Chapter 159 - Choices (2/2)

Director Xie: “…”

Director Xie silently admired him and sighed. “Ehh, I think I need to get to know you once again.”

Yang Yizhou was also a little embarrassed. “Director Xie, we all know each other so well. It’s so embarrassing for you to praise me in person.”

“Do you still know how to say sorry?” Director Xie hummed coldly. “With your shamelessness and tick skin, you can even rob the job from your niece?”

Yang Yizhou: “Er…”

The embarrassed expression lingered on his face for a second, but soon after he didn’t care about it anymore and said, “This kind of thing, everything depends on their own ability, fair competition, fair competition!”

Director Xie sneered, “Yes, fair competition! He hasn’t chosen you yet!”

Yang Yizhou’s expression became stiff, and then he asked, “How could that be possible?! Can’t I compete with a little girl?”

Director Xie: “So what if the other person is just a little girl? As far as I’ve observed these days, Pei Ran is a gentle looking child, but he is actually very opinionated. He doesn’t necessarily want to find some Bodhisattva to hold their thigh. If you want to cooperate with others, isn’t it better to find some obedient little girl? Besides, she’s more comfortable to look at when discussing the script, which is much better than looking at some old cabbage helper like you.”

Yang Yizhou: “…”

Watching his smiling face gradually disappear, Director Xie couldn’t help laughing, but he pretended not to care and stretched. “Alright, I’ll go to resume shooting first. We can get together in the evening.”

After saying this, he stood up and went out.

Yang Yizhou hurriedly followed. “No, please put some good words for me, Director Xie…. Brother…. Uncle!”

–

After Yang Yizhou and Director Xie left, Pei Ran looked at Tang Sugar and said with a smile, “Let’s find a place to talk.”

Tang Sugar was still immersed in the shock of her martial uncle trying to rob her. She nodded foolishly, and followed Pei Ran to a cafe outside the set.

After ordering a drink, Pei Ran didn’t rush to speak.

Tang Sugar gradually calmed down. At the beginning she was a little picky about Pei Ran’s age and ability, but since the emergence of such a strong competitor, she didn’t want to think about it anymore, and instead worried that Pei Ran would choose Yang Yizhou.

Thinking this way, Tang Sugar was somewhat in a hurry. She took her former work out of her bag and put it on the table. “This is my previous work,” she said nervously. “You can take a look at it.”

Pei Ran was still thinking about slowly bringing up the topic. But unexpectedly, Tang Sugar sent him a straight ball. He took it with an unchanged face, opened it and started browsing.

Pei Ran read the script very quickly, and the voice of “flipping” made Tang Sugar very nervous.

She pursed her lips and added, “Although I used to write this kind of campus love birds drama, I’ve always been interested in last century’s Hong Kong. Oh, this is some information I collected before.”

As she spoke, she took out her iPad from the bag, hurriedly opened it and handed it to Pei Ran.

Pei Ran raised his eyebrows, but he didn’t think much about it. There was a lot of content on the iPad, which was obviously carefully prepared.

Pei Ran put down the scripts and the iPad, and chatted with Tang Sugar instead.

He spoke very skillfully and Tang Sugar unconsciously relaxed and told him everything without even realizing it. She even felt very accomplished in chatting with Pei Ran.

During the conversation Pei Ran probably also grasped Tang Sugar’s ability.

Just from reading the script, he could tell that Tang Sugar was far inferior to Yang Yizhou in terms of writing ability. Of course, Tang Sugar had her own advantages. She had a serious attitude and was very communicative at the same time.

For Pei Ran, the film he wanted to make was not so much a feature film but a memoir. In this case, Tang Sugar and Yang Yizhou were the same to him.

Another point was that Yang Yizhou was already the top in the industry, while Tang Sugar was just a newcomer. Pei Ran had formed the habit of promoting new people many years ago, and unconsciously had a little more preference for Tang Sugar.

Tang Sugar clasped her hands tightly and stared at Pei Ran in contemplation, her heart jumping nervously.

Pei Ran regained his senses and said with a smile, “I understand. Later, please give me more advice in the future.”

Tang Sugar froze. She didn’t expect that Pei Ran would give up Yang Yizhou and choose her instead.

She was ecstatic and her eyes became red. She stood up and made a deep bow to Pei Ran. “Thank you for believing in me! I will work hard!”

She simply forgot that she was a screenwriter who had already produced two popular dramas, while Pei Ran, who sat on the other side, was still a little transparent newcomer who had not even entered the door at this moment.