Pei Shaoze came to the set to visit and became the focus of everyone there. The scene of him walking over to chat with Cheng Xia quickly attracted the attention of the staff members. Many curious eyes were directed over there. Looking at it, everyone seemed to be guessing about the relationship between President Pei and Cheng Xia. Why was he chatting with Cheng Xia alone?
The gazes made Cheng Xia uncomfortable so he lowered his head and pretended to organize the food. Pei Shaoze noticed Cheng Xiaâs difficulty and took the initiative to step back. âYou eat first. Iâll go over there to see.â
The man turned and left. Cheng Xia gently exhaled.
President Pei had been very close to him just now. His heartbeat inexplicably sped up and he even had difficulty breathing. For some reason, he couldnât help being nervous when he was alone with this alpha. He didnât feel this way around other alphas. Cheng Xia thought about it carefully. He had lost control of his pheromones in front of Pei Shaoze, lay on Pei Shaozeâs bed without wearing anything and pestered the other person to mark him⌠it was natural to feel awkward when seeing President Pei.
The thought of this incident made Cheng Xia embarrassed. He didnât want to think about it anymore and turned to leave with his takeout bag.
The shooting site had limited space. Director Zhang simply asked the school leaders to borrow a meeting room for everyone to eat in. He said, âGo to the room to eat. Remember to take away the garbage after eating!â
Cheng Xia entered the room and found his agent was also there. He sat down next to Zhou Yan and called out, âSister Yan.â
Zhou Yan casually asked, âWhat did you talk about with President Pei?â
Cheng Xia honestly answered, âWe just talked about the piano. He said that he also learned the piano.â
Zhou Yan replied with an âohâ while feeling very puzzled. President Pei had stood outside the window just now and watched Cheng Xia intently. After entering the room, he took the initiative to chat with Cheng Xia. She thought that President Pei had different intentions toward Cheng Xia. However, he just chatted briefly with Cheng Xia before turning to find Chen Yijun. It seemed that chatting with Cheng Xia was just a boss casually caring for his employees?
President Peiâs attitude was really elusive. Zhou Yan simply gave up on guessing and said, âDirector Zhang is very satisfied with the scene just now but he wants to improve it and shoot again in the afternoon. This way, there is more material that can be edited in post-production.â
Cheng Xia understood. âYes.â
He was a newcomer and he didnât expect to just do it once.
Everyone opened their lunch boxes and the smell of food wafted through the room. Cheng Xia was indeed hungry so he focused on the food. Braised chicken legs, tomato sirloin, snow peas, fish-flavored shredded pork⌠all his favorite dishes!
Cheng Xia ate with relish and satisfaction.
***
Outside the door, Pei Shaoze held up a large umbrella and walked into the snow.
Zhang Fan followed President Pei doubtfully. President Pei had lunch and didnât stay with the crew. This was normal. After all, he couldnât stand by and watch others eat, right? Then what was the meaning of walking through the school with an umbrella on a snowy day?
Pei Shaoze perceived Zhang Fanâs doubts and abruptly asked, âWhat do you think of the scenery of the 17th High school?â
Zhang Fan hurriedly replied, âOut of all the high schools in Rong City, the scenery of the 17th High School ranks in the top three, especially the snow scenery in winter. Many universities arenât comparable.â So you are walking in the snow to enjoy the scenery? Zhang Fan didnât dare ask this.
Pei Shaoze stopped in front of a lake and looked out.
The environment of the 17th High School was really good. There was a large artificial lake on the campus. In winter, the lake was covered with thick layers of ice and heavy snow fell one after another like feathers. The trees next to the lake were completely covered by snow and everything in the field of view was white. It was like a fairy tale world.
If a camera was shooting from the air then this scene must be beautiful. It could be used to make a snow scene promotional video.
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However, winter vacation was only one month in February. School would start on March 1st. Once school started, the filming of a crew would affect the studentsâ studies and the school definitely wouldnât agree. If the filming was over the holiday, time would be relatively short. However, if they rushed, they could make it happen.
Pei Shaoze frowned in thought. After a while, he took a video of the surroundings and sent it to Director Liu Xueyi who he had just added as a friend. [Director Liu, there are many events in Folding Paper that happen in winter. Take a look at the snow scenery of the 17th High School. Do you think it would work if we shot here?]
Liu Xueyi didnât expect that after signing the contract at noon, the producer would go to inspect a shooting location in the afternoon. Was this Pei Shaoze a workaholic? He took a look at the video out of curiosity and immediately replied, [Itâs so beautiful! Compared to the snow scenery made of foam, this scene is countless times better! It is just that the 17th High School is a key high school. Will the principal agree to let a drama shoot here?]
Pei Shaoze said, [I will solve this problem.]
He finished this message and immediately sent another one. [We have to hurry. Go back and let Teacher Xu write a plot outline and diversity outline as soon as possible. The actors will be decided this month and then we will start filming after the Spring Festival. Director Liu, do you have any problem with this timeline?]
