248: Chapter 248 I'll give you a discount if you want my defense.

"Lin Ran is pretty, has good acting skills, and doesn't have any airs; of course I want to hire her!"

Director Zhang said helplessly, "But she says she's afraid of ghosts, and our program this time has a few cases that involve horror elements, so she refuses to come!"

Lin Xiao slapped his thigh, "Oh my, Director Zhang, why are you so naive! My sister has filmed horror movies before; do you see her being afraid?"

Director Zhang recalled for a moment, his eyes gradually becoming excited, "That seems to be true! I remember that movie was popular for a while!"

"Exactly! Actually, she's just a bit lazy; in fact, she loves horror elements the most! You should go directly to talk to my Fourth Sister; she will definitely agree!"

Lin Xiao said this very seriously.

"Alright, alright, I'll go contact her right now!"

Director Zhang said, then went to the side to make a phone call.

After Director Zhang left, Su Yu turned her head and glanced at Lin Xiao, "I've finally discovered that none of the beatings you've taken were in vain."

"Fifth Sister has been so free these past two days, just lying around like a corpse at home all day; I'm doing this for her own good."

Lin Xiao's smile was full of calculation and mischievousness.

He, of course, knew that Lin Ran was afraid of ghosts.

He heard that before, in order to film that horror movie, she even had to keep the lights on while sleeping at night.

She even covered all the mirrors and everything that could reflect light in the house.

Unexpectedly, the effect after covering them up was even scarier...

This time, the variety show, whether it's the scene layout or the storytelling, should be even more realistic than when filming that horror movie, right?

Su Yu pursed her lips and handed him a business card, "You can ask me for a defense when the time comes, but if you get beaten up and want to sue Lin Ran, don't come to me, because I will defend her."

"I knew you were eyeing my little stash of private money."

Lin Xiao pursed his lips but still took the business card.

Before long, Director Zhang returned, his face full of smiles.

"Lin Xiao, you were right, Boss Lin agreed!"

Director Zhang fiddled with his phone to send a message, "I'll have them remove the girl group and that foreigner right now!"

"Old Zhang! You've really gone crazy!"

Director Liu was practically having a breakdown.

He never expected that Director Zhang would actually replace the selected guests just because of this ethereal Fortune Telling.

At this moment, he couldn't care about hiding anything and laid it all out, "Old Zhang, you should know that a large part of the investment I brought in was aimed at the girl group and that foreigner; if you do this, they will definitely withdraw their investment!"

Director Zhang raised his head and said calmly, "Do you think I haven't considered this? Compared to the program being canceled directly, the loss from withdrawing investment now isn't too big! If they want to withdraw, let them; I still have some private money, and if it really comes to it, I'll invest it myself!"

"You, you really are unreasonable!"

Director Liu was so angry that smoke was coming out of his head.

Lin Xiao gently patted Director Zhang's shoulder, "Um, I have to advise you, don't worry about your private money for now; your wife is currently at home counting your little stash of private money... You should go back and have some bamboo shoot stir-fried meat!"

"Huh?"

Director Zhang was startled and quickly opened his phone to check the home surveillance.

Sure enough, he saw his wife still searching around the house.

On the table in the living room, quite a bit of the money she had found was already laid out.

Seeing that the place where he hid the most money was about to be found, Director Zhang broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly called his wife.

"Wife, please don't look for it anymore! I still have use for that little bit of savings... Hey, it's not for anything bad, it's for real work. Look, we've been together for so long, why don't you trust me... Oh, me hiding some money doesn't mean I don't trust you, it's just... Alright, alright, I'll go back right now and kneel on the washboard. You rest first, sit down and have some water, okay? Let me tell you..."

Director Zhang didn't even dare to hang up the phone.

He could only raise his hand to signal to Lin Xiao and Su Yu, indicating that he had to leave first.

Lin Xiao nodded with a light chuckle.

Su Yu, however, seemed to have thought of something, "By the way, hasn't he given you the fee for the Fortune Telling yet?"

"..."

Lin Xiao's smile immediately froze on his face.

How could he have forgotten such an important thing!

Su Yu couldn't help but laugh, "I think you should just give up; look, all his private money has been confiscated!"

After she finished speaking, her tone became serious, "Also, A-Xiao, have you considered whether Director Zhang will blame you if this program can't be filmed because of this? Should I invest some money?"

"That won't be necessary."

Lin Xiao shook his head, "Although Director Zhang's own private money has been confiscated, his son still has a little treasury; he will raid his son's private money."

Su Yu was stunned, then patted Lin Xiao's shoulder earnestly, "A-Xiao, remember to ask me for a defense if you need it; I'll give you a discount."

...

After a day of filming, Lin Xiao was bored to death.

When filming ended, a staff member came to explain tomorrow's filming content.

"It's like this, tomorrow we are going deep into the mountains to shoot on location. Remember to bring more clothes for the child; it's cool in the mountains, don't let the child catch a cold."

The staff member reminded him very thoughtfully.

But Lin Xiao was a bit dumbfounded.

Filming in these suburbs isn't enough, and now they have to go into the mountains?

Wouldn't it be even more boring in those mountains than here?

At least there's a signal here, and one can play mobile games.

But if there's no signal in those mountains, how is he supposed to endure the whole day?

Thinking of this, he immediately looked around, wanting to find a reliable person to entrust Xiao Yuan to.

Through his diligent search, he actually found someone who looked quite agreeable!

It was a young girl who looked to be in her early twenties.

Judging by her attire, she seemed to be an extra in this drama, and her role shouldn't have much screen time.

Most importantly, this girl looked very kind-hearted.

For the sake of safety, Lin Xiao even specially used the Bagua Technique to calculate for her.

She really was a kind-hearted, good person!

He immediately carried Xiao Yuan and went up to the girl.

"Hello, can I ask you for a favor?"

Lin Xiao said very politely.

The girl was drinking yogurt in a corner, curled up like a hamster.

Hearing Lin Xiao's voice, she immediately looked up, "Hm? What is it?"

"You are also going into the mountains for filming tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah."

"Then could I trouble you to help me look after the child?"

"Huh?"

The girl looked doubtfully at Xiao Yuan in Lin Xiao's arms.

She remembered that this little one was one of the protagonists of this drama.

Logically speaking, with this level of status, she must be surrounded by people.

Like parents, agents, assistants, surely they would all be following and taking care of her.

Why is there only a young man by her side now, and this man even wants to ask her to help take care of her?

The girl's head couldn't quite process this for a moment.

Lin Xiao explained awkwardly: "It's like this, her agent is temporarily unavailable due to something, and tomorrow... I have something to do tomorrow too, so I might not be able to accompany her the whole time. I was just thinking if you have time, could you help look after her first? Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing; the fees can be settled with her agent later."

The girl came to be an extra, besides liking acting, a big reason was that she was short on money.

Hearing that there was compensation, she immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll help you."

But as soon as her voice fell, a pitiful, milky voice rang out.

"Daddy, I don't want to leave you, Daddy! You can't abandon me! Daddy!"