The Eye of the Storm

Chapter 32

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Taking the elevator back to the office area upstairs, Cheng Duan finally felt a little more at ease, and turned to look at Cao Ye who was standing beside him: "I just left Liang Sizhe for dinner, why did you interrupt me so quickly, why don't you want to be with him? Have a meal?"

"I don't care," Cao Ye leaned against the elevator wall behind him, "but he doesn't want to stay, can't you see it?"

"He doesn't think so, does he?" Cheng Duan is confident that he usually doesn't miss people when he sees people. Cao Ye said this, and he recalled Liang Sizhe's expression at that time, "I really didn't see it."

"It's very annoying for him to deal with the management." Cao Ye said, looking at the company's new trailer on the screen on the elevator wall.

"Oh..." Cheng Duan was thoughtful, and suddenly reacted after a while, "Hey, do you know such a private idea?"

"Well... I guessed." Cao Ye said, his heart was not guessing, it was Liang Sizhe who told himself that. It's been a long time, Liang Sizhe just said it casually when he was drunk, so even Cao Ye is surprised why he can remember this to this day, and he can even remember the scene when he said this. . How long ago was that? It should be another year after Liang Sizhe won the first actor... Yes, after "Thirteen Days" and before "Red Boy and Red Girl".

"Ha, why am I so unbelievable..." Cheng Duan suddenly felt that even if he mentioned Liang Sizhe to Cao Ye now, he probably wouldn't be able to blow up, so he tilted his head and approached Cao Ye, whispering gossip, "So Mr. Cao , what's the story between the two of you? It's not just Lin Huan, right?"

"Ah." Cao Ye responded.

Cheng Duan didn't expect that he would follow up, so he repeated the formula: "Then let's hear it?"

When the elevator went up to the tenth floor, the door slowly opened. Cao Ye walked out and said, "Didn't you guess it? What other stories can you tell when an old lover meets?"

"Really or not?" The dose of gossip was too large, and Cheng Duan's curiosity was fully mobilized, and he followed up and asked, "Are you actually a double? Haven't heard of it..."

Cao Ye turned his head to look at him and smiled: "Do you really believe it?"

Cheng Duan suddenly realized that Cao Ye was just joking to kill himself, he paused, and then quickly followed: "The tone of what you said just now is exactly the same as Liang Sizhe, do you know?"

Cao Ye looked at him and smiled: "I never thought you would take it seriously. Vice President Cheng, you are so easy to deceive. Someone inside the company would actually guess that you were trying to seize power?"

"Are you in a good mood today, and you actually made a joke about me," Cheng Duan put his arm on his shoulder and said in a low voice, "but to be honest, it was the first time I worked with Liang Sizhe, and I still remember him. It's quite different."

"What do you think of it?"

Cheng Duan thought for a while and said, "According to the image created by the media... He should be a big name, like to show people's faces, and not very cooperative."

Cao Ye sneered: "You, a senior executive of an entertainment company, actually believe in the media."

"He rarely exposes his life actively. Everyone's impression of him is based on media reports... So if you don't believe in the media, what is your impression of him?"

"I..." Cao Ye paused, yes, what Liang Sizhe has become in these years, he thought about it, and found that he couldn't explain it clearly.

"Say it." Cheng Duan urged him.

Cao Ye came back to his senses and pretended to be stupid: "Huh? What did you say?" After he finished speaking, he thought that pretending to be a fool was a good thing when he was young, and it seemed that it hadn't come in handy for a long time.

"You are also distracted when you are talking." Cheng Duan said helplessly.

At this moment, Cao Ye's cell phone vibrated. Cheng Duan glanced at it. It was a video invitation sent by Qin Zhenzhen. In his mind, the picture of Qin Zhenzhen coming to the studio to audition appeared in his mind - looking at a very cold girl, I didn't expect it to be so sticky.

Cao Ye touched the screen with his thumb and rejected the video invitation. Qin Zhenzhen immediately sent an angry emoji on the chat interface, followed by a line: "I want to see you!"

"See you tonight."

"I want to see it now."

Cao Ye turned off the screen and didn't reply.

He wants to end a relationship again.

Good work, few things, and non-stickiness. For him, the importance of these three advantages increases in order, while for Qin Zhenzhen, it decreases in order.

When you meet a clingy girl, you will have an idea of wanting to get out. Cao Ye didn't know when he got into this problem. Sometimes he would think clearly, this is almost a mental illness, right? Who can't be clingy in love? Unless I meet a girl like Lin Huan again, but Lin Huan is not clingy just because their relationship is not a lover but a friend...

- Could it be inherited from Cao Xiuyuan? Cao Ye had this kind of thought in his mind, and soon found it a little funny. He must have a deep prejudice against Cao Xiuyuan, and he thought of detaining him for anything...

The imaging effect of the makeup photo is very good. Liang Sizhe himself may not be easy to get along with, but it is really worry-free when it comes to retouching. The photo was sent to the publicity team for review.

After discussion, the publicity team finally settled on three photos. At first glance, the visual effects were amazing, and they were almost indistinguishable. The publicity director couldn't make up his mind, so he took the photos to Cheng Duan's office to discuss the release plan with him.

"I probably don't have the right to decide this," Cheng Duan flipped through the three selected makeup photos, got up from his seat and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see someone who can make up your mind."

