Jiang Chuyi stood there and thought calmly for a minute.
This person turned out to be Muneya.
This person turned out to be Souya...
The crowd was crowded, Gao Ning looked back every few steps and gestured for them to follow.
On the way to the backstage, Gao Ning said, "We're going to meet Li Jian later."
"Li Jian?" The assistant recalled in his mind, "Isn't he from IM?"
"It's him." Gao Ning whispered and calculated, "Xibao has recently started preparing a new album. They plan to make a spin-off movie based on the theme song—"
Before he could finish his words, the assistant excitedly asked, "What?! Are we going to cooperate with Xibao?"
"Keep your voice down!" Gao Ning scolded her, "What kind of cooperation is this? There's no way we can even start this."
Jiang Chuyi finally came to her senses.
The entertainment industry is indeed magical. The famous Souya is actually a playboy in private. However, this is also expected.
He looks like a gentle bad boy like Playboy, but he is quite polite. He probably won't bear a grudge against her after she lectures him a few times...
Jiang Chuyi suddenly felt that the bracelet she was wearing was extremely heavy.
I don’t know if he recognized her just now, I hope he didn’t.
Not to mention the huge difference in their status, for a small actor like her, it would be a disaster to mess with people like them.
*
When they arrived backstage, the staff took them to a lounge.
After sitting on the sofa for half an hour, Li Jian finally arrived.
Gao Ning and Li Jian had some friendship, and Li Jian knew the purpose of bringing Jiang Chuyi here this time. The two chatted tacitly, talking about gossip in the circle, the prospects of the industry, who's salary was downgraded, which newcomer the company had signed recently, who was going to be promoted, and who cut whose cake.
The topic was going around in circles, and Gao Ning finally took the opportunity to get to the point, "By the way, what's the situation with your latest movie?"
Li Jian glanced at Jiang Chuyi who was standing next to him as punishment, and said meaningfully: "The script has been finalized, and we have also contacted a few female leads. We are almost done with it."
"That's true." Gao Ning smiled. "How dare I think about the heroine of your movie? I mean, is there any other character who can help Chu Yi?"
Li Jian raised his eyebrows.
Gao Ning: "By the way, last time you asked about Cheng Xi's beverage endorsement, I have already contacted her agent for you. The schedule is fine, and her last contract is about to expire. I will push her to you tonight."
Li Jian's gaze fell on Jiang Chuyi.
While they were talking, the young girl stood quietly by their side, waiting for such a long time without being impatient.
When people think of female celebrities, the word that comes to mind is "gorgeous", but her facial features are small, which has nothing to do with coolness or glamour. She is also not a cat-like sweetheart. Instead, she is on the edge of men's aesthetic standards, with a somewhat delicate and pretty appearance.
In terms of popularity, she is not really ranked in the circle, but she is quite pleasing to the eye. After so many years of debut, she has a good reputation in the circle, few scandals, and a relatively clean foundation.
After pondering for a while, Li Jian said, "In this case, there is indeed a role. She is not the female lead, but she also has some scenes and can show up. My words alone will definitely not count. I can only recommend it. When the time comes, you can send me Chu Yi's information and you can go for an audition first."
"Okay, no problem." Gao Ning agreed readily.
*
It was almost twelve o'clock when Jiang Chuyi finished the social event with Gao Ning. She returned home and collapsed on the sofa.
When Rabbit heard the noise, he ran out of his nest and rubbed against her feet. Jiang Chuyi felt a little tickled, laughed twice, and grabbed the dog by the scruff of the neck and held it in her arms.
Suddenly remembering something, she opened her bag and took out the bracelet from the compartment.
Looking at the name and phone number on it, Jiang Chuyi habitually stared blankly for ten minutes, and finally stuffed the thing into the corner of the drawer.
After days of upside down day and night and drinking a little, Jiang Chuyi had a severe headache. She took a shower, removed her makeup, made some milk, and lay on the bay window in the bedroom to dry her hair.
She was replying to WeChat messages while browsing Xiaohongshu. She was playing with her phone intermittently. While doing nothing, she recalled what happened today. Jiang Chuyi opened Weibo and searched for Zong Ye with her secondary account.
As soon as I typed the name in the search bar, many entries related to Souya popped up.
Zong Ye and Xin He.
Xin He
Jiang Chuyi and Xin He don't have much interaction in private, but they are of similar age, so when the development of young actresses of different ages is counted online, they are occasionally compared together.
Of course, she is always the one who gets dragged down.
With a little gossip in mind, Jiang Chuyi clicked on the headline article just released by a familiar marketing account - "Bright and beautiful young flower Xin He, a woman that Zong Yedu loves but cannot get"
The title alone is explosive.
