Chapter 264: Working Together

Tan Mo could only stare at Director Hou speechlessly as this was the first time they had actually met and talked.

Since when were we this close? The entertainment business sure is weird.

It was as if Director Hou noticed what Tan Mo was thinking, and he smiled. “Since I’m your brother’s teacher, doesn’t it make sense that we should be close as well? Come on, don’t be a stranger. You have to write a script for me in the future, deal?”

Tan Mo blinked and quickly thought of an excuse. “But I only know how to write scripts for historical dramas…”

“What a coincidence!” Director Hou exclaimed with a loud clapping of his hands. “I’m super-good at directing historical dramas too!”

Tan Mo was rendered speechless once again.

Professor Zhao, what kind of a teacher did you get for my brother…

The little girl turned to look at her oldest brother for help, but he only smiled at her and did not help her.

“Hou, you know she’s willing to work for me because I agreed to assist Jinqi in his first drama, right?” Director Liu said.

Tan Mo looked at Director Liu and thought, Wasn’t that the deal we made when I agreed to write the script for “Legend of Wei and Jin”?

Director Liu winked at Tan Mo secretly, and she immediately realized that he was trying to help her. Since Director Liu had agreed to work as the assistant director for Tan Jinqi on the latter’s first film, he was trying to help make Director Hou accept the same deal so that Tan Jinqi could benefit from it.

Realizing that, Tan Mo quickly nodded in agreement.

It was as if she was eager to get as much help she could for her oldest brother.

Director Liu couldn’t help but laugh as he thought, Wait, are we teaming up together to trick Hou now?

Director Hou then said, “I see… Then, how about this? If you agree to help me, I’ll assist your brother with his second drama. With Liu and me helping him, I can say for sure that his first two dramas will be hits, and that’ll help boost his popularity as he gains experience. Once that’s done, he should be able to direct his dramas alone from then onward.”

Tan Mo was so happy that her lips were twitching as she tried her best to hide her smile.

However, she failed the moment she spoke as her grin was as visible as one could ever be. “Then…I’ll help with Director Hou’s script as well. Happy to work with you!”

“That’s the spirit!” Director Hou laughed happily.

Tan Jinqi smiled, knowing that his sister had agreed to help the two directors just so they would help him in return.

Then he turned around and noticed Xu Miaotong munching on one of the cookies that Tan Mo had given her. He quickly said, “You have to thank Miaotong. She was the one who ran all over the place to find us and warn us that you were in trouble.”

“Really?” Tan Mo exclaimed and ran to hug Xu Miaotong.

“H…hey! Slow down! I’m still eating over here.” Xu Miaotong almost choked on the cookie that she’d just put into her mouth.

“Thank you so much, Sister!” Tan Mo wanted to kiss Xu Miaotong on her cheek, but realized she had lipstick on and decided to blow a kiss instead.

“Come on, it was nothing really. You were always so nice to me. There’s just no way I could stand by and let you get bullied, right?” Xu Miaotong said, blushing.

“You are the best!” Tan Mo smiled and opened the bag of snacks that Zhou Jingan had brought her. “Here! I have a lot more snacks in here.”

Xu Miaotong thought of taking more for a moment, but quickly dismissed the idea. “No, no! I have to stop! Or else my manager is going to scold me!”

The actress quickly put the remaining cookies in her hand back into the bag.

It was only then that her manager, Zhao Anqi, interjected, “Wow! It looks like you still have some self-control. And here I was waiting to see how much you were going to eat before you stopped.”

Throughout the incident with Yu Yixian, Xu Miaotong had been happily munching on her snacks while she watched, as if she was enjoying a good drama.

Fortunately, the organizer approached them once again just in the nick of the time and said, “Mr. Liu, it’s time for you and the crew of ‘Legend of Wei and Jin’ to enter.”

Xu Miaotong quickly pulled Tan Mo away with her to avoid getting scolded by her manager.

As they waited by the entrance, the cold wind was getting stronger and stronger, to the point where Tan Mo could feel the cold even when she had a thick jacket over her.

“Oh, my God! It’s freezing! Can I go back on my word and not do this?” Tan Mo asked as her teeth chattered.

She instantly regretted not listening to Wei Zhiqian’s advice, that being pretty was not as important as she thought.

Xu Miaotong was also chattering next to Tan Mo and said, “You can, but this is the only entrance into the venue here. Are you sure you want to walk back outside and endure the cold wind for the whole journey to the guest entrance?”

Of course, the event was only open to invited guests and not to the public, but even so, it would be strange for the guests to enter the venue through the same entrance as the celebrities.

“The time it’ll take might be longer than waiting here,” Xu Miaotong said.

Hearing that, Tan Mo changed her mind.

Regret was all she could feel at that moment.

I should’ve just listened to uncle and entered the venue through the guest entrance instead…

“How about you keep the jacket on?” Tan Jinqi suggested.

“No!” Tan Mo insisted. “If I have to endure the cold anyway, I’ll do it gorgeously!”

They waited until the staff came to inform them that it was their turn. Tan Mo took her jacket off and handed it to Zhou Jingan.

The moment she took it off, she couldn’t help but shudder for a bit.

“Don’t worry. The cold will be gone once we started walking on the red carpet,” the experienced veteran Xu Miaotong comforted Tan Mo.

Tan Mo nodded. “I have a lot of hot patches in my dress.”

However, there were none near her shoulders and arms since she was wearing a sleeveless dress.

A simple breeze was enough to make her shudder.

“Me too,” Xu Miaotong whispered.

They then held hands and followed the crew and walked onto the red carpet.

“Look!” the host announced. “We have the whole team from ‘Legend of Wei and Jin’!”

Since Xu Miaotong was famous, the reporters kept taking pictures of her while the guests kept asking for a handshake with her.

Tan Mo let go of Xu Miaotong so that she could interact with her fans.

Since Tan Mo and Tan Jinqi were people who worked behind the scenes, no one recognized them. The host didn’t introduce them either since it was a huge team, and it would take a long time to introduce everyone.

They would have to wait until the short interview after they signed on the wall to be introduced.

However, most questions during the interview were aimed at the director and the actors.

None were directed toward Tan Mo and Tan Jinqi.

The siblings tried not to stand out as they walked on the red carpet, but the reporters thought that they were actors from “Legend of Wei and Jin” because of their good looks.