NOVPUBThe assistant director Yu Biao had just made the remark offhandedly, but who would have thought that Wu Bin would take it so seriously and turn to leave.
This really scared Yu Biao.
After all, Wu Bin was someone they had gone to great lengths to invite, and if he were to be driven away by Yu Biao himself, there was no way he could explain it to the director.
Thinking this, Yu Biao promptly put on a smile, walked over, and blocked Wu Bin’s path.
"Wu Bin, my friend, what’s the rush? Everything can be discussed," he said.
"You also have to consider our position. We’ve spent so much money investing in the production of this movie. If the best parts get exposed to netizens ahead of time, wouldn’t we be losing all our investment?"
"Wu Bin, my friend, please be understanding, we’re really troubled here."
Isn’t it said that those who can mix in society are shrewd?
At this moment, although Yu Biao was lowering his posture, he was not conceding in the least with his words.
He kept asking Wu Bin to be understanding, but didn’t he still have no plans to let Wu Bin take the cameraman inside?
Wu Bin had no intention of accommodating such a person and insisted on getting in the car.
Just then, Li Xuan received the news and ran over from a distance.
"Wu Bin, wait a moment," he said.
Li Xuan came running up to Wu Bin and hurriedly asked, "You’ve just arrived, why are you leaving already?"
Li Xuan couldn’t understand, but thankfully, the assistant standing by stepped forward to explain what had just happened to Li Xuan.
Upon hearing the account, Li Xuan’s eyes widened in anger.
Li Xuan said to Yu Biao, "Wu Bin and I had already signed a contract allowing him to bring his equipment in for filming. Director Wang He is also aware of this. Didn’t Director Wang communicate with you?"
Everyone in the business knows what everyone else is up to.
In one production team, there is often one director and many assistant directors.
But these assistant directors, vying for power and to showcase their capabilities, often end up doing unnecessary things.
Take Yu Biao right now, doing just such superfluous acts.
Even Director Wang He agreed to let Wu Bin bring his filming equipment on set, yet, some lower-ranking assistant director disagreed.
Anyone with a clear eye could see that this move by Yu Biao was overkill, as he wanted to demonstrate his prowess to everyone.
His thinking was simple – if he solved a problem that even Wang He couldn’t handle, wouldn’t that prove he was more capable?
What Yu Biao didn’t realize, however, was that this situation might have been orchestrated by Wang He himself.
After all, the methods of promoting movies have changed.
In the past, movie promotions were secretive, and there was hardly any mention of the main content; sometimes even the cast and their roles were not disclosed.
But today’s movie promotions are almost always a combination of exciting movie content and behind-the-scenes footage, spread online.
This promotional strategy, which teases but doesn’t reveal all, is more likely to pique the interest of netizens.
That’s why Wang He, seeing the large number of fans in Wu Bin’s live broadcast, agreed to let Wu Bin bring his cameraman for on-set filming.
Yu Biao, thinking himself clever, decided to go show off his prowess and solve some problems for the crew.
Li Xuan held a higher position than Yu Biao, and Yu Biao knew he was someone he couldn’t afford to provoke.
Yu Biao snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Fine, since you’ve already talked to Director Wang, of course, there won’t be any problems on my end. Just bring the cameraman in then. After all, if something not meant to be filmed gets caught on tape, it’s on you."
Having said that, Yu Biao walked ahead without caring whether Wu Bin would follow.
No sooner had Yu Biao left than Li Xuan hurried forward to apologize to Wu Bin.
"I’m so sorry, Wu Bin, this is just how people in the crew are, lots of talk and forgetfulness, even when things have been arranged."
"But no worries, if you encounter any issues during your time with the crew, you can call me at any time. I’ll be there to help you solve them as soon as possible."
Right now, Wu Bin was their cash cow, anyone could leave, but certainly not him, their cash cow.
Li Xuan was sincere when he said this. He genuinely wanted Wu Bin to turn to him with any issues immediately instead of preparing to walk away like he just did, which could make things difficult to resolve.
Seeing Li Xuan’s earnest attitude, Wu Bin replied, "Alright, for your sake, I won’t stoop to his level."
After saying this, Wu Bin got out of the car and even remembered to offer his hand to help He Bingbing down.
Witnessing this, Li Xuan immediately started to take He Bingbing more seriously.
It seemed that Wu Bin had a special relationship with this host, Bingbing.
The reason Yu Biao was so confident earlier in telling Bingbing and her crew to leave was that he thought Bingbing was just an ordinary host and didn’t believe Wu Bin would fall out with him over her.
But now, they had to reassess the relationship between Wu Bin and He Bingbing.
Li Xuan’s mind was racing, yet he did not let any of it show on his face.
With a smile, he took the initiative to lead the way for them. The viewers in the live stream were buzzing with comments when they saw this.
"This Li Xuan is quite a people person, much more sensible than the assistant director from before. That guy was so rude to Sister Bingbing and still expected Wu Bin to cooperate with him; he’s out of his mind."
"Actually, the assistant director had good intentions, thinking about preventing the new film from being leaked, but he totally missed why the lead director invited our Brother Wu to join the film. He’s being too clever for his own good."
"They really overestimate themselves. We’re here entirely for Brother Wu. Otherwise, who would pay any attention to their crappy movie? I can’t stand it, I’m going to go give them negative reviews right now!"
"Hahaha, giving a movie bad reviews before it’s even out, huh? Bro, calm down, don’t make things difficult for Brother Wu."
In Wu Bin’s live stream, there were over seven hundred thousand people watching. If they all went and left negative reviews for the movie at this time, then there’d be no need to even release it, as they could stop filming now.
Yu Biao just didn’t understand the value of these seven hundred thousand living, breathing viewers.
It may seem like other big stars have fans numbering in the hundreds of millions, but the actual number of active fans is much lower.
On the other hand, it’s the opposite with Wu Bin’s fan base.
Though it may seem like there are fewer fans on Wu Bin’s side, each one is active in the live stream. Sometimes the speed of the comments in Wu Bin’s live stream is so fast, it can even cause the stream to lag.
It just goes to say that Yu Biao seriously underestimated Wu Bin’s influence.
In the midst of conversation, the group arrived on the set.
Li Xuan, leading the way, called out loudly, "Director Wang, Wu Bin is here."
