BE Crazy Demon Survival System [Quick Transmigration]Ch7 - The Peak of Competition Between Beauty and Acting Skills (7)

Lin Ran…

Lin Ran!? EaOqdJ

Xu Qichen stared at those words, and his fingers began to shake subconsciously.

Suddenly, the word ‘Congratulations’ appeared before his eyes. It was even sparkling with blue lights.

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“Congratulations, you have received an extra reward of 500 points!”

Extra points? irq3aL

Xu Qichen spaced out staring at the notification until he heard Li Yun’s shouting from the speaker. Only then he reacted, accepted the points in a flurry, and raised his phone to his ear again.

“Hello, hello!”

“Aiai, I’m listening, Yun-jie. The signal was bad just now…”

Only then did Li Yun’s tone lower down. “No wonder you didn’t make a sound for half a day.”

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“Yun-jie, you said Sun Cheng has been rejected?”

“En, I’m still inquiring about the actual reason, but it seems to be a problem amongst the investors. After all they’re still differentiated by the amount they invest; the more you invest the more say you have.”

“But that’s not important, you have to come with me for a meal now. I’ll say it beforehand, Director Chen and Screenwriter Qu will both be there, it’s not just the investors. Quickly get changed, I’m on the way, I’ll be there in 15 minutes.”

This was too sudden, he had already come to terms with not entering the crew, but in the end there was actually a turn around. gswN9z

If both the director and screenwriter are there, there shouldn’t be any problem.

Xu Qichen found a suit in the closet and changed into it. Looking at the person in the mirror, he couldn’t help sighing again, this face is really good looking, no wonder so many girls were crazy over it.

In the car, Li Yun asked the makeup artist Xiao Zhang to do some simple styling for him. After all, it was a formal meal, so he had to be somewhat well-groomed.

“Are we the only ones invited or did they call the other actors they have their eyes on?” G21eKx

Li Yun finished replying to her WeChat messages before saying, “I’m not sure. The one who called was Director Chen’s assistant. Since nothing was said, it wasn’t good for me to ask. There might be others, but you have to perform well no matter what.”

Although she said that, Li Yun knew her own celebrity well. He was naturally a person of few words.

Only his face was a gift from heaven.

“Aside from Director Chen, the main organiser for this meal is Shengda Guanghua’s President Sheng Huafeng. I’m guessing Shengda Guanghua’s investment this time is the largest.” zdrDua

Shengda Guanghua?

That means, Dingming Shiji wants to push for Ji Mengze. After rejecting Sun Cheng, Shengda’s president attends this meal. So Sun Cheng’s supporter is Xinyao.

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“However, if I were the investor, unless it’s because he slept with me, I wouldn’t choose Sun Cheng either.”

Xu Qichen: “Why?”

“Very simply, this kind of literary film is the classic example of ‘paying a lot for publicity’. The director’s goal is the awards, but that’s not true for the investors. Naturally, what they want is to at least earn back what they invested. Although Lin Ran’s box office appeal is the highest among Xiaoshengs, it’s not enough for them. Businessmen will always want more.” rajN5

“For a double male lead film like this, they would naturally wish the other lead also has a relatively high box office appeal. Even though Sun Cheng debuted four-five years ago and his acting skills are fine, frankly, he’s just not naturally popular and can’t win fans. No fans equals no money.”

Li Yun looked into Xu Qichen’s eyes. “That’s the reason you’re showing up at this meal.”
Xu Qichen laughed, not sure if he should feel lucky or pitiful.

This environment has already become entirely commercial, forming a set of laws completely different from the past.

“Of course, I already heard from someone that Screenwriter Qu is very satisfied with you. She thinks your overall image matches the most with the character she wrote.” PdskNo

Xu Qichen had thought of something to ask Li Yun, but this add-on line from her, that had a hint of comfort, made him forget it. Now he couldn’t seem to recall it, no matter how hard he tried to remember.

What did he want to ask?

The car quickly reached the appointed location, which was a private clubhouse far away from the city center.

From the outside, it looked like a private villa. With trees planted all around it, only the red roof could be seen from afar. 62n9Nf

This very much matched Director Chen’s low profile style.

But if Ji Mengze really joined, then it would be impossible to remain low profile.

Xu Qichen entered the clubhouse with a wry smile and followed the staff into a box. Although it’s called a box, the space inside is really comparable to half the main area of a regular restaurant.

The moment the door was pushed open, Li Yun turned her social mode on. With her expensive high heels and warm smile, she even softened her voice, entirely unlike the old mom style she had when conversing with Xu Qichen earlier. ddUjYg

On entering, Xu Qichen immediately saw Director Chen and Screenwriter Qu. The two of them were sitting together like at the audition, except this time, Screenwriter Qu immediately gave him a smile.

Xu Qichen quickly greeted them.

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Sitting on Director Chen’s right was a well-dressed and good looking middle-aged man. He kept a smile on his face, giving off the aura of a strategizing leader. He’s probably Sheng Huafeng.

“Hello President Sheng, I’ve always looked up to you.” Li Yun stepped forward with a smile. s5y7nQ

Sheng Huafeng was surprisingly gentlemanly, standing up to shake her hand when he saw a lady. “Pleasure.”

As a freelancer, Xu Qichen almost never attended this kind of business dinners, so he could only step forward while hardening his scalp.

He gave Sheng Huafeng a 90-degree bow and said, “Hello President Sheng, I’m Ji Mengze.”

Probably because they were shocked by this kind of overly formal greeting, when Xu Qichen rose again he found that everyone’s expressions were a little weird. dA TU5

However, Sheng Huafeng quickly laughed out loud. Pointing at Xu Qichen he said to Li Yun, “This child of yours is really sincere ah.”

Li Yun rushed to laugh along. “Right? Even though he looks very pretty, he’s very realistic.”

