Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 433 431. Being shown off by Liu Xiaoli

In the quiet courtyard, the summer evening breeze blew gently, but it did not bring a hint of coolness, but made people even hotter.

Chen Li'an stood in the yard and took a shower with cold water. He wiped it casually with a towel and then returned to the house in a hurry.

Although there is air conditioning in the workshop, Chen Li'an cannot turn it on. The materials used in his art installation this time emit formaldehyde, so the windows must be opened for ventilation, otherwise it is easy to get formaldehyde poisoning if you stay in there for a long time.

It was already evening at this time, and the light in the room was very dim. Chen Li'an, wearing a thick mask, squatted on the ground and slowly moved to inspect the semi-finished products in front of him.

The basic part has been done, and although the main part is still a bit different, the overall appearance can already be seen.

Outside the workshop, Bo Qing came in holding his nose and looked at the half-finished work. It was hard to imagine how Chen Li'an came up with such an ingenious idea.

After Bai Qing admired him in his heart for a while, he looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Are you moving out tomorrow? If you continue to do this, you won't be able to get it out."

Chen Li'an came back to his senses and turned to look at Bo Qing and said, "Yes, but Old Man Yang hasn't confirmed the exhibition hall for me yet. It will take a few days."

Speaking of the exhibition hall, Chen Li'an thought of the plagiarist painter, stood up and moved and said, "What happened to the plagiarist painter?"

Bai Qing slapped his nose and frowned and said: "The exhibition has been withdrawn, and no punishment has been issued within the Artists Association yet. The foreign painter knew the news and wanted to sue him, but cross-border lawsuits are difficult to handle."

Chen Li'an hummed, pulled Bai Qing out, closed the door of the workroom, then took off his mask and said, "Don't come here in the future, or you may get poisoned."

"The matter of plagiarism by that artist is probably going to be settled. After all, so many people are involved. People in the circle will not talk about it everywhere. The Artists Association will not be able to punish it. At most, it will be reported internally."

Bai Qing smiled helplessly. This kind of thing is indeed difficult to deal with. After all, so many people are involved. Many seniors in the circle have stood up for him, and many collectors have bought paintings.

I really need to lift the lid. Too many people's face has been swept away. It's really ugly.

The two of them didn't talk much about this issue. After all, it had little to do with them.

Chen Li'an wiped his hands and looked at Bai Qing and said, "Let's have dinner together tonight."

Bo Qing shook his head and said, "I have an appointment tonight, let's do it next time."

"Who?" Chen Li'an asked curiously.

"My cousin came to Beijing on a business trip." Bo Qing smiled and asked, "Would you like to meet him? He has always wanted to meet you, a big star."

Chen Li'an smiled and said, "Okay, my uncle is here, I have to go see him no matter what."

"Bah, who is your uncle? Let's wait until you want to marry me one day."

Bai Qing rolled his eyes at Chen Li'an in disgust, suddenly remembered something, grabbed Chen Li'an who was about to change clothes and said, "You'd better not go, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Chen Li'an froze in his movements of changing clothes, turned around and said apologetically: "I'm sorry."

Bai Qing sighed softly and said, "I chose it myself. It has nothing to do with you. I'll leave first and I'll have dinner with you tomorrow."

Watching Bai Qing leave, Chen Li'an grabbed his hair helplessly. Bai Qing was different from the girls in the entertainment industry. She longed for love and marriage, but Chen Li'an could only give love but not marriage.

Maybe in the future Chen Li'an will figure it out and give Bai Qing an explanation.

Chen Li'an simply tidied up in the studio and left.

But he hasn't decided where to go tonight, whether to go to Li Bingbing and Li Xue, or to go to Fan Bingbing and Chen Zihan.

One is two sisters, the other is three sisters, it’s a bit confusing how to choose.

Ding~

When Chen Li'an was struggling, his cell phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was a text message from Li Bingbing, saying that he had to work tonight and might not get off work until very late.

Li Bingbing is quite busy this year and has several drama appointments.

These plays were all arranged for her by Li Xue. Since Li Xue took control of the company, he began to attract directors and screenwriters who came north from Hong Kong according to his previous plan.

The styles of directors and screenwriters in the two places are very different. It's like a few Xiangjiang screenwriters from the company sitting together and chatting and tossing out a script for a TV series.

Xiangjiang screenwriters and Mainland screenwriters have two different creative styles. Mainland China prefers screenwriters to work out the script by themselves first, and then start the second creation.

The one in Xiangjiang was different. It was more casual and less particular. A few people sat together and came up with a good idea, talked about the framework of the script, and then started working on it.

There may not even be a complete and detailed script when filming begins.

Just like a project currently being prepared by the company, Splendid Spring and Zhu Bajie, it was created by a few screenwriters from Xiangjiang sitting together and chatting. There is only the framework of the script, not a complete script.

