novellhall Chapter 47 was recommended by both leading actresses.
Chapter 47 was recommended by both leading actresses.
After packing up, Xu Jingxing left the hotel at seven o'clock in the evening.
The dinner was scheduled for eight o'clock at a well-known chain restaurant in Hengdian. Xu Jingxing took a taxi and headed straight for the destination.
Upon arriving at the restaurant and getting out of the car, Xu Jingxing noticed that Wen Wen was standing at the entrance, seemingly acting as a greeter.
This Yili, making herself take a bath and even calling Wenwen over, seems to have some rather unusual fetishes.
Wen Wen naturally noticed Xu Jingxing as well. His previously enthusiastic expression instantly changed, and he pretended not to see him before turning around and returning to the restaurant.
Xu Jingxing didn't care. He was someone who originally got a share of the profits from him. If he could treat him well and had that kind of cunning, he wouldn't have offended everyone in the industry later on.
Xu Jingxing first sent a message to Yi Li, explaining that he had come to the dinner party through her introduction, so he naturally wanted to ask whether he should go inside first or wait outside the hotel until she could notify him.
[1106, just come over.]
Soon, Yili sent a message.
Led by the waiter, Xu Jingxing arrived at his room.
Wenwen knocked on the door, and then opened it.
"Old Xu, what brings you here?"
Wenwen looked at Yili, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, with a look of surprise on his face. "Sister, why didn't you tell me that Lao Xu was coming?"
As expected of an actor, the emotional transitions are incredibly fast.
"Prepare to let Jingxing into Lao Huang's new play."
After hearing this, Wen Wen, who had already guessed the general idea after seeing Xu Jingxing at the door, couldn't help but feel his expression fall when he got the exact answer.
Yi Li patted the sofa next to her, gesturing for Xu Jingxing to come and sit down first.
When Xu Jingxing walked in, he found that only Yi Li and Wen Wen were in the room, and no one else had arrived yet. He immediately felt much more at ease.
"Sister, you two..." Wen Wen hesitated for a moment, "When did you become so close?"
"What are you thinking?" Yili explained. "Old Huang asked me to recommend a newcomer, and I thought Jingxing was your classmate, so I recommended him."
Xu Jingxing also spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "Old Wen, I've really benefited from your help. I'll definitely treat you to a big meal when I have the chance."
Wenwen's expression softened considerably. He sat down next to Yili, refilled her cup with water, and asked, "Sister, are there any roles suitable for me?"
"I have my own plans for you. Just focus on filming the current scenes well," Yi Li comforted Wen Wen.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, sister."
To be honest, Wenwen's portrayal of a cute little puppy is really spot on.
After all, even older sisters fall for this kind of thing.
Before long, people started entering the hotel rooms one after another.
The first person to enter was a middle-aged man with round-framed tortoiseshell glasses and a full beard; he looked like someone involved in artistic and cultural creation.
Yili warmly greeted them and introduced them to Xu Jingxing and Wen Wen:
"This is Mr. Han Wei, a famous screenwriter. He wrote the play 'Midnight Song'."
Xu Jingxing and the other person quickly introduced themselves.
Then, two actors who looked very familiar to Xu Jingxing also walked in together.
Li Jie and Wang Jinsong.
After chatting for a while, the door opened, and Huang Lei walked in with a smile.
"Sorry I'm a little late."
"When have you ever not been late!" Yili scolded playfully.
He then pointed to the empty seat next to him and said, "Come and sit down, we've been waiting for you."
Huang Lei didn't move, and said mysteriously to everyone, "I also brought two friends."
"Please come in quickly!" Yili hurriedly stood up.
Then, Xu Jingxing saw Fan Bingbing, whom he had just met, walk in with a smile, along with Liu Dekai, who played Jiang Ziya in the same drama.
"Sister Yili, I've come to mooch a meal."
Liu Dekai also stood behind Fan Bingbing and greeted everyone.
"Bingbing, Teacher Dekai, please have a seat." Yili was pleasantly surprised, then looked at Huang Lei, "Really, why didn't you say so earlier? I could have changed to a bigger room."
"I just wanted to give you a surprise."
After Huang Lei and the other two were seated, Xu Jingxing noticed that there weren't enough chairs, so he quickly pulled two chairs over from the side and asked the waiter at the door to add two sets of tableware.
When their eyes met, Xu Jingxing greeted Fan Bingbing with a smile: "Sister Bingbing, Teacher Dekai."
Upon seeing Xu Jingxing, Huang Lei asked Yi Li, "I recognize this young man next to you, his surname is Wen, right? And who is this?"
"Old Huang, this is the new actor I told you I wanted to introduce to you, Xu Jingxing." Yi Li glanced at Fan Bingbing and said with a smile, "Bingbing should be quite familiar with him, right?"
"Oh? You two know each other too?" Huang Lei asked Fan Bingbing.
"We're filming together right now," Fan Bingbing said, thanking Wen Wen for pouring her a drink. She then continued, "The actor I told you I'd introduce you to on my way here is him."
"What a coincidence?" Huang Lei lit a cigarette, becoming somewhat curious about Xu Jingxing. "It's a bit rare for two leading ladies to recommend the same person at the same time."
"Xiao Xu is a good actor; he has a natural talent for acting," Liu Dekai praised.
Although he didn't have many scenes with Xu Jingxing, he was an actor recommended by both leading ladies, so it wouldn't hurt to give him face.
Upon hearing this, Wen Wen's hand, which was pouring wine for Fan Bingbing, trembled, and the wine spilled out accidentally.
Yili glared at Wenwen with a displeased expression.
Wenwen quickly apologized, wiped the water off with a tissue, and returned to his seat.
However, her expression, which had already softened somewhat towards Xu Jingxing, became complicated again at this moment.
Xu Jingxing first exchanged a few polite words with Fan Bingbing and Liu Dekai, and then introduced himself in detail to Huang Lei.
Yi Li instructed Wen Wen to ask the kitchen to add a few more dishes, then asked Huang Lei, "Old Huang, is Bingbing going to play Fan Yunlian's role?"
"It's quite a coincidence," Fan Bingbing said, taking a sip of water. "When Brother Lei contacted me, I had already accepted another role, so I hadn't finalized the deal yet. Who would have thought that the production company of that drama would go bankrupt, and the drama would be indefinitely postponed."
"Hehe, this is what you call fate. God specially arranged for us to work together." Huang Lei's expression was quite smug.
"Let's drink to fate!"
Iri raised the glass in her hand.
"Cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses.
……
After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere became lively.
As Xu Jingxing raised his glass to toast Huang Lei, Yi Li stood up, took out her phone, explained to everyone that she needed to go out to make a call, and then walked out.
Xu Jingxing started with Huang Lei, raising his glass and swirling it around. Just as he finished drinking with the last person, his phone beeped with a text message notification.
[Make up an excuse; I'll wait for you in the car.]
Xu Jingxing, who had just sat back down in his chair, put away his phone and looked down at it.
"Little Xu, wake up, it's time for us to go to work."
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