Chapter 198 An Award Ceremony of Human Baffling Behaviors

After confirming the situation of the GPL league, Pei Qian briefly went over other noteworthy information.

This information was compiled and reported by the heads of various departments, and some information came from the "guaranteed loss students" lurking in various departments.

In fact, Pei Qian did not ask the heads of the various departments to compile and report this information, but these heads were still very conscious in reporting it, because they were worried that there would be any mistakes in their work.

It's Pei Qian's business if Boss Pei doesn't ask, but it's our business if we know something and don't report it!

For these heads, Boss Pei’s full delegation of power was certainly a good thing and represented Boss Pei’s trust in them, but this did not mean that they could do whatever they wanted.

After all, Boss Pei was the highest person in charge of Tengda Group. Since he trusted everyone so much, wouldn't it be letting Boss Pei down if some projects failed?

Therefore, the heads of each department still reported various information on a regular basis with a highly serious and responsible attitude.

If Boss Pei did not raise any objections, everything would proceed as usual. If Boss Pei raised different opinions, they would immediately change the work plan, and there was still time.

In fact, Pei Qian himself needed to grasp this information regularly, otherwise, what if a certain department made a lot of money silently again?

Therefore, although he was very reluctant, he still had to read these reported contents one by one.

Tengda Games and Fei Huang Studio should still be stuck with "Mission and Choice". One thing that worried Pei Qian more was that the plot of the game and the movie were basically all in the minds of Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. Except for the screenwriting team and a few people, no one else knew about it.

Even Lu Zhiyao, as the lead actor, only received the corresponding script when he was filming a certain scene. The same was true for the other staff members. They knew what they were going to do, but they didn't know the whole story of the movie.

Pei Qian was a little worried, but he was also very worried that his intervention would cause the observer effect.

After hearing that the movie was being filmed by Lu Zhiyao alone in a green screen studio so far, Pei Qian felt that it sounded unreliable and decided not to intervene for the time being.

Qiu Hong had already started preparing for the independent game incubation base in the capital. This was not difficult, and everything should be going smoothly.

Ma Yang was now scattering money on Weibo while doing live broadcasts. There was a professional team backing him up, and his fans were growing steadily. He had spent a lot of money but hadn't earned a penny, which made Pei Qian very satisfied.

Aeeis and Useful App were under normal development, and there was not much noteworthy news.

Liang Qingfan hadn't paid attention to Sloth Apartments for some time, but recently he should be busy buying a building in the city center to create the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model, and also talking to some reliable furniture and decoration brand partners.

On the investment department side, more and more companies were queuing up to wait for investment. He Desheng was very obedient and strictly invested in the order of first-come, first-served. After the previous ones made money, he would sell them off and then invest in the ones behind.

Simple, crude, and mindless.

Among all the investment projects, Leng Mian Guniang (Cold Face Girl) had the biggest fanfare. After that press conference, Meng Chang relied on his excellent eloquence to obtain two investments of one million each.

In this way, Meng Chang had received a total of four million in investment and was preparing to open a store in the downtown area of the capital. The progress was very smooth, and it should be able to open next week.

Meng Chang's momentum was quite loud, and Pei Qian also paid a little attention to it, but not too much.

The reason was very simple. Regardless of whether Meng Chang could succeed or not, he was still in a "boasting" stage. Pei Qian didn't have mind-reading skills, so he couldn't know his true thoughts and could only continue to observe.

Pei Qian had already decided to let Dream Chasing Venture Capital survive on its own and no longer interfere in investment behavior, strictly implementing the policy of "sell if you make money, continue to invest if you lose money", so Pei Qian didn't bother to pay too much attention to the specific operation of individual projects.

In addition, there was some progress in the work of other departments to varying degrees. For example, Moyu Internet Cafe and Moyu Takeaway had opened several new stores, and Nifeng Logistics had opened a new batch of stations, etc. Pei Qian glanced at them and stopped paying attention.

At this moment, Pei Qian's mobile phone on the table rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was Zhu Xiaoce calling.

Pei Qian couldn't help but frown. Could something have happened with the movie shooting?

"Hello? Boss Pei, sorry to bother you," Zhu Xiaoce said on the phone. "It's like this, the shooting here is not going very smoothly. Lu Zhiyao has encountered some bottlenecks in his acting skills again. We've filmed it many times and we're still not satisfied. I don't have any good ideas, so... why don't you come over, Boss Pei, and give him some pointers on his acting skills?"

Pei Qian: "?"

It was like witnessing an award ceremony of human baffling behaviors.

Shooting is not going smoothly, and the effect is not satisfactory, which is a good thing, but what does it mean to ask me to give pointers on acting skills?

Pei Qian was very confused and puzzled. Lu Zhiyao was now at least a powerful young actor, and he was only one award away from being a veritable movie emperor. Why would he still need me to guide his acting skills?

The last time with "A Beautiful Tomorrow" was a fluke. I don't know anything about acting!