For another project, the screenwriter of Young Bao Qingtian is also from Xiangjiang, and the director selected is Hu Mingkai, who is also from Xiangjiang. Many of the current team members of the company are from Xiangjiang.

Li Xue really spared no effort to attract these film and television talents from Xiangjiang. No matter how good they were in the past, I will take them anyway when you come. The main thing is to recruit talented people.

Chen Li'an doesn't care much about these things, and TV series are not worthy of his attention.

However, the company has indeed become more and more successful under Li Xue's leadership.

It was time to reward Li Xue another day. Chen Li'an rubbed his chin and thought for a while, wondering whether to give him some shares.

While Chen Li'an was thinking, the driver suddenly spoke.

"Mr. Chen, which villa number are you going to tonight? The road behind is blocked and a traffic police officer is coming." The driver reminded him as he looked in the rearview mirror.

Chen Li'an came to his senses and said, "Go to Villa No. 5."

"Okay." The driver immediately started the car and slowly drove out of the alley. The traffic policeman who came on a motorcycle turned around and went back after seeing it.

Chen Li'an took out his mobile phone and sent a text message, then leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

Li Bingbing is working overtime tonight and will not go to her place. Instead, he will go to find Chen Zihan and Fan Bingbing.

Villa No. 5 is the villa that Chen Zihan and Jiang Qingqing belong to. To make it easier to remember, Chen Li'an has arranged the number. The driver usually asks what villa number it is, rather than who to look for.

Number one is Gong Li, number two is Chen Meiren, number three is Mr. Zhou, number four is Liu Xiaoli.

There are numbers 6789 behind it.

Chen Li'an can't even remember how many villas he bought in the capital, and he has already given away more than ten.

There are still some that have not been given away and I don’t know when they will find their own owners. Chen Li’an is at most a spender, and the real owner of the villa has not yet appeared.

At this time, No. 2 and No. 4 were together for the first time.

This was the first time that Chen Meiren took the initiative to come to Liu Xiaoli. The two had only met once, and this was their second meeting.

Looking at Liu Xiaoli's home, Chen Meiren couldn't help but click on it, thinking that she had quite good taste.

Sissi was watching TV on the sofa with her sister in her arms. When she saw Beauty Chen appearing here, she sweetly called "Auntie, hello."

Chen Meiren smiled and nodded, thinking this little girl was quite beautiful.

But her attention was more on the sister in Qian Qian's arms, who was Chen Li'an's son.

Liu Xiaoli came out of the kitchen with a cup of tea, put it in front of Chen Meiren and said, "I don't usually have many guests here, so don't mind if I don't have any good tea."

Chen Meiren smiled and said, "The tea that Li An drinks is all good. I personally selected it for him."

Liu Xiaoli narrowed her eyes slightly, smiled and said nothing.

Meiren Chen didn't care about her reaction. She just couldn't help but wanted to press her head. After picking up the cup and taking a sip, she raised her eyebrows slightly. The taste of this tea was wrong. She didn't choose it.

Chen Meiren glanced at Liu Xiaoli calmly, put down her cup and said, "You have good taste."

"I usually like to study these things when I have nothing to do at home. Women should still focus on men." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile.

Chen Meiren curled her lips imperceptibly and glanced at her sister in Qian Qian's arms from the corner of her eye.

Liu Xiaoli just said it as if she had no ambition at all. How could she ask Chen Li'an to have another child if she had no ambition.

But Liu Xiaoli is indeed relatively peaceful among lovers like Chen Li'an.

Chen Meiren looked at her and said, "Let's go to the study room to talk. There are some things it's not convenient for the child to talk about here."

"Okay." Liu Xiaoli stood up and took the initiative to lead Chen Meiren towards the study.

Sissi took a sneak peek, and after Liu Xiaoli and Chen Meiren disappeared, she immediately put her sister down and followed them secretly.

Sissi leaned against the door and listened to the sounds inside. After listening for a long time, she didn't hear any voices inside.

"Dad's study is so well insulated, but I don't know how to make the bedroom more soundproof."

Sissi turned around and left in disappointment. She also wanted to hear what the woman and her mother had to say. Don't get into a fight like the concubines in the TV series.

Chen Meiren in the study looked at Liu Xiaoli and asked, "Li'an hasn't been here for a long time, has he?"

Liu Xiaoli didn't know what she meant by this, so she frowned and said, "I just came here two days ago and took Sissi and Feifei out to play."

"Huh?" Chen Meiren was stunned for a moment and couldn't help pinching her fingers. Damn Chen Li'an, your son doesn't want to look at his daughter, right?

Liu Xiaoli looked at her like this, raised the corners of her mouth slightly and continued: "As long as Li An is in the capital, he will come almost every week."

