*I lied to you, will you forgive me
*Yes, because I know you like me.
Jiang Qi was called out by a phone call from Shen Lei, and half-forced to take him to the crew to watch an audition.
The boy just got out of the quilt, and went out after a simple wash. When he was nestled in the back seat of the car, his body was full of sleepiness.
His dark, slightly long hair fell to his forehead, drooping on his eyelids, like a little prince who was loved.
Shen Lei looked back, and felt that Jiang Qi even had long hair - when he went to pick him up at the prison gate fourteen months ago, the boy was still short, but now it's so long.
However, this heartless look...
Shen Lei tentatively asked, "Did you check your phone?"
Nowadays, the word 'Jiang Qi' is discussed everywhere in the forums, and there is an endless stream of discussions. Unless the words 'Jiang' and 'Qi' are removed from the Chinese dictionary, otherwise the black entries will not be deleted at all. clean.
What's more, Jiang Qi didn't sign a company behind him at all, and he didn't have a backer. How could anyone help him ask the navy to fight against the gangsters? It would be nice not to take the opportunity to add pressure.
That kind of black hot search was pressed down like a shackle, and Shen Lei became upset when he saw it, so he took the opportunity to forcefully call people out to relax.
But looking at Jiang Qi's appearance... it doesn't seem to be affected? And sleep with a hoodie on.
Jiang Qi's cold voice was covered by the mask, and he answered him dully: "I didn't watch it."
He never liked looking at that stuff.
Shen Lei was not surprised by his answer, he was slightly relieved: "Go on to sleep."
It will take a while to get to Hengdian.
A year ago, he knew that this kid had a weird and weird personality, he was born rebellious, and he was not curious about things that normal people would be curious about and expected, as if he was born without a desire for knowledge.
The overwhelming quarrels of sunspots on the Internet may affect others, but it will definitely not affect Jiang Qi.
Shen Lei is a talented young director. Because he is young, he is different from Jiang Qi. He is full of thirst for knowledge. He likes to study things and people.
Jiang Qi just gave him a quality that modern people lack, that is the so-called "mystery". Shen Lei has known him for almost two years, and he is very curious about one thing about Jiang Qi.
—That is whether he really cares about anyone.
Jiang Qi is like a lone wolf walking alone.
It's just about the gossip on the Internet, Shen Lei doesn't need to ask.
From the time he saw Jiang Qi in prison two years ago, he knew why this kid got in, so he just found it funny to see the crowd guessing like headless chickens on these so-called 'exclusive revelations' on the Internet .
The truth is often more dramatic, crueler, and more terrifying than rumors.
Because Shen Lei remembered that what the prison staff told him at the time was that excessive self-defense was considered homicide.
Half an hour later, Jiang Qi closed his eyes and was drowsy for a nap when he was awakened by Shen Lei. He straightened up with difficulty, rubbed his face and jumped out of the car after a long while.
The hot sunlight outside the car had nowhere to hide, Jiang Qi squinted his eyes a little uncomfortable, the light-colored glazed pupils were lighter than the sunlight.
There were two men outside Hengdian who were about to smoke a cigarette to relieve fatigue, when they met the two who had just come over, they would stop.
They looked at Jiang Qi with great interest, and even came over to chat.
"Hey, old Shen." The tall man on the left with a square face, a bit long, looked quite familiar with Shen Lei, patted his shoulder affectionately and asked, "This is the new treasure you dug up recently? Tsk, everyone in the circle The discussion is overwhelming, but you are hiding it tightly."
Jiang Qi frowned slightly in his tone as if he was talking about 'commodity'.
"Heh, Feng Yan, don't put gold on my face. My male lead hasn't signed with my company, so I'll take care of it." Shen Lei smiled twice, and practiced Tai Chi like a good guy: "I heard that today Director Wang auditioned for a new play, and brought the children to watch the excitement."
While speaking, he patted Jiang Qi on the shoulder.
This obviously defending attitude and the appearance of expressing his position to leave made the horse-faced Feng Yan's face stiff, and then he smiled naturally: "Well, Director Wang is inside—the old man Shen, let's go first."
He said and pulled the man next to him to leave, and he looked at Jiang Qi with a very meaningful look before leaving.
"Don't worry about it, Feng Yan is so virtuous." Shen Lei has been in the circle for a long time, no matter what line of business he is in, he sneers when he sees Feng Yan go far: "In the past two years, what he said Once the media pulled in a few traffic, and after being touted as a 'gold agent' for a while, I felt that I was very capable, and there was no one who couldn't handle it, so I probably wanted to get your idea."
Jiang Qi listened expressionlessly, without any reaction.
