Liang Sizhe came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, and saw Cao Ye lying on the bed again, his face buried in the pillow.
The boy's bones and flesh are evenly distributed, slender and sturdy, and even the protruding shoulder blades on his back look delicate and beautiful.
Liang Sizhe raised his hand and wiped his wet hair with a towel, then sat by the bed and looked at Cao Ye. Although there are tons of worries in my heart, staying with Cao Ye now doesn't seem to be so difficult. Take it one step at a time, he thought, how bad can it get? Compared to when he had nothing two years ago, he has enough now.
"Liang Sizhe." Cao Ye suddenly called out to him.
"Huh?" Liang Sizhe responded.
"Don't apologize." Cao Ye's voice was muffled in the pillow.
Liang Sizhe was stunned for a moment, and replied, "En."
"Don't go to accompany the drink."
"it is good."
"Don't do that movie anymore."
"No more acting."
Cao Ye said a word and he answered it.
Since Cao Ye said the first sentence "Don't apologize", he felt a little sore in his chest.
The brokerage company said that you have to accompany the wine to apologize, otherwise the company will consider hiding you later.
The producer said that it is not easy for the crew to film until now, and it is up to you whether the filming can continue.
The media and public opinion said that if you don't have money, don't take the film.
Only Cao Ye told him when he was surrounded by enemies and besieged on all sides, Liang Sizhe, please don't apologize, don't go to accompany the wine, and don't act in that movie.
They were standing together, and Cao Ye agreed to whatever he said.
He thought that Cao Ye might not only be as simple as the person he likes, but he regarded him as his only relative, a friend he could make friends with, and a support against outside public opinion.
At this moment, Lanyan seems to have become a haven of calm and peaceful seas. There was a lot of scolding outside, but it did not disturb this secluded corner at all. No one knew that they were hiding here at the moment.
After Cao Ye said those few words, he didn't say anything for a while, and after a while he said again, "I just contacted Uncle Yin."
He paused, and Liang Sizhe made a sound of "um", indicating that he was listening.
"My dad... is about to make a new film. Recently, he is picking actors. The audition round has ended. The audition will be organized in two days. Uncle Yin will take you there."
Liang Sizhe was stunned for a moment, and then replied "Okay". Cao Xiuyuan never repeated the precedent of newcomers. Everyone acquiesced to this, but when Cao Ye said this, he didn't ask any more questions.
Cao Ye lay on his stomach for a while, then sat up from the bed, his hair was a little messy with the pillow, he scratched and tugged a little, his eyebrows were a little irritable. He lifted up from the pillow and his voice became clear: "However, Uncle Yin only said that he would help, but as you know, my dad doesn't really listen to other people's ideas when he chooses a role, so... can he be selected? It's still up to you."
"I know," Liang Sizhe said, looking at him, "I will act well."
"Yeah." After Cao Ye finished speaking, he raised his hand and scratched his hair twice, looking a little anxious.
Although Cao Ye didn't show it, Liang Sizhe always felt that he should be very worried about him now. He was obviously two years younger than himself, but at this moment he was telling himself worriedly.
"Cao Ye."
Cao Ye lowered his head and responded shortly, "Ah."
"Don't worry..." Liang Sizhe was just about to say something when there was a knock on the door, dong dong dong.
They looked at each other, Liang Sizhe got up and opened the door.
At the door stood Cao Xiuyuan's driver and cameraman, both of whom were acquainted in the Thirteen Days crew before. Liang Sizhe greeted politely, "Uncle Xu, Sister Qiu."
"Ayin asked me to accompany Brother Lei to pick you up, and by the way, I will tell you about the role of "Red Boy and Red Girl"," videographer Qiu Lu looked into the room. She was one of the few female videographers in the circle. After working with Cao Xiuyuan for many years, "Xiao Ye is also there, right?"
"Well." Liang Sizhe turned sideways to make way for her.
"It's a big disaster, you guys," Qiu Lu smiled and said, "Today's headlines are occupied by you again."
