Chapter 35: First Coming to the Fore (I)

With the successful filming of the MV, Lan Su officially entered the entertainment industry and became an artist.

　　Without an agency or an agent, Huo Yan set up her own studio.

　　"One schedule assistant, one makeup assistant, one photographer, and three operations staff. Legal and tax affairs are outsourced to my company."

　　In the moving car, Huo Yan read out the list of positions like reading out the menu, and her speed was so fast that it seemed as if she was taking revenge on someone who was using the necklace sales to control her.

　　"These people's salaries will be deducted from your film pay."

　　Lan Su has never been involved in the entertainment industry: "Pay?"

　　Huo Yan explained: "It's the compensation you get for taking the role. Judging from this MV, you can only afford to keep this studio for one month."

　　Lan Su panicked: "But I'm still a newcomer and don't need a studio."

　　"Whether you need it or not is not up to you. By the way, you will need a nanny car when you go out to catch up with your schedule. I have ordered one for you."

　　"Thanks."

　　"Transfer the money to me at the end of the month."

　　"...Um?"

　　It took Lan Su only a second to go from being flattered to being puzzled. He looked at Huo Yan in astonishment, and finally caught the smirk that flashed across his eyes, so he lay back on the chair.

　　"I have no money."

　　Huo Yan let her off the hook: "You can write me an IOU first, and give it to me when your next film pays you. But I'll have to pay interest on it."

Lan Su sat on the chair with her chest heaving with anger. She turned around and glared at her, but she was just looking at the Metasequoia trees passing by the car window leisurely, not responding to her glare at all. She even added mercifully:

　　"We are legal spouses, but brothers still have to settle accounts."

　　He turned around and gave him a teasing look.

　　"Susu, you wouldn't owe me a debt and not pay it back, would you?"

　　Lan Su finally understood that this person was seeking revenge. He was threatening her with the necklace sales volume and came to pick her up after work.

　　What "Su Su" is? It's just to disgust her on purpose.

　　It perfectly matches the sarcastic expression on the Internet!

　　"certainly."

　　Lan Su took over the sentence and said to Su Su, "Huo Yan is even more narrow-minded than a child. She, Lan Su, is not a pushover either." She immediately brushed the long hair on the side of her face and curved her eyes kindly.

　　"Then when will you give me dividends?"

　　Huo Yan was outmaneuvered and his eyes fixed on the face whose innocence was magnified by the makeup artist.

　　"Dividends?"

　　She asked back.

　　Lan Su tilted his head, raised the corners of his willow-shaped eyes, and spoke slowly:

　　"Yes. Redemption has been on the market for so long, with press conferences and red carpets. I have been cooperating with the promotion for so long, don't I get any dividends? Also, when we got married, you gave me a shopping mall. Although it originally belonged to you and I let you run it, you transferred it to my name as a betrothal gift. During this period, I didn't get a penny of the mall's profits. Add all these together, how can it be enough to buy a luxury car?"

　　After all these transactions, Huo Yan ended up in debt.

　　The driver held the steering wheel with both hands, listened to the little calculations of the real wife from behind, and laughed in a useless way. He used great effort to prevent himself from making any sound, but the corners of his mouth almost stretched to the back of his head.

Mr. Huo, Mr. Huo, are there times when you have to suffer in silence?

　　In the end, Lan Su didn't have to pay for the nanny car. As Lan Su said, it was all her deserved dividends.

　　Half a month later, the MV was successfully released and quickly became a sensation online. Lan Su, the newcomer who played the ferryman, stood out among the other pale, young and thin female stars.

　　[Ahhhh, Lan Su is amazing]

　　[Is his eyes killing me? Especially the look when he put away the oars at the end, ah, I'm dead]

　　[Finally not an innocent and pure little white flower, I just want to see the female devil who created the world]

　　[It's so strange, Lan Su is obviously very thin, but when standing next to the second female lead, she looks very fierce, like a boss who can't be messed with]

　　When Lan Su quickly became popular, the studio opened a Weibo account and Lan Su's personal account.

　　"Sister Lan Su, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning! Let's go take a set of photos!"

　　Assistant Jiang Ying sent a WeChat message, followed by an emoticon of a pink elephant driving a car.

　　"What's the purpose of taking photos?" Lan Su didn't quite understand and called immediately.

"For publicity and modeling! When you submit your resume to a film crew, they want to see your photo! The most important thing is that your Weibo account is empty right now, so you need a nice profile picture and a background!"

