Shen Tingyan has a busy schedule. He will fly out of town the next day and will not be back until three days later.
Xue Xiao packed up his luggage and flew with Dou Mingjian to the capital - the city where Shen Tingyan's studio is located - which they will regard as their second "home" in the future.
Regarding where to live, Fang Lei gave them two choices.
Both are high-end apartments with excellent security facilities. They are located in the south and north of the city. It depends on what they like.
Dou Mingjian took Xue Xiao and walked around on both sides, and quickly settled on the south one. Xue Xiao chose to ask Shen Tingyan's opinion on the mobile phone with difficulty.
Shen Tingyan: "The second one, stay close to me."
Xue Xiao's heart moved slightly, and she told Brother Dou with a guilty conscience that if she had the opportunity to try more things in the future...
Seeing his guilty look, Dou Mingjian felt as if he had realized something.
In fact, after the celebration banquet, I don't know if it was because he was the one closest to the two of them among the students, but he noticed some subtleties.
Fang Lei: "Yeah, yeah, I have to say hello to you, but let's forget it tonight, he can't come back..."
The neighbor has just returned home and must pack his things and take a rest. If he goes over now, he would be a little too impatient...
Fang Lei first sent Dou Mingjian to his new apartment, settled him in, and made an appointment to meet at the studio the day after tomorrow to discuss future work. Then he took Xue Xiao to where he lived.
Although the agent's comrade didn't answer the question a bit, Xue Xiao still followed his train of thought and said worriedly: "Then should I wait for him to come back and say hello?"
Xue Xiao: "[Strive hard][Strive hard][Strive hard]"
He quickly ran over and took a look through the peephole.
When Fang Lei opened the door for Xue Xiao, Xue Xiao glanced at the opposite door and asked, "Is there anyone living across the street?"
One staircase and two households.
A burst of heat hit my face first.
The location of this apartment was more low-key, and the two of them went straight to the top floor of the 22nd floor.
Ye Xingxing: "Damn, I will go to the capital to sign an economic contract in a month, and then I will come and play with you!"
Xue Xiao: "!!! Have you signed a contract with the company?"
That night, they packed their bags and checked in.
No matter how weird this neighbor's character is, he must have a nice attitude and never look up again...
Shen Tingyan wiped his hair with a towel, thinking to himself that this little light bulb was pretty good at telling time. He glanced at the cookie in his hand, immediately put down the towel and crossed his arms: "Did you make it yourself?"
The next day, Xue Xiao turned into a hard-working little bee, placed all the things he brought, and cleaned the entire apartment. It finally felt like home.
The sound just now should have come from the neighbor opening the door when he came home, right
Xue Xiao stared blankly, and only four words came to his mind: lively and fragrant.
Then they came back with another message.
Those chest muscles, collarbones, Adam's apple... I don't know if the man who has just taken a shower is emitting the aroma of shower gel, or... his own fragrance evaporated by the heat.
The neighbor's door was closed just like last night.
The door in front of you is opened.
The conversation lasted until evening.
The neighbor had just finished taking a shower, and his black hair was still wet and dripping with water. He smoothed it back with his hand, making it messy and sexy.
His parents: "You look quite comfortable there."
"Brother Fang, do you know whether he is inside or outside the circle?"
Two clicks.
"Yes, I have."
He excitedly took several photos and sent them to his parents, master, and Ye Xingxing.
He smiled dryly and said that he would talk about it later, and that Xue Xiao could go to his place if he was fine...
Fang Lei opened the door and turned on the lights, revealing the beautifully decorated house in front of the two of them.
Xue Xiao waited and waited. After an hour, he felt that the time was right, so he took a deep breath, walked out, and knocked politely on the neighbor's door.
He kept Fang Lei's words in his mind.
Xue Xiao: "Yeah, if you and dad come over in the future, you can live directly at my place!"
Xue Xiao: "?"
Zhang Chengyu: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, as expected of Teacher Shen, you are so generous. But if you work hard, you may be able to buy a house like this by yourself soon."
Before Xue Xiao had time to put on a smile, he was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he froze in place.
Xue Xiao was sitting in the living room when he suddenly heard the sound of opening and closing the door from the house opposite.
Xue Xiao hesitated for a moment, then went back to get some biscuits he baked during the day, packed them up, and started to look at the time.
