The winter this year was extremely dry. The northwesterly wind swept the entire city, the temperature dropped to below zero, and the puddles on the road froze, but no snow fell.
Liang Sizhe's film "The Sinking" in the first half of the year was released in mid-December, so after "Try Again" was completed, he took a few days off and followed the crew to roadshows in several major cities. This film takes the route of brain-burning suspense, the audience is not wide, and the editing of the film is a bit confusing, so the box office is not particularly ideal.
Liang Sizhe was not in a good state when he acted in that film, and the characters in the film were somewhat similar to Lu Hechuan, so some people began to say that Liang Sizhe was caught in acting routines, exhausted his talent, and reached the ceiling of his career as an actor.
Liang Sizhe has been in film for ten years, during which he has been a director for two years. He knows how complicated and huge the operation process behind a movie is, whether the characters are brilliant or not, and whether the finished film is amazing, can not be decided by himself, so he did not Take these voices to heart.
On the contrary, Cao Ye couldn't hold back his anger. He applied for a Weibo account by himself. When he was idle, he scolded Liang Sizhe's black fans. When he was seen by Liang Sizhe one day, he took the phone out of Cao Ye's hand. Laughed at him for a while.
That was a comment below the trailer of "The Darkest Choice". The person said that Liang Sizhe's career had begun to decline, and the roles played after Cannes were all a routine and nothing to watch.
Cao Ye replied below that comment: "After Cannes, Liang Sizhe's film has only appeared in "The Sinking". How many routines can a character perform?"
The comment returned: "Don't you think this character is exactly the same as Lu Hechuan?"
Cao Ye: "The similarity of characters is a matter of the script. What does it have to do with the actors?"
The man snapped his hat down: "Liang Sizhe's brainless fans like to blow without brains the most."
Cao Ye replied without hesitation: "Liang Sizhe's brainless black fans like brainless blacks the most."
Liang Sizhe smiled at the comment: "Cao Ye, what grade are you in elementary school?"
Cao Ye grabbed the phone from his hand: "Which sentence am I wrong?"
He just thought that "The Sinking" did a good job. Although the characters in "The Sinking" were not so amazing compared to Liang Sizhe's best portrayed Xiaoman, Li Tian and Lu Hechuan, Liang Sizhe's performance in the film was bright enough. eye.
One day at the end of the year, Liang Sizhe was invited to participate in a brand event abroad. Cao Ye went home from Lomond in the evening, went into the study and pulled out the open cabinet, stretched his arms, and pulled out a CD from a certain corner at the top.
The cover of the CD shows Yinsi Street where snow is falling under the dim street lamps at night. Two big characters - "Yinsi" are printed on it, and there are small characters "-Dedicated to the best actor Liang Sizhe." Cao Ye designed the CD. At the time of the cover, Liang Sizhe hadn't won the best actor, and he didn't even know how to act in movies, but at that time, Cao Ye was very sure that Liang Sizhe would definitely win the best actor.
Cao Ye stared at the cover for a long time. For a long time, he was afraid to open the CD. He once thought that he was afraid of seeing his once innocent self, but now he realized that he was afraid of opening the DVD. His heart for Liang Sizhe will be awakened, and there is nowhere to hide, so that he can no longer be an ostrich with his head buried in his heart.
When he burned this CD, he originally wanted to give it to Liang Sizhe as a birthday present for his 19th birthday, but when he brought it back to China, he came across the scene of Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin going to bed. Since then, the CD has been put on the shelf by him and never ordered again. Played on.
Since I missed my 19th birthday, let's... open it together on my 29th birthday.
Cao Ye counted the months, it was half a year before Liang Sizhe's next birthday, and he felt that it was a long time.
On New Year's Eve, a New Year's Eve party will be held in Burning as in previous years. The main crew of "Mandala" are all there, and many of Cao Ye's friends are also here.
Liang Sizhe's brand event ends today, and it takes more than ten hours to return by plane, which will probably arrive tomorrow morning.
