Huang Jixin is a very good person. The restaurant he set for them is quiet and relatively hidden, allowing Xia Xingcheng and Ding Wenxun to talk while eating in the private room. And after he sent them over, he left first, and asked Xia Xingcheng to call him after dinner before leaving.
Xia Xingcheng and Ding Wenxun took off their jackets and handed them to the waiter to hang them on the hanger by the wall. The pre-ordered dishes were already placed on the table, and the waiter left the private room and closed the door for them.
Ding Wenxun sat down, raised his hands and rolled up the sleeves of his sweater, and heard Xia Xingcheng ask him, "Director Ding, did you give me the opportunity to act in this movie because of Yang Youming's relationship?"
Xia Xingcheng's tone was serious when he asked this question.
Ding Wenxun smiled, "Why? Are you so unsure of yourself?"
Xia Xingcheng didn't laugh, he was in a complicated mood. On the one hand, he didn't expect Yang Youming to win a second audition for him. He felt like someone had grabbed his heart and twisted it hard. It didn't hurt, but it was sore. , those repressed emotions could not find an outlet, and now they are even more heavy in his chest; on the other hand, if the second audition finally passed because of Yang Youming's relationship, it would make him feel more embarrassed than failing the audition. , he didn't know what kind of useless image he was in Yang Youming's heart.
Ding Wenxun stared at him for a while, and said, "I'm a straight-talking person, so you don't have to worry too much."
When Xia Xingcheng heard his words, his heart sank. This sentence indicated that what Ding Wenxun said to him might be unpleasant. He could only pretend not to care and shook his head.
Ding Wenxun said: "I was actually not satisfied with you in the first audition. After that, I called You Ming and wanted to ask how he and He Zheng liked you. After he listened to it, he told me about you. It takes time to get into the play, I suggest that I give you the script and give you another chance to try it."
Xia Xingcheng couldn't help but ask, "Did he... just say this?"
Ding Wenxun nodded, "I didn't believe it at first, mainly because I didn't believe you, because after returning from the Hailan wedding, I found some of your previous TV series to watch."
Xia Xingcheng felt a little ashamed for some reason.
Ding Wenxun continued: "But I believe in You Ming. The first time I saw him recommending a young actor, I could hear the trust in his tone. Facts have proved that he still hasn't missed the mark."
Xia Xingcheng put his hands on the table and listened to Ding Wenxun quietly.
Ding Wenxun leaned on the back of the chair, looked at Xia Xingcheng and said, "You can rest assured on one point, Yang Youming didn't invest in a movie for me. He introduced that the actor's audition is no problem, and it is not so easy to decide the result. Otherwise, you can call him. Invest in me, and I can consider letting him put an actor in."
Xia Xingcheng had no choice but to smile and said, "Director Ding is joking." He picked up a spoon to add soup to Ding Wenxun's soup bowl, "Let's eat, it will be cold later." Then he asked: "Director Ding said yes What do you want to tell me, don't know what's going on?"
Ding Wenxun replied, "I'm just talking about movies and characters, don't worry, you can chat while eating."
The air in the room was warm, and Xia Xingcheng felt that Ding Wenxun was not a difficult person to get along with, and he gradually relaxed after talking about it before. They were talking while eating, and Xia Xingcheng accompanied Ding Wenxun to drink some liquor.
After the meal, Ding Wenxun was three-point drunk and said with emotion: "You Ming is really good to you."
Xia Xingcheng looked at him.
Ding Wenxun tilted his head and loosened his neckline to the sides. "He's not easy to make friends with. He has been friends for so many years, and he doesn't necessarily tell you many things."
Xia Xingcheng thought for a while, and found that he couldn't evaluate Yang Youming very objectively, so he could only say a word: "I think he is very gentle."
"Are you gentle?" Ding Wenxun seemed to have heard this description for the first time. He tapped his finger on the table. "People we have been in contact with before have generally commented on him as being alienated, and some felt that he was indifferent, saying that he Gentle, after all these years, it seems that there is only one other than you—" He stopped suddenly, probably because his nose was itchy, he raised his hand to cover his mouth and couldn't hold back a sneeze.
Xia Xingcheng took a tissue from the table and handed it to him, eager to hear what he said next.
But Ding Wenxun wiped his mouth with a piece of paper and said "thank you", as if he had forgotten what he just said and did not intend to continue.
Xia Xingcheng had to ask: "Director Ding, who else do you think besides me?"
Ding Wenxun gave him a strange look and said, "Who? His wife, Yuan Qian used to say he was gentle."
Hearing this name, Xia Xingcheng's breath suddenly stagnated. The blood in his body seemed to be drained in an instant. It was cold from his chest to the tips of his fingers. He retracted his hand on the table, fearing that Ding Wenxun would see his fingers trembling slightly, he gritted his teeth and asked. A sentence: "Are they in a good relationship now?"
Ding Wenxun replied: "I don't know, it should be pretty good. It's just that I haven't seen them out to eat together for a long time."
Later, what Ding Wenxun said, Xia Xingcheng didn't quite remember it.
When he went back that night, Xia Xingcheng took a shower and sat cross-legged in his pajamas on the bed.
Even if this matter is polite, he needs to call or send a text message to Yang Youming to talk about the results of the audition and express his gratitude. In fact, it is not enough. Yang Youming has helped him so much, it is not an exaggeration to have a meal.
But he didn't dare and couldn't, Yang Youming was his abyss, even if he took a step forward, he was afraid that he would never come back.
He didn't know why Yang Youming was kind to him, but he knew that he shouldn't continue, and it was actually good for him to cut it cleanly.
Xia Xingcheng deleted all of Yang Youming's contact information. He threw his phone aside and lay down on the bed with his head in his arms. How about being gentle? Yang Youming's gentleness doesn't belong to him alone, no, it should be said that it shouldn't belong to him in the first place, because he is too greedy.
Xia Xingcheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, his eyes were slightly red, but only a little red.
The movie and the main characters have not yet been finalized, and the preliminary preparations will take some time. Xia Xingcheng will have at least two to three months of vacancy.
The variety show he participated in recording before had a very good response, and it had a certain degree of topicality on the Internet, and it also attracted many new fans to Xia Xingcheng. The company has the idea of striking while the iron is hot, hoping to let him continue to put on variety shows to fill the gap.
At the end of the year, various fashion events and awards ceremonies follow. Xia Xingcheng received an invitation to the largest domestic TV drama award ceremony held by a TV station, and sang on stage as a guest performer, and sang a love song with Tan Xueyue.
When receiving the invitation, Xia Xingcheng complained to Huang Jixin: "Why should I go to the show? At least give me an award, right?"
Huang Jixin replied lazily, "Maybe I'm afraid that you will be scolded online for awarding you an award."
Xia Xingcheng was even more unhappy.
Huang Jixin said: "It's just to take advantage of the popularity of variety shows, and it's their own variety show on TV."
Xia Xingcheng lay on the sofa and leaned his head back hard, "I don't really want to go." Because yesterday when he went online, he saw that a scalper revealed the news that Yang Youming was invited to be the guest of honor for this awards ceremony. He was afraid to see Yang Youming.
Huang Jixin did not speak.
Xia Xingcheng looked up at him and saw him sitting on the sofa clutching the phone with a stunned expression, so he stretched his long legs and kicked him, "What's wrong?"
Huang Jixin turned to look at Xia Xingcheng and said in disbelief, "Yang Youming and Yuan Qian are divorced."