Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 281 - Chapter 281 Chapter 281 Lets wait and see

Chapter 281: Chapter 281 Let’s wait and see! Chapter 281: Chapter 281 Let’s wait and see! “Is three million a lot?” Meng Zenan was calm as he fished, laughing, “There’s nothing I can do, all the capable screenwriters are busy nowadays, they don’t have time! Mr. Ren, you can choose not to accept my demand, and I don’t mind. But you won’t be able to find another screenwriter in a short time, and Little Wang doesn’t have time either. Each extra day the crew is idle costs money–surely you know whether that’s a lot or a little, right?”

“Are you threatening me?” Mr. Ren laughed it off and then turned to Director Yang, “Director Yang, please ask around, see if there’s anyone else who could come over!”

“Alright, I’ll ask now!” Yang Shoulin promptly left the room and came back about ten minutes later, then gently shook his head.

The entire meeting room fell silent instantly.

The crew all took a deep breath–this was it, things were probably going to turn bad!

“You see,” Meng Zenan said with a smirk, “It’s not that I’m asking for too much, but there’s really no one available.”

“Phew…” Mr. Ren looked at Wang Hao, “Little brother, you say something, I’ll listen to you on this matter!”

As soon as Mr. Ren said this, everyone’s attention in the room shifted to Wang Hao.

Whether the film could go on now depended on what he said!

“Mr. Meng, Mr. Meng,” Wang Hao suddenly started laughing. He chuckled twice, then looked at Meng Zenan and asked, “Do you really think that in the entire screenwriters’ circle of the Heavenly People’s Republic, only you have time?”

“Pretty much,” Meng Zenan sneered, “What, do you know any other capable person?”

“Ah, speaking of which, I do know one. I just remembered,” Wang Hao immediately took out his phone, dialed a number, and quickly connected, “Yu, what are you up to these days? Are you free? Yep, I’ve got a job for you, yeah, writing a screenplay… Where are you now? What? You’re also in Henglong area? Jinqing? Which place is that?”

At this point, people below started whispering–

“Jinqing Hotel? There’s no such place around here, is there?”

“Yeah, never heard of it, let me search on the map… Damn, it’s not Jinqing Hotel! It’s Jinqing Inn!”

“Where?! Jinqing Inn?! Is it that crappy inn where staying one night costs just thirty yuan? That’s where the extras stay, isn’t it?!”

“Seems like it!”

At that moment, Wang Hao spoke into the phone, “Yep, I’m in the Kaiyue Hotel’s third-floor conference room, hurry over… Right, that’s great, come over together!”

After hanging up, Wang Hao laughed and said, “Speaking of which, it’s quite a coincidence. A classmate of mine is just around here these days, he’s a screenwriter and happens to be free.”

By then, Meng Zenan had already heard the people’s whispers and almost burst out laughing, “Hahaha! A guy staying in an inn, hahaha! How capable can he be? Asking him to write a screenplay? Are you joking?”

“Whether it’s a joke or not, you don’t get to decide,” Wang Hao pointed at his own nose and said, “I have the final say!”

Time passed quickly, and in barely twenty minutes, the conference room door was pushed open, and a man and a woman hurried in.

You could tell, they were in a rush, the man was sweaty, and as soon as he entered, he shouted, “Brother Hao, Brother Hao, where are you? I’m here!” It was Wang Hao’s high school mate, the screenwriter Yu Junpeng! Who else could be following him but his girlfriend Ding Yuwei?

“Over here, over here,” Wang Hao, all smiles, said, “Hurry over!”

“Here I am, here I am,” Yu Junpeng jogged to the spot, then was stunned, “Master Meng! You’re here too! I’ve even written you a job application letter, do you remember?! And Miss Lan Zihuang! My goodness! Brother Hao, are you trying to introduce me as Master Meng’s disciple?!”

Wang Hao immediately felt awkward–this guy as your teacher, what could he possibly teach you? All kinds of ways to torture the protagonist?!

“Can you have a bit of ambition?” Wang Hao said annoyedly, “Didn’t I tell you over the phone, it’s to have you write a screenplay! Not to become a disciple! Just tell me if you’re free now!”