Liang Sizhe forced a smile.
After Qiu Lu finished speaking, he walked into the room, squatted down in front of Cao Ye, and looked him up and down: "I haven't seen Xiao Ye for several years, do you still know me?"
"Sister Qiu." Cao Ye called out, not too enthusiastic. Now that he saw the people on the set, he couldn't help but wonder if they knew about the relationship between Zheng Yin and Cao Xiuyuan, and if so, how would they look at him? mercy? Take yourself as a joke? Or look at it like an idiot who doesn't know anything
But Qiu Lu didn't seem to realize his rejection, looked at him and said, "You look so good, my mother's looks and my father's heroic spirit have been inherited."
"Let's go." Cao Ye stood up and said uncomfortably.
When he went downstairs, Qiu Lu kept asking Cao Ye all kinds of questions, such as where to go to school and what major to study. Although Cao Ye didn't want to talk to him, he was taught by Li You to be polite to his elders since he was a child, so he answered them sentence by sentence. .
When he got into the car, Qiu Lu sat in the co-pilot, turned his face and told Liang Sizhe in the back row about the role.
"This role is not easy to play, it's a… um," she paused, "a fringe character, transvestite, have you heard of it?"
As soon as the word "transvestite" came out, a trace of consternation flashed on Cao Ye's face. He didn't expect Cao Xiuyuan to shoot such a sensitive subject this time.
"Isn't it surprising?" Qiu Lu turned his head to look at them, "A Yin first told me to take Sizhe to audition, but I was also surprised, mainly because I couldn't think of what you would be like in this role... But don't worry, A Yin is the person who knows Director Cao best, since he thinks you can do it, then there will be drama."
Cao Ye frowned, turned his head out of the window, and tried his best not to interrupt Qiu Lu.
Qiu Lu continued: "Up until now, when this role was chosen, Director Cao has not really liked any newcomers. The main reason is that the newcomers are not strong enough. When most newcomers put on women's clothes, they start to feel a little coy and a little timid, but As for the role of Li Nian, he is actually a very free and easy person. From the bottom of his heart, he thinks he should dress like this. He thinks he is beautiful like this. The moment when he puts on women's clothes is the most relaxed time in his life, because he You can hide yourself…”
Cao Ye pulled up his hood, leaned his head on his back, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He didn't want to hear how well Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin worked together, nor how Liang Sizhe would play a transvestite next.
Aware of his movements, Liang Sizhe turned his face to look at him and said nothing.
How did that happen? Cao Ye thought, obviously full of disgust for Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin, but he had to bow to them, using concessions as a condition, in exchange for a chance to audition.
If Liang Sizhe's audition is successful, how will the media report and speculate? But he didn't want Liang Sizhe to fail the audition and continue acting in that movie. What a contradiction.
He closed his eyes and forced himself to listen and think about nothing.
After a while, Liang Sizhe raised his hand and touched his arm. Cao Ye opened his eyes, Liang Sizhe handed over his cell phone, he took it over and looked at it, Liang Sizhe typed a line in the memo: "Don't worry, I will take the best actor again." It should have been unfinished in the room That sentence.
Cao Ye returned the phone to him, and Liang Sizhe took it, but he didn't take it back. He held the phone in the middle with one hand, and continued typing on the screen with his thumb: "It will also become very powerful."
Cao Ye stared at the line for a long time, then whispered "what does it have to do with me" and turned his face away.
"What's the matter?" Qiu Lu stopped talking and turned to look at Cao Ye, "What did Xiao Ye say?"
"No." Cao Ye said.
Liang Sizhe turned his face to look at Cao Ye, the boy's profile was mostly blocked by the hood, and he was looking out the window pretending to be okay.
- Why is it so awkward.
Liang Sizhe raised his hand and rubbed Cao Ye's hair, and withdrew his hand before Cao Ye turned to look at him.
- It's cute even when it's awkward.
Lan Yan was not far from Cao Xiuyuan's studio, and arrived in twenty minutes.
