All the people who came to the banquet were old friends of the crew. The main team members took turns to toast, one after another. The two were quite close at first, but gradually they were pushed away from each other.
Hearing that Liang Sizhe was quitting drinking, no one who came to toast dared to persuade him to drink more, and they all took the initiative to drink up the wine in their hands.
The main team members of the crew have followed Zeng Ran all the way from independent films. They can only be regarded as newcomers in the film circle. Liang Sizhe is an existence that most newcomers need to look up to, so those who come to toast either want to To express reverence, or just want to get close to the idol, in short, most of them just drink a glass of wine and chat a few words and leave, and dare not bother too much.
Liang Sizhe has a sense of distance. The closer he is, the stronger this feeling will be, and it will be so strong that people will consciously leave after a little bit of thunder.
But Cao Ye is not. Cao Ye was surrounded by people in the middle of the crowd at the moment, and he refused to drink with others, so that Liang Sizhe sighed that his alcohol intake had grown so much over the years.
After dealing with the few people who were toasting with him, Cheng Duan walked over to Liang Sizhe with the wine, and said with a smile: "Sizhe, it's been quite tiring for this half-month reshoot, right? I heard that the crew often finished filming until the early hours of the morning. , it's really hard for you, I have to toast you."
"Is it work? It should be." Liang Sizhe picked up the goblet on the table and touched him. The glass was filled with ice water. He raised his head and drank it to show respect.
"I heard that you were injured last night? Is it serious?" Cheng Duan said, looking at Liang Sizhe's arm.
"It's not serious, but it can be counted as a work-related injury. If Lomon reconsiders the settlement of the balance, then I don't mind."
Cheng Duan said with a smile: "The balance of payment is under the financial management, and finally signed by President Cao. If he is willing to nod, then I have no objection."
"Looks like I'll have to fight for it later."
"Mr. Cao went to stare at the filming last night, didn't he?"
"right."
"In the middle of the night, I didn't tell anyone in advance. It's almost 200 kilometers back and forth. It's not easy to run long distances in rainy days."
"So I left him to rest in my car for a night." Liang Sizhe said.
"Oh," Cheng Duan pretended to be suddenly realized, "No wonder I didn't see him coming to the company today... It's just Mr. Cao, he doesn't sleep well. According to him, he recognizes the bed and must have a sound when he sleeps, and he still lives in the RV. Are you used to it?"
"I think he slept pretty well," Liang Sizhe said, and then looked at Cheng Duan with some playfulness, "Boss Cheng, you're rambling, don't you want to inquire about the gossip about the 'old lover'?"
Cheng Duan was startled, and then he used a big laugh to cover up his embarrassment: "I'm joking about the phone call, don't take it to heart... I'm just curious, you seem to have known each other for many years?"
"It's been many years."
"how long?"
"He was still a poor drinker at the time."
Cheng Duan looked back at Cao Ye, who was still drinking with others, and said with a smile, "You may have misunderstood Si Zhe, he is also very poor at drinking now, and he can't drink much at ordinary times. It's just the occasion of the Qingyan Banquet, where everyone worked hard to cooperate. At the end of the round, I just wanted to be happy for this round, so he always refuses to come to toast people..." After watching Cao Ye again, he shook his head and smiled, "I may be carried back tonight. already."
"Is this the same way last time?"
"Last time... The last time I drank more heavily, mainly because Zeng Ran was the one who dug up the team from the very beginning. He personally connected the front and back, and they became friends after going back and forth a few times. The main team of the crew are all I like him a lot."
Cheng Duan didn't explain, but Liang Sizhe could also see that Cao Ye's attractiveness never changed from fifteen to twenty-five years old. Eight friends.
After chatting a few more words, Lin Yan also came to look for Liang Sizhe to make a toast. Cheng Duan stepped aside and stretched out his hand to support Lin Yan: "Mr. Lin, how much did you drink?"
Lin Yan drank too much to the naked eye, and his steps were a little unsteady. He didn't talk much with Cheng Duan, he held a bottle of red wine in one hand and a goblet in the other hand and raised it to Liang Sizhe: "Sizhe, thanks to you, this film can be finished so smoothly, I have to take care of it. Thank you." He raised his head and drank a glass of wine, "I thank you for this glass," and then took the red wine bottle and filled it with half a glass, "This glass, I thank you for my brother Cao Ye. "He said and took another drink.
Although the words sounded nice, the expression on his face did not look so kind. His eyes, obviously mixed with drunkenness, looked a bit brutal. He stared at Liang Sizhe closely. .
