After having dinner with Director Mu, Jiang Dao followed Chu Yinlong back to the studio.
As soon as he entered the company, Chu Yinlong told Xiao Yang to buy Jiang Dao a box of Zizi's new flavor of ice cream.
Seeing that Chu Yinlong actually remembered this incident, Jiang Dao leaned over and joked, "Teacher Chu dotes on me so much?"
Chu Yinlong pretended to sneer: "The last dessert, enjoy it.
Then Jiang Dao remembered that he had to diet for half a year to lose weight, and his face suddenly fell.
It may take more than half a year - the filming of the movie will take at least two or three months, and you certainly can't eat whatever you want during this period.
"The balance of Chi Xiao's salary has been settled. I'll send you the details later." Chu Yinlong said, glancing at the calendar. "The day after tomorrow, Wednesday, we'll officially start our bodybuilding class. You're not allowed to work out privately anymore, lest you develop unnecessary body lines. You have to eat all three meals in the studio. I'll have Xiao Yang take away all the food from your apartment."
"Well, okay." Jiang Dao nodded.
Although, since he promised to play the role of the little gray wolf well, he would definitely control himself and not eat anything. But if Chu Yinlong is worried, it’s okay to let Xiao Yang look after him.
Chu Yinlong took Jiang Dao back to his office, took a document from Secretary Zhang, put it on the table, and then waved his hand to let the secretary go out first.
When there were only two people left in the room, he said, "Since you don't want to do anything other than acting, I won't arrange any other work for you. I've reserved a lounge for you next to it. You'll be taking classes and eating at the company during this period. You can rest there when you have nothing to do, read the script, or play games."
Jiang Dao sat down on the chair opposite Chu Yinlong and asked, "Actors, what else do you do besides acting?"
Chu Yinlong smiled and said, "Very busy. In addition to acting and improving myself, I also have to run various notices and promote my works. If I have the resources, I have to record programs and shoot commercials... With your current position, normally your schedule is basically full and you won't have much private space. For example, Jingyu, after the filming of Chixiao was completed, he immediately joined another crew and took time out to attend the wrap party."
Hearing this, Jiang Dao couldn't help but laugh: "When you put it that way, it seems like I'm very willful."
Chu Yinlong nodded: "You are just willful. When we were discussing the transfer, Xinghe reminded me that you were supposed to shoot a web drama, but you turned it down, which resulted in you being idle at home for a month."
Jiang Dao sighed helplessly, unable to refute.
At that time, he had just traveled through time and looked down on the entertainment industry described in the book. He thought that in the entire industry, only the original book's main CP Zhou Wei and Tang Yao were the little sun, and everywhere else was dark, so of course he would hide.
However, after being in this circle for nearly half a year, he has already had a great change in his view of the entertainment industry. Except for the fact that personal privacy is still difficult to protect, the other parts... are actually not so averse to him anymore. In addition, seeing how Chu Yinlong handled things with ease, he felt that he might be able to find a paradise here.
After a moment's silence, Jiang Dao said, "Actually, I can also do other work."
Chu Yinlong was a little surprised and looked at Jiang Dao without saying anything.
Jiang Dao added with a smile: "If you need me, you can consider me. I don't want to be famous or become the focus of attention, but since I'm already in this circle, I shouldn't be too passive and avoid it."
Hearing this, Chu Yinlong smiled: "You don't want to make enough money quickly, leave here quickly, and find a beautiful place to live happily? Did you find out that you have to diet for half a year to shoot a movie, and you are afraid and want to escape?"
Jiang Dao could tell he was joking, and said, "I've never been a deserter."
Chu Yinlong habitually rubbed Jiang Dao's hair and said, "Okay, if there is a suitable job, I will find you."
At this time, assistant Xiao Yang knocked on the office door: "Boss, I bought the ice cream."
Jiang Dao immediately ran over to open the door and excitedly took the big box of ice cream.
The assistant handed over two spoons, one for Jiang Dao and one for Chu Yinlong, and said, "Please enjoy your meal." Then he quickly turned around and left the office, kindly closing the door behind him.
