Chapter 330 The Big Star’s Mother

Chapter 330 The Big Star’s Mother

Chapter 330 The Big Star’s Mother
There are many trivial matters in the old Yanjing Hutong.

However, in Yaer Hutong, most of the old houses have been demolished, and many places are busy renovating.

I heard someone arguing outside.

Fan Wumian pricked up his ears and listened carefully for a while. It seemed that they were arguing about the issue of the courtyard wall.

Faintly, it seemed that someone mentioned the name "Liu Yifei".

He wasn't sure whether it was a worker on his own construction site who had a conflict with others, so he simply opened the side door and went out to take a look.

In the alley a few meters away, he saw a woman wearing a long white down jacket with her back to him, and several workers standing beside her. The two sides were arguing.

A middle-aged man dressed as a contractor shouted with full energy:

"The construction company drew the line there, and I built the wall there. What's the problem? The whole wall has been built, and now they are asking us to move it 10 centimeters. The entire construction period will be delayed before the New Year. Will you compensate for the loss?"

The woman in a white down jacket, holding an orange handbag, said angrily:

"Look at the design drawings. The house should have been built within the line. You built the wall along the line and occupied my space. How can you be justified?"

The middle-aged man dressed as a contractor continued to yell, puffing on a cigarette:

"The blueprints may not be accurate. Even if your daughter is a big star, you can't say it's true. Rework will cost tens of thousands of dollars. It's too troublesome!"

There was a noise behind Fan Wumian. He turned around and saw bodyguards Qian Ge and Jiang Shixi following him. He waved his hand and said:

"Let's go! Let's go watch the fun!"

The snow on the ground made a crackling sound when I stepped on it.

Fan Wumian walked around to them and took a look. He felt that the woman in the white down jacket looked familiar. For her age, she was considered quite pretty and had a lot of temperament.

Thinking carefully for a moment, I suddenly found that she looked a bit like Liu Yifei's mother who was praised to the sky by netizens in later generations. I wondered if Liu Yifei also bought land nearby?

Both sides also saw Fan Wumian.

The middle-aged contractor was stunned, then he bent down slightly, smiled flatteringly, and said:

"Mr. Fan, are you going out for a walk? Your house is so magnificent. Our boss wanted to build a second floor and tried many ways to get a permit, but he just couldn't get it."

Fan Wumian didn't know the other person, so he nodded slightly and said "hmm", explaining:
"I had obtained the permit before the new policy was introduced. Now it seems that I can only demolish and rebuild the original building. What are you arguing about? If you ask the relevant unit to measure whether the wall has crossed the boundary, you will know."

The elegant lady smiled brightly and said:
"Nothing, they just built the wall to my side. Mr. Xiao Fan, my daughter is Liu Yifei. You two are schoolmates, right? She came home and told me that she had seen you at the Beijing Film Academy. My daughter was so happy."

Wow, it really is Liu Yifei’s mother.

Fan Wumian asked curiously:
"She also came here to buy land and build a house? I've met her twice before. She's a fairy sister, a big celebrity in the school. I was very impressed."

"No, no, Mr. Fan is an international superstar, and he is far inferior to you. My daughter signed a contract with an island country and made a lot of money. She just happened to come here to buy a small piece of land, but she doesn't plan to start construction yet."

Liu Yifei's mother pointed to the 500-600 square meter open space next to her and continued:
"I brought a designer here today to measure the land, and right away I found a problem. It's a little shorter than what's on the production certificate."

Fan Wumian looked at the contractor.

The contractor looked at the situation and thought of Fan Wumian's exaggerated net worth of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. He even spoke in a soft voice and began to reason, saying:
"We still need to measure whether it has crossed the boundary. The difference is only 10 centimeters at most. The workers are going back to their hometowns before the New Year. If they are asked to go back to work, they may cause trouble."

Fan Wumian said:
"We have only built the courtyard wall now. Once the wing rooms are built, it will be more troublesome to make changes. It is better to discuss it with your boss. If you can't get a permit for the illegal construction, it may be demolished by force, which will cause greater losses. Since the construction company drew the wrong line, why not let the construction company be responsible?"

If it were a stranger, he would definitely not go to the trouble of trying to mediate.

Liu Yifei is our schoolmate after all, so I'm just helping her out. Besides, maybe we'll become neighbors in the future.

The contractor knew he was in the wrong, and he could ask the construction company to take the blame instead of bearing the loss himself. He didn't say anything more and replied:

"Okay, I'll call and ask first. I'll see what the employer says."

Wait until the contractor leaves.

Liu Yifei's mother pointed to the mansion under construction and asked:

"Mr. Fan, we don't know how to design this place. If it's not too much trouble, can I come to your house for a tour? I want to enclose the entire second courtyard and make it a sun room. I can plant some flowers and plants and make it more comfortable to live in."

“No problem, but it’s not very convenient for taking pictures.”

Last time we filmed a movie at the Repulse Bay Mansion, we used the interior of the mansion as a gimmick and attracted countless people's attention. The free promotion effect was particularly good.

The newly built three-in-one courtyard will also be used for filming in the future. Once the pictures inside are exposed, the mystery and hype value will be reduced.

