The next morning, Lu Nanyun got up very early and washed himself gently without waking Ji Zeyu.
However, Ji Zeyu set an alarm clock himself, and not long after Lu Nanyun got up, the alarm clock woke him up. He sat up straight and saw the tall figure changing clothes.
Lu Nanyun looked back at him, frowned slightly, and asked softly: "Why don't you sleep?"
Although Ji Zeyu was very sleepy, he still got out of bed and said to Lu Nanyun, "Let's have breakfast together. After all, we won't see each other for a long time." At this point, his tone was a little disappointed.
"Well, okay." Lu Nanyun said while buttoning his shirt, his back looking tall and clear in the morning light.
Lu Nanyun got dressed, walked to Ji Zeyu who looked troubled, reached out and gently rubbed his hair.
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"I will be alone at night from now on," Ji Zeyu said to Lu Nanyun, "I feel quite uncomfortable."
"Not used to it?" Lu Nanyun raised his eyebrows and looked at him. After a while, he walked to his bed and said to Ji Zeyu, "Otherwise, it would be better if I lend you this bear and think of him as me."
Ji Zeyu was stunned. He stared at Lu Nanyun's action of lifting the quilt. He saw the stuffed bear lying on the bed, and his eyes suddenly showed surprise: "Did you put it under the quilt?"
Lu Nanyun had a serious mysophobia, and Ji Zeyu didn't expect that he would put the teddy bear under the quilt.
"Well, I've been sleeping with it in my arms these past few days." Lu Nanyun calmly said words that were inconsistent with other people's expectations. He picked up the bear from the bed and handed it to Ji Zeyu, "You can try it."
Ji Zeyu took the teddy bear, which was stained with Lu Nanyun's scent. There was the smell of the shower gel he used and the smell of perfume, which mixed together to form Lu Nanyun's brand, and it was also the smell that made Ji Zeyu feel at ease.
"Why do you suddenly like to sleep with a bear..." Ji Zeyu asked curiously while placing the bear on the bed.
"It's nothing," Lu Nanyun said calmly, "I just feel like sleeping with something in my arms is quite comfortable."
There seemed to be a deeper meaning in his words.
Ji Zeyu was stunned, and before he had time to think about it, he heard Lu Nanyun urging him to wash up: "Go and brush your teeth quickly, don't we want to have breakfast together?"
Ji Zeyu nodded. It wasn't until he walked into the bathroom that he suddenly realized that it was like the day Lu Nanyun put the stuffed bear into bed...
It happened to be the day I came back from recording the travel variety show.
Ji Zeyu seemed to have thought of something, his eyes widened slightly, and the toothbrush in his hand almost fell into the pool.
It's quite comfortable to sleep with something in your arms. Could it be that...
Ji Zeyu's heartbeat began to accelerate, and he shook his head to drive the strange thoughts out of his mind.
After having breakfast together, Lu Nanyun left the apartment, and the two said goodbye at the door. Ji Zeyu looked at his upright and leaving figure, feeling a little empty in his heart, but he still had a lot of things to do, so he had to cheer up.
There are fewer and fewer people in the villa. Before the end of the year, everyone has their own announcements and activities to be busy with, and their schedules are different. However, every teammate would come to say goodbye to Ji Zeyu when they left the villa.
Ji Zeyu was actually quite reluctant to give up, but he was also delighted with the development prospects of his teammates. His only wish is that everyone can not only become a "star cluster" together, but also become dazzling stars when separated.
A few days later, Ji Zeyu had the day to meet the director.
After being nervous for several days, Ji Zeyu went to the interview location under the leadership of Sister Yun. The meeting place was in a building. While in the car, Ji Zeyu patiently read through the script again.
Director Reddy came very early, but what he didn't expect was that Ji Zeyu came earlier than him.
"Hello, director." Ji Zeyu stood up, bowed slightly, and stepped forward to shake hands. Sister Yun stood up and greeted him.
