Qi Jin did not ask what the content of their previous conversation was.
Remember what an old professor once said in college—the first rule of thumb as a journalist is to “know what to ask, and what not to ask.”
He still remembers it deeply.
The two parties also said nothing about the content of the conversation, as if the previous thirty minutes did not exist. But in fact, as long as you take a closer look, you can see that the corners of both of their eyes are slightly red, which is evidence of the real existence of those 30 minutes. Of course Qi Jin understands why it is red, but she quietly looked at the two people for a while. After confirming that they have calmed down now, they smiled lightly and did not ask.
The four of them returned to the original situation, drinking slowly while chatting, and all of them tacitly focused on the dubbing and did not talk about personal matters.
Tan Zixian is really good at drinking. After drinking a strong cocktail outside, he asked the waiter to serve two more bottles of wine and continued drinking without changing his face.
Qi Jin smiled slightly to accompany her.
Qiu Tianyang couldn't drink much at all, and only refilled one cup during the period. The wine bottle was placed a little far away from him. He was about to get up to fetch it, when Shen Yan suddenly reached out and took it for him, and poured him a glass quietly. Qi Jin and Tan Zixian stopped at the same moment and stared at the whole process of Shen Yan pouring wine.
Except for Qiu Tianyang's hands that held the wine glass, they were slightly trembling and a little frightened... The behavior of the two of them was quite natural.
At least it's more natural than when they first walked into this box—
Seeing this, Qi Jin silently retracted his gaze, lowered his head and smiled.
However, Qiu Tianyang was chattering endlessly in front of him, while Shen Yan was on the scene, but he didn't dare to speak rashly, so he couldn't let go.
So Qi Jin specifically found a topic that was related to him and that all four of them could participate in: "Then speaking... If that Jade Butterfly girl knew that the four of us were drinking in a box, what kind of expression would she have made? "
Someone you've chased before, and a boyfriend of someone you've chased before.
The person you want to chase now, and the boyfriend of the person you want to chase now.
Will this four-person combination make Jade Butterfly's mask shatter? Kind of looking forward to it...
When Tan Zixian heard him mention this ID, he didn't lift his eyelids, and said lightly, "That woman has suffered in the finals, so she shouldn't be annoying anymore."
Shen Yan heard that the other party was referring to him and Yu Butterfly, and then lightly added: "I just matched according to the requirements of the script."
The script was originally a clip of "Bai Ke" threatening "Su Miaoyu", so he dutifully and coldly threatened.
As for Yu Butterfly's own psychological quality, he was so scared that he forgot his lines... It wasn't his fault either.
"Oh?" Qi Jin suddenly raised her eyebrows in anger, not knowing if she was really unhappy, "I thought you were helping me vent at that time, but it wasn't at all..."
After saying that, he turned his head away slightly in despair.
Shen Yan was stunned, not knowing how to answer.
Tan Zixian glanced sideways at this moment, and very shamelessly exposed Qi Jin's bottom line: "Bullying your boyfriend or something, you are quite old-fashioned when you return—"
Hearing that, Qi Jin couldn't hold on anymore, and when he laughed, he tilted his head and fell directly on top of Shen Yan, both wanton and comfortable. It was only at this time that Shen Yan realized that he was making fun of herself, and she smiled helplessly, but the shoulder that was "occupied" by Qi Jin remained motionless, allowing him to lean on it firmly.
"Jade Butterfly is very careful, but the series of small moves in the competition are not her own idea," Qiu Tianyang finally found the opportunity to join their conversation embarrassingly, "She is expected to restrain a lot after this setback. , and everyone is trying to find out the plan that designed your counter-purpose, she dare not make any big moves - I think you should be more careful about Tongjatai."
Hearing what he said, Qi Jin couldn't help but wonder, "Why should you be more careful about Tongquetai? You know him well?"
