Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 68: Of Course, You Have to Meet Your Father-in-Law During New Year's

Yan Qiuchi came out of the cloakroom wearing a gray suit pants and a turtleneck black sweater. He gave off a vibe of cold and rigidness. Shen Jintai retracted his gaze and smiled at Yan Qiuchi. Yan Qiuchi pursed his lips and sat down opposite of him.

Shen Jintai handed him the script and said: "I'm here to pull an investment. President Yan, how about you take a look at this script?"

Yan Qiuchi smiled for a brief moment that looked a bit awkward, since he wasn't used to smiling. His smile was fleeting as it quickly faded back to his usual icy and restrained look. His usual look coupled with his height and aura, always made people a bit nervous.

Yan Qiuchi took the script and skimmed through it. He raised his head and asked: "Is this the movie you want to pick up?"

Shen Jintai smiled and nodded: "So you know."

Yan Qiuchi gazed at him briefly then looked away. With a "Nn", he looked back down at the script and said: "I have heard of it."

"This is Director Qiu Hong's original version. It's different from the version uploaded online. This version is a bit flat since it's more of a literary and artistic film. Due to this, it had not been able to attract investments. Look at it first. If you think it's good after reading it, lets cooperate. Business is business." Shen Jintai stood up while maintaining his smile: "Then I'll leave you to read it first. Let's talk about it after you finish."

Yan Qiuchi: "Have you decided to act in it?"

"If it can be produced, I will definitely act in it." Shen Jintai said: "If you read the script and think it is feasible and want to invest, but prefer a different starring candidate, I can also withdraw." He said in a jokingly manner, but it was not entirely impossible. After all, the investors and producers were the big shots. This was not something he could decide, or even Yan Qiuchi could decide alone. He liked this script immensely and hope it could be made, even if he can't participate in it himself.

It would be a pity if it ultimately, due to market preference, became a shallow movie that's had a gay theme that felt to be shoehorned in.

Yan Qiuchi was extremely businesslike and formal: "I'll take a look first, and if I think it's appropriate, I'll hand it over to the company's editorial and review department for evaluation. What does your company think?"

Shen Jintai: "Monsoon Entertainment only works as an artist broker. President Ji found a way to contact a few investors for me, but they all prefer the edited version." ...Including Fengxi himself.

From the perspective of an investor, their choice was not wrong. The script is a chronological drama. To make it high quality in order to win awards, fuhua dao* needed to be more refined and meticulously planned. Qiu Hong said that the 10 or 20 million still isn't enough.

*Fuhua dao (服化道) = it's the acronym of the first characters of and refers to costumes (服装), makeup (化妆), and props (道具). While people pay attention to the plot, they are also concerned with these things applied to the actors so the director would be extremely careful in this regard.

While his heartbeat was slightly fast, Yan Qiuchi still retained his original decision-making sanity and remained consistent with his principle of separation of public and private. He had a lot of say in the choice of scripts, but he would never be tyrannical about it.

Shen Jintai felt the atmosphere was becoming awkward, so he stretched out his arm offering a handshake. He smiled and said: "Then I'll wait for good news from you."

Yan Qiuchi stretched out his hand and shook hands with Shen Jintai. The moment their fingers touched; his heartbeat accelerated rapidly. Shen Jintai's hands were cold while his were hot. As Mrs. Yan said, he had strong firepower. It's not surprising. After all he was trying to contain a body that was full of volcanic lava. How can the firepower of this kind of onslaught not be strong?