The next morning, Huahu Apartment

Wu Xing drove to the gate of the community. Xiaopang had been here many times and the security guard already knew him. They drove the car to the downstairs of Du Yuanzhe's house smoothly.

Wu Xing was waiting in the car, and Xiaopang and Liu Xu got out of the car and walked into the apartment building together.

Xiaopang asked, "Brother Liu, do we need to call Brother Zhe?"

Liu Xu said: "We are here, we can just go upstairs. He is a grown man, so why should he be shy? I just want to take a look at his newly renovated apartment."

Xiaopang thought so too and said, "I have to check Zhe's suitcase to make sure he didn't forget anything."

Even though we were filming in the same city, it was better to prepare everything in advance than to run back and forth.

The two took the elevator upstairs, arrived at Du Yuanzhe's house, and rang the doorbell.

Du Yuanzhe had just finished breakfast and was changing clothes in the room.

Xia Ningmi got up and went to open the door.

"Brother Zhe, I..."

When Xiaopang saw that it was Xia Ningmi who opened the door, he immediately shut up and apologized stiffly: "Sorry, President, we knocked on the wrong door."

After saying that, he was about to leave.

"That's right!"

Xia Ningmi turned around and went back to the living room.

Xiaopang was confused: "Brother Liu, what's going on?"

Liu Xu was even more confused than him. Why would President Xia show up at Du Yuanzhe's house, and even wear home clothes? He couldn't be a guest, right?

Inexplicably, Liu Xu thought of the two early mornings when Du Yuanzhe called him madly.

But subconsciously, Liu Xu denied his guess.

That's Xia Ningmi. How could she fall in love with someone, and how could she fall in love with Du Yuanzhe?

Absolutely impossible!

Du Yuanzhe heard the noise and walked downstairs, asking Xia Ningmi, "What happened?"

Xia Ning pointed at the door.

Du Yuanzhe was shocked when he saw the silly duo at the door: "Why are you here? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

He never thought that the fact that Xia Ningmi was living in his house would be exposed at this time.

Liu Xu looked at him with a complicated look: "I told you yesterday."

Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "It seems so."

He finally knew what he thought he had forgotten last night!

Liu Xu turned his head to look at Xia Ningmi and said, "Hello, President."

Xia Ningmi said calmly: "Don't worry about me, just do your own things."

Xiaopang couldn't stand the weird atmosphere and said weakly, "Brother Zhe, where is your room? I'll help you check your luggage."

"It's on the left side of the second floor. Don't go the wrong way."

Hearing this, Liu Xu's eyebrows jumped violently.

After Xiao Pang went upstairs, Liu Xu smiled bitterly and said, "President, I am Yuanzhe's agent. Shouldn't you tell me something so that I can be prepared?"

Xia Ningmi said: "We live together, but we are not a couple as you think."

Boom——

Liu Xu's brain exploded.

Du Yuanzhe's mouth twitched: "You don't have to say the second half of the sentence."

The fact that they are not a couple and still live together makes the misunderstanding even worse.

Xia Ning looked at him: "Did I say anything wrong?"

Prospective lovers are not really lovers yet.

Liu Xu looked at the two of them and said in disbelief: "So you are... a sponsor?"

“Bullshit!”

Du Yuanzhe was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Do I need someone to support me?"

Xia Ningmi looked at him thoughtfully.

Du Yuanzhe took a step back: "Don't even think about it. I would rather die than surrender."

"My black card has no limit."

Du Yuanzhe remained unmoved: "That's impossible."

Xia Ning said: "You can consider it."

Du Yuanzhe didn't know what to say. After a long while, he asked tentatively, "...Are you kidding?"

Xia Ningmi nodded calmly: "Yes."

Du Yuanzhe was no longer able to complain.

[What good would it do you to scare me to death?]

Liu Xu was so shocked that he suspected he had seen a fake Xia Ningmi.

He had met Xia Ningmi many times, but he had never seen any emotions in her except indifference. Sometimes he even felt that Xia Ningmi had no human emotions at all.