Cheng Duan had some ominous premonitions, he glanced at Liang Sizhe, Liang Sizhe stood by the window sill with no expression on his face, and looked at Lin Yan calmly, making people unable to understand his thoughts.
"The relationship is settled, then let's settle the account, really quit drinking and fake quitting?" Lin Yan put down the glass in his hand, poured the red wine into another glass, and handed it to Liang Sizhe, "Sizhe you? People, I can see it, I like to use accents and stop drinking," Lin Yan sneered, "If I say you don't look down on us people, Cao Xiuyuan is here and wants you to accompany you to drink, I don't believe you still say you Quit drinking."
Liang Sizhe smiled and stood idly, not wanting to take the glass of wine: "Mr. Cao, come here, should I quit this drink or not."
"Teacher Cao, listen to me, please treat me with more respect, how nice it sounds," Lin Yan looked at Cheng Duan, "Is that right, Mr. Cheng?"
Cheng Duan walked over and held his shoulder, trying to pull him aside: "Mr. Lin, you're really over the top. I'll find someone to make some tea to help you hangover."
Lin Yan waved his hand impatiently and pointed at Liang Sizhe: "What are you doing, Cheng Duan, you still use him as a god offering, you don't know what he did back then, right?" Looking at Liang Sizhe again, he lowered his voice, "Liang Sizhe, I haven't mentioned you for so many years in my brother's face, but I think you are really unkind."
"Speak, I'll listen." Liang Sizhe's face was still expressionless, and he looked at Lin Yan calmly, "Boss Cheng, you don't need to stop President Lin."
"Okay, then you listen carefully," Lin Yan was most disgusted by his stance of arrogance. Seeing that he was unwilling to give in, he put the wine glass on the window sill, and the action was a little heavier, which aroused the atmosphere of the surrounding people who were talking about wine. Many people Turning his head to look at it, Lin Yan didn't care, but raised his voice a little bit, "You know how hypocritical you are? You are the one who speaks behind the scenes."
There were more and more people looking around, and Cheng Duan persuaded him in a low voice: "Mr. Lin, if there is any conflict, let's communicate privately..."
"How?" Liang Sizhe looked at Lin Yan and asked with great interest.
"I ask you, was Cao Ye interested in you back then? Where were you when he was in trouble? Have you been there once?" After he finished speaking, he looked at Liang Sizhe and frowned slightly with satisfaction.
Not far away, Cao Ye, who was surrounded by the center, also noticed the movement here, and shouted to him: "Lin Yan." The voice was not loud, but it was different from the usual tone, and it sounded a little warning. If Lin Yan drinks too much, it is easy to become drunk. He knew this earlier, but he didn't expect that the drunken madness would be against Liang Sizhe today.
"Don't worry, Yezi, brother, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll talk for you." After he finished speaking, he looked at Liang Sizhe. He didn't want to make things worse, but Liang Sizhe's indifferent attitude completely angered him. , To be honest, he was very annoying to Liang Sizhe. Today, he took this opportunity to give Liang Sizhe a good class, "Speak up? If it weren't for Cao Ye, would you have today?"
The people surrounding Cao Ye realized that the situation was not right, and they all stepped aside automatically. Cao Ye looked at Liang Sizhe's silhouette across the crowd. He was tall and straight, standing under the atmospheric lighting of the banquet hall, out of tune with the surrounding feasting and feasting environment. He looked like the only sober person in the crowd dancing wildly. Suddenly, he saw Liang Sizhe standing at the end of the corridor, silently listening to the door talking about his scars, like a tempered thin blade with a cold light.
Cao Ye walked past the crowd. He drank too much, and his steps were unsteady. The soles of his feet were a little soft, like stepping on a swaying dream.
When I walked in, I saw Liang Sizhe's hand holding the goblet—the hand holding the umbrella handle last night, with distinct joints and faint blue veins on the back of the hand.
Lin Yan hadn't scolded enough, and his voice grew louder. He pointed at Liang Sizhe in the air: "If it wasn't for him, Cao Xiuyuan might have forgotten who you are, and Lin Huan couldn't have been nice to you back then, you know?" Cheng Duan held his shoulders and pulled him aside forcibly, He Fangwen and Xu Anqiao also came to persuade him, he didn't listen to him, he had to stop scolding, "You're better, go back to Cao Xiuyuan to get the actor, this actor Do you have fun with it, do you feel at ease? Do you know how to write the words ungrateful? Without Cao Ye, you fucking now..." Before he could finish speaking, he received a heavy punch in the face. Immediately followed by a scolding, "Fuck me!"