Reddy was used to seeing big-name celebrities. This idol named Ji Zeyu was also very popular recently and had a strong background. He thought that the other person would be arrogant, but unexpectedly he looked very humble.
Leidy nodded and shook hands with Ji Zeyu, attracted by the young man's eyes.
Those amber eyes look pure, and when he smiles he has a youthful look, but he seems to have a sensitivity and maturity that is beyond his age.
Later, other members of the directing team arrived one after another, and screenwriter Zhang Li also appeared in the room.
Because the entire script was tailor-made for Ji Zeyu, the audition was just a formality. However, Ji Zefeng felt that he still had to let his brother experience the sense of ceremony, so he called for this audition. It was enough to show how much he doted on Ji Zeyu.
The audition officially begins.
"Xiao Ji, I'm going to say something ugly first. Although the protagonist of "Fire" is determined to be you, an audition is still necessary." Leidy sat at the table, looked at Ji Zeyu, and said word by word, "After all, we You need to look at your acting skills and make an evaluation of the shooting cycle and shooting methods.”
Ji Zeyu nodded obediently: "I know."
The director said these words simply because he was worried about Ji Zeyu's acting skills.
No matter how good Ji Zeyu is in the boy band and no matter how strong his business ability is, he is indeed a newcomer in terms of acting.
From the perspective of Leidy and Zhang Li, the reason why President Ji asked his brother to act in this drama was simply to make him famous and use his popularity to make money.
Because Mr. Ji usually has a good investment vision, he also appreciates the talents of Reddy and Zhang Li, and has helped them a lot, so they agreed to take the movie. If it were another boy band member who had been the leading actor, they would never have taken on this project.
"Have you read the script?" Screenwriter Zhang Li is an elegant middle-aged man wearing glasses who looks quite strict. "You should be able to perform it on the spot, right?"
Zhang Li wrote the character based on Ji Zeyu. In order to write this character well, he even went to watch "The Shining Star".
Ji Zeyu replied calmly: "I have read it. You wrote it very well."
"Although it is written based on you, you still have to figure out the emotions yourself." Zhang Li said solemnly, "I have watched the talent show, and your performance is indeed very good, but you have to be mentally prepared, because acting is not Sing and dance.”
All eyes were on Ji Zeyu. In this situation, everyone would be under pressure.
Faced with the director and screenwriter's seemingly caring but actually questioning attitude, Ji Zeyu stood up slowly and said to everyone, "It's time to start."
The sun shines in from the window. The corners of the young man's lips are slightly raised. His amber eyes are like calm pools of water, with a bit of calmness and confidence. His skin is so fair that it has a sense of transparency. His facial features are three-dimensional and good-looking. He is tall and tall. It seems full of fascination.
Although everyone present was worried about Ji Zeyu's acting skills, they all agreed on one thing, that is - this face is really suitable for the big screen.
Reddy even felt that this was the prettiest, cleanest, and most youthful face he had ever seen in the entertainment industry.
"Let's start." Lei Di turned over the script and said to Ji Zeyu, "Let's make it the part where Lie fails to save his father."
In the plot of the story, before becoming a police detective, Sungyeol was a pampered young master. His father was attacked, and Sungyeol tried to save his father but failed. From then on, he embarked on the road of becoming a police detective.
According to Leidy, the scene where Cheng Lie fails to save his father is the most difficult scene, especially for a young master like Ji Zeyu who has never experienced setbacks.
In choosing this scene, Reddy clearly wanted to see what Ji Zeyu could do at his worst.
Zhang Li also turned his eyes to Ji Zeyu, frowning slightly and looking serious.
But no one knows that in the whole story, Ji Zeyu was the most touched by this scene.
When Ji Zeyu was young in his previous life, he also experienced life and death with his closest relatives. At that time, he also watched his mother leave him. Before she left, his mother hoped that he could stick to his dream. This was also the reason why he insisted on staying in the entertainment industry in those years. One of the spiritual pillars.
His life experience is far richer than those here imagine. And his understanding of the script and determination in acting far exceeded the expectations of the director team.
