This was Ye Chu's first time meeting the legendary Mr. Li and Director Zhang in person.
She was a little nervous, but fortunately, Li Kan and Zhang Wuyong were very approachable and invited Ye Chu and Gu Yu in.
Li Kan smiled and looked Ye Chu up and down: "The young lady is pretty, but my wife is even prettier."
Zhang Wuyong retorted, "You think Chengjie is the prettiest, and the others are all plain-looking, right? Little girl, don't mind what this old man is saying. Come on, come on, Old Zhang will take you to the courtyard."
Ye Chu smiled and shook her head, indicating that it was alright. She believed that Cheng Jie's position in Li Kan's heart was definitely irreplaceable.
Once they arrived in the courtyard, the two of them were quite casual. They moved two chairs over and sat down in the courtyard.
Zhang Wuyong said, "Don't mind it. Our audition environment is a bit simple, just this little shabby courtyard. Just do your best. Hey, kid Gu! Go and act alongside him."
Gu Yu smiled helplessly and walked to Ye Chu's side. Zhang Wuyong made the two of them stand still, looked at them for a while, and nodded: "Old Li is not satisfied with anyone. Where are we going to find someone exactly like Cheng Jie for him! I think the young lady is quite nice. She would be a good match for Gu Yu. You and Cheng Jie were a good match back then."
His words struck a chord with Li Kan. No one in this world could replace Cheng Jie, so the two of them discussed it and decided to find someone who was a good match for Gu Yu.
"I think it's alright." Feeling good about it in his heart, Li Kan said it was alright, and raised his hand to indicate: "Just that part in the snow, stay there overnight."
Ye Chu nodded, looked at Gu Yu, and seeing that he indicated there was no problem, she walked away a little.
She made a fist with both hands, mimicking holding a broom, and looked at Gu Yu. At this moment, Gu Yu was shivering from the cold.
So she frowned at the person, her face showing disgust and her eyes hesitant, but finally she called out, "Do you need to pee?" She paused for a moment, then added, "How about you borrow my toilet?"
"No need!" The movie star lived up to his reputation; his voice trembled slightly as if he were truly frozen.
"You look like you're about to burst. Don't you know that holding in your pee can kill you? Just flush it off. You can use my toilet."
"I don't need to go to the toilet! I'm just cold! I'm so cold!"
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"Oh my, great!" Zhang Wuyong clapped his hands, very satisfied with the performance of the two looking at each other from beginning to end.
"Hmph, it's alright, it has some of the flavor of the old days," Li Kan said. Zhang Wuyong noticed that his old friend's hand, which had been resting on his lap, had somehow become a fist.
"Heh, hypocritical." He said to Li Kan. At this moment, Ye Chu and Gu Yu had already broken character and stood in front of the two.
Zhang Wuyong said with a smile, "The young lady is quite good, but there is still room for improvement. She will need to hone her skills during the actual filming. However, it won't be as easy as it is now."
Ye Chu touched her nose sheepishly, then realized what Zhang Wuyong meant and widened her eyes: "You mean I passed the audition?"
"Why is this little girl so slow-witted? Hurry up and go back to pack your things!" Li Kan stood up and waved his hand, looking disgusted.
"See? With a mouth like that, Lao Li's going to have a tough time once he's in the crew." Zhang Wuyong also stood up, and Gu Yu nodded to the two of them, saying, "Thank you, seniors."
Ye Chu quickly followed suit, thanking the two seniors. Seeing them go one after the other, Zhang Wuyong couldn't help but nod, thinking to himself that the two were indeed a perfect match.
Li Kan, who had been speaking arrogantly, seemed to remember something upon seeing this scene, and when he spoke again, he no longer had the awkwardness he had shown before: "Alright, the time to join the crew will be announced later. If we delay any longer, it will be too late and it won't be safe on the road."
After seeing the two off, Zhang Wuyong and Li Kan stood at the door. Zhang Wuyong asked Li Kan, "Just now, it really felt like I was seeing you and Chengjie back then."
Li Kan pursed his lips, his hands behind his back tightening and loosening several times: "When we were young, she was more proactive than me; I was always the one following behind her. But in middle age, it's reversed..."
As dinnertime approached, the air was filled with the aroma of food. Amidst this fragrance, Li Kan sighed, "It's better not to be like us."
"Want to have dinner at my place tonight?" Zhang Wuyong asked, patting him on the shoulder.
"Open the wine?"
"It must be opened!"
Meanwhile, Ye Chu had been sitting in the car for quite a while, and the excitement on her face hadn't faded yet.
"Are you happy?" Gu Yu looked at her with a smile, asking casually.
"I'm so happy!" Ye Chu replied excitedly, her cheeks still flushed. "I can't believe I actually passed! It feels like a dream!"
Seeing how excited she was, Gu Yu glanced at the sky outside the window and changed the subject: "It'll probably be past lunchtime by the time we get back to your place. How about we go out for a meal together? I can recommend a restaurant I frequent."
"Okay!" Ye Chu agreed without hesitation, then her mind slowed to a beat: "No, no, no, I can't trouble you, Actor Gu!"
Gu Yu chuckled softly, then raised her hand to touch her head: "No trouble at all. I'm hungry too, let's go get something to eat, okay?"
The little fox was so dizzy from being stroked that its IQ dropped, resulting in it sitting with Gu Yu in a private room of a restaurant with antique decor half an hour later.
Ye Chu sat upright with her back straight, legs together, and hands folded on her lap, looking at the menu spread out on the table, but her smile was almost impossible to maintain.
Seeing her like this, Gu Yu found it incredibly cute: "Just order whatever you like, I'm not picky." As she spoke, she reached out and pushed the menu closer to Ye Chu: "Will it be clearer this way?"
Gu Yu wasn't the type of person who rarely smiled, but his smiles were always calm and gentle, rarely as hearty as he was now.
Ye Chu's gaze followed his eyes down to his mouth. She stared for a few seconds and then quickly picked up the menu on the table to cover her flushed face: "I...I'll take another look. You can order first, Mr. Gu. I'm not picky about food."
Little liar.
Gu Yu secretly thought to herself that Ye Chu didn't like carrots and broccoli when she was little, only ate pork and beef, and only touched seafood in small amounts. As for cilantro, which symbolizes the soul of many dishes, she would never let Ye Chu have a taste. She was clearly a picky eater, yet she dared to say she wasn't.
In the end, Gu Yu took the menu and ordered several dishes that Ye Chu didn't dislike.
At the beginning of the meal, Ye Chu was a little embarrassed, but the food in the restaurant was delicious and the environment was very nice, so she gradually relaxed and was able to chat with Gu Yu occasionally.
When it was time to pay the bill after the meal, Ye Chu realized that there didn't seem to be any dishes on the table that she didn't like.
However, she didn't think too much about it and just took it as a coincidence. She happily let Gu Yu take her home.
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