Chapter 057

Just after five o'clock in the afternoon when the live broadcast ended, Xu Jingning did not go back with Yan Xun, but went to meet at the place where she had agreed to meet with Shen Luo.

The location was chosen by Xu Jingning, a small private restaurant not in the downtown area, and few people came at this time. When he pushed the door and entered the private room, Shen Luo had already arrived.

"Congratulations! You won first place in all three performances."

Shen Luo started with compliments, but his tone and expression were as calm, and it was rare to feel that he was sincerely congratulating.

Xu Jingning was a little surprised and raised her eyebrows: "I thought you were going to make some thorns first."

Who would have thought that before the recording started, Chen Luo had threatened someone, but in the past few episodes, his presence was not strong at all, especially under the premise that Xu Jingning sucked away most of the attention, it was much more painful not to be seen than to lose to Xu Jingning.

But I have to say that he has made great progress in acting.

"I'm going to retire now, there's no need to care about reputation." I don't know what he's been through in the past two months, but he's actually calmed down a lot. "Let's talk business, what do you think?"

According to Xu Jingning's original plan, he gave Chen Luo some time to retire after the finals of the performance, but this plan was rejected by the other party.

"Right now." Shen Luo opened his phone in front of him, "I have edited the Weibo, take a look."

Xu Jingning was slightly stunned.

Seeing his surprised expression, Shen Luo finally smiled a little: "I have been dragging it on until recently to find you, because I originally had an idea that maybe I can become famous here and no longer be tripped up by those messy things."

“I still want someone to praise me. Shen Luo actually has acting skills.”

"But later I realized, Xu Jingning, that as long as you are around, I can't win." Chen Luo raised his eyes and looked at the person, "Maybe some people are just not destined to be famous."

Xu Jingning was not moved by this confession. He calmly pointed out: "No one wants you to compete with others, and if you really want to leave Jiayi, you could have given up the opportunity to debut. There are many ways to become famous. It's you who narrowed your path and fell into depravity."

Chen Luo was still in the mood to laugh along: "Why don't you be frank, I'm too ambitious and just want to take shortcuts, it's really sad, the fact is really like this."

"Do you know why Yan Xun is so blunt about his dislike for you?"

"Don't show off in my face at a time like this. Everyone knows that you are his favorite student, talented and motivated." Shen Luo sneered, but it sounded more like self-mockery.

"I'm not as capable as you think. You said at the beginning that you didn't like my opportunism. How come you praised me for my hard work?" Xu Jingning interrupted him, "Chen Luo, you gave up the chance to save yourself."

"There aren't so many talented actors. Ye Zhiliu, Luo Yingying and the others all came out of this with a down-to-earth attitude. They are no worse than me at all."

"What's up, Xu Jingning? Are you being kind again and asking me to be a good person?"

Xu Jingning frowned: "I won't advise you any more. You made the choice yourself, and the current situation is also your own fault."

"We are just in a transactional relationship, but I hope everyone will be honest during the cooperation."

In between words, he had already forwarded the re-edited Weibo content to Shen Luo: "I have polished it again, and you don't need to mention the parts related to me, just take a look."

After all, it was something he wrote, so Shen Luo quickly read through it and posted it.

He chuckled and said, "You still say you're not a good person, but you erase all the hard work without saying a word. Xu Jingning, I'm helping you. Do you know how many fans you can gain by posting the deleted videos?"

Xu Jingning responded calmly: "I don't need to rely on this to attract fans. In comparison, being targeted by Jiayi's group because of my name is more disgusting."

"Okay... Is there anything else, Mr. Xu? I don't think you would want to have dinner at the same table with me, so I'll leave first."

After the two separated, Xu Jingning no longer looked at the information on the Internet. He just asked 2874 to keep an eye on it in real time. However, he did not go home. Instead, he changed his route and went to the company.

Few people know that Xu Jingning has a dedicated practice room in Xingchuan, which was specially approved by Ye Siwen. The equipment in it is very complete and is sufficient for recording songs or practicing acting. Because it is often borrowed by others when there is not enough space, and he doesn't use it much, no one knows that the person in charge of this room is Xu Jingning.

