040 “AV Shooting Guide” Chapter 39

39: Auction

Because Song Qiyan exposed the lie about sick leave, Qiao Qiao worked extra hard during the afternoon shoot. She stared hard and worked hard, trying not to find any faults in every shot. She knew Song Qiyan’s character very well. The calmer the person looks on the surface, the more turbulent they may be on the inside. If Qiao Qiao still dares to break the chain at this time, Song Qiyan will definitely tear her apart…

For some unknown reason, Cheng Xiu didn’t show up in the afternoon. The staff said they came in the morning and took some solo shots and left in a hurry. It had to be said that Qiao Qiao felt a little happy because she really didn’t have the courage to face Cheng Xiu now.It’s strange to say that she never thought it was something that bothered her before, but after having a live-action encounter with Cheng Xiu, her shame that had been thrown away for a long time came back unexpectedly. Qiao Qiao’s own analysis believed that she probably became friends with Cheng Xiu first and then slept with her. After all, Qiao Qiao used to meet people in WAWA first because of work reasons, and they became friends only after they could chat.

For example, Qin Ruicheng…

“Very good, that’s it for today.” Song Qiyan stood up from the chair and buttoned his suit, “Qiao Qiao, please stay here for a while.”

Sure enough, what is supposed to come will always come…

Qiao Qiao walked over bravely, took the makeup remover wipes from the makeup artist’s hand and hastily removed the lipstick as she walked. She always felt that this color was too bright, and it was okay to act with such a lip color, but she would feel uncomfortable talking to others.

“Director Song.” Qiao Qiao stood in front of Song Qiyan wringing her hands like a little daughter-in-law, her head bowed, as if she was resigned.

Song Qiyan looked at Qiao Qiao’s face and said with a smile: “It seems that you slept very late yesterday and you still have a fever this morning?”

“…” Qiao Qiao looked sad and lowered her head. The bad idea this morning was really the worst idea she had come up with this year. The big adventure in the first half of the year was better than this one.

“It’s okay to play for a while, it’s okay to oversleep, but trying to find others to cooperate with you and lie to get through like this morning -” Song Qiyan paused and sneered, “If I find out again, you’ll wait for your butt to blossom.”

“I don’t dare anymore.” Qiao Qiao stared at his toes, his voice as low as a mosquito’s hum.

“I have too many dramas at my disposal. Watching this one every three days is already the limit. In the future, most of the assistant directors may be here. Don’t be lazy. I have personally revised this drama. At the end of this quarter, it will be promoted together with the last Republic of China drama. The company has basically determined that this will be the film that will compete for this year’s ‘Golden Coconut’ award.”

Qiao Qiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Song Qiyan with surprise: “Is it true? Will “Lianlian” participate in this year’s ‘Golden Coconut’?”

“Shh…” Song Qiyan helplessly pressed his fingers to Qiao Qiao’s lips, “When did I ever lie to you?”

Qiao Qiao secretly cursed: Last time I was at your house, you lied to me about having a check-up, but in the end you tricked me into going to bed.

Of course, Qiao Qiao is still very happy on the surface. She is indeed very happy. That is the ‘Golden Coconut’ award, the real ‘AV Oscar’. Every year, the thousands of films that are only sent for review have been taken over by major companies. Even if they don’t win any awards, just flashing through the list of participating films at the end of the Golden Coconut Award is a great honor!This was something that I couldn’t even think about before, and besides, I still star in “Serial”!That toothache was so worth it!

“Yeah, but you still have to go find Jiang Li.” Song Qiyan took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his jacket pocket and handed it to Qiao Qiao, “After changing the heroine in “Lianlian”, we need Jiang Li’s confirmation and signature. This is her address. You have to make a trip.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay!” Qiao Qiao took it over happily. She had long been immersed in great joy, and the previous unpleasantness with Jiang Li had no effect on her at all. “I’ll go right away!”

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When he went downstairs, Qiao Qiao was humming a little tune the whole time and walked with his hand.

