Weak A, she just wants to live to the end
Chapter 84
The time displayed on the phone was past ten o'clock in the evening, and Lin Anan would continue filming tomorrow morning, so she didn't even remove her make-up or change her hairstyle, so the two carried the bag of clothes and walked towards the elevator.
As a result, just a few steps away, Lin Anan's cell phone rang.
Lin Anan took out her phone and looked, the name displayed on it turned out to be Li Sheng.
She stopped, looked at Wu Xixi, and then pressed the connect button: "Hey, Brother Li, what are you doing to me so late?"
Li Sheng's voice on the other end was very energetic: "Are you still in the company? If you are, come to my office."
Unexpectedly, Li Sheng was still in the company.
Lin Anan hung up the phone, turned around with Wu Xixi, and walked to another corridor.
When the two arrived at the door of Li Sheng's office, Lin An'an reached out and knocked twice, when Li Sheng's voice came out: "Come in."
When Lin An'an and Wu Xixi opened the door and entered, the office was brightly lit, and some chattering video was playing on the computer. Li Sheng tapped on the desk with the tip of his pen, looking very happy.
He heard the door opening and saw them coming in, he raised his head and motioned to get off the sofa: "Come on, sit down."
Lin Anan responded, and signaled Wu Xixi to close the office door, and then the two obediently sat side by side on the sofa next to them.
After Li Sheng gestured to them, he turned his eyes away and continued to watch the video on the computer screen. They listened breathlessly, and it turned out that the live video of Lin Anan and Minnie just now was playing on the computer.
Li Sheng watched the video quietly for 2 minutes, then pressed pause, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The last time Minnie told me to ask you to do live broadcast again, I didn't dare to agree, after all, your recent work schedule is still quite good full."
"She approached me several times, and I couldn't bear to refuse, so I asked her to ask you. I didn't expect you to come. It's really hard work."
It turned out that Li Sheng came to her to whitewash himself, to show how clear he is and not to oppress.
Lin Anan thought about it, and followed Li Sheng's words and said modestly: "It's not hard work, it should be, as a member of the company, I should make more contributions to the company."
Although he knew that it was the official perfunctory words, Li Sheng was quite satisfied after hearing it, and the smile on his face just deepened a little: "Today's live broadcast is in good condition, the clothes and hairstyle suit you very well, looking at the backstage performance I've doubled it all, and I'll ask Minnie to wrap you a big red envelope later."
Lin Anan hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Brother Li."
Li Sheng nodded, and smiled with emotion: "It's still you, let me rest easy. Although there are always black stories, you are still a good one."
He paused, and said in a tentative tone, "You already know about Tang Xin, right?"
Sure enough, Li Sheng knew about Tang Xin's affairs. Tang Xin was canceled the notice for no reason, and then arranged to "study". It was indeed Li Sheng's handwriting.
Lin Anan suppressed her smile and said honestly, "I know."
Li Sheng also withdrew his smile, and became serious: "I know you will know this matter sooner or later, and I didn't want to hide it from you, because it is related to the company's reputation, so I didn't announce it, and I didn't tell you. You can Do you understand Brother Li?"
Lin Anan nodded, and obediently said, "I understand."
Lin Anan's "understanding" is not just talking casually, she actually really understands Li Sheng.
Although Li Sheng was sometimes treacherous and domineering as a businessman, he really didn't embezzle her resources, and he tried to help her get the resources he could get.
A talented manager like Li Sheng has a lot of small and transparent artists like her under his hands, and some even let them do it themselves. In comparison, Li Sheng has treated her very well.
Ever since they learned the whole story of the scandal from Yu Yin that day, after the two of them went back, recalling what happened during that time, they even vaguely figured out some changes in Li Sheng's behavior.
After Li Sheng went to investigate the scandal, he not only dealt with Tang Xin silently, but also helped her win the role of Zhu Houhou from Ding Xiaojie, and then asked Bai Yunshuang's special car driver to pick her up and back.
Before that, I also specially took the time to accompany her to shoot the commercials for fun.
