Jiang Dao stood up, walked to the door and stood side by side with Chu Yinlong.
"I don't want to audition, but I can't refuse the job arranged by the company." His face returned to his usual lazy look, with a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth, "But you also know that I'm not someone who can be bullied. If he really dares... Haha, who knows who will be in trouble."
Having said that, Chu Yinlong also understood that Jiang Dao was not the kind of person who would do anything to get to the top, and that he was not completely powerless. But he still felt an inexplicable irritation burning in his heart, which he couldn't suppress.
"If you need, I can give you an excuse to refuse the audition." In the end, Chu Yinlong suggested, "I have a movie in the works recently, and I can give you a role. You can use the conflict in schedule to turn down the web drama."
Hearing this, Jiang Dao raised his eyebrows and squinted at him: "Why do I feel like you are taking advantage of someone's misfortune?"
Chu Yinlong was helpless: "Am I just such a villain in your eyes?"
Jiang Dao shrugged: "Who knows..."
Chu Yinlong sighed and declined to comment.
The two stood side by side at the door and watched the rain for a while, then they saw the door of the main house next door open.
Qi Peng stood under the eaves and waved over here: "Are you awake? Get ready and gather in the main house. The director and others will be up later."
After several guests had taken turns washing up and had a simple breakfast, the director team also went up the mountain.
Due to weather restrictions, there was only a close-up cameraman, an assistant, and the program director to shoot the daily scenes this time. Most of the footage needed for editing will probably be captured using cameras installed in the room.
"Jiang Dao, your phone." The assistant who came with him returned Jiang Dao's phone to him, "Don't worry, our own staff repaired it, the information security is guaranteed... Oh, your agent called you this morning and asked you to call him back."
"Thank you." Jiang Dao took the phone, said hello to Qi Peng, went out and hid under the eaves, and called Zhu Yao back.
On the phone, Zhu Yao got straight to the point: "The company recently got two web drama scripts, and one of them is quite suitable for you. I have discussed with Chu Yinlong's assistant and booked a flight to Lin City for you. I will pick you up there tomorrow for the audition."
It was indeed the news.
Jiang Dao drooped his eyelashes and uttered a low "hmm".
"I took a rough look at the script and the villain in it suits you, so I helped you get an audition opportunity." Zhu Yao thought Jiang Dao had doubts and explained, "Although he is not the male lead or the second male lead, this villain is quite charming. Don't resist."
"It doesn't matter if it's a villain." Jiang Dao wanted to confirm it, so he asked, "What type of movie is it? What's the name? Who's the director?"
Zhu Yao's tone remained calm: "It's a costume idol drama, adapted from the novel "Peach Demon". If nothing unexpected happens, the director is Li Cheng."
It’s Li Cheng.
Chu Yinlong didn't lie to him.
Jiang Dao exhaled slowly, said a few perfunctory words to Zhu Yao, and hung up the phone.
When he returned to the main house, he saw that the tables and chairs in the main hall had been moved away, leaving a vacant space.
No matter what trouble his agent brought him, he was currently recording a variety show and could not bring in his personal emotions. No matter whether the audition is a dangerous place or not, he has to complete today's work well first.
Thinking of this, Jiang Dao hid all his emotions and walked back to the crowd towards Chu Yinlong.
Due to weather reasons, the originally scheduled vegetable garden picking activity could not be carried out, so the director team changed the way of obtaining lunch ingredients to darts for prizes - they brought a dart board with small notes of various ingredients stuck on the board. The guests only needed to hit the corresponding grid to get the ingredients stuck on the grid.
"Each guest has three darts. How many ingredients you can get depends on how steady your hands are." The director said with a smile, "You are not allowed to let others throw your darts on your behalf. If you are found out, the ingredients will be deducted."
Hearing this, Cheng Zhiyi silently retracted his hand that was about to hand the dart to Qi Peng.
Qi Peng said with a smile: "It's useless for you to give it to me. I have never practiced darts. If you want to give it to me, you have to give it to your brother Chu. He has the steadiest hands."
Cheng Zhiyi said angrily: "The director said we can't cheat, forget it."
"Since Xiaochu can play this, he will be the last one." Haitang held the dart, looking helpless, "I have never played this before, so I'll just rely on luck to get whichever one I get. In the end, it's up to Xiaochu to be the last one."
No one objected to this.
So Qi Peng directed: "Then Haitang, you go first, then Xiaodao, me, Xiaoyi, Director Mu, An'an, we will come in turn... and finally Xiaochu will finish for us."
Hearing that he was placed in the front, Jiang Dao did not object. He silently took the dart handed to him by the variety show assistant and stood behind Haitang.
Then everyone got together to discuss which ingredients they wanted most. In the end, everyone agreed that the fish from the nearby lake must be caught. It was located in the center of the dartboard and was worthy of being the center of the ingredient.
The rain outside the window showed no sign of stopping, and inside the house, the dart game soon began.
Haitang was the first to go on stage, and she really illustrated what it meant to "never played darts before" - not to mention whether the darts could hit the target, even if one of the three darts did hit the target, it was unable to penetrate due to lack of force, and after struggling for a moment, it fell to the ground with a plop.
Qi Peng stepped forward and patted her shoulder: "It's okay, your hands are used to create delicious food, leave the ingredients to us!"
Haitang smiled helplessly and left the stage.
Jiang Dao held three darts in his hand and stood behind the rope pulled by the director team. He compared the distance to the target and weighed the darts in his hand.