“Free! Of course, I’m free!” Hearing that he was to write a screenplay, Yu Junpeng was thrilled, “Tell me, what do you want me to write? Is there a payment? Not much, two thousand per episode is fine!”

“Mr. Ren, this is my high school classmate,” Wang Hao said with a smile to Boss Ren, “He also studies screenwriting. You name the price.”

“I trust my brother’s judgment, so you’re the one!” Boss Ren decided on the spot, “For the entire script, five hundred thousand!”

Yu Junpeng was completely dumbfounded. “How… how much?!”

Faced with Yu Junpeng’s question, Boss Ren repeated, “For the entire script, five hundred thousand!”

Five hundred thousand! A whole five hundred thousand!

Hearing this figure, Yu Junpeng instantly got excited. “Five hundred thousand! Are you really not kidding? I’ll take it, I’m taking this job! Five hundred thousand, oh heaven, I wouldn’t even dare to dream of this!”

Yu Junpeng was all kinds of excited, and Ding Yuwei standing next to him also had stars in her eyes!

Hanging out with Brother Hao was just that awesome. A casual pull of a gig, and boom, five hundred thousand! An astronomical figure!

“Yu,” Wang Hao said cheerfully, “I’ll sort out the plot from beginning to end for you these next few days, you just focus on writing!”

“No problem, no problem at all!” Yu Junpeng quickly said, “But Brother Hao, I don’t know the plot. Can you tell me about it now?”

What a joke, do you want Brother to repeat it all over again? How troublesome!

Look at Brother’s situation!

“Ah, Mr. Meng… ah, no, I should call you Master Meng,” Wang Hao laughed wickedly, snatching the notes that Meng Zenan had made earlier, looked at them briefly, and said, “You’ve made quite detailed notes here, I’m really sorry, but it seems they’re of no use to you anyway, so I’ll unceremoniously take them.”

“Wang Hao, you!” Meng Zenan abruptly stood up, “How can you steal my work?!”

Oh come on, as if I hadn’t settled the score with you for directly lifting the plots of ‘Battle Through the Heavens’ before. I kindly gave you a chance, and not only did you become even more presumptuous, but now you’re pulling this?

“Master Meng,” Wang Hao continued, flipping through the notepad and smiling, “Tell me, which part of this is your own work? Oh right, you did write the words. So, there are about three thousand words here. I’ll give you some face, let’s say two dollars per word, makes six thousand. I’ll be generous and round it up to ten thousand, no need for change, how does that sound?”

“You!” Meng Zenan was so furious his face turned red and his neck thickened, but he was unable to refute!

He had no choice, the notes indeed contained everything that Wang Hao had shared, and with over a hundred people watching in the room, he could hardly come up with a solid defense even if his skin were thick!

In the end, Meng Zenan slammed the table hard, “Wang Hao, I’ll remember today, we shall see!”

“The green hills remain unchanged, the flowing water keeps moving,” Wang Hao grinned as he clasped his hands, “We shall meet again in the future, take care!”

Meng Zenan stormed out of the meeting room, fuming, and instantly, the entire meeting room burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! The thickness of that old guy’s face is really something to behold!”

“Just to fill in a few lines and he quoted three million! And he even required the screenwriters to write his name! If I were him, I’d just quietly make a fortune!”

“Exactly, Brother Hao even gave him a way out, but he not only refused to step down but also went too far, a classic case of a wasted life!”

“Can we not insult dogs, please? Dogs would never do such a thing!”

Now that the script was settled and with Wang Hao overseeing things, everyone was at ease. Boss Ren burst out laughing, “My brother really has a way with things, I won’t say anymore, unnecessary words, I have arranged the presidential suite for you, stay as long as you like! I’ll provide you with a bodyguard, an assistant, and a car for you to use whenever! My only goal is for you to finish the script as quickly as possible, name your conditions!”

As soon as Boss Ren finished speaking, everyone around envied with their mouths agape.

What level of treatment was this?! Even the big star Lan Zihuang didn’t get such treatment!