CH 208

Chapter 208 - "She is smart enough to know the subtext." (1)

Gu Nian studied the person carefully and was certain that she did not recognize the babyface from anywhere. Recalling the Bermuda cream flowers, Gu Nian remained alarmed and her shoulders tightened. “I am Gu Nian. What can I do for you?”

As though sensing her being alarmed, the baby-faced man smiled awkwardly and pulled out his business card case from his pocket, pulled out one of his cards, and handed it over to Gu Nian. “I mean no ill will, Ms. Gu. I am the responsible party for a project over at BH media and I am here to talk about partnering on a project with you.”

“Partnering up?”

Gu Nian took the business card from him dubiously.

The design of the business card was vertical and very simple. The letters B and H were outlined in script with the company’s well-designed logo in the middle. It said Project Manager and Qi Han in both Chinese and English in the lower right-hand corner.

While Gu Nian was looking at the business card with her head lowered, Qi Han, whose name was the exact opposite of his babyface, was still working hard on gaining Gu Nian’s trust. “Ms. Gu might not have heard of us in the past. We are three-year new company and are––“

“I’ve heard of you.”

“Heh?”

Gu Nian looked up from the business card and said, “There was a niche production Out of the Mountains toward the end of last year. If I remember correctly, that was done by your company.”

“……”

Qi Han was genuinely surprised. He was dazed for a second or two before he nodded happily, “Yes, that movie was, indeed, a production of our company. And it was a niche one for the purpose of testing water. I didn’t think that Screenwriter Gu would have noticed it.”

“Mmhmm, I watched it twice in the theater. It might be for the niche market, but it had high production quality and I recall the reviews on it were also very positive.”

“Thank you, Screenwriter Gu!”

“You are welcome, Mr. Qi. C’mon in.”

Gu Nian turned her body to let him into the living room.

Jiang Xiaoqing and Qin Yuanyuan both walked over from the countertop curiously. Seeing that Gu Nian was back, Jiang Xiaoqing walked up to her quickly, grabbed Gu Nian’s sleeve and asked her in a low voice as she looked at the man who had walked inside. “Who is he?”

Gu Nian passed his business card. “A project manager from a certain media company.”

Jiang Xiaoqing took the card from her, took a few looks at it, and handed it over to Qin Yuanyuan and said in a low voice as she shook her head. “I’ve never heard of them. Is he legit?”

Gu Nian, “If he really is from GH, then he is legit. BH is an up-and-coming company that started 2 – 3 years ago. Their market size is not huge and their projects conservative, but their products are up there in quality. They certainly looked like a lot of effort was placed in them.”

Qin Yuanyuan, too, had finished looking at the business card. Frowning, she asked, “Why is he here then?”

“He said he’s here to talk about a project. So let’s hear him out.”

“Alright.”

Before Gu Nian and the others returned, babyfaced man sat uncomfortably in front of the couch and quickly responded back to his boss who was waiting on him––

[Boss Luo, you didn’t mention that there are three ladies here QAQ I am a hikikomori and also have a small case of gynophobia I had mentioned that to you before]

A reply came from the other end quickly.

[I forgot. Pardon me.]

The babyface was crying. He didn’t have a chance to respond to that last one as Gu Nian and the others had also finished their internal exchanges and walked over to the coffee table.

The babyface stiffened even more when surrounded by the three ladies.

Gu Nian asked him nicely, “What would you like to drink, Mr. Qi?”

“No, that won’t be necessary.”

“So we should cut to the chase?”

“Yes, yes.”

Qi Han quickly pulled out a document folder from his black briefcase. He didn’t hand it over to Gu Nian. Instead, he placed it on the coffee table and pushed it over to her.

Gu Nian was a bit surprised. Baffled, she looked over at the babyface, who seemed to have become very nervous all of a sudden. She bent over and picked the document up.

She opened up the document folder and the title was bolded and very eye-catching ––

[Project Gold-Medal Screenwriter]