CH 68

Chapter 68 – Vinegar Jar

Jie Jie: I'll be taking a break from updating and will be back again next year! (Which is just really a few days from now, lol.) Since it's the holidays and I'm quite busy irl going here and there, so tired TvT. Thanks for understanding^^;

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Qin Chen, who wanted to get close to his freshly baked junior, was mercilessly demolished by his own cousin. He wasn’t angry and said, “It’s not the same.”

As for what’s different, Qin Chen didn’t say, and the parties involved can imagine it.

Pan Min rolled her eyes: Yes, yes, yes, I know that you guys have a good relationship.

Pan Min isn’t stupid, she can naturally see that Qin Chen treats Xu Jian differently from others, but she’s quite relieved.

Qin Chen is Leyu’s real prince and future heir. He can see Xu Jian’s potential and find ways to get him to sign with Leyu, indicating that he can finally put Leyu’s development at ease.

Qin Chen finally knows his plans for his company. Pan Min thought this was a good thing, and looked at him with a satisfied, old motherly gaze.

In the past, Qin Chen didn’t say that he was helping newcomers not to mention know who his own company had signed.

Xu Jian didn’t know Pan Min’s inner thoughts, thinking —

In the past, those juniors wouldn’t change into cats for Qin Chen to pet, they were indeed different from himself…

Xu Jian’s makeup took longer than Qin Chen, the male lead. The stylist sprayed his hair into a dark brown with disposable dyes, and constantly adjusted his eye makeup, trying to make him visually look more in line with the villain’s image.

Xu Jian had just signed a contract and hadn’t had time to assign him an assistant, so Xiao Nan volunteered to be his temporary assistant during this time.

Thus, before the new assistant came, Xiao Nan had to be responsible for both Qin Chen and Xu Jian alone, and Qin Chen promised to raise her salary.

Hearing the ‘salary increase’, Xiao Nan bowed excitedly to the two. “I promise to complete the task!”

And now, looking at Xu Jian in the mirror, four words suddenly popped up in Xiao Nan’s mind — sick beauty.

[*(病娇美男) four words in the raw which literally translates to sick beautiful/charming man]

The crew’s make-up artist is very skilled coupled with Xu Jian having a good foundation, so Xu Jian, whose hair was dyed and eyes had make-up, not only didn’t have an outrageously avant-garde hairstyle but also gave people a kind of sick beauty paranoia feeling.

The temporary assistant Xiao Nan looked in the mirror for a while, then remembered the burden on her shoulders, and hurriedly took out her phone to wildly take pictures of Xu Jian and Qin Chen.

These photos will become material for Xu Jian’s Weibo post in the future.

Qin Chen didn’t make a sound when Xiao Nan took the photos. Only when she was done did he reach out his hand to her, “Let me see.”

Facing Qin Chen’s outstretched hand, Xiao Nan handed him the phone like a treasure, winked at him, then smiled, “Brother Chen, don’t worry my photography skills are one of the best.”

Xiao Nan’s photography skills are indeed good. Qin Chen flipped through them which mostly were photos of him and Xu Jian together.

She’s very good at finding angles. Qin Chen and Xu Jian clearly had a normal conversation just now, but what appeared under her lens was that the two of them looked at each other tenderly.

[*it is usually buying manuscripts to promote the artist's likability, but in this context, it is the contrary. They try to buy bad press to promote the artist to get more exposure. Idk how to phrase it properly in the text so I provided an explanation given to me~]

This path is the easiest for Xu Jian and is the most commonly used method of promoting people in the entertainment industry.

If you want to become popular faster, there are ways to stir up CP, buy water armies to step on, self-hacking from anti-fans, and then refute rumors and other means.

But after understanding Xu Jian’s strength, Pan Min felt that he didn’t need these messy marketing methods at all, as long as he had a good script.

When the time comes, the company’s public relations and the crew’s publicity will put effort into it, and Xu Jian’s gold will always shine.