Qiu Tianyang paused for a moment, then glanced at Shen Yan for a moment, as if remembering all kinds of absurd behaviors in the past, and then lowered his head and laughed at himself: "Because, we used to be the same kind of people—"
Seeing that he was looking at Shen Yan before, Qi Jin suddenly realized something. Now listening to this sentence again, he vaguely guessed that something unpleasant happened to them back then. But Qi Jin didn't ask any further questions, and just half-jokingly led the topic to another direction: "The same kind of person... That's right, you are all great gods. Are all great gods particularly easy to understand the thoughts of great gods?"
Qiu Tianyang was stunned for a moment, then he just smiled silently when he recovered.
And his next words were frank enough to surprise Qi Jin.
"The network distribution a few years ago is different from the current network distribution. There are fewer people and fewer dramas. If the voice is good, it is easy to become famous by casually matching one or two dramas. I just took the lead, and luck is better. ," Qiu Tianyang said slowly, "Famous things can make people psychologically inflated... For some people, it is just like money. The more you save, the more greedy you become, the more you feel that it is not enough. And encountering a little bit will damage your face. It will be unpleasant like a thorn in the heart. Before this competition, Tongjatai can be said to be almost red to the top. How could he be willing to be slapped in the face and swept away his dignity suddenly by you? Especially when you return home, If you fight him on the open face, you must be careful."
The topic was very serious and the content was very serious, but Qi Jin's gently wrinkled eyebrows loosened on the last sentence, and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, yes. Mingming, you are also following me on the bright side because of rice noodles. The Bronze Sparrow stage has fought, but it is estimated that he is the only one who dares to take revenge.
After saying that, he glanced at Tan Zixian with a smile.
Tan Zixian glanced at Qiu Tianyang and said one word with his mouth - "stupid".
Qiu Tianyang smiled helplessly: "It's not that he doesn't take revenge, but I don't worry about him taking revenge."
Qi Jin nodded: "In this situation of pinching each other, it really makes a big difference whether there is a huge fan group behind the support..."
"Well, I don't mean that there are not many fans, but I have been out of the circle for so long, and he doesn't know me in the third dimension, no matter how much revenge, he can only retaliate in the second dimension's network distribution circle... so to me For an outsider who has been out of the circle for many years, it doesn't hurt or itches."
Qiu Tianyang raised his head and looked at Qi Jin as he spoke, and then finally turned his gaze to Shen Yan again, although the words were still from Qi Jin.
"You are different in your return date. You have to continue dubbing and mixing circles. Especially after this competition, the two of you have become so famous all of a sudden, and there is still a long way to go in the future. What a pity. And your three-dimensional personal information will be more or less spread on the Internet through this introduction meeting, in case he becomes mad for a while, and joins forces with Jade Butterfly to make some moth, disturbing your work and How is life?"
At this time, Shen Yan suddenly said: "The return date is actually more difficult to bully than you think—"
Qiu Tianyang was stunned when he heard the words.
Shen Yan finished the words calmly: "In case, those people really interfered in our real life... and I am here, I will accompany him to face it."
Qi Jin did not expect that Shen Yan would say such a sentence in this place, and was slightly stunned for a while, and only after realizing it did she realize that the corners of her lips had been slightly upturned. The alcohol effect of the wine I drank in the past has finally begun to take hold. I always feel a sense of supreme satisfaction. I unconsciously say "hey" and let out a deep smile. Buried lazily into each other's shirts.
"Whoever bullies me, I will bully back," he said. It doesn't matter whether it's the truth or the drunken talk, I just pretend to be quick.
"Okay." Shen Yan smiled lightly, but she didn't object.
Tan Zixian let out a "hum" laugh, shaking the glass in his hand towards Shen Yan, and raised his eyebrows at Qiu Tianyang: "Look, my boyfriend."
Qiu Tianyang had no choice but to turn his head silently.
"Actually, he almost succeeded in this competition. Fortunately, Mr. Yuan's mind turned fast, otherwise..."
Qiu Tianyang's addition aroused Qi Jin's curiosity, and hurriedly asked: "What did it succeed? When?"