But today, Xu Jingning locked the door as soon as he went in. He pretended to debug the equipment and then lay down on the table on the other side to rest.

I just wanted to be alone here, but I fell asleep while lying down.

A chaotic dream for a while.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Jingning was awakened by a knock on the door. He first identified where he was, then went to open the door calmly.

Standing outside the door was a young singer from the same company.

"Ah, Brother Ning, you're here." The little singer glanced up and down at Xu Jingning, and was slightly relieved to see that he was fine. "I knocked on the door for a long time but no one opened it. I thought something had happened..."

"It's okay. I fell asleep while reading the script." Xu Jingning made up an excuse. Then he saw the little singer carrying a thermos bucket and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, well, this practice room was unlocked. Ms. Ye saw you in there. She guessed you didn't eat, so she asked me to... go to the cafeteria and pack some."

As he said that, he pushed the thermos bucket into Xu Jingning's arms: "You must eat well! The boss specifically reminded me that you are our mainstay now!"

Xu Jingning was amused.

"Okay, I will definitely finish the meal, you can go and report back."

The little singer's steps were much lighter when he left. It seemed that completing the boss's orders really made him happy.

Because they had a performance recording in the afternoon, they arrived at the film and television city before one o'clock. Xu Jingning glanced at the time and saw that it was almost nine o'clock. He was really hungry.

He turned around and went back with the thermos bucket, and suddenly remembered that Yan Xun had also told him to go home early, saying that he had learned cooking for a while and wanted to show off his skills today.

I didn't expect that his emotions would suddenly get out of control... I must apologize properly when I get back.

When I opened the thermos, I saw that the food inside had probably been there for a while and its color was not as bright as before.

However, Xu Jingning herself is not a picky eater, and hungry people have a stronger appetite. After putting the food into her mouth, she found that it tasted unexpectedly delicious.

When did the company open a new cafeteria?

On the other side, the little singer just returned to Ye Siwen's office and saw Yan Xun was there. He immediately became reserved: "Yan, Teacher Yan!"

Yan Xun gave him a gentle smile: "How is it?"

"Brother Ning is fine. He said he fell asleep while reading the script and that's why he didn't receive the message."

Normal people don't turn off their phones when they fall asleep at work.

Yan Xun did not mention this matter. He thanked the person and sent him out.

"Why, Ningning is such a good person, but she was irritated by you and ran away from home?" Ye Siwen looked like she was watching a show. "He doesn't go to that practice room very often. This kid looks carefree, but he's actually very thoughtful. Most of the time, he doesn't express his emotions to others, so he just hides away and digests them secretly."

"So what happened to you two?"

"I can't say for sure. He was fine before we broke up, but..." Yan Xun didn't tell the whole story. Even if he trusted her, the fewer people knew about it, the better. He silently changed the subject, "When did you open a practice room for him?"

"Probably last year, when... it seems like he just left a certain crew? As long as they don't commit crimes, I don't pay much attention to what the artists do specifically," Ye Siwen began to try to recall, "It seems that the lead actor of that crew was imprisoned, but it has little to do with Ning Ning. I don't know what stimulated him in the crew, but after he came back, he asked to practice alone."

The practice rooms for artists at Xingchuan are all shared, and Xu Jingning was given a privilege that time. When he was in that room, he could lock the door and not let anyone in.

From a few key words, Yan Xun guessed the general idea.

What happened in that group back then was definitely not as simple as Xu Jingning described.

At least regarding the part about himself, what kind of shadow was left behind that caused him such deep trauma?

Yan Xun had some ideas, but he didn't dare to speculate further.

Ye Siwen didn't know the seriousness of the matter yet, and continued to joke: "So what happened between you two? I haven't seen Ningning for half a year."

"It's okay. I... will go and comfort him later." Yan Xun simply followed her words.

"By the way, have you seen the trending searches?"

"No, what happened?"

