The next day, after eight o'clock in the morning.
A taxi slowly stopped at the entrance of the "Lekang Community", and a man wearing a hat and mask slowly got out of the car. He first walked around to the nearby fresh fruit store to buy a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice, put it in a bag, and walked into the community with his fingers.
Rows of camellia trees planted in the community are blooming, and the red flower buds look bright and flamboyant. The wind is a little cold, and it blows by for a while, rustling on the leaves and petals. There should have been a rain in the middle of last night, and I can still smell a few traces of mud.
Shao Si wandered around the community for a long time, but couldn't find Building No. 3.
"Brother, did you go to the north gate?" Chi Zijun found a corner on the set, squatted down and secretly called him, "Building No. 3 is at the south gate, and there are three gates in the Lekang community."
Shao Si paused, looked back, and saw the word 'North' written on the door.
Chi Zijun lowered his voice and asked curiously, "Are you alone now? Isn't Actor Gu with you?"
Shao Si wasn't in a very good mood today, so he sneaked out behind Gu Yanzhou's back, and the driver he met was not good at driving, braked and started very quickly, bumping like a tractor.
He found an inconspicuous place to sit down and rest, and pulled off his mask: "Why does he have to be with me?"
"Isn't Actor Gu taking these two days off for you? I've heard from director Fang next door in the movie theater that Actor Gu originally had a guest role in his play, but in the end he didn't act in it—Director Fang told me Said, when Gu Yanzhou rejected him, he said he wanted to go home with his wife."
Shao Si had just inserted the straw in and didn't take two sips. Hearing his words, the juice choked directly into his throat.
He coughed a few times, really choking, and cursed casually: "...fuck."
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Shao Si choked until his eyes turned red, barely stopped, and said, "Go on."
Chi Zijun was puzzled and didn't know what to say: "No, I'm done."
"..."
Shao Si decided to skip this topic, and changed the subject: "Why did you think of calling me this morning?"
Gu Sheng woke up very early in the morning, lying in the middle of the bed, pushing this and that.
Shao Si can stand up to the noise when he sleeps, even if he really wakes up, he can kick people off, turn over by himself and get under the quilt to continue sleeping. Gu Yanzhou was woken up by her first, and then took her out to brush her teeth, wash her face and have breakfast: "Hey, don't bother your aunt."
Shao Si fell into a drowsy sleep, and vaguely heard this sentence, with the little consciousness left, he complained about 'who is her aunt'.
Then the two got up and messed around in the kitchen for a while, but found that there were no ingredients, and finally chose to go out to eat.
When Chi Zijun called to wake him up, Shao Si scratched his hair, went downstairs with half-closed eyes, and saw the note left on the table: I took Shengsheng out for breakfast, and I'll be back in a while.
After reading it, he pressed the note back under the fruit plate, then turned his phone to hands-free and threw it aside, asking, "What are you doing?"
Chi Zijun hurriedly said: "The one-person production crew had internal strife today, and the film broke up before filming. I don't know if work will resume tomorrow. Anyway, today is not filming."
"Infighting? Tell me clearly."
"An Yin didn't come to the set this morning. It seems that she was absent again without notifying them. The whole crew waited for her alone. If she didn't come, the filming couldn't continue. Then there was a quarrel, like a pot exploded."
Can you not fry it
Everyone in their crew is under a lot of pressure now, whether to choose to continue to be the grasshoppers on the same boat to persevere, or to fly separately when the disaster is imminent. An Yin's absence must have shaken the others.
Chi Zijun squatted down and talked on the phone for a while, and the director yelled from a distance, "Work has started, work has started", so he sped up his speech: "You made such a big deal, can I not know, last time you I didn't realize it when I asked An Yin, let me care about her, now I know, you have planned it since then, right?"
After Chi Zijun finished speaking, he persistently changed the subject: "You and Gu Yingdi, you two..."
"What about us," Shao Si said, "it's nothing."
"what?"
Shao Si said, stood up and walked towards the south gate, and said a jumping topic: "However, I have been struggling with how to accept him for two days, so I just said 'I accept you, I am quite sexually impulsive towards you, Let's be together' seems weird."
Chi Zijun was in a hurry to hang up the phone, but the director had already started urging him. If he didn't go to line up, he was afraid that he would be kicked out of the crew. However, Shao Si's words still made him forget everything, and he stopped in place unable to think: "..."
What is he talking about
Shao Si thought about it again, and it was the first time he asked for advice with such an open mind: "Is it because I am a little too burdened by being an idol? In fact, it's okay to say it directly. What do you think, is that sentence okay?" He said that sentence last night. Think of midnight.