Pan Min also doesn’t intend to let Xu Jian take on the traffic route. She plans to develop him into a powerful actor just like Qin Chen.

When signing the contract, Pan Min told Xu Jian that she didn’t require much from him:

It’s enough to comply with the company’s rules and regulations and shoot every film conscientiously.

Xu Jian has a very good memory. Although he was ordered in a critical moment,* he remembered his lines very well and took the script to study as soon as he had time.

[*to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis(idiom)]

During the interval in rest time, the assistant director approached Pan Min with a bright smile in his eyes. “Xu Jian is a good seedling with good acting skills, modest, and hardworking.”

The assistant director’s implication — Your company has picked up a treasure.

Pan Min also smiled. “If the director has an opportunity in the future, think more about our family’s Xu Jian ah.”

Hearing Pan Min’s words, the assistant director was a bit surprised, “You took Xu Jian?”

Pan Min nodded, “Yes ah.”

The assistant director gave an ‘hai’* and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, “Since he’s an artist under your hand, where will I lack these trivial things.”*

[*Hai: oh alas!

*Three melons and two dates refer to small/trivial things not worth mentioning.]

The connections in Pan Min’s hands are known to be extensive.

Pan Min: “The director jests again. How many people want to seek a role from you? Where are the melons and dates?”

The assistant director was happy. “Then before Xu Jian’s status* doubles, I’ll pay attention to it. If there’s a suitable one, I’ll definitely be the first one to find you.”

[*can also mean his net worth/price]

The two of them boast about each other in business, and finally, the assistant director left happily.

The afternoon shoot went well. Qin Chen took advantage of the rest time and ran to Xu Jian’s studio to take a look. When he saw him filming seriously, he didn’t even notice him. After watching silently for a few minutes, he quietly left.

Xiao Nan, who was following behind him, marveled in her heart and tsk­-ed, she even felt that her teeth were a bit sour —

People are still so uneasy when they are in the same crew. What to do if the two of them are in different places and are in a different filming crew in the future?

Xiao Nan can already imagine Qin Chen’s lovesickness in the future.

During the meal in the evening, Xu Jian told Chen Doudou about signing to Leyu. After the other party brushed the screen with exclamation marks to express their shock, he finally found his own words:

[F****! Erjian, you’re doing big things quietly ah! I can’t believe you’re telling me such an important thing just now?!]

[Luckily… I was worried that you were cheated into MLM day and night, but I didn’t expect you to cheat yourself into Leyu!]

[You’re so ungrateful wuwu. How dare you go behind my back and hug Leyu’s thigh.]

[Where is the promise to go home to farm and wait for me to come (seek shelter) to you?]

Then Chen Doudou ended his one-sided lemon with a classic saying:

[Don’t forget your friends when you become rich!]

Finally followed by a blessing: [Congratulations, Erjian ah! You finally made it through!* Someone finally has the discerning eye to see your talent and hard work!]

(*to break clear of all troubles and hardships)

Chen Doudou also sent a red packet to Xu Jian, congratulating him for signing with Leyu.

Xu Jian was touched but he didn’t forget to explain:

[I didn’t mean to hide it from you, but I only found out about the signing of the contract today.]

Qin Chen mentioned it a few times before, but Xu Jian only took it as a joke. He only listened to it and let it pass and didn’t take it to heart.

Chen Doudou: [Were you discovered by a talent scout while walking down the street? Don’t tell me that Leyu values your face?]

Xu Jian: [No, a lot of things have happened here and I can’t explain it clearly for a while.]

Chen Doudou sent a nodding emoji and didn’t ask more:

[Okay. When you’re free, we’ll meet for a meal as a celebration for you, my treat! You will tell me then.]

After saying that, Chen Doudou asked again:

[Since you signed with Leyu, are you in their company now? Have they arranged a staff dormitory for you? Are the conditions good?]

Xu Jian casually photographed the surrounding environment: [No, I’m filming in the crew.]

The author has something to say:

Jian Cat: Sorry, it was my family’s vinegar jar that turned over.