Then he picked up a dart, took a quick look at it, and threw it out with force.
There was a dull thud, and the dart hit the target steadily - unfortunately it was a bit far from the bull's eye, and hit the edge of the target next to the "garlic sprouts", instead.
Qi Peng was not disappointed at all, and immediately applauded, "Not bad, not bad, Xiaodao got off to a great start! Come on, as long as the ones behind don't miss the target, we will win!"
Jiang Dao smiled at him, picked up the second dart, raised his hand without hesitation, and threw it out -
It hit the bull's eye steadily...the piece of "bacon" next to it.
Cheng Zhiyi: "Xiaodao is awesome!"
Anzhe also smiled and said, "Not bad, fried bacon with garlic sprouts, a complete dish."
Mu Zhixing looked at Jiang Dao with a smile, picked up the thermos cup, and took a sip slowly.
After looking through the food labeling on the target again, Jiang Dao unconsciously turned the last dart in his hand, then raised his hand, threw it, and lightly hit the "egg" grid in the middle of the target.
On the side, Chu Yinlong said: "Eggs are good, they go with everything and can be added to any dish."
Jiang Dao smiled back, "That's good, luckily we didn't miss the target."
Hearing this, Chu Yinlong's gaze lingered on Jiang Dao's face for a moment, and finally nodded.
Next, Qi Peng, Cheng Zhiyi, Mu Zhixing and An Zhe took turns to take two pig's trotters, a box of tofu, plus several kinds of vegetables and fruits, and the lunch ingredients suddenly became rich. Unfortunately, none of them got lucky enough to catch the fish in the bull's eye.
Finally, Chu Yinlong came on stage and lived up to everyone's expectations. He hit the bull's eye with the first dart and put the fish in his pocket.
"King oyster mushroom, King oyster mushroom!" Qi Peng shouted from the sidelines.
Chu Yinlong raised his hand and threw the dart, hitting the grid with the "King Oyster Mushroom" on it.
"The last one... Preserved egg? We just happened to have some tender tofu, so we can make a cold dish."
Chu Yinlong nodded and easily took the two preserved eggs.
…
The game of obtaining ingredients is over, and there is nothing else to worry about this morning.
Seeing that the rain was not going to stop any time soon, everyone packed up the tables and chairs in the main house and gathered together to chat, providing editable footage for the show. Director Mu, Qi Peng and Chu Yinlong are old acquaintances and have collaborated on many films. As they chatted, they couldn't help but reminisce about the past, and finally the conversation turned to Chu Yinlong.
"Filming a movie with him is really scary, I tell you." Mu Zhixing was obviously tortured. "He worked as an action director on the part-time team, and sometimes he had to change the shots... I don't know if you remember that he had a low-altitude skydiving scene?"
"Is it the part in "Cold Owl"? " Qi Peng agreed.
"Yes, that part!" Mu Zhixing slammed the table. "Originally, we were thinking of shooting in the studio and then adding special effects to the cliff. But he refused and insisted on shooting on location. You didn't see it. His assistant was about to cry... That was cliff parachuting, at a low altitude. If the operation was slightly wrong, the person would be gone..."
"It's not that easy to make mistakes." Chu Yinlong retorted, "I have a specialist to measure the height, and a whole team to help me check the equipment, check the wind direction, and ensure safety... Besides, I have a skydiving certificate."
Mu Zhixing said "tsk", pointed at Chu Yinlong, and said to Jiang Dao: "Look, such a person had the nerve to scold you yesterday."
Jiang Dao had nothing to say and could only smile cooperatively.
Mu Zhixing didn't expect him to say anything, and continued: "This wasn't the only thrilling time. When he was filming "Homecoming", he almost lost his life."
This was something Qi Peng didn't understand either. He couldn't help but wonder: "What's going on?"
Mu Zhixing said, "They had to design a difficult action sequence, saying it would look good in the film. He jumped from a second-floor building onto the roof of a car. The car was going quite fast, and when he jumped down, his feet slipped and he couldn't stand on the roof, so he rolled directly to the ground. Next to him was a pile of bricks from the set, and they all fell on him..."
"hiss!"
"oops--"
“Oh my god…”
Everyone had a complicated look on their face.
Mu Zhixing reached out and tapped Chu Yinlong's forehead: "Look carefully, there is still a shallow scar that has not disappeared. The blood flowed so much at that time, tsk tsk."
Chu Yinlong was speechless: "This happened when I was a teenager, why are you still talking about it?"
Mu Zhixing glared, "Because you haven't changed yet! Well, now you are independent and have started directing and acting on your own. Who knows what you can do... Yeah, I heard that you broke your arm when you were filming your last movie?"
Chu Yinlong: ...
Jiang Dao listened silently at the side, his eyes inevitably falling on Chu Yinlong's forehead.
After carefully examining it for a long time, he finally saw, when the other person turned his head, that there was indeed a unclear scar there under the light. Chu Yinlong is an actor after all, and he should have received good treatment after the injury, and he may have had additional skin plastic surgery later...
But even so, the scar still could not be completely removed. It is conceivable that the wound must have been very deep at that time.
It turns out that actors are not as good as he thought. As long as they can "pretend" to be someone else, they can easily do the job.
If there is no belief in one's heart to support him, probably no one can keep persisting despite repeated injuries... Perhaps, acting really has some kind of charm that he has not yet discovered.
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