Among all the little transparent artists under Li Sheng, there has never been such an exception. Her situation is unique, which shows that Li Sheng is indeed making compensation to her quietly.
It was also because Li Sheng was there watching that Xiaowanle's commercial was shot so successfully, and the post-production was pretty good, which made her a little popular.
Therefore, even though Li Sheng has his own considerations about some things, or hides them from the truth or handles them in other ways, generally speaking, Li Sheng has given her relatively preferential treatment. It is already their luck to meet such a manager. What else can't be understood?
Li Sheng liked Lin Anan's answer very much, so he smiled slightly again: "After I found out about this, I didn't cover her up, and you can see that I canceled almost all the notices in her hand at that time. Including the "Falling in Love" that she was supposed to star in, she was directly exchanged for someone else, which can be regarded as an outlet for you."
"Later, I locked her in confinement for two months as a punishment to let her reflect on herself."
"So you see, Brother Li is doing things, you should rest assured? Brother Li is not partial to her."
Lin Anan nodded: "Well, thank you Brother Li."
Li Sheng turned the chair at an angle, and his smile remained unchanged: "The company clearly stipulates that internal artists are not allowed to fight with their own artists, and their own people are not allowed to mess with their own people. This is the first day of your signing, so I will remind you passed."
"No matter who it is, as long as they commit a crime, they will be punished, understand?"
Lin Anan was inexplicably startled by Li Sheng's words, she didn't know what Li Sheng's words were alluding to.
Does it mean that Tang Xin has already been punished and asked her not to do things secretly?
Or is it that she, Chen Mi and Ding Xiaojie's affair with Bai Yunshuang has been exposed?So Li Sheng specifically cited Tang Xin's example to beat her up?
In other words, she and Wu Xixi had Li Sheng discover that she and Wu Xixi had Xiaobei secretly continue to collect evidence from Bai Yunshuang?So Li Sheng specially reminded her not to make small moves?
But no matter which one, Li Sheng is reminding her to keep her own place, otherwise she will be shot by him.
Lin Anan followed Li Sheng's words and replied, "Understood."
Li Sheng's smile deepened again, and he took a few scripts from the side and threw them on the table: "These are some movies I've been watching recently that I think are pretty good, take them back and see if you have any favorite characters , except for the protagonist, I can help you fight for others."
Sure enough, there are sweet dates after a slap.
Lin Anan walked to the edge of the table, accepted the scripts, and thanked Li Sheng a few times.
Li Sheng nodded in satisfaction, and then thought of another thing: "By the way, Director Qin's "After October" has been finalized for a while, and I seem to have heard him say yesterday that he will release a trailer to promote it. Remember to retweet it."
After Lin Anan agreed, Li Sheng waved her out.
After going out, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Li Sheng said that his attitude was not serious the whole time, they just felt an invisible pressure for no reason, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
After Lin Anan's nerves were relaxed, she was extremely tired. The time displayed on her mobile phone was close to eleven o'clock. If the two of them didn't drive back, they probably wouldn't be able to go to bed before twelve o'clock.
The two carried their things and hurried to the underground parking garage.
When they got in the car, the two chatted about the script that Li Sheng gave just now. Lin Anan opened it and looked at it. Several movies were made by well-known directors. Looking carefully, there was actually a movie script by Qin Tian in it.
Lin An'an focused on reading the content, and chatted with Wu Xixi, both of them thought that the content of Qin Tian's book was good, but it's a pity that due to Ding Xiaojie's affairs, Lin An'an didn't dare to touch it.
Because Shengji is about 10 minutes away from the hotel of the "Pear Dream" crew, in order to stay awake and drive, the two kept looking for topics to chat with each other, and finally talked from the script to the live broadcast tonight.
Wu Xixi thought of the scene of Lin An'an's first live broadcast, compared with the scene of today's live broadcast, he said it was very satisfying.
When he first came here, Minnie ignored Lin An'an's answer, and his expression turned sour that he wished the whole world knew how high her status was.
And today's live broadcast, Minnie was like offering to a Bodhisattva throughout the whole process, his attitude turned 180 degrees, even after the live broadcast, he was unbelievably enthusiastic.