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Liu Xueyi asked him solemnly, âJust tell me if it can be done in three days. It isnât the final script submitted to the General Office of Radio, Movie and Television. It isnât difficult for you to write a plot outline, right?â
Xu Moran gritted his teeth. âI can do it if I work overtime!â
Liu Xueyi replied, [President Pei, Xiao Xu and I have no problems. However, isnât it too rushed to start after the Spring Festival?]
Pei Shaoze explained, [If we miss the school holidays, it will be difficult for us to borrow the venue once school starts.]
Liu Xueyi agreed. [Thatâs right. Then Xiao Xu and I will work overtime these days to get the plot first. We can carefully polish the script while choosing actors!]
Pei Shaoze, [I plan to use drones to shoot from the air. Take advantage of the frequent snow in Rong City recently to film the winter parts. After the filming is finished, we can shoot the summer part in Yaâan City. The southern part of the country is now full of green trees and flowers. Shooting summer scenes there wonât violate the harmony.]
Liu Xueyi and Xu Moran tacitly glanced at each other.
In other words, the exterior of the drama would be fully shot in reality. In the past, Liu Xueyiâs low-cost web dramas were shot in a studio. The beautiful scenery was actually a canvas and the protagonists acted in front of a green screen. To be honest, even after post-processing, there was still a sense of cheapness.
Being realistic was good but it was also expensive! The entire crew had to fly to Yaâan City. Food, accommodation and transportation all cost money. The borrowing of public venues required additional expenses. The extras were also a big expense. Wasnât this no longer the standard of an ordinary online drama?
Liu Xueyi couldnât help saying, [The moneyâŚ]
Pei Shaoze, [Tianxuan has invested 10 million and I will bring in at least 5 million investment. You can save money on the cost of publicity and the newcomers arenât paid a high amount. 80% of the money will be spent on filming. Isnât this enough?]
Liu Xueyi was so excited that he almost dropped his phone. [It is enough, enough!]
It was 15 million to make a youth school online drama and 80% was spent on filming. This wasnât just enough, it was more than enough! Some people could shoot with 5 million. It didnât make sense if they couldnât shoot well with 15 million yuan!
Pei Shaoze, [Thank you for your hard work over the next period of time. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.]
Liu Xueyi was full of fighting spirit. [Okay. President Pei, we will go back to pack our bags. Then we will close ourselves off in Rong City and work on the script!â
Once the conversation ended, Pei Shaoze turned and headed in the other direction. He wanted to look again at the environment of the school.
After the Tianxuan meeting last time, he told shareholders that each groupâs investment below 10 million could be directly decided by the group leader. Once it exceeded 10 million, it had to be discussed at the company meeting.
This passage was actually very informative. The group leaderâs investment couldnât exceed 10 million but this didnât mean that the investment in a drama had to be limited to 10 millionâbecause the group leader could use his own ability to pull in investments from outside.
Based on Pei Shaozeâs contacts, it wouldnât be difficult to attract an investment worth millions from his rich second generation friends. In addition, he hadnât even touched advertisers, sponsors and other areas. Once the doors in these areas were opened, he wouldnât need the approval of other senior executives of the company for any drama he wanted to make in the future. Then once the drama he invested in became hot, would he need to be afraid of losing money in the future? It was estimated that a lot of sponsors would rush to give him money at the time.
Zhang Fan finally knew why President Pei was exploring the school with an umbrella. He didnât only come to the 17th High School to visit the crew. It was also to inspect the shooting scene for the next school drama. It was killing two birds with one stone. He planned so carefully that it was no wonder the efficiency was so high!
At this time, on the set.
Cheng Xia had finished lunch. There were five dishes in the set meal but the quantity was small and precise. Moreover, 18 year olds was the age when the body was developing. He ate all the dishes and cleaned up the fruits. Only the dried snacks bag and milk tea were left sealed.
Cheng Xia tidied up the lunch box. He got up and wanted to go outside to take out the trash. Then his assistant Sister Rong took the initiative to take the trash bag and helped him pour the milk tea into the thermos. She smiled and said, âIf you want to drink it in the afternoon then find me at any time. The drink will be hot!â
Cheng Xia thanked her and went out for air. The moment he walked out the door, he saw President Pei in the distance.
Pei Shaoze was wearing a long coat and holding a black umbrella. He was tall and upright and his steps were calm. The handsome man walked slowly through the snow. From a distance, he looked like a thickly colored ink painting, full of winter depression and coldness.
Cheng Xia stared into the distance blankly, unable to look away for a while.
The cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed toward his face. Cheng Xia suddenly remembered the terrible night that incident occurred. It had been snowing when Pei Shaoze sent him home. Pei Shaoze was worried he would be cold and gave him a down jacket.
The warmth of the thick clothes on his body seemed to remain in his heart.
Sometimes he couldnât help wondering. What would he do if it was switched to another alpha who forcibly marked him that night? Or how would he deal with it if the other person looked at him with contempt and regarding him as a scheming omega relying on the boss to rise higher?
