sports car suddenly stopped in front of him.

 

The car window came down, revealing Mo Yi’s face as he was smiling friendly at him.

 

“What a coincidence. Mr. Jiang, this seems to be the third time we meet. You happened to be with Emperor Qin the first two times. Where are you going? Do you need me to give you a ride?”

 

The weasel has never been kind to the chicken. Jiang Liu Cheng guesses that Li Qiu has always refused, and Mo Yi can’t wait to come to the door himself.

 

“No, I’m not familiar with you.” There was no strange rejection on his face.

 

Mo Yi guessed that he would refuse, and didn’t beat around the bush at the moment, “Actually, I came to you on purpose. Did your agent tell you that Mo’s Entertainment wants to sign you?”

 

“He told me.” Jiang Liu Cheng answered and planned on dismissing the conversation already. He saw that there were no cars on the road, and thinking that it would be difficult to get a car, he simply walked in the direction of the crew.

 

Mo Yi drove to keep up, “Mr. He of Mo’s Entertainment told me that you didn’t agree to sign the contract yet, maybe because you were worried that I would target you because you took away the role of Paradise from me. But you can rest assured that I am not holding any grudges. I know the decision is up to you. This is in the hands of the director, this matter has nothing to do with me. You should have heard that I am the prince of Mo’s Entertainment, but no one will not wants their company to develop better, so I can’t do anything about it. Unfavorable things come to the company. Besides, you have the potential to become popular, and signing with Mo’s Entertainment is a win-win for you and Mo’s Entertainment.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng, who was walking on the side of the road, suddenly stopped in his tracks. He looked at Mo Yi directly in his eyes and said, “These words should not be what you thought.”

 

Mo Yi’s expression froze for a second, “What do you mean?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t seem to see his unnatural expression, “That woman taught you to say this, didn’t she?.”

 

Mo Yi suddenly reacted and stared at him in shock, wondering if Jiang Liu Cheng knew something that he didn’t, “What woman, which woman are you referring to?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng calmly decrypted, “Isn’t that your mother, that Mrs. Mo?”

 

Mo Yi is now finally convinced that Jiang Liu Cheng must know who he is and who Mrs. Mo is. Thinking that he had just foolishly persuaded the other party to sign on Mo’s Entertainment, the other party must be laughing at his picture in his heart. He looks a sorry sight.

 

“Jiang Liu Cheng, when did you know about this?”

 

Mo Yi stepped on the brakes and asked sharply.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng glanced at him condescendingly, “It doesn’t matter when did I learn about this. Do not bother me again. I am not interested in you at all.”

 

“Impossible.” Mo Yi’s face was gloomy, “Since you already know, then I’ll leave it here. You’d better quit the entertainment industry. Otherwise, I will be forced to keep away you from being in the entertainment industry myself. I still have a few tricks up my sleeves.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng’s response was to leave him as he stared right back.

 

After a while, a sharp whistle sounded behind him.

 

Mo Yi punched the steering wheel. He immediately took out his mobile phone and called his mother, telling her that Jiang Liu Cheng knew their identities already.

 

Li Lei suddenly remembered that it might be difficult to get a taxi from the hotel, so he borrowed a car from the crew and drove over to pick up Jiang Liu Cheng. Sure enough, he saw him on the way and hurriedly picked him up.

 

“I’m sorry Liu Cheng, I was negligent. I should have come to you directly.”

 

“It’s okay, you also have something to do in the crew. It’s normal to be too busy. I forgot to tell you that I was still at the hotel.” Jiang Liu Cheng said sincerely.

 

Li Lei knew that he was not angry. If it were another artist who had a little bit of a celebrity attitude, he might have lost his temper with him. He felt again in his heart that he was all red now, and he didn’t have the slightest air.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng’s Weibo followers have risen to more than 4 million. It only took about a month for Jiang Liu Cheng’s Weibo fans to grow from nothing. The speed of his popularity is so fast that he was not found in the entertainment circle a month ago, and he became popular a month later. 

 

Someone has studied his popularity process and wanted to copy it. In the end, it was found that the movies that the director and the actor filmed are easy to recreate, but the walking humanoid food safety detection machine concept cannot be copied. This is what made him known in the entertainment industry. That was the real reason for his breakthough.

 

Just ask, who can refuse an idol who can let him eat healthy snacks?

 

Jiang Liu Cheng has no shortage of audiences. People who know him in the future will definitely think of his label, which can leave a deep impression on the audience. He already has the foundation of an artist’s popularity.

 

“Brother Li, how many years have you been working in the crew?” The voice from behind suddenly interrupted Li Lei’s thoughts.

 

Li Lei came back to his senses, “It’s been six years. I’ve been on several production crews for the first two years, and then I joined Director Cheng’s crew. Because of this experience, Director Cheng asked me to come back. Director Cheng said that I should work seriously. I also wanted to sign a long-term labor contract for myself.”

 

Although it doesn’t seem very good to dig into other people’s corners, Jiang Liu Cheng feels that if he really wants to get involved in this business, it seems that he really needs an assistant.

 

“Then are you interested in being my assistant?”

 

Li Lei was stunned and a caution came from behind. He quickly turned his attention back to driving as soon as he quickly recovered.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “You can think about it. You don’t need to rush to answer me. If you are afraid that Director Cheng will have an opinion, I will be the one to inform him after you agree.”

 

Li Lei: “Okay, I’ll think about it first.”

 

When he arrived at the crew, Li Lei returned the car keys to the field manager, and then pulled Jiang Liu Cheng to do makeup. When the styling was done, the time was just right. Luckily, he avoided being scolded by the director. Li Lei breathed a sigh of relief.

 

It is not difficult to make up the lens, and it will be done quickly.

 

Cheng Qinghua called Jiang Liu Cheng over after filming, “You don’t have many scenes left. I will try to finish filming the rest of your scenes in the next two or three days so that you can finish it earlier.”

 

He knew that Jiang Liu Cheng was getting more and more popular, and he had more work. If he didn’t finish filming earlier, he would have to ask for leave later.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng doesn’t mind it and said, “Okay.”

 

Cheng Qinghua looked at the well-behaved appearance of the young man in front of him, and couldn’t help but ask, “How are you and your blind date now? Do you also think that the other party is not suitable for you?”

 

It was the first time that Jiang Liu Cheng heard his former blind date inquire about his progress with his current blind date. But it was only a surprise for less than half a second. He had met blind date partners who regretted and wanted to continue talking before.

 

“We have only met twice, and there is not much contact in reality. There is indeed a sense of distance.”

 

Cheng Qinghua immediately said, “Then you have to be careful. Many rich second generations look like normal people, but most of the time their private lives are special that the only people in their circle are relatively exclusive. To interact with such people, you need to know a lot.”

 

Upon hearing this sentence, Qin Lu glanced at Cheng Qinghua. He seemed to be concerned about Jiang Liu Cheng, but he was actually just spying. Only the young man didn’t recognize it, thinking that he really cared about him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “Thank you Director Cheng for your concern. I was planning to contact him a few more times after finishing the project, and then get to know him better.”

 

Cheng Qinghua “Okay.”

 

Can he take back the words that he would make him finish filming sooner?

 

……….

Translator’s Note:

 

For the next following chapters, the name of the protagonist Jiang Liu Cheng will be changed to Jiang Liucheng. Thank you.