Jiang Dao looked at the ice cream, then at the spoon in Chu Yinlong's hand, and felt that it would be too disrespectful to Actor Chu to eat alone under such circumstances.
He pushed the box between the two of them with some sadness: "Then, let's eat together."
…
After returning to the apartment at night, Jiang Dao immediately began searching for information about "Tianqin" or "Tianqin".
Finally, he extracted the useful parts from countless information and figured out who his cheap brother was.
The current CEO of Tianqin Capital is Qin Xiao.
He is the only son of Qin Jiangshan, the founder of Tianqin Capital. His mother, Zhang Tong, came from another business family and has passed away long ago. However, it can be seen from a large amount of business information that Tianqin Capital seems to have broken with Qin Xiao's family. Due to their different fields, they are currently in a state of non-interference.
As for gossip... Qin Xiao has many lovers, from models to singers, from art students to international students, and he changes women faster than most people change their mobile phones. However, I have never seen him appear in public with his same-sex lover. If Liu Yueran's name didn't match the title of Mr. Qin, Jiang Dao would have suspected that he had found the wrong person.
Digging deeper, Jiang Dao wrote down the company address of Tianqin Capital and the two residences that Qin Xiao could confirm, and unexpectedly discovered that Liu Yueran was signed to a modeling company under Xinghe Media.
Jiang Dao looked up more information about Jiang Ruo.
Judging from the existing information on the Internet, it is indeed impossible to determine whether she has any relationship with the Qin family. Moreover, since the day she announced her withdrawal from the entertainment industry, she really seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. All the information about her on the Internet has never moved forward in date...until it came to light more than a month ago with Jiang Dao's scandal.
Jiang Dao put the two timelines together and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He probably guessed the reason - when Jiang Ruo disappeared, Qin Xiao's mother had not yet passed away. It was too easy for the Qin and Zhang families to join forces to erase the traces of an actress.
If "Red Dust Sword" was not such a classic, even this movie would probably not have survived.
Jiang Dao leaned back in his chair, tapping the table lightly with his fingers.
His eyes fell on the name "Zhang Tong", and he thought that he probably found out the reason why Zhang Heng disliked him, although it was only a guess at present.
People I know and people I don’t know, the relationships are intricately linked to form a web… No wonder Jiang Dao, the villain in the original book, tried his best to climb up but was still suppressed. Not only because he had to be a stepping stone for the protagonist, but also because there was an invisible hand behind him, hovering over his head and not allowing him to climb too high. In the end, he got himself into trouble and ended up in jail, which was probably an ending that satisfied everyone.
Then, Jiang Dao took two days off from the studio and returned to the address where the original owner was registered.
It was a very secluded little mountain village. The house that Jiang Ruo and Jiang Dao settled in was a low-rent one. After she passed away in an accident, Jiang Dao's household registration was moved into the community and the house was rented out again.
The thing that had been hanging in Jiang Dao's mind finally came to an end - Jiang Ruo was indeed no longer alive.
The people in this mountain village were simple and ignorant. Jiang Dao easily found out the place where his original mother was buried. He went there to pay a simple tribute, and then returned to Yan City without any nostalgia.
Finding out his own background will allow him to protect himself or even fight back if he encounters an emergency in the future. This is the most important thing for him.
…
For the next half month, Jiang Dao's life was very regular.
Every morning after getting up, I rush to the studio immediately, do morning exercises under the guidance of the body teacher, and then eat breakfast prepared by the nutritionist.
Acting classes are usually arranged in the morning, and lunch is naturally prepared by the nutritionist. There is a period of free activities in the afternoon, which Jiangdao uses to read scripts and do character analysis, and then there is the physical education class before dinner.
Only after finishing dinner under the supervision of a nutritionist could he leave the studio and return to his apartment.
Chu Yinlong was indeed very busy. He took a cameo role in a movie during this period. After the filming, he stayed for a day and then flew to attend a foreign performing arts charity dinner. In addition, the post-production of "Operation Red Owl" also required him to follow up all the time, as well as interviews, advertisements, talk shows... More than half a month had passed, and Jiang Dao had only had lunch with him twice and met him five or six times in the studio.
