After being reborn, I decisively broke off my engagement and married a cold-faced military young mas

Chapter 536 The New Year Begins

They decided to hold an open audition for their new drama, scheduled for the end of March, a time that was neither too hot nor too cold.

With just over a month left, there's a lot of time to arrange the venue and contact so many people; time is actually very tight.

Their magazine, along with several newspaper and television ads announcing the open auditions, has been quite effective, and they've already started receiving applications.

A small number of people registered by mail, but most registered by phone.

Lin Yuyao specially arranged for two people to do the statistics.

Once the registration period ends, we'll have to start notifying everyone one by one.

Looking at so many people, Song Qin clicked her tongue twice and said, "Our phone bills are going to explode next month."

Of course! Making phone calls is still very expensive these days; it can definitely break your heart.

The arrangements have been made, and I can finally have a rare half-day of leisure.

Song Qin sat down next to her, stared at her belly, and asked softly, "How's your attempt to conceive going?"

Lin Yuyao shook her head, "It didn't work out, my period just ended."

"No rush, it's only been two months. Maybe it's just not meant to be."

Lin Yuyao suddenly asked her again, "Are you living with Xiao Chen?"

Song Qin's smile froze on her face. "No."

Lin Yuyao looked unconvinced.

Song Qin added, "It's just a shared apartment."

"Shared apartment?"

“Yes, my house wasn’t cheap, and his previous house wasn’t cheap either. We discussed it and decided to rent a two-bedroom apartment so that we could all save money.”

How much can be saved?

Song Qin: “…”

"We can save a lot on water and electricity bills, and the house is newer now with better renovations."

When she avoided the question, Lin Yuyao wisely refrained from asking further.

The two then chatted for a while about the original novel and the screenplay.

Unlike novels, screenplays not only need to be engaging, but also need to consider cost and whether the production company can actually make them.

Song Qin is more professional in this regard. Firstly, she is a screenwriter, and secondly, she takes relevant courses every month to further her knowledge.

Lin Yuyao only needed to write; she was responsible for reviewing and making simple revisions.

However, she didn't make changes arbitrarily; she would discuss every major change with Lin Yuyao.

Why make this change? Is it to reduce costs or something else? We need to discuss and agree on these points.

After construction began, Chen Bingzhi became busy, spending most of his time going out to attract investment.

With their reputation, coal mine owners would come to them to invest, but business still needs to be negotiated, and the amount of investment and how the profits will be divided must all be written into the contract in advance.

While Lin Yuyao was busy, Fu Huaiyi and the others were quite free.

After the project ended, I returned to normal working hours, 9 to 5, and the pay was good, much better than what most other companies offer.

However, although the official start time is nine o'clock, they don't arrive at nine o'clock.

Since morning exercise has resumed, he usually goes out around 7 a.m., arrives there around 8 a.m., and then starts his morning exercise.

Old Wang is still here, but new people have been transferred over, and he is currently handling the handover.

Looking at these young people he had trained, he felt a pang of reluctance.

But he couldn't bring himself to be sweet-talking, and seeing how weak and listless they were when they ran, he couldn't help but give them a good scolding.

"Look at you all, any random woman could run better than you. Did you eat mutton when you went home for the New Year? You all look so weak and listless."

Someone couldn't help but offer a defense on behalf of everyone.

“We haven’t done our morning exercise in almost two years. Take it slow. Who can handle going back to the intensity we had two years ago all at once?”

"Hey, you little bastard, you dare to talk back? If you can't, you can't. What are you doing making excuses?"

I kicked him in the butt.

Seeing this, the others quickened their pace.

Old Wang said to the middle-aged man next to him who was taking over his shift, "Don't spoil them, these bastards just need to be trained."

"Second Uncle, I think that young man has a point. You can only train at this intensity if you keep at it. I heard they just finished a project and used their morning exercise time to work overtime. They haven't exercised for a long time, so their physical fitness is bound to deteriorate. Why don't we skip it today?"

Lao Wang: "..."

Feeling slighted, he was unhappy and said a few sarcastic remarks, finally concluding with, "Do whatever you want, you'll be the one in charge of them in the future anyway."

Then I went back to my office to have some tea.

After he left, the newly arrived Minister Xu called a halt to everyone's training and said, "That's enough for today. As you can all see, due to the slackness of the past year or two, your physical fitness has weakened considerably. From today onwards, our training will resume, and the intensity will be gradually increased. You are all graduates of regular military academies, and many of you have been on the battlefield. I believe you are capable of handling this."

As soon as he left, everyone went to rest under the tree.

The clothes I just changed into this morning are now soaked with sweat, and I'll have to go back and change again soon.

"Ayi, I think Minister Xu is a good person, unlike Old Wang who is so cold and unapproachable. We're all exhausted, and he still mocks us for not being good enough."

Fu Huaiyi said calmly, "They're just helping their nephew win over people's hearts."

Yi Yunshuo: "..."

"It means that they played good cop and bad cop, and then made fun of us."

Fu Huaiyi nodded.

Yi Yunshuo snorted, "Human hearts are treacherous, so wicked."

"Lu Jiangting!" a guard shouted from afar. "Minister Wang wants to see you in his office."

Lu Jiangting, who was under the tree across the street, stood up and jogged over.

As Yi Yunshuo watched Lu Jiangting run away, he nudged Fu Huaiyi's arm and whispered, "What does Old Wang want with him?"

"How would I know?"

"Old Wang is leaving soon, shouldn't we at least look after him a little?"

"Ask Lu Jiangting?"

"Lu Jiangting is driving me crazy now, he won't even talk to me."

What did you do to bother him?

"I'm puzzled too. It's you who got together with Sister Lin, not me. Why does he hate me more than he hates you?"

Fu Huaiyi: "..."

"Honestly, I didn't steal his wife."

Fu Huaiyi glared at him, and he shut up again.

"By the way, didn't you say last time that we should visit the doctor who treated Wang Jianjun? When are we going?"

Fu Huaiyi thought for a moment, "This weekend, I have something else to do before I go."

"What's the matter?"

"Last time, Yao Yao and I went hunting in Wang Jianjun's hometown and took some photos. I even took a photo of Wang Jianjun's younger brother, Wang Jianguo, for free. I promised him that I would send it to him after it was developed. It will be developed next week. I will go to Fang Qing to get an address and send it to him."

"You promised to send them photos, but why didn't you ask for their address?"

Fu Huaiyi smiled faintly and remained silent.

He had the address, but he wanted to go to Fang Qing to get it, and also to see how she would react.

"Wang Jianguo is Jianjun's younger brother, so they must be blood relatives, right?"