Although both Lin An'an and Wu Xixi knew that Minnie was just pretending to be flattering, they were still very relieved in their eyes.
Talking and laughing all the way for more than ten minutes, Wu Xixi stopped laughing suddenly, and then let out an inexplicable "hey".
Lin Anan supported the seat, leaned forward, and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"
Wu Xixi drove the car and slowly wanted to lean over, then murmured: "Hey, why do I think there is something wrong with our car, it seems to keep leaning forward, is there something wrong with the tires?"
"No way?" Lin Anan tensed up, "Is it okay when you drove over?"
Wu Xixi slowed down the speed: "It's good, I remember when I drove over, it was obviously good."
As Wu Xixi said, she was about to find a place to stop by the side of the road, when suddenly a small black car jumped out from the side, and for some reason, it suddenly rushed straight in their direction.
Lin Anan hurriedly called Wu Xixi's name in shock, and Wu Xixi was so frightened that his arms trembled, he turned the steering wheel and hid in the other direction.
The small black car also followed their track and went out. Judging by the speed of the car, there was no intention of stopping at all.
Wu Xixi hurriedly increased the angle and turned the steering wheel, but the black car did not slow down at all. Wu Xixi couldn't dodge in time, and was directly hit by the black car, and their car was slammed into the guardrail in the middle of the road.
Wu Xixi slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel hard. Fortunately, he controlled it in time. He didn't rush to the opposite road. He only smashed half of the guardrail in the middle and crushed the viewing flowers and plants inside the guardrail.
The black car stopped for a moment, then turned the steering wheel backwards, and then drove away as if no one was there.
Lin An'an and Wu Xixi in the car did not suffer serious injuries, but were hit by the impact. Both of them fell to the right on the door of the car with inertia, and their heads hit the window glass to varying degrees. .
The two were dizzy immediately after being hit, and could not move for a long time, but fortunately, kind people on the side of the road quickly surrounded them.
Wu Xixi clutched her head and opened the car door. A kind person helped her to pull the car door. Her legs weakened and she lost her support. She fell directly into the flower garden behind the guardrail, unable to sit up for a long time.
Lin An'an in the back seat was not much better, her eyes were blurred for a long time, until a passer-by opened the rear door for her and helped her out, her vision slowly recovered.
Even though it was late at night, several cars stopped on the road, and people in the cars came out to ask about the situation, some helped to call the police, and some asked if they should be sent to the hospital.
Lin An'an and Wu Xixi sat on the side of the road, their minds were in a state of confusion for a long time before they could understand the situation.
Seeing that the two were fine, everyone stayed with them and waited for the traffic police before dispersing one after another on their own.
Wu Xixi's cell phone rang for a long time in the car. Seeing that Wu Xixi was not in good condition, a woman next to her poked her head to take a look, and said to Wu Xixi, "Little sister, someone is calling you."
Wu Xixi's ears were buzzing, and she kept lowering her head and rubbing her aching head, and because of the distance, she didn't hear what the lady said.
After the phone rang for a while, it automatically hung up again because no one answered, and the screen of the phone lit up again after a while.
The lady took a look, hesitated and picked up the connection: "Hello?"
"Hey, daughter-in-law, why haven't you answered the phone all this time? I've already called ten times to pay for my mental damage..." After the voice on the other end rushed over, he paused for a moment before realizing it, " Who are you? Why did you answer my wife's phone call?"
The lady was stuck by Chen Mi's sweet words, a little embarrassed: "She is your wife, she was in a car accident, and she is on Chengwu Road."
Suddenly there was a lot of noise over there, and then there seemed to be the sound of knocking over something, and the voice became anxious: "Where is it on Chengwu Road? Are there any signs around, please explain clearly."
The lady looked around and replied: "There is a friend's hotel around... there is a Starbucks next to that hotel, and there is..."
Before the lady could finish speaking, she was forcibly killed during the call, and there was a "beep" busy tone from the other end.
The lady glanced at the mobile phone that had hung up and jumped back to the screen wallpaper, a little puzzled, and then put the mobile phone back into the distance.