On the contrary, during the time he was filming variety shows and on the crew, Chu Yinlong seemed to have more free time.
Fortunately, he still had time to sleep at night and send messages to Jiang Dao to keep in touch:
"I can't help it. The film just finished shooting, and a lot of delayed work has been squeezed into this period. It should be much easier after October."
"How are you doing lately? Are you having any problems?"
Jiang Dao leaned on the bed, typing weakly:
"My only problem is..."
"I'm so hungry..."
Chu Yinlong looked at the cold words on the screen, but in his mind he seemed to see Jiang Dao's dejected face and pouting mouth pretending to be aggrieved.
According to Xiao Yang's feedback, Jiang Dao is very well behaved. He never hides food at home and never sneaks out to buy midnight snacks at night. He is also very attentive during body shape training and is indeed honestly practicing his promise to lose weight to 60 kilograms.
However, the child was so sensible that Chu Yinlong felt a little distressed.
He knew that nutritionists and body coaches would always leave some room for error when making plans, so if an artist couldn't control their appetite and cheated on him once or twice, it wouldn't be a big problem. So, he asked Jiang Dao: "The chocolate in this country is very famous, do you want some?"
"Are you a devil?!"
Jiang Dao's reaction was beyond his expectations.
"I've been enduring so much! And you still tempted me! [Crying][Crying]"
"I don't want to play with you anymore!"
Chu Yinlong couldn't help laughing and sent a few messages. Ten minutes later, Jiang Dao reluctantly sent back an emoji of a cat threatening with a knife.
Chu Yinlong: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore."
Chu Yinlong: "It's late there, right? Go to bed early. Good night."
Jiang Dao didn't say anything else.
Chu Yinlong waited for a long time, and when he was sure that he would not receive a reply, he reluctantly read the chat history over and over again, and finally took a screenshot and saved it in an encrypted album.
…
Jiang Dao closed WeChat, found an e-book to read, turned off the lights and prepared to go to bed.
Unexpectedly, just when he put on the headphones, a ring suddenly rang, and the caller ID showed that Zhou Wei was calling him.
Jiang Dao had just picked up the phone and hadn't spoken yet when he heard Zhou Wei's trembling, crying voice: "Xiao Dao! Xiao Dao, can you help me? I'm... I'm so scared!"
"Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry." Jiang Dao suddenly turned over and got out of bed. At the speed of an emergency assembly, he pulled out two pieces of clothes suitable for night travel without any markings from the closet and put them on in two or three moves.
Zhou Wei calmed down a little on the phone: "I, I'm in Yanyi District in the north of the city... I don't know my exact location now, I'm driving..."
As soon as Jiang Dao heard "Yanyi District", he immediately remembered that this was a very important plot in the original book. It promoted the development of the relationship between Zhou Wei and Tang Yao, and it was also the key node that made Zhou Wei begin to admire Tang Yao.
I just don’t know what happened. Why did Zhou Wei, who should have called Tang Yao for help, choose to call him?
Recalling the plot in the book, Jiang Dao asked while putting on his shoes: "Is there a stalker chasing you?"
Zhou Wei said in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes... They blocked me with several cars. I wanted to go back to my parents' house, but now I don't dare to go back... I don't know why they knew where I was. I'm lost now..."
Jiang Dao locked the door and ran downstairs directly from the fire escape without waiting for the elevator, saying, "Now, call Tang Yao and share your location with him... Drive carefully, don't be impatient, don't cry, and pay attention to safety."
Zhou Wei was almost crying: "Brother Yao lives in the south of the city, I can't get here in time!"
Jiang Dao had no choice but to give a spoiler in order not to ruin the relationship between the original book's CP: "His crew is filming at Yanyi District University. Today they are filming a night scene, which is very close to you. Moreover, the crew has a security car."
Hearing this, Zhou Wei made a prompt decision: "Okay! Then I'll hang up first!"
The communication was cut off and Jiang Dao arrived at the garage. He jumped into the driver's seat, pulled his baseball cap down on his head, started the car and turned out of the apartment complex.
