THE VILLAIN'S REBORN EX-GIRLFRIEND
Chapter 8 Part 2: Shen Yan's Golden Finger
A group of actors couldn't stand watching anymore, "Shen Yan, what do you mean? He Han tells us which shares to buy to earn money. Yet you won't let us buy them and you want us to buy shares of a company we've never heard of. What are you trying to do?"
The assistant director still stood by Shen Yan and shouted at them, "What are you guys saying? What do you mean Shen Yan won't let you buy? If you want to buy, then buy. Can Shen Yan force you to buy? Besides, she only recommended it to me, not you."
The group of actors didn't know about the relationship between the assistant director and Li Jun. They just thought that Li Jun currently hated the assistant director. After all, if Li Jun didn't hate the assistant director, would he make him give out boxed lunches on the set?
"Since Shen Yan told you to buy, then buy, buy. Here you are speaking up for Shen Yan, why don't you buy?" they said with sarcasm.
The assistant director was young and stubborn, he directly took his phone out, "Who says I won't buy? Aren't you the ones delaying me from earning money? If it weren't for you, I would have already bought them!" Although that was what he said, the assistant director's hand holding the phone was shaking and he even subconsciously glanced at Shen Yan.
Li Jun hurriedly came over and grabbed the assistant director's hand, "What are you doing?!"
The assistant director: "Buying shares!" After saying it, he shuddered and bought a hundred thousand shares.
The assistant director: "........."
His hand still shaking, the assistant director held up his phone and showed it to the group of actors, "Look, I bought them. Just wait and you'll see how my stock rises."
Li Jun wanted to ask the assistant director if handing out boxed lunches lately had made him go silly.
Shen Yan smiled, "Assistant Director, later help me open an account. I'll also buy 100,000 shares." After the purchase, Shen Yan can only eat pickled vegetables and instant noodles, because the money is what she's saved after living frugally for so many years in the entertainment industry. Luckily, her salary for shooting 'Chen Fei' (Concubine Chen) had not yet been settled. Once it was, then Shen Yan would be able to upgrade from pickled vegetables and instant noodles to fresh noodles.
Yu Ran shares would probably drop once Shen Yan was done and then take a nosedive.
Chen Company shares would steadily rise and then earn more and more money.
The assistant director had a little bit more confidence. Although he thought that Shen Yan was just saying it, as the one who cast her, he cooperated with her.
"Alright, later when you're done filming, I'll help you open an account and buy shares."
Li Jun glared at the assistant director. He had planned to buy more Yu Ran shares and then help the assistant director. At the same time, he really disliked Shen Yan.
Zhang He, who hadn't said a word until then, smiled at Shen Yan before saying, "I don't think you know much about stocks. Yu Ran will definitely go up. And Assistant Director, although you bought Chen Company shares, you can still get out and sell them."
Hearing her boyfriend say so, He Han pinched Zhang He. Zhang He stopped talking.
Shen Yan remembered that a long time later, He Han's boyfriend would be with Chu Chu, an artist also under Zhou Ruo, but she didn't know whether it was actually him or another boyfriend.
Everyone heard what Zhang He said. One by one, they were even more convinced that the Yu Ran shares could earn them money, and in groups of twos and threes, talked about opening accounts.
Shen Yan said, "I think Chen Company......."
Without waiting for Shen Yan to finish, Li Jun said, "Okay, let's continue filming." Done talking, he gave a friendly smile to Zhang He, "Let's have lunch together at noon, and we'll talk about this stock thing."
He Han: "But my boyfriend is a little busy, so next time."
The director wanted to say something, but He Han pulled Zhang He's arm again, "Didn't you say you still have a business meeting to take care of? Go ahead, I'll just shoot the drama and have a chat with the screenwriter."
What business meeting could Zhang He have? He'd bought shares and made money so He Han dragged him over as an investor. With the rest of the money, because he felt that doing business would not bring enough money, he'd invested it all in the stock market, waiting to earn money from the shares. But as He Han had already said so, he could only echo her words and say yes.
Director Li Jun was hostile towards Shen Yan and wanted to find fault with her during the filming, but Shen Yan's portrayal of Concubine Lan's temperament was one of a kind, so he really couldn't find fault with Shen Yan's acting, and she passed at the first take every time.
Finally, it was Shen Yan's last scene to shoot this morning. She was sitting in a pavilion and the palace maid was telling her that the emperor had suffered a stroke. Shen Yan thought that she'd acted well and that this would also be just one take, but Li Jun shouted "Cut!"
Li Jun: "Shen Yan, the emperor's had a stroke. You are intimate with the emperor. What's with that expression?"
Shen Yan sat there without moving, she raised her eyes and looked at Li Jun.
Li Jun: "Reshoot!"
Shen Yan's voice was cold, "Director, Why don't you find someone with good acting skills to teach me, show me how to act appropriately? If you can't, then with my acting skills at this level, Director, you had better find someone else to act, hmm?"
Jun Li: "Shen Yan!"
Shen Yan: "Upload that scene just now, and then let the netizens see if the acting is good or not, it's fine."
The whole set was quiet, no one dared to say a word. They were all there watching Shen Yan and Li Jun.
After a long time, Li Jun didn't say anything. Shen Yan got up and said, "I'm calling it a day."
She doesn't want to be wronged, why let herself be wronged? The worst that can happen is that she won't shoot this drama. But the crew is so poor, they probably won't re-shoot the scenes she's already filmed with another person.
*TL Note: I just saw on NovelUpdates that this novel has been picked up by KOTranslation, with up to Ch20 translated. As a result, I'm dropping this novel. Please check KOTranslation's page.