As expected, the comments section was completely overwhelmed. Although Xin He is already one of the most popular female stars, she was still ruthlessly crushed by the absolute popularity. The hot comments were all a sea of curses.
[I don't understand, nowadays fans like to press their heads against your obscure idols and cannot get their love? Drug addicts are really heartless.]
[A certain unknown girl is really determined to pay for her love, and my brother can't avoid her no matter how hard he tries. ]
[The sky is big, but it is not bigger than the two ounces of flesh on your sister's face. ]
These fans are really mean when they curse at people.
Jiang Chuyi scrolled down and saw a photo of Zong Ye.
As she watched, she became distracted... An inexplicable sense of familiarity came to her mind.
Especially those eyes, the slightly curved arc when they smiled, which made some vague fragments suddenly emerge in her mind.
But when I think about it carefully, these fragments are like a shooting star, turning into a flash of white light and disappearing.
I couldn't remember where I had seen it before.
But soon, she felt relieved.
Although Xibao has only debuted for a few years, their rapid rise to fame is well known, and their huge posters can be seen everywhere.
Even when he was in seclusion in a remote place like Hengdian, Jiang Chuyi could hear news about them from time to time.
She didn't know where this sense of familiarity came from, probably just the slight impression she had from occasional glimpses.
Zongye’s Weibo square is a typical scene of the battle between fans and haters: various revelations whose authenticity is unknown, artificially photoshopped black pictures, refined pictures posted by fans, and pictures of the battles among the members of the Xibao group, etc.
Jiang Chuyi didn't know much about it, nor did she care much about it, but a popular Weibo post by a big V blogger caught her attention:
@小西瓜: What does it feel like to have met Souya in real life
The comments section was full of all kinds of comments, some were gentle and handsome, some were good-looking and killed people. Jiang Chuyi was bored, so she read for a while and commented objectively:
@初一是好日: He is a relatively polite person, and his appearance is probably one of those in the entertainment industry where "I don't know how he grew up like this".
Unexpectedly, within a minute after posting the post, a vigilant fan immediately sent her a private message: [Are you a stalker? ]
Jiang Chuyi was afraid of getting into trouble, so after thinking for a while, he replied: [It’s not a private life, I went to pick him up at the airport before. ]
The other party was skeptical.
Jiang Chuyi added, trying to cover up her mistake: [I am just an ordinary fan. I just watched from a distance. There were so many people that I was almost crushed.]
This seemed to dispel the other party's doubts. The girl on the other end of the network was deeply touched: [Yes, there are really a lot of people offline every time, there is nothing we can do, Xibao is just very popular, you should pay attention to safety next time! ]
Jiang Chuyi politely responded with a few perfunctory remarks, but the girl seemed to have found a like-minded person and enthusiastically shared with her various raw photos of Zong Ye and stunning stage cuts. Jiang Chuyi symbolically blew a few flattering words in response.
After some chatting, the girl felt like she had met a soulmate and wanted to add her on WeChat to continue the conversation.
Jiang Chuyi was a little overwhelmed, so she used the excuse of it being late at night to temporarily say goodbye and hurriedly left Weibo, this place of trouble.
*
Jiang Chuyi slept until noon the next day, and habitually picked up his mobile phone and opened the work group on WeChat.
Gao Ning just forwarded a few audition requests.
Jiang Chuyi clicked on one of the long pictures, which introduced the production team of the movie "West Storm". From top to bottom, the producer, supervisor, and director, all of them are well-known and well-known in the industry.
Why would they go to such great lengths for an album and recruit a team that is almost comparable to that of a top cinema movie
This was the first time Jiang Chuyi had seen such a large investment, and she couldn't help feeling a little confused.
She sat up and sent a WeChat message to Gao Ning: [Does IM take this so seriously? ]
Gao Ning: [Are you kidding? This is the fifth anniversary album. It should be the last official joint album before Xibao's solo. It will definitely attract a lot of attention.]
Xibao is now so popular that everyone wants to get involved. As the producer, IM originally planned to consume the film internally.
When the news was first released, several planners did receive a large number of resumes, but most of them were eliminated in the first round, and those who remained were almost all female artists under IM.
Unfortunately, the director is from Hong Kong. He made several popular movies in his early years. He is very proud and has extremely picky vision.
After rounds of screening, the director was still not satisfied, so he and the assistant director decided to conduct another round of interviews.
Jiang Chuyi happened to be lucky this time. Through Li Jian's connections, she managed to squeeze into being one of the candidates.
The audition is in a week.
Gao Ning brought Jiang Chuyi to the agreed hotel. After entering the lobby, the group registered at the front desk, got the access card and went upstairs.
