Chapter 182
The author has something to say: I should have said before that the full text is about 600,000 words, and now it’s more than 580,000 words. It’s normal to prepare for the end, right?
To compensate for the inconvenience caused to everyone by the writer's block these days, 100 red envelopes will be distributed in this chapter, and the deadline is tomorrow night.
The information about Director Gu has been kept very confidential. Judging from past examples, even the so-called insiders only know a little about his new movie. As for the casting of the actors, except for those who have actually met them, the rest are basically guesswork. But this time is different from the past. As for the candidate for the female lead, no one suitable in the circle was found, so they chose from the students in school. However, after visiting several film schools, I still couldn't find one that satisfied me, so I had to continue expanding my search.
With the development of information technology, every time you go to a school, you don’t need reporters to chase you. Students can spread the news on social networks. Then some media will steal a few pictures and write a paragraph of specious words, and it will be a news article.
After the hostess was chosen, the news spread everywhere in no time. By the way, there were also people who were nosy and dug up the news about the hostess in no time.
Shen Weiwei, female, height 165cm, weight 45kg...
From height and weight to school major and academic performance, the speed and efficiency are simply terrifying. But fortunately, this is the limit. More information belongs to personal privacy. She only plays a female lead, and she was chosen by Director Gu himself. She has not committed any crime or done anything that would anger God and people, so it is not necessary to expose her.
The popularity of this incident came and went quickly. After all, Shen Weiwei was just an amateur who had never even entered the circle. Without works, there was no discussion, no fans and no haters. At most, passers-by came to watch the excitement. The reason why it is called lively is that novelty is short-lived, and this land of tens of millions of square kilometers is not short of new things. Once time passes, the public's attention will soon be attracted by other things.
However, compared to the popularity of the female lead, the news about the male lead has remained high. The final result has not been decided yet, and all kinds of true and false news are flying around. And because the heroine is a complete newcomer, more people see hope. Entertainment gossip forums have always been places where fans and internet trolls gather. If fans make a fuss about a small matter involving an 18th-tier unknown person, it would be very easy to cause chaos in the entire forum for a day or two. What's more, this time it's a big deal, it seems like anyone can get it, how can people not go crazy.
As a result, during this period of time, all major entertainment gossip forums were in complete chaos. There was a big fight among fans of various idols. Even some of the idols themselves are drama queens. When acting on the screen, they only know how to stare and smile with a crooked mouth. This is still considered good. Don’t even mention the ones who have a bunch of stand-ins. What kind of acting skills are they? Does not exist. Even the most basic sincerity is missing. But at times like this, he was jumping up and down, and his performance was so heartfelt.
Among them, Jing Ling was the hardest hit. He was attacked one after another on Tieba, Weibo, forums and public accounts. Even if he himself had no black spots, it was not difficult for him to make up a story for you as long as he wanted to, and it was convincing with evidence. They fabricate things that didn't happen, and exaggerate trivial matters to the greatest extent possible.
There's nothing we can do about it. He is the only male actor who has had contact with Director Gu, and the news was leaked by a passerby. The photos were taken accidentally and you can't see it unless you look carefully. Although in the eyes of the public, this does not mean that he is the leading actor, but the possibility is much greater than that of others, so it is normal for him to be hated.
"It's so moving! Those psychopaths have finally diverted their attention!"
After browsing the popular entertainment forums and Weibo forums and confirming that few people were discussing Shen Weiwei, Zhang Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. The scene in the past few days was so terrifying. It felt as if they could dig up everything going back eighteen generations if they wanted to. Zhang Li is a country bumpkin who is addicted to games and novels but doesn't hang out in the entertainment industry. When she read novels about the entertainment industry in the past, she thought the authors were exaggerating. But after really seeing it, she found that reality is even more exaggerated than novels. In this circle of star-chasing, it is not an exaggeration to describe some people as crazy.
Zhang Li, an outsider, was terrified, and Shen Weiwei, as the person involved, was unlikely to be any better. Fortunately, it was a false alarm and the matter ended within her acceptable range.
