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79: Chapter 79 (Completed) Xia Ning, just because you got caught in the rain, does that mean you have to tear up someone else's umbrella?
Nine o'clock sharp.
Qin Xun asked Xia Ning to call Cheng Wan to gather everyone for a meeting.
On the podium.
Qin Xun spoke passionately.
"..."
"So!"
"In order to make Oak Company a star company in the industry, we need to shoot a promotional video. A production team will be here at ten o'clock."
"And the actors will be selected from among our colleagues."
"How about it?"
The thirty-plus colleagues below shouted their approval one after another.
Who hasn't fantasized about being an actor when they were young?
But how many people have actual stage experience?
Now, there was actually a chance to play around with it.
They were very excited and loudly recommended themselves, afraid of not being chosen.
"President Qin, pick me, pick me!"
"President Qin, I've had a dream since I was a child..."
"President Qin, I'm thick-skinned, I can act anything!"
"President Qin, I played a rock in a kindergarten play, and the teacher praised my acting skills!"
...
At this moment, Qin Xun glanced at Xia Ning standing in the far corner.
Seeing Xia Ning nod gently at him.
He smiled and said.
"Yesterday, Xia Ning and I went over the first draft. Next, I would like to invite our Xia Ning to demonstrate the performance content."
Warm applause erupted in the meeting room.
Xia Ning was expressionless, stepping in her high heels, walking onto the podium with full charisma.
It made the colleagues marvel one after another.
She looked good and had a strong presence!
Isn't this a natural lead actress?
She walked with even more presence than President Niu. Those who didn't know would have thought she was the female president!
Xia Ning walked to the front, stood still, bowed slightly, straightened up and looked at Qin Xun, seeing him nod.
She wasn't shy at all and shouted directly.
"My surname is Xia, Xia as in laundry detergent!"
"Backhand, I can make the martial arts world explode!"
"Righteous to the heavens, dominating the winds and clouds, raising the battle flag again, riding the warhorse!"
"My surname is Xia, I am not afraid!"
"Across the four seas and five lakes, I am the greatest!"
After shouting, she bowed slightly again, with no expression on her face, and said softly.
"Thank you!"
Qin Xun pursed his lips, holding back laughter, suffering greatly.
The meeting room quieted down.
The expressions of the colleagues became extremely colorful, each of them dumbfounded.
Doesn't Xia Ning care about her face?
Could she actually shout something like this?
Although she is beautiful, she can't withstand such a toss, right?
Is President Qin's ability to train a small assistant this high?
Can he turn a cold, aloof woman into a Zhonger Shaonü?
Gradually, the colleagues felt a bit of fear, feeling ashamed of their eager hand-raising behavior just now.
Cheng Wan swallowed hard, feeling a bit troubled.
"President Qin, do we have to perform this?"
"I don't have the surname Xia!"
She breathed a sigh of relief and emphasized repeatedly.
"My surname is Cheng, my surname is Cheng!"
Qin Xun looked at Cheng Wan, smiled, and spoke right away.
"Sister Wan, you can shout it like this."
"My surname is Cheng, sinking for you, losing myself and losing my soul."
"My surname is Cheng, feeling dejected, willing to lock the door of my heart for you."
"My surname is Cheng, heard a little bit, years don't change my innocence."
"..."
...
Qin Xun stood on the podium, shouting with a smile.
Everyone was amazed, is Qin Xun's thinking this fast?
It comes as soon as he says it?
Cheng Wan was too ashamed, covering her face with both hands, wanting to find a crack in the ground to hide.
"President Qin, no way!"
"This is too socially embarrassing!"
"I am also a mother of children, and also someone else's daughter!"
"I still want my dignity!"
This remark received a sympathetic response.
Colleagues echoed one after another.
"Yeah, yeah!"
"President Qin, please think twice!"
"For the company's promotional video, you must be cautious!"
"President Qin, I suddenly remembered, I laughed during my kindergarten performance as a rock, I'm not a very good actor."
"President Qin, I have diarrhea today."
"President Qin, I'm on my period!"
...
Qin Xun looked at the colleagues who were filled with righteous indignation, looking like they would pack their things and resign if forced to shout "Surname Chant".
He smiled.
"It seems everyone is not satisfied with this plan."
"I am not someone who cannot listen to others' opinions, so I will start the second plan."
Hearing this, Xia Ning was shocked and turned her head to look at Qin Xun abruptly.
Am I... being played by him?
Thinking of how seriously she practiced last night, and then playing the fool in front of her colleagues just now, a trace of anger gradually rose in her heart.
Xia Ning glanced at the colleagues below who let out a big sigh of relief.
Some people's eyes looking at her were still a bit playful.
Making her feel a bit of belated shyness.
She couldn't hold it in anymore, turned her head to stare at Qin Xun, with a gentle smile on her face, and her tone as gentle as possible.