Yet none of this happened. Pei Shaoze handled the matter in the gentlest way that left no shadow on Cheng Xia. He was like an older brother forgiving the mistakes a child carelessly made. He never mentioned it again.
It really gave Cheng Xia face and dignity. He always seemed cold but he was actually a very gentle personâŚ
As Cheng Xia had these thoughts, Pei Shaoze had already walked up to him. The teenager was in a daze and Pei Shaoze heard the line âCheng Xiaâs good impression of you +5â in his mind. The little seedling grew an inch taller by himself?
Pei Shaoze asked softly, âWhat are you thinking?â
Cheng Xiaâs mind returned. There was no one around him but his cheeks were slightly hot. He whispered in a volume only the other person could hear, âI was thinking about how to return the down jacket I borrowed. Would you like me to send it over?â
Pei Shaoze nodded. âOkay, I will send you my address through WeChat. You can send it to me another day.â
Both of them deliberately lowered their voices as if saying⌠a secret only they knew. The down jacket and sleeping in the same bed that night were indeed secrets only they knew.
The feeling of whispering made Cheng Xiaâs heart beat like a drum and he hurriedly changed the subject. âPresident Pei, where are you going?â
Pei Shaoze answered, âI am looking at the environment of the 17th High School. It is quite suitable for shooting snow scenes.â
Shooting snow scenes? The school drama President Pei said he wanted to invest in had many winter snowy scenes. Could it be that besides visiting the crew, President Pei also inspected the shooting location today?
Pei Shaoze saw through Cheng Xiaâs thoughts and nodded. âIt is that school drama. How are your preparations?â
Cheng Xia immediately became serious and spoke obediently as if answering the teacherâs questions. âI have gone back and read the original book. Iâve looked through it at least three times and carefully studied the protagonistâs personality and psychological changes.â
âThe original book?â Pei Shaoze raised his eyebrow slightly.
âYes, I went to the bookstore and bought the book myself.â Cheng Xia smiled shyly. âI always feel that the outline and character setting isnât comprehensive enough. After reading the original novel, I have a deeper understanding of some of the characters in the book.â
Pei Shaoze was very pleased to hear Cheng Xia say this. He thought that Cheng Xia would be like most artists and look only at the information given by the agent. He didnât expect this little guy to be quite clever. He actually went and bought the original novel to read.
Pei Shaoze had chosen this novel based on Cheng Xiaâs characteristics. If there were no surprises, Cheng Xia would definitely be chosen as the protagonist.
However, taking the cake directly to him and letting him obtain the cake through hard work were two completely different experiences. Pei Shaoze didnât want to give Cheng Xia resources directly. He hoped that Cheng Xia could enjoy the process of âworking hard, reap success and take step by step toward the top.â This process was the most important thing.
Cheng Xia was very serious every time he talked about work and Pei Shaoze admired such a serious and hardworking young man. Facing the young manâs clear eyes, Pei Shaoze warmly told him, âOpportunity is only for those who are prepared. Go back and study. The audition time should be set soon.â
Cheng Xia nodded energetically. âThank you President Pei!â
Just then, Chen Yijun walked out and saw President Pei and Cheng Xia were chatting. She couldnât help saying in a joking manner, âPresident Pei, arenât you here to visit me? Why do I feel like you are always chatting with Cheng Xia?!â
Pei Shaoze didnât care about her joke and calmly told her, âYijun, in fact, I didnât come here just to visit the set. There is something I would like your help with.â
Chen Yijun looked surprised. âWhat help?â
âYou can borrow the 17th High School to act as the shooting venue for the MV. You must have a pretty good relationship with the principal, right?â
âYes, I graduated from the 17th High school and the current principal happened to be my head teacher back then.â Chen Yijun looked at Pei Shaoze in a puzzled manner. âPresident Pei, are you looking for the president for something?â
Pei Shaoze nodded. âCan I trouble you to go talk to the principal? I have a school drama and I want to film it at the 17th Middle School. In addition to the crew, a large number of extras are needed. If possible, I hope the principal can cooperate with us and help find some students of the right age for group scenes. As for the cost, I will talk to the principal in person.â
Shooting a TV series at the 17th High School? This could be considered a type of publicity for her alma mater and Chen Yijun immediately agreed. âNo problem. I will make an appointment to introduce you. I also think that the scenery of my alma mater is beautiful!â
Then Pei Shaoze went to the photography shed to say goodbye to Director Zhang. âDirector Zhang, I have something to do so I wonât bother you anymore.â
Director Zhang smiled. âOkay. President Pei, on behalf of the staff, thank you for your concern!â
Pei Shaoze exchanged a few polite words with the crew. As he walked to the door, he glanced back at Cheng Xia. The young man was also looking at him. The two peopleâs eyes met and Cheng Xia immediately looked away in an embarrassed manner, saying politely, âGoodbye President Pei.â
Pei Shaoze nodded at him and left.
Goodbye, Cheng Xia. The next meeting will probably be at the audition. I hope you can give me some surprises.