The Eye of the Storm

Chapter 44

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"Sit down." Cao Xiuyuan raised his chin towards him and motioned him to sit across from him.

Liang Sizhe pursed his lips, pulled the chair across from him and sat down. In front of Cao Xiuyuan was a bowl of bean curd noodles and a plate of fried dough sticks.

In the morning, the light is bright, the air is fresh, the summer heat has not yet diffused, and the coolness of the night barely prevails. The breakfast stalls before seven o'clock are still a bit deserted. The diners sitting on the stalls waiting for breakfast have sleepy faces on their faces, yawning listlessly, and no one recognizes the reputation of the person who eats fried dough sticks and bean curd at the stall. The well-known director Cao Xiuyuan.

Cao Xiuyuan also wore ordinary clothes. There were some visible folds on the unbranded cotton undershirt, and it even looked a little sloppy, which was different from the Cao Xiuyuan in Liang Sizhe's impression in the past.

"What to eat?" Cao Xiuyuan looked at him and asked.

"Just like you." Liang Sizhe tried his best to look calmer.

Cao Xiuyuan beckoned the boss over and ordered the same breakfast for Liang Sizhe. While waiting for Liang Sizhe's breakfast to be served, he ate the breakfast in front of him.

When Liang Sizhe bowed his head to eat breakfast, Cao Xiuyuan kept looking at him opposite, his eyes were the same as when they first met half a month ago.

Liang Sizhe swallowed the food in his mouth and sat up straighter. He has never been the character to be looked at by others and to sit still. He looked up at Cao Xiuyuan: "What did you want to say when you came to me?"

"Let's eat first," Cao Xiuyuan was not in a hurry, "Let's talk after eating."

Liang Sizhe nodded, lowered his head and continued to eat breakfast, although he couldn't eat it very well.

Cao Xiuyuan lit a cigarette and smoked, and looked at Liang Sizhe from the opposite side, this young man who made him undecided for the first time, from the perspective of choosing an actor, the strengths and weaknesses of this young man are indeed too obvious.

Zheng Yin is right, Liang Sizhe's personal temperament is too strong, it's not that he can't be an actor, but if he has the ambition to become a good actor, his future acting career may be a little difficult. Actors need to play a thousand people and a thousand faces, and pay attention to keeping the audience out of the show. An actor like Zhang Minghan who has a low sense of existence is the most ideal candidate, because he can easily turn himself into another role, but Liang Sizhe wants to be an actor. The audience must first forget that he is Liang Sizhe, and then convince the audience that he has completely changed into another character.

It was too difficult, Cao Xiuyuan looked at Liang Sizhe and thought, he was not sure whether Liang Sizhe had such a talent or not. Of course Liang Sizhe can also be a star in the public sense, but he is not interested in spending energy to support a star who is a hindrance to the movie.

However, Liang Sizhe's advantages are also extremely prominent. Otherwise, when the teacher at the Music Affiliated High School found out the video of the violin ensemble for him to show, he would not have picked Liang Sizhe out of hundreds of teenagers at a glance, and when he learned that Liang Sizhe could no longer play the violin However, he still insisted on taking him to Beijing.

If Liang Sizhe was initially selected because of his appearance, then he insisted on taking him to Beijing because he saw Liang Sizhe's first face in the corridor that night, and he saw a rare vulnerability in this young man. sense.

It is not an empty, superficial feeling of fragility, it is a feeling of fragility that has been ravaged by life in every possible way. It looks fragile but is actually tough, a feeling of fragility wrapped under a hard shell. Yes, it can withstand the lens magnification.

Although no one would agree that it is a good thing to endure hardships these days, people who have indeed endured hardships will have a sense of heaviness.

Therefore, Liang Sizhe, who has endured hardship, looks different from Cao Ye, who has not endured hardship.

So different. Cao Xiuyuan looked at Liang Sizhe and thought.

However, Xiaoman... Xiaoman is not a child who has suffered a lot, he is a well-raised teenager in a mean alley, his fragility is broken at a blow, he does not need a hard and sharp shell.

So who is more suitable for Xiaoman? Even Cao Xiuyuan, who had always been decisive, was at a loss at this moment.

After Liang Sizhe finished his breakfast, he ate all the fried dough sticks and drank the bowl of bean curd. He looked up at Cao Xiuyuan, waiting for him to finalize his fate. He thought that this scene was more like a prisoner who was dragged to Caishikou for beheading in the past. He had to eat and drink well in advance before he could go on the road with peace of mind.

Cao Xiuyuan exhaled a mouthful of white smoke, flicked the ash, and looked at Liang Sizhe: "Cao Ye has the script in his hand, have you read it?"