He was only wearing a bathrobe, which was grey-blue. A belt around his waist barely hung the criminal-like clothes on this man's body, but his chest was already full of spring.
Fang Lei said calmly: "Well... he is a very difficult person to get along with."
Xue Xiao: "... Yeah."
Shen Tingyan: "Oh, I haven't even eaten the biscuits you made by yourself, and you brought them to the 'neighbor' I just met?"
Xue Xiao: "..."
Before you get jealous, why don't this neighbor first explain why he came back a day early and lived across from him without telling him! !
He complained: "...You and Brother Fang are teasing me together!"
Shen Tingyan raised his lips: "Surprise?"
"..." Xue Xiao decided to show off his temper, turned around and left.
Shen Tingyan quickly pulled the person back.
After pulling through the door, he held his arms around his waist and pushed him against the wall.
Xue Xiao was pretending to be angry, but as soon as Shen Tingyan hugged him, his face quickly turned red.
Shen Tingyan turned on the air conditioner very much, and the temperature in the room was so low that Xue Xiao should have goosebumps as soon as he came in.
But Shen Tingyan's whole body was so hot that Xue Xiao felt a little sweaty as soon as the two of them got closer.
The pleasant smell also became more intense.
Shen Tingyan admitted his mistake quickly: "I was wrong, don't leave. This biscuit was given to me? Let me try it."
Xue Xiao blushed, watching the man eating biscuits, and whispered: "I already made them for you, and planned to give them to you when I pick up the plane tomorrow."
Shen Tingyan said softly in a low voice: "I couldn't wait to come back, so I worked overtime to finish everything. I really wanted to give you a surprise. I planned to go find you just after I took a shower."
After tasting a small biscuit, he said, "It's delicious. Have you made it before?"
"I told you, my mother taught me how to cook since I was a child. Over time, I know how to cook everything."
Shen Tingyan chuckled and said, "Xiaoxiao is so awesome."
Xue Xiao curled his lips: "You treat me like a child."
The two looked at each other for a while, and then Shen Tingyan lowered his head and kissed him.
After kissing for a while, Xue Xiao felt that something was wrong.
Shen Tingyan was dressed too criminally now, and he smelled really good. Xue Xiao felt that if he sank in for one more second, he would be packed up and taken away tonight.
But he has to meet Brother Fang tomorrow to discuss work! !
So he used all his willpower to push Shen Tingyan away.
Teacher Shen was very dissatisfied. Xue Xiao kissed his chin, chirped, and coaxed: "Let's wait until the next trip is decided..."
Shen Tingyan paused.
Little Bulb took the initiative to send a kiss.
Very good, very useful.
His mentality calmed down, and it was only then that he noticed that Xue Xiao was wearing one of the T-shirts he had given him originally.
He suddenly laughed and said, "Your little electric fan is in my bedroom."
Xue Xiao was stunned for a moment: "You still keep it?"
"Well," Shen Tingyan raised his eyebrows, "Did you think I threw it away?"
Xue Xiao followed Shen Tingyan into his bedroom and took a look. Sure enough, the small pink electric fan was placed on the bedside table.
With the indoor air conditioner turned on so low, this small electric fan will definitely be of no use.
To say that it is a decoration is too "cute".
But Shen Tingyan just put it there.
He didn't know that this little electric fan spent several nights with him.
Xue Xiao was hugged from behind, and the man said lazily: "I will give you some clothes in the future."
"It has to be the kind I wore."
Xue Xiao turned his face sideways, smiling and looking at him doubtfully.
Shen Tingyan picked up the T-shirt he was wearing in disgust: "That's called a 'boyfriend shirt', it's not at all." Xue Xiao laughed out loud.
This time he didn't use the key Shen Tingyan gave him to enter. Shen Tingyan felt it was a waste.
He forced Xue Xiao to go out once, then used the key to open the door and entered, and then took Xue Xiao's fingerprints. After such a "ritual" was completed, his expression became satisfied.
Xue Xiao felt that their teacher Shen’s character was really weird...
The next day, Fang Lei discussed work with him and Dou Mingjian.
Xue Xiao's meeting time was arranged in the afternoon.
After Fang Lei sat down at the conference table, he sighed: "There are so many jobs for you now."