A few minutes later, the head of publicity stood at the door, looked up at the words "President's Office", and a cold sweat dripped on his forehead: "Does this require such a big battle..."

"Just in case." Cheng Duan smiled and knocked on the door to enter Cao Ye's office.

"The fixed makeup photos have been repaired," Cheng Duan explained the purpose as soon as he entered the door, "The three photos that have been set are good, but if all three photos are taken out at one time, it will destroy the mystery, and the effect may not be good, so in the end choose It is up to you, President Cao, to decide which one to choose." He said, bowing his head and passing the three photos to Cao Ye on his mobile phone.

Cao Ye's cell phone buzzed a few times on the desk and received the photo from Cheng Duan.

"I said I'm not worried that you are trying to usurp the throne, and you still come to me about the propaganda," Cao Ye said, but he didn't reject him outright.

"You look at it first." Cheng Duan smiled.

Cao Ye swiped his finger on the screen, and Cheng Duan explained to him: "These three pictures should have good effects, but from the perspective of pure publicity, this one should have the highest degree of discussion," Cheng Duan stretched his hand over him. He swiped twice on the screen, "Because the makeup photo released by Huang Qianshi at that time has almost the same shape and movement as this one, and the comparison between the two versions is the most obvious, so the degree of online discussion may be quite high..."

"Don't take this one." Cao Ye simply denied it.

Cheng Duan raised his eyebrows and said, "Huh? Reason?"

"Do you really think he's a substitute?" Cao Ye raised his eyes to look at him, "He even looked for the exact same person. This is too obvious."

"But this one is better than Huang Qianshi's one, so it shouldn't be scolded..." The propaganda director explained cautiously on the side.

Cao Ye looked at the photo and shook his head: "The effect is put aside, just to say that it has to compare Huang Qianshi's posture, it seems quite petite."

Cheng Duan said calmly: "In business, there is a degree of discussion only when there is comparison."

Cao Ye didn't mean to bargain with him, he swiped the photo to the next one, and tapped the screen with his finger: "Set this one."

Cheng Duan glanced at the scene where Liang Sizhe turned his back to the camera. Interlacing light and shadow, the almost hideous scar on his face and the playful and indifferent expression between his brows were brought out to the extreme, and the whole composition showed a kind of crazy hysteria. From an artistic point of view, this one is indeed the best one.

It's just that the most important thing in publicity is the degree of discussion... Although there was a word in his heart, Cheng Duan nodded peacefully and said, "Okay, then this one." The matter of Liang Sizhe should not be taken lightly...

At 8 p.m. the next day, Liang Sizhe's knife scar fixed makeup photo was released on the whole network, and the discussion rate rose rapidly.

Cao Ye's judgment was correct. Liang Sizhe did not need to compare with Huang Qianshi to gain discussion. He himself could form a huge vortex of public opinion.

Liang Sizhe has played many impressive roles, such as Xiaoman, the son of the proprietress of the bathhouse, Li Nian, a transvestite, a gay man living at the bottom, a handsome and romantic Yue Opera actor... But this is the first time such a hysterical villain has appeared in in the audience's view.

Except for the film directed by Liang Sizhe, he has almost never played a supporting role. Cao Xiuyuan once said that he could not be a supporting role because his appearance on the screen would rob the protagonist of the light.

"The audience's vision and feelings are limited. After seeing Liang Sizhe, they can't have extra vision and feelings that can be allocated to another actor."

Long after Cao Xiuyuan said these words, Cao Ye wanted to understand one thing. Cao Xiuyuan will do wrong things and say wrong things. He is a genius, not a god. A genius is also a mere mortal.

For example, now, he has personally proved that what Cao Xiuyuan said was wrong. Liang Sizhe can play a supporting role, and he does not need to hide his brilliance. Cao Xiuyuan said that because he has successfully created many impressive protagonists, but he has not created enough good and amazing villains and supporting roles.

After the release of the fixed makeup photo, the online public opinion was lively for a while. Under the background of Huang Qianshi, Liang Sizhe, who has always had a very poor media image, has almost gone up in popularity this time.

- "Oh my God, it's really officially announced, the film party is awesome, and actually got Liang Sizhe!"

- "This makeup photo is hard-core, Liang Sizhe is so fucking handsome, he just pressed Huang Qianshi's version to the ground and rubbed it."

- "The quality is amazing, where are those who say Liang Sizhe is nothing without Cao Xiuyuan, can you come out and slap the face yourself?"

- "Compared with Huang Qianshi, Liang Sizhe can be rated as one of the top ten most moving actors in China..."

But extremes turn into opposites, and as the compliments grow louder, the mocking voices soon follow:

- "Is it ironic to say that the top ten actors in China were moved? Liang Sizhe almost got into trouble for beating up a reporter a few years ago. Fans won't think that the audience has collective amnesia, right?"

- "A single makeup photo can make fans come to a series of climaxes. Liang Sizhe's walking pile driver is really well-deserved."

— "If you want me to say that the filmmakers should not invite Liang Sizhe if they want to be released smoothly, play big names and break the contract midway, beat reporters at press conferences, and openly stand on the street as a pedophile... These things that Liang Yingdi did, nothing is better than Huang Don't you worry about Qianshi? You can't win the Cannes Best Actor because of your good acting skills.