The entire 27th floor of the hotel was booked. A receptionist led the way in front and told them that the morning group had finished the audition and the afternoon audition would start at three o'clock. Jiang Chuyi was the last one in line.
The second-to-last interview was halfway through and someone came to notify me.
The young assistant stayed in the room with Gao Ning to discuss next month's announcement, and Jiang Chuyi was taken to a separate suite.
There were quite a lot of people in the reception room's living room, running in and out, all busy.
She sat on the sofa, and someone took the time to take a glass of water and handed it to her. Jiang Chuyi smiled and said thank you.
She just sat there waiting alone.
I flipped through the two pages of the script in my hand a few more times when I suddenly heard a noise next to me.
Jiang Chuyi turned around and looked.
The last auditioner was greeted by a large crowd. Judging from his expression, the interview must have gone well.
Jiang Chuyi recognized her.
The busy people in the room also stopped what they were doing and came over to say hello.
Xin He always maintained a reserved and polite smile and seemed to be in a good mood, not affected by online public opinion at all.
The hustle and bustle not far away formed a sharp contrast with the desolation around her.
Jiang Chuyi didn't feel any sense of disappointment. In this circle, it was normal to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. She had long been accustomed to this kind of treatment.
As a member of the new generation that Huarui strongly supports, Xin He has been the most talked about topic recently among her peers. Seeing her bright future, she naturally receives more attention than others.
After finishing the water in the cup, a girl came running over and said, "Teacher Jiang, the assistant director wants you to go in and get ready first."
"Oh well."
Jiang Chuyi stood up and followed her in.
This is a conference room that is divided into an inner and outer room. The assistant director was sitting outside, smiling and waving at Jiang Chuyi, "Xiaoyi, come here quickly."
Jiang Chuyi was a little surprised and walked over quickly, "Aunt Lin."
"It's been a long time since we last met." Lin Gongqiong pulled her to sit down, "How is Lao Qin's health lately?"
Lin Gongqiong and her mentor Qin Tong have been friends for many years. When Jiang Chuyi was taken out to attend dinner parties, she had met Lin Gongqiong several times.
When she was 8 years old, she was spotted by Qin Tong by chance and starred in a movie directed by him, thus entering the entertainment industry.
Qin Tong watched her grow up, and over time he became her guide. The seniors who had a good relationship with Qin Tong often took care of her for his sake.
No wonder Li Jian was so easy to talk to this time. He was probably just going along with the situation and doing a favor.
Jiang Chuyi replied: "He has been in better health recently and often talks about you to me."
Lin Gongqiong smiled and said, "Next time you come back to Beijing, let's have a meal together at my house. I will cook for you myself."
Jiang Chuyi responded with a "OK".
Lin Gongqiong raised his hand and called, "Come over here and get to know each other."
Jiang Chuyi turned her head as she spoke, and then she noticed that there were two people sitting in the corner.
The one on the left was lying comfortably on the sofa, chewing gum and crossing his legs. He didn't move when he heard the words, but glanced over at him.
This guy has an extremely cyberpunk style. His hair is highlighted, he has exaggerated earrings on his ear bones, and he wears a silver ring on his right index finger.
When he looked at Jiang Chuyi, he smiled at her and a bubble came out of his mouth.
The long and thin single eyelids are alluring and charming.
Jiang Chuyi thought for a few seconds.
If I'm not mistaken, this person should be Wang Tan.
As for the other person beside Wang Tan... Jiang Chuyi had already seen him before, so she glanced at him quickly and then looked away.
When Zong Ye was about to get up, Wang Tan leisurely patted the corners of his clothes, stood up first and walked towards Jiang Chuyi.
He leaned his elbow on the edge of the table, leaned his handsome and delicate face closer to her, and blinked, "Hi."
"… Hello."
"I have long heard of your great name, Senior."
Jiang Chuyi felt that his tone was a little strange and moved back a little, "You are too polite."
She really didn't have the face to call herself a senior in front of him.
"I grew up watching your movies." Wang Tan smiled, "You were my childhood idol."
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
She didn't believe it, and forced herself to raise the corners of her mouth, "Thank you."
How come this guy even uses “you”... She’s also a childhood idol. Even though he looks quite young, she just debuted earlier, so she seems to have a bit more experience. She shouldn’t be much older than him, right
She was complaining in her heart, and at this moment, the chair on the right was pulled away. Jiang Chuyi looked at it calmly, and the person sat down.
Seeing that it was Zong Ye, Jiang Chuyi subconsciously sat up straight, but did not speak first.
He whispered, "Hello, Souya."
