Chapter 70

The two returned to the company, and Gu Zhun still went for simple training. However, he was too excited this morning and accidentally sweated profusely in the gym. He didn't feel tired at all until Liu Weiwei came in.

Liu Weiwei brought the latest news, saying that the male lead of the previously discussed script had boycotted filming, and the director had to choose a new actor. Gu Zhun and the male lead had a lot of rival scenes, so they had to put it on hold temporarily until a new actor was found before filming could start again.

Because of this, the director and producer cursed for a long time.

Yes, it delayed a lot of progress and wasted a lot of manpower and resources.

"I've already freed up all this time, and now it's just a waste. I don't think it's worth it." Liu Weiwei grumbled softly, her eyes still flickering to see if anyone was eavesdropping. "If we weren't more moral—"

Gu Zhun was on the treadmill, walking slowly and wiping his sweat. He didn't really care, but he could say there were some bumps in his journey. "In that case, can you help me pick up some other work during this period? Anyway, I won't be too idle, and it's good to keep in shape. Or -" Gu Zhun paused the treadmill, having run exactly three kilometers, "Do you have any small supporting roles in TV dramas that would come to me? One or two scenes, I can hone my acting skills."

"Why do you still want to use the tactic of doing a lot of questions? It's not that I can't do it, but people will easily say that you are lowering your status. The fact that you participated in this web drama is enough to make many people criticize you." Liu Weiwei originally planned to let Gu Zhun develop in the film industry, but this circle is not so easy to get into. Many big directors are prejudiced against idols, which made it impossible for Liu Weiwei to start. She had to start with a low-cost web drama.

After hearing this, Gu Zhun got off the treadmill and sat on a chair. He tilted his head back and gulped down several gulps of water. "It's okay, just hone your acting skills first. You're free anyway. What, do you think it's not possible? When did you ever think so?" Gu Zhun didn't believe that Liu Weiwei didn't understand the logic behind this.

Seeing that Liu Weiwei seemed hesitant to speak, Gu Zhun put down his water cup and asked her to speak slowly.

"There have been quite a few people judging you online lately. The company has been controlling the comments, and I didn't tell you because I was afraid it would affect you. Anyway, everyone is saying that you are cheap and so on. I was just thinking that if you play more supporting roles, you will be criticized again. I don't care, but I am afraid that you will be affected."

Gu Zhun was silent. Indeed, he was easily influenced by online comments. During the talent show, he relied on his sister's belief to support him. Now...

Gu Zhun felt that he was lucky. Now, he could still rely on his promise to Chen Shiman to withstand the keyboard warriors on the Internet.

So he told Liu Weiwei to let go, saying that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, and real kung fu must be judged by others before you can know where the problem lies.

So Liu Weiwei no longer held back and showed Gu Zhun some of the small roles she had accumulated.

"Take a look at this. This is what I left over from my selection. It basically has less than five scenes, or ten at most. But I've watched more campus dramas and idol dramas, and after all, your face is more suitable for this type. Take a look and give me your reply, and then I can contact the other party right away." Liu Weiwei blinked, eager to try.

Gu Zhun nodded. "Okay, I'll give you an answer tonight. By the way, if that's the case, I'll also spend some time polishing the song for my fans and try to release it by the end of the year."

"Okay, just decide on your own and let me know when the time comes. Oh, and have Chen Shiman edit the photos he took yesterday and post them on Weibo. Then take a look at the fans' comments. If there's anything you find interesting, post it on your fan site. The Orange sisters have been waiting for a long time."

After Liu Weiwei left, Gu Zhun looked at the emails in the mailbox and immediately took a towel to take a shower.

When they came out, Chen Shiman had already started retouching the photos. Gu Zhun was about to praise Chen Shiman when he found that he was retouching some unimportant things.

For example, the sun, the lake, and the trees.

Gu Zhun: ...

Gu Zhun walked up behind Chen Shiman and said stealthily, "Why don't you give me a try? I need to open my Weibo account later."

Chen Shiman was working on the edit when he was suddenly startled, clutching his chest and rolling his eyes. "Isn't it Teacher Gu, you're really frightening me? Oh my..." Chen Shiman closed the page. "This is also very important. Didn't you see the finished film I edited? It's so much better than the original!"

Gu Zhun gritted his teeth, and spoke every word clearly, "Please, you should edit my photo, my face."

Chen Shiman didn't say anything, as if he was deliberately going against Gu Zhun, and instead continued to trim the flowers and plants. But Gu Zhun was just saying it casually. To be precise, he was just bored and came here to talk to Chen Shiman, but he couldn't find a topic to talk about, so he deliberately made trouble.

Until the end, Gu Zhun did not wait for Chen Shiman to retouch his photos, but he still found many traces of retouching in the photos that Chen Shiman packaged and sent to him.

Gu Zhun could not find any fault with any of them.

Finally, Gu Zhun sent the photos and continued to select the script.

That night, Gu Zhun sent three scripts to Liu Weiwei. He chose two that played the roles of rich second-generation dandies with distinctive personalities in campus dramas, one that played a vicious school bully, and the last one was a social animal in an idol drama. The character didn't have many scenes, but it was the beginning of the whole drama.

After that, Gu Zhun stayed at the filming base for nearly a week, but Chen Shiman did not follow him. This was Gu Zhun's intention.

At that time, Chen Shiman tried to explain why, but Gu Zhun played with his fingers and refused to tell him the reason.

