"What's the matter?" Su Chi was awakened by the intermittent voice, opened his eyes, saw Xia Rong's expression was rarely serious, and asked.
"Last time I asked someone to investigate Keman's situation, and I found out something." Xia Rong hung up the phone and said, "He said he sent it to my email. Let me check—hold the grass, it's only six o'clock."
"Keman...? Why do you want to investigate him? What's wrong with him?" Su Chi and Keman didn't cooperate much, so he was taken aback before realizing who Xia Rong was talking about.
"He helped me before, but now I know he's missing, so I'll help if I can." Xia Rong yawned wearily.
"Missing? When did it happen?"
Xia Rong rubbed his eyes and said, "I've been missing for a long time, and I just discovered it recently."
Seeing Xia Rong's troubled look, Su Chi blamed him a little: "Why did they call so early?"
"No, I told them to notify me as soon as they find out the news." Xia Rong was still a little lazy, but because the quality of sleep last night was so good, he quickly sat up against the head of the bed and opened the Email, enter the password, "It's still early, let me see what they found."
Su Chi also sat up, took the clothes put aside, and put them on with a rustle. They drew the blackout curtains, and the room was still dark at the moment, so Su Chi turned on a desk lamp, and the hazy yellow light flooded instantly.
Xia Rong just woke up, still a little dazed, looking at the densely packed characters on the phone, read out slowly:
"Ke Man, born in Xiangdao on February 27, 199x... His parents divorced when he was young, and he grew up with his mother, who changed his surname to Ke. His biological father is a famous businessman and art director, Yu Chengchang..."
After reading this, Xia Rong's voice stopped. Su Chi also turned his head, and the two quickly looked at each other.
His brain, which was dull because of getting up early, was completely awake now.
"Yu Chengchang and Ke Man are father and son? Never heard of it." Su Chi said.
"I've never heard Keman mention it." Xia Rong nodded, "Is it because the divorce was too early and the relationship between father and son is not good, so I don't want to mention it?"
"Then I don't know." Su Chi said, "I only found these? Are there any more?"
"There are others, let me take a look." Xia Rong turned his gaze back to the phone screen, "...they also found out that Keman had changed his identity half a year ago and had a medical record in a foreign hospital. The test result was that he had advanced lung cancer... "
Su Chi was opening the curtains to let the morning light into the room through the glass. Hearing this, his hands paused, and Xia Rong's voice became deep:
"—If he can't get timely treatment, he can only live another two months."
"They didn't find out after that. Keman seemed to have evaporated." Xia Rong was a little dazed, "Of course, he didn't go to the hospital either."
Su Chi walked up to him, rubbed his brows lightly and comfortingly, relaxed his frowning brows, and said, "Heaven is jealous of talents."
Xia Rong threw away the phone a little unacceptably, and hugged Su Chi's waist: "A good person, how can you say that if you don't die, you'll be gone..."
Su Chi stroked Xia Rong's hair reassuringly: "No news now is the best news. Maybe, he also encountered some kind of adventure." He teased Xia Rong, "Maybe he will be repaid by the kitten he once saved. , turned into a big cat, leading the meow army, roaming all over the world... "
"That sounds good." Xia Rong forced a smile, "I hope he also has a glass. I'll let them look it up."
"Well, it's best to start with Yu Chengchang and check it out." Su Chi thought for a moment and said, "His position in this series of matters is really a bit too delicate."
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Filming continued despite a sour morning.
The scenes that Su Chi and Xia Rong are going to shoot today are taking place in an unfinished building on the outskirts of C City: Zhu Xiaofei kidnaps Fu Lin. Just like the plot in the audition, when Fu Lin is dying, he sees Fu Lin ten years later. Tan Xiaoxiao.