"Although this time has passed, you have just taken on a movie and have not really entered the circle yet. If you really become a big star in the future, it will be terrible!" Zhang Li was worried about Shen Weiwei's future. While talking, she was browsing the forum posts related to Jing Ling. "My Jingbao is a ready-made example. Your news is confirmed, but his is not even in the news, but he has been slandered so badly." Zhang Li couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly turned her head to look at Shen Weiwei next to her, holding her face with her hands and smiling like a fangirl. "In fact, it would be great if Jingbao really played the male lead, so that Weiwei you can help me get an autographed photo!"
Zhang Li really didn’t chase stars before, and of course she doesn’t chase stars now. She just simply admires a person, or admires a person’s face. As a straightforward beauty lover, it was no surprise that she fell head over heels in love with Jing Ling and went into infatuation mode.
Upon hearing this, Shen Weiwei glanced at Zhang Li, her eyes seemed a little hesitant, but it was not obvious and the latter did not notice.
“There will be a chance.” Shen Weiwei replied.
Zhang Li was still as infatuated as ever, and replied, "Weiwei, how can there be such a beautiful person in this world?"
Not only is he good-looking, but he is also good in both character and study, and he is also good at playing basketball. It seems that there is nothing he can't do. Shen Weiwei thought to herself but didn’t say it out loud. In fact, to her, Jing Ling's face didn't carry much weight compared to his other advantages.
Shen Weiwei's family is well-off, but of course not the wealthy type. She comes from a scholarly family, her parents are university professors, and most of her relatives and elders are people in the cultural circle. Growing up in such an environment, her mentality has become very peaceful. She has been a good student since she was a child. In the eyes of her parents, she is the best child. This is still the case after she entered college. The word "excellent" is always with her.
Originally, she would not get involved in the muddy water of the entertainment industry. When Director Gu's assistant invited her over, she clearly refused during the conversation. But why did you agree to it later? Because Director Gu told her, "Are you really not going to consider it? I can tell you in secret that the male lead of this play has been decided, and it's Jing Ling. Think about it, you can act with him, and play a couple, wouldn't you be tempted?"
In fact, a long time has passed, but even now when she thinks of the scene at that time, Shen Weiwei can still feel that kind of excitement, which she has never felt before.
There seems to be a lot of reasons to admire someone, but there may also be no need for any reasons.
"I promise." At that time, her voice sounded calm, but if you listened carefully, you could detect a slight tremor.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, almost a month has passed.
Information about other actors in "Stockholm Lovers" was revealed one after another. It was not something that came out of thin air, but there was certain evidence. However, there has been no reliable information about the selection of the male lead. Director Gu acted as if he was oblivious to the rumors flying around and continued to advance his work in an orderly manner.
It is already May, and Director Gu wants to start filming in July when the summer vacation begins, striving to make every detail fit the script as closely as possible. During this period, it seemed as if Jing Ling had nothing to do, but in fact, he was basically not idle. He had to learn all the skills needed for filming in advance, and he also had to cultivate the so-called CP feeling with Shen Weiwei, the actress who played the heroine.
Of course, Director Gu is not trying to hype this up to attract attention. After all, it's an art film, so he doesn't have much hope for box office success. What's more, his very name "Director Gu" is a golden signboard, so he doesn't need to use those cheap promotional methods. The reason why Jing Ling and Shen Weiwei were asked to do so was mainly to make the play look more emotional, like a real couple, and to blur the traces of acting as much as possible.
Since those days in Tongcheng, the only barrier between Jing Ling and Yun Shu no longer exists, and their relationship has suddenly become much closer. Although on the surface it looks the same as before, Jing Ling knows in his heart that something is different. Because of this person, he must accept the whole world and acknowledge that it is a real existence, otherwise everything he experiences will be nothing but an illusion, including the person Tan Yunshu, who is exactly what he cannot give up.
As a good boyfriend, he would not have any extra thoughts about pretending to be in a relationship with a girl, even if it was just for acting, but he still had to inform his girlfriend in advance. Before being caught by Director Gu and exploited for labor, he sneaked to Songzhou to accompany Yunshu for a few days, disguised himself and picked her up from get off work. He also declared his sovereignty to the single dogs in the same office building, telling them not to find excuses to get in front of his girlfriend and show them his affection.
