"Second Young Master, come to Yun'an Club to play."
I just heard Chen Rongshan mention Lu Xuan yesterday, and today I received a call from him, saying that a few of them were having a gathering at Yun'an Club and asked him to go over as well.
Du Yuanzhe happened to have nothing to do, so he decided to go and take a look.
Cloud Shore Hotel
This is a high-end leisure club where the original owner used to get together with friends.
The waiter at the club knew Du Yuanzhe, and when he saw him come in, he immediately came up to him and said, "Second Master Du, Master Lu is waiting for you in Songyuan on the second floor."
Du Yuanzhe was very familiar with this place and did not need a waiter to lead the way. He went up to the second floor, turned right and the second private room was Song Garden.
After opening the door and walking in, Du Yuanzhe saw several people playing cards in the box. They were all people who had been close to the original owner.
When those people saw Du Yuanzhe, they looked at each other in surprise, how could someone they hadn't seen for such a long time suddenly appear here?
One of the young men with dyed blond hair stood up and said, "Yuanzhe is here, come and sit down."
Du Yuanzhe walked over and sat down: "Lu Xuan, why did your hair become this color?"
Lu Xuan smiled proudly: "How about it? Doesn't it feel like the yellow-haired cannon fodder in the movies and TV dramas? I was just waiting to see someone use me to show off, but then found out that I am richer than him."
Du Yuanzhe's mouth twitched: "Your hobbies are still so unique."
At this time, other people also started to greet Du Yuanzhe. After all, they were in the same circle, and among them, Du Yuanzhe had the best family background. Even if he was absent from their gatherings for a long time, few people would openly offend him.
Everyone was as enthusiastic as ever, as if Du Yuanzhe had never been absent.
"Yuanzhe, I heard that you starred in a very popular drama recently?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "The show hasn't aired yet, so we don't know if it will be a hit."
"If you ask me, Yuanzhe, you are a member of the Du family after all. You don't need to audition like those stars. Just let Mr. Du invest in whatever drama you want to act in, and then you can act however you want."
Du Yuanzhe didn't want to pay attention to such words. He looked condescending. He was just a parasite who lived a life of idleness and waiting to die. His family didn't have much money, but he looked quite handsome.
Lu Xuan said, "What do you know? Yuanzhe just likes acting, and we don't have to think about how to make money. We can do whatever we want. Look at me, I just want to slap others in the face, but unfortunately I never find the opportunity."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent. They really didn't want to discuss his weird hobby with him.
Lu Xuan looked at Du Yuanzhe and said, "Yuanzhe, it's not good for me to just sit there and wait passively. Do you think I should come up with a plot? For example, raping a woman or something."
Du Yuanzhe asked: "And then?"
Lu Xuan was a little excited: "Then, someone will come out to stop me. When the time comes, I will wave my hand and a dozen bodyguards will rush out. Hahaha, that person's face will definitely look very unhappy by then."
"Then you'll be in jail."
Lu Xuan's face froze.
Du Yuanzhe said helplessly: "There is no need for me to argue with you. If I see someone robbing someone in the street, I can just call the police and that's it."
Everyone else laughed.
"It's okay, Lu Xuan. I'll pick you up when the time comes."
"I'll prove to you that you don't want to kidnap anyone, you're just mentally ill."
"Hahaha~"
Lu Xuan glared at them and said, "Get out of here, all of you go to one side."
He then asked Du Yuanzhe: "Yuanzhe, do you have any good ideas?"
Du Yuanzhe picked up an orange and played with it: "Why do you have to slap someone in the face?"
“It feels great.”
"I think you are full and have nothing to do."
Lu Xuan nodded and admitted frankly: "I just have free time. We don't have to work. We have millions of pocket money every month. We can buy whatever we want. My dad said that as long as I don't commit a crime, I can do whatever I want."
Someone heard this and laughed, "Lu Xuan, aren't you a bit unwilling?"
"What are you unwilling to accept?"
"Every family has an eldest child, so it's fine if you can't inherit the family business, but you are the eldest child, are you willing to let your younger brother inherit the family business?"
Lu Xuan sneered, "Why are you unwilling? Do you really think it's so good to inherit the family business? Since I was a child, I have seen my father get off work very late every day. He would be away on business trips for a month or two. As long as the company's stock price fluctuates a little, those shareholders will make trouble. My father has not died of exhaustion until now, all thanks to the development of modern medicine."