Later, Chen Shiman figured it out himself. Because he played a social slave in that scene, and the first scene was jumping off the building with disheveled hair and dirty face, Chen Shiman thought that maybe Gu Zhun was afraid that Chen Shiman would lose the glamorous filter of an idol when seeing him like this, and was afraid that his impression in Chen Shiman's heart would be greatly reduced.

Chen Shiman thought his idea was very reasonable and used this matter to make fun of it. In the end, Gu Zhun turned around with a dark face and drank a large bucket of water. Then Chen Shiman called him a little water buffalo again.

At the beginning, Gu Zhun only needed one day to finish filming the entire play, but when he and Sister Weiwei came back, the weather happened to be bad, so they stayed in the local area for a while. During this short period of time, Gu Zhun volunteered to get a small role in another crew.

During the time that Gu Zhun was on the crew, he had no time to send messages or call Chen Shiman during the day. It was too obvious for a popular idol to smile foolishly while holding a phone. In addition, Gu Zhun planned to use this opportunity to learn acting skills from others, so the phone remained in Liu Weiwei's hand all day. At the end of the night, Gu Zhun remembered with regret that he still needed to report to Chen Shiman and repair this "precarious" relationship of pursuing her.

Speaking of chasing people, this was also a big problem that troubled Gu Zhun during this period.

In the past, Gu Zhun could still be in a superior position. After all, he was the financial sponsor. As a financial sponsor, he could just do everything he could to please his lover. But now that his status has been reversed, Gu Zhun couldn't make up his mind for a while.

The main reason is that he knows that Chen Shiman likes him and it is clear that they are in love with each other, but Chen Shiman is unwilling to let go. At least in August, Gu Zhun doesn't think he will be able to get the title of the main wife.

For this reason, Gu Zhun didn't care about his face and threw a tantrum in front of Chen Shiman, begging Chen Shiman to be soft-hearted, but he remained unmoved.

Later, Gu Zhun gradually began to give up. He could feel that Chen Shiman was unwilling to mention this matter. In this case, it would be best to change the other party's mentality first.

As for Chen Shiman, he didn't give in for a long time, but he just wanted to wait a little longer to see how long Gu Zhun could persist, and also wanted to use this time to think about how to tell his parents.

If that doesn't make sense, what else is he going to do?

Chen Shiman is not the kind of person who would quarrel with his parents for his lover, so what will happen with Gu Zhun and how it will develop depends on his parents' attitude.

*

Chen Shiman did not go to the airport to pick up Gu Zhun when he returned. He was in Jinshui Bay, accompanying his new dog.

This dog ran up to Chen Shiman when he was walking on the road and bit his trouser leg, begging him to take it home.

It was a wounded little Shiba Inu with snow-white fur and round eyes. It immediately restrained the hurried Chen Shiman.

Chen Shiman is a soft-hearted person. He took the puppy to the pet hospital that day, bandaged its legs, and vaccinated it.

That night, Chen Shiman showed Gu Zhun what the puppy looked like.

Gu Zhun said the puppy was ugly, and Chen Shiman argued with him. Later, Gu Zhun shamelessly said that he was handsome and could be Chen Shiman's puppy.

For this reason, Chen Shiman's ears turned red and he turned off the video, burying his head in the puppy's head.

As soon as Gu Zhun got off the plane, he ran to Jinshui Bay.

Liu Weiwei's control over these two people was much looser, and coupled with the fact that Liu Weiwei had to start training new people, it was difficult for her to focus her energy on Gu Zhun.

As soon as Gu Zhun got out of the car, he ran upstairs without stopping, but the moment he entered the door, he remembered something, went out to the convenience store around the corner to buy some snacks and goat milk, and ran upstairs happily.

Gu Zhun knocked on Chen Shiman's door as if he was familiar with the place.

When Chen Shiman came to open the door, he was still holding the puppy in his arms. When he saw Gu Zhun, Chen Shiman pinched the puppy's front paws and shook it towards Gu Zhun, "Come, say hello to your brother."

Gu Zhun: “…”

He doesn't want to be the puppy's brother, he wants to be the puppy's mother.

But Gu Zhun didn't refute. He patted the puppy's head, took the things in his hand and put them on the table, then changed his shoes. "I bought some things. See if the puppy can use them. I also bought you some snacks. I haven't seen you for a few days. I feel like you have lost weight."

Chen Shiman's mind was completely on the puppy, so he didn't even listen to what Gu Zhun was mumbling. He just kept digging through the shopping bag, unpacking the potato chips, and trying to figure out what kind of goat milk Gu Zhun had bought.

Seeing that Chen Shiman really cared about the puppy, Gu Zhun couldn't help feeling a little jealous, but he couldn't argue with the puppy, so he could only make some noise to attract attention, or turn the topic to the puppy.

for example:

"Have you named the puppy yet?"

"How old is he?"

“When is the next vaccine shot?”

"When will the stitches on this leg be removed?"

"Why are you ignoring me?"

Chen Shiman's ears were almost callused from listening to nonsense like this.

Finally, Chen Shiman held the puppy, turned around, and smiled with his lips curled, "Call him Zhunzi."

"What?" Gu Zhun thought he didn't hear clearly.

"Call Junzi, the dog's name is Junzi." Chen Shiman repeated it again, and then ignored Gu Jun's stunned expression behind him, and carried the puppy to feed it water.

"Zhunzi - Chen Shiman, you just wait for the real Junzi." Gu Zhun looked at Chen Shiman's figure and smiled helplessly.