Chapter 484: Love

After confirming that the gentle pain on his face was real, Su Yun slapped his head in annoyance and asked, "What wrong medicine did these three take today?"

"Maybe Qiqi took the wrong bottle of your 'box office magic potion'." He Pingsi was teasing her by using one of Su Yun's nicknames.

"Hey, hey, be serious. We're not playing with you now." Su Yun glared at her in pretended anger, then casually tidied up the table and got up to go out.

"Wait a moment." Seeing that Su Yun had gone to the small rest room attached to the office to wash her face, He Ping thought for a moment and took out another exquisite small bottle from her handbag, "Although you are full of energy, it is best not to make others worry about you, especially when the people you are going to find next are all paying special attention to you."

Su Yun, who had just finished washing her face, followed the sound and immediately saw the small bottle that He Pingsi had placed on the table: "Thank you, that's thoughtful."

Although she was in good spirits, she still had some traces of a night-dry complexion after staying up all night. If those people who paid special attention to her saw it, they would really give her a lecture.

After carefully applying the cream in the small bottle to her face, and looking in the mirror to confirm that the tiny traces had been covered, Su Yun clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I'm going out. Could you please help me?" I'll take care of those things."

"Go ahead. Call me if you need anything." He Pingsi took over some documents on the table and began to temporarily take over Su Yun's work.

After opening the door and going out, Su Yun did not dare to drive tiredly, so she called an assistant over and asked the assistant to take her to the place that Zhuang Long mentioned on the phone.

The assistant said goodbye to Su Yun, then got off the car and headed straight for the nearby minibus station. Su Yun put on his sunglasses, walked up and spoke to the gatekeeper, and was soon led to the door of a room.

"They are in this room." The staff gently opened the door for Su Yun, "Mr. Zhang, your guests are here."

After the staff politely closed the door and left, Su Yun carefully scanned the room, and then looked at the three people in the room carefully. Only when she was sure that there was nothing wrong with the room and that the three people were not wearing tattered clothes did she breathe a sigh of relief: "I didn't expect that you actually made an appointment to play billiard together..."

"Not only can you play billiards here, this is also a high-end entertainment club where you can have fun from morning till midnight." Zhang Querong "corrected" very seriously.

"I don't care how many meals are served here. Can you tell me why the three of you are here at the same time?" Su Yun asked helplessly.

"I'm not really sure... Anyway, Lesley called me out of the blue and asked me and Zhuang Long to meet up together." Chen Boyang was actually quite confused, "Then I thought about it and came over."

"I may know a little bit." Zhuang Long smiled. "Because of the movie Farewell My Concubine, Lesley contacted me and talked to me. Later, I felt it was inconvenient to talk on the phone, so I accepted his invitation and came out."

Of course, when he said that, he didn't expect Zhang Querong to act so quickly.

"I have to hurry up. I finally got a day off from that lousy director, and I have to drive to the wilderness to continue working at midnight tonight!" Zhang Querong explained and complained about his impatience, then pushed a plate of pasta on the table in front of Su Yun, "Try it? The pasta in this restaurant is pretty good."

Looking at the fragrant pasta, Su Yun, who had not had breakfast yet, immediately took it and ate while listening to the "explanations" of the three people.

"So... in the beginning, it was Danny who found that Ms. Xu's behavior was too unkind, and was afraid that she would spread the war to Lesley, so he called you and told you this?" Su Yun summarized while eating noodles with a fork.

"After I learned the news, I definitely couldn't stay out of it, so I simply called Zhuang Long's house, and he happened to be at home so I got through." Zhang Querong sighed, "After all, we are in the same circle, and it is hard to avoid it no matter how hard you try to 'avoid' it."

"I think what he said about 'inevitable' is very correct, so I accepted his invitation and came out to deal with the issues that we should have made clear long ago, so as to avoid making a big fuss like this time." After Zhuang Long added the reason, he turned his gaze back to Su Yun, "Are you here this time to ask me what I think about this matter?"

"Yes, for such a big matter, the company and I must step in to deal with it." Su Yun nodded, "Because this is not only provoking me and the Zhao family, but also muddying the waters that were not clear to begin with."

"Besides...I don't want any of you to get hurt."

Such things not only eroded the popularity and reputation of Zhuang Long and Zhang Querong, but also ruthlessly rubbed salt into Chen Boyang's wounds that had almost healed.

"Because I once caught a cold from being frozen, I don't want others to be forced to get wet in the rain." Chen Boyang said in a pretentious and cheerful tone.

"It is because of your character that I can't bear to part with you." Zhang Querong added, but the meaning of the three words after "can't bear to part with you" was hidden in his smile.

"I am more mature than the other two. So since we are both in the same business, we will inevitably have opportunities to work together in the future..." Zhuang Long sighed. "You have worked so hard to create the current situation. I can't bear to let you get into trouble because of my own selfish desires."

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? How are we immature?!" Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong, who have always looked young because of their baby faces, suddenly shouted at the same time.

"Okay, okay, don't ruin the atmosphere for such a small matter. This is not our topic today." Su Yun quickly tried to smooth things over.

Each of them found themselves unable to resist secretly comparing themselves in front of their rival. The three of them looked at each other awkwardly, fell silent, and began to adjust their thoughts.

Looking at the group of people trying their best to maintain superficial harmony, Su Yun chuckled inwardly with satisfaction before continuing to discuss this time's response plan.

After hearing from Su Yun the truth about Xu Dong's recent affairs, Zhuang Long's eyes dimmed for a moment: "It seems that I am not destined to play this role. Lesley should be more suitable than me..."