"I've seen it a little bit." Liang Sizhe said. In fact, I didn't read it, it was Cao Ye who read a few paragraphs to him.

"Well, let's go back and watch it together, think about the role, and prepare for the audition later."

Liang Sizhe was stunned before speaking: "You mean... I passed the audition round?"

"Yeah," Cao Xiuyuan glanced at him, "otherwise what would I do with you?"

This sentence made Liang Sizhe's mood extremely complicated in an instant. He suddenly opened up and mixed in some entanglements, so did he really want to compete fairly with Cao Ye? He didn't want to wake up from the dream of this movie, but he didn't seem to want to compete with Cao Ye for the same role...

He calmed down, calmed his boiling brain as soon as possible, and raised his eyes to look at Cao Xiuyuan: "What do you mean, you want me to compete with Cao Ye for this role?"

"Yes, competition." Cao Xiuyuan said.

Liang Sizhe paused and said again, "I heard that this character was originally written based on Cao Ye, and you seemed to be more satisfied with Cao Ye in the last audition."

"An audition is an audition," Cao Xiuyuan quenched his cigarette in the dinner plate, "The final decision on who will act is determined by the audition. As for the prototype, this is an independent script, and there is no prototype or prototype. If there are any questions, let's work together. Just ask."

Liang Sizhe realized that this was a rare opportunity, and maybe he would never have another chance to have a face-to-face dialogue with such a top director in his life. I heard Mr. Zheng Yin's words outside the door, and I wanted to know... Is it true that as he said, I am not suitable to be an actor."

Hearing this, Cao Xiuyuan laughed and let out a slight snort from his nose: "You haven't acted yet, how do I know if you can be a good actor?"

These words were almost contemptuous, and they did not save face for Liang Sizhe at all, Liang Sizhe pursed his lips and said nothing.

"However," Cao Xiuyuan leaned on the back of the chair, looked at him and said, "If a person has not acted yet, but everyone thinks he is not suitable for being an actor, what do you think is the most likely situation?"

Liang Sizhe raised his head and looked at him, he didn't know what Cao Xiuyuan wanted to say. The light leaking from the small gap in the awning above his head cast on Cao Xiuyuan's face, making him look like a statue with a resolute face.

Cao Xiuyuan leaned over, his elbows on the dining table, and pulled the two of them into direct distance, his voice was very low: "This person, in terms of acting, either is a fool who can't be carved, or he will become a blockbuster genius. ."

Liang Sizhe was slightly startled, and was speechless for a while.

Cao Xiuyuan squinted slightly at him: "I'm also curious, which one will you be." After he finished speaking, he stood up, the legs of the chair rubbed against the concrete floor, making a harsh noise, Liang Sizhe came back to his senses, and stood with him. stand up.

Cao Xiuyuan turned around and walked into the store, went to the boss to pay for the breakfast, and came out with a packaged breakfast in his hand and handed it to Liang Sizhe: "Take it back to Cao Ye."

"Oh, good." Liang Sizhe took it.

Cao Xiuyuan looked in another direction, and added at the end: "Don't care what he said, he has never seen someone like you as an actor, which just shows that you are unique in the entertainment industry, which is a good thing."

"Well," Liang Sizhe whispered, "Thank you."

"Wait for the audition news." After Cao Xiuyuan finished speaking, he left Laodu Noodle House. Liang Sizhe stood there and looked at his back, waiting for him to turn out of Yinsi Street before taking back his gaze.

The road back to Lanyan was completely different from the mood when I came here. I felt a little more relaxed. Although it was still a bit tangled, at least I left myself a lot more time for buffering and thinking. Lost situation.

Cao Xiuyuan himself said the words "fair competition" more convincingly than anyone else.

Cao Xiuyuan has a convincing temperament, which is different from all the adults Liang Sizhe has come into contact with. He gives people a paranoid, sharp, and unequivocal feeling, which makes him a little arrogant, but he doesn't even disdain it Rather than wrapping them up with a mild appearance, let these qualities be exposed to the eyes of others.

Maybe genius is supposed to be like that. Liang Sizhe thought.

However, if it is really fair competition... Liang Sizhe couldn't help but think, how should he get along with Cao Ye? Can you really read the script together and think about the characters together as Cao Xiuyuan said

Liang Sizhe has experienced too many competitions. The chief position of the violin ensemble and the opportunity to represent the affiliated high school to participate in the national violin competition are all obtained by him through competition. Players who cannot stand in the chief position can only become foils... No one compares He is more aware of how brutal the nature of competition is.