"The final," Qiu Tianyang said, "in the final, on the combination numbers of the contestants, Tongquetai used Jade Butterfly to manipulate the 'people' in the official - these are things I only know after the fact."
Qi Jin said in surprise: "Hey, does Jade Butterfly really have an official official?"
Qiu Tianyang nodded: "Yes, the one who came to the stage to give the opening speech today is the one."
After he mentioned this, the face of the manager of the event planning department with wicked eyebrows suddenly appeared, and Qi Jin suddenly realized: "It turned out to be that uncle!"
"The dubbing project is only one of the tasks of the operation department. Generally, the managers of each department are responsible for it. I basically just listen to the reports and summaries. In fact, there are not many places for me to intervene in this competition." The director has the authority of the director and can control it. Too thin and too deep can easily lead to the following dissatisfaction. "The manager was also in charge of outsourcing projects to find a dubbing studio to cooperate with. Yu Butterfly took over the work in the commercial studio during that time. I guess that's how I know each other. I have been making connections to find lists for herself and her acquaintances in the dubbing circle. Pick up... I later found out that they have this relationship, but it's just that the match is all done. But this time her involvement in the game is too large, and I have to take care of it."
Only when I asked, I found out that among the three judges of the previous competitions of "Zhu Tian Ling", one of the previous or previous champions will be appointed as the judges. As the director, Qiu Tianyang himself invited two seniors, Pu Yuzhi and Longgong, and left the remaining judges to his subordinates.
The manager of the event planning department knew Jade Butterfly. With her strong recommendation, Northwest Lu successfully became the third judge, giving her and the people she wanted to support her convenience in scoring.
When Qiu Tianyang knew about this, he hurriedly replaced the road in the northwest before entering the finals, and let Yuan Zhengming appear earlier, which preserved "fairness" to a certain extent. However, in the final stage, a situation that even Qiu Tianyang could not have expected happened—
"To put it bluntly, our company is just a business person, and business people can't offend customers. Tongjatai was complained by the audience on the company's website because of plagiarizing you in the preliminary competition, and the company's executives knew it. , I felt that the use of this person would have a bad impact on product sales in the future, so I decided before the start of the finals that I would never give him any role. And this news was also conveyed by our manager. The Jade Butterfly, the champion of the first male lead. Of course, Tongquetai knows it too."
From the default to the internal secret ban, this kind of treatment is simply a great shame for a person like Tongquetai who has always been in the wind and rain in the network distribution circle.
But in this way, there is a reasonable explanation for what he did.
"So he knew from the beginning that he couldn't win this time no matter what, so he would have to pull someone back when he died?" Qi Wei chuckled softly.
No wonder... Before the finals, I deliberately put words in my fan group, saying "Because Xiaomi Xian and Buwen are together, I am sad", so I will not participate in the finals.
No wonder... It's better to keep silent, and the two characters who gave up the final in vain will also die together.
No wonder… utter recklessness.
Anyway, I won't be able to get the role, and it's not surprising that the extreme psychology of "I can't get you can't get it".
"Yes, because he knew in advance, he specially used Jade Butterfly's mouth to ask our manager to change the combination number privately and arrange you and him to play in the same group, so that at least one of your characters can be dragged to death."
Since Qiu Tianyang said so, it proves that every move of Tongquetai that day was not a temporary intention, but a long-planned plan.
"I'm almost moved by the Great God, what should I do?" For some reason, Qi Jin didn't feel annoyed at all after hearing this, but instead laughed twice. He was really moved—the great God of Tongjatai was willing to pay so much money for his old and transparent CV, and even the excuse of hacking was taken out, and he was very hardworking.
Qiu Tianyang lowered his voice slightly, but he was more serious than his client: "If you just have a hard time with him on the Internet when you return, he will use fans to press you every minute, but he will not take you seriously, but in commercial competitions and reality It can be considered a job. Whether it is directly or indirectly, if you cause him to lose an opportunity to make money and become famous, he will remember you. "
At this time, Tan Zixian lightly added a sentence aside.
