On the morning of the fourth day of the eighth lunar month, Xu Yan sent out a lucky red envelope of 200 yuan in the studio group, with the cover of the red envelope saying "Good luck at the start of work". There
were three people in the group, and the unlucky little Yuan only got seven yuan, quickly followed by a crying emoticon.
Xu Yan hadn't come out of the quilt yet. He hadn't gained weight during the Chinese New Year, and his arms were thin and long. When he raised his phone, his pajamas sleeves slid down to his elbows. He couldn't help laughing, and sent a red envelope of 100 yuan to Xiao Yuan alone.
Cheng Xinlu was the lucky winner in silence, and got 130 yuan out of the 200 yuan red envelope.
Joining the group on the fourth day of the lunar year, this time is indeed not very humane. Cheng Xinlu's son is in high school this year. She didn't have much time to spend with her child because of this job. The child finally had a winter vacation, and Xu Yan had to start work so early.
Xu Yan mentioned before that when she joined Director Lu's group and acted with Liang Yisheng, it was enough to have Xiao Yuan to take care of her. He wanted Cheng Xinlu to stay at home and spend more time with her family during the New Year. Cheng Xinlu didn't agree, just because the other party was Liang Yisheng. She was worried, who knew what would happen.
Dumplings on the bus and noodles on the bus. Mother Xu got up at five o'clock this morning to make dumplings. During
the New Year, the TVs of older people were probably playing the Spring Festival Gala in a loop. When Xu Yan was brushing his teeth, he saw the TV King Zhuo, who was the same name as Liang Yisheng, being hugged by a group of dancers and singing. Xu's mother likes him very much. He played the role of a prince in a palace drama last year. After the show was broadcast, he became a hit and gained countless girlfriends and mothers.
The mothers here refer to real mothers, that is, "mom fans" of Xu's age.
Passing by the living room, Xu's mother stared at the screen intently. Xu Yan joked, "Mom, this is Liang Yisheng's opponent. Treat the enemy as ruthlessly as the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves. Your revolutionary will is not firm enough."
"Then can you get the enemy's signature? Is it convenient?" Unfortunately, Xu's mother wanted to move directly into the enemy camp.
Xu Yan had two more tasks when he went home, asking for two people's signatures.
Last night, we arranged a car to go to the airport. We were wearing sunglasses and masks. When we were packing our luggage, Director Xu did not show up. He stood in the living room and said that he would not see us off and asked us to be careful on the road. The words Director Xu said on the afternoon of New Year's Eve had not yet left Xu Yan's mind. He asked him like a spell, "Or are you a homosexual?"
Xu Yan responded without saying anything else. He didn't know what to say.
As a result, when he went downstairs with Xu's mother, he saw Director Xu standing downstairs smoking. Director Xu was only wearing a sweater and a cotton vest, and cotton slippers without heels on his feet. He was so cold that he felt numb. The ash on the cigarette in her hand was a long strip, hanging neatly without falling. When she saw the mother and son coming down, she shook her hands with an indifferent expression, "Leaving? I'm smoking."
Mother Xu gently pinched Xu Yan's arm, "I think he came to see you off on purpose. What's the smoking? He's so stubborn at his age. Don't learn from him."
Xu Yan smiled reluctantly and nodded.
After getting in the car, she couldn't help but look back at the old couple. Mother Xu didn't know if Xu Yan could see it, and waved to the taxi that was driving away. Director Xu stood next to her, and it was unknown whether he had put out the cigarette in his hand.
Xu Yan turned back, glanced at himself in the rearview mirror, and said, "Sorry, Master, if it's convenient, please hurry up, the plane will leave in more than an hour."
The filming location of "Shadow" is a small city in the north.
Qing Shu and Wei Yuan's first meeting was actually in late spring and early summer, but the time rushed to February. You can't really wait for the four seasons to slowly change for 365 days to shoot a movie. Lu Jiahong was unwilling to delay it until spring, which happened to make the following snow scenes come true.
There was a car to pick them up at the airport. All the way into the village, there were people sent by the crew to lead the way. The person who came was a boy in his early twenties. It seemed that he should be a newcomer who came to study with a teacher from the crew.
He bent down and stretched out his hand and said that his last name was Zhao, and he could just call him Xiao Zhao. Respectfully calling Xu Yan "Teacher", Xiao Yuan beside Xu Yan was also called "Teacher".
"Teacher Xu, you are the first one to arrive. If you can arrive at this time, you should catch the plane early in the morning, right? You have worked hard. It is still a long way to get to the village. You can sleep in the car first."
Xu Yan's neck was indeed a little sore, and he leaned back, "Just call me by my name, Xu Yan."
"It's okay, just call me Teacher Xu, it's easier for me to call you." Xiao Zhao said with a smile.
Most of the crew's cars are vans, with many seats and large space, but the seats are hard and not as comfortable as cars. I was still sleepy in the morning. I couldn't sleep much now after sleeping on the plane.
Xu Yan turned his head and looked out the window. It was still an urban area with tall buildings. In another hour or even half an hour, they would drive to the more remote suburbs.
After walking along the mountain road for a while, we arrived at the countryside where the trees in the movie could not leave.
Xu Yan grew up in the city. Although he had read many literary works and film and television works, he still could not empathize with the feeling that some people worked hard all their lives to be stuck in the soil and crops while they could drive to the prosperous city in a few hours.
