294 Invest in Sound Insulation 2 in 1 (2/2)
Then, he lowered his head to drop a signature on the DVD.
Vincent and the rest lowered their heads and pretended to not hear anything, like the food on the table had suddenly captured their absolute attention.
Su Zheng very naturally took the seat next to Ye Shuang and used the same move to push away Xia Cheng, who had little presence to be there. Very happily, she grabbed the DVD back and then turned to ask Qiu Yu, ”What did the goatee uncle say?”
Qiu Yu smiled. ”He said thank you for liking his work.”
”…Even though I don't know French, I know math, don't try to bully me.”
The words length obviously did not match up!
Su Zheng was dissatisfied with Qiu Yu's dishonesty. The latter smiled and lowered her head to cut at the food like nothing was wrong. Su Zheng puffed up her cheeks and then poked Ye Shuang. ”Brother Shuang, can I order food?”
”Stop being crazy, we're guests here.” As shameless as Ye Shuang might be, she was going to help decide on the host's behalf that they were adding a guest. Thankfully, James was more understanding than he appeared. After Su Zheng sat down, he called for the waiter to ask for a menu. He used actual actions to express that he did not mind treating another guest.
Despite her earlier attitude, Su Zheng did not push it. She took the menu and pointed at the colorful pictures. She poured herself some wine and then sat down and did not say anything after that.
Xia Cheng pulled his plate from Su Zheng angrily. He originally wanted to mock Ye Shuang when he denied James' offer, but that had been completely ruined by Su Zheng's intervention. Therefore, he could only listen as James continued his persuasion. ”What is your current job? Honestly, I think the same job for too long a time will only exhaust your talent. Even though I don't know the height that you can reach, but temporarily, I am still interested in your talent. Perhaps you can try to help me with just one film. After all, you are still young now—it is the time for you to try out many different careers.”
Su Zheng grabbed the plate of seafood that she had ordered and begged for a translation. Under the situation where Karen did not know Chinese, Rong Su did not know French, and Xia Cheng was ignored… Qiu Yu's translation was barely accepted by Su Zheng.
Chewing on a fresh oyster, before Ye Shuang even answered, Su Zheng already answered on her behalf. ”Brother Shuang is a high-class human resources manager. He can earn up to several million in minutes, and his job is very challenging and exciting. Why should he lower himself to be someone's assistant? Xiao Yu, translate for him… Wait, never mind, you're too dishonest to do that.”
Qiu Yu blinked innocently. ”You have to trust in my professional ethics.”
”You… Er! Who kicked me?” Su Zheng claimed angrily.
Brother Shuang turned his head to smile kindly. ”Are you sure you did not accidentally kick the edge of the table?”
I did not do that! Su Zheng was about to explode when she saw Ye Shuang glanced silently at Xia Cheng and then glanced back at her… Su Zheng sat back down quietly. ”…Hmm, now that I think about it, I probably did accidentally kick the table.”
She forgot that there was a bad guy there. Even though it might not be dangerous to reveal Ye Shuang's job, it was not good to attract people's suspicion.
After dealing with Su Zheng, Ye Shuang thought about it and turned the question back to James. ”Mr. James, even though it is difficult for everyone to match due to differing personalities, I believe it is not impossible for you to find someone to be work with. Have there not been someone that you enjoy cooperating with from the past?”
Looking back at James' information… Fine, Ye Shuang had not focused on James before. The man's field was too non-mainstream. When Ye Shuang was studying for the case, she did not notice anything worth paying attention to. Therefore, even with Ye Shuang's photographic memory, how was she going to remember something that she had not studied?
Just from a logical angle, no matter how a director found their success, it would not have happened overnight. Before he became today's James, among his many workers, mentors, friends, or people in the circle, could there really be no one who had gotten his approval?
No matter how arrogant and talented one was, that was purely impossible. There might not be many, but there had to be some.
As she expected, James revealed a nostalgic gaze. ”Of course, I once met someone who was as brilliant as you are… You are very good at observing and adjusting details, but that person is good at designing and organizing the bigger picture.