Ji Zeyu lowered his eyes slightly. When he raised his eyes again, his whole person had changed.
All the eyes of the audience were attracted by the young man. As soon as the performance started, Zhang Li couldn't help but hold his breath...
five minutes later.
The whole place fell into silence.
The young man knelt on the ground. After some intense heart compression, sweat and tears fell down his face at the same time, but he seemed unable to feel it. His palms were trembling uncontrollably, but his father still stopped breathing.
His eyes showed panic and confusion, but he still numbly repeated the pressing action without speaking. His breathing echoed in the room, with a bit of hoarseness.
After a while, the boy's eyes stopped moving. He watched the ambulance taking his father away, and his expression changed from confused to confused. After a moment, he looked in the direction his father had left, struggled to stand up from the ground, staggered a bit when he stood up, and fell to the ground again after taking a few steps.
The last scene shows the young man looking into the distance with tears in his eyes. He lost the most important thing overnight, and his amber eyes became dim, but in this dimness, there was a hint of fierceness and hope, which foreshadowed his growth.
Everyone was immersed in sadness and silence. Watching the young man's silent performance, they were also brought into the emotion.
Sister Yun was sitting on a stool on the side, watching Ji Zeyu fall, her fingers shook, and she suddenly came back from the plot, only to realize that her eyes were moist.
Ji Zeyu put his hands on the ground, stood up slowly, pulled away from his suppressed emotions, and bowed gently to the director: "My performance is over."
His fingers were still trembling a little, but he had regained his composure. He had changed from a sad character in the plot back to a male team leader who was good at managing his expressions. Only the sweat and tears on his face proved that he had just finished performing.
Everyone in the audience looked surprised. After a few seconds of silence, Zhang Li took the lead in applauding, and Reddy also showed an expression of approval.
Sister Yun was about to step forward and hand a tissue to Ji Zeyu, but she found that Leidy was one step ahead of her and stepped forward to hand a pack of wet wipes to Ji Zeyu.
Ji Zeyu simply wiped his face and began to feel nervous. He didn't feel anything during the performance, and now after it's over, he always feels that his performance was not good enough.
"How do you think you performed?" Reddy raised his lips slightly, looked at the boy and asked, "How would you rate yourself?"
"About 7 points." Ji Zeyu took a deep breath and said, "There are still some details that have not been handled well."
For example, when he stood up just now, Ji Zeyu knelt on the ground for too long and did not consider the problem of numbness in his legs, so he could not stand firmly. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and simply knelt down again. This was the reaction ability brought to him by many years of stage experience.
"I give you 9 points." Reddy looked at him with a smile, and his tone was much gentler than at the beginning. "On the contrary, I think you handled the details very well. For example, your action of pressing the heart is very standard, obviously. You have done your homework. Also, the falling action at the end was not in the script. You performed very well on the spot."
Ji Zeyu was stunned for a moment, and then scratched his head in embarrassment: "As a professional habit, when you are not familiar with a movement, you will learn it from the video. As for the falling movement... it was a reaction after the leg went numb, dancing. It will be like this sometimes.”
Zhang Li nodded, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise. The young man's performance obviously gave him a huge surprise.
It is true that Ji Zeyu's acting skills are immature and do not have the maturity that comes easily from veteran actors, but his performance is full of aura and has a unique advantage, that is, he has good control over various body movements.
"It seems that this movie will go more smoothly than I expected." Zhang Li said to Ji Zeyu with a smile, "I didn't expect that Captain Ji is not only a successful male team leader, but also capable of such a difficult scene."
Others in the directing team also praised Ji Zeyu.
Ji Zeyu was a little confused by the praise. He even suspected that these people were praising him like this for the sake of his elder brother. After all, he is just a newcomer.
It wasn't until she left that Sister Yun kept praising Ji Zeyu that Ji Zeyu realized that the hard work during this period seemed to have achieved good results
"You're so awesome." Sister Yun praised, "Why do you learn so fast every time?"
