Mr. Gu and the Evil Dog Lu [Entertainment Circle] - chapter 3

Translated by: Jimini Pabo
Edited by: Bavya Sakthivel

Gu Xu exited the bar, sat in the driver’s seat, and went to Qing bar.

There were not many people in Qingba, only a few tables, one of which sat four boys, all in their early twenties, wearing white T-shorts one by one, with the youthfulness and sunshine of college students.

[t/n: 吧 [ba] means bar]

One of them who had sharp eyes saw Gu Xu, “Shh -” and whistled to the person next to him: “Lin Qing, someone is here to pick you.”

Lin Qing pushed the wine bottle in his hand into that boy’s mouth, his cheeks were reddish, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, handsome and sunny

He left the high stool, walked to Gu Xu’s side, and smiled: “Brother Xu!”

Gu Xu gave a faint hum.

“Did I bother you by calling you so late?” Lin Qing looked back and waved goodbye to his friends, and then walked out side by side with Gu Xu.

Gu Xu: “No. I was just nearby.”

He got inside the car and said, ” Call Xu Fei for this kind of thing in the future.”

Lin Qing sat aside and said “Oh” carelessly, obviously not taking this sentence to heart.

After seeing Lin Qing off, Gu Xu also went home. He sat on the sofa and rubbed his eyes. When he was about to turn on the TV, he found a document on the table in the living room.

The document read “Lu Yan” in block letters.

 When he saw the name, he remembered that it should be Lu Yan’s information prepared by his assistant. When he opened the document, there was a still photo in front of him. The photo showed Lu Yan in a white shirt, suit pants and a watch on his wrist. It looked like an advertisement for a watch of a certain brand.

[t/n: still photo- This is a frozen picture which communicates meaning. It’s sometimes called a freeze frame or tableau. It can provide insight into character relationships with a clear focus upon use of space, levels, body language and facial expression.]

Lu Yan’s facial features were already close to perfection and against the light and shadow background his profile looked three-dimensional and delicate.

The white shirt wrapped the man’s sturdy body, and the waistline was outlined by a leather belt, making him look thin and powerful.

At the age of 27, he has been in the business for five years and graduated from university B…. Oh, as a top student.

He hasn’t acted in a movie in the five years, but has acted in Qing Yishui’s TV series’, and as long as he was the leading role, the series will be very popular.

He hadn’t done many advertisements, and there were only two endorsements at hand, both of which are relatively well-known luxury brands.

He did not have many scandals, and most of them quickly cleared the relationship after the promotion period.

　　…

This was a man who had a clear plan for every step of his life.

Gu Xu’s slender fingers lightly tapped on the hard photo, staring for a few seconds, and then called the assistant.

The assistant answered quickly: “Mr. Gu.”

“Tomorrow for Lu Yan’s signing, I will be there.”

*

After reading the script, Lu Yan found that his cell phone was full of text messages.

“Are you going to sign a contract with Mingsheng Entertainment???”

“Even if you don’t renew the contract with me, there is no need to go to Mingsheng Entertainment. A company that has just been established for less than half a year won’t help you at all. Xiao Yan, don’t act rashly. “

”The boss of that company doesn’t focus on the entertainment industry at all. It’s not beneficial to you at all”

“Even if you have to sign with Mingsheng, you don’t have to choose to sign in the middle of the night right?!”

Lu Yanshi was really speechless. He has blocked no less than ten numbers in the past few days, but he still couldn’t avoid Xu Ze’s text message attack.

And he didn’t know what Xu Ze was talking about, Lin An had indeed negotiated a contract with the Mingsheng Entertainment, but the signing time was tomorrow afternoon.

He picked up the script and looked at it a few times. The script was called “War Song,” which was specially sent by director Chen Jing, who was on friendly terms with him. Chen Jing was famous for the harshness of his works. Lu Yan also suffered a lot under his hands when he made his debut. The script that was personally  sent by him in person must be unusual. Lu Yan read it carefully all night. The script was really good, the plot is full, and the character is distinct.

If nothing happens, this film will be his first battle in the film industry, and he has to play it beautifully.

Since he got a good script, Lu Yan was in a good mood, and rarely moved his finger to reply to a message.

“Why don’t you scram?”

The next day, Lu Yan and Lin An went to Mingsheng Entertainment together.

Lin An looked at the tall building in front of hIM and twitted: “Oh my God, this Mingsheng is so exaggerated. For a company that has been established for only a few months, the building of the company is so many stories higher than that of Star Entertainment??”

Lu Yan tugged his mask.

Lin An: “In such a big building, I don’t know if there will be enough staff of at least 50 people.”　　

As a result, Lin An was face-slapped immediately.

Not to mention the fully equipped staff who exceeded the standard. From the first floor to the seventh floor-in the way of taking the elevator, they actually met six little stars..

The definition of “little star” does not refer to their small fames, but refers to all newcomers who have just debuted. Almost all these newcomers have made their debut in the entertainment industry, and even Lu Yan can recognize several of them.

Lin An exclaimed all the way: “He/she is actually from Mingsheng?!”

“This girl is so versatile that the last time I saw her playground special, I almost laughed to death.”

” This man sings very well. I heard that he will soon post a second album.”

” This guy had a role in your last play! Although he is a villain in a supporting role, he played a disgusting character. “

Later, they learned that before they came to sign the contract, Mingsheng had just held a small meeting, which is why there were so many stars gathered together.

Lu Yan’s mentality of signing and leaving has also changed slightly.

　　As soon as they arrived in the conference room, the person in charge of signing the contract came, but he stood behind, and the first person who entered the conference room was a man in a navy blue suit.

The man had handsome features and a tall stature. He has a faint aura on his body that suppressed the atmosphere of the conference room when he entered.