Shen Lei didn't know whether he listened or not, but from the perspective of a friend, he took the trouble to tell him—
"I don't know if you plan to sign a company, but if you want to sign, you'd better not sign one. Feng Yan has a bit of ability, and he has a set of marketing and hype methods, but he is also famous for suppressing the artists under his hands, no The little star was fooled into signing the contract, and finally couldn't take it anymore, even if he wanted to cancel the contract, he couldn't afford to pay, and there was nowhere to cry when the time came."
Jiang Qi has been 'entering the industry' for three months, but what annoys him the most on weekdays is hearing these intrigues.
He frowned, and his dog temper was a bit violent: "Are you still watching the audition?"
Don't watch him go.
.
Shen Lei cursed secretly in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Look, what else are you doing here?"
While the two were talking, they walked into the Hengdian, Shen Lei took out his work card and handed it to the staff at the door who were screened step by step, and then led Jiang Qi from the side door to the audition hall on the second floor.
The 'Director Wang' he and Feng Yan talked about is a well-known senior in the entertainment industry. Wang Zhaoqiu, the top three directors in China, his output has decreased after the age of 50, and now he only makes a movie in a few years. .
And every time he hears that there is a film in preparation, before the script is released, a lot of people are busy making contacts.
Up to the level of actor and actress, down to the little idols who made their debut with some XX boy and girl group in their teens, they all want a piece of the action—even if they play a supporting role.
Shen Lei had collaborated with Wang Zhaoqiu by accident a few years ago, and it was only after this relationship that he had some friendship, and this time he brought Jiang Qi to bring the young man to broaden his horizons.
He knew that Jiang Qi was extremely talented, and if he wanted to really get involved in this circle, he had to get in touch with the top people directly in order to achieve the effect of 'broadening his horizons'.
The heroine of Wang Zhaoqiu's movie has been decided a long time ago - the daughter of the boss of Shengxuan Media, the princess under her banner, Yue Yuan who has gathered thousands of resources at a young age, even Wang Zhaoqiu has to sell face.
However, Yue Yuan is not just a resourceful person, she is quite up-to-date in terms of her own conditions, neither her looks nor her appearance are outstanding, and her acting skills are also good.
But the main thing is that the temptation of 'bringing capital into the group' is the highest.
Even though Wang Zhaoqiu is angry, Shengxuan Media controls the number of films after the release of a film, and sometimes noble artists have to compromise for bread.
But fortunately, the most important thing in the script is the actor who has not yet been selected.
Yue Yuan can be used as a tool person—for example, in this audition, Wang Zhaoqiu asked her to come over and audition with the actor all day long, and she had to "dedicate herself" to agree.
When Shen Lei was chattering gossip with him, Jiang Qi was already looking at the audition room through the glass window with slightly lowered eyes.
They stood in the observation room high up and listened to the conversation in the room through earphones.
Jiang Qi heard Wang Zhaoqiu behind the camera tell the screenwriter: "Call those boys in, and try the scene of C7."
Jiang Qi, who already had some experience in reading scripts and acting, understood that 'C7' refers to the number of the seventh act in the script.
This is a scene in which the autistic heroine finally opens her heart after meeting the man who contacts her with a purpose for a long time.
The hostess asked timidly: Will you be with me
But the male protagonist avoided his eyes but forced himself to lie and lie to her calmly: Yes.
.
Total deception.
Jiang Qi watched the first male actor go up to the audition. When the performance came here, the dialogue from the earphones made his light-colored pupils shrink, and his slender fingers unconsciously grabbed the railing, and his knuckles turned white.
"Huh?" Shen Lei noticed his abnormality, took off his earphones and raised his eyebrows in doubt: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Qi stared heavily at the audition room, shaking his head slowly and sluggishly.
In fact, it's nothing, but... this audition reminded him of himself unconsciously.
Once, he was so despicable to deceive a girl who trusted him wholeheartedly.
The dialogue between the male and female protagonists in the audition room still rang in my ears, word by word, as if overlapping with their past—
The boy's voice asked tentatively: If one day... I lied to you, would you forgive me
The girl's voice is firm: yes, because I know you like me.
When you really like someone, the bottom line will actually be lowered infinitely for him.
Some stupid girls still think that the occasional deception of their sweetheart is a 'white lie', just like Zhiqi to him.
Jiang Qi unconsciously remembered the summer when they graduated from elementary school many years ago.
He had promised to go to No. 8 Middle School with Zhiqi, and they would stay together as classmates, but he lied.
Sometimes, Jiang Qi didn't want his memory to be so good, but when he closed his eyes, he could vividly remember what happened that year.
The summer when he was thirteen was the hottest summer in his memory. It was like a steamer. The stuffy person was sweating all over in a cramped space without air-conditioning or electric fans. His skin was covered by a thin T-shirt and covered with bruises. .
