Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 948 - 930. It’s not fair, bro

Chapter 948: 930. It’s not fair, bro

Lun Chuan thought for a moment, "The original filming period was set for four months, and it’s almost over now. But after the investors saw the samples, they thought they were good and decided to shoot another film before the actors raise their prices."

Another thing is that for some important scenes, the director wants to use real locations. Going abroad is too expensive, and domestically we still haven’t found any suitable locations...

With it being the dead of winter, spots like fairy mountains and flower seas do exist down south by the coast, but when the location scouting director visited, all the places they filmed felt too cramped, so they decided to shoot other scenes first and save the key ones for next year’s flowering season.

The S+ TV series is expected to be the hit of the year! In this regard, we can afford to wait.

Qin Yun was extremely envious: "The film and television company you’re working with is really good..."

The company itself has a great reputation, and they only produce high-quality works. Plus, they have so many fans... It’s so reliable!

Not like his project. With a three-month filming period, they have already started post-production. The popularity of the marketing and promotion relies entirely on the male and female leads, and while he learned quite a bit on set, he didn’t see any signs of a major hit...

Now, he just hopes it will pass without any faults.

And he also understood what Lun Chuan didn’t say—that investors these days are so cautious, they nearly have to see the returns before they commit to giving any money. But now they are taking the initiative to shoot a second part, which shows that everyone has high hopes for this series.

As long as there are no issues with the actors, there won’t be any problem at all.

Could there be issues with the actors?

It’s unlikely. Investors will have their demands. What’s more, this film and television company is famous for preferring to work with newcomers and nobodies. Even if issues arise, they’ll only come to light after the drama becomes popular.

As long as the issues aren’t major, considering the benefits, they would also choose to suppress them.

Overall, when it’s your lucky time, everything goes well.

However, in their line of work, people generally don’t speak too confidently, so although he understood, he didn’t say much. At this moment, he had only one request:

"You must take me with you!"

"I’m a big eater, I won’t embarrass you, Baba!"

On the other end of the phone, He Kuang spat at him.

But the phone conversation was obviously not over yet.

Only to hear He Kuang calling out, "Hand cream, bro, I won’t compete with you for the Kudzu powder, but please give me one tube of hand cream anyway? My wife’s really waiting for it this winter. You know how damaging washing dishes and scrubbing pots can be to the hands."

No one would believe that!

Qin Yun choked him, "I didn’t hear about your maid resigning."

Then, with real earnestness and incidentally upping the familial hierarchy:

"Brother, take a look at me! You know, I made some small mistakes before, and now’s the time for me to make amends and win my wife’s favor. Let me have one tube of that hand cream at least."

"Don’t you have several tubes already? Please, do a brother a favor!"

Lun Chuan thought for a moment: "There are five tubes in total, one for my mom and one for me, and then one each for backup...

"That leaves just one extra. You two should play rock-paper-scissors for it."

What misfortune! Is this not asking for brotherhood to break?

Qin Yun shouted, "What do you need a backup for, being a grown man!"

At this point, Lun Chuan felt a little embarrassed, "Recently it’s been dry, my face is all dry too... Never mind, I’ll give you both one each."

Qin Yun: ...

He Kuang: ...

Wanted to say something, but as I touched my rough face and skin, and then thought about Lun Chuan’s out-of-place, ethereal prince-like demeanor...

The two hung up the phone bitterly—Damn it, the Heavens are really unfair!

...

By coincidence, Lao Song’s family was gathered around the stove, also discussing the pig butchering feast.

Song Sancheng pondered: "At that time, we should hire a professional banquet chef. I reckon there will be quite a few from the village coming to help, and there will be a lot of dishes to make."

"Who do you think you’re looking down on?" Seventh Uncle was not pleased: "Just me and Xiaojian, who couldn’t handle a banquet? We’ll set up in the mountain canteen and also spread out on the factory grounds; sure enough, we’ll make a fine job of it!"

Master Jiang was waiting too! He had already told his wife that he must demonstrate his full skills and also let his daughter see that he didn’t go to work sick just to make ends meet but to ease her mind!

"You just need to think it over, how many pounds of pork should each table have standard-wise? We only have a few pigs at home!"

"That’s too expensive!" Wu Lan was reluctant: "Better to buy a pig for slaughter, our home-raised pork is definitely tastier."

But Song Sancheng was thinking: "Slaughtering your own pig and then serving meat bought from others to guests... it’s not appropriate, is it?"

Indeed, doing so would seem disdainful in the eyes of the fellow villagers, let alone when inviting others!

Zhang Yanping also felt so sorry, and at the moment suggested: "How about this, we go ahead with the pig slaughter! We buy the first pig, slaughter it on-site, and eat stewed dishes."

"And we can also give New Year visits in the process."

"For the pigs we raise ourselves, we slaughter them later on, and after the guests and the main table have been catered for, the villagers each get a big basin of stewed meat, and roughly explain the situation..."

Song Tan waved her hand: "Forget it, there aren’t that many households in the village, and those who come to help will definitely have worked on our farm this year."

Those who work outside and plan to stay in their hometown next year will probably come over to lend a hand and incidentally inquire about it.

This way, once the pork is eaten, wouldn’t it boost everyone’s confidence?

Besides, a great feast has both luxurious and ordinary dishes. They are not short of other things like radishes, cabbage, pickled vegetables, and salted vegetables; heaps and heaps of them! Just for one meal, how much could it be consumed?

Song Tan decided: "It’s the New Year, let’s be generous for once, otherwise if we never let people taste what’s growing on our own land without a good reason, we have to justify it in a way that convinces them."

Alright then!

Everyone crunched the numbers again: "The village gets three tables, our own relatives get two or three tables, one table for Qiaoqiao’s fans, and one for Professor Song and his group, then there’s the one who helped Tantan before, and his friends, all seated at the main table..."

After some calculations, 10 tables will be more than enough! If we’re generous with the pork, ten pounds per table would only amount to over a hundred pounds, including pig blood and innards.

Clamping down on my teeth, it’s worth it!

Seventh Uncle and Master Jiang looked at each other: "Come on, let’s sit down to work out a menu. The New Year is in early February; we’ll need to arrange it by mid-January!"

Now we’re already halfway through December! Time to start planning!

And Zhang Yanping asked again: "So, how do we arrange things for Qiaoqiao’s fans?"

This is a bit tricky; the top ten in the leaderboard donated generously, but there are also many who didn’t donate much but made many purchases! Xin Jun pondered:

"How about this, the top five in terms of transaction amount in-store, and the top five donors in the livestream room. Can we also give out a few more spots? Two more for livestream room giveaways?"

"We’ll clarify in advance that transportation costs are on them, and we won’t provide accommodations. The banquet is at noon so everyone can buy their return tickets in advance."

Close to the New Year, slaughtering a pig a month before would also make buying tickets stressful!

"But for safety, we should advise everyone not to bring any valuables. Also, if they do not come, their spot will expire and not be transferred."

"No family members are to bring; if family members do come, we can arrange ordinary meals—for lack of better phrasing, but once they’ve eaten they will understand, they won’t mind."