But what did he see now?

The indifference on Xia Ningmi's body completely disappeared. Although her expression did not fluctuate much, he could feel a variety of emotions from her. He could even feel that Xia Ningmi was deliberately teasing Du Yuanzhe just now.

If I were to sum it up in one sentence:

That is Xia Ningmi in front of Du Yuanzhe, becoming like a living person.

If this is not a couple, then what is a couple?

Liu Xu didn't know what the two were up to, but Xia Ningmi had already given him the answer, so he couldn't ask any more questions.

After a while, Xiaopang came downstairs carrying his luggage.

It's time for Du Yuanzhe to set off.

Xia Ningmi stood up and saw them out. Xiaopang and Liu Xu were overwhelmed and hurried to the elevator to make room for the two.

Standing at the door, Du Yuanzhe felt that he should say something, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I will go home to live for the next half month. Remember to eat well by yourself."

Xia Ning looked at him and said, "What you said is all nonsense."

She is not a child.

Du Yuanzhe's mouth twitched: "I'm saying goodbye to you. The Internet says that other people do the same."

Xia Ningmi said: "Others are others!"

Du Yuanzhe was not used to it. He had not been away for several months, so there was nothing to cling to. He said, "Then I won't say any more. I should leave now."

He turned around and got on the elevator with Xiaopang.

Xia Ningmi closed the door, sat at the table in the living room, opened her notebook and started working.

Du Yuanzhe and the other two went downstairs. Liu Xu and Xiaopang kept staring at him without taking their eyes off him.

Du Yuanzhe said helplessly: "Aren't you afraid of damaging your eyesight?"

Xiaopang couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "Brother Zhe, when did you and Mr. Xia start dating?"

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "We haven't started yet."

Liu Xu got angry when he thought about being kept in the dark. He sneered, "Who are you trying to fool here? Are you living together if you are not together?"

Du Yuanzhe said sincerely: "We are really not together, she is just my girlfriend now."

"Prospective girlfriend?"

Liu Xu looked ridiculous: "A girlfriend is a girlfriend, what the hell is a quasi-girlfriend?"

Xiaopang agreed: "What does this mean?"

Du Yuanzhe explained: "Literally, she is not your girlfriend yet."

The more Liu Xu listened, the more confused he felt. He asked, "Is this what you meant, or what Mr. Xia meant?"

"Of course she suggested it."

Liu Xu immediately changed his tone: "Boss Xia must have some hidden agenda, so let's leave it at that for now."

Du Yuanzhe frowned: "Brother Liu, your treatment is too obvious."

Liu Xu sneered: "It's good enough that I don't settle the score with you, how dare you blame me?"

Du Yuanzhe knew that he was in the wrong.

"You must keep your relationship with President Xia a secret. Don't let anyone know."

Du Yuanzhe emphasized again: "We were fine to begin with, there was no need to hide it."

"You two don't need to keep it a secret that you two are living together?"

Liu Xu was too lazy to think about what these two were up to. After all, it was just the fun between a couple. As long as it didn't affect Du Yuanzhe's career, he didn't want to interfere.

From the moment he became Du Yuanzhe's agent, he had no intention of caring about Du Yuanzhe's emotional problems, mainly because he couldn't do so. It was only now that he needed to deal with Du Yuanzhe's emotional problems, which was much later than he expected.

"...This still needs to be kept secret."

After getting in the car, the three of them tacitly stopped talking about this matter.

......

Yancheng Film and Television Base, the filming location of "The Voice"

Everyone in the crew knew that a new male lead would be joining the crew today. Zhu Mi did not reveal who would be the one to save the day, but only said that the new male lead had great acting skills and he was very satisfied.

Because of Zhu Mi's words, everyone was very interested in the new male lead, and privately they had already guessed all the top male actors in the entertainment industry.

Seeing two cars parked at the door of the crew, the first one was a nanny car, everyone knew that the new male lead had arrived, and the production staff hurried to inform the director.