"Hello." Jiang Chuyi extended her hand cautiously, "My name is Jiang Chuyi."
Her fingers are thin, the backs of her hands are very white, and her nails are painted a slightly transparent pink.
After a moment of silence, Zongye calmly shook his hand back: "I know."
Seeing that she was the last person to be interviewed, Zong Ye didn't seem to be particularly surprised.
Following the principle of less trouble is worse than more trouble, Jiang Chuyi breathed a sigh of relief since he didn't "recognize her" and wisely pretended to have forgotten.
*
Not long after, a staff member came over to inform Jiang Chuyi to go in and wait.
Everything went smoothly before, with only one last part left, which required me to act out a scene with others in a side story of the movie.
On her birthday, the heroine bought a cake alone and was waiting for the traffic light on her way home when she was attracted by a wandering singer playing guitar on the street. She stopped to listen to a song and then walked up to him to start a conversation.
There are a few fixed lines, and the rest depends on improvisation, which is not difficult for Jiang Chuyi.
The director pointed at someone at random and said, "Go."
Zong Ye seemed to have been assigned many similar tasks before. After hearing the instructions, he sat on the chair in the audition room skillfully, bent one leg slightly, put his foot on the crossbar, and placed the guitar horizontally on his knees for sound testing.
After trying it on, he looked up at Jiang Chuyi.
She prayed silently in her heart that Zong Ye would not make things difficult for her at this time.
The two men took their positions, the dark camera lens was pointed at them, and the director signaled that they could begin.
The whole audience fell silent.
A soothing piano sound was heard.
Souya held the guitar in a casual position, with his arm resting on the guitar, pressing the strings with his index and ring fingers to adjust the pitch.
Jiang Chuyi absent-mindedly.
I had heard before that their stage presence was explosive and their style gave people the impression that they were not easy to deal with, but I didn't expect that he would play this song.
After waiting for the piano to end, Jiang Chuyi silently thought for ten seconds, then controlled her expression and walked slowly towards Zong Ye, "This song is really beautiful."
"Thanks."
"Can I ask what this song is called?"
Zongya sat there quietly and gave the answer.
Is an English word.
Jiang Chuyi: "Creep? The version with Daniela Andrade?"
Souya: “Yeah.”
“I used to like this song very much.”
He was not too surprised. He was silent for a moment before saying, "Really? What a coincidence."
This was the first time she saw Souya in a well-lit area.
He leaned back slightly on the chair, his eyelashes half-closed, and the outline of his face was like the lines carefully drawn with a fine brush, smooth and sharp in the transitions. His eyes were the only part of his facial features that was not cold, and even when he glanced at others unintentionally, he looked affectionate.
Since Souya and she didn't slack off, the last part was completed almost in one go.
After the shout of "Cut", she was called over by the director. They had to clear the space for Xibao to take photos for the magazine, so they didn't have much time to chat. The director seemed to be quite satisfied with her and only asked a few questions symbolically.
The audition was declared over and the scene began to prepare to close.
In a corner not far away, Zong Ye was alone, putting his guitar into its case.
Jiang Chuyi packed up her things and returned the props to the on-site staff. When she passed by Zong Ye, she paused, but still stopped and greeted him politely.
Seeing that it was her, Zongye stopped what he was doing and turned his head slightly.
She smiled politely: "Thank you for your hard work."
Souya: "You too."
Seeing his indifferent reaction, Jiang Chuyi suddenly realized that she seemed a little too familiar.
Jiang Chuyi stopped talking and said goodbye: "Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'm leaving now."
Souya paused for a few seconds before saying what he was about to say, then smiled at her softly, "I hope I didn't cause you any trouble today."
Jiang Chuyi was stunned.
[You are a celebrity, right? Be careful when you go out to play next time, and don't cause trouble to innocent passers-by in public.] The scenes from the past two days flashed through her mind. She was righteous and stern when she lectured the top star in the circle, and she was very impatient and even threatened to call the police. Jiang Chuyi suddenly regretted that she drank too much and didn't control her mouth. Now it's bad.
She didn't understand for a moment whether Souya was hinting at her or what. She paused for two seconds, as if she didn't understand what he said, and said in confusion: "How could that be? You performed very well today."
Zongye picked up the violin case and said as he passed by her, "That's good."
For some reason, Jiang Chuyi felt that these three words sounded meaningful.
She watched him walk away in silence, and from his back, she sensed an inexplicable calmness, as if a storm was about to come.
Jiang Chuyi suddenly remembered what her cousin had told her.
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"Sis, if you're fine, don't mess with Souya and the others."
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"What if I get into trouble?"
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"It's a grand show."
(End of this chapter)