A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 208 Parents of Both Parties

When Wang Dazhuang saw Chen Jinnian come in, he didn't show any expression, but just nodded with a smile, and asked Chen Jinnian to sit down and eat quickly, while secretly observing the other person's character.

Although he is not with his daughter because of his busy career all year round, it does not mean that he does not care about Wang Yidi. Wang Dazhuang has already known about this boy who appeared with his precious daughter through Wang Qing.

Even today's meal was proposed by him first. His purpose was to see with his own eyes and understand whether the person his daughter chose was a real talent or just a fool with a beautiful appearance.

After seeing him sit down, Wang Dazhuang began to eat voraciously, and asked, "Jinnian, it looks like you were very busy today and didn't have time to eat."

As soon as this question was asked, the three women present stretched out their feet tacitly.

Wang Qing frowned slightly and kicked Wang Dazhuang, signaling him to shut up if he didn't know how to speak and not ask any irrelevant questions.

Wang Yidi and Su Ying both stepped on Chen Jinnian.

Almost at the same moment, Wang Yidi on the left stepped hard on his left foot, and Su Ying on the right also stepped on his right foot. The meaning was very clear, asking him to stop eating like that.

Chen Jinnian, who was hit hard, opened his eyes wide, gritted his teeth and sat up straight, chewed the food in his mouth twice, and swallowed it with difficulty.

He felt groggy while recording the program today, especially when he was waiting in the waiting area. The camera was constantly pointed at him. It wasn't designed by anyone, but it annoyed him to death. He didn't even eat or drink the water he was given.

Wang Qing quickly said, "Jinnian has been recording a program all day, how could he not be tired? Do you think everyone is like you, sitting in the office every day and feeling full after just a few bites of food?"

"Come on, these dishes are all good, let's eat them quickly."

"Thank you auntie."

After Chen Jinnian finished speaking, he looked to the left at Wang Yidi, then to the right at Su Ying, holding chopsticks in his hand, not knowing whether he should put down his chopsticks.

Wang Yidi still had a stern face. She was really angry with Chen Jinnian today. It was really outrageous that he was late for such a long time. However, after seeing the other person's current appearance, she couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, eat quickly. Are you waiting to be fed?" She glanced at Chen Jinnian with a smile, then helped to serve a small bowl of soup and handed it to him.

This scene made Wang Dazhuang envious. His daughter had never served him soup in these years. Now it was all over. His little cotton-padded jacket was gone. Moreover, he had thought that the other party was pursuing his daughter, but now it seemed that it was not necessarily the case.

Then Wang Dazhuang lowered his head and started eating in a depressed mood.

Wang Qing ignored her husband and leaned over to chat with Chen Jinnian. "Didi said you were recording a CCTV program this time. Which channel is it on and when will it be broadcast?"

"Well, it should be a comprehensive channel and it will be broadcast after the Spring Festival. However, I don't know which episode I participated in, and I don't know how many shots can be retained in the end." Chen Jinnian said.

He only found out about this when he participated in the program. It turned out that there were not only those few challengers participating in the program, but there were many. It’s just that after the selection and post-production, there were not many people who had shots.

"Oh my God, it seems that this program is very important. It can occupy such a good time slot. Jinnian, you are going to be famous." Wang Qing said in shock.

"Hahaha, Auntie, how is this possible? I'm glad someone saw me."

He waved his hands repeatedly. It was impossible for him to become famous. He could only appear in two episodes of the show, and was just a background board in the second episode. Naturally, there would not be much attention. However, Cheng Mengyu might be able to do so. If she won consecutively and won the championship of the first season, she would get a lot of attention.

After expressing her envy, Wang Qing turned her attention to Wang Yidi, feeling a little sorry that this opportunity did not fall on her daughter.

"Mom, don't look at me. I'm just going there to do nothing."

"It's good to show your face. This is CCTV. Many celebrities want to show their faces but don't have the chance."

"I'm not short of opportunities. I'm the heroine of a movie now." Wang Yidi's face was filled with a smile. Chen Jinnian had completed all the formal procedures long before Wang Yidi's training camp and officially signed an agency contract with her.

Even though her role as the heroine is not important and she is at best the second female lead, there is no problem in promoting Wang Yidi as the heroine in the absence of a female lead.

"Okay, okay, you're the heroine and you don't care about these things, okay?" Wang Qing said lovingly before asking Chen Jinnian, "Didi has never acted before. Isn't your one million salary too high?"

Wang Yidi's pay is indeed high, only lower than Uncle Qian's in the entire crew. In a movie with such a small and medium production cost, the proportion is indeed very high.

But Chen Jinnian did this for his own reasons. He said, "Auntie, there's a reason for me to pay her this much. On the one hand, it's to boost her status, and on the other hand, it involves personal tax. Now that Yi Di's personal studio is registered under my company's name, it's reasonable for me to pay her this much."

Taxes are actually very dangerous in the entertainment industry. The more you earn, the more you like to tamper with them. So even though there are scandals every year due to this, there are still people who take risks and continue to do so.

Chen Jinnian felt that instead of resorting to messy means, it would be better to take advantage of the fact that Wang Yidi's annual income was low and give her more money, and at the same time replenish her small treasury.

Wang Qing and Wang Dazhuang naturally understood what they heard. This kind of thing happens more often between couples. After all, no matter who the money is given to, it is the common property of the couple. But under the current circumstances, the two didn't know whether to say that Chen Jinnian was careless or stupid.

The same thought popped up in their minds at the same time, "He never considered that if he and Didi break up, the money will be wasted."

But fortunately, the two of them didn't know that his precious daughter had already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with just a swipe of her hand.

The only person present who knew that the car was bought by Wang Yidi, besides the person involved, was Su Ying, who was now stroking her bulging belly and looking at Wang Yidi with satisfaction. After all, the money in the bank card had not been moved, but the car had been bought, so she naturally knew that something was wrong.

On the day of buying the car, she pulled Chen Jinnian's ear and understood the whole story, including the issue of film remuneration, for which she also offered advice.

She, Su Ying, is not a stingy person.

So today, everyone was quite happy at the family dinner, except for Wang Dazhuang who was not particularly satisfied. Before leaving, Su Ying gave Wang Yidi a jade bracelet as a gift. Then she handed her car keys to her son and urged him, "What are you still standing here for? Why don't you send your uncle and aunt home to rest?"

"I understand." After Chen Jinnian took the key, he drove his mother's A8L and took Wang Yidi and her family back to Shuxiang Yayuan. After getting off the car, he drove them all the way downstairs.

Wang Yidi walked behind his parents and when he entered the corridor, he turned around and made a phone call gesture to him.

Chen Jinnian understood and nodded slightly to indicate that he had received it.

After Wang Yidi's figure disappeared in the corridor, he put on the hood of his coat and turned back to the community gate to drive. However, when he took a shortcut through the community garden, he saw two people crouching and chatting furtively.

"Cousin, it's okay for us to go back like this."

"Believe me, they can't be found. Look, the bedroom light is on. My parents must be lying in bed watching TV series."

Chen Jinnian also crouched over and asked in a low voice, "What drama are you following?"

"Ah~"

"Ah~"