"Li'an likes daughters." Chen Meiren said with a smile, but she felt a greater sense of crisis in her heart. It is not safe to have a son. Why is there no advantage at all?

Liu Xiaoli did not continue to stimulate Chen Meiren, but asked with a smile: "Why did you come to see me today?"

Chen Meiren came back to her senses and saw that Liu Xiaoli suddenly didn't want to talk to her. She didn't fall out of favor at all. She took the initiative to join the alliance but fell into a disadvantage.

Chen Meiren adjusted her mood and said, "It's nothing, I just came to take a look. Li'an is too busy recently and I'm worried that he won't be able to take care of you."

"That's it. Thank you for your concern." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile: "Li'an takes good care of her, very considerate and careful. We don't need anything."

"Really, that's good." Chen Meiren replied in a nonchalant manner, but in her heart she wanted to bite Chen Li'an to death.

On the other side of the capital, Chen Li'an was chatting with Fan Bingbing and Chen Zihan about the next Qiong Yao drama. The popularity of Huanzhu made Qiong Yao think about letting the original cast make another drama.

It's just that Chen Li'an, Chen Mei and Qiong Yao played a trick. None of the starring actors in Huanzhu were signed by Qiong Yao. Now they don't have the initiative to gather the original cast for filming.

If the two heroines, Chen Zihan and Fan Bingbing, are not here, what's the use?

Chen Li'an looked at Chen Zihan and Fan Bingbing and thought for a while and said: "I originally planned to let you switch to the film market later, but it is not impossible to make another poor Yao drama. Consolidating your popularity will also be good for your future."

Make a few more movies to accumulate popularity, and then you will be a bloody cow in the future. Even if the movies you make in the future are all bad, don't worry.

Jiang Qingqing sat next to him and poked Chen Li'an unhappily and said, "What about me? I also want to film."

Chen Li'an turned to look at her and said, "Didn't you just take on the role of Qing He Jue Lian? I've read the script for this drama, and it's going to be a hit."

"How can we repay the fire?" Jiang Qingqing said unhappily, holding Chen Li'an's arm and begging: "You can't favor one and the other, I am the most obedient one."

Jiang Qingqing was indeed the most obedient. Chen Li'an thought for a moment and said, "Aren't the major TV stations all competing for glory these days? I'll arrange a heroine for you later."

"Really?" Jiang Qingqing immediately happily hugged Chen Li'an's arm and said, "I love you so much!"

"Just don't say I'm partial." After Chen Li'an said with a smile, he turned to look at them and said, "It's getting late, let's go eat."

"Let's go, let's have a big meal!" Several girls shouted happily.

At this time, at the door of Villa No. 4, Mei Chen and Liu Xiaoli waved their hands and turned around to leave.

She was shown off by Liu Xiaoli today. She didn't say anything about the alliance's plan. She just felt that her crisis was getting worse. If she continued like this, sooner or later she would die.

Sitting in the car, Chen Meiren called Chen Li'an angrily, but she didn't get through for a long time. She called Chen Li'an's driver again, and after asking, she found out that Chen Li'an had gone to Chen Zihan and Jiang Qingqing.

"You bitch! You like to go to crowded places more and more now, don't you?" Chen Meiren couldn't help but curse after hanging up the phone.

Chen Meiren sat in the car for a long time, turned to look at Liu Xiaoli's villa, gritted her teeth and opened the car door and went back.

We need to find someone to cooperate! If we don’t find someone to cooperate, it will be really dangerous in the future.

My son can’t be trusted either. Chen Li’an, a bitch, actually prefers his daughter!

Sissi, who was watching TV, heard the doorbell and ran over to open the door. When she saw it was Chen Meiren, she asked doubtfully: "Auntie, why are you back again?"

Beauty Chen forced out a smile, bent down and pinched Sissi's little face and said, "Please call me Sissi. Don't call me aunt in the future, call me godmother."

"Huh??" Sissi tilted her head and couldn't figure out the situation.

Liu Xiaoli, who had just come out of the kitchen, happened to hear these words and couldn't help raising her eyebrows and laughing.

Knowing that Chen Meiren came here today for a purpose, Liu Xiaoli guessed from her previous reaction that she might have sensed a crisis or been left out by Chen Li'an.

It seemed that they were here to form a gang. Liu Xiaoli felt that she might be able to use this opportunity to pave the way for the future.

After all, she too will have her fair share of old age, and Sissi is growing up day by day, so she has to think about the future. There are some things she cannot take the initiative to tell Chen Li'an, lest she be misunderstood that she is trying to fight over something. What happened to Li Fuzhen last time? But I still remember it.

After Liu Xiaoli gathered her thoughts, she immediately walked over to Sissi with a smile on her face and said, "Sissi, why are you still hanging around? Call me godmother."

(There will be another chapter later, so I will start working hard to restore the two updates!)