The news that Liang Yisheng had finished filming became a hot topic. Cheng Xinlu paused from scrolling through Weibo and glanced at Xu Yan.

Xu Yan was sitting on the sofa, reading the script. He looked serious, but his sitting posture was not particularly straight. He was a little tilted to the left. This was the posture he took when he relaxed. Whenever he was reminded to sit up straight, he would always sit up straight with a smile, but he would tilt back after ten minutes.

It looked like he didn't know that Liang Yisheng had finished filming yet, and he might return to Beijing in the afternoon. It was better not to know, so she could still calm down and read the script.

She had a headache recently whenever she saw the three words Liang Yisheng.

Xu Yan has had three assistants since his debut. The current assistant, Xiao Yuan, was transferred from Liang Yisheng's studio half a year ago, and Cheng Xinlu was the agent who had been with Xu Yan all the way.

Cheng Xinlu is 42 years old this year. She has been in this industry for nearly 20 years and has managed countless artists. Actors and agents complement each other. Cheng Xinlu has not managed an artist above the second tier in the past 20 years. She has not become the gold medal agent she dreamed of becoming when she first entered the industry. The last artist she managed, Xu Yan, was even more obscure.

Forget it, I have to accept my fate. It is not my destiny to be famous.

Cheng Xinlu has no complaints about the artists she works for. Sometimes she even looks at these young handsome guys and reflects on herself - is it because my destiny is not to be famous that affects their star fortunes?

But she didn't expect that it was this Xu Yan who suddenly became popular when she was planning to retire after coaching the last unknown celebrity. He became the "boyfriend" of the absolute top-tier actor Liang Yisheng.

Although Xu Yan's reputation is almost entirely malicious, his popularity is real.

However, he has not been a "traffic artist" for a year and he is going to be unknown again. Cheng Xinlu sighed in her heart. Seeing Xu Yan's calm appearance at this age, she didn't dare to chase him and ask what happened between him and Liang Yisheng, and whether there was any room for change.

"Sister, Mr. Liang will be back this afternoon. I have to meet Director Lu with him tomorrow. We are a bit late. Do we have any other arrangements?"

Cheng Xinlu was lost in thought when she was suddenly pulled back by a voice. She turned around and saw Xu Yan's head sticking out from behind the sofa and looking at her.

"You know?" Cheng Xinlu asked subconsciously, thinking that he didn't know that Liang Yisheng would be back soon.

"Hmm?" Xu Yan was confused. "Teacher Liang contacted me and said that he would take me to meet Director Lu."

Cheng Xinlu stared at him seriously. "Xu Yan, tell me the truth. What does Liang Yisheng mean to you? I didn't dare to ask you before, for fear that I would guess wrongly and make you sad. Now that it's all over, you should tell me the truth." Xu Yan was

helpless, with a little pleading in his tone. "You're still asking me this question when it's all over. Isn't it making me sad?"

"I just can't understand it, especially these few days when you two were about to fail. When he recommended you to play this role, I secretly wondered if you two were really into it. He was willing to give you such resources. Actor Leung really liked you. Why do you just want to end it now without caring? Even if it's for Director Lu's movie, you two, the fake couple, have to pretend until the movie is released, right?"

Cheng Xinlu felt more and more outrageous as she spoke. She sat on the chair with her legs crossed, leaning forward to look at Xu Yan, "Does he have a new boyfriend? He used you to come out, and now your real boyfriend is jealous and can't tolerate you..."

"Sister Cheng." Xu Yan interrupted her.

Cheng Xinlu curled her lips, "Yes, yes, you are right. You used each other. The scandal was enough to destroy you, but for him it was nothing more than a knife scraping cowhide - no harm at all. He used you to come out of the closet, and he saved you."

Cheng Xinlu said the words that Xu Yan had said to her many times in her own words. But her expression was still not relaxed, and her tone was quite heavy, "Xiao Xu, Director Lu's film is our last straw. You can only turn things around if you become popular. Otherwise, you can't survive in this circle with your current reputation." Xu Yan

didn't say anything for a while, and his fingers slowly stroked the script a few times.

Xu Yan had read the script many times. A few days ago, Liang Yisheng said that he would take him to meet Director Lu, so he took it out to review it again. The scene we are watching now is the first time the two people meet. The novelist played by Liang Yisheng comes to the town for the first time, and the town boy played by Xu Yan sees him from afar.

Xu Yan has read the original novel of this novel, and this is how it is written in the novel.

"The blade of grass in Qingshu's mouth suddenly fell, and he saw the man, neatly dressed, getting off the bus. Qingshu sat at the entrance of the town every day, watching the buses in the city spit out all kinds of people, like excreting filth, and colorful people jumped off from the buses and went their separate ways. But he had never felt as he did when he saw this man, that this world was not worthy of him. As a result, everything in this world, the flowers, plants, trees, including himself, this Qingshu, were not worthy of him."

The screenwriter gave this scene three stars. This is the habit of the screenwriter. When the emotions of the characters are obscure and complicated, she will mark them with stars.