　　Lan Su finally understood: "I have the avatar."

　　"Ah? What about the background?"

　　"Yes."

　　"When did you take the photo? The boss said you didn't take it."

　　"I'm done, go and see."

　　Jiang Ying parked the nanny car on the side of the road, opened her phone blankly, and clicked on @蓝苏's personal Weibo interface.

　　Avatar: fiery red background cloth + front view of white shirt.

　　Background: fiery red backdrop + front view of her and Huo Yan in white shirts.

　　This is obviously a wedding photo!

　　"Hahaha!"

　　Jiang Ying laughed out loud in the driver's seat, grabbed the steering wheel, and was pulled back by the seat belt.

　　"Hahaha how can someone be so cute hahaha!"

　　This action also caused an uproar online.

　　[I'm shocked, Lan Su, you're just afraid that someone else will snatch your wife from you, right? You declared your sovereignty in your first Weibo post]

　　[Okay, confirm Lan Su's character as a big sister, otherwise the background is red, I thought it was a police patrol]

　　[Huo Yan's expression is also very good, and he also has a blank expression, as if to say "don't mess with me"]

　　[There are two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed]

　　[Other people's wedding photos say "I'm married", but theirs say "I'm crowned"]

[The person above is so good at talking, lend me your mouth for a day]

　　When many people didn't know who Lan Su was, #Lan Su avatar# became a hot search, and a distinct "newcomer beauty" came over, unexpectedly earning Lan Su some popularity.

　　Ding!

　　When a message came from WeChat, Huo Yan stopped working on the computer - she only set a sound reminder for messages from one person.

　　[Lan Su: This month's promotion is in place, remember to transfer the money]

　　Attached is a screenshot of the hot search. When she clicked on it, the red wedding photo caught her eye, which made her frown. She swiped the screen twice with her fingers, and saw various emojis made by netizens, such as "I ascended the throne", "Bully wife", and "Don't mess with my wife".

　　Dazzling, extremely dazzling.

　　The finger sliding on the screen slowed down and clicked on the serious avatar.

　　Well, but still cute.

　　But money is too vulgar. What Lan Su needs now is to shine in this industry that he is interested in.

　　"Jiang Feng, buy me two tickets to Paris."

　　Jiang Feng put the receiver on his shoulder and started searching for flight information to Paris in the next few days:

　　"Okay, which day do you want to buy it?"

　　"It's the fashion week at the end of the month, go a day early."

　　Jiang Feng paused. Huo Yan never attends fashion weeks. She usually goes abroad for crossover projects or jewelry shows. But then he thought about it. Mr. Huo has a new friend named Lan Su who wants to develop in the entertainment industry. So he half-guessed and half-asked:

　　"Is it for you and Miss Lan?"

　　Sure enough, Huo Yan hummed: "Well, I'll give you her ID information later."

"OK."

　　After hanging up the phone, Jiang Feng quickly filled in the newly received ID information on the ticket purchasing website. After quickly booking the ticket, he received squinting eyes from the onlookers across the desk.

　　"Fashion Week~"

　　Xu Panpan heard the whole story on the intercom and raised her eyebrows at her with interest.

　　"Boss Huo always says he won't care about Miss Lan and will let her develop on her own. Now he's paving the way for her in the fashion circle. How can you still say 'don't care'?"

Jiang Feng closed the ticket booking interface: "Correction, it's the entertainment industry."

　　"What about coaxing kids? Watching a fashion show must be the fashion world."

　　"The pattern, the pattern should be raised a little bit."

　　"How to say?"

　　Jiang Feng shook his head, tapped her forehead with a pen, and corrected her in a low voice:

　　"This Paris Fashion Week is to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the big red brand Dr. Lewis. Many directors, producers, and actors in the industry will be invited. Mr. Huo took her to watch the show on the surface, but in fact he took her to build connections."

　　"Wow..." Xu Panpan clapped her hands while holding her coffee cup. "You know all this, you're awesome, Sister Feng!"

Jiang Feng raised the corners of his lips proudly: "My girlfriend was also invited."

　　"Your actress?"

　　"Keep a low profile, we haven't made any official announcements."

　　"Hahaha! Okay, okay, I got it!"

　　After laughing and joking, Xu Panpan returned to her workstation. The moment she turned around, her forced smile collapsed, like a balloon that was punctured, and the emotions in her eyes were as deep and bottomless as a whirlpool, sucked into the bitterness of the coffee.