"It's tiring, but the status is high."
"That's right. In the upper class, we are nothing. Those uncles and aunts don't take us seriously at all. But look at Jiang Chelin and Xia Ningmi, who are the same age as us. Wherever they go, a large number of people will gather around them and show their courtesy."
Lu Xuan leaned on the sofa: "But there are only Jiang Chelin and Xia Ningmi in the whole Yancheng. Even Yuanzhe's eldest brother doesn't dare to say that he can stabilize the company immediately after Uncle Du is gone. There are still more people like us."
The others all looked unhappy when they heard this. Several of them had opened small companies and were obviously ambitious. Lu Xuan's words were clearly saying that they were incapable.
This person just doesn't like to hear the truth.
Du Yuanzhe listened with great interest. He didn't know Lu Xuan had such insight.
Lu Xuan continued to pester Du Yuanzhe: "Yuanzhe, please help me think of a script."
Du Yuanzhe glanced at him: "Is this why you asked me to come here today?"
Lu Xuan flatly denied: "How could that be possible? I just think we brothers should get together."
"Forget it. I don't have a script."
Lu Xuan became disappointed instantly.
"However, I can give you an idea."
"Hurry up and tell me."
"You don't have to wait for others to provoke you to slap someone in the face. You can just take the initiative to slap someone in the face."
Lu Xuan's eyes lit up: "Yes."
At this moment, a man who had just returned from the toilet said, "Guess what I just saw?"
"If you have to fart, do it now."
The man chuckled and said, "I saw Jiang Chelin entangled with a woman. I took a quick glance and she looked familiar. She seemed to be a female star."
Others immediately became interested.
"It seems that Jiang Chelin is not as clean as he pretends to be. He still plays with women. He acted like a gentleman before. He is really good at pretending."
"Are you really a female star? I heard that Jiang Chelin's first love has returned to China. When his first love went abroad, Jiang Chelin was abandoned for a long time. It's obvious that he was deeply in love."
Du Yuanzhe listened to what they said, rolled his eyes, patted Lu Xuan on the shoulder and said, "Brother, your chance to slap someone in the face has come."
Lu Xuan's neck shrank: "Are you asking me to go find fault with Jiang Chelin?"
Du Yuanzhe praised: "Really smart."
"Stop making a fuss. That's Jiang Chelin. I don't dare to mess with him."
Du Yuanzhe raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with Jiang Chelin? He is not your father."
"But he can make my dad cut off my pocket money, and I'm relying on that pocket money to live a life of idleness and waiting for death."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll go with you. Then Jiang Chelin will only pay attention to me and forget about you, and you can enjoy the feeling of being slapped in the face."
Lu Xuan was eager to hear this: "Really?"
Du Yuanzhe said seriously: "Of course, can I cheat my own brother?"
Lu Xuan slapped his thigh and gritted his teeth, "Fuck it."
After saying that, he stood up abruptly, opened the door and walked out without stopping, not giving himself any chance to regret.
Everyone else was stunned: "What happened to Lu Xuan?"
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "He's going to be a hero and save the beauty," and followed him out.
The other side of the second floor
Wei Lingling tried to shake Jiang Chelin off but to no avail: "Jiang Chelin, let me go."
Jiang Chelin pursed his lips: "I've already said that Wang Linxuan and I just met by chance and had a meal together."
Wei Lingling sneered: "Besides that, didn't you also help her find a good place to hold her art exhibition?"
Jiang Chelin said: "Wang Lianxuan just returned to China and is not familiar with Yancheng yet. I helped her because she asked me for help."
"When did you become so kindhearted? When my mother was hospitalized and needed money, you always said that you would never do anything that would not benefit you. What good could Wang Yanxuan give you?"
Jiang Chelin frowned even more tightly: "That was all in the past. I won't reject you now."
"Yes, so you won't reject Wang Yanxuan either."
Wei Lingling chuckled and said, "It turns out that President Jiang is a sentimental person."
"What are you talking about, I'm now..."
"Hey, what is President Jiang doing?"
Lu Xuan came over and said, "We live in a society ruled by law now. It is not allowed to force a decent girl. President Jiang will not break the law, right?"