After Wu Xing opened the car door, Du Yuanzhe got out. After staying in the car for a long time, he felt a little uncomfortable when suddenly exposed to the sunlight. He squinted his eyes subconsciously, and then walked into the crew with Liu Xu and others.

"The new male lead is so handsome, much more handsome than Sun Yao."

"Sun Yao has no qualifications to compete with him, but this person is unfamiliar. Does anyone know him?"

"Fuck, I'm sure it's Du Yuanzhe."

"Du Yuanzhe? The one who became famous because of the variety show "Role Play"? I heard that he has good acting skills."

"What a bullshit! I've watched the TV series he acted in before, and they were really disgusting. He just has a good family background. His brother is Du Yuanwen."

"Has Director Zhu also become corrupt and started to bow to the capitalists?"

While others were discussing Du Yuanzhe, Zhu Mi had already come over with the screenwriter.

"Yuanzhe is finally here. We have been waiting for you. Let me introduce you to Mr. Cangsheng, the screenwriter of our play."

Du Yuanzhe shook hands with Cang Sheng and said, "Teacher Cang Sheng, I have heard of your name for a long time. I was so excited after reading "The Voice" that I really wish I could travel back to that era."

Cang Sheng is a middle-aged man in his early forties, thin and elegant. He pushed his glasses habitually and said, "I listened to Teacher Du's understanding of Mu Huang. I am very grateful to Teacher Du for making this character more vivid and full."

Du Yuanzhe said modestly: "You are too polite. We will cooperate for a few months. Just call me Yuanzhe."

Zhu Mi also said: "We are all family, so don't be so formal."

Cang Sheng was not a conservative person, so he changed the title accordingly.

After a few people talked for a while, Zhu Mi asked the production staff to gather everyone and announced, "This is the actor Du Yuanzhe who will play the male lead Mu Huang next. Everyone welcome."

"Welcome Teacher Du!"

No matter what you think in your heart, the applause from the crowd was still very enthusiastic.

Du Yuanzhe said: "Hello everyone, I hope we can cooperate well in the future."

The crew's task was indeed very tight. After Zhu Mi introduced Du Yuanzhe, she asked people to prepare to shoot the male lead's scenes.

"Yuanzhe, hurry up and get ready. Change your clothes and start shooting right away."

For a TV series like this one that lurks behind enemy lines, many scenes are shot in office buildings.

As a member of the General Affairs Department of the Secret Service Headquarters, Mu Huang's daily job is to guard the warehouse and check the number of various weapons in the warehouse.

This is actually a lucrative position, because he has the final say on the amount of weapons damage reported in the warehouse. Mu Huang makes money by stealing and selling weapons on a daily basis, and the senior executives of the Secret Service Headquarters know all of this.

But Mu Huang was the cousin of Director Li of the Secret Service Headquarters. As a person with strong connections, no one dared to control him, and Director Li turned a blind eye to it.

One of the scenes filmed today is where Mu Huang deduces who the Intelligence Department is monitoring based on the bills they submitted a few days ago, and estimates the approximate range based on the daily fuel consumption of the cars.

Du Yuanzhe was wearing a grey Zhongshan suit with his hair combed into a bun. There was a pen pinned to the upper left pocket of his suit.

Zhu Mi praised her for her spirit, then sat behind the camera and started filming.

At this time, Mu Huang was the only one in the General Affairs Office's duty office.

He looked at the expense report on the table, his eyes turned dark, and he recalled the complaints from the Intelligence Department when they came to deliver the expense report just now. It seemed that they were planning to catch a big fish, so they had to continue monitoring.

Thinking that one of his comrades might be targeted by the dog spies, Mu Huang's eyes showed a trace of worry. He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, playing with a matchbox in his hand, his eyes became cold and rational. He had to peel off the limited clues and find the most critical point.

At this moment, the sound of a car starting came from downstairs.

Mu Huang stood up suddenly, walked to the window and looked downstairs. Seeing the rows of cars, his eyes seemed thoughtful, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Card!"