"Superstar" has ended, but the popularity this variety show has brought to this large number of students continues to grow.
Xue Xiao’s Weibo fans have reached nearly 20 million.
After growing from more than a hundred fans to this level in two months, this is considered to be the top in the circle no matter what.
Scripts, variety shows, and advertising endorsements all flew over like snowflakes. It took Fang Lei five full days to filter these resources—he still worked overtime!
"We have two endorsements booked. The contracts will be signed in the next few days and the commercials will be shot."
One of the endorsements was for a men's ready-to-wear series of an affordable luxury brand. Fang Lei told Xue Xiao that this was his entrance to fashion resources and he must take it seriously.
"I have selected some variety shows for you, but this is what I think," Fang Lei said sternly, "We are not shy about appearing on variety shows, and we are not afraid of losing your spot in variety shows."
"Variety shows are a good way to maintain the popularity of artists, let the audience see more aspects of you in real life, and make more people like you."
"But variety shows are always a auxiliary to your career, not the main line. Therefore, we first select the script, determine the time of joining the group, and then decide on the variety show job. What do you think?"
Of course Xue Xiao has no problem.
He trusts Fang Lei, so he absolutely cooperates with all Fang Lei's arrangements.
"As for your filming work, Tingyan may not have told you yet. He will probably wait until the preparations are almost completed before talking to you. However, I can tell you first that he will probably start filming a movie in the middle of next year. , he wants you to be his protagonist.”
Xue Xiao was startled.
Fang Lei spread his hands: "He went to "Superstar" just to find his 'protagonist', and now he has found it, so there is no doubt that you will be the protagonist."
Xue Xiao nodded solemnly: "Okay, I understand."
"As for "People on the Ground", he originally planned to be a producer himself and then form a more professional science fiction film shooting team, but then," Fang Lei coughed lightly and muttered vaguely, "That damn thing Possessiveness... Well, he doesn’t want to let anyone else shoot this movie anyway, so he plans to release it later.”
Xue Xiao blushed.
"What he means is that he will take you to learn filmmaking while filming," Fang Lei glanced at him. "When your abilities improve, you can make this movie together. This time should not exceed four years."
Xue Xiao suddenly opened his eyes: "Together... make?"
"Well, he thinks you can do it," Fang Lei smiled and said, "After all, it's a story you created yourself. You should also want to present it yourself."
Of course Xue Xiao thought about it.
It's just that at that time, his career as an actor was still in its infancy, and making movies was even further away.
But because of "Superstar" and because of Shen Tingyan... everything seemed to be possible.
Xue Xiao straightened his back unconsciously, clenched his fists, and his blood began to boil.
He can do it!
Shen Tingyan is really thinking seriously about the future of the actors he has signed.
On Dou Mingjian's side, Fang Lei confirmed his thoughts.
Dou Mingjian just wants to film. Apart from filming, he is actually not very interested in other endorsements or variety shows.
This actually has certain risks, because this route is too low-key. Once the low-key is too low, the actor's enthusiasm may dissipate, and he will fall into a situation where no one pays attention and cannot receive the script.
And you probably won’t make much money.
So Dou Mingjian was also a little uneasy. He planned to express his thoughts. After that, it still depends on what Fang Lei and Shen Tingyan wanted to do.
Fang Lei said that Shen Tingyan meant that everything should be done according to their ideas.
Shen Tingyan does not regard actors as money-making tools. He is not short of money. He only hopes that the people he admires can develop in the most suitable way for them.
Dou Mingjian then plucked up the courage to say that he still wanted to try drama.
Shen Tingyan also had connections in this regard, and Fang Lei promised that he would talk to Shen Tingyan later.
Dou Mingjian was so excited that he told Xue Xiao that night that he had already decided on his job for the next two years.
Although it is a pity not to be able to participate in the filming of Shen Tingyan's debut movie, Shen Tingyan still has several scripts on hand to shoot. In one of the scripts, Shen Tingyan originally decided that he would be the male lead.
Since the end of "Superstar", many netizens have said that it is unfair to Dou Mingjian that Shen Tingyan prefers Xue Xiao so much.
During the finals, Shen Tingyan also publicly "confessed" to Xue Xiao. Would Dou Mingjian be embarrassed
But Dou Mingjian felt that netizens actually didn’t understand.
