"Murder Accident" is scheduled to start after the Spring Festival, which is only a month away from the Chinese New Year.
Xia Xingcheng has a full schedule of work until the Spring Festival. He has to shoot advertisements and promotional photos for the two endorsed products; he has to participate in the year-end awards ceremony of a video website. He won the award; he didn't have time to appear in variety shows for a long time, and Huang Jixin was still a flying guest who finalized a popular variety show for him, and only needed to participate in one episode.
However, the first thing he did when he went back was to report to the economic company and meet Cai Meiting.
The company has a starlight corridor with large-scale photos of the company's contracted artists on both sides, perhaps to not offend anyone. The order of the photos is random, with You Shu at the front and Xia Xingcheng's in the middle. small artist.
He stopped in front of the almost half-height photo of himself and looked up at it.
This photo was taken when he first debuted, when he was not yet twenty years old. The photographers and stylists at that time were all first-class in China. In the photo, Xia Xingcheng was wearing a school uniform with a sense of design. The upper body was a short-sleeved white shirt, the lower body was dark blue trousers, and he was wearing a pair of sneakers. Squatting on the ground with a schoolbag at his feet, he looked at the camera with a bright smile.
Looking at this photo now, Xia Xingcheng is also surprised by the purity and youthfulness in his eyes at that time, like the school grass in the next class, exuding a natural and sunny atmosphere.
He was a little regretful that Yang Youming hadn't seen him at that time.
While he was staring at his photo, a door at the end of the corridor suddenly opened, Cai Meiting appeared at the door and said to him, "You don't come in yet, what are you dawdling for?"
"Mr. Cai!" Xia Xingcheng greeted and followed Cai Meiting into her office.
Cai Meiting asked Xia Xingcheng to sit on the sofa outside the office, and the secretary brought him a cup of tea.
Although he knew what Cai Meiting was going to say, Xia Xingcheng couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. He stared at the transparent glass teacup and saw a piece of tea in it floating up and down on the water.
Cai Meiting sat diagonally across from him, looked at him for a while and said, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Xia Xingcheng could only look at her, and after a little hesitation, he said, "You never care about me when I'm in love."
Cai Meiting said "um" and raised one leg, "Those little girlfriends you used to come and go quickly, how long are you going to talk about this?" There was no rush to ignite between the fingers.
Xia Xingcheng said: "This is not something that can be planned. Besides, I didn't make any plans before." It's just that I liked the relationship, faded away, and broke up. It has always been a natural development, not the result of planning.
Cai Meiting said: "Okay, I don't think you can hold on to this for long."
Xia Xingcheng was dissatisfied, and didn't like Cai Meiting's evaluation of his feelings for Yang Youming, but he was not stupid enough to refute it, just let Cai Meiting think so, it would be better not to object. He reached out and picked up the lighter on the table, and helped Cai Meiting light the cigarette in his hand with a little smile.
Cai Meiting took a puff of cigarette, looked at him at the same time, and when she put the cigarette away from her mouth, she said, "I don't want to ask you why you changed your sexual orientation on a whim, I just want to ask you, how do you feel about yourself? What are your business plans?"
Xia Xingcheng took the lighter in his hand and turned it around. He was silent for a moment about this question, and after thinking about it carefully, he replied to Cai Meiting: "Mr. Cai, I want to be an actor."
Regarding this issue, Xia Xingcheng has never seriously considered it since his debut. Although he has been acting, others have positioned him as an idol actor, not an actor. As long as you are popular and make money. The first time I had an idea about the word career was because of what He Zheng said to him. He Zheng asked him not to be a traffic or a star, but to be an actor. Only then did Xia Xingcheng realize the meaning of the original titles. are different.
Cai Meiting heard his solemn answer, looked at him for a while, and said, "Want to act well?"
Xia Xingcheng nodded.
Cai Meiting stretched out her hand and motioned Xia Xingcheng to push the ashtray on the table. She flicked the ashtray and asked, "Just want to act in a movie?"
Xia Xingcheng replied, "No, as long as it's a good work."
Cai Meiting thought for a moment, then she said: "If you plan this way, the company can set a new development direction for you, but you must understand that good film and television resources cannot be won by the company's hard work. In the final analysis, Actors speak by strength."
Xia Xingcheng said, "I understand."
Cai Meiting said: "So before that, it is necessary to maintain exposure to stabilize popularity. Otherwise, if there is no work and no popularity, who will come to you to act in the future? Don't look at the high and low, understand?"
Xia Xingcheng nodded.
Cai Meiting looked at him and couldn't help sighing.
Xia Xingcheng looked up at her, "Mr. Cai, don't sigh, you can tell me anything you want."
Cai Meiting said, "I know that although you look a little out of place, you are actually quite good. I have liked you very much in the company for so many years. I will say something straight. You and Yang Youming, even if you Be vigilant if you play on a whim, don’t be exposed, don’t leave photos or videos, and it’s best not to disclose it to people in the circle, otherwise, once it breaks out, it will hit you much more than Yang Youming, do you understand? ?"