It seemed that the wound that had not been treated in time was almost pus and rotted. When the salty sweat passed by, the painful person shivered, and the brows frowned unconsciously.
Jiang Qi lay on a steel wire bed less than one meter away, feeling like a piece of rotten raw meat that might disappear into this space at any time.
At this moment, the girl's vibrant voice woke him up—
"Jiang Qi? Jiang Qi? Are you at home?"
This... This is clearly Zhiqi's voice.
Jiang Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he jumped up from the wire bed with some strength that he didn't know where.
His face was pale, and his whole body was almost out of shape, but he still forcibly stood up straight and rushed out.
Jiang Qi remembered that in the cramped and smelly living room, he and Zhi Qi met face to face, and the girl was obviously taken aback.
"Jiang, Jiang Qi, you haven't gone to school for a week? Why are you so thin?" The girl with the shofar braid is fresh, healthy, and exquisite, but she looks at him timidly: "Are you still Okay? I heard Teacher Li say that you didn't even attend the graduation ceremony, I... "
"Get out." Jiang Qi interrupted the girl's words, his voice was weak and cold.
Zhi Qi stared at him blankly, as if she didn't understand what Jiang Qi was talking about.
But the boy became very anxious, whether it was the wounds on his body or staying in this stuffy space with Zhi Qi, it made him hot to the point of embarrassment.
But the most disturbing thing is the danger that will come at any time.
"Get out." Jiang Qi repeated, and raised his finger to point to the door with great effort. He coldly gave the girl an order to drive away: "Leave now."
This kind of attitude made Tong Jiangqi's class teacher inquire about his address, avoiding the driver at home and sitting on the bus for more than an hour under the scorching sun to come to this "Chenkong Hutong" Zhiqi who for a while forgot the heat up.
The girl just felt aggrieved, seeing Jiang Qi's cold expression that he didn't know why, Zhi Qi's big dark eyes quickly condensed a layer of mist.
The dilapidated alley is hot and stuffy, whether it is a person or a densely packed bungalow, it feels like it will be roasted by the blazing sun.
Outside the window, there was a loud and loud cry: "Fat Cake—Fat Cake—"
It's an old man in the alley, who sells hair cakes in the streets at noon every day, and will habitually yell twice when he returns from the stall... The old man is back
Realizing this, Jiang Qi unconsciously clenched his hand hanging by his side into a fist.
His glazed eyes were so light that there was almost a thin layer of mist, but when he looked at people with no expression on his face, he was extremely cold.
Now, like a restless bloodthirsty little beast, like that dirty wild dog at the entrance of the alley... the same eyes.
Zhi Qi, who was stared at by him, took two steps back unconsciously under such gaze.
"Jiang, Jiang Qi." We have been together for two years, and I have never seen such a scary boy. The girl's voice is unconsciously choked up, and her little hand is tightly clutching her schoolbag: "What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? You hurry up." Gritting his teeth, Jiang Qi stepped forward and grabbed Zhi Qi's slender and fragile wrist and pulled her out of the dirty and dilapidated environment: "Don't come here again."
After he finished speaking, he emphasized it again as if he was afraid that the girl would not understand, sternly and indifferently: "Zhiqi, remember, don't come here even once."
Zhi Qi was startled, and then her pink face turned red and white.
Tears rolled in her eyes, and she glared at him fiercely for the first time: "Jiang Qi, you are so annoying!"
The little girl has always been gentle and sweet, but this time she felt aggrieved.
After Zhiqi finished speaking, she turned around and ran away. Accidentally, her feet stepped into the stinky water bubble in the narrow alley.
It was always raining in Lin Lan, and the dilapidated alleys in the shantytowns were full of potholes and no one cleaned them, naturally there was stagnant water, and it stinks when exposed to the sun.
The jet-black water droplets splashed on the girl's fair calf, and Zhi Qi subconsciously let out an 'Ah Yo'.
But that's all.
Then the little girl bit her lip stubbornly, regardless of the fact that the whole white shoe was soaked in muddy water, she trotted away without saying a word.
Jiang Qi 'watched' her back to leave under the hot sun, and after a long while, he belatedly covered the wound on his arm.
There was a thin layer of mist in his eyes, and he woke up from a dream for a moment.
—I and Zhiqi are actually not worthy of being friends at all, even standing together is basically humiliating the girl.
She was in the clouds, and she was the filthiest mud, a sickly dog stuck in a swamp from which no one could save him.
Zhiqi, Jiang Qi stared at her back, opened and closed his lips silently: goodbye.
He's going to lie and break his word about the decision not to separate.