CH 49

Chapter 49

The morning air of the grassland in the fall is fresh and cold, and when Qu Xueyu led Director Zhou into their tent, Lu Bai was sitting at the table, staring at a page in the notebook, his face full of suspicion.

Qu Xueyu rubbed the youngster’s head, his eyes were worried: “Xiao Bai, is something wrong?”

Lu Bai was startled, and raised his head to look at the youth, as he said, “It’s not much, but something is a bit strange. I’ll tell you when you’re done with today’s scenes.” He paused, and looked at Director Zhou, “Are you looking for me for something?” According to reason, right now he should be on set working. Director Zhou wouldn’t personally come here for nothing.

Director Zhou cleared his throat and looked at the teenager, seemingly a little embarrassed, but could not produce a sentence. Qu Xueyu chuckled and turned to Lu Bai and said, “It’s like this, Director Zhou would like to ask you to perform in the movie.”

Lu Bai’s eyes widened, “What?”

Director Zhou subtly prodded Qu Xueyu again, and Qu Xueyu’s eyebrows twitched before he continued, “Director Zhou would like to hire you to play the role of Huo Qi.”

Lu Bai: “…”

The request is so sudden and strange, that there must be some sincerity. Director Zhou sighed and added, “The actor who played Bai Qin couldn’t join the cast for some unknown reasons. We should have looked for an actor to replace Bai Qin, but I learned from Xue Yu that you were coming here, so I had other ideas.”

The original actor of Bai Qin was Xiao Yang.

Lu Bai tilted his head: Although he didn’t know what happened between Xiao Yang and Qin Gu, it was none of his business – As long as they didn’t bother him and the people he cared about.

Director Zhou looked at Lu Bai’s young age and was afraid that his serious and dark appearance would scare him, so he tried his best, and even took out the posture of coaxing his grandchildren, slowing down his voice and said: “The actor who currently plays Huo Qi is in fact more suitable for Bai Qin, and he himself understands that the role of Bai Qin suits him much better, so there is no problem on his side. Xiao Lu, are you willing to play Huo Qi? As long as you’re willing to come, any conditions are agreeable.”

Lu Bai looked at Director Zhou and twinkled, “Director Zhou, in fact, I’m not bad at acting! I have a lot of acting experience.” Previously, he acted as a vicious male character, which was really great.

Director Zhou was about to blurt out ‘It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to act, Xue Yu and I can teach you’, and the corner of his mouth twitched as he suppressed the words, replacing them with, “Good, good, it’s healthy to have self-confidence. Xiao Lu, are you saying yes?”

Lu Bai watched as Qu Xueyu rolled his eyes, his eyes shining brightly, “I can act. But with one small condition.”

Director Zhou’s eyes lit up, “Just say it. You can ask for a high salary or anything else.” The big shot behind the actor who breached the contract and failed to enter the group had just paid out a large sum of money in default, and the group’s funds were now very plentiful.

Lu Bai looked at Director Zhou and grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, “Then, can we add more intimate scenes with me and Xiao Qu?”

Qu Xueyu: “…”

Director Zhou: “???”

Lu Bai had a righteous look on his face, “I’ve always regarded money as nothing, only Xiao Qu’s beauty can buy me, really.”

Director Zhou’s eyebrow twitched and his face contorted a bit as he said, “Actually… we do have quite a lot of kissing scenes in this movie.” The twisted feelings between Ruan Jiangjiu and Huo Qi can often only be expressed in bed, kissing, and lovemaking scenes. However, the kind of intimacy plays in their movie may not be the same as what this kid was thinking – in order to capture the twisted feelings, the scenes will be very oppressive. After a pause Director Zhou unflinchingly sold out the leading male: “If you come over to shoot, we can add some more as we see fit, and the shooting can be a bit more realistic.”

Lu Bai swallowed, then nodded and said without further consideration, “I’ll do it.”

Qu Xueyu: “…”

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Author’s Note: Today is short Little Monarch orz oooh sorry! The next chapter shows Xiao and Xiao’s mom being dismissed (as Xiao Bai said, he trusts his family, and his family will help him out).

Good night angels!

Edit: Krone