Professor John said that the contract was under Spear’s studio.
Spear’s studio was nominally affiliated with Universal Studios but Director Spear was in charge of the management. In other words, this was a place that enjoyed the privilege of Universal Studios without the necessity of abiding by its rules.
What Wei Changfeng was about to sign was the contract of an individual movie, the new movie of Director Spear.
Before this, Professor John had been hoping that his favorite student could sign the contract as soon as possible. When things came to a head, he felt a bit worried and said, “Have you talked it out with An? Don’t let this matter affect your relationship.”
Wei Changfeng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “It already does.”
Professor John was shocked. His rough beards and blue eyes were filled with fear. “What happened?! Fynn! I can explain it for you!”
Seeing Professor John’s reaction, Wei Changfeng smiled bitterly. “A lot of things happened. The biggest issue is that I’m too busy to keep him company. We are a couple. We need to spend quality time together…”
Professor John gritted his teeth and said, “How about this? Your contract with Director Spear will take effect in September. I’ll let you take two months off!”
Wei Changfeng achieved his goal, picked up his phone, and stood up. “Then I’ll go home for dinner first.”
Professor John, who was stood up, was dumbfounded. Wei Changfeng waved his hand and went home. On the way back home, he bought a bunch of roses for Qi Le’an.
Qi Le’an tidied up the house at home and prepared the ingredients for the cake. It was Wei Changfeng who taught him how to bake but what Qi Le’an baked was less satisfactory.
The moment he put the cake in the oven, the doorbell rang.
Qi Le’an was still wearing the baking mittens. He couldn’t help wondering whether it was Hu Bin who came so early. Hence, he took a look through the peephole and saw a bunch of roses.
Qi Le’an was shocked and said, “Wei Sama?”
Wei Changfeng, who was hiding behind the roses, tried not to laugh. Seeing that no one responded, Qi Le’an was confused about his guess.
The doorbell rang two more times and Qi Le’an opened the door. Seeing that it was Wei Changfeng, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Why didn’t Wei Sama say anything? And you are holding a bunch of roses!”
Wei Changfeng handed the roses to Qi Le’an and kissed him on the cheek with a smile. “I bought the roses at the flower shop.”
The delicate rose had a fragrance, and there were water drops on the red petals. Qi Le’an couldn’t help but put the rose into the vase, poured the water into the vase, and placed it on the small tea table in the living room.
“Why did Wei Sama come back in advance?” Qi Le’an was prepared to grab a bite randomly by himself in the afternoon, but now that Wei Changfeng came back, he didn’t need to make do with the meal.
Wei Changfeng looked at the ingredients that Qi Le’an had prepared in the kitchen and said, “I have asked Professor John for a leave. I’ll sign the contract with Director Spear tomorrow. I’m basically available before September.”
Qi Le’an’s eyes brightened! Wei Sama would have a holiday of two months.
Wei Changfeng rolled up his sleeves and prepared to cook. Qi Le’an quickly stopped him, as he couldn’t bear to see Wei Sama get busy the moment he came back!
“I’ll do it!” Qi Le’an leaned over and said, “Wei Sama, just sit down and wait to eat!”
Wei Changfeng smiled at Qi Le’an and said banteringly, “I never expected that I would become the one waiting for the meal.”
Qi Le’an giggled and pushed Wei Changfeng to the sofa with both hands. Then he fled back to the kitchen himself.
Yesterday, they went to the supermarket to buy a lot of groceries. Qi Le’an quickly made two dishes and the rice in the electric rice cooker was ready. He served the rice for Wei Changfeng.
Wei Changfeng was sending an email when his phone rang non-stop. Qi Le’an sat down obediently and looked at him.
Wei Changfeng put down his phone, had a taste of the fried shredded potatoes, and remarked, “You are getting better and better at cooking!”
Qi Le’an’s eyes instantly danced.
Qi Le’an, who was praised for his cooking skills, said that he had to prepare dinner for Hu Bin this afternoon. With a smile, Wei Changfeng pressed him against the sofa, saying, “I’ll do it… By the way, I have sent a script outline of Director Damien’s musical drama to your email. You can take a look first.”
Qi Le’an tingled with excitement and opened the email on his phone.
Director Damien hadn’t finalized the name of the musical drama, which told the story of a girl who wanted to be an actress since childhood. She encountered a genius of singing who led a poor life. They lived in a rented apartment at first and finally moved to a big villa; the female lead failed the interview at first, but she finally became a star. They were so in love at first, but they finally broke up.
This was a story of a couple encountering each other, falling in love, and saying goodbye to each other.
A few years later, the female lead and the investor, as well as her husband, ran into a small bar in the street of Paris. The name of the bar was the one she had decided on with the male lead before.
In the basement bar, the singing genius was singing a love song with his band members. The male lead and the female lead looked each other in the eye among the crowd. When a song was finished, they both left.
From the perspective of romance, this wasn’t a perfect story.
When he finished reading the script outline, Qi Le’an still couldn’t believe it. “Is it over like this? No ending?”
Wei Changfeng, who sat on the bar table and slowly tidied up the ingredients, said, “That is the ending.”
Qi Le’an was so stupefied. “They didn’t end up together? The female lead was married to someone else?”
Wei Changfeng nodded in confirmation.
Qi Le’an was speechless. This movie wouldn’t be acceptable in China.
