Chapter 26 Popularity
Outside the lounge, Chen Kun, Shu Chang, and other actors and crew members were waiting anxiously.

Fifteen minutes have passed since Li Dawei, Zhang Yuan and Huang Yuanwen were called into the house by Liu Guoquan.

Normally, half an hour of rest was not enough for them, but now they felt that these fifteen minutes were like a year and were extremely difficult to endure.

"Brother Kun, Sister Dong Jie, what should we do with Brother Yuan?"

Shu Chang's eyes were filled with tears and he kept sobbing anxiously.

"We don't know either..." Chen Kun and Qiao Zhenyu looked at each other, both looking embarrassed.

"Look at the two of you. Zhang Yuan is the manliest one." Dong Jie touched Shu Chang's back to comfort him and gave them both a blank look.

"Kun, why don't we go talk to Director Liu and ask her for help? If that doesn't work, we can just beg her."

"We've been together on the set for two months and we've developed feelings for each other."

"Besides, Zhang Yuan is not doing this for himself. He is indeed better than the two of us."

Liu Qianqian also showed a sad expression, which was rare. This girl was usually heartless, but at this moment she was standing on tiptoe to look into the house.

"Let's go and plead with Director Liu!" At this time, a cameraman came forward and stood next to Chen Kun and the others.

"I'm going too. I've been annoyed with that woman for a long time!"

"Take me with you, that bitch deserves it, haha!"

"And I."

"And I!"

……

Soon, nearly half of the crew shared a common hatred for the enemy and gathered together to discuss how to help.

Several veteran actors also came over after hearing the news. After hearing the whole story, Aunt Wu Jing sighed.

"This child is too impulsive!"

"If it doesn't work, let's swallow our pride and go talk to Director Liu." Kou Zhenghai was wearing a theatrical costume at this time, looking like a feudal patriarch, just like someone who could take the lead.

What is popularity?
Just look at Zhang Yuan and then look at Miss Huang and it will be clear at a glance.

Zhang Yuan is usually polite to everyone. Even when he receives a lunch box from the stage manager, he will say thank you without any airs.

Just when everyone was getting excited, the door of the lounge suddenly opened. The originally noisy crowd instantly quieted down and everyone turned their eyes over.

Huang Yuanwen was the first to step over the threshold, lowered her head and covered her face, then left quickly without saying a word, as anxious as a dog that had lost its home.

The next person to go out was Zhang Yuan.

After he came out of the room and closed the door, he was about to leave when he saw the crew members staring at him.

"Brother Yuan!" Shu Chang rushed up and hugged him, then sobbed on his shoulder.

"Zhang Yuan, if you... have any plans for the future, just let us know if you need our help." Chen Kun stepped forward and shook his hand, his eyes full of admiration.

"If you want to help me, you can laugh less during the scenes next time, and that will count as helping me."

"What do you mean?" Chen Kun didn't understand: "I'm asking you what your plans are after leaving the crew."

"Why should I leave the crew?" Zhang Yuan looked confused.

"You..." Everyone took a few seconds to react before coming to their senses.

"You can still stay in the crew!"

"Otherwise, you will pay me for the film?"

"This, this, this..."

No one believed that Zhang Yuan could escape unscathed from such a serious incident.

"That settles it."

"Of course not!" Zhang Yuan looked painful.

I told you, it’s not that simple…several of the main actors thought to themselves.

"I was fined 10,000 yuan!"

Cough cough cough... Chen Kun almost choked on his own saliva. The fine for such a big thing was only 10,000 yuan!
In fact, it’s not a fine, but medical expenses for the other party, which totals to 2000 yuan.

"Director Liu said that this kind of on-set accident must not happen again, and everyone should take it as a warning."

Beating incidents and accidents on the set are completely different things.

Liu Guoquan classified it as an on-set accident and largely relieved Zhang Yuan of the responsibility.

"Will that woman agree?" Chen Kun still couldn't believe it.

Of course she disagreed, but Liu Guoquan had been in the entertainment industry for decades and was no match for an 18th-tier star like her.

"Dawei, prepare 400 million in cash and hand it over to Mr. Jiang in person. We don't want this investment anymore."

"Huang Yuanwen, I've heard what you did. Believe it or not, if I make a phone call and spread the word, you will never be able to act again in your life!"

These two sentences were clearly threats, but Huang Yuanwen didn't dare not believe them and had to bow her head. "If you act well in the future, I'll give you a raise, and let Zhang Yuan give you 10,000 yuan for medical expenses. What do you think?"

