Both Lu Wen and Sun Xiaojian were starving, so they left the set and found a Chongqing restaurant first.
After ordering, Lu Wen read the detailed filming announcement, read the script at the hotel all day tomorrow, and held a kick-off banquet for the whole crew in the evening.
Sun Xiaojian said: "Remember the time of makeup and acting every day. The boiling water room is on the first floor. The lunch box is greasy. You can eat it after rinsing. The commonly used medicines and supplements are placed in the cabinet of the car. If you feel uncomfortable, take it immediately."
Lu Wen didn't remember a word: "Isn't this all your job?"
"What if I'm not here." Sun Xiaojian rested his chin on his hand, "You used to be a small supporting role, and we didn't care about it. Now you are the number one male. I will work hard to make connections."
Lu Wen said, "For example?"
Sun Xiaojian replied: "First try to take a photo with the female number one."
After several dishes were served, Lu Wen and Sun Xiaojian toasted to celebrate the start of work. From auditioning, to being selected, to negotiating the signing of the contract, the two of them have celebrated 800 times.
Sometimes they just look at each other and then smile knowingly. If it weren't for the huge difference in appearance, passers-by would think that they are having a romantic relationship.
Every time, Sun Xiaojian would sigh with emotion: "The entertainment industry is really metaphysics. So many people go to audition, those who are more popular than you, have background, and know the producer. In the end, you killed them all!"
Lu Wen also had to repeat every time: "This is the first time I have participated in such a fierce competition!"
The film crew conducted an open casting call for the leading male lead, looking for fresh faces. How many newcomers and young actors who were not popular flocked to it. At that time, everyone joked as if they were taking an art test.
Sun Xiaojian had few connections and poor resources, but he was decisive and bold, and rushed back to apply for an audition for Lu Wen. Whether the application can be successful is the first round of screening, which depends on the appearance conditions, and Lu Wen passed it smoothly.
The audition was like an interview. There were more than a dozen people in the same group that day, and they prepared for the two scenes they were given. Lu Wen didn't hold out hope. He memorized his lines while preparing for a day trip, and then took out the comic book he brought with him and started to read it.
At that time, a big brother passed by and asked him why he didn't prepare? He raised his head and said nonsense, "I'm a Buddhist, so I follow fate."
The elder brother asked again: "You have to memorize the lines, right?"
"I've memorized it." Lu Wen said proudly, "I recite the words very fast, and I can remember it after reading it a few times."
The eldest brother said: "That means you have talent."
Lu Wen said: "When I was studying, I never memorized the text. The teacher checked it the next day, and I practiced shorthand. I can't call it a talent, but it can be regarded as a specialty."
He showed off to others, and only after meeting the director team in the official audition did he know that the eldest brother was the chief director, Ren Shu.
Ren Shu reminded him with a smile: "Don't be nervous, we know each other."
Lu Wen wasn't nervous at all, he was sure he was out of action, so he was so nervous. After the audition, feeling sorry for Sun Xiaojian's hard work, he consciously quit carbs for a week.
Unexpectedly, he was selected.
Looking back at this moment, Lu Wen is still a little puzzled.
Sun Xiaojian blushed and said, "Although...but..."
Lu Wen understands what is omitted—although "The First Night" is an online drama, it is not comparable to star dramas broadcast on satellite TV, let alone big movies; ; Director Ren Shu is good at urban life dramas and has never tried other styles.
But just as he said with emotion, the competition is fierce, and many actors have broken their heads.
And the reason is probably—the screenwriter is Qu Yanting.
At the same time, on the street next to the restaurant, a hot pot restaurant that has been open for more than ten years is full of seats. In the private room, Qu Yanting sat on a long bench and fished out a piece of beef from the boiling red soup.
He dipped a dish of sesame oil, and then put it in his mouth to taste. The light-colored shirt and slow movements gave him a different kind of contempt in the hot atmosphere.
Ren Shu sat opposite, took off his coat and only wore a short-sleeved one. He had a strong figure and was drinking herbal tea in sweat: "No, it's too spicy!"
Qu Yanting raised a glance, a pair of Ruifeng eyes with lightly curled tails, drooping eyelashes, possessing an innate sense of distance. But his nose is very narrow, which is a bit delicate for a man, and the lines of his lips and jaw are also very gentle, neutralizing the temperature of his eyes.