"I can't guide you, goodbye." Pei Qian hung up the phone very honestly.

...

"Mission and Choice" shooting location.

Zhu Xiaoce sighed softly and put the phone back in his pocket.

When Lu Zhiyao saw this, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat, but he still asked with the last glimmer of hope, "What did Boss Pei say?"

Zhu Xiaoce shook his head: "Boss Pei said, he can't guide me."

Lu Zhiyao couldn't help but be stunned, frowning slightly: "Boss Pei said... he can't guide me?"

He frowned slightly and said after thinking seriously for a while, "Boss Pei said that he can't guide me, rather than that he doesn't have time or doesn't want to guide me?"

Zhu Xiaoce nodded: "Yes."

"Oh?" Lu Zhiyao couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Zhu Xiaoce didn't understand what he was thinking at all and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Lu Zhiyao nodded: "Of course there is!"

"Not having time, or not wanting to guide, both show that Boss Pei has the ability to guide."

"But Boss Pei said that he can't guide me, which means that he doesn't have this ability, right?"

Zhu Xiaoce nodded: "Well, that's how it should be understood literally."

Lu Zhiyao said: "Then there's a problem."

"Uncle Zhang has other things to do, he doesn't have time, and it's not appropriate to trouble him to come to Jingzhou just to give me some pointers on my acting skills."

"But Uncle Zhang definitely has the ability to guide me."

"According to the shooting situation of "A Beautiful Tomorrow" last time, Boss Pei's understanding of acting skills should be at the same level as Uncle Zhang's. Although Boss Pei may not be good at acting in person, he is very good at analyzing characters through the movie script, and digging out some performance details based on factors such as the plot and character personality."

"But now, Boss Pei hasn't even read the complete script, and he said that he can't guide me, which is a bit strange."

"Why would he refuse so decisively?"

Zhu Xiaoce frowned slightly and nodded, "Well, your suspicion is not without reason."

"If Boss Pei really doesn't have the ability to give advice, then he should at least understand the script before making a conclusion. But now, Boss Pei doesn't know the complete script at all, he only has a part of the information, and he says decisively that he can't guide me..."

"I understand!"

Zhu Xiaoce suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I think Boss Pei should be emphasizing that this play mainly depends on your own understanding. As an observer, an outsider, he can't give you too much advice!"

"Even if he can guide you on some details and improve your acting skills, it's only a temporary solution and it's difficult to fundamentally work!"

Lu Zhiyao couldn't help but be surprised: "Really? Why do you say that?"

Zhu Xiaoce explained: "This has to be explained from the difference between "A Beautiful Tomorrow" and "Mission and Choice"."

"A Beautiful Tomorrow" has a very clear theme. The male protagonist you play is just a tool, a mouthpiece for expressing Boss Pei's thoughts."

"So, Boss Pei can achieve the effect of drawing inferences from one instance after only pointing a little bit."

"But "Mission and Choice" is completely different. Its script is actually written by everyone, and there are many ways to interpret it. And most of the plots in the play are solo plays, and they are all built by green screens."

"So, there are many ways to interpret the role you play this time!"

"With so many ways of interpretation, it is difficult to say which one is absolutely correct, but one of them must be the most suitable for you. As for which one is the most suitable for you, no one can guide you, you can only rely on your own understanding."

"There are many classic and excellent roles in film history. The interpretation of these roles does not rely on guidance from God's perspective, but on the actor's own in-depth understanding of the character's heart."

"Obviously, Boss Pei believes that you have entered this stage, and guidance from God's perspective can no longer help you improve further."

"Next, you can only rely on yourself."

Lu Zhiyao blinked his eyes blankly: "Director Zhu, are you sure Boss Pei means this?"

Zhu Xiaoce nodded very firmly: "Based on my understanding of Boss Pei, I can't say 100% sure, but at least 97% sure."

"So, what you have to do now is to believe in yourself."

Lu Zhiyao fell silent.

For some reason, he had a feeling of relief.

Before, when he was filming, he always felt that he was lacking something, and his interpretation of the role was not in place.

Therefore, he was always a little unconfident, and his performance was not natural enough.

Lu Zhiyao was looking forward to someone being able to guide him like Zhang Zuting and Boss Pei had done before, so that he could suddenly see the light and solve all the problems at once in this "deus ex machina" way.

But now, Director Zhu Xiaoce's call to Boss Pei made him much clearer.

Boss Pei's words directly shattered his illusions and completely eliminated his fluke mentality. Since it is no longer possible to rely on others to guide him, he can only believe in himself and grit his teeth to understand!

Although "understanding" is a very mysterious thing, and it is unlikely to have the ideal result, Lu Zhiyao now has a mentality of burning his boats, and his whole person has relaxed.

Since Boss Pei said that now he can only rely on myself, what is there to retreat?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhiyao made up his mind: "Okay! Boss Pei's view of the problem is indeed directly pointing to the core of the contradiction. I will carefully study this script again, and shoot a few more takes in two hours!"