After working behind the scenes, Ye Siwen rarely paid attention to hot search news. After all, those news were true or false, and most of them were marketing accounts trying to boost sales. If it was not work-related, she had no interest in it.

After hearing what Yan Xun said, she opened her long-lost Weibo and saw what he wanted to say at a glance.

At this time, the Weibo post sent by Shen Luo had already rushed to the top, followed by the word "explosive".

That confession on Weibo fully described what happened in the crew at that time, and posted the name of the victim actor. He was an unknown little actor who didn't even have many fans. The few true fans he had gradually left after he "quit the Internet". No one even knew that he had participated in the drama, but all traces were erased after he was abused.

At the same time, Chen Luo also honestly confessed the mistakes he had made and his shameful past. For a while, the exposed dark side of Jiayi shocked the entire network.

His fans didn’t believe it at first, thinking that his account had been hacked, and they tried hard to control the comments. But after he persisted in replying one by one to prove himself, a large number of fans broke down and stopped following him and turned against him.

Gradually, all the popular comments under this Weibo post became passers-by.

[Ah ...

[Oh my god, he must have been unable to bear it anymore so he posted this]

[Fuck! This is the first time I really feel sorry for Chen Luo. I didn’t say he was right, but he was really miserable.]

[If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to stay here either. He has a really big heart and doesn’t have any mental illness.]

[Well... Actually, in the last two episodes of Actors, Chen Luo performed quite well, and I have become a fan of him a little bit. But now that I have said all this, will he be banned? ]

[Ah? What about the previous episodes? They won’t be removed from the air, right? ? ]

[Chen Luo is now a tainted artist but has not committed any crime. The show is an official variety show, and the ones that have already aired will not be removed. However, this Weibo post can be regarded as a statement of withdrawal from the circle...]

After discovering that Shen Luo had posted a blog post, Yan Xun immediately contacted the relevant personnel to keep the entry hot and not allow anyone to divert public opinion or suppress the hot search.

At the same time, under the attention of the entire network, Yan Xun released the other information planned by Xu Jingning one by one, and pushed them to netizens' mobile phones almost at the same time. Jiayi officials tried to clarify but it was too late.

Ye Siwen also quickly followed up and contacted several familiar large companies to jointly issue a statement, boycotting the invisible unspoken rules in the circle and the infringement of workplace privileges. Jiayi was beaten back just after doing a set of public relations, but now it is too late and has been pushed into a point where it cannot recover.

All of a sudden, many brands issued statements to terminate their contracts with Chenluo.

Chen Luo's agent then discovered that his artist, who had lost contact since posting the Weibo post, had actually gone through so many procedures without his knowledge. He became anxious while continuing to mobilize manpower to look for him.

Chen Luo is still useful. Yan Xun's connections have temporarily protected him, which is why Jia Yi can't find him.

There was an uproar on the internet. Xu Jingning, who had just finished his contented dinner, finally took the time to take a look. It was not just Weibo, but Jiayi's matter even made it to the social news. It was obvious that they would be busy for a while.

Xu Jingning finally made up her mind to walk out of the practice room, but surprisingly, Yan Xun had been standing at the door, waiting for who knows how long.

He stared with his eyes wide open and looked around nervously, afraid that someone would discover him.

Yan Xun couldn't help laughing: "Xingchuan's security is very good, there is no need to worry about being photographed."

"No, if someone posts on Weibo, everyone will think it's a CP hype. It's troublesome if they see it in the company. People like you who work in a personal studio don't understand the horror of rumors among colleagues."

Although he said that, he came forward without any hesitation.

As soon as they approached, there was only half a fist's distance between them. Xu Jingning sniffed and found that the fragrance that he usually liked seemed to have changed a little bit: "Did you wear perfume?"

Yan Xun did not answer directly, but opened his arms to deliberately seduce people: "Then come over and smell it."

So Xu Jingning took the initiative to go forward and hug him. Being so close to him, the breath suddenly became much clearer.

Xu Jingning: “…”

He smelled it.

It tastes the same as in the thermos.