Xiao Zhao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, kept peeking at the rearview mirror. Seeing that Xu Yan didn't look like he was going to sleep, he couldn't help but talk to him after sitting for a while, "Teacher Xu, according to Director Lu's request, there is no special arrangement for accommodation. I arrived this morning. There is a worker dormitory building converted from a factory building outside the village. The conditions are naturally not as good as a hotel, but it's not necessary to live in the village."
Xu Yan nodded, "It doesn't matter. Filming is not picky about these. It's enough to have a place to rest."
Xiao Zhao seemed to be relieved, and his tone gradually relaxed, "I heard that Teacher Liang also lived in the dormitory with us. You and Teacher Liang have good personalities."
It is indeed a newcomer and he doesn't know Liang Yisheng so well.
Liang Yisheng was filming a few years ago, and there were several scenes at the garbage station, which took several days to shoot. There were two nights when the show lasted almost all night, and they pitched a tent outside the garbage station to spend the night.
Xu Yan smiled and didn't answer, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, not wanting to continue the conversation, lest he ask about some gossip. Xu Yan was as unfamiliar with Liang Yisheng's private life as he was, and was afraid that he wouldn't be able to answer when the time came.
Not long after, Xiao Zhao received a call, and responded with several "hmm" and "ah". After hanging up the phone, he turned around and called Xu Yan.
Xu Yan opened his eyes and looked at him, meeting a pair of slightly apologetic eyes.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xu. Mr. Liang was supposed to arrive in the evening. The crew just called and said that he is already at the airport, so we should go back to pick him up. The crew can't send anyone here as close to the airport as we are. If you don't mind, we can go back to pick up Mr. Liang. You don't mind, do you? I haven't seen Mr. Liang for a few days during the New Year. I guess Mr. Liang bought an advance ticket because of you."
He spoke so fast that Xu Yan didn't even have a chance to refuse. He could only nod and agree.
How could I not have seen him? I see him every day on TV.
Xu Yan supported his head and looked out the window. The TV at home had been broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala non-stop these past few days. He didn't know if he was too sensitive to Liang Yisheng's voice or if it was just a coincidence. In any case, Xu Yan had passed by the living room several times and Liang Yisheng's show was on TV.
Seeing him, a gay, singing duets with female stars, Xu Yan felt so jealous that he didn't feel justified.
When approaching the airport, Xu Yan thought about not wishing Liang Yisheng a happy new year.
He felt a little regretful. He should have said something no matter what, even if Liang Yisheng didn't reply. To put it nicely, Liang Yisheng was his partner, although he was planning to break up recently; to put it bluntly, Liang Yisheng was half his boss and half his sponsor, although he was planning to support someone else recently.
The moment he saw Liang Yisheng's back from the car window, Xu Yan retracted his wild thoughts. He was thinking too much. This guy probably didn't even know that he didn't wish him a happy new year. It wasn't a big deal.
Xu Yan was too good at imagining.
Xu Yan complained about himself, and Xiao Yuan had already taken the opportunity to sit in the second row at the back while he was imagining. Xu Yan watched Xiao Zhao, Liang Yisheng and the assistant approaching closer and closer. When he opened the car door, the face seemed to suddenly jump out of the TV screen and appear before his eyes, which made Xu Yan a little unable to react.
"What's the matter?" Liang Yisheng was standing, much taller than Xu Yan who was sitting, and looked down at him.
"Huh?" Xu Yan asked in a daze.
"Give me a seat, Teacher Xu." Liang Yisheng looked like he was smiling but not smiling. Xu Yan was surprised to find that he was sitting outside and it was not convenient for Liang Yisheng to come up. Just when he wanted to move inside by holding on to the seat, Xu Yan stopped suddenly and turned to look at Liang Yisheng, "Teacher Liang, can I sit on the left? You go in, okay?"
This move can be said to be extremely bold.
Five minutes after the car drove out, Xu Yan was still in a daze, still thinking about his bravery just now. For ordinary people, it is too trivial to ask for such a small thing, especially when the person is Liang Yisheng.
But Xu Yan is more worried that he is sitting on the right side, and he might not hear what Liang Yisheng said to him.
He doesn't mean that he expects Liang Yisheng to talk to him, and it's okay if he doesn't.
Liang Yisheng has a Bluetooth headset on his ear, and he doesn't know if he is playing music. If he is playing music, he probably won't chat with him. Maybe he is not playing music, and he wears the headset to prevent others from disturbing him and want to catch his sleep.
Xiao Zhao turned around and said to Liang Yisheng what he had said to Xu Yan once, "Teacher Liang, it will take us about an hour and a half to get there. If you and Teacher Xu are tired, take a nap first."
Liang Yisheng snorted, feeling impatient with the long car ride, then tilted his head to look at Xu Yan who was sitting upright, wondering why he was like a primary school student in class.
"Don't you want to sleep?" he asked.
Xu Yan replied, "I just slept, and I'm not too sleepy now. You go to sleep, I'll call you when we get there."
"Then listen to music?" Liang Yisheng casually took off one of the earphones on his ear and handed it to Xu Yan.
Xu Yan licked his lips and reached out to take it.
"What kind of music do you like?" Liang Yisheng scrolled down the favorites list and waited for Xu Yan's answer.
Xu Yan said in a flat voice, "Just play whatever you like."
"Okay." Liang Yisheng randomly clicked on a song.
Xu Yan had an earphone hanging from his left ear, and everything was quiet.
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