Wei Lingling took advantage of Jiang Chelin's distraction and immediately shook him off and ran behind Du Yuanzhe.
Jiang Chelin also saw Du Yuanzhe and ignored Lu Xuan. He said coldly, "Du Yuanzhe, this is something that happened between Lingling and me. Don't meddle in other people's business."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "I don't like to meddle in other people's business, but Lingling is my friend. She obviously doesn't want to get involved with you, so I can't just ignore it."
"Besides, I hate people who play both sides the most. Shouldn't President Jiang reflect on himself first?"
Jiang Chelin's face turned pale: "I'm not two-timing, don't slander me in front of Lingling."
Du Yuanzhe shaved his cheek and said, "Yes, you are not two-timing. You are just with your current girlfriend while not rejecting your ex-girlfriend."
Jiang Chelin angrily shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Du Yuanzhe shrugged and turned to look at Lingling: "Lingling, do you want to come with us?"
Wei Lingling nodded.
Jiang Chelin immediately took two steps forward to pull Wei Lingling back, but was stopped by Lu Xuan: "Mr. Jiang, don't be so embarrassing. It's obvious that the girl doesn't want to pay attention to you."
Jiang Chelin looked at him coldly, then turned his gaze to Du Yuanzhe: "You are great!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Lu Xuan looked at Wei Lingling and said resentfully, "Yuanzhe, you are using me as a raft."
Du Yuanzhe said calmly: "Just asking if you felt good just now?"
"Cool!"
Lu Xuan's face instantly lit up: "That's Jiang Chelin. It's really refreshing to make him lose face."
"Okay, go back to the box first, I'll come find you later."
Lu Xuan nodded: "I'm waiting for you to teach me a few more moves."
After sending Lu Luxuan away, Du Yuanzhe looked at Wei Lingling. Seeing that she was in a bad mood, he asked, "Are you okay?"
Wei Lingling forced a smile: "It's okay, but you have been filming for a few months, but you haven't contacted me once. Do you still consider me your friend?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "I was so busy on the set that I didn't even have time to call my mom."
"So busy?"
"You know this is my first time playing such an important role. I don't want to be a drag, so of course I have to work harder."
Wei Lingling looked at him and said, "Yuanzhe, you have really changed a lot. In the past, you wanted the company to forget that you were an actor, and you would get upset if there was one more line in the play."
Du Yuanzhe smiled faintly and said, "People always change."
Wei Lingling grabbed the railing on the second floor, looked at the various people downstairs, and said softly: "Yes, people always change."
"Boss Xia, take care."
The door of the side compartment opened, and Xia Ningmi walked out, just in time to meet Du Yuanzhe's eyes.
Du Yuanzhe's expression suddenly turned unnatural.
"Xia...you are here too."
Xia Ningmi shifted her gaze towards Wei Lingling.
Du Yuanzhe immediately explained: "Well, Lu Xuan asked me to come over for a party, and I happened to meet Lingling."
Xia Ningmi withdrew her gaze and walked past Du Yuanzhe in her high heels without saying a word to him.
After she left, Du Yuanzhe's tense nerves finally relaxed. When he turned around, he saw Wei Lingling's meaningful gaze and was immediately startled.
"You, what are you looking at me doing?"
Wei Lingling joked, "Was someone a little too nervous just now?"
Du Yuanzhe denied it subconsciously: "Who is nervous? She is the boss after all. I just said hello as a routine."
"Did I say it was you?"
Du Yuanzhe's face froze, and he said angrily: "Wei Lingling, I just saved you, can you please not repay kindness with enmity?"
Wei Lingling laughed: "Why are you reacting so strongly? If you like her, just go after her."
"What a joke," Du Yuanzhe sneered, "What do you mean I like her? She likes me!"
Wei Lingling pointed at her eyes and asked, "Do I look like a blind person?"
Du Yuanzhe was disappointed for a moment and repeated, "She really likes me."
Wei Lingling looked at him suspiciously: "Is there something wrong with your brain? For example, you often have hallucinations or something?"
"Forget it, if you don't believe it, forget it."
Wei Lingling laughed and said, "She didn't even look at you when she left just now, how can I believe her?"
Du Yuanzhe pursed his lips.