Chi Zijun hung up the phone in a daze: "I, I'm urging the director, no... the director is urging me, I'm going first, let's talk back, bro."
Shao Si stared at the words 'call ended' on the screen for a few moments, then put on the mask again.
An Yin's family lives in Room 508, Building 3, Lekang Community.
This community is an ordinary community, and the law and order are quite average. An Yin lived here before she became popular, and she didn't move out after she became popular. When I worked with An Yin before, I heard the director talk about this issue with her. At that time, the director even joked that she was not afraid of being followed by paparazzi.
"I'm used to living here. After so many years, I'm really not used to you asking me to change places." At that time, An Yin was eating the crew's box lunch, bent her eyes and smiled and said, "It's okay, anyway, I don't fall in love and there is no scandal. And it’s not certain when it will be out of breath, so it’s such a hassle to move around.”
On this day, the curtains in An Yin's house were still drawn tightly. The lights didn't turn on much, and it looked strangely depressing.
As soon as Shao Si walked to the door, he could vaguely hear some voice inside—it could be heard through the thick walls, and most likely it was a dispute. However, when he raised his hand and pressed the doorbell, the room fell silent again.
After a while, a mature and calm female voice came out through the electronic device: "Who?" The voice was obviously not An Yin, it should be her manager.
Shao Si pulled off his mask and recalled the name of An Yin's manager: "... Sister Ping, it's me."
Wang Ping saw Shao Si's face through the cat's eyes, and then opened the door: "Why are you here?"
Her expression and tone were not good at this time, partly because of An Yin, and partly because of this person in front of her—to put it bluntly, it was because of Shao Si that her family An Yin fell into this dilemma this time.
Shao Si pretended not to notice this detail. He was a lot taller than her, and his sight was not obstructed, so he glanced into the room twice: "Is An Yin there, I have something to do with her."
Wang Ping was about to say that An Yin was unwell and couldn't meet the guests, when An Yin came out of the room disobediently: "Sister Ping, let him in."
Wang Ping could only turn sideways to get out of the way, but when she turned her head, she gave An Yin a hard look.
An Yin poured him a cup of tea, which was Pu'er, and the aroma slowly leaked out as the tea flowed.
Shao Si seemed to be careless, but in fact he sized up the two of them from head to toe.
Her eyes were a little red, she must have cried, her voice was hoarse, and she was in a bad state of mind. Wang Ping seemed more irritable. Compared with An Yin's pajamas, she was wearing a decent formal attire and even had a briefcase in her hand.
Regarding the conflict between them, Shao Si probably guessed a little bit.
Wang Ping looked at her watch frequently, wanting to say something but because Shao Si was here, she could only signal with her eyes, but An Yin didn't appreciate it, so she had no choice but to say: "You..."
Shao Si stopped her at the right time: "Sister Ping, you don't have to rush her anymore, the entire crew is shut down today."
Wang Ping obviously didn't know about it yet, she was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is what you said true?"
Then she put down her briefcase and trotted all the way to the balcony to call the team.
An Yin didn't seem to care about these things, she sat opposite Shao Si, holding a cup of tea and said: "I guessed that you would come to see me, but in fact, I have long wanted to ask you to meet."
She said, her head drooping lower and lower: "I really don't know what to do. I haven't had a good night's sleep in the past few days. I used to look down on those who put on a mask. Man, I always feel that I am in the circle, I can at least guarantee that I am sincere...but... "
But some things are really out of control.
When "One Life, One Couple" was launched, it was said that An Yin was absent due to illness, but it was not completely fabricated. It's just that her body had almost recovered on the day the machine was started, and it was only a few days before the machine started that she had a fever until she became dizzy and nauseated.
And that was the day when it all started.
"I went to the hospital to fetch water that day, and slept in the ward for several hours. Sister Ping was busy with other things, so she helped me pay the fee and left, and asked me to rest in the ward and wait for her to come back." An Yin recalled. , "I waited for a while after hanging the water, but I couldn't sleep, so I went out and walked around twice. I accidentally bumped into a person, her name is... Fang Jing."
"Fang Jing?" Fang Jing didn't mention this matter to them at the time.
An Yin continued: "Actually, at the beginning, I knew that plagiarism was not considered a big deal. At most, I should be more careful when choosing scripts in the future. If I want to give up this role because of this matter, I will go bankrupt and lose money. I will do it." No. It's kind of mean to say it, but that's really what I thought at the time."
There is no turning back, although I feel a little sorry, this time the filming can only be finished.
But she met Fang Jing in the hospital.
Shao Si put down his teacup, and vaguely felt that Fang Jing had something else to hide besides this matter: "What did she tell you?"
An Yin: "She said... I was not the lead actress originally scheduled."