The closer he got, the stronger the sense of rejection and disgust in Cao Ye's heart.
Although he made a quid pro quo with Zheng Yin on the phone, he still didn't want to see them when things came to an end. Do you want to see with your own eyes how Zheng Yin went to intercede with Cao Xiuyuan
want to escape.
do not want to face.
I don't want to have a good chat with Zheng Yin.
What's there to talk about
irritable.
Cao Ye pressed the door handle with one hand, took out his mobile phone with the other hand, and typed a few words on the text message interface.
Cao Xiuyuan's studio consists of several low-rise buildings. The car drove into the park, smoothly bypassed the path, and stopped in front of one of the low-rise buildings.
As soon as the car stopped, Cao Ye clicked to send a message on his mobile phone, then pushed the door and jumped out of the car.
If you don't want to face it, then let yourself escape.
He opened his legs and ran quickly towards the gate of the park. Before they could react, he had already run out of the park.
"Hey?" Qiu Lu looked at Cao Ye's back with some surprise, "What is Xiao Ye going to do?"
The phone in his palm vibrated, Liang Sizhe looked down, the message was sent by Cao Ye, and the two-second delay was sent the moment Cao Ye pushed the door and got out of the car:
"Successful audition. Don't catch up."
What are you hiding from running so fast? hide yourself? Or hide from Cao Xiuyuan, who will face him next
"Brother Lei, do you want to drive after him?" Qiu Lu asked the driver.
"Stop chasing." Liang Sizhe said.
"Did he tell you what to do, Si Zhe?"
Liang Sizhe made a sound of "um".
In fact, he didn't know what Cao Ye was going to do. He always felt that in the past two years, Cao Ye seemed to have entered the rebellious period of a teenager. He often couldn't figure out what Cao Ye was thinking.
However, if you want to hide, then hide, and hide in a place where no one can find it. As for yourself, let Cao Ye let loose until he hides enough to figure it out.
Liang Sizhe waited for Zheng Yin to come over on the sofa on the first floor, flipping through the script Qiu Lu gave him.
Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin came together. When they walked in the door, Zheng Yin was talking to him.
Liang Sizhe closed the script, got up and called "Mr. Cao".
Cao Xiuyuan frowned and said, "Where's Cao Ye?"
"Cao Ye went to a friend's place, and they made up for his eighteenth birthday." Liang Sizhe made up the reason in advance. He thought that no matter how unfriendly Cao Xiuyuan was, he should give a little to his youngest son who just turned eighteen. face.
"Then tell me what happened last night."
Liang Sizhe roughly reconstructed what happened in the hotel last night. After listening, Zheng Yin spoke for Cao Ye: "Brother Yuan, Xiao Ye was a little impulsive about this, but it's not a mistake. I've met Jiang Hua, and sometimes he talks too much..."
Cao Xiuyuan interrupted Zheng Yin: "He is too naive, doesn't he know how cruel the operation of capital is?"
"It's not a bad thing to be innocent." Zheng Yin looked quite calm.
"If that's the case, then help him clean up the mess he caused, don't come to me." Cao Xiuyuan turned and walked towards the office.
Zheng Yin looked at Liang Sizhe with some headache: "I can only talk about this for you, but whether you can audition or not depends on Brother Yuan's own thoughts."
"Uncle Yin, I'll try it myself first." Liang Sizhe said.
Zheng Yin was stunned for a moment, then waved at him, motioning him to follow.
Liang Sizhe pushed open the door and entered the room. Cao Xiuyuan had already taken off his windbreaker, lit a cigarette, sat on the swivel chair, and picked up the script.
Seeing Liang Sizhe come in, Cao Xiuyuan glanced at him and said nothing.
"Teacher Cao." Liang Sizhe said.
"Yeah." Cao Xiuyuan replied casually.
"I didn't come here to give myself a chance, but I just wanted to ask you not to scold Cao Ye for this." Liang Sizhe paused and continued, "He will definitely know how cruel the operation of capital is when he makes movies in the future, but now , I think this innocence should be protected."