This is a golden coconut!Having been in the industry for two years, she is very aware of the importance of this Grand Prix. Take WAWA as an example. Which of the top sales queens has not had one or two works compete in the Golden Coconut?The Golden Coconut is like a golden fountain. Even if you were once unknown, as long as you stop by the fountain and get a little splash of golden water, your worth will instantly double. Every year, there are completely unknown newcomers who will leap onto the branches and become phoenixes because of a participating Golden Coconut work.The influence of the Golden Coconut is so great that when the Golden Coconut begins every year, the social news and fashion trends of the season will even be affected, and it has become a carnival in the AV industry.

Qiao Qiao walked all the way to the lobby with a silly smile. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he found that the atmosphere in the lobby was a bit strange today.

Usually there are always people coming and going in the WAWA hall, and there are many learning teams from other companies lining up to come and communicate, but today the hall of WAWA headquarters is very deserted and silent, and there is almost no one except for a small group of people in suits and ties sitting in the middle of the hall!

“The hall is temporarily closed, please take the side door.” A man wearing dark blue security uniform came over and politely motioned Qiao Qiao to go aside.

Qiao Qiao shrank her neck. She guessed that someone from the government agency might be coming, so she just took a curious look from a distance and then planned to follow the security guard and go out through the side door.

As a result, trouble was revealed at this glance. Jian Baiyou, who was sitting on the single sofa with her legs crossed, also raised her head and met Qiao Qiao’s eyes.

Cheng Xiu stood up and whispered to a man. Qiao Qiao, who was standing there stupidly, was brought to Jian Baiyou by the security guard.

Sure enough, great joy must be followed by great sorrow to balance cause and effect…

“Qiao Qiao, please sit down.” Jian Baiyou raised her hand, and someone immediately handed over a chair. Qiao Qiao sat down with some restraint. She didn’t know what expression she should make when facing the probing eyes of so many people, and she didn’t know the purpose of Jian Baiyou suddenly asking her to join in.

There were only six or seven people sitting in the entire hall, mostly middle-aged men in suits and ties, with their heads straight up and carrying lifeless black briefcases in their hands that were the same color as the suits. If it weren’t for the presence of Jian Baiyou and Cheng Xiu, Qiao Qiao would have suspected that he was attending some kind of funeral.

“It seems that Mr. Jian has found a female companion.” A middle-aged man with a slightly “Mediterranean” head said with a smile.

“She?” Jian Baiyou glanced at Qiao Qiao and replied funny, “She is not my female companion. I don’t need a female companion.”

Then why did you ask me to come here? Did you just happen to see me and say hello… Qiao Qiao cursed.

“Oh… but it would be a bit boring if there were no beauties to accompany you at the auction.” Another man also smiled.

“Well – it depends on how this year’s auction goes.” Jian Baiyou raised her eyebrows, “I want to give this Miss Qiao something. I hope what you provide will satisfy her.”

“What?!”

Qiao Qiao quickly covered his mouth. Unexpectedly, the men in suits were extremely professional. One of them immediately took out a super thick full-color coated paper printed album from his briefcase. He stood up respectfully and handed it to Qiao Qiao with both hands. He bent his waist more than ninety degrees, and the way the others looked at Qiao Qiao completely changed.

“Mr. Jian, please rest assured. Our auction today is rich in variety and rare. I’m afraid Miss Qiao will be in difficulty in making a choice.”

A man who was at least twenty years older than him handed something to him respectfully. Qiao Qiao didn’t want to take it anymore but couldn’t bear the other person to keep bending over. Qiao Qiao took it with question marks on his face. He looked at Jian Baiyou and then at Cheng Xiu. There was no trace of looseness on the latter’s face, as if he had no reaction to this matter at all, but the slight twitching of his facial muscles had definitely given him away.

“I wonder what Miss Qiao likes?”

“Uh… I don’t know…” Qiao Qiao flipped through the heavy auction booklet in his hand. The dazzling array of items was dazzling. There were many things that Qiao Qiao had never heard of before, let alone seeing them.

