The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul-Chapter 36 - The crew has a confidentiality agreement

Chapter 36: The crew has a confidentiality agreement.

Chapter 36: The crew has a confidentiality agreement.

Last week, Mu Ziwei admitted she missed the recording of “Happy Together” to audition for Director Xie’s movie, stirring up a buzz for four or five days.

As an A-list celebrity with tens of millions of followers, her fans pitched in, reversing the slightly negative influence of major media V’s.

Back then, Tang Shu had heard Sister Luo sigh.

“That’s the power of an A-lister.”

Now, several days have passed since Sister Luo uttered those words.

What can be done in four or five days?

The internet era tells you, a lot can be done.

Over these few days, not only was Mu Ziwei’s image restored, but her overly active fans tightly linked “Mu Ziwei” and “Director Xie movie’s new role” together.

For five whole days, Mu Ziwei almost monopolized the entire trending search list.

Curiously, Director Xie’s crew did not respond at all, which only gave netizens more room to speculate, basically equating the two terms.

[Mu Ziwei suspected of signing on for Director Xie’s movie role —]

[Her talent crushes many female stars, it’s her! She’s won Director Xie’s favor!]

[Mu Ziwei is about to join Director Xie’s film crew!]

[Mu Ziwei succeeds on the big screen, a sublimation of acting skills or just plain luck?]

Many major media V’s seemed to catch on to some hint, seizing the opportunity and releasing a wave of new media articles.

This wave of popularity rode the prevailing wind.

And in almost all the marketing copy, the message was surprisingly consistent.

That is — Mu Ziwei had clinched the role!

You must know, TV dramas and the big screen of movies are completely different.

It was her first step into the film industry, which, if successful, would be a sensational breakout, making her future path smoother.

And now… what has happened again?

Hearing Cheng Ranran’s shout, Tang Shu’s attention was piqued by this “colleague” she had some beef with.

“What’s up?”

Cheng Ranran, propped up on the desk in the lecture hall, glared at her phone, looking ready to execute it by a thousand cuts.

At a glance, it was obvious that it wasn’t anything good.

“She actually took up the endorsement for Hongyu Jewelry! Ah ah ah — how could this be? I don’t care about any of her other endorsements, but why did it have to be my favorite Hongyu Jewelry?!”

Tang Shu didn’t understand why, her face full of question marks.

Ye Xiaohui, sitting next to her, professionally analyzed and spoke for Cheng Ranran.

“You’ve been disappearing right after class these past few days, so you haven’t heard Ran Bao’s ramblings; she’s been mentioning Mu Ziwei’s name almost every day.”

She took out her textbooks from her bag and spread them on the table.

“Mu Ziwei has been in the limelight recently because of Director Xie’s movie; quite a few luxury endorsements have gone straight to her. Just in the past two or three days, there have been four endorsement products announced on Weibo.”

At this moment, Cheng Ranran opportunistically clenched her chubby little fists and added a sentence.

“Even if her acting skills are impressive, that doesn’t erase the stain of her poor character. Anyone who bullies our Shushu is no good person!”

“Yes, yes, she’s not a good person, don’t be mad.”

Ye Xiaohui placated her.

“How can I not be mad? As her fortune rises, it’s fine for other brands to seek her for endorsements after catching wind of it, but this time it’s Hongyu Jewelry, it’s Hongyu!!!”

Hongyu was her favorite jewelry after all!

Tang Shu then realized, unknowingly, Mu Ziwei’s commercial value had risen to another height all because of an unsubstantiated piece of news.

She patted Cheng Ranran’s little head to calm her down.

“Before the film crew responds, rumors are just rumors, there might still be changes, so don’t be mad.”

Cheng Ranran was feeling very frustrated, her chin propped on her textbook, her plump little hands fiddling with the phone screen.

“It’s already spread like this, what kind of change… what the fuck???”

Ye Xiaohui hadn’t even finished a page of content when she heard the strangely altered voice of her childhood friend.

“What’s happening now?”

All Cheng Ranran did was slowly lift her head, looking at Tang Shu with a numb expression and a very peculiar look in her eyes.

Tang Shu glanced at the phone screen in front of her, gazed back at Ranran very sincerely, and moved her lips.

“The production team… has a confidentiality agreement.”

So, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you, my cutie, I can’t.

Ye Xiaohui: “???”

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So what the hell are you two actually talking about in riddles?

She simply picked up the phone to take a look for herself.

However, even the usually rational and composed Classmate Ye couldn’t help but curse out loud.

“Fuck!!!”

***

Photography studio.

With a few clicks, an urban woman with delicate makeup and a small handbag posed in various ways under the lights.

The photographer took the camera down, first glanced at the screen displaying the images, and nodded in satisfaction.

“These pictures are all very good, Teacher Mu, do you need a break?”

Mu Ziwei pushed a strand of hair away from her eyes, “No need, let’s finish the shoot quickly. I have other schedules this afternoon.”

The photographer was naturally pleased, since efficiency was what he desired.

“Good, let’s have the makeup artist touch up Teacher Mu’s makeup, and then we can start the last set of shooting.”

This was an advertisement for a luxury handbag, and the photographer was an employee of the handbag company itself.

Being able to schedule a session with Mu Ziwei amidst her busy schedule, he had a plan in mind before coming; if he could get the photos right today, they could be fine-tuned within two days.

At this time, an assistant handed over a bottle of water.

“Brother Zhang, how come today’s going so smoothly? I’ve shot pictures of quite a few female celebrities before, but I’ve never seen an actress as cooperative as this one.”

As for the temperamental female celebrities?

They can be very capricious.

Enough to make you question your existence.

Yet, to the young assistant, this top-tier star didn’t seem to fit the usual mold, did she?

The photographer gave him a sidelong glance and slowly shook his head.

“You’re new to the industry. Spend more time here and you’ll understand. She’s not compliant because she’s got a good temper, but because she has even bigger brands waiting for her.”

Brother Zhang had long seen through the intricate industry inner workings.

He had heard about Mu Ziwei’s temperament and many of his friends had worked with her before; if she decided to make things difficult, she wouldn’t hold back one bit.

She was notoriously hard to please.

The photographer gestured towards the person getting her makeup touched up, “Take another look, does that seem like cooperation to you?”

The assistant looked towards the person under the lights and happened to see the subject sternly glaring at the makeup artist, who was carefully apologizing.

“This… Could it be that the makeup artist is an insider, and that’s why she’s so unceremonious?”

“That’s right. Sometimes you have to use your eyes to see. Just now, during the second set, she started getting impatient; the error rate for the poses was much higher.”

The assistant got it, “Oh—no wonder Brother Zhang, you kept saying just lift it a bit higher and stuff like that.”