The staff immediately went over to set up the next scene, and the makeup artist also came over to touch up Du Yuanzhe's makeup.

Zhu Mi praised: "Yuanzhe, your eyes acted very well in this scene. You really didn't let me down."

Du Yuanzhe said: "It's good that I didn't hold everyone back."

The actors who had no roles to play were watching Du Yuanzhe perform. When the director called out "Cut", they all looked at each other in bewilderment. Everyone knew that plays without lines were the most difficult to perform. They thought, if this acting was just eye-catching, then what were they?

Who was the bastard who deliberately misled people just now? Fortunately, they didn't have time to do anything.

Next, while Du Yuanzhe was waiting for the show, actors from the crew came to greet him one after another.

This drama is a standard male-centered drama. The male lead has the most scenes, and the importance of other characters cannot be compared to him.

Cang Sheng is very good at writing spy war plots, but he is not good at writing romance, so the male protagonist Mu Huang does not have many romances. He only has a fiancée who was arranged for him in his hometown. But because Mu Huang has already decided to devote himself to the country, he wrote a letter to cancel the marriage. It was not until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the finale that Mu Huang realized that the girl had been waiting for him.

The entire drama consists of only these few emotional shots.

Cang Sheng is very clear about the audience's taste. The audience of spy dramas wants to see how people of that era fought for the country and how they fought wits and courage with the invaders. In that era, emotions were a luxury, and too much description in this regard would make the audience feel that it was nonsense.

The script written by Cang Sheng is just right!

The next scene is the rivalry between Du Yuanzhe and Director Li. Director Li is the second male lead of the play and is very caring towards Mu Huang, but he is also the biggest traitor in the Secret Service Headquarters. His hands are filled with the blood of anti-Japanese activists. Mu Huang wishes to kill him with his own hands, but Director Li is Mu Huang's backer in the Secret Service Headquarters. On the surface, Mu Huang respects and fears Director Li.

Director Li was played by veteran actor Wang Xingliang. Before the filming officially started, Du Yuanzhe took the initiative to find Wang Xingliang and said, "Mr. Wang, this is the first time we play opposite each other. How about we act together first?"

Wang Xingliang had also heard some things about Du Yuanzhe, but after so many years in the entertainment industry, he knew that many things might not be true just by seeing them, let alone hearing them from others.

He had no prejudice against Du Yuanzhe and agreed, "Okay, let's act it out first."

Actors who have never worked together before can easily lose control of their partner's rhythm or over-exert themselves and become uncoordinated when acting opposite each other for the first time. Acting opposite each other can help them understand the other person's level in advance and allow for better cooperation during the official filming.

The two rehearsed their scenes together, and Wang Xingliang was very surprised. Although he had no prejudice against Du Yuanzhe, he did not expect his acting skills to be so good.

"I have worked with many actors of your age, but you are the only one who surprised me. Your acting has its own style."

Du Yuanzhe said: "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Wang. I still have a lot of shortcomings and I need your guidance."

After all, he is not as good as these veteran actors, so he hopes to get some guidance and correct some problems that are difficult for him to find through cooperation.

......

In this crew, Du Yuanzhe truly realized what it meant to work non-stop. The whole morning was filled with his scenes, and he had no time to rest while waiting for his scenes. He had to seize the time to memorize the script, and often had to start filming right after he memorized it, leaving him no chance to breathe.

Xiaopang brought a lunch box to Du Yuanzhe and said, "Brother Zhe, eat more. Before you catch up with Sun Yao's previous progress, you will probably have to shoot at the same intensity as in the morning."

Du Yuanzhe looked around and asked, "Where's Brother Liu?"

"I just got a call from the company. It seems like something happened to one of Brother Liu's artists."

"What happened?"

Xiaopang shook his head: "I don't know, Brother Liu didn't say."

Du Yuanzhe said: "Pay attention. If Brother Liu comes to see me, remember to notify me immediately."

"Okay, brother Zhe."