Lin Yan turned his head and looked at Cao Ye who had punched him angrily. He rushed up to beat him back. Liang Sizhe didn't respond the whole time. Not quite stable, he was dragged by him, almost squatting on the ground, Liang Sizhe's hand went around behind him, holding his arm to stabilize him.
Lin Yan was held by Cheng Duan and He Fangwen, with the back of his hand covering the place where he was beaten on his face, looking at Cao Ye and said angrily, "What the hell are you beating me for? I'm talking for you, is your brain broken? You Hit him up?"
"You have to let everyone see the joke, don't you?" Cao Ye looked at him, he felt dizzy, and it took a lot of effort to stand still, he frowned, "Lin Yan, if you really take me as a friend, Don't bring it up again."
"Okay, it's my nosy," Lin Yan sneered, unable to break away from the few people who were pulling him, he leaned up in front of him and said in a low voice, "Reluctant? I'll leave it here. Well, sooner or later you will plant him again."
After Lin Yan was pulled away by Cheng Duan and He Fangwen, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly cooled down, and the people who had been drinking around Cao Ye didn't dare to join him now.
Xu Anqiao stepped forward and took a toast to warm up the scene, distracting the crowd's attention from here.
"Let's go too." Cao Ye raised his hand and squeezed between his eyebrows, and said to Liang Sizhe that he tried his best to sober himself up. Jiujin came up now, and he became more and more dizzy. Looking at him, it is estimated that now he really can't stand.
Liang Sizhe took him to the elevator outside the banquet hall. The crowd separated and all looked at them. The curiosity in his eyes was undisguised, just like when Liang Sizhe covered his face with his hands and they walked side by side through the dark crowd. Same.
What Lin Yan said was a fact but not a fact. Cao Ye thought, at first glance, it seemed like this was the case, but when everything was dissected, the details and emotions surged together. How could he be able to do it with just a few words? Make it clear
If things were really as simple as what Lin Yan said, he would have parted ways with Liang Sizhe long ago, and they have never been in contact with each other.
What's more, Lin Yan was like this. Before re-shooting, he advised him that "there is at best a little conflict with Liang Sizhe." Now that the re-shooting has been completed, Liang Sizhe has been branded "ungrateful". What should I say? All that should not be said is poured out in public. It should be true that he is fighting for himself. After all, Lin Yan knew about many things back then, but it is difficult to tell whether he did this today to hype it up. Although the scene was full of people from the crew, there were many people. I wonder if someone will spread the matter with so much more fuel.
After entering the elevator, Cao Ye stood against the wall and looked at the numbers on the indicator screen. He closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Why don't you explain..."
"Explain what?" Liang Sizhe also stood against the wall, turned his face to look at him and smiled, "He's right."
"There's more that can be explained," Cao Ye shook his head weakly: "I was the one who was naive back then, you don't need to carry it all for me."
The elevator inside was very fast. As soon as the elevator door opened, Cheng Duan and He Fangwen, who had sent Lin Yan back, were waiting below.
He Fangwen stepped forward and said apologetically to Liang Sizhe, "Sizhe, don't worry, Lin Yan is just like this. It's easy to become drunk and crazy when he drinks too much. We have all been troubled by him."
Liang Sizhe responded with "um", and then said "it's okay".
Cao Ye resisted his drunkenness, pulled out a sober place from his chaotic brain, and confessed to Cheng Duan: "The video just now can't be sent out, and someone will prepare a gift for a while and seal the mouth."
"I know, I have more experience than you in promoting this matter," Cheng Duan reassured him, "you have a good rest," he said, looking at Liang Sizhe, "Sizhe, you too, things will pass, don't worry about it. , I'll call the driver to come and take you back."
"No, I'm not drinking, drive him, Mr. Cheng, give me the address." After Liang Sizhe finished speaking, he looked at Cao Ye again, "Where's your car key?"
Cao Ye was so drunk that he frowned and took out the car key and handed it to him.
"Yo, his car is not easy to drive," Cheng Duan said intentionally with some other lively atmosphere, "Aston Martin's manual transmission, Si Zhe, can you really drive it?"
Liang Sizhe took the car keys and said with a smile, "I can drive a Maybach, so this should be no problem."
"Oh, yes," Cheng Duan remembered the incident and smiled, "I remember that the media also interviewed you about your A1 driver's license."
Cheng Duan helped Cao Ye into the car, and sent Cao Ye's address to Liang Sizhe. After a few words, he left with He Fangwen. He had to go up to deal with the sealing up. He was disturbed by Lin Yan. The end of the feast got quite tricky.