The author has something to say: Here Chen Mi is just a tool guy, he is anxious, and there is not much sub-CP plot.
I love you guys with a big heart.
As a result, just a few steps away, Lin Anan's cell phone rang.
Lin Anan took out her phone and looked, the name displayed on it turned out to be Li Sheng.
She stopped, looked at Wu Xixi, and then pressed the connect button: "Hey, Brother Li, what are you doing to me so late?"
Li Sheng's voice on the other end was very energetic: "Are you still in the company? If you are, come to my office."
Unexpectedly, Li Sheng was still in the company.
Lin Anan hung up the phone, turned around with Wu Xixi, and walked to another corridor.
When the two arrived at the door of Li Sheng's office, Lin An'an reached out and knocked twice, when Li Sheng's voice came out: "Come in."
When Lin An'an and Wu Xixi opened the door and entered, the office was brightly lit, and some chattering video was playing on the computer. Li Sheng tapped on the desk with the tip of his pen, looking very happy.
He heard the door opening and saw them coming in, he raised his head and motioned to get off the sofa: "Come on, sit down."
Lin Anan responded, and signaled Wu Xixi to close the office door, and then the two obediently sat side by side on the sofa next to them.
After Li Sheng gestured to them, he turned his eyes away and continued to watch the video on the computer screen. They listened breathlessly, and it turned out that the live video of Lin Anan and Minnie just now was playing on the computer.
Li Sheng watched the video quietly for 2 minutes, then pressed pause, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The last time Minnie told me to ask you to do live broadcast again, I didn't dare to agree, after all, your recent work schedule is still quite good full."
"She approached me several times, and I couldn't bear to refuse, so I asked her to ask you. I didn't expect you to come. It's really hard work."
It turned out that Li Sheng came to her to whitewash himself, to show how clear he is and not to oppress.
Lin Anan thought about it, and followed Li Sheng's words and said modestly: "It's not hard work, it should be, as a member of the company, I should make more contributions to the company."
Although he knew that it was the official perfunctory words, Li Sheng was quite satisfied after hearing it, and the smile on his face just deepened a little: "Today's live broadcast is in good condition, the clothes and hairstyle suit you very well, looking at the backstage performance I've doubled it all, and I'll ask Minnie to wrap you a big red envelope later."
Lin Anan hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Brother Li."
Li Sheng nodded, and smiled with emotion: "It's still you, let me rest easy. Although there are always black stories, you are still a good one."
He paused, and said in a tentative tone, "You already know about Tang Xin, right?"
Sure enough, Li Sheng knew about Tang Xin's affairs. Tang Xin was canceled the notice for no reason, and then arranged to "study". It was indeed Li Sheng's handwriting.
Lin Anan suppressed her smile and said honestly, "I know."
Li Sheng also withdrew his smile, and became serious: "I know you will know this matter sooner or later, and I didn't want to hide it from you, because it is related to the company's reputation, so I didn't announce it, and I didn't tell you. You can Do you understand Brother Li?"
Lin Anan nodded, and obediently said, "I understand."
Lin Anan's "understanding" is not just talking casually, she actually really understands Li Sheng.
Although Li Sheng was sometimes treacherous and domineering as a businessman, he really didn't embezzle her resources, and he tried to help her get the resources he could get.
A talented manager like Li Sheng has a lot of small and transparent artists like her under his hands, and some even let them do it themselves. In comparison, Li Sheng has treated her very well.
Ever since they learned the whole story of the scandal from Yu Yin that day, after the two of them went back, recalling what happened during that time, they even vaguely figured out some changes in Li Sheng's behavior.
After Li Sheng went to investigate the scandal, he not only dealt with Tang Xin silently, but also helped her win the role of Zhu Houhou from Ding Xiaojie, and then asked Bai Yunshuang's special car driver to pick her up and back.
Before that, I also specially took the time to accompany her to shoot the commercials for fun.
Among all the little transparent artists under Li Sheng, there has never been such an exception. Her situation is unique, which shows that Li Sheng is indeed making compensation to her quietly.