At first, the single guys in the office building didn’t take it seriously, but for several days in a row, they saw the goddess being picked up and dropped off, and someone also accidentally saw the goddess kissing the other person goodbye, although it was just a kiss on the forehead, it was also a very intimate behavior, and it could only be behavior between lovers! In other words, the goddess has it! male! friend! friend! it’s done!
Suddenly, there was a cloud of gloom, as if the sky above had become dark.
Yunshu just pretended nothing had happened. She went to get off work and came home as usual every day, showed her affection to her boyfriend once in the morning and once in the evening. When she returned home after work, the food was already prepared. It was delicious and in no way inferior to the food in the best restaurants.
During this period, a colleague was curious and made an appointment to come over to visit. The whole time, his expression was a mixture of envy, jealousy and hatred. Because Jing Ling's behavior was so filial, Yun Shu was chatting with her colleagues from beginning to end. Not to mention preparing meals for the guests, she didn't even step into the kitchen for a minute. She was going to help wash the vegetables or something, but was rejected by Jing Ling. She didn't even have to do it herself when she wanted to eat the fruit. Jing Ling peeled the fruit, removed the core, cut it, put it on a plate, put a toothpick in it, and finally brought it to her.
Even when he turned around and went back to the kitchen, he showed his affection by forking a piece of fruit and feeding it to Yunshu. The latter opens his mouth and bites it very naturally. It's obvious that they have practiced a lot, otherwise how could they cooperate so well.
When waiting for the food to be served, my colleagues were tortured again. His appearance, height, cooking skills and temper are all perfect. It is hard to find such a good boyfriend even with a lantern.
There were four colleagues in total, two men and two women, but they were all single and not in a relationship. One of the men seemed to have come with some purpose from the beginning, but unfortunately he never had the chance. In the end, he finally said, "Yunshu, where does your boyfriend work?" In the system, even some staff members in small places have a mysterious sense of superiority, not to mention that the person who spoke worked in the state, and the sense of superiority between the lines could not be hidden at all.
Jing Ling was always willing to help others and met the other party's expectations. "I'm an unemployed vagrant, so I can do any part-time job."
Upon hearing this, the other party was indeed very satisfied, with a mixture of superiority and disdain, the two expressions mixed together, making the face, which was already a little indecent, look even more distorted and strange. "I think a man should have a good job, otherwise he will have a hard time holding his head up high at home. There is a saying that goes 'A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen'. I wonder if you have heard of it..."
This person spoke a lot of words in a very eloquent manner, almost without pausing in between. To sum up all this nonsense, the meaning is roughly that men are the heads of the family, so how can they go into the kitchen to wash vegetables and cook? Women are born to do housework, and they should take care of the reception of guests themselves. How can they let men go to the kitchen to accompany the guests themselves? It is simply not decent. This person, whose thoughts are still living in the old times, thought that what he said was very good. In fact, apart from Jing Ling and Yun Shu, the two people who were attacked, even the several colleagues who came to visit him had bad expressions.
"Wang Wei, that's enough." The male colleague next to him pushed him with an unpleasant look on his face.
The man named Wang Wei then stopped, raised his head, pushed up his glasses which were almost as thick as beer bottles, looked around, and found that everyone had a grim look on their faces. In this situation, normal people would know to shut up, but he didn't realize it at all and asked, "What's wrong? Am I wrong? I recently watched a few programs about women's virtues with my mother. I think they are very good. As a great country, how can we discard the traditional culture that has been passed down for thousands of years!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a silver light flash before his eyes, and it was as if a gust of wind was blowing past his face, causing him pain. Then there was a soft sound in my ear, and I didn’t know how to describe it. He subconsciously turned his head to check, and this sight almost scared him to death.
He was originally sitting on a single sofa, with his hands on the armrests, his legs crossed, and he looked very steady and like a big boss. But now, less than a centimeter away from his head, there was a knife, with half of the blade embedded in the sofa and the other half exposed to the light, reflecting a bright cold light. He felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet and spreading throughout his body. His eyes widened in an instant, and he jumped up from the sofa like a cat that suddenly saw a cucumber. He jumped three feet high, screaming as he jumped, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
When the others saw his reaction, they were stunned for a moment before they realized what had happened. The knife stuck in the back of the sofa looked very familiar. After thinking for a while, one of the colleagues moved his eyes to the marble table in front of him, and sure enough, the fruit knife was gone from the fruit plate on it.