After ten years of homelessness, Tan Xiaoxiao has become a rustic woman with heavy makeup and black silk sneakers. When she saw Fu Lin, whom she had not seen for many years, her indifferent and indestructible shell instantly cracked. Seeing Zhu Xiaofei's ruthless look about to put him to death, her heart softened, while talking to Zhu Xiaofei as if nothing had happened, while secretly cutting Fu Lin's rope.
Tan Xiaoxiao told Fu Lin to "go quickly", and Fu Lin also listened to her words, rushing out wholeheartedly, not wanting to fight. But Zhu Xiaofei refused to let him go easily, slid down the handrail desperately, and caught up with Fu Lin in the corridor, and the two had a wonderful fight in the narrow corridor.
In this corridor action scene, on the one hand, Zhu Xiaofei is full of hatred and punches to the flesh, and on the other hand, Fu Lin is thinking about Tan Xiaoxiao and just wants to escape. This has caused Xia Rong to be almost doomed to be passively beaten.
Fu Lin almost suffocated just now, and ran down the stairs dizzily, Zhu Xiaofei slid down the handrail recklessly, and kicked him in the back with a "plop", causing him to fall on the stairs. When Zhu Xiaofei rode on Fu Lin and was about to raise his fist, Fu Lin turned around and dodged with his intuition and quick reaction, letting his fist hit the concrete floor brazenly.
Just as Fu Lin got up, Zhu Xiaofei strangled his neck from behind, struggling violently. The two of them crashed into the fire box in the corridor. . Zhu Xiaofei turned around vigorously, pulled out the fire extinguisher from the fire box, and smashed it on Fu Lin's back again and again. Fu Lin groaned, and finally had to fight back, wrestling with Zhu Xiaofei...
The two just rolled around in the dusty corridor and fought desperately for the whole afternoon. They were dizzy and covered in dust. The people were still leaning against one side of the wall and panting heavily, a little unable to recover.
Xia Rong still had the feeling that he couldn't tell the difference between acting and reality. Su Chi also acted so well. In front of him, he was just a lifelike Zhu Xiaofei, which made his hands itchy when he looked at him now.
Su Chi wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, stood up on his knees, and stretched out a hand to Xia Rong: "Let's go, we're done."
Against the light, Xia Rong raised his head from bottom to top, caught a glimpse of the dusty bandage on his wrist, and immediately realized that this was Su Chi, and he himself was Xia Rong.
As soon as he reached out his hand, Su Chi gave him a backhand grip, and he grabbed it even tighter: "Let's go, call it a day and go back to take a shower and eat. What do you want to eat? Barbecue? Hot pot? Or a takeaway family bucket?"
The smokey questioning made Xia Rong more and more aware that he was in reality, and he followed Su Chi and said, "Let's go for hot pot. In two days, Sister Yi will finish her work and come to follow the group. She found out that I ate these. You must miss me to death..."
Xu Ping interjected coldly from the side: "What are you talking about? I'm not dead yet."
"Cough..." Xia Rong coughed, "Director Xu, don't worry! I will definitely control my body. What kind of hot pot and barbecue are not healthy at all! Let's go, let's eat boiled chicken..."
"Yes." Su Chi smiled when he heard the words, "I will accompany you."
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Although Shu Yiren hadn't arrived, Xiao Zhou brought Xia Rong a new task ahead of time—the script to be selected.
The high ratings of "Liang Shanbo and Romeo" and the skyrocketing popularity of "Solution CP" have brought Xia Rong's books to a new level in quantity—but the quality is still weak. Of course, Su Chi also said that in today's domestic screenwriting market, it is even difficult for him to find a good script and a good team, let alone Xia Rong who has not made any achievements in the film field.
The sent notebooks had already been screened by Shuyi, and there were four left. Xia Rong and Su Chi sat together and had a serious discussion.