When he returned to his room, Cao Ye was already awake, and was sitting on the bed with sleepy eyes when he heard the sound of pushing the door and turned to look at Liang Sizhe. His vocal cords were hoarse, and his voice sounded rustling: "Where have you been?"

"Wake up so early?" Liang Sizhe closed the door with his backhand, walked over and put breakfast on the table, his tone as relaxed as possible, "Your dad is here to find me."

"My dad?" Cao Ye's eyes widened suddenly, looking a little surprised, "What is he doing for you?"

Liang Sizhe walked over and sat beside his bed and looked at Cao Ye: "He came to tell me, let's prepare well for the next round of auditions."

"Oh..." Cao Ye turned his bewildered brain, and the surprise in his eyes quickly turned to surprise after he realized it, "So he means let's watch the script together, right? I'll just say, then you can finally Don't worry about reading that script?"

"Ah," Liang Sizhe responded and smiled, "I thought I couldn't pass the audition."

"How is it possible... You can't pass, no one can pass, don't belittle yourself, brother Sizhe."

"You know quite a lot of idioms." When talking to Cao Ye, the mood was easily relaxed, and the tense nerves in front of Cao Xiuyuan were quickly relieved. Liang Sizhe smiled, "You didn't grow up abroad. Is it?"

"I'm the little prince of idioms, and I'm very talented. Oops, it's another idiom accidentally."

Liang Sizhe was amused by him and laughed a few times.

Cao Ye also laughed. After laughing, he thought about it and said: "My dad, although he is not human, it is his advantage. He will definitely not favor me because I am his son. , Uncle Yin gave it to me secretly, sometimes I think he is just like my father, if it weren't for me and my father looking a bit like..." He turned his face to look at Liang Sizhe, "Hey, do you think I am with me? Does Dad look alike?"

"One thing," Liang Sizhe looked at his face, "it looks like it."

"That's right... So I am indeed his biological son. But why did he come over and didn't expect to come to see me... "

"He... looks quite busy." A rare trace of disappointment appeared on Cao Ye's face. Liang Sizhe lied involuntarily. In fact, he didn't see whether Cao Xiuyuan was busy or not.

"Oh, he's always busy." Cao Ye lowered his head, raised his hands and rubbed his face, "That's not a few steps away."

"He was going to come up, but later I heard that you were sleeping, so... he didn't come up," Liang Sizhe comforted others for the first time in his life. In order to prove what he said, he raised his chin towards the table with a guilty conscience, "He also deliberately Let me bring you breakfast."

"Really?" Cao Ye's hands on his face fell, and he looked up at the breakfast on the table, "He bought it for me? Is he so good?"

Liang Sizhe sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him. Cao Ye's hair was messed up in his sleep, and it was stuck on top of his head in a mess. The impression on his cheeks pressed by the pillow had not completely disappeared. Children who eat candy.

"Yeah, he specially told me to bring it up." Liang Sizhe said.

"Did he say anything else?" Cao Ye turned to look at him with anticipation, "Did you mention anything else?"

"He also said..." Liang Sizhe couldn't bear to tell the truth, afraid that the expectation would disappear from his face, so he lied again, "He also asked you if it's been hot these days."

"Really?" The anticipation on Cao Ye's face was even greater, and there was a hint of surprise and surprise in it, "Is there any more?"

"Well, he said that he remembered that you were particularly afraid of heat..." Liang Sizhe said slowly, but his mind was racing, he was thinking about what lie he had to tell so as not to let the expectations in his eyes fail.

"And then?" Cao Ye couldn't wait to urge him to continue.

Liang Sizhe told enough lies that he had never told in his life. He couldn't find anything else to continue, but the bright and lively expectation on Cao Ye's face made him unable to stop. He gritted his teeth: "Then... He said he would find someone to install the air conditioner for a few days." After saying this, Liang Sizhe almost bit his tongue.

"My God, is he still my dad?!" Cao Ye exclaimed in disbelief, "Is he possessed by Uncle Yin?"

Liang Sizhe didn't say anything. He felt that he had dug a big hole for himself, and now he was a little worried about how to fill the hole.

"He really said that?" Cao Ye turned around excitedly and sat face to face with Liang Sizhe.

"When the time comes, you'll see if he finds someone to install the air conditioner." Liang Sizhe turned his face away, quietly avoiding his excited and fiery gaze, for fear that he would reveal his secrets. This lie is really guilty enough. .

"Oh yeah, we're going to have an air conditioner soon!" Cao Ye shouted excitedly and jumped up from the bed.

"Yeah, wash up and have breakfast quickly." Liang Sizhe urged, he just wanted to send Cao Ye away quickly, and be quiet for a while, he wanted to be possessed by Zheng Yin, not Cao Xiuyuan, but himself.