”Edward is a genius scriptwriter. This is not only because he writes a very good plot, but most importantly, he is able to come up with many different, intertwining but complimenting plotlines in a short amount of time. The way he writes is like painting—you'll never realize it from the beginning, but you couldn't be in awe when the full picture is completed…”
James sighed. ”I always thought Edward would rise to become a great figure in his field; his scripts are unrivalled… Unfortunately, like you, he does not have much interest in films. We only worked together on two projects before Edward completely disappeared from the movie world. Even I had a hard time looking for him.”
Ye Shuang did not concur or add to what James said because she realized when the man brought up Edward, there was a change to Xia Cheng's emotion. Even though it was swiftly covered up, that ripple did not escape Ye Shuang's detection. Obviously, the distraction was caused by the name Edward, but what could his relationship to a movie scriptwriter be?
”I'm sorry to ask, but is Edward French?” Ye Shuang paid attention to Xia Cheng while she asked.
”Of course not, he's American.” James' brows went up immediately. He looked rather annoyed. ”Have you not seen my famous film before?”
Ye Shuang nodded honestly. ”I'm sorry, but I really have not seen it before.”
”…” James.
Vincent had been silent, but he knew right then he had to say something. He cleared his throat and tried to smooth things over by changing the subject. ”I think we should talk about Ye next time. Perhaps by then he might have changed his mind. James, you need to give him some time to think about it.”
The atmosphere lightened slightly. After James excused himself to use the bathroom, Vincent leaned in to whisper to Ye Shuang to explain, ”Edward and James got their start from that film. After that, James became more famous while Edward disappeared… Er, you can reject James' offer, but do not speak ill of Edward before him, and more than that, do not insult his work.”
”I'm not insulting his work because I seriously have not seen his film before.” Ye Shuang sighed helplessly. ”Fine, tonight, I will go watch his films to not upset him next time.”
After that, James lost interest in inviting Ye Shuang to join his crew, so the atmosphere was quite friendly, and they finished the dinner.
The rare thing was that Xia Cheng did not try to do anything else to raise his affection in Rong Su's eyes. It felt as if his attention was suddenly distracted, and he had no time left for Rong Su.
Vincent actually did not have to follow them home, but after Ye Shuang said that she was going to watch James' earlier works, Vincent decided to follow Karen back to her home after checking and realizing that his schedule was quite free the next day. How much of it was due to giving face to James was an unknown. In any case, Vincent thought that it was worthwhile to pay more attention to Ye Shuang's group.
”You stole my wine again?” After Karen served everyone some dessert, she put the tray down and sat on the sofa. She sighed when she saw Vincent already holding a glass of wine in his hand.
Vincent smiled rather not so politely. ”Don't be so stingy, Karen. Good wine has to be shared with those who know how to enjoy it—that is how it will gain its true value.”
”Those who know how to enjoy it?” Karen chided him. ”Are you talking about yourself? But I can only see a thief. Don't forget, you can't even recognize the content of the wines.”
”Of course, I'm not talking about me. Have you forgotten about Ye?” Vincent tipped the leg of his glass toward Ye Shuang. ”We have with us a real wine connoisseur… Ye, why don't you tell her which year this wine is from and what it is made of?”
”Stop joking.” Even though Ye Shuang smiled helplessly, she still managed to give out a list perfectly, and she did not even miss the percentage of the ingredients used in the wine. If there was a chance to gain a new ally, she would not miss out on it. Even though she might not get an ally, at least she could minus an enemy.
Karen was surprised. She leaned over to sniff the glass in Ye Shuang's hand. When she lifted her head, the surprise on her face deepened. ”You are hundred percent correct.”
”Of course, he is correct!” Vincent claimed proudly like he was the one who made the effort. ”I've already told you Ye has many talents that we have not seen before.”
When have you said that? Ye Shuang pretended not to have heard Vincent as she turned her focus to the movie on the TV that was starting.
Right then, Xia Cheng poked his head out from upstairs. ”Karen, I have something that I need your help with, can you come up for a moment?”
Due to the issue of language, there were not many in the living room who understood that. Rong Su and Su Zheng did not know the language to enjoy the movie, so they had decided to go for a walk. Qiu Yu, who accompanied Rong Su, naturally went along with them.
Karen's husband and son had gone to play tennis.
Xia Cheng called Karen upstairs while Vincent stayed with Ye Shuang at the living room. There was no one there to eavesdrop on them on the second floor.
But everything had an exception.
For example, there could be an alien with super hearing just downstairs, and the door to the two's room might not have a good sound insulation…