“We got a very rare ring this year. Miss Qiao can take a look at it later if she is interested. However, we are still negotiating the price with the seller, so we have not marked the reserve price.”

“Oh, okay…”

Qiao Qiao couldn’t remember the rest of what they talked about. She just sat on the side holding the heavy auction book, her whole brain in a state of relaxation…

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Jian.” The men in suits stood up and bowed to say goodbye. Jian Baiyou nodded and signaled Cheng Xiu to send them out.

As soon as the group of people left, Qiao Qiao couldn’t help but asked: “Mr. Jian…”

“Huh?” Jian Baiyou lowered his head and slowly flipped through another booklet, “Take it, it’s my wedding gift to you and Cheng Xiu.”

…

Which one is this?

“Mr. Jian…” Qiao Qiao struggled to find euphemistic words, “I don’t want to marry Mr. Cheng. Did you make something wrong?”

“It doesn’t matter. From today on, you are Cheng Xiu’s fiancée.”

“But-”

“I don’t like explaining anything to others.” Jian Baiyou put the book back on the table, but her beautiful face was unexpectedly cold, “Cheng Xiu has been with me for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has shown me that he likes someone, so I must let you marry him no matter what, do you understand?”

“But Mr. Cheng didn’t tell me anything!” Qiao Qiao was a little anxious, “I, I haven’t even -”

“Of course Cheng Xiu won’t tell.” Jian Baiyou smiled, “You will gradually know in the future.”

Qiao Qiao wanted to say something else, but Cheng Xiu had already come back. Qiao Qiao had no choice but to sink into his chair in frustration, flipping through the auction booklet randomly, feeling confused.

What does this mean?How can you decide who someone else will marry?I just don’t listen to you. Is it possible that you can still kill me? Well, it seems that you can… No, no, you have to find a way.

The more she thought about it, the more bored she became, and her fingers turned faster and faster. The emeralds, coral agate, jewelry and diamond rings in the brochure all flew past her fingertips. Her eyes suddenly caught sight of a somewhat familiar ring. Qiao Qiao stopped for a moment. This was this year’s top auction item, a bright red full-round diamond ring. There was no starting price, and the seller was anonymous.

“Mr. Jian?” Qiao Qiao stared at the book in confusion and asked, “This seems to be the ring you had before…”

Before she could finish her words, the book was taken away by Cheng Xiu, who was standing behind her. Cheng Xiu frowned, glanced at it, and tore the page of rings from the book. Then he folded it into small pieces and stuffed it into his pocket. He whispered, “I’ll deal with it right now.”

“Wait.” Jian Baiyou opened the booklet in his hand, glanced sideways at the page number of Qiao Qiao’s booklet, and quickly found that page.He stared at it for a while, then suddenly smiled, “I actually took it out and sold it. Cheng Xiu, please send her out first.”

So Qiao Qiao could only follow Cheng Xiu out of the hall. She actually still had many questions to ask Cheng Xiu, but she still didn’t dare to ask after seeing the other party’s stern face. She thought it would be better to wait. Now that Jian Baiyou found out that her ring was sold by Jiang Li, she must be very angry. She should wait for the right time before speaking.

“Do you need me to drive you? Where are you going?” Cheng Xiu asked.

“No, Mr. Cheng, you’d better go back quickly. I’ll just take the bus to find someone to sign for him later.” Qiao Qiao shook his head quickly.

“Well, be careful on the road.” After Cheng Xiu said that, he took a deep look at Qiao Qiao and turned around. Qiao Qiao saw Jian Baiyou standing up behind the glass from a distance. Cheng Xiu picked up a small box placed at Jian Baiyou’s feet, and the two of them disappeared around the corner of the elevator.

“Hengshui high-end villa group, house number 243…” Qiao Qiao unfolded the piece of paper Song Qiyan handed her and sighed slightly, “It’s better to go find her and sign it quickly. I hope Jiang Li is at home now.