Chapter 064
The recording of the first season of "Interpreting the New Generation" has ended, which has caused quite a stir on the Internet.
All members of the first season received a great deal of exposure, and as can be seen from their respective Weibo accounts, they have all received good new jobs one after another.
Only Xu Jingning was still picking and choosing from the piles of scripts that had been sent to her.
He still lives with Yan Xun. After the variety show ended, his daily routine is to sleep, eat, practice acting, and screen scripts.
At first, he practiced his acting skills and screened scripts in the company, but he found that as soon as he got there, Xu Xingcheng began to tell him about the next work arrangements like chanting a sutra. He didn't have to do anything all day but pick scripts. After thinking about it for a day, Xu Jingning decisively chose to take the script home.
With the help and free guidance of Yan Xun, I learned a lot in just one week.
Logically speaking, with Xu Jingning's exposure all over the Internet and his sudden leap into the top three, he should receive a lot of high-quality scripts.
But the reality is, at first glance, they are all male leading roles, but without exception, they are all assembly-line commercial dramas for which he is not suitable.
Xu Xingcheng was also helpless: "These are all the ones I have screened, and you are not satisfied with them?"
What can I do? After going through several rounds of performances of high-quality scripts, it is really hard to accept ordinary scripts.
Xu Jingning put down another ancient puppet drama and asked sadly, "Since it has been screened, is this one the one that slipped through the net?"
"This is a remake of a popular IP. Although it's not that ideal, the quality is still acceptable. Moreover, the original author is a veteran screenwriter who is in charge of the project herself. The team is guaranteed. Even if it doesn't become a big hit, at least it won't become a bad drama."
But Xu Jingning was not interested.
After all, it's still a routine drama, and he doesn't want to waste his time on these meaningless scripts.
"Then what are you going to do? Do you think everyone is Yan Xun? Are there good scripts coming to you? Do you still want to work?" Xu Xingcheng pretended to be angry and took down several popular supporting roles. "You look good in these roles. They don't have many scenes. You can accept roles where you just show your face, right?"
Well, it’s very similar to his previous acting pattern, except that he has risen from a passerby to a well-known supporting role with a highlight-record story.
Xu Xingcheng picked out three scripts, which barely sealed the work for the last two months of the year. Then there were some endorsement advertisements and the like. Xu Jingning had no objection to this. The Xingchuan team would check and arrange it, and he only had to follow the announcement when the time came.
After returning, I complained to Yan Xun that the scripts had been inconsistent recently, and he started to pay attention to me.
The next day was the weekend. After Xu Jingning came back from morning exercise, she curled up on the sofa and checked her phone. When she looked up, she saw Yan Xun, who had finished his exercise, did not go to the study room, but came downstairs and walked to her side.
Xu Jingning made room for him, and the two of them sat side by side with a fist's distance between them.
Yan Xun was holding a document in his hand, and at a glance one could guess that it was a script.
He seemed to have said that he would join Director Fang's crew for filming later.
Thinking of this, the phone suddenly lost its appeal. Xu Jingning was quiet, glancing to the side the whole time.
Noticing his little action, Yan Xun smiled and asked, "Want to watch it together?"
Xu Jingning shook her head without even thinking: "No, no, no, the script is confidential. It's not convenient for me to do this."
"It's okay. Director Fang also wants to see you. He's counting on me to bring you into the group."
Yan Xun's joking tone made Xu Jingning put her worries aside. She had been suffering a lot recently because of those hard-to-describe scripts. Now a bright and good script was placed under her nose. How could she not take a look at it?
So, Xu Jingning spent the entire morning listening to Yan Xun talk about the content of the script.
The plot is actually nothing new. A young teacher is sent to a poor area to redeem rebellious students. If there is anything particularly different, it is that this is a story with two male protagonists.
This is another tailor-made script for Yan Xun. Just by looking at the character introduction, Xu Jingning knew that the role he played was the young teacher who looked bright and beautiful on the surface.
Xu Jingning’s eyes widened when he saw the first scene.
He quickly looked at the script rating again, and after confirming that he was not mistaken, he was shocked and said, "Why would they shoot such a script?"
Since the country passed the same-sex marriage bill, various BL-themed TV dramas were frequently broadcast in the first two years. However, after a number of them were inexplicably suppressed, there are actually no such blatant dramas this year.
There are also films that secretly feature two male protagonists, but they are much more conservative than before, and are basically covered up by group portraits.
Everyone understands what the above means. It is legal and acceptable, but not recommended.
And the film that Director Fang is preparing to shoot this time... turns out to have two male protagonists that have been officially approved.
In fact, the relationship between the two protagonists is extremely ambiguous, but the reason why they are called dual male protagonists is because the complicated relationship between the two makes it impossible to achieve a happy ending.
After reading the script, Xu Jingning felt a tightness in his chest and an indescribable sadness.
In fact, for each individual character, they all have their own happy ending, but just thinking about it, Xu Jingning has already anticipated how upset the audience will be.
In addition, Xu Jingning always felt that this script looked familiar no matter how he looked at it.
During this period, Yan Xun had been quietly observing his reactions, but apart from empathizing with the character, he didn't seem to have many thoughts.
After seeing him close the script, Yan Xun asked carefully: "What do you think?"
"It's a good script to win awards, but I don't know if the audience will buy it this time." Xu Jingning sniffed and tried to make his tone sound more relaxed. "I remember that Director Fang's previous films were very popular."
Yan Xun chuckled: "It depends on him. After all, I'm just an actor and can't manage the work behind the scenes."
