"Dad, what are you doing here? Do you know that your photography skills are outdated so you came here to learn?"
"No matter how behind the times I am, I won't learn from you, a brat. Don't think you are so great just because you made a well-received movie. You are still too young."
"I'm not that great, but at least I proved myself to be right. I am indeed better than you were back then!"
“You should know how you succeeded.”
"No matter how I succeeded, I am at least better than your so-called proud disciple Liu Hao! After all, I am now a director with hundreds of millions of box office. Is your disciple Liu Hao planning to shoot a campus sitcom now?"
"It's better to take one step at a time than to take one big leap and then fall down!"
"You keep saying he's smarter than me, but it turns out he's just a dumb ass Trojan horse. You keep saying I'm no better than anyone else, but in fact, I'm better than them all!"
“You think you’re awesome?”
"Yes! You can ask those so-called disciples of yours to compete with me! Ask them to compare their filming skills with mine!"
"You can't compete, you will lose miserably."
"I don't believe it!"
Wei Wuji and Wei Changjun didn't get along well as soon as they met, and the atmosphere was full of tension.
Other fathers and sons would show encouragement and concern after chatting for a few words, but Wei Wuji and Wei Changjun fell into a cold war and stared at each other before they could even chat for a few words.
Although he is no longer rebellious, Wei Wuji is still very rebellious, especially when facing his father. For some reason, this rebellious emotion becomes even stronger.
He felt he needed to have the dignity of a man.
The other staff members in the crew all smelled gunpowder. Li Qing, who always pulled Fatty Wei to smoke during breaks, now hid aside secretly, not wanting to get involved in this dispute.
Li Qing has known Fatty Wei for a long time.
Fatty Wei never mentions his father, the director. Even when he does, he always calls him an old stubborn and antique who doesn't know how to adapt.
In short, Fatty Wei was filled with rebellious emotions.
The two were still staring.
After staring at each other for about thirty seconds, everyone felt the strong smell of gunpowder.
In particular, Wei Changjun's assistant Xiao Liu looked helpless.
He wanted to persuade them, but this was a matter between them and their son, and no one could interfere, otherwise he would be in trouble.
Some things he had to get used to.
"Director Wei, you're looking for me..." Lu Yuan walked over and subconsciously broke the deadlock after feeling the weird atmosphere in the crew.
He had to give Wei Changjun a way out. In short, he couldn't just keep wasting time like this, otherwise everyone would lose face.
"Oh, Mr. Lu, let's go over there and talk."
"good."
Then Lu Yuan followed Wei Changjun to the big tree next to them and started chatting about things.
As for Fatty Wei, his rebellious expression returned to normal after he watched his father leave.
He stared at his father's back and breathed a sigh of relief.
This background, which had been as heavy as a mountain since childhood, always made him feel suffocated.
The same is true at this time.
However, he felt that he could not admit defeat.
Why are you right and I am wrong?
Why should I do what you say?
Don’t “Buried Alive” and “The Wanderer” prove anything?
What is your favorite disciple?
Bullshit!
He felt that he had gained the upper hand in this confrontation.
"You shouldn't treat Director Wei like this. He is your father after all."
"Father is father, but dignity is dignity!"
"Is there anything that a father and son can't sit down and talk about? Is it necessary to embarrass both parties?"
“You don’t understand!”
Fatty Wei closed his eyes.
There was no way he would surrender to his father!
Absolutely not.
From childhood to adulthood...
Xiao Liu was helpless and could only follow Wei Changjun.
This father and son pair is really...
Nothing to say.
…
"Director Wei, you are here to see me today..."
“Did you read the headlines?”
“I saw a little.”
"I still have my role for you."
"Director Wei, the main reason is that I'm really busy right now... I really can't share the joy."
"No rush. By the way, your movie is scheduled to be released on May 1st, right?"
"Yeah, that's why it's very rushed. I'm stuck in the crew all day now."
"We plan to start production in June. It won't take up your time. How about having one?"
