Chapter 450: Taking advantage of others!
The messenger bird on Santa's side sings in an innocent voice:

"Let the whole world be filled with laughter and joy. This place is filled with dreams. If you have it, you have everything..."

The general idea is to convey Coca-Cola's desire to bring joy to the world and bring happiness to more new friends.

The appearance of Santa Claus caused a huge response, with teenagers from Asia gathered together excitedly and screaming with excitement.

The stars played roles of different styles, vying to take boxes of "dreams" home.

Finally, Santa Claus waved his hand, and boxes of Coca-Cola fell from the sky, and the stars began to chase...

Over the decades, the images of Santa Claus and Coca-Cola have been closely linked.

This renewed collaboration aims to strengthen the brand's association with festivals and happiness.

This advertisement requires a lot of special effects support, so rehearsal is needed before the official shooting.

Our first task today is to rehearse under the guidance of the director.

This advertisement does not have an absolute protagonist, but Du Sheng's role is relatively important.

However, during rehearsals, he noticed that Wang Li and Xu Xiyuan were keen to increase their roles.

When taking a group photo, everyone squatted in one place, and adding more lenses undoubtedly compressed the exposure time of others.

After all, the length of an advertisement is fixed. If you take up more shots, other people will have less time.

"Click."

How could the director not notice this situation, but faced with so many A-list stars, he seemed helpless.

To put it bluntly, he dares not offend anyone in the advertising industry.

In fact, he had anticipated this situation when he took on the job.

So faced with this situation, he chose to compromise:
"Everyone can discuss with each other and see if the script needs to be adjusted. Otherwise, the rehearsal may not be effective."

"Mr. Cao, please tell me."

Xu Xiyuan didn't listen to his nonsense and looked at the project leader.

She felt that as one of the top stars in Bay Area and extremely well-known in Asia, there were too few shots of them together this time.

This was not the case in the original script sent to Lin Chi-ling.

Doesn’t this mean that I am not as important as Lin Zhiling?

Therefore, she was very unhappy with the number of shots she had, and wondered whether it would steal Du Sheng's shots.

She doesn't care.

Mr. Cao sighed in his heart and said:
“It’s not appropriate to make random changes, after all, the roles are determined in advance.

If you want to make changes, you have to report it to higher authorities, and it will take a long time.”

These people are all hot artists.

Even the recently rising Du Sheng is a hot star thanks to his popularity in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and the boxing world.

It is not wise to offend any of them.

The dispute between these people was like a fight between gods. He could only mediate but could not suppress it directly.

After all, Coca-Cola is a foreign company, and he, a small leader, cannot make decisions.

If the company's top executives were here, perhaps this group of A-list stars would give them some face.

Seeing that the problem was difficult to solve, Wang Li couldn't help but glance beside him.

Zhang Weijian looked up at the sky, unmoved.

Deng Xi was busy talking to his assistant, looking very focused.

Ling Junjie then stepped forward and said to Du Sheng with a smile:

"Can we chat in private?"

Du Sheng looked at him calmly and smiled:
"No need to go to so much trouble. Since you're so proactive, why not just give her fewer shots?"

Ling Junjie's smile froze on his face.

Then there is nothing to talk about.

Zhang Weijian and others showed interested expressions.

Zheng Xiuwen looked helpless.

Having many friends does broaden your network, but sometimes too many connections can also be troublesome.

Especially when Du Sheng and Wang Li's group couldn't get along, he was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma.

However, she was also a little disgusted with Xu Xiyuan for making trouble out of nothing.

The script and arrangements have already been allocated, what's the point of stealing other people's spots at this time?
"Since we can't handle it, let's just leave it like this for now."

Sun Yanzi shook his head and walked aside:
"You're tired after rehearsing for so long, why don't you take a rest first."

"It would be good to take a break."

Mr. Cao nodded helplessly. Anyone would be unhappy if things turned out like this.

He knew that Sun Yanzi was expressing dissatisfaction. After all, he had waited for so long before, and now his time was wasted again.

Watching her leave, Zhang Weijian also felt bored:
"Then let's go. Call me when you're done."

Ling Junjie's expression gradually returned to normal, and he smiled at Du Sheng, looking as if he didn't care:
"Brother Du is indeed the darling of the mainland. He is very confident. We will have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

Du Sheng glanced at him and said nothing.

He knew very well what Ling Junjie wanted to talk about, which was nothing more than asking him to adjust his position and let Xu Xi take the center position or something like that.

Of course, the other party’s small circle will provide certain resource exchanges, which is not uncommon within the circle.

But the other party was so arrogant, how could Du Sheng give in?

As the conflict escalated, the rehearsal was temporarily shelved.

Du Sheng returned to his residence, thought for a while and then called Lin Zhiling.

After the call was connected, Du Sheng said directly:
"Your Coca-Cola advertisement was taken away by Xu Xiyuan?"

"Did you see it?"

Lin Zhiling was a little surprised, and then answered in a nonchalant tone:

"This kind of thing is very common in the circle. Since she wants it so much, just give it to her."

Du Sheng said:

"Maybe there's something I can do."

Lin Zhiling chuckled and was in the mood to joke:

“It seems like you’ve helped me, it’s nice to have a man to rely on.

