The Struggles of Being A Mother of Villains

Ch.148 I Married A Rich Husband (2)

When Uncle Lin saw the 5 people behind Ji Xuan, he was a little troubled. "You won't fit..."

He really couldn't imagine 5 people crammed into the back of Ji Xuan's car. This was simply... way too degrading for their image.

Xiao Yu waved her hand. "Don't worry, Haotian will drive us."

Uncle Lin said, "Doesn't Haotian have classes today?"

Xiao Yu immediately smiled at Fei Yutong and said, "He'll drive us there even if he has to take the day off."

Uncle Lin didn't want the poor kid to give up on his studies, so he said, "Actually, if Haotian drives himself to school, we can call a Didi."

Xiao Yu's face instantly went stiff at Uncle Lin. "Uncle Lin, you actually know about Didi?"

But Xu Haotian refused with a look of "integrity". "No need, Uncle Lin. I don't have classes today, and my senior year classes are loose to begin with. I've been sending out resumes most of the time, and I barely have any classes."

So, Uncle Lin said nothing more and allowed Fei Yutong and Fu Hui to take Xu Haotian's car. Ji Xuan will go in Uncle Lin's car with Xiao Yu. Only then did they finally set off.

"Melody of Life" was an urban idol drama, so there wasn't any trouble of setting up in a remote area. Even the later scenes of the competition set abroad were planned to be shot locally.

The director was a man called Cai Jun, a veteran with more than 10 years of experience and a high reputation. He has at least 8 idol dramas in his career that are big hits, and he had just won the best director of the year award before taking on this drama. Even though it wasn't the grand prize, he was still considered well-known, and the recognition he had in the circle may not be high, but it was enough. The producer of the drama was a super high viewership TV station, so the visibility would also become higher.

There were 7 investors for the show, and the Ji Group was the biggest one out of them. There were three other groups with relatively large investments and three smaller investors. The small investors included the producer, Zheng Zhimin. They had enough money in the beginning, but he didn't expect all sorts of problems to crop up during production, causing the money to slowly become overdrawn.

For that reason, they had a meeting about their finances and sent applications to each company to increase their investments.

"Woah, it's cold!" Assistant director Rong Zhefang pulled his clothes tighter. "The weather's been getting colder and colder these days."

Cai Jun nodded and said with some concern. "I wonder if the higher-ups will allocate some money to us."

Rong Zhefang sat beside him and said, "Don't put your hopes up. You know how it is, spending money is easy, but getting more is hard."

While smoking a cigarette, Cai Jun nodded. "If it doesn't cost so much to hire people, then we would never be in this situation."

Rong Zhefang patted him. "The market price is so high these days, there's no way salaries are gonna go down. Besides, our original lead actress also had a hiccup halfway and asked for more money."

Speaking of that, Cai Jun's face went dark. "Heh, Zhong Jiahe is only acting that way because of her fame. She didn't even think about the fact that she was just a no-name when she signed the contract. If her image didn't match and she had passable acting skills, how could we choose her? I just didn't expect her to get famous because of a web drama. Sigh."

Cai Jun crushed his cigarette before continuing, "Actresses like those don't get far in the industry. She only got popular in one drama! And now she's asking us for more money? If it isn't because we're about to start the shooting and can't find a suitable lead actress... Sigh, forget it."

Rong Zhefang laughed. "Don't worry about it, at least we know what kind of person she is now. She's just an idiot. We'll see if other crews dare to use her after she's out of this one."

Cai Jun added, "Serves her right."

Rong Zhefang patted him again before turning to the other side, shouting, "Ready up everybody, let's begin!”