Although he knew that Tang Yao should be able to save Zhou Wei, things had changed after all - Zhou Wei chose to call him for help instead of Tang Yao first. He didn't know if this would cause any delays and lead to a different result from what was in the book.
He knew the subsequent plot, so he also knew how dangerous this sasaeng fan car chasing incident was. Zhou Wei's car was installed with a locator by these illegitimate fans. In the three cars of the illegitimate fans, in addition to several fanatical female fans, there were also two burly men who called themselves "daddy fans", who finally had a head-on conflict with the security guards of the crew.
If Zhou Wei was really harmed because of the plot changes he brought about, he could not accept it.
So he had to rush over to provide the final guarantee.
As for calling the police, in the original book Tang Yao did it the first moment he received the call, so he was not very worried.
Driving along the elevated highway, exceeding the speed limit without incurring penalty points, Jiang Dao headed straight for Yanyi District and headed straight for the university where Tang Yao's crew was filming. After passing the school gate and seeing no chaos, he continued driving forward. After passing two intersections, he finally saw police lights flashing not far away. There were several cars parked nearby, two of which had suffered serious rear-end collisions and their front ends were deformed.
Jiang Dao slowed down and stopped the car on the side of the road.
He pushed down the hat on his head and saw Zhou Wei wearing an ill-fitting coat and cooperating with the police's questioning. Tang Yao stayed by his side all the time, looking at him tenderly and lovingly from time to time.
Fortunately, apart from an additional rear-end collision, the plot of the book was not affected, and Zhou Wei and Tang Yao were not injured.
Jiangdao breathed a sigh of relief, put the car in reverse gear, and prepared to leave quietly - then he saw a policeman suddenly walking towards him, attracting the attention of everyone present.
Jiangdao: ...
Oh no!
How could he forget that the matter of Zhou Wei and Tang Yao would become a hot topic! Now that he has been discovered, won’t he also become a trending topic?
Oh, why is he getting so close to me?
Or... run?
However, facing the world's most authoritative law enforcer, Jiang Dao finally resisted the urge to escape, got out of the car with helplessness on his face, and cooperated with the questioning.
"Xiaodao!" Zhou Wei spotted him and rushed over excitedly, "Why are you here too! I thought you asked me to contact Brother Yao, but you didn't come!"
As he said this, he hugged Jiang Dao and was deeply moved: "Wow, Xiao Dao, you are so nice! You are really nice..."
Jiang Dao was helpless and could only pat him on the back to comfort him a little, then pretended to be at a loss and gave a pleading look to Tang Yao who followed him.
Tang Yao's face, which was originally full of jealousy, suddenly improved. He smiled and leaned close to Zhou Wei's ear, rubbed Zhou Wei's head, and advised: "Okay, Weiwei, the police have almost dealt with it. I will take you back to the crew first. It's so late, Xiaodao has to rush home. If you have anything to say, let's make an appointment to talk about it another day, okay?"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Wei let go of his hand, wiped away his tears, pulled his sleeve and said: "Xiaodao, come with us to the crew hotel! It's so late, and they even escaped in a car. I'm worried about you..."
Jiang Dao sighed silently in his heart:
My child, the reason you can stay in the crew hotel is because someone is willing to give you half of the bed... Should I go with you and sleep on the floor?
Didn’t you see that your brother Yao’s face cracked as soon as you finished speaking?
"No," Jiang Dao refused decisively, "I have to go to the studio early tomorrow morning and must go back tonight. I'm glad to see that you are all right. I'm leaving now."
After saying this, without waiting for Zhou Wei to persuade him further, he quickly turned around, got into the car, and left.
When I got back to the apartment, it was almost twelve o'clock.
Jiang Dao thought about it all the way, and finally made up his mind and called his assistant.
"Kojima? What's wrong?"
"Brother Yang, I went out for a while tonight..." Jiang Dao said carefully.
"…went for supper?"
"No." Jiang Dao said calmly, trying to create a less tense atmosphere. "I'm going to Yanyi District to help Zhou Wei and Tang Yao. It involves illegitimate fans and the police. It may be on the social news tomorrow, and it may also be on the hot search in the entertainment industry..."
