Seeing that the crowd still looks baffled, Chow Mingrun lifts his glass and says, "Everyone, please raise your glasses, I have some great news to tell you today!"
Yuan Ge sees a big smile on Chow Mingrun's face, and he wonders what news is so good that it can make him so happy. But since the boss is in such a good mood, perhaps later after a few rounds of drinks, he could mention to him about replacing Yin Fenghua, and maybe he would just agree.
Amélie doesn't bother beating around the bush. She raises her glass and says playfully, "Boss, stop making us guess and just tell us. Is it because your wife's Chow's Pickles are selling so well that she has decided to invest more in us?"
"How can that be! She's such a conservative person! With me whispering in her ear every night, after all these years she still hasn't shown the slightest trust in the entertainment industry. Not to mention investing more in us, she is not even willing to increase my pocket money when she has made more money."
The crowd laughs at his words. Chow Mingrun, the son-in-law of Chow's Pickles from Xiaoshan, is never ashamed of the fact of marrying into his wife's family and often makes self-deprecating jokes about it. Everyone thinks he is rather cute in this completely unabashed way.
"Hey, let's not talk about irrelevant things. I'm inviting you all to dinner today because I have a huge big announcement to make!" Chow Mingrun says excitedly, looking a little delirious, "I was called over to King Guan Entertainment today and guess what? We've really made it this time! - The audition last time, that audition of three frigging thousand people, and we at Dragon Dreams Pictures have scored the biggest win of all!!!"
"Fat Chow, what are you talking about here? What do you mean we've scored the biggest win? Are you drunk already - who are you fooling?" Seeing him waving his hands around deliriously, Du Jinghai feels that he cannot trust his words.
Amélie is the one who is thinking fast, "You mean Yuan Ge got the assistant director job for King Guan's new film?"
These words have reminded several people in the room. The thrilling scene of Yuan Ge spraying Arthur Guan in the face, getting him wet all over, and then being dragged inside by eight beefy guys for a forced audition is still fresh in everyone's mind.
"No-no-no, I said a big win, how can it be that simple!" Chow Mingrun smiles mysteriously before pulling out a large poster from behind his back, "Waylon, come over here and give me a hand, let's 'open the light'[1] for this poster!"
The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, use clear tape to stick the poster on the wall. When the spotlights shines on the poster, the crowd can't believe their eyes -
It is the concept poster for the new film "A Journey in Brocade", just announced today by King Guan Entertainment. The grandiose design style suggests that this would be the industry giant's big blockbuster of the year. The most crucial thing is that in the section of leading actors, the name of Arthur Guan is written in the first position! And the second male lead is actually Yuan Ge!
The whole room is in an uproar - how is this possible?! Wasn't it the assistant director's position that Yuan Ge went to audition for? There were 3,000 people auditioning, including a handful of award-winning movie stars, but Arthur Guan had chosen Yuan Ge for the lead role? And the big boss is going to star in the film himself? That is simply unheard of! How come King Guan suddenly decided to star in it himself, and in the lead role too? This … is all too beyond people's comprehension; it is absolutely unbelievable!
Chow Mingrun gestures for everyone to be quiet, points triumphantly at the poster and says with a big smile, "Don't just read the headline, there is other important information. Waylon, read it."
"Wow, the special guest stars are all big names! And in the main cast, there's Chestnut! Oh my God, Chestnut, you should be so proud of yourself! Your name even ranks ahead of a few big movie stars!"
Waylon almost drops his jaw as he looks at the cast announced on the poster.
Stephen rushes over to him, "Look! Look! Even Waylon and I are in supporting roles! Waylon, this is King Guan's biggest film of the year, a film with an investment scale at the top of the industry, and we're both actually in it!"
"Come here, Chestnut, they're not reading the poster carefully enough, you read it. Here, in the producer's section, read it three times!"
Apparently not satisfied with the level of surprise of the crowd, Chow Mingrun calls over the usually simple and honest girl, Chestnut, who is now stunned almost speechless, and asks her to read it aloud.
"The producers are King Guan Entertainment and Dragon … Dragon … Dragon Dreams Pictures!" Chestnut stammers, her eyes opening wide.
"Chestnut, I told you to read it three times, not to stammer three times. Look carefully, everyone - Dragon Dreams Pictures, the number two producer!"
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[1] Open the light, or kaiguang, is the Chinese term for consecration of a statue of a deity. A Kaiguang ritual varies amongst Chinese religious traditions, but it is essentially the act of formal consecration for proper usage by dotting the eyes of a statue of the Deity using a calligraphy brush coated with cinnabar. It is believed that if a statue or lion costume has not been 'kaiguang', it cannot be worshiped or used for performance, as the eyes are still "closed".