Qu Yanting never thought that she would be invited to appear in a TV show, let alone participate with Lu Wen. He didn't respond for the time being, but Yu Nanda spread the news with his mouth, and the whole studio knew it before he got off work.
Everyone analyzed it. It is the first time for Qu Yanting to act as a director to make a film, and "Hiding" is in the early stage of preparation. If there is a good TV show to be exposed, it will be a great opportunity for publicity.
Qu Yanting fiddled with the car keys repeatedly. He understood the reason, but he had more than one concern. After work, he was stuck in traffic on the viaduct for 40 minutes, thinking about it all the time.
As the weather got hotter, the small restaurant opposite Lin Xie changed its menu. Qu Yanting was too lazy to cook, so he packed two meals and went home. Just as the sound of water in the bathroom stopped, Lu Wen came out shirtless after taking a shower.
Qu Yanting couldn't help looking at the two chest muscles, and said, "It feels a little bigger?"
After going to the gym to practice for a while, Lu Wen said nonsense: "It's summer, some parts are expanding due to heat and contracting due to cold."
In the past, Qu Yanting ignored people who were out of shape, but now he is not only used to it, but also naturally cooperates: "Some? What else?"
Lu Wen shook the water from his hair: "I'm embarrassed to say that."
Qu Yanting found some videos, referring to photography, lighting and art, turned on the projection, and sat on the carpet in front of the sofa with Lu Wen to watch while eating.
The opening credits ended and the feature film started. The lighting director of this film was very young, but with a special style. Qu Yanting watched all the works he had participated in.
Lu Wen lifted the lid of the lunch box and said with disgust, "Just eat cold noodles?"
"Aren't you hot?" Qu Yanting lied to a child, "All the money in the family has been invested, and it's not enough to make ends meet, let's make do with it."
Lu Wen mixed kimchi and cucumber shreds, and muttered, "I really want a rich man, as long as he can afford meat, how much love can I have for a boyfriend who doesn't even give me meat."
Qu Yanting squinted at him, and for the sake of those two chest muscles, he dropped the remote control and went into the kitchen, fried a plate of beef tenderloin and two eggs, and baked a piece of cheese toast.
Lu Wen was satisfied, his cheeks puffed up after eating. He had already started to read the script of "Hiding". After eating, he followed Qu Yanting into the study.
One time he was stared at in a sex scene, and one time he was simply acting absurdly on the table. Afraid that something would happen again, Qu Yanting said, "Go to the bedroom and watch, don't disturb my overtime work."
Lu Wen still used the same set of words: "I will add fragrance to your red sleeves."
Qu Yanting had no choice. He used to not understand why parents dote on their children. After meeting Lu Wen, he gradually felt the same. Fortunately, the child who was nearly 30 was quite peaceful, and he read the script obediently on the small sofa.
They did their own thing until Lu Wen's eyes were dizzy, so he walked around behind the table with eye drops. Qu Yanting pushed him into the chair and asked him to close his eyes for a while after dripping.
Lu Wen closed his eyes and pulled Qu Yanting onto his lap, put his forehead on his shoulder, and said, "Teacher, your temples are a little swollen."
Qu Yanting thought that after two hours of study, he would be sick all over, so he raised his head and rubbed it for him, and then mentioned without warning: "The program team of "Before and Behind the Stage" invited me to participate."
Lu Wen grabbed the armrest violently: "I guessed it!"
"Then you won't ask me?" Qu Yanting heard the excited tone.
"I thought you would tell me." Lu Wen explained, "But you haven't mentioned it all the time. I guess you must be very conflicted, so I didn't ask."
Qu Yanting said: "I'm really conflicted." He imitated Lu Wen's usual particle words, "I've never thought about being on the show."
Lu Wen said bluntly: "What a great opportunity, I really hope you can participate."
A reality show broadcast on satellite TV is more effective than a dozen roadshows. Besides, Lu Wengang experienced a storm, and Qu Yanting changed his career from scratch, so he needed to build word-of-mouth among the audience.
Qu Yanting was a little timid: "But facing the camera and the audience, every word and deed is exposed, I..."
Lu Wen comforted him: "You did a good job at the good drama festival before."
"That's different." Qu Yanting retorted in a low voice.
Every time he talked about things that Qu Yanting had no confidence in, Lu Wen could feel a hint of coquettishness. He deliberately said: "Of course it's different. The reality show pays the performance fee. This family is not so rich anymore, so you can't sacrifice it?"
