27: Yang Mi is angry!

Chen Le called Yang Mi.

A moment later, Yang Mi answered the phone.

As soon as the call connected, her voice came through the phone, "Lao Chen, why didn't you answer the phone last night?"

This first sentence was an interrogation. Chen Le felt a chill down his spine and quickly explained, "The movie has wrapped. I was holding a wrap party last night and drank too much. I fell asleep as soon as I got back and didn't see your call."

On the other side, hearing Chen Le's explanation, the anger in Yang Mi's heart dissipated quite a bit.

However, that didn't mean she wasn't angry anymore.

This was the first time Yang Mi had encountered a situation where Chen Le didn't answer after two calls, making her worry all night.

"Hmph, do you know how much I worried about you all night because you didn't answer? I thought something happened to you!" Yang Mi's voice sounded like she was speaking through gritted teeth.

Seeing this, Chen Le quickly apologized, "I definitely won't drink this much next time."

Seeing Chen Le apologize so decisively, the last bit of anger in Yang Mi's heart vanished with his words.

"Hmph, then I'll forgive you this time."

"By the way, did you say lost on journey has wrapped?" At this time, Yang Mi remembered Chen Le's words just now.

She was so angry just now that she almost forgot.

"Yes, it's wrapped," Chen Le replied.

"Then congratulations on the wrap. It's a pity filming is about to start on my end too, otherwise I could have come to keep you company."

Chen Le broke into a cold sweat hearing Yang Mi's words.

Afterward, the two chatted for a bit longer before hanging up... Yanjing, Airport.

Wang Baoqiang and Zhang Songwen got off the plane together.

The movie was wrapped, and they didn't need to worry about the follow-up work, so they returned early.

Exiting the airport, seeing a taxi arrive, Zhang Songwen patted Wang Baoqiang's shoulder and said with a smile, "Baoqiang, work hard. Maybe one day you'll become a big star."

Hearing Zhang Songwen's words, Wang Baoqiang was stunned for a moment, then felt inexplicably excited.

A big star—how unreachable that had seemed to him before.

Of course, Zhang Songwen beside him didn't know that Wang Baoqiang would believe him, because it was just something he said in passing.

He hadn't just said this to Wang Baoqiang; he had said it to many people, but those who actually became a big star were few and far between.

Although Wang Baoqiang's talent was good, Zhang Songwen felt that Wang Baoqiang's height and looks had already barred him from the industry.

Acting skills can be changed through hard work, but looks and height are innate.

Similarly, Zhang Songwen himself had never had a chance to break through because of his looks and height.

After returning to Yanjing, the first thing Wang Baoqiang wanted to do was treat Uncle Hongyuan, who had always taken good care of him, to a meal.

This Uncle Hongyuan was the middle-aged man who warned Wang Baoqiang to be careful of being scammed, named Lin Hongyuan.

Although they weren't blood-related, Wang Baoqiang felt Lin Hongyuan was like his own uncle.

So Wang Baoqiang was very grateful to him.

Wang Baoqiang took a taxi and returned to where he used to live.

Looking at the narrow alley and the buildings crowded together, Wang Baoqiang felt as if a lifetime had passed.

A few months ago, he was still a small actor working as an Extra, but now he had not only signed with a company but also starred in the first movie of his life as the male lead.

Thinking of this, Wang Baoqiang was filled with emotion.

How things have changed; if he hadn't met Chen Le back then, he would definitely still be living the life of an Extra, walking in and out of this small alley, unable to see the scenery outside.

Arriving at the door of the rental house, Wang Baoqiang pushed open the unlocked, rusty iron gate.

The scene that met his eyes was exactly as he imagined.

A group of people were gathered around a folding table playing cards. Most of them looked familiar, and there were a few new faces.

As Wang Baoqiang walked in, someone saw him and greeted him.

"Baoqiang? Why are you back?"

Wang Baoqiang looked at the person and found them only vaguely familiar, not very close, so he smiled and said, "I'm here to see Uncle Hongyuan."

"Uncle Hongyuan? He's inside," the person said, pointing to the room in the back.

This rental house had more than one room; there were four rooms, and four people lived in each room, making it very cramped.

Wang Baoqiang went to the innermost room and pushed the door open.

He immediately saw Lin Hongyuan sitting on the bed playing with his phone.

"Uncle Hongyuan!" Wang Baoqiang called out.

Hearing Wang Baoqiang's voice, Lin Hongyuan immediately looked up.

"Baoqiang? Why are you back? Is your filming finished?"

Lin Hongyuan got off the bed and looked at Wang Baoqiang, somewhat excited.

He hadn't seen Wang Baoqiang for two months. During this time, Wang Baoqiang had only made a few calls to tell him he was doing well.

"Yeah, Uncle Hongyuan, filming is done. The wrap party was yesterday, so I came back today. I came over because I wanted to treat you to a meal," Wang Baoqiang said with a smile.

"Alright, since you came all this way to treat me, I'll definitely eat," Lin Hongyuan was very happy. Over the years, he had watched Wang Baoqiang come all this way.

He was glad Wang Baoqiang could finally make it.

He didn't want to see Wang Baoqiang being an Extra here for the rest of his life. He himself had no hope left and only stayed here to make ends meet for his family.

But Wang Baoqiang was different; he was still young. Even if he didn't stay in this industry, he could find other ways.

After speaking, the two left the rental house.

After they left, the people in the rental house began to gossip.

"Hey, man, who was that?"

"Him? He used to be an Extra just like us. A few months ago, he got lucky and was scouted by a director who said he wanted him for a movie," a man who knew Wang Baoqiang said with a curl of his lip.

Many people got lucky here every day, but it was never them. Over time, whenever they saw someone get lucky like this, they would make a few mocking remarks.

"Really lucky, huh? Looks like he made quite a bit?"

"Tch, it's not like he played the lead. How much could he make? Looking at him, he probably just played a small supporting role."

...A few days later, Chen Le brought the Film Crew back to Yanjing and began preparing the post-production work for lost on journey.

Because he had seen lost on journey in his previous life, Chen Le had the images in his mind, and the editing went very smoothly.

The team members were all surprised that the editing work could go so smoothly, needing almost no revisions; it could be used as soon as it was cut.

In just a few days, with the joint efforts of the team, the editing for lost on journey was completed.

Afterward, Chen Le treated everyone to a meal.

At the table, Chen Le picked up his wine glass and shouted to everyone, "Let's all wish for lost on journey to be a huge box office hit!"

Hearing this, everyone raised their glasses.

"To lost on journey being a huge box office hit!"