Among the four scripts, the first one is a long-form TV series based on popular novels, cast by a cutting-edge film and television company in China. It has a big IP blessing, comes with book fans, and the role for Xia Rong is an upgraded male. Lord, the plot basically revolves around him—this drama is also placed at the top by Shuyi, which means the first recommendation;
The second is the modern urban fashion idol drama he is used to filming. It has a high fashion value, and you can continue to easily swipe your face card, and the team is reliable. It is a self-produced drama of Orange Satellite TV. rate and exposure are guaranteed;
The third one is the New Year's Eve movie by the great director Chen Xiaohua. The hero is a martial arts superstar with a lot of experience. Xia Rong's role in it is the assistant of the martial arts superstar. Follow him on adventures all the way. He will not be missing from the camera. Maybe the appearance is still very high, but in fact it is to attract more young audiences and set off the embellishment of martial arts superstars. For this movie, Shu Yi also specially marked it on the side, Chen Xiaohua is willing to sign him with the second round, so that the final box office of the movie can also be counted in his movie performance, and he can easily get the box office;
The fourth book is placed at the bottom. However, it does not mean that it has no advantages at all. On the contrary, it has the original big IP as the background, the team is excellent, the director and the screenwriter are all new in recent years. It is said that the script alone is worn out. For three full years. But it also has a fatal weakness: the fantasy historical theme of the original work is doomed to be an online drama that cannot be starred. These days, the popularity of online dramas is rising, and there are also many newcomers who appear in online dramas. However, everyone still uses it as a springboard. I have never seen anyone who has made a name for himself in the film industry. The star will return to shoot a web drama that knows it is impossible to become a star.
Because these two days of play were concentrated in the suburbs, the director simply took the whole crew to live in a nearby guest house in order to save the time of coming and going. The facilities in the guest house were old and the space was small. The only thing that was fortunate was that it was cleaned reasonably well. The cotton sheets with blue and white checkered background gave Xia Rong the illusion that he was filming a period drama.
The small bed was originally not big, and the script was spread out all over the bed. The space left for the two big men became narrower and narrower. They were too close together and it was inconvenient to discuss. Su Chi simply turned into a cat and sat in Xia Rong's arms. Pointing Jiangshan to the four scripts: "Which one do you think is better?"
Xia Rong pinched one of the cat's version of Su Chi's front paw, and checked it back and forth. After confirming that there was no obvious wound, he breathed a sigh of relief, put down the paw, and turned around to talk about the script: "This." He clicked Xianxia The script, "I have filmed the same type of film before, and I don't really want to film it."
The cat version of Su Chi patted his thigh with his paw, agreeing: "I don't know if you have noticed, but the roles that have been settled, except for you, from the master to the supporting role, most of them are the 'insiders' of this company. "
"You mean, in order to praise their artists, their company may change the script and add plays to them? They even team up to bully me, a foreigner?"
"Bullying is not enough, but in order to make my artist more brilliant, it is indeed very possible to change the script."
"Then this PASS, anyway, I didn't really want to shoot it." Xia Rong threw the "Hero Lord Xianxia" off the bed without hesitation, and gathered the remaining three books, "There are still three books left. ... No, these two." He threw out the "Modern Idol Drama" with little hesitation, "This kind of filming is really a bit tiresome and boring, and it's hard to find that acting is fun."
"These two." The cat version of Su Chi walked over with short legs, and pressed a paw pad on one of them, "Actually, I prefer this one."
""Lanzhou Ji"?" Xia Rong smiled when he saw the name under the paw pad, "Actually, I like this book better."
"Chen Xiaohua's New Year's Eve movie with the family is not for you. In fact, he just needs a 'little fresh meat'. Even if you don't go, it's the same for him to find another one that fits the position." Su Chi said honestly, " For a dispensable role, I don’t think it’s worth missing "Lanzhou Ji"."
"So much respect for it?" Xia Rong bent down, picked up the script and the cat together, and flipped through a few pages of the script in his arms, "The script seems to be well written, but how do you know?"
"I'm a fan of the original work." The British shorthair cat in his arms buried his face with his paws in embarrassment, "I've been paying attention to the news that it will be filmed, but I didn't expect that they invited you, but I wasn't invited."