“Why is the female lead such trash?” Qi Le’an couldn’t help but mutter, “She had a boyfriend before she was with the male lead, right?”
Wei Changfeng didn’t see how meticulous Qi Le’an was. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Probably… yes?”
Qi Le’an put down his phone angrily and went to the bar table to prepare the beans with Wei Changfeng.
“How can a movie of such a trash female lead be shot?”
“It is a musical drama…” Wei Changfeng comforted him. “Besides, imperfection makes classics.”
Qi Le’an calmed down. Indeed, the classics that passed down were all tragedies.
“Besides, the female lead is played by Emma…” Wei Changfeng coaxed Qi Le’an.
When Qi Le’an heard this, he became happy again. So what if the female lead was trash? The role was played by Emma!
The two of them happily prepared the beans, and Qi Le’an washed the ingredients for Wei Changfeng. At this time, Hu Bin called him.
“We’re ready to set off! We’ll arrive in twenty minutes!” He said excitedly over the phone. “Do we need to bring anything over?”
Qi Le’an said with a smile, “No need. Just come here.”
Hu Bin laughed and said, “Okay! We will just go to your house and eat!”
Hu Bin, who claimed to only come here to eat, arrived on time twenty minutes later. They were carrying several bags of things. Then, they introduced the Alaskan salmon to Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng.
“They are fished by me from the sea!” Hu Bin, holding the salmons, said, “Absolutely fresh!”
Qi Le’an checked the salmons’ weight. Well, some of them could be made into sashimi and the rest could be fried.
The two of them squatted at the door and checked the things in the bag. Hu Bin bought lots of American specialties during his journey. Wei Changfeng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he saw things. He said to Assistant He, “Come on in. Don’t worry about them.”
Assistant He also loathed Hu Bin’s behavior. He went into the house and sat on the sofa. Wei Changfeng poured some water and called Qi Le’an, “Le’an! Don’t squat at the door anymore!”
Then Qi Le’an stood up staggeringly and showed Hu Bin around the house.
The small room was not big but very comfortable. After touring around the house, Hu Bin slumped on the sofa and said, “Your house is great!”
As it was almost time, Wei Changfeng said, “I’m going to cook. Do you want to eat some fruit first?”
Hu Bin’s eyes widened. “Wei Sama, you will cook the meal?”
Wei Changfeng nodded with a smile. Qi Le’an snickered and said, “Wei Sama can cook really well!”
Hu Bin didn’t expect his idol to cook on his own. He was so excited that he didn’t know what to say. Assistant He got up and wanted to offer help but he was chased back to the sofa by Qi Le’an.
“Oh yes!” Qi Le’an ran to the bookshelf and took out a book after searching for a long time. “The textbook was written by Director Amco.”
Hu Bin looked at the thick English book in astonishment and said, “This is too thick… I will return it to you in a few days!”
Qi Le’an nodded and Hu Bin saw Wei Changfeng busy cooking in the kitchen. “Le’an, are you going to settle like this?”
Qi Le’an didn’t understand what he meant. “What do you mean?”
Hu Bin whispered, “I mean, are you going to settle down here and not return home?”
Not returning home? That’s impossible. Qi Le’an immediately said, “We will go back.”
Hu Bin looked relieved and said, “If you don’t go back, I’ll be lonely!”
Qi Le’an was speechless. They seldom contacted each other when they were in China!
“By the way, do you remember…” Hu Bin observed Qi Le’an’s expression and said, “Li Zheyu.”
How could Qi Le’an not remember Li Zheyu! The culprit who made him go abroad! He felt gross when it came to even the name of Li Zheyu. He still held back his anger on the surface, saying casually, “Sure. How can I not remember him?”
To be honest, it was because he and Hu Bin had a common enemy that they were so close now.
Back then, Li Zheyu had exposed the dirt of Hu Bin to reduce his popularity, which made Hu Bin engage in a lawsuit for almost a year. After winning the lawsuit, someone showed up and became Li Zheyu’s scapegoat. Thus, Li Zheyu was not affected at all!
Worse still, Hu Bin’s fame was ruined. Qi Le’an left for America. Without competitors in the industry, Li Zheyu made a rapid success in his career!
Hu Bin gritted his teeth and said, “One day, I will make him pay for this!”
Qi Le’an remained silent, but he also thought so.
Sooner or later…
“Right, Li Zheyu…”
“It’s time to eat!” Wei Changfeng shouted from afar. Hu Bin and Qi Le’an immediately looked up. Assistant He, who had been busy on the balcony, got up and prepared to go back to the living room.
Qi Le’an ran over to help Wei Changfeng. Wei Changfeng cooked the salmons brought by Hu Bin in two ways and also prepared a few dishes, including a plate of spicy crayfish.
Seeing the crayfish, Hu Bin exclaimed, “Oh my god! I can’t believe that I can have the spicy crayfish in the US!”
With a smile, Wei Changfeng unfolded the extendable supports of the table. Very shortly, the table was full of various dishes.
“Let’s go and wash our hands to eat the crayfish!” Qi Le’an said to Hu Bin.
The two of them walked to the bathroom grinningly. Qi Le’an turned on the tap and blinked at Hu Bin.
Although Hu Bin didn’t know why they had to be so stealthy, he was still very cooperative and finished what he wanted to say.
“Li Zheyu is coming to America!”