"The actual age of Tongquetai must be no more than twenty-five." That's why he was so naive. This great god has always had a generation gap with him in his style.
"Hey? Then he wants to call me brother—" Qi Jin narrowed her eyes slightly in thought.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yan, who had been listening silently, suddenly said, "He called my grandfather."
According to the role assignment in "Trap"... Tongjatai really called him "Grandpa", two generations higher than "Brother".
Qi Jin was stunned for a few seconds, and then the corner of his mouth twitched, and finally he couldn't help breaking the power.
"Hahahaha! Really, I really want to call you 'grandpa'! Hahahaha..." He laughed so hard that he couldn't even straighten his waist. .
Shen Yan didn't reply, just smiled lightly and stretched out a hand to wrap his shoulders, and rubbed dotingly.
It was almost midnight when I opened the door and walked out.
Maybe after staying indoors for a long time, as soon as you go out, the cold air rushes towards you, and you all instinctively shrank.
Qi Jin's consciousness is still awake, but because of the alcohol, his body temperature is a little high, like a low-grade fever, the temperature difference between the indoor and outdoor suddenly makes him tremble slightly, and people will be confused in this state. With a childlike behavior, as soon as he looked up, he saw Shen Yan walking in front of him, so he gave a heavy smile, took two steps forward, put his head on the other's sturdy back, and clung to him lazily to keep warm.
At first, he looked normal and spoke normally, so he wasn't too worried, but now...
"Are you drunk?" Shen Yan asked in a low voice, without turning around immediately. Qi Jin's center of gravity was all lightly on his back at this moment, he was afraid that when he turned around, Qi Jin would accidentally fall, "Can you stand still?"
"Well," Qi Jin smiled vaguely, grabbing his sleeves from behind with both hands unconsciously, "I'm fine, I just feel cold, lean on..."
"Nonsense, he's absolutely drunk." Tan Zixian drank the most and the most, but his judgment was still the most accurate.
"Don't just talk about him, you're almost there too." Qiu Tianyang said with a wry smile, even though Tan Zixian looked completely unhurt, he stretched out his hand to gently support him, took him all the way to the car door, opened the door and watched He sat in and sat firmly, and helped him buckle the seat belt before releasing it.
Among the four, only Shen Yan didn't touch a drop of wine, while Qiu Tianyang only drank two glasses. After such a long time, the alcohol has returned to seventy-eighty-eight, at least he can drive.
"I'll take you back to the hotel." When Qiu Tianyang saw Qi Jin like this, he embarrassedly offered to take them by car.
"No." Shen Yan shook her head. Although it was the same rejection, the tone was different from the cold rejection before the conversation started. The hard and thick wall disappeared into the words without knowing it, so that the listeners would not feel like they were hitting the wall. Now, it's just a simple excuse, "The hotel is not far, he and I can walk back."
Qiu Tianyang hesitated.
Shen Yan looked at Tan Zixian in the car and said softly, "You guys should go back to rest first. I think he also drank a lot tonight, and he has to get up early tomorrow to dub."
"Okay..." Qiu Tianyang finally gave up his persuasion, opened the car door and sat in. After a while, he slowly took out the car keys, but after starting the engine, he did not drive out of the road. It seems that at this moment, I still don't quite believe that this conversation that I have waited for four years has ended, and when it ended, Shen Yan was still talking to him in a very ordinary tone... Thinking about it, it felt unreal, so I couldn't help but sit in the driver's seat. daze.
Shen Yan silently watched him stop there for a long time after completing a series of actions, and suddenly knocked on the car window, saying, "Be careful while driving."
Qiu Tianyang raised his head somewhat unexpectedly, then lowered his head again with a dry smile: "Oh... I know."
Shen Yan withdrew her hand.
"See you tomorrow then."
"See you tomorrow..." If you don't see each other again in the future, you can feel a little more at ease.
Watching the vehicle drive into the street and gradually disappear into the darkness, Shen Yan kept silent, and while bending down, she stretched out her hands to hold it firmly, and lifted the man leaning on her back.
