Crossover Actors - Chapter 3

[Chapter 3]

Lu Wen and Sun Xiaojian were both starving and left the crew to find a Chongqing restaurant.

After ordering, Lu Wen read the detailed shooting notice, read the script in the hotel all day tomorrow, and held a kick-off banquet for the entire crew in the evening. Sun Xiaojian said: “Remember the daily makeup and acting time. The boiling water room is on the first floor. The boxed

meals are greasy, rinsed with water before eating. Common medicines and supplements are placed in the RV cabinet. If you feel uncomfortable, take them immediately.”

I didn’t remember: “Isn’t this all your job?”

“What if I’m not here.” Sun Xiaojian held his chin in his hands, “In the past, you were a supporting role, and we didn’t have any birds. Now you are the number one male, I Try to make contacts.”

Lu Wen said, “For example?”

Sun Xiaojian replied, “First try to take a photo with the female No. 1.” After

a few dishes were served, Lu Wen and Sun Xiaojian toasted to celebrate the start of work. From auditioning, being selected, to negotiating a contract signing, the two of them have celebrated 800 times.

Sometimes when they look at each other, they will smile. If the difference in appearance is not too big, passers-by think they are bursting with love.

Sun Xiaojian sighed every time: “The entertainment industry is really metaphysical, so many people go to audition, those who are more popular than you, have backgrounds, and know the producers. As a result, you killed them all!”

Lu Wen also said every time. To repeat: “This is the first time I have participated in such a fierce competition!

” How many newcomers and unpopular young actors swarmed up. At that time, everyone laughed as if they were taking an art test.

Sun Xiaojian had few contacts and resources, but he was resolute and bold, and ran back to the ground to apply for an audition for Lu Wen. Whether the application is successful or not is the first round of screening. It depends on the appearance conditions. Lu Wen passed it smoothly.

An audition is like an interview. There were more than a dozen people in the same group that day, and they prepared for the two scenes they performed. Lu Wen didn’t hold out hope, prepared for a day trip, memorized his lines, then took out the comic book he brought with him and started reading.

At that time, an elder brother passed by and asked him why he was not ready? He raised his head and said nonsense: “I’m a Buddhist person, so I follow fate.” The

elder brother asked again, “I have to memorize the lines, right?”

“I did.” Lu Wen said proudly, “I memorized it. The words are very fast, you can remember them after reading them a few times.” The

elder brother said, “That means you are talented.”

Lu Wen said, “I never recite texts when I was studying. The teacher checked them the next day, and I practiced them in temporary shorthand. Talent can’t be called, it’s a specialty.”

He showed off with others, and when he saw the director team at the official audition, he realized that the eldest brother was the chief director, Ren Shu.

Ren Shu reminded him with a smile: “Don’t be nervous, we know each other.”

Lu Wen wasn’t nervous at all, he was sure he was out of play, and he was nervous. After the audition was over, I felt that I couldn’t bear Sun Xiaojian’s hard work, so I voluntarily gave up carbs for a week.

Unexpectedly, he was selected.

Recalling this moment, Lu Wen was still a little puzzled.

Sun Xiaojian was blushing and said, “Although…but…”

Lu Wen understood what the omitted part was-although “First Night” was a web drama, it couldn’t compare to the star drama broadcast by satellite TV. It’s not as good as a big movie; the theme is not family fun, and there are lovers who are not married; director Ren Shu is good at urban life dramas, and has never tried other styles.

But just as he sighed, the competition was fierce, and how many actors broke their heads.

And the reason is probably – the screenwriter is Qu Yanting.

At the same time, on the street next to the restaurant, a hot pot restaurant that had been open for more than ten years was packed. In the private room, Qu Yanting sat on a long bench and fished out a piece of beef from the boiling red soup.

He dipped it in the sesame oil dish, and then put it into his mouth to taste. The light-colored shirt matched with the slow movements, and there was a different kind of contempt in the fiery atmosphere.

Ren Shu was sitting across from him , taking off his coat and wearing only short sleeves. He was very sturdy and was drinking herbal tea sweating profusely: “No, it’s too spicy!” Low-hanging, with an innate sense of distance. But his nose is very narrow, which is a bit delicate for a man, and the lines of his lips and jaw are also very gentle, which together neutralize the temperature of his eyes.

