Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 549 - 547 Not So Perverted
Surrounded by her assistant directors and assistants, she instantly understood the identity of the newcomer, the cornerstone, and the soul of the film crew. The internationally renowned director, Ye Yongning.
Oh, that’s right—
Assistant Director Zhang had mentioned that her sudden turnaround and inclusion in the film crew was also because Director Ye had spoken for her.
She looked at Ye Yongning and felt an indescribable sense of closeness, as if warmth had been poured into her heart.
In a flash, her intuition told her that this was not her first encounter with the acclaimed director.
Ye Yongning waved his hand, letting the people around him disperse for the moment, and slowly walked over to Jiayi.
"Jiayi, do you remember me?" Ye Yongning had also gotten a general understanding of her situation the day before when he called George.
Four years ago, Ye Yongning knew that Jiayi was an amnesia patient who had ended up by the side of a business tycoon in G City by mistake. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Unexpectedly, four years later, her condition was half-improved at best. Her memory was still in disarray, her long-term memory had recovered, but her short-term memory remained fuzzy. It’s one of the typical symptoms for amnesia patients, nothing strange.
Just by listening to Director Ye’s words, Jiayi knew that she indeed knew him.
Without a doubt, it was during that year in China.
Seeing her astonishment, Ye Yongning didn’t say much, and softly suggested, "Come with me."
Taking advantage of the break in shooting, the cast and crew, both big shots and lesser-knowns, seized the rare moment to catch up on sleep or chat.
Jiayi followed Ye Yongning to an office reserved for the director’s rest.
In the office, Ye Yongning slid a pile of clippings toward Jiayi.
Perplexed, Jiayi glanced at Ye Yongning and began to flip through the clippings.
They were entertainment news pieces from four years ago, mostly stills from a Ye’s film from that time, "Demon Slayer Chronicles".
In the ever-changing film industry, countless movies are released daily worldwide, and audiences are always looking for something new and exciting.
After four years, even if "Demon Slayer Chronicles" was a major hit back then, its popularity had since waned.
However, the stills in the clippings made Jiayi’s pupils contract slightly.
In the photos, behind the lead actors, there was a young girl with a youthful face, dressed in a Taoist nun’s robe, her hair adorned with a hairpin, carrying a Peach Wood Sword on her back.
That was herself.
She had been part of "Demon Slayer Chronicles"?
Even though it was a minor role... but in a big production by an internationally famous director, if she had played even a small part, someone should have recognized her these past few years.
A thought began to form in her mind, and she looked up at Ye Yongning.
As if he could read her mind, Ye Yongning guessed her question and spoke softly, "Not long after the film was released, the Royal Family of S Country, the Ya Family, approached us, saying you were soon to be the Crown Princess of S Country and requested to have your role in the movie deleted. Afterwards, I had your scenes removed from both the film reels in cinemas and the online versions of the movie. It’s likely the Ya Family also contacted a PR firm to have all traces of the young Taoist nun disappear overnight."
Jiayi exhaled, realizing it was as she suspected.
At that time, she was about to marry Ya Chen, and it was normal for the Ya Family to destroy her records in the entertainment industry.
Now, the clippings she was looking at were the ones that had been destroyed from public view but had been privately saved by Ye Yongning.
Ye Yongning’s words lingered in her ears.
She now understood her encounter with Director Ye, how they got acquainted, became close, and the reason she participated in "Demon Slayer Chronicles." Her gaze slipped down, continuing to scan the clippings until it suddenly froze, her finger stopping at a spot where the headline boldly read:
"Newcomer Xia Tingxuan’s debut role, playing the supporting role of a young Taoist nun in ’Demon Slayer Chronicles,’ nearly overshadowing the leading actress Jian Meiyi."
"Xia Tingxuan?" She lifted her head, her eyes flashing.
"That was the stage name you used back then and the young actress I once knew," Ye Yongning looked at her questioningly, "What’s wrong?"
"That’s my mommy," Jiayi added, "my birth mother. She’s now with me in Yunling City. We left the Chu family in S Country together."
Ye Yongning’s gaze flickered, and for a moment, he didn’t know whether to feel joy or was too astonished to speak.
Jiayi’s background had been somewhat known to him when the S Country Royal Family sent someone to contact him about destroying film footage. She was the daughter of the Chu family in S Country, a duke’s family, and also an illegitimate child.
Putting together the past and the present, Ye Yongning understood.
Back then, Xia Tingxuan had joined the cast to save her boyfriend involved in a car accident by raising the medical fees, not hesitating to expose herself to the public.
That boyfriend was none other than Jiayi’s biological father, the son of the Duke from the Chu family in S Country.
Latter, Xia Tingxuan broke her appointment at the last minute; after a successful audition, she never returned to the film set and disappeared from this world, unable to be found. It wasn’t because the boyfriend had died without receiving treatment, nor because she had raised the money through other means. Instead, the boyfriend had returned to S Country for treatment, and afterward, Xia Tingxuan also followed him there...
It’s very rare to find two pieces of jade with almost identical spiritual energy in the world.
Unless they are birth mother and daughter.
No wonder seeing Jiayi was like seeing a younger Xia Tingxuan.
They were simply identical.
Only a birth mother and daughter could bear such resemblance.
He should have guessed it long ago!
"Director Ye! It’s time to start shooting!"
Wei Lun’s call pulled Ye Yongning back from his reverie.
Jiayi hurriedly stood up, closed her scrapbook, "Go ahead, Director Ye, I have to work too."
Ye Yongning came out of his daze and took his leave for the time being.
**
A busy day at work quickly flies by.
Since she was still new and only needed to get familiar with the job, Jiayi didn’t have to stay for the night scenes and left the film set just after six o’clock.
The shooting location was usually in the suburbs, so after walking a few minutes to the main road, she was ready to hail a car when a car’s engine sounded from behind, as if it had followed her.
After the car stopped, someone inside honked the horn.
The headlights shone over, somewhat blinding her, and she wondered if that man had sent someone to follow her...
But then she heard a voice from the car, "Jiayi."
It was Ye Yongning’s voice.
She then relaxed, convinced that the man wouldn’t be so perverse. It was just her first day at work; he shouldn’t be tailing her already.
She walked over in a few steps, bent down, and addressed the person inside, "Director Ye, what brings you out?"
"The scenes tonight don’t start until nine, I came out for a drive to get some fresh air. I’ll return to set later. Get in, I’ll give you a ride back," Ye Yongning said with a mild smile.
"That’s not necessary, I wouldn’t want to trouble Director Ye," Jiayi quickly but politely declined.
"Don’t worry about it, it’s hard to catch a cab here," Ye Yongning had already opened the car door, walked over to the passenger side, and pulled open the door.
Unable to refuse his warm offer, Jiayi could only say, "Then, I’ll have to trouble Director Ye."
On the other side of the road, not far away, a steel-colored SUV had its window down.
George sat in the driver’s seat and Ade in the passenger’s, watching with wide eyes as Jiayi got into Ye Yongning’s Land Rover, and then they drove away from the set, fading into the distance.