Yes, even he doesn’t think it’s true, how can he make Wei Lingling believe it?
bite--
Du Yuanzhe’s WeChat notification sounded.
Mr. Xia: "Let's have sweet and sour fish tonight"
She said this which meant she would go home for dinner.
Du Yuanzhe looked at the time and saw that it was already 5:30 in the afternoon. He quickly replied "OK" and said, "Lingling, I'll take you home first. I have something else to do later."
Wei Lingling didn't understand why he suddenly became so anxious, so she followed him downstairs and said, "I'm not going home, take me to my friend's house."
She was worried that Jiang Chelin would go to her house and wait for her.
"Okay, send me the address."
Ten minutes later
Lu Xuan wondered why Du Yuanzhe hadn't come back yet, and when he went out, he found no one in the corridor.
Where are the people?
How about such a big person?
Lu Xuan stood in the corridor with a confused look on his face.
It was already six o'clock when Du Yuanzhe returned home, and Xia Ningmi was already at home.
Du Yuanzhe took the initiative to explain: "Today I saw Jiang Chelin entangled with Lingling, so I helped her and just sent her to a friend's house."
Xia Ning said calmly: "I'm hungry."
Du Yuanzhe said hurriedly: "I'll go cook now."
At night, lying in bed
Du Yuanzhe thought back to everything that had happened before, and suddenly felt that he seemed to be too attentive to Xia Ningmi.
It’s all Xia Ningmi’s fault!
He had been focusing on his career before and had never thought about love matters. But after listening to Xia Ningmi's words, he became weird.
Xia Ningmi felt as if he had a brain problem.
Du Yuanzhe sorted out the chaotic emotions of the past two days and decided to maintain the status quo in the future to avoid awkwardness between the two of them.
......
There are still a few days to the Chinese New Year, and the festive atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger. Du Yuanzhe walks on the street and sees that various shops have begun to post couplets and blessing characters.
Xiaopang followed him and asked, "Brother Zhe, have you seen the trending searches?"
Du Yuanzhe asked: "What's the hot search?"
"It was just revealed today that top male star Sun Yao took drugs and was caught by the police. It was said that he took drugs in a group. Sun Yao is finished. Our country has zero tolerance for drug abuse."
Du Yuanzhe said: "I don't know how many drug-hunting police officers die every year. If drug addicts can still make a comeback, the entertainment industry really needs to be cleaned up."
Xiao Pang looked confused: "Sun Yao is so famous, rich and famous, why would he be so depressed and take drugs?"
"Maybe he wants to seek excitement, who knows."
Jingle Bells——
At this moment, Liu Xu called.
"Brother Liu, what's the matter?"
Liu Xu suppressed his excitement and said, "Yuanzhe, have you heard about Sun Yao's drug abuse?"
"I just told Xiaopang about this."
Liu Xu said: "Sun Yao was actually arrested a long time ago. Today's police report is considered the final conclusion. But he was originally filming a TV series. It doesn't matter if he goes in, but the crew can't do without the male lead. The director is worried about who to find to save the situation."
Du Yuanzhe immediately understood what Liu Xu meant: "Brother Liu wants me to go?"
"I happen to be familiar with this director. You can take a look at the script first. If you think it's suitable, come with me to meet the director."
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "Okay."
He didn't bother wandering around the street, so he asked Xiaopang to drive him back to the company.
Qianying Entertainment, Liu Xu's Office
Liu Xu handed him the script and said, "This is a spy drama. The chief screenwriter is the screenwriter of "Dark War". This screenwriter is particularly good at writing spy drama scripts."
Xiao Pang was surprised and said, "Is he really the screenwriter of "Infernal Affairs"? I have watched "Infernal Affairs" several times before. The feeling of saving our comrades time and time again through intelligence is really great. Every time I see the Japanese plot being destroyed, I feel very happy. This screenwriter really understands what the audience wants to see."
Liu Xu smiled and said: "The script of "Secret Voice" took the screenwriter several years to polish and complete, and it is definitely not inferior to the previous "Infernal Affairs"."
Du Yuanzhe was concentrating on reading the script.
The key to spy dramas is careful thinking and paying attention to every detail. Lurking inside the enemy, you may lose your life at any time, and any small detail that is ignored may be exposed.
This screenwriter is a detail-obsessed person. He will repeatedly deduce every scene he writes to make sure not to miss any details.