"In the role of 'Yu Ji', he is indeed more in line with the traditional Chinese aesthetic concept than you." Su Yun looked directly at Zhuang Long's slightly puzzled eyes, "Let's not talk about why I think so, tell me first - what kind of 'Yu Ji' do you want to create?"

Zhuang Long was silent for a moment, then a smile appeared on his lips: "I want 'Yu Ji' to be so beautiful that she can kill people."

"What about you?" Su Yun turned to look at Zhang Querong who was thinking about something.

"As for me... I would probably focus more on the era atmosphere and traditional concepts of the script, and portray 'Yu Ji' as a naive yet cruel person trapped by the sadness of the times." Taking into account the appearance of himself and Zhuang Long, Zhang Querong chose an interpretation style that suits him better.

When Zhuang Long heard this, the strange and gorgeous smile on the corner of his lips slowly melted into a gentle spring water: "I understand what you mean——"

He wanted to create a character closer to the "Yu Ji" in the book, who was trapped in love but crazy about love, but ultimately always a bit cold and selfish; while Zhang Querong wanted to create a naive and stubborn "Yu Ji" who was more in line with the concept of traditional Chinese stories after being adapted into a script and adding period details.

It must be said that Zhang Querong's physical characteristics are more suitable for this characterization direction, and the character image derived from this characterization direction is no longer the "Cheng Dieyi" in the book who makes people love and hate him, but the "Yu Ji" who combines man and drama into one, and makes people love and pity her.

The latter's obsession of turning into a moth flying into a flame for love is exactly the tone of "virtuous wife and heroic woman" in traditional Chinese aesthetics.

Zhuang Long himself studied opera when he was young, so he naturally knew how popular this type of "virtuous wife and heroic woman" setting was in various Chinese operas.

"So now you understand my idea. First, Lesley's image is more advantageous in this script. Second, Ms. Xu's behavior is really unpleasant. Instead of getting entangled with her, it is better to let go." Su Yun said.

"Actually, when I went out today, I threw away all those training stuffs." Since he had already decided to come out and talk with Zhang Querong, Zhuang Long had also made preliminary plans for what to do next.

Hearing Zhuang Long's words, Zhang Querong paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "I'm sorry."

"This situation is based on each person's ability, and you were just dragged into it for no reason. You don't need to apologize to me." Zhuang Long shook his head. "What I hate is people who do bad things for profit, not powerful opponents."

"Alright, alright, stop bragging about business here. Since you have made your decision, John, I will take care of Ms. Xu's matter next..." Su Yun finished this part and added, "As for Lesley, I will also talk to his agent and let her take care of it."

"What about me?" Chen Boyang, who had been "ignored" for a long time, came over and asked.

"How dare you ask, have you finished recording your latest new song? That's the highlight of this year's TV station!" Su Yun glanced at him lightly, and Chen Boyang was so surprised that he sat up straight instantly, "I'm trying to get the feeling..."

"Okay, I'll be relieved as long as you three are fine." Su Yun couldn't help yawning when he said this.

Then she immediately saw the expressions of the other three people present suddenly changed.

"You're quite capable for working all night and not having breakfast." Zhang Querong snorted.

"How did you know?!" Su Yun was shocked.

"Sister Lian from the tea room told me that she saw with her own eyes that the lights in your office were still on when she got off work last night. When she came to work this morning, she saw that your lights were still on..." Zhang Querong knocked on the table, "Why else do you think I would specially order a bowl of pasta to wait for you?"

"How can you place undercover agents everywhere? Is this a side effect of filming too many police and gangster movies?" Chen Boyan, whose domestic helper was "turned against" before, covered his face with his hands as he couldn't bear to look at it.

"That's because I'm popular. You can't be jealous of me." Zhang Querong replied casually, and then pointed to the sofa next to him, "I've tried it before, it's not bad, take a nap while you have the chance, we'll be guarding here - don't worry, there won't be any quarrels or fights, what are you looking at!"

Zhuang Long didn't say anything, but he handed over a makeup-removing wipe, either carefully or with pressure.

"Why do you carry this with you?" Su Yun wiped his eyes in an attempt to hide his guilt.

"If you had listened to me and brought all the small things I carried with me when we were filming in Japan, I wouldn't have developed the habit of bringing extra copies of everything," Zhuang Long said in a calm voice.

"Hehe, hehe..." Su Yun laughed, trying to get away with it.

After taking the makeup-removing wipes from Zhuang Long's hand and gently wiping them on her face a few times, the faint dark blue spots under her eyes that had been covered up by a little trick reappeared in front of people.

Under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, Su Yun lay down on the sofa by the wall. She thought she would not be able to sleep. Unexpectedly, whether she was really tired or the sofa was so wide and soft, she fell asleep in a daze after a while.

Silently looking at the sleeping face on the sofa, the three of them exchanged a tacit look in silence.

It was impossible not to fight, but they also understood more clearly that Su Yun did not want them to affect their respective careers because of "fighting" from the beginning to the end.

In addition to love between men and women, this is another important force that enables people to survive in this world.

She always said she didn't want any of them to get hurt - but on the other hand, did they ever want her to get hurt?

The world of adults is not black and white. The turmoil caused by Ms. Xu was a reminder to them. Coupled with Su Yun's current attitude towards work and relationships...some things are temporarily just unknown memories and a distant yet not too distant future prospect.

Temporary compromise and restraint are for a better future.