Almost all of Cao Ye's friends are in pairs, making him stand alone in the middle.
There was a rhythmic dance music in the bar, which was lively but not too loud. Dabai asked, "Why didn't Liang Sizhe come here?"
"Can superstars show up easily?" Lin Yan leaned over and said, "Yezi, I said Liang Sizhe is unreliable, did you break up with you again?"
"Go away." Cao Ye laughed.
"Is Liang Sizhe coming too?" A girl in the crew heard Liang Sizhe's name and came over to ask, and then someone screamed, "Aah—really?! Liang Sizhe will come?"
"He can't come," Cao Ye said back, "to participate in activities abroad."
"Oh—" the person who screamed earlier said frustratedly, "Okay! I thought there would be a New Year's surprise."
Ding Mao was drunk by the crew, and was instigated by others. He came over and asked Cao Ye, "Brother Ye, on the day of the premiere of "Mandala", can you invite Liang Sizhe to our premiere?"
"Do you like him so much?" Cao Ye took a sip of low-grade wine and asked with a smile.
"Our entire crew is his number one fan, okay? You are friends, so you can fulfill our dream!"
"I'll try my best," Cao Ye said. "I'll tell him when the time comes."
"Enough!" Ding Mao raised his glass, "Brother Ye, I respect you, I have finished this glass."
Ding Mao raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass, and someone in the speakeasy screamed, "It's New Year's Eve in one minute!"
The music on the stage stopped, and the drummer began to beat the drum in seconds. Each time he beat the drum, it was one second closer to the new year.
The phone on the table vibrated, Cao Ye took a look, Liang Sizhe called, Cao Ye picked up the phone and stood up. For some reason, he seemed to have a hunch that Liang Sizhe was very close to him.
In the noise of the underground bar, Cao Ye put the phone close to his ear, Liang Sizhe's voice came over, his breathing was obvious, and it sounded like there was wind around him: "Cao Ye, come out."
Cao Ye walked out with his mobile phone in his hand, Ding Mao put down his cup and said in surprise, "Brother Ye, where are you going?"
Cao Ye hurriedly said, "I have something to do, you guys have fun."
Lin Yan's voice came from behind: "Yezi, is your little beauty here?"
Cao Ye ignored him, ran out quickly, turned out of the speakeasy, and stood under the long spiral staircase. He saw Liang Sizhe standing on the stairs a few meters away. If anyone came out now, the speakeasy might cause a commotion.
Cao Ye stepped up two or three steps, and when he got closer, he could see that Liang Sizhe was leaning against the wall and breathing calmly, and the hair on his forehead was blown by the wind.
"Did you run here?" Cao Ye stepped up the last stairs and stood in front of him, "Where's the driver?"
"The road is too congested," Liang Sizhe looked at him, "I got out of the car and rushed over to give you a New Year's kiss."
The speakeasy begins to count down dozens of seconds: "Ten, nine, eight..."
Gorgeous lights slanted out from the stairway, reflecting the long and narrow spiral staircase brightly.
When Liang Sizhe approached, Cao Ye could feel the chill outside on him.
The kiss was hurried and intense. They had just run a certain distance, and their breathing had not completely calmed down. With a hot emotion, their teeth collided and their lips were broken, as if they were going to devour each other.
The countdown ended, the kiss continued for a few more seconds, and then the two separated.
They were so close that the tip of their nose almost touched the tip of their nose. Cao Ye asked in a low voice, "Liang Sizhe, where did you come from?"
"Get off at the traffic lights."
"Will it be filmed?"
"I run very fast," Liang Sizhe chuckled, "I shouldn't be recognized."
Liang Sizhe's phone vibrated, and the driver called. The driver had just passed the traffic light and turned into the road near Yinsi.
They leaned against the wall of the stairs, chatting quietly in the dim light as they waited for the driver.
"Yin Si didn't have any snow this year." Cao Ye said regretfully.
"Winter isn't over yet," Liang Sizhe tightened his fingers and put Cao Ye's hand in his palm, "Maybe it will go down, and even if it doesn't go down this year, can we watch it together next year?"
