153 Staying in the Countryside (1/2)
Little Brother Ye could only enjoy his popularity for a short while because he needed to turn off the phone after getting on the plane. However, this was enough to show Brother Shuang's popularity. Obviously, the two months of silence after shooting the movie had increased the thirst of his fans.
The flight was not long. They left San Lin City that morning, but in the afternoon, they were already in Shanghai enjoying the local delicacies. Ye Shuang asked for a private room. Before the dishes arrived, she made use of the time to look at the message she had just received.
Most of the other main actors would be arriving on the day of the premier; after all, they had other schedules they needed to attend to. However, the organizer had already arrived in Shanghai to start the preparation. They knew about Ye Shuang's flight date, so they naturally helped her arrange the hotel.
Due to the concern with the transformation, Ye Shuang did not choose to stay with the rest of the crew. Before she left that morning, she even messaged the organizer to ask them to add an extra room for Little Brother Ye. Therefore, the message was to explain the name of the hotel and the room number.
Ye Shuang went online to Google the hotel's location. After she found the location, she grumbled to herself, not because of the quality of the hotel but because it was located far away from the city. ”Looks like the organizer misunderstood.”
They had probably assumed Ye Shuang wanted a different hotel because she did not want to mingle with people.
”Hello?” Ye Shuang's phone rang before they even finished the meal. To Ye Shuang's surprise, the voice belonged to Luo Mingxin, whom she had not been in contact with for several months.
”I hear you're also in Shanghai already?” Luo Mingxin panted slightly on the phone; the background sound was silenced by the phone, so Ye Shuang could not tell for sure where Celebrity Luo was.
”Yes.” Ye Shuang casually asked, ”Are you at the gym?”
”Swimming,” Luo Mingxin answered readily. ”Director Zhou said you're afraid of crowds so you moved to the countryside, do you want to move to my hotel? The privacy here is not bad, and there's even a private car lane to prevent being spotted by fans or paparazzi when you come and leave.”
”Thank you, but it's fine.” Ye Shuang chuckled. Did she want to stay in the countryside? It was Director Zhou who read too much into her request. Then again, even if she did not stay in the countryside, she could not hang out with the rest of the crew. After thre days, Brother Shuang would disappear from the face of the earth, so she would not be able to explain that.
Luo Mingxin did not press after he was rejected. He then added, ”Then do you want to come swimming with me? I'm at the hot spring with a sponsor who has some interest in you.”
”…Please do not use such a term that might cause misunderstanding; instead, say interest to cooperate with me.” Ye Shuang chuckled mirthlessly again. Even though she had cooperated once with Celebrity Luo, sometimes she could not get used to the man's changing personality.
Furthermore, swimming? What was she going to wear? Even though she was in her male form, exposing her bare chest in public was too challenging to her mindset; Ye Shuang was not able to convince herself to do that.
”So, what do you say?” Luo Mingxin asked with a light laugh.
”How much money? How about the amount of work? The payment? Will there be hidden rules?”
”A lot, not much, a lot, no idea,” Luo Mingxin answered in one breath. ”Never mind then, since you've said so, I know you won't be interested in this.”
Ye Shuang laughed. ”How can you be so sure?”
”It was never your intention to enter this circle. The question that you've asked means that you only see it as an opportunity to earn money. The gauge is between the ratio of effort and reward, and your standard to gauge is on money…” Luo Mingxin thought about it. ”If it's someone who has an interest in staying in this circle, even for someone of my status, before accepting the job, the first consideration will be the brand and its reputation. In other words, we see each job opportunity as a chance to rise. Therefore, if I was the one who was asked that question, the first things I would ask are 'Who is the sponsor, and what brand are they representing?' But you only saw it as a part-time job, so your first question is about the payment and workload.”
Little Brother Ye leaned in to try to eavesdrop. Ye Shuang gave him a side-eye but did not say anything. She knew the boy wanted to gather some gossip, so she moved her body and said with a smile, ”Celebrity Luo sure is talented in the field of psychology, but everyone has their own goal in life. Even if you see through my perspective, it will not cause me to regret or have any guilt.”
Cough, cough, cough! Little Brother Ye was choked, and he screamed, ”Celebrity Luo‽”
F*ck, when did Sis' social circle get so big that she has Celebrity Luo's private number‽