"Xiao Jing, go pour Mr. Huang a drink later, and be a little more enthusiastic!" Soon, after a day's shoot concluded, Boss Huang, as promised, booked the best restaurant in Pingyao to treat the entire cast and crew.
However, before dinner, Chen Li found Hu Jing and spoke to her privately.
"Director Li, what do you mean by this?" Hu Jing was startled.
"It's nothing. Mr. Huang specifically praised your acting today and kept looking at you!" Chen Li said, then waved her hand. "That's all I can say. Whether you seize the opportunity is up to you!"
Chen Li actually wanted to say more, but considering the intense ongoing self-inspection and rectification within the Jiangnan Group, Chen Li decided to stop there.
Since Tangren was directly invested by Huang He and had no subordinate relationship with Jiangnan Group, the storm within Jiangnan Group had not spread to Tangren Film and Television. But what if someone reported her, and Boss Huang wanted to play the role of Bao Zheng?
However, since Chen Li had just taken over as president, she no longer needed to act as a pimp as before. But it was different when facing Huang He.
After all, Chen Li had just taken office, and many people within the company were not convinced. Moreover, her relationship with Huang He was not as solid as that of Director Li Guoli.
Therefore, Chen Li needed other means to help her firmly win Huang He's favor, and she keenly noticed that Huang He's attitude towards Hu Jing was somewhat out of the ordinary.
When interviewing actresses before, Huang He had seen many beauties, but never had anyone stayed focused on someone for over 10 minutes like Hu Jing. Chen Li knew very well what this meant.
The boss must have taken a liking to Hu Jing. However, Huang He was a hero and likely felt ashamed to do such things directly. Therefore, at this time, someone like her, a sycophant, was needed to fan the flames.
Hu Jing was also a smart person. After Chen Li's hint, she understood her meaning and realized that she had been noticed by Huang He. Her feelings were incredibly complex.
Who was Huang He?
In China today, no one didn't know Huang He. After all, whether it was his heroic deeds saving people, his personal wealth exceeding 1 billion, or his establishment of the Huang He Awards, each of these achievements was enough to make any woman weak in the knees.
Moreover, Hu Jing was essentially a simple woman who wished to find a strong man to rely on. Otherwise, in another world, after being an actress for only a few years, she wouldn't have eagerly married into a wealthy family and become a rich wife.
So, Hu Jing was actually somewhat moved.
At the dinner banquet that evening, Hu Jing hesitated for a long time. Finally, holding her wine glass, she mustered her courage to toast Huang He. Huang He was also very happy to clink glasses with her, and their little fingers even touched, causing Hu Jing's face to flush instantly.
It seemed that Chairman Huang was indeed interested in her.
Unfortunately, there were too many people who wanted to toast Boss Huang at the scene. Not only did the owner of the restaurant rush over to toast after hearing that Huang He was there, but even the local secretary of Pingyao drove over upon hearing that the great hero Huang He was present. He insisted on having a drink with Boss Huang and discussing how potential Pingyao was for development, hoping Boss Huang would invest.
These were truly excellent cadres.
As a result, Hu Jing's toast was completely marginalized. She looked at Boss Huang, who was like a star surrounded by everyone, with tears threatening to fall.
Fortunately, Chen Li did not ignore her. She quietly sidled over and whispered, "What do you think of Mr. Huang?"
"He's very good! It's just that he might not be interested in a small actress like me!" Hu Jing said cautiously.
"Alas, the situation is special today. He definitely doesn't have time to care about your affairs now!" Chen Li smiled. "However, I've already prepared a room for him. It's room 8701. Perhaps you can go find him tonight to discuss the script!"
"Ah..." Hu Jing had not expected things to develop so quickly.
"You don't need to be surprised. I'm just giving you a suggestion. What you do is your business. Moreover, our Chairman Huang is different from other married old men; he is not married, he is single. So, you are just making friends properly, not anything unclean."
"So, if things go smoothly, you might have a chance to become my boss lady. You'll have to look out for me then!" Chen Li said and left, leaving Hu Jing to stand there in a daze.
Hu Jing didn't eat a single bite of food during the entire banquet, as she was contemplating Chen Li's words. Only after the banquet dispersed, the leaders left, and Boss Huang returned to his room to rest did Hu Jing slowly, as if she were a thief, go to the eighth floor of the hotel. She stared at the door of room 8701, wondering what to do next.
