Chapter 48 - Big Devil (2/2)

Nina screamed in fright, attracting the attention of the pedestrians nearby. Many people saw the beauty with her chest stained with ice cream and pointed at her.

Nina was frightened and angry as she stared down at the perpetrator in front of her eyes.

Gu Tai didn’t panic. After all, he had achieved the desired effect. He coldly raised his genetically excellent eyebrows, and told her word by word, “In the future, don’t go after someone else’s husband, aunt.”

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The next day, Gu Tingchuan met with the directors in the company. Gu Tingyong also attended as the head of the branch. Each department took out their first quarter statements and plans. By the end of the meeting, the street lamps were all lit and the sky outside the building was dark.

He looked at Gu Tingyong from the office door. Seeing him, the other party said, “You want to talk?”

Gu Tingchuan entered the room and, loosening his tie, walked to the desk. He quietly said, “Yesterday, we took Gu Tai to dinner in the business district.”

Gu Tingyong didn’t seem surprised when he heard this. He found a seat on the sofa and frowned slightly. “You wanted to say that Gu Tai saw, right? ”

He let out a small sigh and added, “Nina sent a message asking me to meet her and I needed to talk to her anyway. I knew Gu Tai saw her.”

Gu Tingchuan saw that he already knew and didn’t want to judge nor bother anymore with this matter. He looked down and opened his phone to see if there were any messages from Yi Ran. Meanwhile, he reminded his older brother, “Since you wanted to break up with others, do it thoroughly. Otherwise, it’s better to not do it at all.”

In fact, Gu Tingyong still couldn’t understand why his younger brother could be so unaffected. After all, they moved in the same circle and, as a director, his chances of facing temptations was higher. How could he remain immune to it?

“In some matters, I want to do it to the end but it’s hard for others.”

Gu Tingchuan spread his hands and still responded unsmilingly, “It’s your own death. Should you blame others?”

He had his hands full so he didn’t have much time or much energy to deal with his brother’s mess.

The production team of Farewell to Moonlight spent about two weeks on a field visit at the shooting location. They also took the opportunity to collect some information from other small villages. Because the film was not expensive and the scenes do not require much advanced work, the early stage of preparations was completed in about three short months.

The opening ceremony for Gu Tingchuan’s films had always been low-key. Since then, more actors had joined the crew. He and Yi Ran also needed a little time together.

Fortunately, today’s transportation was convenient. On the first week after school started, she took a Friday afternoon flight to the small village that Director Gu as at. She was then picked up by the crew’s car and driven to the shooting location.

The flight was very timely with no delay. After she arrived on time, she got on a business car and met one of Director Gu’s assistant. The other person smiled at her and immediately said, “Mrs. Gu, the whole crew is waiting for you to save them.”

When Yi Ran heard this, she froze. “What happened?”

“It’s because we have a pig teammate among us…”

According to the little assistant, a very young and new associate director was added to Moonlight’s production team. He had no qualifications and was the son of a well-known director in the movie circle. That director was a friend of the Gu family. As a result, he wanted to put his son next to Gu Tingchuan for some experience.

Director Gu was initially unwilling to accept but, due to various circumstances, he could not easily refuse. In the end, even his mother Sheng Ru got involved. As a result, Gu Tingchuan assigned him to follow Lu Shan so that he could learn as much as possible. After all, he still had to see if the person was diligent.

The result was that the son, Su Congwen, was spoiled from an early age and put no one in his eyes, not even Gu Tingchuan. He didn’t pay attention to anyone, much less someone more “prestigious” than him on set. The derision in his eyes was clearly obvious. He always felt that this director was just like himself, a young master of a wealthy family, and was merely a “ghost talent” that was promoted by the media.

“Hey, this kind of thing is very easy to do.” On the first day he the joined the group, he told the person in charge of the props, “What ability Gu Tingchuan has is, at best, good luck. He’s born into this and with his family backing, it’s not difficult to become famous. After all, he probably get a lot of good script. I don’t know why a group of people follow him.”

These words were said a lot and gradually passed on to Gu Tingchuan’s ears.

Yi Ran frowned slightly and asked the assistant, “How did Director Gu deal with it?”

The assistant said that this sunny morning was the perfect weather for filming. When Gu Tingchuan appeared in the crew, he remained as calm and indifferent as always. However, after hearing Lu Shen’s reports, his mood changed a lot.

“My crew will not keep idle people. Since he is unwilling to do the chores given to him, let him do something else,” he told Lu Shan. “Call the person over.”

Su Congwen was called over. Once he arrived, Gu Tingchuan examined him for a moment with mocking humor. His eyes deepened until, in the end, all one could see was a pair of dark eyes filled with a strong, powerful deterrent.

“I’m not going to shoot the scenes today. You do it.”