It was also because Li Sheng was there watching that Xiaowanle's commercial was shot so successfully, and the post-production was pretty good, which made her a little popular.
Therefore, even though Li Sheng has his own considerations about some things, or hides them from the truth or handles them in other ways, generally speaking, Li Sheng has given her relatively preferential treatment. It is already their luck to meet such a manager. What else can't be understood?
Li Sheng liked Lin Anan's answer very much, so he smiled slightly again: "After I found out about this, I didn't cover her up, and you can see that I canceled almost all the notices in her hand at that time. Including the "Falling in Love" that she was supposed to star in, she was directly exchanged for someone else, which can be regarded as an outlet for you."
"Later, I locked her in confinement for two months as a punishment to let her reflect on herself."
"So you see, Brother Li is doing things, you should rest assured? Brother Li is not partial to her."
Lin Anan nodded: "Well, thank you Brother Li."
Li Sheng turned the chair at an angle, and his smile remained unchanged: "The company clearly stipulates that internal artists are not allowed to fight with their own artists, and their own people are not allowed to mess with their own people. This is the first day of your signing, so I will remind you passed."
"No matter who it is, as long as they commit a crime, they will be punished, understand?"
Lin Anan was inexplicably startled by Li Sheng's words, she didn't know what Li Sheng's words were alluding to.
Does it mean that Tang Xin has already been punished and asked her not to do things secretly?
Or is it that she, Chen Mi and Ding Xiaojie's affair with Bai Yunshuang has been exposed?So Li Sheng specifically cited Tang Xin's example to beat her up?
In other words, she and Wu Xixi had Li Sheng discover that she and Wu Xixi had Xiaobei secretly continue to collect evidence from Bai Yunshuang?So Li Sheng specially reminded her not to make small moves?
But no matter which one, Li Sheng is reminding her to keep her own place, otherwise she will be shot by him.
Lin Anan followed Li Sheng's words and replied, "Understood."
Li Sheng's smile deepened again, and he took a few scripts from the side and threw them on the table: "These are some movies I've been watching recently that I think are pretty good, take them back and see if you have any favorite characters , except for the protagonist, I can help you fight for others."
Sure enough, there are sweet dates after a slap.
Lin Anan walked to the edge of the table, accepted the scripts, and thanked Li Sheng a few times.
Li Sheng nodded in satisfaction, and then thought of another thing: "By the way, Director Qin's "After October" has been finalized for a while, and I seem to have heard him say yesterday that he will release a trailer to promote it. Remember to retweet it."
After Lin Anan agreed, Li Sheng waved her out.
After going out, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Li Sheng said that his attitude was not serious the whole time, they just felt an invisible pressure for no reason, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
After Lin Anan's nerves were relaxed, she was extremely tired. The time displayed on her mobile phone was close to eleven o'clock. If the two of them didn't drive back, they probably wouldn't be able to go to bed before twelve o'clock.
The two carried their things and hurried to the underground parking garage.
When they got in the car, the two chatted about the script that Li Sheng gave just now. Lin Anan opened it and looked at it. Several movies were made by well-known directors. Looking carefully, there was actually a movie script by Qin Tian in it.
Lin An'an focused on reading the content, and chatted with Wu Xixi, both of them thought that the content of Qin Tian's book was good, but it's a pity that due to Ding Xiaojie's affairs, Lin An'an didn't dare to touch it.
Because Shengji is about 10 minutes away from the hotel of the "Pear Dream" crew, in order to stay awake and drive, the two kept looking for topics to chat with each other, and finally talked from the script to the live broadcast tonight.
Wu Xixi thought of the scene of Lin An'an's first live broadcast, compared with the scene of today's live broadcast, he said it was very satisfying.
When he first came here, Minnie ignored Lin An'an's answer, and his expression turned sour that he wished the whole world knew how high her status was.
And today's live broadcast, Minnie was like offering to a Bodhisattva throughout the whole process, his attitude turned 180 degrees, even after the live broadcast, he was unbelievably enthusiastic.
Although both Lin An'an and Wu Xixi knew that Minnie was just pretending to be flattering, they were still very relieved in their eyes.
