Chapter 291: The Ox and the Phi (Ch 291)

After the opening ceremony and media interviews,

Qi Jia was just about to ask the director about today’s arrangements.

At this time, Zhuang Dafei brought an actress with two small pigtails to him.

He cleared his throat in a serious manner and said solemnly,

“Brother Qi, let me formally introduce you, this is my mother, Li Qingtong”

“Besides, this is your mother-in-law, don’t just stand there, call her mom and let her listen.”

After the introduction, a naughty smile appeared on her face, her pair of auspicious eyes were full of cunning and cleverness, and her pretty dimples could not hide her charming look.

Standing next to her, Chen Haoyu, who played Li Qingtong in the play, was almost scared to death.

During the time she spent with the group beforehand, she also became familiar with Zhuang Dafei’s “social bull” personality. When she heard that she was going to introduce Qi Jia to her,

She was really nervous and excited. When the producer approached her at first, she didn’t want to take the role.

Because, she was born in 1992 and is already 27 years old this year. She is about to turn 30. If she were to film a youth drama with a bunch of kids,

She always felt very embarrassed. After all, she was not as thick-skinned as Aunt Ximen, who could not play a young girl in her fifties, so she declined.

But when he heard that Qi Jia was in the play, he immediately changed his mind and accepted the role without further ado.

I had originally thought about leaving a good impression on Qi Jia, but I didn’t expect that the first meeting would be turned into a large-scale social death scene by Zhuang Dafei, the social bull.

Qi Jia looked down at Li Qingtong who was a little bit at a loss, and said to him,

“Haoyu, your daughter is a bit rebellious.”

The crew had previously sent him a list of leading actors, so even though they had never met before, Qi Jia knew her real name.

At this time, Chen Haoyu was so angry that he was digging his thumb into the ground like crazy, almost digging through the roof of the King of Hell’s house. When he heard Qi Jia’s teasing, he apologized quickly.

“I’m sorry, Teacher Qi Jia, just call me Haoyu, don’t listen to Zhuang Dafei”

After saying that, she pinched Zhuang Dafei’s arms twice.

Qi Jia sniffed and felt like he had a cold.

I guess it was because I flew from the hottest south to the cooler north all of a sudden, the temperature difference between day and night was huge, and I didn’t get enough rest.

Seeing Chen Haoyu so nervous, he yawned and said,

“Don’t be shy, just call me Qi Jia from now on, or you can call me Dafei together, I’m not so particular.”

Changing the subject, he suddenly attacked and knocked Zhuang Dafei’s head.

“Otherwise, Li Jinbu wouldn’t dare to joke with me like this.”

After being knocked by Qi Jia, Zhuang Dafei lay down on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, without any trace of beauty, and shouted,

“You gave me a concussion, pay me eighty. If you don’t pay me, I won’t get up.”

Qi Jia directly took out his mobile phone: “If you don’t get up, I will send you a message in the company group.”

Zhuang Dafei was even more ruthless. He pulled the school uniform jacket over his head, covering his face, and tore it apart, performing a “real People’s Education Edition” of trying to cover up one’s own faults.

Chen Haoyu gradually stopped being nervous, thinking that Qi Jia was indeed as easy to get along with as he said on the Internet.

Watching the two of them playing and fighting, she began to envy Zhuang Dafei, who could play with Qi Jia so carefree.

The two played around for a while until Qi Jia agreed to compensate her with a barbecue meal.

Zhuang Dafei patted his butt and climbed up from the ground triumphantly.

On the other side, three men and one woman squatted together, looking at this side enviously and whispering.

Gu Zicheng, who plays the third male lead Wu Zhixun in the play, bumped into Guo Xinyu’s shoulder and encouraged,

“Hey bastard, didn’t you say you were very familiar with Teacher Qi Jia? If you are that familiar with him, can you take me to meet him? I have always admired him.”

After hearing this, the other two also agreed.

“Yes, bastard, since we are so familiar with each other, can you also take us to meet Teacher Qi Jia?”

They were all third- and fourth-tier unknowns. When they heard from their agent that they were going to film a TV show with Qi Jia,

They were so excited that they couldn’t sleep for a whole month, looking forward to the start of filming every day. Their agent also kept whispering in their ears,

If I’m lucky enough to be noticed by Qi Jia and get his support, I can at least work ten years less.

At this moment, the noble people and role models are right in front of them, but they are afraid.

After some recommendations, they decided to find Guo Xinyu, who boasted that she was very familiar with Qi Jia, to be the introducer.

Guo Xinyu, who had worked with Qi Jia in The End of Time, rubbed her hands awkwardly, thinking, “I was just bragging, but you believed it.”

“Well, Teacher Qi Jia just arrived, and he must be tired, or… Hey~”

“What are you talking about? We just want to say hello to Teacher Qi Jia.”

