[R18] These men are poisonous – “These Men Are Poisonous” Chapter 18 [English]

Chapter 18 Ambiguity

Since that day, Qiu Yibai never mentioned being he’s girlfriend to Zuo Ning. They just pretended that nothing happened between them. They were still working partners on the set and friends during breaks as before.

Qiu Yibai’s director experience is quite rich, and his interpretation of the novel is also very thorough. Naturally, he and Zuo Ning can reach a tacit understanding in work.

Modern dramas are not difficult to shoot, and the acting and dialogues of Gao Xia and the two veteran actors are of high quality, so the crew is progressing smoothly.

The only problem is the two young actors.

Tong Ning came from an audition background and has never studied professional acting. Although his acting skills and lines are passable, they are inevitably inferior to those of the other three talented actors.

Fortunately, Fu Yuan, the second son of the Fu family played by he, is a playful and playful boy, which fits well with his original personality and image, so playing his true character gives him a lot of advantages.

Jiang Chunxin has just graduated from the film school, and logically speaking, she should be better than Tong Ning in the major. However, her “acting” traces are too heavy, and she lacks a bit of naturalness. Especially in group scenes, the contrast makes her seem incompatible with the whole drama.

“Forget it, let’s take a rest first.” Looking at Jiang Chunxin who had been NGed five times, Qiu Yibai shook his head and sighed helplessly.

The actors each returned to their seats to rest. Qiu Yibai took a sip of water and turned to look at Zuo Ning: “In this scene, can we try to weaken Jiang Chunxin’s presence as much as possible?”

Just after he finished speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly: “How is that possible? Fuyun is the much-loved little princess of the Fu family. How can she not have a strong sense of presence? Forget it, let’s try again.”

Zuo Ning nodded: “I have tried to reduce the number of roles I can give her. The rest are very important and there is nothing I can do about it.”

“If Yu Haonan hadn’t forced him to come in, I really wouldn’t have wanted this actor.” Qiu Yibai was a little annoyed. “We shouldn’t have cooperated with the Zhuer Group in the first place. Mingming Mingchen has already bought the copyright, and our Qiuyuan Group can raise funds for the filming. Why should we cooperate with outsiders?”

“This is not the first time that Star Entertainment and Zhuer Group have cooperated. Isn’t this normal?”

“But this time I just feel unhappy, especially that Yu Haonan!”

he looked like a child whose toy had been robbed, making Zuo Ning chuckle.

Seeing her smile as bright as a flower, he couldn’t help but suffocate his breath, couldn’t help but lick his lips, coughed dryly and looked away, and just in time, he met Gao Xia’s gaze looking here again.

He knew that Gao Xia was looking at Zuo Ning, not once or twice these days, and many times the way Zuo Ning looked at Gao Xia was always profound and full of affection.

Feeling inexplicably irritated again, Qiu Yibai said, “Can I ask you a question?”

“What?”

“Did you sell the copyright of “Home” to Xingchen so quickly because Xingchen has Gao Xia? There is a lot of demand on the Internet for Gao Xia to play Fucheng, and you have personally admitted that he is the most suitable.”

Zuo Ning nodded: “That’s one of the reasons. After all, it’s difficult to find suitable actors. But it’s not all because of Gao Xia. The main reason is that I have confidence in Xingchen. Currently, there is not one out of ten movies and TV series that I can watch, and Xingchen has always valued the quality of the drama. Of course I am happy to sell the copyright to such a company. Even if Xingchen doesn’t let Gao Xia star in the end, I also know that the actors you arranged will satisfy me and the book fans.”

Qiu Yibai finally smiled with satisfaction, and after a while he said, “But I regret it a bit.”

“What do you regret?”

“I should have been in charge of copyright in the company. In that case, wouldn’t I have been able to meet you earlier? Tsk! I’m actually a little jealous of the staff member who had contact with you before.”

“Then you’d better put away your jealousy. I was abroad at the time, and all signing matters were done online. Are you jealous of the computer I brought with me?”

“If you say that, then I feel more balanced.”

Seeing her teasing look, he couldn’t help but stretched out his hand and tapped her forehead. This action was naturally indescribably ambiguous in the eyes of other members of the crew.

Xiao Lin came out of the bathroom and happened to meet Gao Xia’s new assistant. The new assistant pulled her and his eyes were full of unconcealable gossip: “Is your beautiful screenwriter really in love with Director Qiu?”

Xiao Lin scratched his head: “I don’t know, probably not, he and I don’t live together at night.”

“Maybe I’m just hiding it from you?”

“Then I don’t know, but Director Qiu is really good to Sister Zuo Ning, and Sister Zuo Ning seems to have a good impression of him as well. If that’s true, that’s not bad!”

“I think so. He and I look so good together. Didn’t you see the way Director Qiu looked at Sister Zuo Ning? Oh my God, she’s so doting! I’m almost a fan of CP.”

“Bang!” Gao Xia kicked open the door of the men’s bathroom next door, turned around and looked at his assistant coldly, “Don’t come tomorrow.”

“Ah?” The assistant looked confused and didn’t react at all, “Brother Gao Xia, what did you say?”

“I said, don’t come here tomorrow, I will hire a new assistant who won’t gossip.”

The little assistant was completely stunned now. Although she had been with Gao Xia for a short time, he had always had a good temper and would not get angry at will. Who provoked him today?