He slightly hooked his lips, stretched out a big hand to Lu Yan and introduced himself: “Gu Xu.”　　

Only his simple name, no superfluous statement, not even adding “I am” in the front. 

一 A handsome and proud man, this was Lu Yan’s first impression of Gu Xu

Lu Yan stood up politely and held the man’s hand: “Hello, I’m Lu Yan.” 

After the greeting, the four were seated together, and Lin An and the employee in charge of signing the contract began to talk about signing the contract.

Lin An: “We have seen the contract. Basically, there is no big problem. It’s just … in terms of resources, your company… “

Lin An had studied the contract for a long time after he went back yesterday, divided into aspects, what they got here is the highest of all the olive branches they have received so far, which he was quite satisfied with. That is, in terms of resources, Mingsheng does not give terms such as ‘will allocate resources’ and so on.

Lu Yan is so popular that other companies must be eager to throw resources at him. He is so popular now that after a year or two, he will be able to step steadily into the altar of the industry in the hearts of the masses, side by side with many super-front-line players.

The employee in charge of the signer is highly qualified and has just been ploughed from other companies. He smileD professionally: ” Does Lu Yan need any resources now?” It must be the resources that are actively sent to the door, so why is it necessary to write down the rules and regulations? “

Lin An smiled and said, “There are always unpredictable clouds in the sky, don’t you think? There are so many changes happening in this world, so we want a double insurance.”

The employee: “This is modest. In fact, we have not written a treaty in this respect, because we do not want to restrict Lu Yan’s development. Our company has just started. How can we have so many good resources? However, we will fight for Lu Yan for what we should strive for.”

The words were so eloquent, Lin An was circumvented in, but Lu Yan could understand that the other party meant that the company’s resources would not be biased towards him.

Just when Lin An was in a daze, Gu Xu spoke up.

“I have a lot of good resources,” he said faintly, skipping the two people who were talking about the treaty and looking at Lu Yan, who was sitting opposite, as quiet as he was. “but I won’t give you special treatment.”　　

Lin An: “…”

The employees who were negotiating for a long time:? ? ?

The employee hurriedly added: “But our company can definitely give you more than Star Entertainment.”

Lu Yan smiled softly and did not say more: “OK, the contract is fine. We can sign the contract now. President Gu, shall we make it quick? I have to make an announcement later. “

Lin An:? 

Lu Xiaoyan, where’s your temper?!

Gu Xu raised his eyebrows, but he was not too surprised.

After signing the contract, Lu Yan got up and bid farewell. Gu Xu looked at Lu Yan’s back and smiled in a low voice, with a strong interest hidden in his eyes.　

As soon as the two entered the elevator, Lin An couldn’t help but ask :”Brother, the man clearly said that he would not give you special treatment, so is it okay for you to sign it without blinking an eye. Do you know how good it is in other company contracts? It’s like drawing a big pie. ” Lin An stared, “You, you, you…you don’t have any ulterior ties with President Gu, right? “　　

　After thinking about it for a long time, Lin An could only think of such a possibility. The more he said, the more frightened he became: ” If it’s true, you have to tell me. Don’t be like how you were when you were with Xu Ze. I didn’t know about it until you broke up, and also I have to be on the lookout for you being secretly photographed or something.”

Lu Yan naturally had his own thoughts when he signed the contract so readily, but it was just an unformed idea, and he didn’t intend to say any more.

“You also know that it’s drawing a big pie,” he rolled his eyes: ” With your imagination, you have been really wronged to be just an agent, you should rather go and become a screenwriter. I will definitely act in the play you write.”

[t/n: drawing a big pie- It’s a Chinese idiom that means comforting oneself with unrealistic thoughts, without solving practical problems.]

　　Lin An: “Oh. … However when it comes to Xu Ze, he has a background and you can’t have revenge against him, but Liu Xing’an is okay. Why don’t I call the “The Lost City” crew and ask them to reduce his role?”

Ever since Lin An heard the reasons for Lu Yan’s termination of the contract, he was so angry that he felt like his son was being bullied, and clamored for revenge on Lu Yan every day.

“The Lost City” is a TV series that Lu Yan just finished filming some time ago. Liu Xing’an played a male fourth in it. . Calculating the time, this should be the time for the crew to edit it.

Lu Yan was playing with his mobile phone, his mouth was covered by a mask, and he said dully, “Sure, the other person already doesn’t have many scene and you want to delete it, how pitiful.”

Lin An tsked: ” Do you know, right now,  you look like a white lotus girl from a TV series. You have been robbed of a man, and yet you have forgiven him with a smile.”

” It is also a skill for him to take him away.” Lu Yan said, “I like people who are capable, no matter which aspect. So why don’t you call the crew  and ask someone to give him more scenes.”

Lin an’s face was expressionless: “Why is the water green?” Because Lu Yan is washing his hair upstream. “

Lu Yan: “shut up.”

On the way to the studio, Lu Yan was bored and opened Weibo, only to find that Weibo had turned the sky upside down.

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A female star who had an affair in her marriage was exposed by the entertainment record, in which the two were kissing inextricably. The entertainment record also drew a big circle and an arrow on the actress’s head, accompanied by a still photo of the actress.

In the last picture of the article, there was a violent expression, with a photoshopped green hat on his head and a line of words beside it: “I chose to forgive her, of course.”.

　　The last picture of the news, a violent expression, with a green hat on his head, and a line next to it: “Of course I chose to forgive her.”

　　Lu Yan: …

　　He pressed the lock screen button fiercely and closed his eyes unhappy.

　　Lu Yan did not have any feelings for Xu Ze. If Lin An hadn’t mentioned him  today, he would have completely forgotten the idiot who had bombed him with text messages yesterday.

　　Moreover, he really didn’t wear the green hat that fell from the sky.