"Director Wei, I'm quitting smoking..."
When Lu Yuan saw Wei Changjun handing him a cigarette, his throat trembled slightly, and then he took a deep breath and shook his head.
"There is no rush to quit smoking. It's not too late to quit after smoking one cigarette."
"Director Wei, I'm not just quitting smoking for fun. I've made up my mind." Lu Yuan's expression was unusually serious.
"This cigarette is Baisha from the 1970s. Most people can't smoke it anymore, and there are only a few packs left. Are you sure you don't want to smoke it?" Wei Changjun smiled but still did not retract his gesture of handing over the cigarette.
Wei Changjun is already over fifty years old, so he naturally noticed the struggle in Lu Yuan's eyes.
"Um... Well, I'll quit smoking after I finish this one." Lu Yuan took a deep breath, and after struggling in his mind countless times, he finally closed his eyes.
He had indeed not smoked in about ten days.
Every time he saw Li Qing and Fatty Wei smoking happily, Lu Yuan would choose to stay away from them.
But now…
Lu Yuan found himself still in the same state...
After taking the cigarette handed over by Wei Changjun and taking a short puff, Lu Yuan suddenly felt as if he was high.
After abstaining from smoking for more than ten days, I felt really good when I started smoking again.
Really enjoying it.
"Xiao Lu, come here."
"What?"
"Come to my crew. You wrote the role of Guzidi, and you have the temperament for that role. It would be a waste if you don't come."
"But Director Wei, I really..."
"The higher-ups attach great importance to this movie 'Assembly'. There are only advantages and no disadvantages in having you come to act in it. Besides, the box office of mainstream movies is not very optimistic at the moment. If you come here, you will have some appeal. You don't want the movie you wrote to flop, do you?" Wei Changjun looked at Lu Yuan with a flicker in his eyes.
"..." Lu Yuan fell silent after finishing his cigarette. He didn't know how to respond to Wei Changjun's words.
"What are your concerns?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to control this role and will ruin it." After hesitating for a long time, Lu Yuan looked up at Wei Changjun.
"How do you know if you don't try? People need to grow. I think you can do it." Wei Changjun laughed.
"Let me think about it again." Lu Yuan finished smoking his cigarette and stomped out the butt.
He did not agree to Wei Changjun. In fact, he was still struggling.
The role of Guzidi is the one that requires the highest acting skills in "Assembly", and many emotional changes and details must be interpreted extremely well.
In fact, Lu Yuan did have such a concern deep in his heart. Even though he had watched "Assembly" and knew how the actors performed in it, he still felt concerned.
He was actually afraid that he would ruin the role.
"Okay, how about another one?" Wei Changjun looked at Lu Yuan.
"..." Without looking at the cigarette, the urge to smoke in his heart was very strong and stimulated his spirit. This stimulation made Lu Yuan's hand produce an irresistible urge to take the cigarette.
He swallowed.
How about another one?
"No, I set a rule for myself that I can only smoke one cigarette a day. Although I haven't been able to quit completely, this should be my bottom line." Lu Yuan finally refused.
You can smoke, but there must be a bottom line, otherwise how can you talk about quitting smoking?
"It would be great if you were my son... Wei Wuji, if this bastard boy was half as good as you, I would have less worries." Seeing that Lu Yuan was indeed determined, Wei Changjun finally stopped trying to persuade him.
This is a very opinionated person.
"..."But as Lu Yuan listened, he felt something was not right.
The more Wei Changjun looked at him, the more he looked like he was looking at his son...
At first, everyone was chatting on an equal footing...
But after Wei Changjun said this, Lu Yuan felt quite embarrassed.
He even felt that he couldn't respond to this.
"Xiao Lu..."
"What?"
"I have a favorite disciple, and I want him to follow you, is that okay?"
“…”
…
Wei Changjun left.
Since Lu Yuan said he would consider it, then there is basically a great hope that Lu Yuan will participate.