After giving a slap in the face, she gives a sweet date. The old lady is very cunning. She can scare the other party with just a few words, and then give some compensation and that's it.

After all, the other party is also guilty.

Zhang Yuan knew that the old lady was just talking and she would not really return the money to the investors.

Why does he dare to do this?
First of all, he has a good relationship with Li Dawei and Liu Guoquan, so it is acceptable in terms of personal relationship.

Secondly, Li Dawei agreed to change the play, and Chen Kun and others could see that there was something wrong with his actions, so couldn’t director Li Dawei see it?
In fact, he also hated this woman. She was not good at acting and had a bad attitude. She was just a butt seller.

But he couldn't do anything because of his status. He felt happy when Zhang Yuan took action just now.

In order to protect his son, the crew, and the film, Liu Guoquan would not allow this "scandal" to be exposed and would definitely find a way to calm the situation.

Besides, even if this woman goes crazy and causes trouble, and investors withdraw their capital, Zhang Yuan has already thought of a way out.

The movie "Conquest" was able to sell well before, and "The Story of a Noble Family" has so many stars. After fooling Zhao Decai and Fatty Zhao, how could he not invest money?
Other people earn their money, but as a coal boss, he makes his money by digging it out from the ground. He makes money so quickly that making millions is no big deal for him.

"What are you all doing here?" Zhang Yuan looked at the stunned crowd.

"We were planning to plead for you collectively, but it all went in vain." Aunt Wu Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not in vain!" Zhang Yuan saw that everyone had gathered and said, "I'm very grateful for everyone's kindness. I'll treat everyone to dinner tonight. Everyone must come!"

Oh... the crowd dispersed amid cheers, and everyone felt relieved.

"Xixi, judging from your expression, you are worried about me too." Zhang Yuan noticed that Liu Xixi had a frown on her face.

"Only idiots would worry about you!" Liu Qianqian raised her head: "I'm just worried that no one will treat me to chicken legs in the future."

After saying that, she made a face, ran away, and disappeared in a short while.

"Everyone has left." At this time, Zhang Yuan patted Shu Chang who was still lying on his shoulder.

Shu Chang turned his head away with a red face.

She was so excited that she couldn't help but rushed up and hugged Zhang Yuan, but after hugging him, she felt awkward. There were so many people watching her behind her, and she was in a dilemma.

"It's okay. No one will bully you anymore."

"Yeah." Shu Chang nodded obediently.

[Received thanks from Shu Chang, acting skills +8, acting talent +17, appearance +12, learning ability +15! ]

The attributes recovered this time are more than any previous time.

It's worth it both emotionally and rationally.

In the lounge, Li Dawei and Liu Guoquan, mother and son, were still talking.

"Mom, I didn't manage it well enough..."

"Okay, you still want to play dumb in front of me." Liu Guoquan rolled his eyes at his son: "Do you know why I picked it up high and put it down gently?"

Li Dawei shook his head.

"Remember, talented people all have tempers. Those without tempers are mediocre."

"And Zhang Yuan actually indirectly helped you solve a big problem."

"If this woman continues to make trouble, and if she really does something that is against the will of heaven and earth, and the reporters find out, not only will the film be 'taken care of' by the higher-ups, it will also most likely be shelved."

"We mother and I will also eat the melon leaves."

"We will have to lose all the investors' money and go bankrupt!"

Li Dawei felt a chill in his heart after hearing this. He hadn't thought about it that much at all.

After his mother reminded him, he remembered the miserable situation after the film "Hero Zheng Chenggong" was suppressed by the higher-ups. It must be a bad feeling to have investors knocking on the door every day.

"If Zhang Yuan needs help in the future, please help him and do him more favors."

"I understand……"

Because of this incident, filming this afternoon had to be suspended.

However, this matter did not stop spreading with the temporary suspension of the crew.

In less than an hour, the news of Zhang Yuan beating up the "bitch" spread throughout the entire crew!
Everyone was surprised at his audacity, and even more surprised that he was not severely punished.

This is a very special signal. Everyone was thinking, if someone else were to escape unscathed like Zhang Yuan?
This is probably how Liu Guoquan treats his own son!
The more I think about it, the more I feel that Zhang Yuan is truly an amazing person. Others dare not even think about doing it, let alone doing it.

Zhang Yuan was unaware of the turmoil in the outside world. He found a restaurant and reserved three large connected private rooms.

Seeing that time was almost up, he borrowed a few cars from the crew and took all the crew members who had "pleaded" for him today to the hotel.

When the meal was about to start, Zhang Yuan's cell phone suddenly rang and he received a call.

A call from coal boss Zhao Decai...

(End of this chapter)