Chapter 1588 - 800: Child of Prophecy, Get Lost

Chapter 1588: Chapter 800: Child of Prophecy, Get Lost

"Alright."

...

Zhou Yun and Lu Zhongting arrived at the apartment one after the other.

Both of them happened to have no other work today, so they could rest.

"Are we going out for dinner tonight, or should we order delivery?" Lu Zhongting asked.

Zhou Yun said, "I bought some ingredients, so I’ll cook myself."

Lu Zhongting widened his eyes in surprise, "Wow, so domestic?"

Zhou Yun kicked him, "If you’re lazy, then just stay out of the way."

Lu Zhongting laughed and dodged.

"I really have no idea how to cook."

"You can learn if you don’t know."

"Lazy."

"That’s the right answer." Zhou Yun retorted.

Lu Zhongting chuckled.

"Hey, Old Huang," he suddenly said seriously, "Did Sister Lan tell you?"

"Hmm?" Zhou Yun looked back at Lu Zhongting, "What?"

Lu Zhongting was stunned, "Didn’t Sister Lan tell you? She said there’s a movie that Sister Lan and Sister Xiao Yun have their eyes on, and they want to choose one of us to play the male lead."

Zhou Yun nodded, "Oh, you mean that? Yes, but didn’t Sister Lan say nothing is set in stone yet? They haven’t even talked to the director; it’s just an intention."

"That’s true."

Zhou Yun was cutting a white radish and paused for a moment, looking back at Lu Zhongting.

"What’s up?"

Lu Zhongting hesitated for a moment.

"Since when did you become so wishy-washy?" Zhou Yun teased.

Lu Zhongting let out an "oh," as if summoning the courage to speak, and said, "I just want to say, regardless of who they choose in the end, the one not chosen should still consider the other a brother, that’s all."

After saying this, Lu Zhongting looked at Zhou Yun somewhat uneasily.

Zhou Yun was stunned for a second, then sneered impatiently, "Isn’t that stating the obvious?"

He turned back and continued cutting the radish.

"Why are you dwelling on this? Whether you get famous or I do, whether you’re the lead or I am, it’s all good. Sister Lan always says, as an actor, don’t always think about becoming famous overnight. Acting is a long-term career, and it’s better if one of us makes it big than neither of us." Zhou Yun said, "Later on, when we’re more successful, like Sister Xiao Yun, we can help others just like she helped us. If you get successful, you’ll pull me up, and if I do, I’ll pull you up. That’s enough."

Lu Zhongting nodded.

"You have a clear perspective. I’m just... always getting asked indirectly about my relationship with you when I’m outside. I’m worried those backhanded remarks might affect us." he said.

Zhou Yun: "Let them say whatever they want. They hope to stir up trouble between us, but honestly, their aim isn’t at us. They just want to create trouble for Sister Xiao Yun. These people have dark intentions. Even if I quit acting, I wouldn’t add trouble for Sister Xiao Yun."

"Yes, Sister Xiao Yun is such a good person; we definitely can’t cause her trouble," Lu Zhongting earnestly nodded.

Zhou Yun asked, "People outside must not only be trying to sow discord between you and me, right? There’s also that kid Yu Zhiyang. Isn’t there always someone mentioning him to you, saying he’s Sister Xiao Yun’s favorite?"

Lu Zhongting nodded and said, "Hmm."

"These people have evil intentions. Since they can’t find flaws in Sister Xiao Yun, they’re trying to start trouble with us." Zhou Yun sliced the radish into thin pieces and started to arrange them, "Even if Sister Xiao Yun prefers Yu Zhiyang, so what? These people don’t realize that without Sister Xiao Yun, we wouldn’t have even started on the acting path. Moreover, who would want to compete with that kid who’s still wet behind the ears?"

Lu Zhongting nodded, agreeing, "Exactly, a kid who’s still wet behind the ears."

...

"Zhou Yun is interested in a script by a new director?"

Yao Yuanfeng received the news when Zhou Yun had already gone to Australia, several days before.

The secretary nodded and said, "That new director is Liu Qidong. He sent the script to us before, but it was rejected by the Script Committee, who said the script’s structure wasn’t good."

Yao Yuanfeng’s eyes flickered, and he said, "Get me a copy of the script."

The secretary nodded.

In his spare time, Yao Yuanfeng read through the script.

He read it in one sitting.

He was immediately furious, called the head of the Script Committee, and asked furiously, "Tell me, this ’Child of Prophecy’ script, have you read it?"

The head of the Script Committee was taken aback, not knowing why Yao Yuanfeng was suddenly so angry.

He said, "I read it. It’s written by someone named Liu Qidong. President Yao, what’s the matter?"

"Tell me, why did you reject a script like this?" Yao Yuanfeng asked.

The other party looked innocent, "We didn’t reject it. We just thought the script’s structure was too flat, so we gave revision suggestions to Liu Qidong and asked him to resubmit it. We also thought the script was quite good."

Yao Yuanfeng was furious, "Then why did he take the script to Zhou Yun? Now he’s collaborating with Zhou Yun and has nothing to do with us!"

Head: "How could it be like that? I’ll confirm immediately."

After a while, the head returned looking troubled.

"President Yao, this is my fault for mishandling it."

"How so?" Yao Yuanfeng asked with a dark face.

Head: "Probably because when we rejected other people’s scripts, we always used a standard response like ’currently does not meet the requirements, please modify.’ The person responsible for replying is new and didn’t understand, so they just gave a standard reply. When Liu Qidong asked for specific revision advice, the employee didn’t ask us and just brushed him off."

Yao Yuanfeng listened, furious.

"Let me tell you, because of your incompetence, you missed out on a script that could potentially earn 500 million at the box office!" Yao Yuanfeng said, "I hire a whole bunch of you, and yet you’re less effective than just Zhou Yun’s eyes!"

The head was sweating.

"Yes, this is our fault."

"No wonder Zhou Yun never understood why there’s a need for a department like yours," Yao Yuanfeng suddenly said, "I see you are increasingly taking yourself seriously while ignoring real creators!"

The head’s face changed drastically after hearing this.

"President Yao, we absolutely didn’t mean it that way."

"I don’t care if you meant it or not. I’m telling you, that employee, let them go. As for you, your bonus for three months is canceled!" Yao Yuanfeng said, "Next time something like this happens again, you can pack your bags too!"

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Chapter 800, a ten-thousand-word update!