"What about you? Do you have any thoughts on this book?"
Xu Jingning played dumb: "What do I think? I'm not the actor in this script."
Yan Xun: "Like I said before, Ning Ning, as long as you want, you can be."
Xu Jingning was a little absent-minded: "Ah, let's talk about it later."
There was no explicit refusal, but it was enough to make Yan Xun give up trying to persuade her.
Yan Xun never mentioned this matter again after that, but the strange feeling in Xu Jingning's heart became stronger and stronger.
It was not until the evening when he went to the kitchen on the first floor that he heard Yan Xun standing in the courtyard and seemed to be talking to Song Han on the phone.
Normally, he shouldn't have eavesdropped on this, but Yan Xun was so engrossed in the conversation that he seemed to have completely forgotten that there was someone else at home. Even when Xu Jingning was pouring water at the center island, she could hear everything he said clearly.
"He's just a small actor. How much can I care about him?"
"It's just a performance for the audience. Even if it's serious for a while, it's just to trick people into making a movie."
"Don't worry, my first priority is definitely my family business, everything else has to take a back seat."
Xu Jingning calmly put the kettle away, then left the kitchen and returned to his room.
It was as if he didn't hear what nonsense Yan Xun said at all.
When he calmly took a shower and went to the study to continue sifting through the books, Yan Xun finally came back.
Yan Xun secretly glanced at Xu Jingning who was concentrating on her work, and asked uncertainly, "Ningning, did you go to the kitchen just now?"
"Oh, yes, get a glass of water." Xu Jingning continued reading the script without even raising his head.
Yan Xun sat down next to him and continued to test him: "Then...did you hear anything?"
Xu Jingning blinked and replied, "No."
He didn't look over and didn't know what Yan Xun's expression was, but he heard the other party's light sigh.
Just when he was about to speak for the third time, Xu Jingning suddenly stood up holding the script, packed up his things and left: "I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to bed first, you should get some rest too."
Yan Xun didn't react and just said "good night" hurriedly.
Then, I looked at the clock on the wall and it was just past nine o'clock.
Are you sleepy so early?
Yan Xun reflected on whether he had gone a little too far.
He was so troubled that he didn't sleep well the whole night. He woke up late the next day and called Fang Shu as soon as he woke up.
"Good morning. How's it going? Have you convinced Ningning?"
"It's hard to say. He must have heard me pretending to make a phone call yesterday, but his calmness was a little strange."
As Yan Xun walked downstairs, he continued, "Was my hint not obvious enough?"
Fang Shu snorted: "I advised you not to do anything rash before, but you didn't believe me. Now you have to bear the consequences yourself!"
"Who was it that insisted on getting close to him like that in the first place? Now that his heart has been dug out and stabbed and scarred just as you wished, you feel sad again? Oh, you feel that you did something wrong. You knew that he would be sad, but you still did it. Aren't you a cheapskate?"
"I say, don't be so hypocritical, just be honest with him. Ningning is someone with that personality and he won't lie to you if you're sincere to him. Remember to bring him into the group!"
But he had already deceived people, and now the worst that could happen was that he would be exposed. Yan Xun didn't dare to take the risk.
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time.
Yan Xun came to Xu Jingning's door, raised his hand and knocked on the door, wanting to ask him what he wanted to eat this morning.
But before he could knock twice, the door was pushed open.
The morning breeze blew in from the window, the bed was neatly made, the room was cleaned very neatly, and at first glance it looked like...
It's like no one lives here.
Yan Xun felt terrible.
He searched the house thoroughly before he was forced to confirm a fact.
Xu Jingning ran away from home.
After a while, Fang Shu, who had just hung up the phone, came back and asked loudly, "Yan Xun, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say Ning Ning was staying at your place? Why did he suddenly show up at the company?"
Yan Xun stroked his face and said, "It seems like he...ran away with the box."
The person on the other side was stunned for a second, and then burst into loud laughter.
"Stop laughing," Yan Xun said with a sigh, "You're not from Xingchuan either, so how do you know Ningning is in the company?"
"He's live streaming now, go watch it yourself." After laughing, Fang Shu kindly gave him the link to the live streaming room, "Isn't this background Xingchuan?"
Yan Xun went back to the study to get the tablet and opened Xu Jingning's live broadcast room, where the other party was chatting with netizens in a casual manner.
It was still a daily chat and gossip. At this moment, Xu Jingning was secretly talking about the sweet relationship of a couple in the show. Before he said it clearly, everyone was already shouting "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh".
Yan Xun wanted to comfort himself, maybe he was just called to work, after all, it didn't seem like anything unusual, but it was undeniable that Xu Jingning left without leaving even an extra plastic bag for him.
Just as he was thinking about it, someone suddenly started to flood the screen with messages asking about Xu Jingning's relationship with him.
[Ning ning ning ning, can you let us have a bite of your own melon? How did you get along with Teacher Yan after the variety show? ]
This fan's screen-sweeping behavior attracted many people to join in. Xu Jingning had no choice but to put on an extremely official smile and replied: "I don't have any relationship with Teacher Yan. I am very grateful for his guidance and help during this period, but we are limited to the normal mentor-student relationship during the performance of the new generation."
"Teacher Yan is a senior whom I respect very much. We did not cross the line. I hope everyone will not over-interpret it."
[Ahhh, but you guys have kissed before, does that count as not crossing the line? ]
Xu Jingning: "Script needs should fall within the scope of work."
Yan Xun: “…”
Fang Shu's arrogant laughter began to surround his ears.
It's too much.
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