He added a large spoonful of dried chilies to the dish, wrapped a piece of yellow throat red before putting it in his mouth, and said with satisfaction: "I like to eat like this."
"Here, I'll give it all to you." Ren Shu put the cooked meat in the pot to Qu Yanting, "Back then we slept in the same class, and I took you back to my house for dinner on weekends. A bottle of hot sauce."
The hot sauce was Ren's mother's exclusive secret recipe. Qu Yanting ate half of the bottle and took the remaining half back to school. Even after graduation, contact with each other dwindled, and every Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve, he always sent gifts to Ren's mother.
Qu Yanting said, "Then I'll invite you."
"Are you embarrassing me?" Ren Shu said, "What kind of friendship do we have, if you want to invite a big one."
Qu Yanting joked: "Buy you a suite in Chongqing?"
"As expected of Qu Bian, the offer is a flat." Ren Shu also joked, "Tomorrow night's launch party, please report the cost to me."
The tip of Qu Yanting's chopsticks stopped in mid-air, and did not reach into the pot, but retracted and gently placed on the chopstick rest. He wiped his mouth, with a bit of complaint hidden in his tone: "What a coincidence."
Ren Shu didn't notice it, and said: "You came two days late and didn't rush. Not only the actors, but also those from the co-producer will come tomorrow. You have invested a lot in this movie, and you are also a screenwriter, so you have to sit in charge."
Ren Shu said a little dissatisfied, "After graduation, you showed less and less, and stayed in the circle, but how many meals have we had at the same table?"
Qu Yanting said: "You are doing well, and I am doing well, that's enough. This circle is ups and downs. If you get close, you will form gangs, but if you stay far away, it will be good for everyone."
Ren Shu smiled and said: "What do you mean, are you not happy to form a gang with me?"
A gentleman is not a party, and Qu Yanting hoped to be alone, saying: "But if you are in trouble, I will definitely not refuse to give you charcoal when you need it."
Ren Shu believes. There are too many people in the circle who pretend to be familiar and call themselves brothers and sisters, but the enthusiasm may not be sincere, and there are very few people who are sincere. After graduating, it went smoothly, and he made several life dramas. He gained word-of-mouth, awards and money, and he also had the bottleneck of not being able to break through his own limitations.
When he was at a loss, Qu Yanting approached him and wanted to cooperate with him in this play. From business to preparation, he never had a chance to ask, and now he asked curiously: "You are in the film industry like a fish in water, why do you want to make a web drama?"
This is not a play, but a film and television project with capital flowing, and the reason behind it will not be a whim. Qu Yanting lowered his eyes, Ruifeng transformed into a lazy sleeping phoenix, and said in a flat tone, "I want to try."
Ren Shu stopped asking with a wink, and turned to recall his college days.
He is very lazy, and Qu Yanting helps him get food and water every day; every time he borrows a book and fails to return it, Qu Yanting is scolded by the librarian for him every time; script.
As the red soup cooled down, the lingering heat dissipated little by little. Ren Shu held up the cup and said, "I'm done stirring up feelings, I respect you."
Qu Yanting had a kind of polite and refreshing, said: "I did it."
Coming out of the hot pot restaurant, the mountain city is brightly lit, brighter than the cloudy day. The Porsche was parked on the side of the road, the driver was off work, and Ren Shu drove Qu Yanting back to the hotel himself.
After setting off on the road, Ren Shu asked, "Is this car comfortable?"
"It's fine." Qu Yanting sat on the passenger seat, with his elbow resting on the car window and his wrist resting on his temple, "You can keep it for yourself, and get me a nanny car."
Ren Shu yelled: "Pull it down, I don't change my clothes for several days when I'm busy, I'm afraid I'll ruin my car. How about the driver, let him take care of the pick-up if there's no problem."
Qu Yanting said, "Okay, don't work on Lao Liu anymore."
Ren Shu laughed: "I forgot, Lao Liu called me in the afternoon, saying that something went wrong when picking up the plane, and some actors from the crew got on the wrong car. I was busy at the time, so I didn't listen carefully. Is it true or not? "
The street scene in the rearview mirror is like a series of continuous shooting shots. Qu Yanting stares at it, automatically freezes the frame in his mind, plays it backwards, and flashes back to the scene of leaving the airport.
