Vol 2 Book 2 Chapter 8 (2/2)
“Oh, director Zheng? I’ve been looking forward to meet you. Please allow me to humbly introduce myself. I’m the owner of the vacation resort in Ning Village, Guo Xiang from the Yunlong Construction Group. I hope to call upon your services for the future promotional video of my resort.” Guo Xiang introduced himself with a smile.
“You’re being too kind.” Xiao Hei was a little surprised by what Guo Xiang had said. ‘A vacation resort, here in Ning Village? How come I’ve never heard of it?’ But it was good manners to not offend someone who had approached him so nicely, and, judging by the amounts of followers behind Guo Xiang, he was indeed no ordinary person. After exchanging a few formalities and their business cards, Xiao Hei quickly left for filming. Fang Shui’er was a rather busy personality, and every minute wasted with her standing there was to his own detriment.
“Could you please tell Miss Fang Shui’er that Guo Xiang from Yunlong Construction Group is here to see her?” After Xiao Hei’s departure, Guo Xiang said to Fang Shui’er’s two bodyguards in his typical self-aggrandizing tone. The two bodyguards, stood tall at the entrance, ignored him completely and did not move an inch. Guo Xiang was about to lose his temper once again due to their negligence when a voice came from inside.
“h.e.l.lo Mr. Guo,” A voice was heard before the door was pushed open. Zeng Qian emerged from behind it with her professional smile. “I’m Shui’er’s a.s.sistant. She is busy preparing for the video shooting right now. Could we ask you to wait for another time?”
“Oh, of course, of course. I just happened to have received news that Shui’er is filming a video at my vacation resort, so I came to see if everything was alright. Of course I’ll avoid disturbing her work. Let’s meet on another time, another time. I want to invite you to a gala in Jing City once the filming is over to thank Shui’er for her support of the tourism at Ning Village.”
“Oh? Mr. Guo owns a resort here?” Zeng Qian was surprised. She had done her research and did not find any such things here.
“You haven’t told the filming crew?” Guo Tai pretended to be surprised while signaling at Lei San’er with his eyes.
“I haven’t had the time.” Lei San’er immediately answered.
“Ah, it’s perfectly normal that you haven’t heard about it.” Guo Xiang gestured for Lei San’er to retreat to the side. “We’ve barely completed the blueprints, and construction has yet to start. I wouldn’t expect anyone to know about it, and I prefer it this way, since I am a low-profile person. But, I would like to know if there’s a possibility to invite Shui’er to be the spokesperson for the resort once construction is finished? It’s a five-A grade resort after all, and it will not tarnish Shui’er’s reputation.” Guo Xiang suddenly came up with a brilliant idea, and he had to stop himself from crying out with joy. ‘If Fang Shui’er agrees to become the spokesperson, then who knows how many birds killed with one stone. If nothing else, the one closest to her…
“Spokesperson?” Zeng Qian frowned, and she quickly a.s.sessed the situation. “I’ll have to talk about it with Shui’er in person.”
‘It might work!’ Guo Xiang burst with joy. “Then I shall await Miss Shui’er arrival at hotel Yunda tonight?”
“The filming is set to start soon, could we…” Zeng Qian equivocated. Her apt.i.tude at dealing with these kind of situations had been trained to perfection by years on the job.
“Perfect.” Guo Xiang thoughts ran wild at the thought of an acceptance. “I’ll go reserve the seats right away. Please carry on with your work. Please. I find the most admirable thing on Earth to be a girl focused in her work. It’s such a rare sight to see a celebrity with such outstanding work ethics.” Guo Xiang threw a compliment as a farewell and left with a broad smile on his face and his team of bodyguards trailing behind him. ‘I need to find a way to get that land from the village now.’
Seeing that Guo Xiang is leaving, Zeng Qian beckoned to the guard in front of the door. He read her intimation and quickly left the scene.
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Xiao Hei returned to his work and quickly commenced the shooting. Time was of the essence, so he tried to squeeze in as many segments as he could. The extras were very excited by this rare opportunity to partic.i.p.ate in something new, and, fortunately, this was exactly the kind of mood Xiao Hei was seeking. Xiao Hei sighed in relief at the smooth progress of the project: his biggest fear was for the performance of the extras, since he had very little control over them. Unlike professional staff, they were also poor at repeating multiple segments to select for the best one, and very p.r.o.ne to entering a state of despondency once the initial sense of novelty faded away.
Xiao Hei furrowed his brows when he saw at Liu Meng and Li Yiming through the camera. He was quite satisfied with Li Yiming, since he had exactly the demeanor of goodness mixed with a little bit of naivete he was looking for. But Liu Meng… She was wild, but a little too sensual… ‘Why haven’t I thought of this before? Her b.r.e.a.s.t.s are too prominent on her form. What about the other actress… Not any better. Ugh, I guess even those blessed by nature have their own share of troubles.’
“Yiming, can you move a little forward? Liu Meng, turn a little more to the side,” Xiao Hei said into the megaphone as he looked at the couple on the camera’s screen. “Camera number two, a little bit to the left. A little higher. Alright.” Xiao Hei let out a sigh: he finally managed to hide it from sight. He intended this scene to depict the coziness and the beauty of life in the countryside, not to highlight a pair of sensual b.r.e.a.s.t.s.
“Yiming? Liu Meng?” Guo Xiang, who was making his way through the crowd heard Xiao Hei’s voice and lifted his head.
“Ha, old friends…” Guo Xiang smiled capriciously.
Surprise surprise (Or maybe not so, given the name of the chapter.)