Liu Yifei's mother thought that Fan Wumian was doing this for safety reasons, so she decisively told him, "No problem, we're just going to take a look at the structure and layout, and we'll be out after a walk."

I just went to the Central Bank for rehearsal in the afternoon, so I don't have anything to do now.

Fan Wumian accompanied them personally, first visiting the second courtyard, and then going to the large courtyard next door covering an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters. Originally, Liu Yifei's mother thought that her family's land covering an area of ​​500 to 600 square meters, which cost nearly 10 million yuan to buy, was not small.

However, compared with the super courtyard house under construction, it is not as big as the yard of Fan Wumian’s new house.

Whether it was the pavilion in the middle of the lake made of golden nanmu wood that imitated the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, or the various caissons, they all amazed Liu Yifei's mother and the people from the design company.

Other stars are just singers or actors, but Fan Wumian has a different identity. He is also a powerful investor.

I'm thinking about helping my daughter find new opportunities so that she can get a new job in the future, or consider some major life events.

Liu Yifei's mother was very polite and always brought the topic back to her own daughter.

At this moment.

Standing under the living room caisson with a three-dimensional dragon pattern, Liu Yifei's mother said:

"My daughter's career in the island country is not as smooth as she imagined. The income from advertising endorsements is not as high as in the mainland, and it is difficult to get a chance to film in Hollywood. Recently, she has been busy dancing and singing all day long, which is very hard."

Fan Wumian couldn't hold back his smile and said:
"Being an idol is actually not easier than being an actor. Singing and dancing require a lot of talent."

"The income of artists in the island country is notoriously low. It seems that they are even lower than cartoonists or famous writers. They can only make money through advertising endorsements."

"Your daughter's popularity in the island country is far less than that in the mainland, so it is difficult for her to get a high endorsement fee."

".At the time, I thought the signing fee was too high, so I persuaded her to agree first. Now I don't know whether it was right or not."

After signing a contract with Sony Music, Liu Yifei has to share most of the money she earns from filming, endorsements, and participating in events with the company.

How much you earn is secondary. The work is too hard. The company arranges you to make money everywhere, learn Japanese, sing and dance everywhere, which is very stressful.

Her mother felt sorry for her daughter and asked tentatively:
"When there's a chance, I'll bring her along to treat you to a meal. Thank you for your help just now. It would be great if we could find a chance to cooperate in the future."

"Don't think that she is a few grades older than you. In fact, she is younger than you. I am a little worried about her going out there alone."

"Since she signed with Sony Music in August last year, I have often gone to Tokyo to accompany her. Recently, I have also been discussing cooperation with Penguin Group to endorse an online game called Audition."

Since her debut, Liu Yifei has been well protected by her mother.

Because she has not been exposed to the complicated side of the entertainment industry, Liu Yifei's temperament has remained fresh and refined even after her debut for many years, and it doesn't seem like she's pretending.

Listen to her mother.

I guess he started to feel dissatisfied with some of the arrangements made by the signing company, and he regretted going to the island country to become an idol singer.

Since you have chosen to pay money and sign a contract with the company, you are bound to be exploited and not free.

Other newcomers need to strive for opportunities and increase their popularity, but Liu Yifei has all of these.

Fan Wumian didn't say anything final, he just replied vaguely:

"I will contact you next year after I finish arranging the projects I have on hand if I find a suitable role."

Shanzeiwang Media has its own talented and beautiful actresses, such as Zhuang Muxi and Huang Shengyi.

Liu Yifei's mother understood that since the problem could be solved internally, she would definitely not spend a lot of money to find someone from outside. She was just asking in passing.

After viewing the house.

Mother Liu gave him her daughter's private number and walked out of the house for more than 20 meters, only to find that she had not yet left the wall of Fan Wumian's house.

Suddenly I thought, it would be great if I could have him as my son-in-law.
Considering Fan Wumian's qualifications and his long-term claim to be "single", it's no surprise that Liu Yifei's mother would think this way. Looking across the country, there are few rich sons-in-law with better comprehensive conditions than him.

After seeing off Liu's mother, agent Jiang Shixi said with emotion:
"I often encounter this kind of thing. There are many actors in the industry but few opportunities, and even fewer commercial films with large investments. Any actor who is a little bit motivated will try his luck after knowing that I am Mr. Fan's agent."

Director Lu Hao also often encounters similar things. He nodded and said:

"Liu Yifei's image and popularity are there, and she is very good at playing some young and beautiful roles. But the contracting company in the island country may not let her take any role. Other actors dream of changing jobs and working on their own, but she seems to have tied herself down."

Fan Wumian glanced at Director Lu Hao and seized the opportunity to ask, "Do you also want to change jobs and work on your own?"

"...That's impossible. Mr. Fan, you are my mentor and have been very kind to me. I cannot be ungrateful. I will not leave until the company goes bankrupt. Besides, other investors are not as easy to talk to as you. We have been shooting "Crazy Stone" for such a long time, but you only visited the crew once. It is obvious that you are very confident in my ability. If I quit, I will be asking for trouble."

Ma Yingjie quickly explained a lot.

Fan Wumian was just joking and didn't mean to insist. It was too cold outside and his face hurt, so he asked them to go back to the rest room and sit down to discuss some project arrangements for next year.

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(End of this chapter)