He said "hmm" and said, "Really."
Ren Shu asked: "Who is it?"
Qu Yanting replied, "You chose the male lead."
"Lu Wen?" Ren Shu turned the steering wheel and glanced at the carriage in the mirror when turning a corner, "Why is there a missing pillow, I just bought authentic Shu embroidery."
Qu Yanting said: "Your hero got out of the car and forgot to put it away. I sent him as a souvenir."
"You are generous." Turning into a commercial street, the hotel is not far away, Ren Shu felt something was wrong, "Hey, what do you mean I chose the male lead? I have shown you the makeup photos and audition videos, you Nod approved."
Indeed, Qu Yanting had seen Lu Wen's photos early in the morning, and had seen the two audition performances repeatedly, but he knew nothing about Lu Wen himself.
"Why did you choose him?" he asked.
"Without the interference of capital, politics, and power, does casting depend on whether it is suitable or not?" Ren Shu slowed down and pulled over slowly, "On the day of the audition, everyone was preparing seriously, only Lu Wen was reading comics .”
Qu Yanting: "..."
Ren Shu recalled: "He didn't know that I was the director. I asked him why he didn't prepare. He was quite embarrassed and said he memorized words quickly. When I saw me again during the audition, I was afraid that he would be nervous, but he didn't know. It’s easier to stay calm in the face of danger or break the tank than when you read comics.”
"So you chose him?" Qu Yanting unbuttoned his seat belt.
"His style, I don't like studying, my exams are all about taking part, I don't care about energy at all, it's very suitable." Ren Shu paused, and looked sideways at Qu Yanting, "It's just Ye Xiaowu who is alive and well."
Qu Yanting was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "It's quite like Ye Xiaowu."
Ren Shu unlocked the car door: "Ye Xiaowu is the hero, isn't that right?"
Qu Yanting said: "But Ye Xiaowu is an idiot."
After opening the door and getting out of the car, a cool night breeze rushed in. When Qu Yanting closed the door, Ren Shu interrupted him and asked him if he would like to participate in tomorrow's script reading.
He shook his head and said, "You check, I don't worry."
When Qu Yanting returned to the hotel, he saw two people, one tall and one short, out of the corner of his eye as he passed by the lobby. He didn't pay attention, and went straight into the elevator room.
Sun Xiaojian checked in and said, "I live on the 53rd floor. It's getting late today. Go back to your room and put on a mask and go to bed early. I'll clean it up for you tomorrow morning."
After a day of running around, I was a little sleepy, so Lu Wen got his room card and walked away.
The direct elevator had just closed, and he took another one, looked through the gilded mirror door, and then stared at the changing and rising numbers.
Arrived on the 62nd floor, there are only a few suites on the whole floor, very quiet. Lu Wen stepped out of the elevator slowly, turned around, and saw a walking figure a few steps away.
He doesn't like to look at others, but at this moment he follows them with his eyes.
The man was about 1.8 meters tall, with a tangle of thick hair in the back of his head, and a very slender neck, half of which was exposed from the collar of his oatmeal-colored shirt. Below is the walking body, the back is thin and thin, but shoulders are shoulders, waist is waist, legs are legs, everything is just right, well-proportioned and neat, not like the figure of ordinary people.
Lu Wen unknowingly turned a corner and walked forward in another corridor. He was tall and long-legged, and gradually shortened the distance to one step.
Suddenly, the other party stopped and stood sideways outside door 6206.
"I'll go!" Lu Wen recognized, "It's you?"
The carpet was thick, and Qu Yanting didn't notice the footsteps behind him. He was about to look for the key card, but when he heard the sound, he turned around and bumped into Lu Wen's surprised expression.
The lighting was so good that each other's faces could be seen at a glance. Lu Wen realized that it was not because the sunglasses were too big, but because the other party's face was too small.
Looking at this face, he didn't meet the dull Ruifeng's eyes, and didn't pay attention to the delicate and straight bridge of the nose. He only saw Qu Yanting's slightly parted lips for a moment.
I don't know what I have eaten, it is moist and bright red, like two rose petals.
Qu Yanting came back to his senses, but did not make any response, turned back and took out the room card.
At this time, Lu Wen asked behind him: "Brother, who are you playing?"