He added a tablespoon of dried chili peppers to the plate, wrapped a piece of yellow throat red before putting it in his mouth, and said with satisfaction, “I like to eat like this.”

“Give it to you, all to you.” Ren Shujiang The cooked meat clips were given to Qu Yanting, “In those days, we both slept in the same class, and I took you back to my house for dinner on weekends. You just have to eat half a bottle of hot sauce in one meal.”

That hot sauce is the exclusive secret recipe of Ren’s mother. Qu Yanting ate half the bottle and took the rest back to school. Even though the contact with each other became less and less after graduation, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year’s Eve, he kept sending gifts to Ren’s mother without hesitation.

Qu Yanting said, “I’ll invite you for this meal.”

“You’re humiliating me?” Ren Shu said, “What kind of friendship do we have, if you want to invite a big one.”

Qu Yanting joked: “Buy you a suite in Chongqing?”

“As expected of Qu Editor, it’s a suite.” Ren Shu also joked, ”

Tomorrow night, you will pay me the cost of the opening banquet.” support. He wiped his mouth, and there was a bit of complaint in his tone: “It’s such a coincidence.”

Ren Shu didn’t notice it, and said, “You don’t come two days late, not only the actors, but also those from the co-producer will come tomorrow. You have invested a lot of money in this drama, and you are a screenwriter, so you have to be in charge.”

Ren Shu said with some dissatisfaction, “After graduation, you appeared less and less and stayed in the circle, but how many meals did we have at the same table? ”

Qu Yanting said: “You’re doing well, I’m doing okay, that’s enough. This circle is ups and downs. When you get closer, you form a gang, but when you stay far away, it’s good for everyone.”

Ren Shu smiled and said: “What do you mean, are you not happy to help me?” A

gentleman is not a party, and Qu Yanting hopes to be alone, and said: “But if you are in trouble, I will definitely not refuse.”

Ren Shu believed. There are many people in the circle who are unfamiliar and pretend to be familiar and call themselves brothers. The enthusiasm may not be sincere, and there are very few people who are truly righteous. After graduating, he was relatively smooth, and he made several life dramas. He has reputation, awards and money, and there are bottlenecks that cannot break through his own limitations.

When he was confused, Qu Yanting approached him and wanted to work with him on this play.

When it comes to preparations in business, he never had a chance to ask, and now he asks out of curiosity : “You are so comfortable in the film industry, why do you want to make a web drama?” The reason will not be a whim. Qu Yanting lowered his eyes, Ruifeng transformed into a lazy sleeping phoenix, and said lightly, “I want to try.”

Ren Shu winked and stopped asking, turning to recall his college days.

He was very lazy, so Qu Yanting helped him to fetch food and water every day; when he borrowed books that were overdue, Qu Yanting was scolded by the librarian every time; he bought a second-hand phone to make a short film, and he slept soundly, and Qu Yanting stayed up all night painting script.

The red soup cooled down, and the dense heat dissipated little by little. Ren Shu held up the cup: “It’s over, I respect you.”

Qu Yanting said, “I’m done.”

After coming out of the hot pot restaurant, the mountain town was brightly lit. , brighter than a cloudy day. The Porsche parked on the side of the road, the driver got off work, and Ren Shu personally drove Qu Yanting back to the hotel.

After hitting the road, Ren Shu asked, “Is this car comfortable?”

“It’s okay.” Qu Yanting sat in the passenger seat, his elbows on the window and his wrists on his temples, “You can keep it for yourself, and give me a babysitter. The car.”

Ren Shu shouted: “Pull it down, I don’t change my clothes for several days when I’m busy, I’m afraid that my car will be ruined. What about the driver? If there is no problem, let him take care of the shuttle.”

Qu Yanting said: “Okay, don’t work Lao Liu anymore.”

Ren Shu laughed: “I forgot, Lao Liu called me in the afternoon and said that something went wrong when picking up the plane, and some actors from the crew got into the wrong car. I was busy at the time, so I didn’t listen carefully, is it true or not?”

The street scene in the rearview mirror was like a series of continuous shots, Qu Yanting stared at it, automatically freezing and replaying in his mind, and flashing back to the scene from the airport.