But Xu Xiyuan is a narrow-minded person, so you don't have to care about her.

But the two people behind her have a wide network of contacts in Wancheng, so I shouldn't fall out with her." To put it bluntly, Xu Xiyuan has connections with almost all of the four major TV stations in Wancheng.

Unless she doesn't want to stay in Bay City, she will be seen everywhere.

"You don't have to show up. I just want to find out what her relationship with Wang Li is."

Du Sheng smiled and changed the subject.

Lin Zhiling's tone became serious, and her baby voice became less serious:
“It’s hard to say what kind of relationship they have, but Big and Small $ often invite people in the circle to hold parties, and they get along well with all the famous stars in Bay City.

Wang Li wants to increase Neon's popularity, so he should use Xu Xiyuan's connections, and they have been in frequent contact recently..."

Wang Li and Xu Xiyuan were both born in 76, and happened to become famous one after the other two years ago. There was not much competition in their circles and resources, so they got along very well.

With such an open-minded personality and love of playing, it is not surprising that he has an affair.

"So, this time I'm facing the entire circle."

Du Sheng did not comment.

He finally understood why Ling Junjie favored Xu Xiyuan.

To put it bluntly, the other party is from the same circle.

In his previous life, it was revealed that he was Aquaman and he particularly liked fried noodles. Actually, it’s a relief to think about it.

It's not surprising that each person has his own place.

……

An hour later, everyone gathered again.

I don’t know what Mr. Cao said, but everyone tacitly divided into three camps.

Because of what happened before, Du Sheng and Sun Yanzi were put together and were tacitly considered a group.

Although Deng Wei and Zheng Xiuwen did not say anything, they obviously chose to stay out of it.

Occasionally they looked over and just smiled apologetically.

Du Sheng expressed his understanding of this. After all, their interests were not aligned and there was no need to force it.

The other four were talking and laughing, keeping a distance from Du Sheng and Sun Yanzi.

"Look at Brother Jian, he's quite adaptable."

Sun Yanzi glanced towards the opposite side.

Du Sheng smiled and had no idea.

Zhang Weijian, who had previously been critical of Wang Li, now had a drastic change of attitude and even chatted with Xu Xiyuan about his new film. This is truly admirable.

"Everyone, I hope I can pass this time. Thank you for your hard work."

The director was not in a bad mood and directed everyone to rehearse.

Because this group of people are very busy with their schedule, they have already decided to start filming tomorrow.

If we can't even get through the rehearsal today, the responsibility will fall on him.

"Of course, no one wants to be delayed here."

Sun Yanzi responded casually, and Wang Li and others nodded in agreement.

Surprisingly, Xu Xiyuan did not cause any trouble during the rehearsal.

Du Sheng felt a little surprised.

I don’t know what Coca-Cola said to make her cooperate so well.

Despite this, he still remained somewhat vigilant to avoid being tricked.

After several rehearsals, the first filming of the commercial began.

Everyone has a certain level of acting skills, and at most the details need to be adjusted, but the filming is still quite orderly.

When the camera of the group photo swept to Du Sheng, Xu Xiyuan below suddenly moved, causing Du Sheng's picture to dim.

Sun Yanzhi is quite petite, and when the other person approaches her, half of her body is blocked.

She felt unhappy, but considering that they were not in Singapore at the time, she endured it.

I don’t know if the director didn’t notice it, but he didn’t call for a stop.

Du Sheng frowned and stopped performing.

From a global perspective, the fact that Du Sheng's lens light was blocked was not a big deal.
After all, this group photo is about the overall picture, so it doesn't matter if a certain actor has fewer shots.

But Du Sheng didn't want Xu Xiyuan's little trick to succeed.

If it weren't for the temporary replacement that would take an unknown amount of time to go back and forth, he would have wanted to give this person a little "sweet treat".

"Click."

Du Sheng stopped moving, and the director had no choice but to call for a stop.

But he also understood that the problem was not with Du Sheng.

But Xu Xiyuan is no pushover either.

The director could only announce a break and then glanced at Mr. Cao who had a sullen face beside him.

He was obviously annoyed, and if the other party hadn't paid him enough, he would have wanted to give up as well.

Mr. Cao naturally realized the crux of the problem, but he was unable to do anything:

"Xiyuan, you made a mistake in your positioning just now, right?"

"No."

Xu Xiyuan looked innocent and said indifferently:
"I just adjusted my position, I didn't bother anyone, did I?

Since others are unwilling to share the screen, I can only strive to perform well in my own part. "

Mr. Cao had nothing to say and pulled the director aside to discuss.

"Is this worth making a fuss about?"

Seeing them leave, Ling Junjie frowned and looked at Du Sheng and said:

"Everyone saw it just now. Xiyuan didn't steal the spotlight from you. There's no need to be so fussy about such a small matter, right?"

"Making a fuss out of a molehill?"

Du Sheng glanced at Ling Junjie calmly:
"Why doesn't she side with you? Some things are meaningless if you talk about them directly."

Ling Junjie was furious, but he couldn't let it out in front of the camera:

"It wasn't intentional, is there any need to make a big deal out of it?

Besides, girls are shorter anyway, so what's wrong with you letting her have a break?"

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(End of this chapter)