246: You are not allowed to see Chairman Xi

You are not allowed to see Chairman Xi

Director Chi made a move first, raising his hand to call on his assistant to call over the cameramen to properly shoot the scenes.2

Xu Lei saw that Director Chi had already made a decision, however, she couldn't help but think that this was not it. There was something else that was wrong here and not the cameramen who took the shot.

"Wait," Director Lan held up his hand to stop the assistant from calling over the cameramen.

"Did you think of something else?" Director Chi asked him.

Director Lan nodded and said, "The cameramen already did great on their positioning. I think what we must fix is the positions of the actors instead."

Meng Chen, who had just finished her first scene with Jiang Ping, the male lead, saw that there was a gathering behind the director's monitor and approached them. "What's happening here?" asked Meng Chen.

"I think they're planning something and left us out, Sister Meng," Jiang Ping, who was walking beside her, joked.

Meng Chen went along with him and pouted: "Is that what's happening here?"

Director Chi chuckled happily: "Yes, yes. We're planning on how we should make you two pay for tonight's dinner party."

The three laughed together, but soon, they went back to the serious matter.

Director Chi explained to them what happened and Jiang Ping and Meng Chen looked surprised and watched their scene. After watching, they went silent and nodded together.

"What do you think?" Director Chi asked both of them.

Meng Chen was the first to reply, "I agree with Sister Lei. The angle made me look taller. Too bad, if we can only use this, I could brag about this to my friend."

Jiang Ping laughed and said, "That's right, Meng Chen. You can finally be taller than me."

Meng Chen glared at Jiang Ping, shooting daggers in his way, but her lips were upturned. While Jiang Ping looked back at her with a faint smile on his lips.

Seeing how the two main leads were getting along, the crew felt more comfortable towards each other.

"But we really should praise Sister Lei's good eyesight. If she didn't see this mistake, I don't know how the novel's fans will make us all pay," Meng Chen added.

Director Chi nodded his head deeply, agreeing with what she said and thought that Xu Lei was really their lucky star because they managed to avoid two major events from happening. First, Qin Ling didn't appear when everyone expected her to come to the studio, and second, the mistake in the angle.

Director Chi and some other producers followed Meng Chen and sang her praises.

Xu Lei waved her hands and said, "I only sat close to the monitor. Hence, I was able to see it clearly. Please don't overpraise me too much."

She had an ashamed look on her face, making people think that she wasn't pretentious or taking advantage of the situation.

The crew initially felt that Qin Ling was very suitable for the second lead role, but when they saw Xu Lei's not so overbearing and sincere personality, they realized that she was even more pleasing to the eyes. It was a good decision for them to replace Qin Ling with her! They exclaimed inwardly in their hearts.

Even Jiang Ping and Meng Chen, the two artists who played the main leads in the movie, thought that Xu Lei was very easy to get along with, and she was tactful too. If other people or actresses were in her place, being praised by everyone, they would definitely jump on the gun and think of how they could climb their way up to the top.

However, Xu Lei didn't seem to be like that.

The entire day of the filming, the two main leads stepped in and out of the camera's range. They shot a lot of scenes and managed to finally finish their schedule for today. The other leads and extras were also done.

On the other hand, as she was just there to go against Qin Ling to get the second female lead, Xu Lei couldn't act at all. It was not because she was being bullied. It was only because the princess role she would be playing would appear after today's scenes were done.

Initially, today was the day for her to fight for her role, but since Qin Ling didn't arrive, the test run for the act was cancelled, and the role ended up with her. Now, her schedule will be full from tomorrow.

Thinking about how busy she'd be while filming, Xu Lei felt satisfied in her heart. She had missed this too much in the past two years. Every night when she went to bed, she would feel like she had wasted a day of her life.

Constantly sitting at home without work was a torture for a career oriented person like Xu Lei. Now that she was back in line, no matter how busy she was, she felt satisfied. She felt full.

*

Looking at the towering building in front of her, Qin Yan stood outside the revolving glass door of Xi corporation. Today, she had decided to surprise her moonpie with lunch made by herself.

She was quite nervous as she was entering his office for the first time in both her lives. In her previous life, since she didn't know the identity of Xi Ting, there was no way she would visit Xi Corporation out of nowhere. So after taking a deep breath, she stepped in.

As soon as she reached the front desk, she was stopped.

The female staff at the front desk were two beautiful women with good figures, exquisite makeup on their faces, and several luxury brand jewelry on them.

At first glance, their temperament resembled that of wealthy women.

When one of the female employees saw Qin Yan's beautiful appearance, she became somewhat hostile.

Seeing that she was dressed very simply, she said arrogantly, "Miss, you have to register to find someone. Who are you looking for?"

Qin Yan glanced at the lady and said calmly, "Hello, I want to find Xi Ting, is he here?"

As soon as she said this, she heard two inhaling sounds.

The female employee, whose attitude was not very good, was even more hostile. She was almost glaring at her, "Who are you to call Chairman Xi by his name. You have to have an appointment to see Chairman Xi, or you won't be able to meet him."

Qin Yan's eyes turned cold at the rude behaviour of the reception desk lady. What type of people has moonpie hired! Does he know that his front staff has this kind of attitude!

The other lady asked her again, "Do you have an appointment?"

Qin Yan replied calmly, "No."

"Ha," The female employee sneered dismissively when she heard that, "Chairman Xi doesn't see anyone randomly. You don't have an appointment, but you want to see Chairman Xi? Some women these days really have thick skin. They want to climb the dragon and attach to the phoenix with just a little bit of appearance. You think you can get closer to Chairman Xi so easily?"

Qin Yan frowned. The attitude of this lady was like she was somebody very close to Xi Ting. She behaved like she was protecting her boss from unwanted flies like her.

Qin Yan still patiently explained, "Can you atleast call Xi Ting? He knows me.."

But before she finished speaking, she was interrupted impatiently by the female employee, "We don't have any interest in hearing what you say. In short, Chairman Xi will never see you without an appointment. You can go now."

Qin Yan was truly angry now. She ignored the front desk and instead walked to the resting area nearby and took a seat as she waited for Xi Ting to knock off. She wanted to teach him a lesson for hiring such people.

Seeing that she refused to leave, the two female employees began mocking her.

"How thick-skinned…"

"President Xi has never been appealed by women. So what if she looks a little pretty? President Xi would never be interested in a woman like her."

*

After an hour, Tong Chunian went downstairs to settle some matters.

As he walked past the front desk, a female employee called out to him.

"Personal Assistant Tong, this poor and pedantic lady came looking for President Xi. We've already told her that President Xi wouldn't meet her if she didn't have an appointment, but she's just being annoying and refusing to leave. She's been sitting there for an hour, and we're worried that she's tarnishing our image by putting up here. Should we get someone to chase her out?"

The employee glanced in Qin Yan's direction as she said that.

Jealousy filled her eyes. Although she appeared simple, she was undeniably pretty. It upset her.

"Someone's looking for President Xi?" Tong Chunian looked towards the resting area and saw Qin Yan. He froze for a moment.

"Lady boss!" Tong Chunian ignored the front desk ladies and immediately greeted Qin Yan.

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