He said, “Really.”

Ren Shu asked, “Who is it?”

Qu Yanting replied, “The actor you picked.”

“Lu Wen?” Ren Shu turned the steering wheel and glanced at the carriage in the mirror when turning a corner , “Why is there a pillow missing? I bought a new authentic Shu embroidery.”

Qu Yanting said, “Your hero forgot to put it off when he got off the bus. I gave him as a souvenir.”

“You are very generous.” Turning into a commercial street, The hotel was not far away, and Ren Shu felt something was wrong, “Hey, what do you mean by the actor I picked? I have shown you the makeup photos and the audition video, and you nodded and approved.”

Indeed, Qu Yanting had seen it earlier in the morning . Lu Wen’s photos and two audition performances have also been seen repeatedly, but he doesn’t know anything about Lu Wen himself.

He asked: “Why did you choose him?”

“Without the interference of capital, politics, and power, is it a matter of choosing a role?” Ren Shu slowed down and pulled over slowly to the side of the car, “On the audition day, everyone was serious Only Lu Wen is reading comics.”

Qu Yanting: “…”

Ren Shu recalled: “He didn’t know I was the director, and I asked him why he didn’t prepare. When I saw me again during the audition, I was afraid that he was nervous, but he didn’t know whether he was in danger or broke, and it was easier than reading the comics.”

“So you chose him?” Qu Yanting unfastened his seat belt.

“I don’t like to study with him. My exams focus on participation. I don’t care about my energy at all. It’s too suitable.” Ren Shu paused and looked sideways at Qu Yanting, “It’s Ye Xiaowu who is alive and well.

” After a while, he said slowly, “It looks like Ye Xiaowu.”

Ren Shu unlocked the car door: “Ye Xiaowu is the male lead, isn’t that right?”

Qu Yanting said, “But Ye Xiaowu is a fool.” After opening the

door and getting out of the car, it was slightly cold . When the night wind came, Qu Yanting was interrupted by Ren Shu when he closed the door, and asked him if he wanted to participate in tomorrow’s script reading.

He shook his head and said, “You take care of it, I’m relieved.”

Qu Yanting returned to the hotel, and when he passed by the lobby, he caught sight of two people, one tall and one short. He didn’t pay attention and went straight into the elevator.

Sun Xiaojian checked in and said, “I live on the 53rd floor. It’s getting late today. You go back to your room and put on a mask and go to bed early. I’ll help you clean up tomorrow morning.”

After a day of running around, Lu Wen got the room card and lifted his leg. Walk.

As soon as the direct elevator closed, he took another one, took a look through the gilt mirror door, and stared at the ever-rising numbers.

On the 62nd floor, there are only a few suites on the whole floor, which is very quiet. Lu Wen stepped out of the elevator slowly, turned around, and saw a walking figure a few steps away.

He doesn’t like to look at others, but at this moment he is following with his eyes.

The man was about 1.8 meters tall, with a tuft of velvety hair on the back of his head, and his neck was very slender, showing half of the oatmeal-colored shirt collar. Down is the walking body, the back is thin, but the shoulders are shoulders, the waist is the waist, the legs are the legs, everything is just right, and it is well-proportioned and neat like the figure of an ordinary person.

Lu Wen turned a corner unknowingly and walked along another corridor. He was tall and had long legs, and gradually shortened the distance into one step.

Suddenly, the other party stopped and stood sideways outside door 6206.

“I’m going!” Lu Wen recognized it, “is it you?”

The carpet was heavy, and Qu Yanting didn’t notice the footsteps behind him. He was about to look for the room key, when he heard the sound and turned around and bumped into Lu Wen’s surprised expression, which was broken for a while.

The lighting was so good that they could see each other’s faces at a glance. Lu Wen realized that it wasn’t that the sunglasses were too big, but that the other’s face was too small.

Looking at this face, he did not meet Ruifeng’s sparse eyes, nor did he pay attention to the delicate and straight bridge of his nose, and only saw Qu Yanting’s slightly open lips.

I do not know what I have eaten, moist, bright red, like two rose petals.

Qu Yanting came back to his senses, but did not respond, turned back and took out the room card.

At this time, Lu Wen asked behind him, “Brother, who are you playing?”

[End of This Chapter]