On the other end, the assistant was silent for a moment and then hung up the phone.
Jiangdao: ...
No way? Are you giving up on him just like that?
Unexpectedly, two minutes later, Chu Yinlong called directly.
His tone was anxious, with a hint of anger: "What exactly happened?"
Jiang Dao briefly recounted the incident.
Sure enough, Chu Yinlong became even angrier: "He was chased by a stalker, just call the police! What are you looking for?"
"After all, he is a popular figure and has a delicate relationship with his fans. I wouldn't think of calling the police at the first moment." Jiang Dao argued.
"Tsk, trouble." Chu Yinlong snorted coldly.
"Sorry, I may have to trouble the public relations department." Jiang Dao sighed helplessly.
"...I'm not talking about you." Chu Yinlong's voice softened suddenly. "PR is not a big deal. You did nothing wrong in this matter. Although you were a little impulsive, it's okay. I understand the matter. You should have a good rest and don't think too much."
After chatting about the details of the incident for a few more words, Jiang Dao cut off the communication.
Seeing that Zhou Wei and Tang Yao had sent him several messages respectively, he simply replied, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then went to bed with a carefree mind.
Sure enough, the next morning, the news that Zhou Wei was chased and blocked by stalker fans in a car late at night made it to the hot search headlines.
What's outrageous is that the person who triggered this hot search was not a passerby, but one of the illegitimate fans who chased the car and successfully escaped. The video that broke the news was also carefully edited, from the beginning of the car chase to the final rear-end collision, and Tang Yao jumping out of the security car to protect Zhou Wei's car door, all were captured very clearly, until the police car roared in, and the video stopped abruptly.
The poster was actually very proud of himself, thinking that he had accomplished a feat that no one else could do.
Of course, the poster was scolded bitterly.
When Jiang Dao woke up in the morning and saw the trending searches, Yuan Bo's account had already been blocked.
However, just when Jiang Dao thought that the final result of this incident would be like what was written in the book, from the abuse of sasaeng fans to the carnival of CP fans, the collapse of the plot caused by his appearance finally came -
Before Zhou Wei and Tang Yao’s hot searches had faded, news leaked that Jiang Dao had also appeared at the scene that night. The whistleblower released a surveillance video, the shooting angle of which was actually a road surveillance camera near the scene of the incident, so the people in the picture can be clearly identified.
The video captured the scene where Zhou Wei rushed forward and hugged Jiang Dao, and then Tang Yao stepped forward, and the video did not end until Jiang Dao turned and left.
Five minutes later, Zhou Wei spoke up and explained how he first sought help from Jiang Dao last night, and then turned to Tang Yao for help after being reminded by Jiang Dao. Tang Yao immediately reposted the Weibo post to confirm the facts and expressed his sincere gratitude to Jiang Dao.
Just when it seemed that this crisis would turn into unity and friendship among the three brothers Jiang Dao, Zhou Wei and Tang Yao, who knew that what followed was a recording that revealed the whole process of Jiang Dao bribing the director of "Love" with 200,000 yuan in an attempt to snatch the second male lead role.
The title of the post is: Zhou Wei, saved by him, or a victim of his PUA?
The matter fermented for an entire afternoon, and the director of "Falling in Love", who was also severely criticized by netizens, suddenly stood up and said that he had indeed been deceived and accepted the money, but later he felt guilty and returned the card. Of course, the role was finally left to Zhou Wei - the online drama "Falling in Love" will be aired soon, with overwhelming publicity and the cast is obvious to all.
As things developed to this point, not only were Jiang Dao's fans and Zhou Wei's fans fighting each other, but even Tang Yao and Chu Yinlong's fans could no longer sit still. No matter how calm and composed a person was, they could not accept the fact that their idol had been deceived.
…
At the same time, Jiang Dao received another call from Qin Xiao.
"You don't think that I can't do anything to you now that you left Xinghe Media and got close to Chu Yinlong, do you?" The man's voice was filled with arrogance and superiority. "Let me guess, will your little brother Zhou Wei cry very sadly now? Will Chu Yinlong trust you again? Will he still dare to protect you?"
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