Ji Zeyu raised the corners of his lips and did not answer Sister Yun's question. The first thing he thought of was to send a message to Lu Nanyun: "My audition went well. How are you doing there?"
Lu Nanyun is working as a mentor on the dance program "The Strongest Dancer". I don't know if he is recording the program now. He did not reply to Ji Zeyu for a long time.
Ji Zeyu stared at his phone, feeling a little bored after not waiting for a reply for a long time.
Normally, Lu Nanyun would always reply to his messages immediately. At this moment, they are in different cities and each has their own career to be busy with. It is expected that the other party cannot reply in time.
But Ji Zeyu still felt very uncomfortable.
Sitting in the nanny car, Ji Zeyu glanced at his phone every now and then. If a message came, he would immediately turn on his phone and look disappointed again when he found that the message was not from Lu Nanyun.
Sister Yun looked at Ji Zeyu thoughtfully. She always felt that something was not right with Ji Zeyu recently.
In the past, Ji Zeyu would never wait anxiously for others to reply to messages, nor would he frequently open WeChat Moments to check updates. Now, his state is like that of a high school student who is just starting to fall in love and is waiting for his partner to reply to his message.
Sister Yun frowned, feeling that things were not simple.
"Xiao Yu." Sister Yun called Ji Zeyu. Seeing that he didn't respond, she raised her voice.
Only then did Ji Zeyu react and quickly turned to look at Sister Yun: "Ah, what's wrong?"
"Although I don't want to interfere in your private life," Sister Yun looked at him and said seriously, "but I still want to remind you of one thing."
Ji Zeyu was stunned and asked Sister Yun in confusion: "What?"
"Looking at your absentmindedness, you must be in love, right?" Sister Yun stared at Ji Zeyu with burning eyes and said something that shocked the latter, "You are on the rise in your career now, so don't do this."
"I, of course I didn't..." Ji Zeyu was a little flustered, his cheeks slightly hot, "How could I be in love."
He was just chatting with Lu Nanyun.
And that guy Lu Nanyun still hasn't responded to his message.
Looking at the boy's red ears and panicked eyes, Sister Yun felt more and more that her guess was correct. She said with some sadness: "Xiao Ji, male idols cannot fall in love with girls..."
"I really didn't!"
"Your behavior is too abnormal to deceive me." Sister Yun glanced at Ji Zeyu's mobile phone with sharp eyes, "If you are not in love, then you have a crush on the other person. Am I right?"
Ji Zeyu was stunned by what Sister Yun said.
At first, Ji Zeyu thought Sister Yun's words were too ridiculous. How could he have a crush on Lu Nanyun? He and Lu Nanyun just...
After that, Ji Zeyu's heartbeat kept accelerating and he slowly opened his eyes.
His Adam's apple rolled up and down.
A voice in his head said they were just good brothers.
Another voice retorted, do you really just regard him as a good brother
Ji Zeyu's fingers kept tightening and he held the phone hard. His heartbeat hit his chest every time, almost jumping out of his chest like a rabbit, making him almost breathless.
Seeing Ji Zeyu's reaction, Sister Yun suddenly understood. With a look of sorrow on her face, she said angrily: "Which girl bewitched you like this? Let's not talk about your identity as an idol, just your life experience Background, unless the other party is a first-line female star, this marriage will never happen!"
Ji Zeyu's mind was in chaos, and it seemed that he couldn't hear what Sister Yun said at all.
"Xiao Ji, Xiao Ji, you are so confused." Sister Yun shook her head and sighed, "Tell me, who is the girl you like? What do you like about her?"
"I like him..." Ji Zeyu replied blankly, without even realizing what he said, "He is tall and strong, and it gives me a sense of security."
"Tall and strong female stars can give you a sense of security..." Sister Yun said with a confused expression, "Xiao Ji, what are you talking about? There are no such female stars in the entertainment industry."
Ji Zeyu looked at Sister Yun blankly and nodded slowly: "Yes, he is."
The two looked at each other with big eyes, and the atmosphere fell into silence.