This isn't about finding another job or not.
Xu Qingzhu sighed and told her, "Delete this photo and don't talk about these things at the company. I don't want my private affairs to become gossip among my colleagues."
Lumi was taken aback, then immediately said, "Minister, what kind of person do you take me for? I can talk nonsense about ordinary gossip, but I'm absolutely not ambiguous about things like this, okay? I definitely won't tell anyone. I deleted it after sending it to you, but..."
Lumi paused, then said quietly, "Minister, are you here to arrest these two adulterers?"
Xu Qingzhu: "...I won't arrest him."
Lumi: "???"
I've heard that many wealthy families have marriages of convenience. Is it possible that the minister and his wife also have one...?
Lumi suddenly felt like she had been meddling in other people's business.
But there was no way around it. She had always wanted to be a chivalrous woman since she was a child, and she would always help those in need. She had witnessed the minister's wife cheating on her husband. How could she not tell the minister?
Of course not!
Lumi would be tormented by her conscience for this, so she risked being fired by sending a message to Xu Qingzhu.
Of course, it's mainly because the minister usually treats them very well.
Although he is aloof, the things he does are very heartwarming.
Lumi was completely subdued by her.
Lumi's hesitation prompted Xu Qingzhu to add helplessly, "You can't judge anything from just one photo."
"I saw it with my own eyes!" Lumi exclaimed excitedly, "They were hugging!"
"And now?" Xu Qingzhu asked again.
Lumi peeked out again and met Gu Yixue's gaze as she walked towards him.
Lumi: "..."
Wow, so beautiful!
Gu Yixue's waist and lower abdomen were exposed, and the straps on her top were very short. If you removed the two straps, it would be almost like a strapless top. It was a dress that looked very provocative, but on Gu Yixue, it was graceful and charming, making people unable to look away. They didn't even think that she was being provocative or deliberately seducing people.
All I can do is exclaim: Beautiful.
Her beauty is so exquisite that it reaches the standard of a rare beauty among men.
Gu Yixue glanced up at her briefly, then casually swept her over before passing by. Lu Mi felt as if her soul had been stolen away.
Until Xu Qingzhu called out twice on the other end of the phone, "Lumi?"
Lumi finally snapped out of her daze, clutching her heart which was pounding in her chest, and complained to Xu Qingzhu, "Waaah! Minister! Aren't you paying attention?!"
"Snacks?" Xu Qingzhu's ears went blank for a second. "What snacks?"
Lumi: "..."
"Minister! You need to be more careful!" Lumi said with exasperation, "That woman is a little vixen! She's too good at seducing people. I don't think your wife cheated on you on purpose. It's just that the vixen outside is too tempting. Minister, we're not bad looking either. With a little makeup, we can crush her!"
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She sat at home listening to Lumi give her bad advice, and turned on speakerphone. On the screen, however, were high-definition photos that Lumi had sent her.
In the photo, Liang Shi still sports the gentleman's hand gesture, a habit she has always maintained.
Another woman fell in front of her. From a distance, it looked like an embrace, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that Liang Shi had reached out to help her up. Although the hand that helped her landed on her arm, it did not pull her back.
When Lumi was hoarse from talking, she remembered to ask Xu Qingzhu, "Minister, did you hear that?"
Xu Qingzhu: "I understand."
She spoke in a lazy tone, then said to Lumi, "Lumi, zoom in on that picture."
Lumi was taken aback. "I deleted it!"
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
I never realized Lumi was so reliable.
However, Xu Qingzhu still shared her analysis with her, stating unequivocally, "Liang Shi could not possibly have cheated."
Lumi: "...Why?"
Xu Qingzhu smiled, her cool voice sounding exceptionally confident on the phone, "Am I not pretty or talented enough?"
Lumi: "..."
sorry!
//
After parting ways with Gu Yixue, Liang Shi took the lighter she had given him and pressed it a few times out of boredom.
A cluster of pale blue flames lit up, and a faint smell of gasoline filled the air.
"You're such a grown-up, why are you still playing with fire?" Zhao Ying had just come out for some fresh air and laughed when she saw what she was doing.
Liang Shi put away the lighter. "Just playing around with it."