"Shen Yan—" Qi Jin was taken aback by his unexpected action, and immediately woke up a lot, and hurriedly called him.
"It's alright, I'll carry you back, it's not too far anyway." Because his chest was against his back, every word Shen Yan said would send a slight vibration, which was as deep and thick as his voice. Qi Jin barely managed to break free, and the person in front of him had a very warm and comfortable back, so he was bribed by the precious warmth in the ice and snow, and he handed over his freedom in a spineless manner.
"Shen or not?"
"It doesn't matter, I can carry it on my back." Shen was Shen, but when Qi Jin's hand went from the back to the front to hug him tightly, the burden on his back made him feel at ease.
The streets were deserted in the middle of the night, the sky that had snowed was pitch black, and the lights in the city that never went out all night replaced the stars dotted on the black background. Although the city is unfamiliar, the lights are unfamiliar, but the tranquility you feel when you see a little bit of light parked in the dark night is exactly the same as when you were in the provincial capital—the tranquility makes people suddenly want to go home, and when they go home, they turn off the lights at home. Fully open.
Qi Jin thought vaguely, buried his head behind Shen Yan's neck, and breathed the familiar smell with nostalgia. Exactly the smell of "home".
From where they were, they could actually see the hotel, at most a few streets away. The road was not long, and it was just long enough to tell a story—Shen Yan had promised before that he would tell his story when everything was over and the two of them were alone.
"I'll tell you a story, okay?" Shen Yan asked in a low voice.
"Ok."
Hearing Qi Qin's vague answer, he smiled very lightly, and the footprints walking in the snow were the same as the pace he narrated, slowly spreading out one by one: "I'll tell you a... and grandpa. The story of a child who lives with each other. There is that child in the story, his grandfather, and the grandfather's other descendants."
Qi Jin, who was lying on his back, opened his eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a light trembling in it. After a while, he made a low "um" again.
The beginning of the story has been heard by Qi Jin, and in the middle of the story there are bits and pieces that he knows, but the end seems to be connected with the past few hours in reality, those are as old as old photos. Zi jumped out of the picture, like the cold wind blowing coldly across his cheeks, without the "distant" feeling - the pain was real.
By the end of the story, the hotel is in sight. At the same time as the sound stopped, the footsteps also slowly stopped, stopping for a while before reaching the brightly lit place.
"Aqin," he called very softly, "are you asleep?"
The man on the back didn't answer.
But he quickly knew that the answer was no, because something suddenly fell on the back of the neck. It was wet and cool, and it was very obvious when the two bodies were warm and sticking together. He was startled, then smiled lightly, without asking why.
On the contrary, Qi Jin said hoarsely, "Ayan, let me down."
Shen Yan shook her head and just smiled: "I'll carry you to the room."
Qi Jin insisted: "Let me down first."
So Shen Yan put him down according to his words, and before he could turn around, the man behind him silently pressed his shoulders, preventing him from moving. Then, the hands slowly groped down his shoulder blades until the palms were silently on his back.
"do you know?"
The opening remarks were a sentence without beginning and end, maybe just a drunk sentence, but he listened carefully and silently.
"what do you know?"
"I like your back the most—" the person behind him muttered to himself, his hands seemed to be touching something extremely cherished, stroking it inch by inch full of love, and then smiled softly After a while, there was a bit of bitterness in the laughter. "I knew before that this place is very wide and thick, even if I carry a heavy man like me on my back."
At this point, the voice dropped.
"Even though I carried a lot of heavy things on my back, I didn't collapse. I stood up straight and lived."
When Shen Yan heard this, her Adam's apple moved slightly and whispered to him, "Aqin..."
At this moment, Qi Jin suddenly buried his face deep in his clothes, ten fingers stumbled and scratched on his back a few times as if in pain, and his voice was the same as those of the wrinkled fabrics he scratched. Those low breaths rubbed together: "No, I'm really drunk."
Admitting that he was drunk shows that he is very sober now. Soberly aware of a strong thought at this moment—
"I want you," he asked softly, "what to do?"