Ma Sichao, who played the second male lead Chen Junhe, didn’t listen to his excuses at all. He just picked him up from the ground and pushed him forward.

Guo Xinyu was very upset, worried that after so long, Qi Jia had already forgotten about her.

When you say hello and the other person asks you who you are, that would be awkward.

Amidst the anxiety, the four of them came to Qi Jia.

Guo Xinyu, who was forced to do something stupid, raised her hand and said hello incoherently.

“Teacher Qi Qijia, long time no see, you are still as handsome as ever”

Qi Jia was about to speak, but was made to laugh by this incoherent sentence.

“Xinyu, I haven’t seen you for a few months. Your dialogue skills have improved again.”

Hearing Qi Jia accurately call out her name, Guo Xinyu suddenly came alive, immediately raised her head proudly, and said loudly,

“Thanks to your guidance, Brother Qi, I have benefited a lot.”

As he spoke, he also threw a smug look at the other three people, the meaning of which was very clear: see, I won’t lie to you.

“Hello, I’m Qi Jia, and I play Duan Xiao in the play.” Qi Jia smiled and greeted them.

The three of them didn’t expect that Qi Jia was so easy to get along with. He actually took the initiative to greet them without any airs. But why did his nasal tone sound a bit heavy?

But it didn’t matter. The three of them hurriedly introduced themselves to Qi Jia respectfully.

She wanted to tell Qi Jia her bank card password, just hoping to deepen his impression of her, even a little bit.

“It seems that you all know each other, so I won’t introduce you one by one,” Director Tian Yu said with a smile.

He and producer Jenny Wang had just finished dealing with the media, and then came over.

Wang Zhenni noticed that Qi Jia looked a little strange and asked with concern,

“Teacher Qi Jia, are you feeling unwell? Why do you look a little pale?”

Qi Jia was already feeling a little dizzy, his nose was getting more and more blocked, and his skin was getting warmer.

“It’s okay, Director. I guess he’s just tired. He hasn’t slept well these past few days. He just needs to rest for a while.”

Seeing that she seemed to have something else to say, he asked again, “Anything else?”

“It’s not a big deal,” Wang Zhenni said after a moment’s hesitation.

“Tonight, the crew has arranged to have dinner with the local leaders. After all, we are filming here and there are some problems that need their help to solve.

I should have invited him a long time ago, but he went out to study, so I kept putting it off until today. If you don’t feel well, don’t go. Go back to the hotel and have a good rest.”

Qi Jia thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be just an ordinary dinner party.

The leaders of several fifth-tier small cities were not willing to let him go to accompany them despite his illness, so they nodded, and the matter ended there.

After returning to the hotel from the opening ceremony, the assistant also noticed that Qi Jia was not in the right state. He was floating when he walked.

He was still shivering, so I touched his forehead and confirmed that he had a fever, so I went to the hospital immediately.

But Qi Jia stopped him. He didn’t want to attract the attention of other crew members. He was also worried that he would be recognized at the hospital and posted online. Zhang Ruonan and the others would be worried if they saw it.

Since he hadn’t yet lost consciousness due to the fever, he asked his assistant to buy some ibuprofen. After taking two pills, he lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The assistant took his temperature and it was 38.4 degrees.

I stayed in the room for another two or three hours, took his temperature several times, and seeing that it didn’t rise any further, I felt slightly relieved and went back to my own room next door.

Qi Jia didn’t know how long he slept. In a daze, he felt as if he was back in Hengdian.

It was another day when he didn’t get any acting jobs. He lay in Qiu’s rental house and worried.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and the aroma of Longjiang pork trotter rice wafted up from the restaurant downstairs.

At this moment, the phone beside the bed rang. He wanted to reach out to pick it up, but found that he had no strength at all.

Then he saw that the paint on the wall was peeling off bit by bit, and the wall began to fall apart like a broken mirror.

In panic, he tried desperately to get up, but as soon as he struggled, he turned over and fell off the bed, with his head tilted to the bottom of the bed.

I happened to be face to face with a female ghost in white clothes and long hair who was lying under the bed.

Half of the ghost girl’s head was covered in blood, with white and red fluid flowing all over the ground, like a Shaqima that had been stepped on several times.

Ah! Qi Jia screamed, shook violently on the bed, and suddenly opened his eyes and woke up.

Fortunately, it was just a dream. Qi Jia breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head. He still felt pain and could not sit still. His body was swaying from side to side.

The room was dark, with the light from the street lamp filtering through the gaps in the curtains. I didn’t know what time it was.

I wanted to check the time, and then I realized that my phone on the bedside table was actually vibrating.

I picked it up and saw that the person calling was Wang Zhenni.

“Hey, what’s up, producer?”

Qi Jia wiped the sweat off his face and asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

Wang Zhenni’s anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Qi Jia, can you come to Sihai Restaurant now? It’s a bit troublesome here.”