Hearing these words, Xia Xingcheng suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Cai Meiting continued: "His strength and status are all there, and he has established himself in this circle, but you can't even come up with your own works. At that time, a big scandal will press on you, and you will not be able to turn over and perform. Your career is over."
Xia Xingcheng took a deep breath and nodded with mixed emotions.
Cai Meiting didn't say anything, she finished smoking the cigarette in her hand in silence, only one cigarette butt was left in the ashtray, she said to Xia Xingcheng: "Go back and think about it, is it worth it?"
Two words quickly popped into Xia Xingcheng's head: "It's worth it." But he wouldn't tell Cai Meiting, he just stood up, "Then I'll go first, President Cai."
Cai Meiting also stood up and personally sent him outside the office, saying, "What are your plans for the New Year?"
Xia Xingcheng said, "Go home and visit your parents and elder brother."
Cai Meiting nodded, "You should go back at the end of the year." After speaking, she patted Xia Xingcheng's arm, "Come on."
Xia Xingcheng smiled and said, "Thank you, President Cai."
Cai Meiting went back to the office, Xia Xingcheng left along the corridor where she came, stopped to take a look when she passed her photo, and then turned around and continued walking.
Yang Youming came back two days later than originally planned.
This undoubtedly brought Xia Xingcheng more than two days of pain and longing, but on the day he received a message from Yang Youming that he was coming back, the ecstatic excitement was real.
Xia Xingcheng had no work arrangements that day, so he decided to wait for him at Yang Youming's house. Yang Youming expected to arrive home at more than 6 o'clock in the afternoon. He could wait until Yang Youming came back, and the two of them would have dinner together.
The address Yang Youming gave him was a very high-end community, a flat-floor apartment building.
Xia Xingcheng's license plate number is all Yang Youming told the community security in advance, so that he can be released directly into the underground garage, and then take the elevator from the underground garage to the floor. There is only one household on the first floor.
When entering the password to enter, Xia Xingcheng was still a little nervous. He thought in his heart that he could turn off the lights and hide before Yang Youming came back, and give him a surprise when Yang Youming came in.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile.
After entering the password, after he pressed the confirm button, the door was unlocked with a click. He raised his hand and pushed the door open, and at that moment he found that the light was on in the room.
Xia Xingcheng was stunned for a while. His first reaction was that Yang Youming had come back. He was surprised and delighted. He pushed the door completely open, and went in and called out, "Brother Ming?"
The door was open and there was no entrance. It was an open living room. The ceiling light in the living room was lit. Someone sat on the sofa in the living room with their backs to the door and stood up.
Xia Xingcheng found out that it was not Yang Youming, but a woman, and he immediately stood there blankly.
The woman turned to look at him, revealing an impeccably meticulous face. Even in her thirties, her skin was still smooth and tight, white and almost transparent.
This face is actually very familiar to Xia Xingcheng. For a while, he would secretly search for news about her and see that beautiful face in various candid or street photos. He still remembers a press release saying that when she first debuted, she was called a little fairy by many fans, because she was so beautiful, she should not have grown up with cannibalistic fireworks, and maybe she was really a fairy who was living in the world.
This woman is Yuan Qian.
When Xia Xingcheng was staring at Yuan Qian, Yuan Qian was also looking at Xia Xingcheng, she was a little surprised at first, and then she smiled, and her whole face became more vivid, not like the legendary front of the camera at all The wooden beauty, she said, "Are you Xia Xingcheng?"
Yuan Qian used to be Xia Xingcheng's ideal type. In those days when he just worshipped Yang Youming, he thought that Yuan Qian was a qualified wife of Yang Youming, and the person beside a male god should be a goddess. But today, the male god has become his lover, and the goddess should not continue to exist. He was upset for a while, his face turned pale, it took a while to suppress, and he also smiled, "Hello, I'm Xia Xingcheng."
He didn't know how to call Yuan Qian, so he should have called him sister, but he really couldn't say it.
Yuan Qian said, "I am Yuan Qian."
Xia Xingcheng nodded.
The atmosphere in the room froze for a moment, Xia Xingcheng stood by the door and didn't move, Yuan Qian was silent for a while, then bent down and picked up a small handbag she put on the sofa, she said, "I thought Youming would come back, but I wanted to wait for him. To talk about something, I didn't expect him to have an appointment, so I will contact him another day."
Xia Xingcheng didn't ask Yuan Qian why she knew that Yang Youming was coming back, nor what she wanted to do to Yang Youming. He felt that he had no position; and Yuan Qian didn't ask him anything, and she didn't have a position either.
Yuan Qian walked towards the door with her bag, and when she passed by Xia Xingcheng, she nodded at him as a goodbye.
Xia Xingcheng also said, "You walk slowly." Then he kept looking at Yuan Qian's back and walked into the elevator.