When Fang Lei heard the noise and ran out, the corridor was already broken into pieces.
Jiang Ye and his companions knelt on the ground and did not dare to leave. They stayed there, trembling with fear.
The two of them cried until their tears and runny noses mingled together. There were several long and thin streaks of blood on their hands and faces. Jiang Ye's forehead was even covered in hematoma, and the wounds even seemed to have glass shards embedded in them, which was shocking.
Seeing them, Jiang Ye cried even harder and shouted inarticulately: "Yang, Mr. Yang, Mr. Ma..."
Fang Lei was stunned, and the two bosses following him were even more shocked.
Jiang Ye and this group of young artists were invited to accompany them. They knew that Shen Tingyan didn't like this, so they didn't intend to send these young artists to him. Why did they end up getting into trouble
Shen Tingyan said to Fang Lei without looking back: "Don't let them come over."
It took Fang Lei two or three seconds to realize that "they" referred to the people behind him.
He started to get confused: "...what are you going to do?"
The man in front of him was facing him sideways. Under the dim light of the corridor light, Fang Lei couldn't see his expression clearly. He could only hear the man whispering four words, which made people shudder.
The host and the audience were startled.
Shen Tingyan ignored him.
Suddenly, the cold wine bottle gently lifted his chin.
Jiang Ye cried and said: "That's it... but it didn't work. It didn't work in the end. Xue laughed and ran away. Nothing happened to him!"
He doesn't want to know! But he doesn’t want his artist to go to court the next day!
But he had never seen Shen Tingyan like this... Although he had long expected that this man would be angry when he found out about the entanglement between Jiang Ye and Xue Xiao, the situation still exceeded his expectations.
Fang Lei: "..."
But at this moment, Xue Xiao's tone changed and suddenly became brisk again: "But it turns out that of course there can't be only one way to the destination in this world."
It is impossible for Shen Tingyan to stop at this time.
He was so frightened that he gasped and trembled even more violently. He didn't even dare to look at the face of the man in front of him. He only heard a low, cold voice coming from above his head: "Continue talking."
"Zhang, Brother Zhang said that he went to the film and television city to be a bit player for the rest of his life," Jiang Ye sniffed, "Then Xue laughed at him and said -"
At this moment, he asked almost paranoidly: "...then what?"
"You want to know?"
Jiang Ye and his companions suddenly showed expressions of despair.
The atmosphere in the studio gradually turned heavy, and everyone was silent.
"He, he also said that if you don't even want to go to bed with him, let alone want to act. It's the same wherever you go in this entertainment industry... You can't be famous without a backer..."
And the place where the person he was staring at could never be nothing but filth.
"At that time, I was thinking, if I want to take this road, can I really only enter through this entrance? Do I have to go through these things?" He said softly, "If that is the case, then I will continue to take this road. road?"
He said: "...a little disappointed and a little doubtful."
"Is nothing wrong?" The man repeated these five words softly, not confirming, but in a sarcastic and sarcastic tone.
They didn't dare to make Shen Tingyan unhappy anymore, so they had no choice but to turn a blind eye.
Jiang Ye was excited and said immediately: "Yeah, it's not like nothing happened. He was blocked by Brother Zhang after he ran out. Brother Zhang and Brother Zhang are our managers. It was actually he who asked me to deceive Xue Xiao that time. Past!”
Fang Lei took two deep breaths, gritted his teeth, and said to the two people behind him: "Um, Mr. Yang, Mr. Ma, why don't you go back to the box first, and I'll handle it here."
"... Our company didn't sign a contract with Xue Xiao at that time. Brother Zhang's threats were useless. Really, Xue Xiao said he was going to the film and television city at that time!"
He stared at Jiang Ye who was kneeling on the ground and heard the sound of his own blood vessels beating.
That innocent, ignorant, clean face that seemed to have never experienced worries or been covered with any dust kept reappearing in Shen Tingyan's mind.
Jiang Ye watched people leave one by one. Only the two of them and Shen Tingyan were left in the corridor. His heart felt cold. He could no longer feel the pain on his forehead. Only fear and regret continued to expand.
Xue Xiao was in a daze.
The young man said something that he still remembers deeply.
Jiang Ye poured out everything: "...Brother Zhang threatened him and said he would hide him."
Although it has only been less than two years, those things seem to have become a long time ago.
In a studio in another city, the host asked: "It's very different from what you imagined? Is it different in a good way or in a bad way?"
Shen Tingyan's eyes were extremely dark.