"President Qin, so... my efforts yesterday were in vain?"
Qin Xun shook his head.
"No!"
"It is precisely because I didn't want to waste your efforts that I asked you to perform on stage; you performed very well."
Seeing Xia Ning's smile freeze, in order to avoid her closing the office door and beating him up when they returned to the office later.
He blathered seriously.
"It's just because I saw you were so serious and hard-working yesterday, I thought..."
"Even a small employee of the company, a little girl in her internship period who hasn't been regularized yet, has such a correct work attitude."
"How can I, the second-in-command of the company, disappoint others' expectations?"
He walked to Xia Ning's side, imitating an old leader, and patted Xia Ning's shoulder encouragingly.
"So, I wrote a new short script for you overnight last night, and you will be the female lead."
Xia Ning looked at Qin Xun's serious expression and was a bit suspicious.
"Really?"
Qin Xun nodded seriously, swearing an oath.
"If I lie to you, then Oak Company will collapse, go bankrupt, and the boss will be arrested."
Xia Ning: "..."
Not only is he lying to me, but he is also cursing me?
Xia Ning walked down expressionlessly and stood in the corner again.
Qin Xun took out his mobile phone and sent the script he wrote at the internet cafe last night to the group.
The colleagues opened the file; the word count was not high, and they finished reading it quickly.
The script used short words to describe scene after scene.
The ambition of a beautiful workplace newcomer.
Working overtime late at night.
The unspoken rules of the client.
Family's denial of the son's dream.
The love of a simp.
The client's insult.
The pride after success.
...
The colleagues breathed a huge sigh of relief.
They started discussing happily again.
"This is good, this is good!"
"Hey! This is a proper script!"
"It seems my talent has room to be displayed again."
"This female lead, hmm... indeed only Xia Ning can play it, her looks are enough!"
Suddenly!
Liu Hong raised his hand and shouted loudly.
"President Qin, I think that lecherous old guy in it, I would be very suitable to play him!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Then I'll play the simp!"
"I'll play the client, I really want to be the client!"
"I'll play that son who chases his dreams!"
"Then I'll play the father!"
"???"
The roles were becoming fewer, and the style began to become perverted.
"I'll play the passerby!"
"I'll play the rain!"
"I'll play that discarded folder."
...
Just as everyone was discussing heatedly with smiles on their faces.
A discordant voice sounded.
"President Qin, if it's this kind of ordinary script, a few common scenes pieced together, and almost no lines."
"I don't think this kind of silent film-style company promotional video can make a splash in the industry."
Everyone turned their heads and looked at Xia Ning in the corner.
Xia Ning looked at Qin Xun on the podium with a serious face.
"I think... instead of this, it's better to just find a small celebrity to endorse the company."
She paused and said again.
"I even think this script is not as good as the 'Surname Chant' from just now; chanting at least can grab others' eyeballs."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Qin Xun silently.
Just now Qin Xun made her go on stage and lose face, now she wanted to roast Qin Xun on the fire.
The colleagues were so anxious they wanted to stomp their feet. If it weren't for the fact that they were wary of her cold personality and that she was the little assistant beside Qin Xun, they would have gone up and criticized her seriously.
She chanted the surname chant herself, so she had to make others chant it too?
Is this the case of having been caught in the rain, so wanting to tear up others' umbrellas?
Also, how does this little girl dare to oppose the boss in public just by relying on President Qin's tolerance?
She has no workplace etiquette at all!
Xia Ning looked at Qin Xun silently with firm eyes.
Qin Xun looked at Xia Ning, suddenly smiled softly, and said word by word.
"Who said... this is a silent film?"
Xia Ning was shocked, and looking at Qin Xun's expression, she actually had some expectations.
Every time Qin Xun wanted to show off his skills, he would reveal this expression.
Calm, peaceful, with a slight smile on his face.
But when he makes a move, it's like a thunderbolt!
The colleagues turned their heads one after another, looking at Qin Xun in front.
"By then, I will provide the voiceover."
Qin Xun cleared his throat and said in a firm, confident, and steady voice.
"You only smell my perfume, but you don't see my sweat."
"You have your rules, I have my choices."
"You deny my present, I determine my future."
"You mock me for having nothing, I pity you for always waiting."
"You can look down on our youth, but we will prove whose era this is."
"Dreams are destined to be a lonely journey, with no lack of doubts and mockery on the road, but so what? Even if covered in bruises, one must live beautifully!"
...
Everyone was stunned!
Cheng Wan looked surprised, Liu Hong looked bewildered.
Many people were hit hard in their hearts by this passage, igniting long-lost passion and getting goosebumps all over.
They wished they could plow three acres of land right on the spot!
Xia Ning looked at Qin Xun, her eyes flashing slightly.
Qin Xun adjusted his shirt collar.
"My name is Qin Xun!"
"I am the spokesperson for myself!"