Cao Xiuyuan didn't speak at first. After letting him dry for a while, he asked halfway through a cigarette, "Three times the penalty, how are you going to pay it? Shouldn't the remuneration offered to you last time not been enough?"
"I haven't figured out how to go on the road ahead." Liang Sizhe told the truth.
"The way back, do you think you still have a way back? If this is happening, who would dare to ask you to act for a while?" Cao Xiuyuan said again, "You have no acting, so you have to go back to acting in that isolation area. Do you think the producers and investors will let you go?"
"Innocent, protect naive," Cao Xiuyuan closed the script and sneered coldly, "It's a joke." After he finished speaking, he dragged the ashtray and put out the cigarette, then raised his hand and threw the script at Liang Sizhe, Liang Sizhe raised his hand to catch it .
"Let's say it first, it's up to you whether the audition is successful or not. I won't give you water because of this," Cao Xiuyuan said. "I'll pay for you if it's the liquidated damages. If it's not, where should you go?"
"Thank you, Teacher Cao."
"Don't be naive, don't be naive either. These days, no matter what the media asks, you keep your mouth shut, hide, and don't make useless consumption. Come on, go out and read the script."
For the next two days, Liang Sizhe did not go out and stayed in Cao Xiuyuan's studio to read the script. According to Zheng Yin's instructions, he didn't answer all the calls from the agency and the producer, and waited for the end of the audition to deal with it.
The role of Li Nian is difficult to control. Different from Xiaoman's self-inhibited character from the inside out, Li Nian is the kind of person who lives a repressed but free and easy life. There is still a kind of madness in him. The character level is richer than Xiaoman, and naturally it is more difficult.
In addition, most of Li Nian's scenes have no lines. He thinks that his voice is not good and too masculine, so once he puts on women's clothes, he starts to act dumb. It is also difficult to not speak, but to have expressions and emotions in place.
Liang Sizhe spent a day and a half to smooth out the script and characters. The next afternoon, he went to see Zheng Yin and borrowed a documentary about transvestites.
Zheng Yin got up and went to the data shelf to help him flip through the CD. Liang Sizhe glanced down and saw the newspaper spread out on his desk.
The headline of the newspaper was clear in big characters: "Cao Xiuyuan angrily denounced the producer of "Quarantine Zone", exposing that he forced the actors to accompany Jiu to invest." Liang Sizhe picked up the newspaper and read it again. The media exaggerated the title. From the text, Cao Xiuyuan just said a word to the media: "The producer forced the actor to come to the table and accompany the investor to drink, and the actor refused to do it and even took the He beat him up, it's not called a stop, it's called resistance."
Zheng Yin found the CD, walked over and handed it to Liang Sizhe. Seeing Liang Sizhe lowered his head to read the newspaper, he smiled and said, "Isn't what you said, Mr. Cao, quite relieved?"
"Is this the interview Teacher Cao gave yesterday?" Liang Sizhe put down the newspaper and asked.
"Yeah, I was surveying the scene yesterday. A reporter called me. I was about to hang up. He took the phone and said this."
Liang Sizhe didn't speak, and stared at what Cao Xiuyuan said to the media.
At two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the other candidate actors were all put on makeup. Liang Sizhe was the last one to put it on. He sat in a corner of the studio, and the makeup artist of the crew bent over to put on his makeup, holding a brush to his eyelids. Apply eye shadow
"Okay." The makeup artist threw the brush aside, "Si Zhe open his eyes and take a look."
Liang Sizhe opened his eyes, and the person with smoky makeup in the mirror looked a little unfamiliar.
The scene was already set up in the studio, and bright yellow and faint blue lights were mixed together, and the curtains were not drawn tightly, leaving a bright light on his face.
Cao Xiuyuan behind the monitor said, "Come and try next time."
Liang Sizhe walked over, and every time he took a step, a voice sounded in his mind:
Play well.
Fight for this role.
Take another actor.
become great.
Powerful enough to protect the innocence of young people.