Fang Lei stopped the hotel manager who was coming over again, and promised that those who should be compensated would be compensated well, and all the people were taken away. He said to Shen Tingyan: "...don't go too far."
"Every road is fair. There are shortcuts that can be taken at a cost, but there are also longer, farther, more difficult, but down-to-earth roads."
That night after the second round, when he heard Xue Xiao talk about this past event, he never thought that it would be such a dark experience that the young man downplayed.
Mr. Yang and Mr. Ma thought about it, nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I'm really sorry for making Teacher Shen unhappy today."
Jiang Ye struggled to remember in his collapse. Fortunately, he followed Xue Xiao after he rushed out of the door that night. Otherwise, he didn't know what else he could say at this moment. He felt like he was about to be killed by this man.
The young man said with a gentle voice: "The world can be the same as we imagined, as long as we make the right choice."
His voice was already very hoarse.
"I was a teacher half a month ago, and now I have chosen to be an actor. Who said the starting point can determine the end point? Is your life so impossible?"
Seeing Xue Xiao's expression, he immediately understood and said cryptically: "We encountered a lot of ups and downs, right? How did you feel at that time?"
The wind poured in from the window deep in the corridor, raising the young man's black hair, and his always gentle voice seemed unreasonably tough.
"At least I'm not!"
Jiang Ye swallowed hard: "...After he finished speaking, he beat Brother Zhang."
Shen Tingyan's eyes moved slightly.
"Really, it was a terrible beating. I didn't expect that Brother Zhang, who was so tall and powerful, couldn't beat Xue Xiao! Xue Xiao left after that day, and I never met him again," Jiang Ye finished. Shivering again, he moved forward and begged, "I will definitely apologize to Xue Xiao, Teacher Shen, please—"
When the tip of his hair was almost touching Shen Tingyan's trouser legs, his hair was grabbed.
He was forced to raise his face with a look of horror. The man looked down at him: "Don't harass him again, and don't appear in front of him for the rest of your life."
That voice was extremely calm, and also extremely frightening.
Shen Tingyan let go, threw him out, and said coldly: "Get out."
Fang Lei chased Shen Tingyan to the underground garage: "Is it okay for you to go back by yourself? How about I call the driver from the company?"
Although Shen Tingyan didn't drink tonight and Fang Lei blocked the drink, he was still a little worried. This guy was not in his normal state at all.
"No," Shen Tingyan opened the car door and said to him before getting in, "package the information about the entertainment company and send it to me tomorrow."
Fang Lei paused.
The car door closed with a bang, and the man sat down in the driver's seat expressionlessly and started the car.
Fang Lei had no choice but to take a step back, sighed, and let him drive out.
"knew."
Shen Tingyan drove out of the underground garage and stepped on the accelerator. After driving for one kilometer, he stopped on a deserted roadside.
He lowered the window and lit a cigarette.
The phone buzzed and vibrated. He stared into the depths of the night, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he lowered his eyes slightly and turned on the screen.
The message was from assistant Xiao Ye: "Report to the boss, we are on the plane and we expect to land in two hours!" Shen Tingyan bit her cigarette to unlock the screen, opened WeChat, and saw a photo attached by Xiao Ye.
In the photo, the young man is leaning against the small window with his head tilted, his eyes closed, and he is sleeping soundly.
Probably because the air conditioner in the cabin was turned on too low, he was covered with a blanket, and his whole body was curled up into a ball, as soft as a small animal.
Shen Tingyan stared at this photo for a long time.
Until the smoke burned to the end.
He twisted it, lit another one, closed WeChat, opened the Guantian app, and found the latest third episode of the program.
Shen Tingyan bent his elbows against the car window and supported his forehead with the backs of his fingers. Shen Tingyan just lowered his head and watched quietly.
As long as a young man appeared in the camera, he would pull it back and watch it again after watching it once.
He had never done this before, and it didn't look like something he would do.
again and again.
On the eve of the second round of play selection, two silhouettes sat leaning against each other outside the balcony door of their dormitory, and the radio was hazy through a door.
"Isn't the option 'stop acting' in your dictionary?"
The young man replied: "That's not true."
"I made an appointment with my parents before I left home. If I haven't done anything well by this deadline, I can't continue to be so willful."
"Time limit?" The young man replied with a smile, "Three years. Three years."
"...Have you been in the industry for more than a year? Then you only have more than a year left!"
Three years.
Shen Tingyan took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled it.
Three years.
He closed his eyes and thought.
Fortunately, I caught it.