He didn't mean anything else, he was just sighing. He just felt that compared with Lu Yuan, his own bastard son was really as bad as heaven and earth.
This gap...
It's really too big.
Whether in terms of personality or talent, the two are not on the same level.
After Wei Changjun left, Fatty Wei came running over to find Lu Yuan.
He wanted to know what his father and Lu Yuan had talked about.
"Nothing, just a comment about how his son is such a jerk."
"Is his son such a bastard?" Fatty Wei was puzzled at first, but then he realized what was going on and began to grit his teeth.
Lu Yuan was making fun of himself in a roundabout way.
"Don't think too much, he actually cares about you."
"Care? Haha, it's strange that he really cares." Fatty Wei sneered.
"Then what do you think he came to the crew for today?" Lu Yuan suddenly became serious after looking at Fatty Wei's expression.
"Didn't I come here to film with you?"
"Of course not... If he wanted to come to me to film, why would he come in person? Couldn't he just call me?"
"What is that?"
"He came to see you."
"Bullshit, is he that good? Even if he came to see me, he would just be finding fault with me. He just thinks I'm not as good as him, and that he is right and I am wrong!" Fatty Wei shook his head.
"Well, think whatever you want."
Lu Yuan shook his head. He knew that Fatty Wei was confused by the situation.
Although he was a bystander and could see things more clearly, Fatty Wei didn't believe anything he said.
Besides, it seems like a good idea to let Fatty Wei maintain this high morale, doesn't it?
…
Time flies.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
After Wei Changjun dominated the headlines for a day, the news of the famous pop diva Xu Qiuyue cheating on Zheng Tianlong was replaced by the news...
Once this news came out, it immediately shocked most of the entertainment industry.
Who is Zheng Tianlong?
It’s Mr. Zheng from Joaquin, a senior executive of Joaquin!
And who is Xu Qiuyue?
She is a veteran singer of Tianyu and a queen-level artist with countless classic songs.
It is impossible for these two people to have any intersection. After all, strictly speaking, they are completely hostile to each other.
But……
The two of them got entangled with each other.
After numerous videos and evidence were released, Zheng Tianlong and Xu Qiuyue's reputation instantly became extremely bad and they fell into an abyss.
In the next two days, the headlines seemed to be dominated by the two of them, and all kinds of messy gossip news emerged one after another.
It was revealed that the two had actually been dating secretly for three years.
It was revealed that the two had an illegitimate child...
It was revealed that Xu Qiuyue had an abortion for Zheng Tianlong, and there was a certificate from the hospital.
For a time, rumors were flying everywhere.
The excitement was even more explosive than the previous times when Lu Yuan made headlines.
The netizens who were watching the show were very amused and some even called out to Lu Yuan directly.
"Lu Yuan, no matter how impressive your moves are, can you be more impressive than Zheng Tianlong? This is the real breaking news!"
"Er Gouzi, if you don't work hard, you will lose your title of King of Headlines."
"Er Gouzi, the news about these big stars taking drugs was suppressed by your tricks before. Can you suppress it this time?"
"Er Gouzi, are you old? Come on, come and get some cheating news to suppress it?"
“…”
…
If someone cheats, then so be it. What does it have to do with me?
Am I the one getting shot at?
So what do you mean?
Let me also cheat to suppress it?
I don’t even have a girlfriend, what can I use to cheat?
And am I the kind of person who will do anything to get in the headlines?
Lu Yuan was speechless when he saw the comments under this headline.
Of course, he didn't dwell on this matter for too long.
His cell phone rang.
He was stunned when he saw Li You's call.
At this moment he remembered that he had not yet written the script he promised to give to Li You...
"Mr. Lu, how is the script going?"
"Um... I'm writing."
"Can I get the script tomorrow?"
"able!"
"Oh, that's troublesome."
"No trouble, no trouble..."
After Lu Yuan hung up the phone, he suddenly felt confused.
What script should I write for Li You?
Then he scratched his head and fell into deep thought.
Art, youth, cruel reality and hope?
What's the script?