Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 104: Men Are Strange, Women Are Ever-Changing

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Men Are Strange, Women Are Ever-Changing

Wang Yanyan glanced at the ejiao in her hand, her eyes flickering, "Come on."

The two of them headed to Wang Yanyan’s nanny car, a seven-seater business car, with dark semi-transparent windows that made it impossible to see the people inside from a distance.

"I’m going to chat with Director Yan, you go buy some food."

The assistant immediately understood, made an OK gesture, and left directly.

Wang Yanyan reclined on the seat inside the business car, put a facial mask on herself, closed her eyes and said, "Director Yan, what do you want to tell me?"

"Yanyan, what do you think of Ye Tong?" Yan Jing asked directly, without beating around the bush.

Wang Yanyan feigned innocence and replied, "What’s there to say? Xiao Tong is a very hardworking actress."

Yan Jing let out a slight laugh, unceremoniously, "Yanyan, we’re old friends. No need to beat around the bush. You saw on the set today, that Teacher Ji kept creating opportunities for Ye Tong to show her face in front of Director Feng. That’s dangerous for you."

"Dangerous? Why would it be dangerous for me? I’m the leading lady, Director Feng begged me to take the role back then." Wang Yanyan glanced at her disdainfully.

Not much to her, she couldn’t even stir up conflict, no wonder Ye Tong hasn’t been kicked out of the crew yet.

"Ye Tong may seem naive on the surface, but she’s clever down there. She could snatch a role once, she could do it a second time. Don’t be fooled by her." Yan Jing got a bit anxious seeing Wang Yanyan not believing her words.

"Snatching roles? Wasn’t Lin Wei injured and couldn’t act?" Wang Yanyan continued playing dumb.

Yan Jing snorted as if she thought of something, "Lin Wei’s injury isn’t serious, she left the hospital after staying for two days. It was all a setup by Ye Tong and that Teacher Ji."

"A setup?"

"That Teacher Ji, using her martial arts, cleverly injured Lin Wei, leaving no traceable injuries, making Director Feng mistakenly think Lin Wei was quitting, giving Ye Tong a chance to rise. Absolutely shameless to the core."

"Really? Did you see it?"

Wang Yanyan was a bit curious, she had only heard about it from the props team, she hadn’t actually seen Lin Wei getting kicked away.

Yan Jing’s eyes flashed with anger, looking furious, "I was there at the scene. Lin Wei just slapped Ye Tong a few times, and that Teacher Ji just wouldn’t let it go, brutally beating Lin Wei, kicking her down so she couldn’t get up."

Wang Yanyan raised her eyebrows, responding with a few indifferent grunts, showing no sympathy.

Seeing her still reclining in the seat with her eyes closed, applying the mask, showing a completely indifferent attitude, Yan Jing let out a sneer inside.

Once Ye Tong snatches your role, you’ll know fear.

"Today on set, Director Feng was full of praise for the fight scene with Teacher Ji and Ye Tong, it seemed as if praising her directing skills, but Yanyan, you know how high Director Feng’s standards are for scenes, a single performance by Teacher Ji can’t hold up the whole scene, so... you ought to feel a bit pressured."

This struck a chord with Wang Yanyan, it was Ye Tong’s outstanding performance in that fight scene that gave her a sense of crisis, but Yan Jing always had ulterior motives, not that she didn’t know about her relationship with Gu Yuan.

She used to take care of Tiansheng’s actors in the crew, and now she wants to use her as a pawn, to help a minor actor from Tiansheng, does she take her for a complete fool?

They’re both wily old foxes, why talk about ghost stories?

Wang Yanyan chuckled, "Actors progress through competition, don’t they? Ye Tong is good, but I’m not bad either. Otherwise, why would Director Feng make me the lead and her the third female role?"

Seeing her remain impervious, Yan Jing’s expression began to harden, her tone less warm than before, "Director Lin Anqing’s ’War God’ crew has been scouting locations at Jiuming Mountain recently."

"What?" Wang Yanyan was startled, sitting up immediately, even finding the mask on her face annoying, she tore it off, her eyes glued to Yan Jing.

Yan Jing smirked internally, but wore a smile on her face, "I remember Yanyan, you wanted to audition before, but couldn’t fit it into your schedule."

"Sister Yan, is the information accurate?" Wang Yanyan gripped Yan Jing’s hand, a trace of urgency in her eyes.

Yan Jing nodded slightly, hinting, "Yanyan, I am worried because of this, Director Lin’s casting call has created quite a buzz, it’s said that the top three in Beijing are also paying attention, getting the lead role could certainly make one the future top trending."

Wang Yanyan naturally understood the implication, with a smile on her face she hugged Yan Jing’s arm, pressed against her shoulder warmly, "Sister Yan, thank you for thinking about your sister."

Yan Jing patted her leg, earnestly, "It’s not that I’m consistently targeting Ye Tong, but didn’t you notice, when she was playing Yan Fei, many of her expressions and actions mimicked the female lead in Director Lin’s ’War God’? She has grand ambitions."

With her words, Wang Yanyan’s fingers tightened gradually, and Yan Jing displayed a satisfied smile.

"All right, it’s getting late, I should prepare for this afternoon’s shoot. You consider it carefully."

Wang Yanyan nodded obediently.

After Yan Jing left the nanny car and got some distance away, the smile on Wang Yanyan’s face vanished immediately, she looked dismissively at Yan Jing’s back, pulled out her phone, and dialed a number.

"Check if Director Lin is at Jiuming Mountain."

***

On the other side.

Ji Ning, Bai Xiaotang, and Ye Tong followed Feng Zhong to a shaded area beside the nanny car.

Here there was a small round table, a few plastic stools, clearly a place people often came to chat with Feng Zhong.

Feng Zhong enthusiastically retrieved a large thermos and a row of disposable paper cups from the car.

He handed them to Ye Tong with a smile.

"The conditions are rough, just make do. We’ll enjoy some good Biluochun tea when we get back to the city."

Ye Tong helped Feng Zhong pour four cups of tea and then sat down cautiously, watching Ji Ning and Feng Zhong chat.

Feng Zhong didn’t beat around the bush, going straight to the point, "Xiao Ning, I do indeed have a location shoot needing Jiuming Mountain, but the mountain’s been sealed off recently, if you have a way in, please do help, I, Feng Zhong, will owe you a favor."

Ji Ning took a sip from the paper cup, pointed at Bai Xiaotang, "It’s her friend, you should ask her."

Bai Xiaotang, sipping her tea, almost choked, noticing Feng Zhong’s eager gaze, she quickly set down her paper cup, waving her hands, "No, no... I can’t make any decisions..."

"Could you introduce me to your friend?"

Bai Xiaotang glanced at Ji Ning, who wasn’t intervening, then at Ye Tong, pondered for a moment and nodded slightly, "I’ll make a call."

"Please, go ahead."

Bai Xiaotang immediately stood up and walked aside, taking two minutes to return.

"How did it go?" Feng Zhong asked eagerly.

Bai Xiaotang gestured towards the caution tape not far away, "He’s outside the crew, wants to talk to you in person."

Feng Zhong was taken aback, then promptly got up, "I’ll go meet him."