"Miss Hu, do you need something from our boss?" Suddenly, a voice behind Hu Jing startled her. She looked up and saw a strong, muscular man standing behind her.
"Who are you people?" Hu Jing was terrified.
"I am the boss's bodyguard. I noticed you as soon as you appeared!" the bodyguard said calmly. "The boss is alone inside now. If you need to see him, you can knock on the door. If not, please leave!"
"Oh... I..." Hu Jing was now backed into a corner. She thought about her poor family, then about her dream of becoming a wealthy wife. She gritted her teeth and said, "I would like to discuss the script with Mr. Huang. Is that okay?"
"Of course. I'll just tell the boss," the bodyguard nodded, then led Hu Jing to the door and knocked softly. "Boss, Miss Hu Jing wants to discuss the script with you. Do you think it's necessary?"
Hearing the bodyguard's words, Hu Jing felt a surge of heat within her. How could she be so cheap?
"Come in!" After a moment, the door opened. Huang He, already changed into a bathrobe, smiled faintly at Hu Jing and took her hand, pulling her into the room.
"Goodbye, my maiden days!" As she stepped through the door, Hu Jing bid farewell to her past self in her heart.
Then, she heard Huang He ask, "Do you know how to use a computer and a printer?"
"Ah... I do..." Hu Jing was stunned for a moment, then replied. "Seriously, she's a college student, how could she not know how to use a computer?"
"That's good. I'll give you a webpage later. Your task is to copy all the text from this webpage and paste it into a Word document. Then, take this document to a nearby print shop and print out these words for me!" Huang He said.
"Ah! What do you mean by this?" Hu Jing was bewildered again.
"Hmm? Didn't Chen Li find you to help me with the script?" Huang He asked in confusion. "I remember telling Chen Li that I needed someone to help me organize script materials. Didn't she send you?"
"Oh! It's me! It's me!" Hu Jing dared not say no and quickly agreed. Then Huang He directly handed her a laptop.
This laptop was already on a website called Tianya Forum, and it had opened a post titled "Starting a book, the title is 'The Journey of the Immortals,' but I don't know how long I can write it."
Hu Jing quickly scanned it and found that it was someone writing a novel on Tianya Forum.
Writing novels on a forum might sound incredible. Shouldn't it be on a novel website?
In fact, in 2000, Qidian had not yet been born. At that time, many online novels were written on forums, such as the widely popular "First Intimate Contact" and later "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty." These all became popular on forums. At that time, forums even had dedicated sections for writing novels, so writing novels on forums was a very normal thing, just like this novel called "The Journey of the Immortals."
At first, this novel was just the author's self-indulgence. For the first three chapters, almost no one replied. It wasn't until the fourth chapter that someone finally replied, but the reply was, "What is this garbage? What is a Martian transmission array? This is not a fantasy novel, it's too ridiculous!"
Then came the author's reply.
"I am writing a cultivation novel. Please read it carefully and seriously."
As the author continued to update, more and more replies came in.
Hu Jing took a look. The author updated one chapter daily, about 3,000 words. If this were the online novel industry in 2021, they would definitely be roasted to death.
From the initial three chapters with only one reply, to later, with five replies between two chapters, by around the twentieth chapter, there were more than dozens of replies between every two chapters.
And by the most recent update today, the replies were even more exaggerated. For every chapter, there were at least hundreds of replies, all intensely discussing the plot.
Some had thousands of replies, and the total number of replies in the entire thread had reached one hundred thousand, making it the most popular thread on Tianya.
This made things difficult for Hu Jing. She had to refresh and flip pages one by one, then find a way to locate each of the author's chapter updates, and then use the "select all," "copy," and "paste" operations to copy this textual content into a Word document.
By this time, the author had updated around 200 chapters. So, when Hu Jing found the last chapter and finished copying, it was already past two o'clock in the morning.
"Mr. Huang, the print shops wouldn't be open at this hour, would they?" Hu Jing asked cautiously.
"Oh, right!" Huang He slapped his forehead and said, "Then take my computer back. Print these files for me by 10 AM tomorrow morning and give them to me."
"Yes!" Hu Jing, confused, took Huang He's laptop and left the room. Escorted by security, she returned to her own room.
"I actually ended up working on a script for Huang He all night!!" Hu Jing muttered to herself, looking at the laptop in her hands, on the verge of tears.