Xu Qichen was not very satisfied with the term ‘pretty’.

“Mengze, right? Sit here.” President Sheng pointed at the second seat beside him. 1cgvu

Xu Qichen sat down as directed. Li Yun too sat down on his other side.

“Let’s not talk about work today. Just treat it as an ordinary Sheng treating everyone to a meal.”

Sheng Huafeng’s treating?

This was not what Xu Qichen expected. Plus he didn’t understand why Sheng Huafeng left a seat between them. Did he not want to sit with him? GMrCOw

“I often come to this clubhouse, the dishes here are all made very meticulously. Director Chen, I know you usually like to have a couple of drinks, so I especially told someone to bring the best liquor; white. You’d better leave me some face ah.”

Director Chen’s ice-cold face finally showed a smile. What’s stranger was that he actually looked quite honest when he smiled.

“Ai, Xiao Ji, how well do you drink?”

Before Li Yun could speak, Xu Qichen replied, “Not bad.” 5b 8WI

0901’s voice quickly appeared: “Mr. Xu, you may have forgotten, Ji Mengze’s setting is ‘can’t hold his liquor’.”

“I didn’t forget,” Xu Qichen replied in his heart, “He can’t, but I can. Don’t my own physical attributes affect this world’s body? It’ll be fine.”

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0901: “Are you already prepared to fight with the alcohol for consciousness?”

Xu Qichen: “That’s the best option. Do you sell sobering drugs?” 3BlZch

0901: “Extra-effective alcohol relief drug, 300 per bottle, completely honest.”

Xu Qichen: “… Get me one bottle ba.”

Just after he said that, his right suit pocket became a little heavier. Xu Qichen reached in to find a small bottle about the same size as a Sanchine zinc gluconate solution.

Really. Completely honest. RC aHt

Suddenly he felt a kick on his calf. Xu Qichen looked over and saw Li Yun glaring at him. He could only smile back.

“You really can’t tell by looking, Mengze looks so gentle but he can actually hold his drink ah! Good, I like that, those who can’t drink aren’t real men!”

Others may not know, but Xu Qichen knows well. Although President Sheng is not a character who appeared at this point in the novel, he’s still a character designed by himself.

What he wrote was a businessman who seems to be quite cultured and is particularly chivalrous inside, so drinking is something that really affects his goodwill and can’t be avoided around him. opYlME

As they were speaking, the door was knocked on twice. President Sheng immediately smiled and said to Director Chen: “He’s finally here.”

At the sound of the door opening, Xu Qichen turned around. At that moment, he remembered what he had wanted to ask Li Yun in the car previously.

‘Will Lin Ran be there?’

Evidently, he’s already here. OiVu3f

Coincidentally, Lin Ran was also wearing a suit, but it’s a light grey casual style that made him look especially tall and lean.

He smiled at those who were already sitting before casually unbuttoning the cuffs of his sleeves and saying, “I’m late, the driver couldn’t find this place.”

President Sheng laughed out loud and gestured for Lin Ran to come over. Lin Ran was also very generous, neatly taking up the space between Sheng Huafeng and Xu Qichen.

Don’t know why, but when Lin Ran sat down, he felt that the person beside him was like a kitten whose fur suddenly stood up. He looked at Xu Qichen and received a smile from him. i2WOno

0901: “Mr. Xu, your smile is a tiny bit fake.”

Xu Qichen: “Life’s hard, don’t expose.”

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Lin Ran returned a warm smile, but because Xu Qichen knew Lin Ran’s attitude towards Ji Mengze in the original plot, he still felt uneasy.

But Lin Ran seemed very natural, chatting with Sheng Huafeng and the others familiarly. 3cYwKI

The dishes were served one after another. President Sheng had a very generous personality, prompting everyone to help themselves.

Although Director Chen usually looked grim, he really gave President Sheng a lot of face. Qu Qing and Li Yun surprisingly got along well, probably because they were both women and had more common topics.

Only Xu Qichen, aside from drinking whenever Sheng Huafeng toasted, really couldn’t find anything to talk about.

Suddenly, his left foot was stepped on. Xu Qichen glanced at the person on his left. Thinking it was an accident, he quickly brought his foot closer. x8pv1A

This private clubhouse’s food was really good. Since coming to this world, Xu Qichen had not had a proper meal. He a rib and was about to put it in his mouth when his foot was stepped on again.

The rib dropped into the bowl with a ‘pa-da’.

Xu Qichen looked at Lin Ran, who was holding a glass of liquor in his hand and had a smile on his lips.

Just when Xu Qichen felt he felt he was being unreasonable, the other party turned slightly and moved closer to him amidst the surroundings sounds of clanging wine glasses. fVJod3

Lin Ran’s tone was solemn.

“This is the punishment for not adding me on WeChat.”

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aka there’s little profit

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actors who specialise in acting as young men

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lit. no fire in his fate

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bracing himself

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not white wine, it’s chinese soju… liquor, something, idk much about it, but it’s heavy stuff. Since they use the same word for all the alcoholic drinks i’ll just call this ‘drink’ from here on

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he’s asking him to drink more

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三锌口服液, it’s a 10ml bottle lol

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meme from this song, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftfJRzW0MPo, the line goes ‘Don’t say I’m lying, life is already hard enough, please just don’t expose some things’

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25 comments

  1. “Life’s hard, don’t expose” is somehow incredibly funny to me, he’s really doing his best here. Meanwhile, his complete lack of confidence that anyone might ever like him is already dragging him down… My poor child, and his poor feet, be nice Lin Ran haha

    Thank you for translating! <3

  2. Ahhhhh! I’m dying! This is going to become a new favorite. Reading 7 chapters and suddenly coming to an end is torture! How frequent are the releases? Thanks author!