Qu Yanting said annoyedly: "Even if I can overcome it, the key is to participate with you."
Lu Wen shouted: "Isn't this the biggest highlight!"
"Show your head." Qu Yanting realized that the thinking of each other could never be unified, "Have you ever thought about the risk? If you are caught with clues, do you still want to mess around?"
Of course Lu Wen thought about it, and said, "Why don't we be more cautious? If you participate, you will record the process of making a movie together. Isn't this common memory more important than the audience's opinion?"
Qu Yanting fell silent, admitting that he was tempted for a moment.
Lu Wen opened his eyes, looked at Qu Yanting mistyly and moistly, and said in a low voice, "You are the director and I am an actor. How cool it is for you to manage me in front of the camera."
Qu Yanting couldn't help laughing, and found that Lu Wen was more and more able to handle him. He wanted to think about it again, but when he went to bed that night, his phone rang and he received a QQ message after a long absence.
Unlucky Little Singer: Writer, you are more powerful than you imagined!
Qu Yanting kicked under the blanket: "There is something wrong with you."
Unlucky Little Singer: Will you promise me, then I will be the lucky little singer.
Qu Yanting stuffed the phone under the pillow, and it stopped, but he couldn't feel sleepy for a long time, and there was no sound behind him, and Lu Wen's long breathing sound gradually came.
The next morning, Lu Wen woke up lying on the pillow, took out his phone to check the time, and found an unread message on QQ, he opened it in a daze.
Social Fear Young Writer: Okay, I agree.
Lu Wen didn't feel sleepy at all, and stared at this reply with wide eyes. It was sent at three o'clock in the morning, which means that Qu Yanting stayed up most of the night until he made a decision
There was movement in the bathroom, and Lu Wenda ran over with his nightgown open, opened the door and shouted excitedly: "Ms. Qu, have you agreed to be on the show? Are you a surprise for me early in the morning?!"
Qu Yanting had just washed his face, and it was so white and clean that the blue color under his eyes became more and more obvious. With a toothbrush and foam in his mouth, he said inarticulately: "Can I not agree, you won't hug me at night."
Lu Wen was stunned for two seconds, then got in and slammed the door, his voice was muffled inside and he couldn't hear clearly: "I'll make it up now."
"Stay aside and don't get in the way of my brushing my teeth."
"But I'm very energetic in the morning..."
"No...you don't!"
Qu Yanting was late for work, so she braced herself up in front of her colleagues and went upstairs, and went to the room to catch up on sleep. The matter of participating in the program was handed over to the assistant for an answer, and the two sides set a time for detailed discussions.
On the day when the contract was signed, Qu Yanting wrote down his name after the contract, and felt that it was unreal. He actually changed from a state of fear when answering the phone to this.
Lu Wen and Qu Yanting took a promotional photo together, wearing a pure black suit, one with a swirl tie, and the other with a Windsor knot. Lu Wen asked the photographer for all the negatives, picked out the ones he liked, and sent them to the chat group to deceive people that they were wedding photos.
The three underestimated the enemy gathered together, turned around and went online, and found that the official announcement guest of the program group took turns scolding Lu Wen more than a hundred times in the group. Gu Zhuoyan was the most speechless, because Lu Wen also sent Zhuang Fanxin two shares of money to cheat their family.
After the official announcement, Lu Wen and Qu Yanting once again joined hands to attract the attention of the public. From the intimate photos taken on the street, to the moving speeches of the awards, to the show together, the discussions surrounding the two of them are full of tricks.
On the Internet, there was a so-called insider revelation, revealing that Qu Yanting was originally Zeng Zhen's proud student, and that he started cutting off from filming online dramas, and Lu Wen broke up with Zeng Zhen in order to follow him.
This revelation was half-truth and half-false, a bit exaggerated. It was a consolidated version of various rumors in the circle. Lu Wen and Qu Yanting ignored it, but it made many viewers even more curious about them.
The initial preparation of the film is extremely cumbersome, and forming a team is the top priority. Qu Yanting went to Ren Shu for help and typed up a draft of thousands of words. However, just halfway through his recollection of his classmates, Ren Shu asked impatiently, don't make a fuss, just tell me what kind of treatment you get as an assistant director
At night when they were studying with the lights on in the dormitory, the two of them imagined that if they couldn't find a suitable person for the team in the future, they would unconditionally give each other an emergency, as long as they provided food and shelter.