Talking and laughing all the way for more than ten minutes, Wu Xixi stopped laughing suddenly, and then let out an inexplicable "hey".
Lin Anan supported the seat, leaned forward, and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"
Wu Xixi drove the car and slowly wanted to lean over, then murmured: "Hey, why do I think there is something wrong with our car, it seems to keep leaning forward, is there something wrong with the tires?"
"No way?" Lin Anan tensed up, "Is it okay when you drove over?"
Wu Xixi slowed down the speed: "It's good, I remember when I drove over, it was obviously good."
As Wu Xixi said, she was about to find a place to stop by the side of the road, when suddenly a small black car jumped out from the side, and for some reason, it suddenly rushed straight in their direction.
Lin Anan hurriedly called Wu Xixi's name in shock, and Wu Xixi was so frightened that his arms trembled, he turned the steering wheel and hid in the other direction.
The small black car also followed their track and went out. Judging by the speed of the car, there was no intention of stopping at all.
Wu Xixi hurriedly increased the angle and turned the steering wheel, but the black car did not slow down at all. Wu Xixi couldn't dodge in time, and was directly hit by the black car, and their car was slammed into the guardrail in the middle of the road.
Wu Xixi slammed on the brakes and turned the steering wheel hard. Fortunately, he controlled it in time. He didn't rush to the opposite road. He only smashed half of the guardrail in the middle and crushed the viewing flowers and plants inside the guardrail.
The black car stopped for a moment, then turned the steering wheel backwards, and then drove away as if no one was there.
Lin An'an and Wu Xixi in the car did not suffer serious injuries, but were hit by the impact. Both of them fell to the right on the door of the car with inertia, and their heads hit the window glass to varying degrees. .
The two were dizzy immediately after being hit, and could not move for a long time, but fortunately, kind people on the side of the road quickly surrounded them.
Wu Xixi clutched her head and opened the car door. A kind person helped her to pull the car door. Her legs weakened and she lost her support. She fell directly into the flower garden behind the guardrail, unable to sit up for a long time.
Lin An'an in the back seat was not much better, her eyes were blurred for a long time, until a passer-by opened the rear door for her and helped her out, her vision slowly recovered.
Even though it was late at night, several cars stopped on the road, and people in the cars came out to ask about the situation, some helped to call the police, and some asked if they should be sent to the hospital.
Lin An'an and Wu Xixi sat on the side of the road, their minds were in a state of confusion for a long time before they could understand the situation.
Seeing that the two were fine, everyone stayed with them and waited for the traffic police before dispersing one after another on their own.
Wu Xixi's cell phone rang for a long time in the car. Seeing that Wu Xixi was not in good condition, a woman next to her poked her head to take a look, and said to Wu Xixi, "Little sister, someone is calling you."
Wu Xixi's ears were buzzing, and she kept lowering her head and rubbing her aching head, and because of the distance, she didn't hear what the lady said.
After the phone rang for a while, it automatically hung up again because no one answered, and the screen of the phone lit up again after a while.
The lady took a look, hesitated and picked up the connection: "Hello?"
"Hey, daughter-in-law, why haven't you answered the phone all this time? I've already called ten times to pay for my mental damage..." After the voice on the other end rushed over, he paused for a moment before realizing it, " Who are you? Why did you answer my wife's phone call?"
The lady was stuck by Chen Mi's sweet words, a little embarrassed: "She is your wife, she was in a car accident, and she is on Chengwu Road."
Suddenly there was a lot of noise over there, and then there seemed to be the sound of knocking over something, and the voice became anxious: "Where is it on Chengwu Road? Are there any signs around, please explain clearly."
The lady looked around and replied: "There is a friend's hotel around... there is a Starbucks next to that hotel, and there is..."
Before the lady could finish speaking, she was forcibly killed during the call, and there was a "beep" busy tone from the other end.
The lady glanced at the mobile phone that had hung up and jumped back to the screen wallpaper, a little puzzled, and then put the mobile phone back into the distance.
The author has something to say: Here Chen Mi is just a tool guy, he is anxious, and there is not much sub-CP plot.
I love you guys with a big heart.
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