"Maybe I didn't think you would take it." Xia Rong rubbed his paws and smiled, "Actually, web dramas shouldn't be a problem for me, who said that web dramas can't be well-produced with an investment of hundreds of millions? Even if the attention is less, we can increase our publicity... "
"The issue of the popularity of online dramas..." The cat version of Su Chi raised his head from his arms, "Do you think it will improve if I join?"
Xia Rong was stunned for a moment, and joked: "Then there will be news, the golden cat actor can't get any new dramas, so he can only serve as a supporting role in online dramas..."
"It doesn't matter." The silver gradient cat stretched out a round paw, raised its beard towards Xia Rong, and formed a smile, "I want to film my favorite drama with you."
"—Okay." Xia Rong paused, then stretched out his hand, grasped the cat's white and soft fist, and shook it slightly with a smile.
"Let's conquer the stars and sea together."
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As soon as they came back, they were busy reading the script, and neither of them had a shower yet. The hot water supply in the guest house is limited, and it will be gone after nine o'clock in the evening. Xia Rong looked at the time, and it was already almost eight o'clock. After entering the bathroom, he tried to get Yin Jian Pushed out: "Go back to your own room to wash! Don't crowd me!"
"I don't take up space, and I can also save water resources." Yin gradually stuck his neck, confidently.
"Save wool!" Xia Rong kicked its ass, "Go!"
Yin Jianlayer reluctantly ran out and closed the door behind him, Xia Rong breathed a sigh of relief. Who knew that not long after he took off his clothes and turned on the hot water, the cat turned into a human again and triumphantly said, "The water heater in my room is broken."
... Believe in him to be a ghost! But now that Xia Rong has taken off his clothes and put the hot water on, he can't go to Su Chi's room to check to see if his water heater is broken—and when he lowered his eyelashes, he saw Su Chi's hands Putting on the freshly wrapped gauze, my heart softened: "Okay, you have an injury on your hand, so it's inconvenient to wash it yourself, isn't it?"
Anyway, they are also lovers now, take a bath together...it should be fine, right
Su Chi nodded, then shook his head again: "That little injury is nothing, if you think it's crowded, I'll turn into a cat?"
"No, then the gauze you just changed is not for nothing." Xia Rong's face was slightly reddened whether it was steamed by the heat or because of embarrassment, "... just wash it like this."
Warm water accompanied by steam gurgling down from above the head, the bathroom in the guest house is extremely small, two big men are squeezed together, they can almost rub their bodies when they turn around. Xia Rong half turned his back, but actually couldn't help letting his eyes wander—
Su Chi has wide shoulders, narrow hips, and strong muscles, and when his eyes extend down the shoulder blades, he can still find the existence of two waist dimples, which make the waistline more and more tight and narrow, showing a sexy and graceful beyond gender …
Su Chi turned around suddenly: "Xia Rong."
Xia Rong almost choked: "Ah, ah...?"
There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Su Chi's lips: "It's okay."
It's okay to yell... Xia Rong complained for a second, grabbed the only soap in the guest house, and lathered on his body, Su Chi's waist, Su Chi's legs...
Su Chi turned around again: "Xia Rong."
Xia Rong closed his eyes in a "swish", with an intoxicated expression on his face: "It's okay, don't yell, I'm making soap, you are responsible for slippery hands..."
Before he finished speaking, the soap in his hand dropped and hit the bathroom floor with a "pop".
Xia Rong: "..."
Su Chi: "..."
In the end, it was Xia Rong who broke the silence: "Forget about the soap, why do I feel that the water flow is getting smaller and smaller..."
Su Chi: "It's completely stopped now."
"Fuck?!"
Adding insult to injury: Chinese idiom, often used to describe successive disasters, the damage is getting worse.
If I use Xia Rong's personal experience, it is: when you and your lover take a shower in the same bathroom, and you are embarrassed about "who is going to pick up the soap", the water stops.