*
On this day, it was already midnight when Xue Xiao returned to the camp.
He was so tired that he fell asleep, only to get up at noon the next day, and arrived at the classroom in Building 3 with Chang Yun and Dou Mingjian on time.
You Qianqian and Xu Shen had already arrived. When they sat down, they curiously asked about their recording of the program yesterday, which made them envious.
Soon, a tall figure appeared at the door of the classroom. Five students looked over and shouted obediently: "Hello, Teacher Shen!"
Shen Tingyan responded lightly, then turned his eyes and landed on Xue Xiao.
Xue Xiao was slightly startled.
Shen Tingyan's eyes looked so dark today.
Because of this slight difference, he paid extra careful attention to Shen Tingyan today.
When receiving the script from Shen Tingyan, Xue Xiao noticed a very small scar on the back of the man's hand.
The scar was obviously left not long ago, and it was slightly red and swollen, especially on the beautiful hand.
Xue Xiao couldn't help but frown.
Shen Tingyan noticed his gaze, retracted his hand and said casually: "I was scratched accidentally, it's okay."
Xue Xiao pursed his lips.
The two scripts have been completely revised and adjusted, and Shen Tingyan has finalized all the roles today.
Dou Mingjian, Xu Shen, and You Qianqian are a team. Their script is called "The House of Thousand Faces". It tells the story of a father and a pair of children who cheat everywhere.
There is no warmth, nor is there any family affection. What connects these three people in their blood is the gene of a liar. The whole story is weird, twisted, and deformed.
The three of them were attracted to the script as soon as they got it, and You Qianqian was especially excited—the role is challenging and the story is complex. This is exactly the type of script that ambitious actors like best!
Xue Xiao and Chang Yun were assigned to a group, and their script was called "Vertigo".
They both had confused looks on their faces when they first read the story.
This is a very typical suspense thriller script. You can't guess the ending after reading the beginning. Every step of development is unexpected, and every reversal is unimaginable and terrifying to think about.
They had no idea what the final truth set by the screenwriter was, and as the story progressed, their expressions became more and more shocked.
After they finished watching, Shen Tingyan assigned roles to them: "Chang Yun plays character B, Zhao Wenlei, Xue Xiao plays character A, and Zheng Nian. If you have any questions, ask them now."
Chang Yun swallowed his saliva and said hesitantly: "For this role, I..."
Shen Tingyan looked at him for two seconds and asked, "Do you think you can't act?"
Xue Xiao was stunned and turned to look over, but Chang Yun's palms were sweaty.
The two scripts Shen Tingyan gave today, whether they were "The House of a Thousand Faces" or their group's "Vertigo", were very difficult to act.
The story is difficult to act, and every character is difficult to act, and the same goes for the character Zhao Wenlei.
Chang Yun never thought that he would receive such a task, which was completely beyond his current ability.
He was in this classroom, standing among the other four students who got excited as soon as they got the script, and seemed out of place.
It was like a poor student sneaking into the rocket class. Although he had achieved pretty good results under Shen Tingyan's training in the previous round, at this moment, the difference was clearly reflected.
Shen Tingyan looked at him and said, "When you leave this show and return to the industry, if a good script comes to you, will you still say 'I can't act' and then reject the script?"
Chang Yun suddenly tightened his hand.
He lowered his head... That would definitely not work. He would retreat when encountering difficulties. He would never get ahead in his life...
"There's one thing you need to be clear about," Shen Tingyan's face was calm and his words were neither salty nor cold. "Whether it's on or off the show, a director will take the initiative to find you and give you a role because he feels that You can act."
Chang Yun shuddered and raised his head sharply.
Shen Tingyan's words instantly made his blood flow faster.
"So, are you going to accept this script now, or are you going to walk out of this classroom?"
Chang Yun clenched his hands and gritted his teeth: "I'll act! But I might be stupid... Teacher Shen, just don't scold me politely!"
Shen Tingyan sneered: "When have I ever been polite?"
The atmosphere suddenly relaxed and everyone laughed.
Xue Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief. He encouraged: "Brother Chang, let's work hard together. If you have any problems, bring them up and discuss them together. We will definitely solve them."
Chang Yun nodded vigorously.
Shen Tingyan closed the script: "Go back tonight and read the script twice more. The formal rehearsal will begin tomorrow."
"good!"
At this moment, the five of them in the classroom knew very well—
What Shen Tingyan handed over to them today were two killer weapons.
As long as they perform well, they can become classics.
(End of chapter)