It is this habit that makes him like to write plots that use various small details to destroy the enemy's conspiracy, which is what Xiaopang said is the cool point.
After reading the script, Du Yuanzhe made up his mind on the spot: "Brother Liu, I want to meet the director."
Liu Xu immediately said, "I'll call him right now."
At 3 pm, in the luxurious room of Rufeng Hotel
Du Yuanzhe met Zhu Mi, the director of "Secret Voice".
Zhu Mi had a worried look on her face and said, "Although the crew is in urgent need of a new male lead, I have high expectations for this drama and will not just settle for it."
Du Yuanzhe said: "I am just here for an audition today. Whether or not to use me is entirely up to the director."
Zhu Mi nodded: "Old Liu has shown me some of your acting clips. I am very satisfied with your acting skills, but I need to hear your understanding of the role."
Du Yuanzhe said: "Mu Huang is a meticulous and careful person. In order not to expose his identity, he only focused on making money in the secret service headquarters and never came into contact with intelligence. However, he has memorized the habits of everyone in the secret service headquarters, so he can always find abnormalities based on the slightest change and get intelligence quietly."
"Even though Mu Huang has delivered important information many times and saved many people, he has also witnessed the entire process of many comrades from being arrested to being tortured to being executed. So I feel that this person's heart has always been sad. He will never really smile. When he is alone, he is lonely. It is painful, and the long-term incubation makes Mu Huang's spirit always in a state of tension. His triple identity always oppresses his nerves. He should be a little neurotic. I think this can be reflected through small habits, such as habitually twisting paper or lighting a match and watching it burn out. "
Zhu Mi's expression became more and more serious, with a hint of excitement on his face. He looked at Liu Xu and said, "Old Liu, I have to thank you this time."
As soon as Liu Xu heard this, he understood what Zhu Mi meant and said happily, "We don't need to worry about this in our relationship."
Zhu Mi stood up and paced back and forth, saying excitedly, "I have to discuss with the screenwriter about revising the script. So, Yuanzhe, we will go to your company to sign the contract now, and then I have to go back to the crew. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so you can spend the New Year with your family first, and it won't be too late to join the crew on the second day of the Chinese New Year."
Zhu Mi became more and more excited as he spoke: "I have to send a banner to the police to thank them for arresting Sun Yao."
Du Yuanzhe looked at Zhu Mi in astonishment. Was this man too excited?
Liu Xu explained in a low voice: "Director Zhu is like this. He gets easily excited whenever something related to the script is mentioned."
Du Yuanzhe understood.
Another abnormal director.
From this perspective, Wang Ligang is actually the most normal one.
At Zhu Mi's urging, the two quickly signed the contract. Zhu Mi was very satisfied with Du Yuanzhe and paid him the salary according to the standard of a second-tier star.
Before leaving, Zhu Mi said, "Yuanzhe, spy dramas are bound to have fighting and explosion scenes. When you join the crew, remember to prepare more medicines for treating injuries and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis."
Du Yuanzhe and Liu Xu sent Zhu Mi away together and said, "He deliberately told me this after signing the contract. Was he afraid that I would regret it?"
Liu Xu thought so and said, "I guess so."
Du Yuanzhe said: "Since I accepted this role, I am naturally mentally prepared. It is inevitable for actors to get hurt while performing."
......
Du Yuanzhe couldn't hide the fact that he had signed a new play from Xia Ningmi. When Xia Ningmi came back at night, he asked again, "I joined the crew in the second year of junior high school. Has the new variety show been confirmed? I can ask for leave from the crew in advance."
This time Du Yuanzhe went to rescue the crew. Other people's scenes had already been filmed halfway. He would definitely be very busy after joining the crew and had to ask for leave in advance, otherwise it would be difficult to arrange the filming tasks.
Xia Ning said: "You don't have to participate in the variety show."
Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "What?"
"The new variety show takes three days to shoot. Do you think Zhu Mi will give you leave?"
Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "Impossible, it would be nice to be given a day off. In that case, I won't worry about it anymore."
Xia Ning asked him, "Where is the new drama being filmed?"
Du Yuanzhe said, "It's at the Yancheng Film and Television Base. The Lihua Lake Apartment is not too far away. I have already told the director that I will go back home to live there."
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