Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 237: Too Much Forcing (Part one)

The next day, Xu Cheng got Instructor Yan to approve a vacation for him and then packed his bags and went to the airport to fly to Shangcheng.

When boarding the plane, he actually ran into Hu Bing.

Both of them were quite surprised. Hu Bing asked Xu Cheng, “Brother Cheng, you are also from Shangcheng?”

Xu Cheng nodded. “Holy crap, don’t tell me you are as well?”

“What a coincidence!” Hu Bing laughed. “Then let’s go together, haha.”

After passing the security check with him, Xu Cheng asked, “Why are you still going back?”

“After getting permission from the family, I obviously should go back and visit my parents. After all, I probably won’t go back in a while. This time, whether it’s meeting up with family or friends, it’s kind of like a farewell.” Then, Hu Bing asked Xu Cheng, “Brother Cheng, how about you? I heard from Instructor Yan that your vacation is actually pretty long. What are you up to?”

Xu Cheng grinned. “I’m planning to take my woman and pay a visit to her home.”

Hu Bing made an “oh” expression. “So it’s a done deal now? When’s the wedding going to be?”

Xu Cheng and Lin Chuxue didn’t hold an official one yet. Back then, they just got the marriage license but didn’t do anything special. And now, he felt that he should do one to make up for it. He smiled and said, “Down the road. I will send you an invitation.”

Hu Bing nodded. “Then I will wait for your call. Count me in as one of your best men.” The two chatted and went to Shangcheng together.

Hu Bing still wanted to drag Xu Cheng to his house to have some tea, and his family obviously really wanted to welcome this champion to visit them as well. However, Xu Cheng pushed it to a later day and politely declined. A few of Hu Bing’s bros from the political circle came to pick him up and they saw him being really close with this tall guy. After Xu Cheng got into a car and left, they came over and asked, “Who’s that?”

Hu Bing looked at Xu Cheng’s car as it drove off and said, “My bro, a senior from my military region.”

Those bros in the super cars replied, “Tsk tsk, it’s so rare to see Young Master Hu being like a little bro to someone else. Did that guy bully you or something?”

Hu Bing said, “This guy is the real deal, you guys don’t understand, I really admire him. He’s older and is several levels stronger than me so it’s normal that I treat him like a big bro. It’s no big deal.”

“Oh my god, our Young Master Hu has changed.”

Hu Bing rolled his eyes at them. “Come on, I’m not joking. This senior of him is also from Shangcheng, and if you guys really see me as a bro, take care of him for me in the future. I’m going to go home first, let’s meet up later at night.”

It was Wu Gang that came to pick Xu Cheng up. Wu Gang took over Xu Cheng’s luggage and put it into the car. When they both got into the car, he smiled and said, “Boss, are you still used to your life there?”

“Pretty much. Also, you don’t have to call me Boss anymore, I already resigned.” Xu Cheng lit up a cig.

Wu Gang paused for a moment and then bitterly smiled. “I also got used to it, and I can’t really change right away. Oh right, after the case regarding West Gate and the underground money house was done, East Gate started behaving as well.”

Xu Cheng immediately interrupted him, “Alright, don’t chat to me about work. Right now I’m outside of that circle so just let me have some peace man.”

Wu Gang slapped his forehead and replied, “Oh crap, my bad. I’m already used to reporting to you.”

In fact, he was still feeling a bit bitter. After starting the car, he couldn’t help but ask Xu Cheng, “You really aren’t thinking about coming back?”

After taking a smoke, Xu Cheng shook his head, smiled, and said, “No, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to control my temper and end up killing those scumbags of society.”

Wu Gang also smiled. Then, he drove Xu Cheng to his condo and carried up the luggage. Then, Xu Cheng gave Lin Chuxue a call, but she didn’t pick up so she was probably working.

From his phone, Xu Cheng came across his wife’s ex-assistant, Lan’s number.

When she picked up the call, her attitude wasn’t as bad as before, and it was probably because she went through some hardship after she was dropped by Lin Chuxue and started working for some noname new celebrities. Even if she didn’t do it for Lin Chuxue, just Xu Cheng’s reputation in Shangcheng now was enough for Lan to admire him. After picking up Xu Cheng’s call, to suck up to him, she immediately told him the address of where Lin Chuxue was shooting at.

Chapter 237: Too Much Forcing (Part two)

Lin Chuxue was working on a modern romance movie for the new year time slot, and the lineup was pretty strong. There were many A-list actors or else it wouldn’t qualify to be played at theatres during the new year. After filming a scene, Lin Chuxue went back to the makeup room and on the way, she and her agent Sister Lei walked past the deputy director’s room, and they heard the male lead, Yan Xian, throwing a tantrum.

“You are saying that for the next kiss scene, Lin Chuxue wants to use a double?” Yan Xian was very angry. “Does she look down on me or something?“

The deputy director could only smile and say, “Don’t be so angry, from what Lin Chuxue’s agent said, she never had any kissing scenes in the past movies she starred in, so for this movie, it’s a bit too sudden for her to have a romantic kissing scene added to the movie on such a short notice. She doesn’t have any experience, so she wanted to get a body double. In fact, when we first gave her the script, there was indeed no kissing scene. Since it was added so suddenly, we can’t really force her if she doesn’t want to, right?”

Yan Xian shouted, “Right now it’s not about forcing her or not. As an actor, she should respect the profession more and just follow the script, what’s so hard about that? She’s using a double, then should I be kissing the double? What if the double is someone disgusting? She’s even won a best actress award, yet she can’t shoot a kissing scene?”

Lin Chuxue originally didn’t want to get involved, because talking behind people’s backs was too common in the entertainment circle. But what Yan Xian said was indeed a bit out of line. She directly pushed open the door and said in a cold face, “You kiss until night falls for every movie, how come I don’t see you getting a best actor award? Should all the best actor award recipients be only those that do intimate scenes? Should the judge look at how well you kiss in order to decide whether you deserve the award or not? Mr. Yan, you think I don’t know it was you that wanted the director to add that scene in last minute? If you really insist, then either I use a double, or I will quit this film.”

The deputy director also panicked. “Oh, no, no, we can all talk this out. Let’s not get so worked up.”

Lin Chuxue looked at Yan Xian pridefully since she did win multiple best actress awards. “Then please tell this Mr. Yan to not be too disrespectful with his words.”

Yan Xian never thought that he would be caught red-handed when talking behind people’s back. He immediately became angry out of embarrassment and said, “Then let me ask you, are you using a body double because you are disgusted by me?”

Lin Chuxue: “Nope, you can also use a body double if you want for this kiss scene, why make a big scene out of it? You are famous in this circle for being a playboy, and you think I don’t know? The directors and producers I work with all know that I will never accept scripts that have kiss scenes unless they would allow me to use a double.”

Lin Chuxue didn’t dislike Yan Xian, but she was disgusted by this kind of practice of changing the script to take advantage of actresses. For the past few years, she had always used a double for intimate scenes, and it was also a means of protecting herself.

Actually, she didn’t have to accept this movie role. It was just that the company wanted to utilize the hype from the “True Men” reality show and find some investors to make a new year’s film, and they invited Yan Xian to be a public CP with Lin Chuxue to create more hype. If it wasn’t for the company, Lin Chuxue wouldn’t want to work with Yan Xian and would just let her junior sister at the company, Liu Ziqi, take over the role. But, Yan Xian’s side said that Liu Ziqi’s popularity wouldn’t be able to push this movie to success and it could only be Lin Chuxue, and Liu Ziqi ended up being a side character along with many of the original cast of the “True Men” reality show.