Xu Yan stared at the three stars for a while, knowing that these three stars meant nothing to him, but he also knew that his confidence did not come from his confidence in his acting skills, but from his feelings for Liang Yisheng, just like Qingshu for novelists.

Xu Yan nodded and comforted Cheng Xinlu, "Don't worry, I know."

This was the first time Lu Jiahong met this Xu Yan, Liang Yisheng's boyfriend.

When Liang Yisheng signed the contract, he casually mentioned that he had a suitable candidate for the role, but the reputation was not good and he was a newcomer. At this point, Lu Jiahong actually likes newcomers more than old monsters like Liang Yisheng, whose faces are all nailed to the big screen, which is boring.

Talented newcomers can definitely arouse Lu Jiahong's interest more than movie emperors.

The role of Qingshu has not been decided for a long time, to be honest, because this role is more complicated than the novelist. To put it bluntly, as long as the novelist is a star like Liang Yisheng with good acting skills, there will be no big problem, but Qingshu is very picky about actors. This role cannot be won by acting alone, it must be the right taste.

In fact, in Lu Jiahong's eyes, Qingshu is the protagonist, but when Liang Yisheng's name appears, he must be the first. At that time, Lu Jiahong curled his lips and didn't care much, and his dialect came out in a mess, "What a trick, I haven't seen a new talent with talent for several years, and now these kids are all money-minded."

"Take a look, Xu Yan, my boyfriend." Liang Yisheng pushed the pad that he had prepared in front of him.

Lu Jiahong then snorted, "You mean to promote him with my film? Stop dreaming about this as soon as possible. How can you not wake up? Look who I am."

Liang Yisheng leaned against the sofa, "Don't say such harsh words, look at him first, you can't choose a suitable actor anyway, we both win." It was not

until he met Xu Yan in person that Lu Jiahong more or less understood where Liang Yisheng's confidence came from. Xu Yan was surprised when he opened the door, and then quickly adjusted his expression. There was nothing superfluous on him.

In particular, Liang Yisheng had instilled in Lu Jiahong a lot of negative impressions that Xu Yan had a bad reputation and was cursed online. Then, a clean Xu Yan suddenly stood up. The contrast between this preconceived impression and the real Xu Yan made Lu Jiahong feel like a blessing from heaven.

When Xu Yan arrived at the door of the hotel, he sent a message to Liang Yisheng, asking him if he had arrived. After waiting for about five minutes, there was no reply from the other party. Xu Yan guessed that he was on the way and didn't check his phone. If he arrived first, he would probably ask where he was. After

thinking for a moment, he felt that Director Lu would not come so early, so he simply went in and ordered some appetizers, so that the three of them would not have to chat with hungry stomachs later.

Unexpectedly, when the door of the private room opened, I saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face. I had seen him many times in videos, but this was the first time I saw him in person.

Xu Yan was dressed well today, deliberately keeping it simple. Black jeans, a very low-cut light blue sweater, and a white down jacket, looking like a child of eighteen or nineteen.

He is exactly the age of Qingshu.

It was a moment of awkwardness for a person to face a famous director. Today we had an appointment at a famous Japanese restaurant nearby. Xu Yan still maintained the posture of pushing open the door of the private room, holding the wooden door edge in his hand, and bowed hurriedly, "Hello, Director Lu, I'm Xu Yan."

Lu Jiahong said "um" but did not get up from the cushion.

Xu Yan closed the door with his backhand, his heart pounding, but he smiled politely, "Sorry, Director Lu, there was some traffic jam on the road, so I arrived later than you."

"Liang Yisheng didn't come with you? Aren't you two a couple?" Lu Jiahong asked.

Xu Yan didn't expect that such a big director would come up without any airs, and didn't talk about movies, but such a down-to-earth topic. He prepared a lot of self-introductions, but was suddenly overwhelmed by the title of "Liang Yisheng's boyfriend". Xu Yan licked his lips.

"Teacher Liang..."

"We came together, what happened before and after, why are you so gossipy?"

Xu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he turned around suddenly, feeling a chill all over his body.

The man who opened the door and came in had a helpless smile on his face. He grabbed his waist from the left side as if he was quite skilled, took him two steps forward, and whispered something in Xu Yan's ear.

Xu Yan struggled slightly, and his slightly long hair covered his right ear. He raised his hand to tuck the hair behind his ear, tilted his head and asked in a low voice, "What?"

Liang Yisheng stopped in his tracks, his eyes stayed on Xu Yan's face, and the two of them met eyes.

Xu Yan didn't have many opportunities to see Liang Yisheng at such a close distance. He had to admit that the thickness that age and experience bring to a person can never be compensated by other means. Liang Yisheng's glasses were covered with a thin layer of mist, and two silver chains hung down from the frames, lying obediently on the black windbreaker.

"I said, you are dressed so tenderly today, I should have dressed younger if I had known." Liang Yisheng lowered his head and whispered to his red right ear, repeating what he had just said, the chain on his glasses swaying and rubbing against Xu Yan's cheek.

Xu Yan took a deep breath, his breath was unstable, and he was unable to continue the conversation.

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The king of killing people with his face at close range - Teacher Liang