"Do you smoke?" Zhao Ying asked.
Liang Shi shook his head: "I won't smoke."
"Then why do you carry a lighter with you?"
"I just met someone," Liang Shi said. "That person gave it to me."
Zhao Ying raised an eyebrow and smiled: "You have quite a wide social circle. You can run into acquaintances here."
“He’s a director.” Liang Shi pondered for a moment, describing the other person’s features, then asked Zhao Ying, “Who is he?”
"You don't know her name?" Zhao Ying asked, puzzled.
Liang Shi said, "She told me one, but I couldn't find it online before, so I suspect it's a fake name."
Zhao Ying turned around and asked a staff member who was just leaving, "Besides us, which other film crews are having a get-together here today?"
The staff were a bit tipsy, and after a pause, they replied, "The crew of 'Blindness,' the ten-episode short film directed by Guila."
"Quella?" Zhao Ying uttered her name, frowned, repeated it, and then suddenly realized, "Quella, right?"
The staff member smiled sheepishly, "That's what it's called."
Quella is the English translation of the director's name, while her stage name is Quella.
Zhao Ying was surprised, "You actually know her."
“I ran into her by chance last time and lent her a light,” Liang Shi said.
Zhao Ying nodded and patted her on the shoulder, "You can keep in touch with her more; this director is very capable."
"Hmm?" Liang Shi asked, puzzled.
Zhao Ying had already turned and left, casually reminding her, "You'll find out if you search it up."
Liang Shi searched for Quella this time and quickly got the results.
The introduction following this name is: an international emerging director, a Berska Best New Director, a WTI Best Screenplay, whose representative works include the trilogy of "The Messenger", "The Postman" and "The Trek", "The Lonely Angel" and "Fooling Around", and the works currently being filmed are "Blindness" and "Heart's Journey".
...
Liang Shi clicked in incredulously, then exited in shock.
The award system in this world is slightly different from that in the original world, but it is basically comparable.
The Perth Awards are comparable to the Oscars, which is the highest honor for directors all over the world, and Gu Yixue is only twenty-nine years old this year.
She won the Berska Award for Best New Director when she was 21.
The WTI Best Director award is the most prestigious in the world, and the entire world admires this Chinese director.
She is also the youngest writer in WT history, having won the award at the age of 19.
It must be said that geniuses do exist in this world.
The year Quella burst onto the international film scene sparked a major trend of art-house films being made in China.
However, almost all of them failed miserably.
Art films are easy to make; they're low-budget and small-scale productions, costing only tens of millions to make one, capturing landscapes, waterscapes, and hazy emotions.
But it's too difficult to film a good one.
Quella's award-winning film is a prime example of art-house cinema.
Liang Shi happened to have read it, and after reading it, he was filled with emotion, but he didn't know where to begin writing his thoughts.
I never expected that it was Gu Yixue who took the photo.
Her Chinese name is not available online, only her English name.
Liang Shi's mind was racing with a thousand thoughts.
Gu Yixue... just from the name, you can tell she's someone who makes art films.
Liang Shi stood there pondering: was it too late to ask for their contact information?
Liang Shi still didn't ask for it back.
She returned to the place where the cast and crew of "Yu Guang" had their dinner party with a little regret.
The reason I feel a little regret is because I missed out on such an excellent film director.
But this emotion is not serious.
Liang Shi knew that good directors might look at thousands of actor profiles a day in order to find the roles they wanted, and once they found someone they liked, they would check the actor's schedule no matter what.
Gu Yixue only returned the fire to her, and after learning that she was an actress, she did not ask for her contact information, indicating that she did not want her to play any roles.
Then there's nothing to regret.
If there's an opportunity in the future, we might be able to collaborate.
After Liang Shi returned, she continued to sit in the corner, but the director noticed her being alone and came over with a wine glass to greet her.
The director, who had drunk a little too much, kept praising her, saying that Liang Shi surprised everyone on the day of her audition, and that she didn't look like a complete novice at all, which showed that she was born to do this job.
Hearing the director's praise, Liang Shi recalled the information he had just looked up and suddenly felt ashamed of himself.
Gu Yixue is the one who is truly suited for this job!