Professional Body Double

Chapter 4

Zhou Xiang arrived at the company very early.

    Cai Wei was currently the managing deputy director of this company. He was their boss’ left and right hands, and took care of everything. The boss wasn’t in Beijing most of the time. He basically managed and supervised all of the company’s matters. His connections and position in the entertainment circle now was leagues better than two years ago, thus, arranging a job for Zhou Xiang was a walk in the park.

    Two years ago, no for Zhou Xiang, only a month ago, Zhou Xiang was also an employee in this company. In the past, whenever Cai Wei introduced jobs to Zhou Xiang, he would deduct the lowest commission fee and treated Zhou Xiang extremely well. Zhou Xiang had been in the company for a long time; he was well-liked and had good relationships with the people in the company so he really liked this company. He felt that being able to work here was a very good start to his new life.

    Zhou Xiang came across a few of his old colleagues inside the building. He resisted the urge to greet them. In these people’s eyes, he was a complete stranger.

    Cai Wei brought Zhou Xiang into his office. He smiled as he invited him to sit down and then answered a phone call. After finishing the call, he grabbed his keys and said to Zhou Xiang, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to that film studio to have a look around. Our Chief Wang invested over 10 million to make that film studio. Right now it’s the biggest film studio in Beijing. We get quite a lot of jobs every day. So, do some old jobs first, work hard, move about and be active, and who knows, you might fish up a chance to shoot a commercial one day.”

    Zhou Xiang smiled. “Wei'ge, right now I’m happy as long as I have a job. I’m not planning on thinking about anything else at the moment.”

    Cai Wei glanced at him appreciatively. “Good, a stable and patient person of your age is hard to come by. Work well, and if there’s an opportunity, Wei'ge will definitely help you. I know that it’s not easy for you and your mum. I’m sure she must have spent a lot of money for your treatment. Take your time, life has to go on, it’ll get better in the future.”

    Zhou Xiang was a bit moved. In an outsider’s eyes, Cai Wei was strict and unkind, and he had a sense of craftiness, shrewdness and ruthlessness, but Zhou Xiang knew that it was a guise that he created in order to survive in this circle where good and bad were mixed. Cai Wei was actually guy who was very loyal to his friends.

    Cai Wei drove him towards the Tongzhou area, taking him to that newly built film studio at the border of the 6th Ring Road. Their boss had leased the first four floors of this large building. The total floor area was over one thousand square meters. The interior had been remodelled into large-scale filming headquarters. Every floor was divided into two districts. The specialisation or focus of every district was different and could be changed at any time.

    As soon as they entered the building, they saw a few tall and slim, lightly dressed models walking around with exaggerated heavy makeup on their faces. The two didn’t bat an eye at the strange sight and headed straight for the second floor.

    They passed by a production team which was in the middle of filming a family comedy drama and then walked to the other side to the district which specialised in shooting special effects films. They were currently in the middle of filming a science fiction commercial. The male model's healthy and beautiful body was wrapped inside skin tight silver costume, and he was dangling from a wire, flying about in the air.

    “A’Liu.” Cai Wei called out to white and chubby youngster.

    The person called A’Liu immediately ran over, and warmly called out “Wei'ge.”