The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!-Chapter 1762 - 1752: Jealousy (Part 1)

Bo Yan paused slightly, but was not too surprised. After all, at such a large awards ceremony, half of the entertainment industry attended, so it was not strange to see Qin Baizhou. They had also seen Qin Baizhou at previous events, but had not greeted him much.

But judging by Xia Siyu’s words, she seemed to not only have met Qin Baizhou, but had also chatted with him for a while.

He asked, "Are you planning to collaborate? I heard that Huixing is also planning to make movies recently." After Huixing went public, they increased their training of artists and produced some film content, but mainly focused on television dramas. Especially after Xia Siyu’s "taking sides" incident, they gained a lot of resources from TV stations, so they’ve been collaborating with them. Producing TV dramas is relatively easy: form a team, prepare the investment, schedule the artists, and as long as you can secure the necessary approvals, it can be released smoothly. Especially now with the rise of short videos and web dramas, the approval process for TV dramas in this area is not too strict, and many small film companies are starting with short dramas and web dramas to gain experience.

Xia Siyu had only acted in one TV drama, which was related to her mother. She wasn’t very familiar with the TV drama market, let alone short dramas and web dramas. Since she became independent from Huixing, she has had almost no interactions over these two years. During this time, she and Huixing’s circle, like Qin Baizhou and Zhou Weiwei, had no conflicts, mainly because there was no business intersection. However, if Huixing plans to make movies in the future, cooperation is still a possibility.

When it comes to work, they are very clear about the boundaries. They earn money while standing; it’s not shameful.

Xia Siyu saw that he wasn’t angry at all and deliberately asked, "What do you think?"

Bo Yan thought for a moment, "If the script is suitable and they don’t deliberately lower your rank or make unreasonable script changes, then it’s not impossible."

Although Xia Siyu didn’t care at all about her ranking or script changes. When she acted in "Storm," she was the third lead but still managed to outshine the main leads. Fans might argue about ranking issues, and some stars themselves might care about it, but for Xia Siyu, she was more concerned about the character’s depth and her performance ability. No matter what rank she played, she could deliver a lead-level performance.

As for the script, of course, major rewrites were unacceptable. But minor tweaks, as long as they were reasonable and logically coherent, she wouldn’t mind. Previously, Shang Feifei had made changes, and everyone saw the results. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

However, she might not care personally, but she couldn’t let the other party think they could take advantage of her. She couldn’t allow them to modify the script or character arbitrarily and overwhelm her with promotional tactics.

She’s no longer an artist under Huixing. Considering Huixing’s typical promotional tactics, such actions are highly likely. So-called external collaborators are just tools to boost the fame of their own artists, right? Xia Siyu is popular, and filming a movie for Huixing would definitely be considered charity work.

Last time, when Xia Siyu gave him a tie clip, she wondered afterwards if Bo Yan was trying to flirt with her?

But at that time, she was so exhausted that she couldn’t think straight. Anyone obstructing her sleep was the enemy. So she only recalled it seemed odd after she had rested enough.

Lately, both of them have been extremely busy. Even when they occasionally have free time and return, they just want to crash and sleep.

But thinking about it, although being so busy means not experiencing the loss of excitement typical of a long-term domestic relationship, it also means there’s neither energy nor time for such excitement.

Marriage might be tranquil, but love cannot be. Even in long-term interactions that slowly flow like family affection, the surprise, exclusivity, and jealousy in love occasionally resurface.

Much later on, Xia Siyu realized that although leaving Huixing left her with a significant penalty and slander, Bo Yan was quite pleased. It wasn’t just because Huixing’s overly commercial approach conflicted with Xia Siyu’s career path, it was also because of Qin Baizhou.

Qin Baizhou had confessed to her, and even Wei Jingjing could tell he was interested in her. That sly fox Bo Yan couldn’t possibly have missed it. Although leaving Huixing led to a quiet year for her, Bo Yan had timely filled her schedule with theoretical knowledge, offered her the stage play "Sunrise" and movie, and even helped her shoot her mother’s TV drama.

He probably couldn’t wait for her to detach from Qin Baizhou; he just never got the chance. She still remembers his hesitant, questioning attitude when she was about to renew her contract with Huixing.

Xia Siyu nodded deliberately: "That’s what he said. He also promised not to give me a terrible script or character. After all, it’s Huixing’s first movie, they need to establish a good reputation first. Also, he mentioned helping me connect with Hollywood people. He has a good friend who is a producer in a popular superhero movie series, who will accompany the director to East Asia for casting. He said he could arrange for us to have a meal together."

Xia Siyu had finally learned Bo Yan’s past tactics of playing hard to get, pretending not to know Bo Yan would be jealous, deliberately provoking him.

You can’t have a completely smooth relationship; a little bit of turmoil and jealousy makes it more memorable.

Bo Yan, as an experienced old fox, initially felt a bit uneasy listening to Xia Siyu talk about Qin Baizhou. Although he couldn’t fully decipher whether she was deliberately provoking him, it seemed what she said had more than one layer of meaning.

Considering her thorough explanation, it implied she had already thought it through? So why ask for his opinion?

But who knows what she’s up to, he also played hard to get, saying: "So you mean you’re willing to take his advice, work with him in the future? Not only to film with Huixing but also to have dinner with the producer, and hitch a ride on the Hollywood fast track?"

Xia Siyu blinked, nodding seriously: "Yeah. I wasn’t going to agree at first. But he offered way too much. And the conditions are really great; I can’t think of a reason to refuse."

Bo Yan also looked at Xia Siyu, analyzing seriously: "Although having dinner with a producer won’t necessarily lead to success—after all, Hollywood’s casting process is different here, and I’ve heard casting directors there have a larger role. But meeting is better than not meeting. As for collaborating on a film, it’s clear Huixing wants to leverage your fame, but if the script is right, there’s no need to reject it."