"Liang Sizhe, this is our first New Year's Eve together."
Liang Sizhe made a sound of "um".
"After so many years, I've finally grown a year older with you," Cao Ye said with emotion, "but... Shouldn't it be a year older now?"
Liang Sizhe turned his face, raised his hand to squeeze Cao Ye's chin, pulled it to the left and then to the right, looked at him carefully, and said in a low voice, "I haven't gotten old, I haven't grown up, it's still the same as ten years ago."
Cao Ye laughed: "Liang Sizhe, your boyfriend's filter is too thick."
New Year's Eve is very long, they arrived at Cao Ye's house.
The floor where Cao Ye lived was high, and there were no buildings around him that blocked his view, so he could see the clean and deep night.
After they finished, they lay on the bed and chatted for a while, until the night faded, the sky turned blue, and the sleepiness gradually surfaced.
Before falling asleep, Cao Ye asked, "Liang Sizhe, how did you spend the New Year's Eve before?"
"After watching a few movies alone, New Year's Eve is over," Liang Sizhe said.
Every year, Liang Sizhe is invited to be a countdown guest at the New Year's Day party, leaving him the most golden time, but Liang Sizhe refused, he didn't like the noisy atmosphere.
With Cao Ye this year, this year is quite normal, but I just think it's quite lively.
Cao Ye was so sleepy he couldn't keep his eyes open. He hugged Liang Sizhe and said in a sleepy voice, "Good night Liang Sizhe, I will accompany you every New Year's Eve in the future."
"Okay," Liang Sizhe said softly, his mouth slightly raised, "Good night."
Yunchu Studio signed a new person in the new year - Li Yangxiao, Chi Mingyao's boyfriend, who was the lead between Cao Ye.
At noon on the day of the signing, the four of them went out to have a meal together with Xu Yunchu.
At the dinner table, Cao Ye looked at Chi Mingyao and Li Yangxiao across from him, and thought to himself that the two were still together. How long was the contract for foster care? It's just that Chi Mingyao, the sponsor, is too competent, and the resources for sending Li Yangxiao a TV series are not enough. Looking at this posture, I want to praise Li Yangxiao as a movie emperor all the way.
In mid-January, the shortlist for the Berlin Film Festival was announced, and "Darkest Choice" was shortlisted for the main competition unit and participated in the Golden Bear Award competition as a representative of Chinese films.
Liang Sizhe happened to be working with Cao Ye in Lomon that day. As soon as the shortlist came out, the inside of Lomon exploded.
"The Darkest Choice" is Lomon's own son. Not only was Lomon the director of the cast, but Lomon was in charge of the entire filming, production, and publicity process. , Unexpectedly, the twists and turns have not only invited Liang Sizhe to make up the film, but now he has also been shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival.
Cao Ye excitedly dragged Liang Sizhe to the computer and chose the dress for the Berlin Film Festival with him.
He opened the spring and summer haute couture collections of several brands, browsed men's suits, and asked Liang Sizhe's opinion.
Liang Sizhe couldn't bear to discourage his enthusiasm, but he had to tell him: "In this kind of occasion, the brand will provide dresses."
"Oh... that's right." Cao Ye paused while holding the mouse. Then he remembered that Liang Sizhe had a luxury endorsement. He was thinking about buying a suit for Liang Sizhe, and forgot about it.
"However, you can choose and then talk to the brand," Liang Sizhe added, "Let's choose first."
Cao Ye responded, but although he didn't show it, he was still a little disappointed. Since he entered the Berlin Film Festival for "The Darkest Choice", he has thought many times about letting Liang Sizhe wear the suit he bought to the podium.
He also thought about wearing the same suit as Liang Sizhe to attend the film festival, but he was a little worried that it would be too high-profile.
Cao Ye felt that he was really contradictory, not only wanted the world to know that he was in love with Liang Sizhe, but at the same time, he was worried about being known that he was in love with Liang Sizhe.