With the help of Ren Shu, the members of the director team were settled one after another, and Qu Yanting felt at ease. Then came the photography team. He first sought out the cooperating team of "The First Night", and then talked about two teachers in the film industry.
Lighting artist, props and scenery, recording and editing... Qu Yanting personally researched the candidates, and invited everyone to talk to each other. He formed a team from the bare commander to the back, like a solitary swallow growing its wings.
Lu Wen, as another investor, was not idle either. He was in charge of the production team, production team, and external publicity organization. Originally, Qu Yanting didn't want him to work hard, but everything was difficult at the beginning, and of course he had to accompany the other party.
After the team got together, conducted scene surveys, and handled messy applications and permits, Qu Yanting began to devote himself to designing and shooting storyboards, and Lu Wen studied the characters and scripts over and over again.
In the summer of June, "Before and Behind the Stage" was officially recorded.
The program group didn't use "reality" as a gimmick, but it was so real that they didn't even prepare the script. Sun Xiaojian told Lu Wen repeatedly like a mother-in-law that he must be careful, if he accidentally came out of the closet, he would go to the top floor of Huanlu's building and jump off the building the next day.
Zishan's villa is full of fixed cameras, and there are three other big cameramen following up to take pictures. On that day, Lu Wen was wearing a crisp white T and jeans, with a plain face on his top.
He thought of an opening line casually: "Hey, audience friends, didn't I invest in making movies, and I almost sold this apartment to raise money."
Brother Camera: "Aren't you the rich second generation?"
"You don't understand the rich second generation at first glance." Lu Wen said, "The family's money is controlled by the first generation."
Brother Camera: "Then why didn't it sell?"
Lu Wen: "After filming your show and then selling it, the price may increase."
Relying on the lack of a script and character design, Lu Wen dared to talk about whatever he wanted, and it took a long time to get back to the topic: "Today, the director team is here, and we want to study the issue of casting together."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure came into the garden, and Lu Wen ran to open the door.
Qu Yanting arrived half an hour ago. Because he was too nervous, he stayed by the lake in Zishan Park for a long time. If it weren't for a few big white geese chasing him, he might linger until later.
Lu Wen and Qu Yanting faced each other from one mile to the other, and in front of the cameras and cameramen everywhere, their eyes made contact and then crossed again.
Lu Wen was the first to respond, and said enthusiastically, "Teacher Qu is here, come in!"
Qu Yanting gritted his teeth artificially, walked into the entrance and habitually picked up slippers, stretched out his hand in mid-air, pointed at the cliff of the shoe cabinet abruptly and reined in: "This cabinet is quite beautiful."
Before the others arrived, Qu Yanting sat down on one side of the couch with his hands clasped on his knees. Lu Wen tried to approach, but he warned him with a harmless eye knife, so he sat on the other side.
In the huge high-ceilinged living room, Lu Wen and Qu Yanting were separated by eight feet, and they didn't look very familiar. TV shows are the most taboo of silence, Lu Wen scratched his head and asked, "Teacher Qu, are you not driving?"
Qu Yanting replied: "I limit the number today."
"Oh." Lu Wen scratched his neck again, "It's summer."
Qu Yanting thought to himself, how do you want me to answer these words
Lu Wen had no place to scratch, so he opened the snack jar on the low table. It was Qu Yanting's favorite nut, and he handed it over and said, "Teacher Qu, do you eat walnuts?"
Qu Yanting said politely, "No, thank you."
Thank you for your size... Lu Wen couldn't take it anymore, grabbed one and threw it in his mouth, stepped on his slippers and got up: "I'm thirsty all the way, I'll make you a cup of coffee."
Qu Yanting was the only one left in the living room. He was still sitting upright, took out his mobile phone and sent a group message to the director's team, urging everyone to come over quickly.
Ren Shu replied: I will be there soon.
The kitchen was tinkling, Lu Wen hadn’t been here for a long time, and he forgot where he cleaned up the utensils. He found the coffee beans and made the coffee with milk and no sugar according to Qu Yanting’s preference.
The doorbell rang, and Qu Yanting got up to open the door. Ren Shu and the rest of the director team came together, and three or four elders instantly broke the previous desertion.
Qu Yanting relaxed a little, and invited everyone to sit in the living room.
At this time, Lu Wen rushed out of the kitchen sweating profusely, and asked loudly, "Mr. Qu, which cabinet is the coffee cup in? I can't find it!"
Everyone raised their eyes in unison, looking at them with the camera.
Damn it... Qu Yanting stuttered in panic: "I, how do I know?!"