His gaze continued to move and fell on Jing Ling's face. There was no doubt that it was a very handsome face. Although there was not much expression, one could see from his eyes that he was very calm and even had a faint smile. Although Wang Wei did not mention anyone by name, anyone with a sound mind would know who he was targeting. But Jing Ling's expression was still so calm, on the contrary his actions were not ambiguous at all. Things like knives should not be touched lightly. After all, we live in a society ruled by law. It would be difficult to explain if someone was hurt, especially when the victim is a state government employee. But Jing Ling not only moved, but also used such a dangerous method. The flying knife brushed past Wang Wei's cheek and shot past. At that distance, if it was off by one or two centimeters, the place where the knife would have ended up piercing might have been Wang Wei's head.
Such behavior is either caused by being so angry that one loses one's mind and does not care about anything, or being absolutely sure that nothing will go wrong. Judging from Jing Ling's appearance, the latter is obviously the most likely possibility.
Although he says he is an unemployed vagrant, it is probably not that simple. In fact, it is normal. Yunshu is not only beautiful, but also has excellent abilities. How could she fall in love with an ordinary person?
Thinking of this, everyone felt relieved. As for Wang Wei, you can never reason with such a person. He is mediocre and ignorant, but he is arrogant and bullies the weak and fears the strong. After being frightened by Jing Ling just now, he immediately became cowardly. After a long time, he twisted his face into a dark green, pointed at Jing Ling and said he would sue him for intentional injury.
Jing Ling had a nonchalant expression on his face. "I just accidentally slipped my hand, and you weren't hurt. If you want to sue, go ahead. Do you want me to help you make the phone call?"
Although it was a very peaceful look, Wang Wei felt as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast, and he couldn't stop shivering all over. He didn't dare to say anything more. He even felt uncomfortable staying in the room. He left soon after.
The other three did not come with him and left after finishing their meal. The two female colleagues were especially full of praise after tasting Jing Ling's cooking. After dinner, they sat for a while and then the three of them stood up and said goodbye. Jing Ling and Yun Shu sent the people downstairs, watched them drive away, and then turned around and went upstairs.
In Songzhou City at night, a white Benlei A5 is driving on the main road. The green trees on both sides of the road are receding rapidly. The warm yellow street lights and shadows are intertwined, forming a beautiful scene unique to the night.
Just now at someone else's house, there were many things that were difficult to discuss in front of each other, but now that they had left, the two female colleagues immediately started communicating.
"I told you before that Yunshu has a boyfriend, but those wolves didn't believe me. It turns out to be true. I saw her tone and expression when she was on the phone, and it was obvious that she was in love!"
"How could a beautiful girl with a good personality and such an outstanding character not have anyone chasing her? It's okay for others, at most they just don't want to accept the fact that the goddess has a boyfriend. Wang Wei is really disgusting. I remember Liang Yu told me that Wang Wei has been making up stories behind the scenes about people who are better than him. Men get to the top because of their fathers, and women get to the top because of their bodies. Only he can't get promoted because he doesn't want to go along with the crowd. I didn't believe it before, but today I finally see his true face, ugh!"
"She was probably provoked by Yunshu's boyfriend, who is taller, more handsome, more considerate, and better than him in every way. She finally found a weakness in him that he doesn't have a job, and she kept showing off. In the end, she was scared to death by a small fruit knife. She really deserved it!"
"I think Yunshu's boyfriend is not that simple. He plays the flying knife so beautifully. Do you think he is from the army?"
In the world of ordinary people, mercenary killers and the like are very distant words, and the option that is most easily associated with them is the army.
Jing Ling accompanied Yun Shu for about a week before being called away by Shen Ze's series of life-threatening calls. He usually looks lazy and doesn't care about anything, but he is very serious when he is actually working. If you have to say there is something wrong with him, it is that he never cares about things other than work, such as the direction of the entertainment industry, the audience's opinion and so on. As for the messy things in the circle, he cares even less.