In terms of career, what Shen Tingyan gave to Xue Xiao was also given to him.
The only difference is that Shen Tingyan looks at Xue Xiao differently.
Of course Dou Mingjian doesn't need his boss to treat him that way! He felt that it was good for him and Shen Tingyan to maintain the current professional and collaborative relationship!
To Shen Tingyan, one of him and Xue Xiao is an actor he admires, and the other is a muse.
The muse is always there, and Shen Tingyan can always be there.
Of course, Dou Mingjian never told Xue Xiao these words.
Seeing that Dou Mingjian had settled on a job so quickly, Xue Xiao hurriedly went to see his own.
Shen Tingyan's movie is estimated to take half a year to shoot, and the preliminary preparations will also take several months, so Xue Xiao has plans for a whole year tomorrow.
What he has to decide now is which movie he will film in the remaining months of this year.
There are five scripts to choose from, all carefully selected by Fang Lei, and all of them feature male leads.
One of the scripts was special.
It was a script by the famous director Zheng Yang, with a dual-male protagonist setting. One of the male protagonists has been determined to be the best actor - the same actor who originally forwarded the Weibo blogger's review of the show "Jigsaw" on Weibo.
As for the other male lead, they hope that Xue Xiao will play the role.
It is said that the actor initially recommended Zheng Yang to get to know Xue Xiao.
Zheng Yang watched several of Xue Xiao's performances and felt that they really matched his vision for another male protagonist, so he contacted Fang Lei.
Originally, when a director of this level came to invite a play, the manager could directly arrange for the artist and the director to meet for dinner and sign a contract.
However, there were too many scripts submitted to Xue Xiao recently, including many excellent production teams. Fang Lei finally decided to let Xue Xiao choose -
Anyway, no matter which one you shoot, it won’t be bad, so why not let Xue Xiao choose the one you like.
Xue Xiao went back and studied for three days, and finally decided on Zheng Yang's role.
- It has nothing to do with the director or the best actor. He really likes that story and that character so much.
A week later, on the day of the premiere of Shen Tingyan's latest and possibly his last movie, Zheng Yang finally found time to have dinner with Xue Xiao.
They made an appointment at noon.
Fang Lei couldn't accompany him because of something, so Xue Xiao rushed to a Chinese restaurant according to the address he received and entered the private room.
Zheng Yang and the best actor Yang Ying were waiting there.
Zheng Yang is nearly fifty years old, his temples are graying first, his hair is combed back meticulously, and he has a very elegant temperament.
Yang Yingze is in his thirties, with no trace of age on his face. He is very handsome.
He is very talkative. In addition to talking about the script, he also talks about his wife and daughter.
Xue Xiao was a little reserved.
Although Shen Tingyan told him last night that Zheng Yang and Yang Ying had no pretensions and were both very easy-going people, this was his first time attending a meeting alone, and he was always a little nervous when meeting directors and actors of such high status. .
As a result, the meal was very harmonious.
Yang Ying was even quite gossipy: "Speaking of which, I really didn't expect Shen Tingyan to be such a person before. He is quite protective of his shortcomings."
Zheng Yang smiled: "Yeah, I didn't expect it either. Don't tell me, seeing him like this, I had the idea of filming with him, but it's a pity that he didn't do it."
Xue smiled and said: "He has always been quite gentle."
Although that kind of tenderness is not easy to reveal, you can still see his gentle side from the details of this man's behavior.
Yang Ying gave him a refill of juice and sighed: "How can you describe it as 'gentle'? He protects you like a treasure and won't let the messy people in the circle touch you at all."
Xue Xiao then realized that Yang Ying might be talking about the incident between Wanyu and Jiang Ye.
He: "...well, that incident has actually passed a long time-"
Unexpectedly, Yang Ying said in surprise: "It has been a long time? Are you mistaken?"
He and Zheng Yang looked at each other and suddenly reacted, saying, "Don't you know yet?"
Xue Xiao was stunned and asked in confusion: "What?"
Yang Ying said with a clear face: "You really don't know."
He shook his head and said curiously: "He doesn't even let these things bother you."
"I'm talking about something related to your character, and it happened in the past few days."
(End of chapter)