Director Gu's new movie has been making a lot of noise lately, with all kinds of monsters trying to get involved, especially Jing Ling who has been stepped on the hardest. He himself doesn't care, but Shen Ze, as his agent, is very angry. If he could, he would probably want to crawl along the network cable and tear all those bastards apart.
Jing Ling saw him staring at his phone or computer screen every day, looking angry and ready to roll up his sleeves and fight someone at any time. After thinking for a while, he found a way for him to vent his anger. "If you really can't stand it, just kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Last time, they were quiet for a while and forgot the pain. This is a good opportunity to deepen their impression. Ignore the netizens for now, and notify all the marketing accounts and public accounts that are leading the way."
In fact, many celebrities in the circle have sent lawyers' letters, but the real purpose is just to warn. No one really wants to fight this lawsuit because there is really no chance of winning. But Jing Ling is different, he really has no black spots, he is fearless, not afraid of those people who will be desperate and release explosive news. Besides, he is not short of money, his purpose is different, and he has no shortage of connections, just let them have a taste of the feeling of being visited by people from relevant departments every other day.
Don't worry, just take your time. Winning or losing the lawsuit has become secondary. Those people are usually so disgusting, it's time for them to suffer a little.
Soon, the entertainment industry's spectators discovered that the marketing accounts and public accounts that had been leading the trend suddenly disappeared. Not only that, the related Weibo articles that had been posted before were deleted. When someone mentioned news related to Jing Ling on Weibo, even if it was pushed to the top, they would pretend to be dead and not reply.
These people hide behind the Internet, relying on a pair of hands and a keyboard, and take money to blow up other people and blacken them. They can get ten times or a hundred times the profit without paying too much cost. They are just like blood-sucking bugs in the entertainment industry. Not only do they not make any contribution, but they make the circle even more chaotic. He is usually so arrogant, but now he suddenly becomes so cowardly. The onlookers are happy to see it, but also feel that it looks a bit familiar.
After thinking about it, someone with a good memory finally remembered where it looked familiar. I still remember when Jing Ling just debuted, there was a big fuss about the bravery. Even the father of Grade One personally stamped his seal of positive energy, but there were still marketing accounts that were determined to stir up trouble and led the trend crazily. In the end, both the person and the account were brought down. During that period, the atmosphere of the marketing accounts was the same as it is now, everyone was as quiet as a chicken.
At that time, many people thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that Jing Ling’s identity is indeed not simple. He might be the third generation of power. So everyone's attention shifted again, and a new round of identity-seeking began.
In mid-June, the crew of "Stockholm Lovers" finally announced the starring lineup. A preview poster with Jing Ling’s figure prominently on it, and a line of words in the upper left corner -
[Jing Ling as Zhou Xiao]
It can be seen from the film script filing that Zhou Xiao is the male lead of this drama.
Although all the previous signs showed that Jing Ling was very likely to be the male protagonist, when the speculation became reality, the whole circle was still boiling.
With the advent of the era of national entertainment, new people continue to emerge in the entertainment industry, and more new faces appear on TV screens. Coupled with the popularization of the Internet in the past two years, online dramas have opened up a new path, relying on roles to attract fans, and relying on fans to connect to resources, and the cycle continues. Acting skills have become less important. Anyway, fans have thick filters, actors are thick-skinned, and live in the press releases.
Not only the television industry, but the film industry is not much better. One shoddy work after another appears on the big screen, insulting the audience's IQ in bold and capital letters.
Many of the popular online stars have made it to the big screen, and quite a few of them are large-scale productions with big investments. However, Jing Ling is the first one to play the leading role in several art films directed by top directors!
When everyone looked back at Jing Ling's experience, they realized that it was really smooth. He played the leading role when he debuted, even if it was just a web drama, but it was top-notch in terms of reputation and revenue. Later, he played an important supporting role in director Gu's movie. Since online dramas are not included in the awards, he has not won any related TV awards. However, with the drama "The Lonely Island", he won two of the three major awards, the Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer awards. His strength is unquestionable. He has received very good reviews from both the audience and the industry. His appearances on variety shows have become a hot topic, with record-breaking ratings. His first attempt at endorsing lipstick was always sold out.
It's like cheating!
"What do you think? Can a minor win one of the three major awards and become the youngest actor of all time with this film Lover?"
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