The 44th melon
Chenzui never told anyone that when he was twenty years old, he was in a coma after a car accident and dreamed that he went to another world.
It was a world that was extremely similar to the world he lived in, yet completely different.
Shenzui called it the real world.
In the real world, Chenzui saw a novel "The Return of the Daughter", and it turned out that he was just a character in this novel.
In the novel, he is self-disciplined and high-spirited. At the age of 26, he won the Grand Slam of Best Actor, becoming the youngest triple-Award winner in the fictional world.
However, the author designed it this way just to allow the heroine Lin Churou to meet him and gain his appreciation after entering the circle.
The author even deliberately created a lot of ambiguity between him and Lin Churou to increase the crisis for the male protagonist He Yunji.
I finished reading the novel that was still being serialized and felt extremely confused about my future.
It turns out that his existence is just a tool for others' growth and just a part of the love play between the male and female protagonists.
During that time, I was intoxicated and lived in a daze.
In a foreign country, he was penniless, homeless, and without any goals in life. He lived like a walking corpse.
Until, he met Lin Cha.
When he was almost starving to death on the roadside, he was picked up by Lin Cha.
——In fact, Lin Cha didn’t want to take Chen Zui home. Chen Zui later found out that he was brought back because he was unconscious at the gate of Lin Cha’s manor and was mistaken by Lin Cha as a servant who was starving to death in the manor.
Intoxicated: "..."
Chenzui was no stranger to Lin Cha. In this world, she was a national film queen who debuted as a child star. She was young and beautiful, and won the title of Best Actress before she was 20 years old.
Countless fans on the Internet praised her, praising her strength and beauty, and calling her the light of the entertainment industry.
However, after getting to know Lin Cha, Chen Zui discovered that Lin Cha did not seem as perfect as she appeared on the Internet.
Like an ordinary person stripped of the glamorous coat of a movie queen, Lin Cha's daily life is actually very simple. In the middle of the night, she would sneak past her agent and assistant to go out for barbecue at street stalls. She would be too lazy to wash her hair when she doesn't have to go out, and her house is always a mess.
Lin Cha loves to eat melons when he has nothing to do, and knows all kinds of melons in the circle like the back of his hand.
Chenzui also heard that when the author of "The Return of the Daughter" created him, he used Lin Cha as the prototype, and he was the gender-changed Lin Cha.
But he now feels that this author doesn’t seem to know much about Lin Cha!
For some reason, after seeing Lin Cha, Chenzui suddenly felt as if the character was out of control.
Chenzui asked Lin Cha: "If one day you knew that this world was fake, would you still live so comfortably?"
Lin Cha scratched her bun that was held up with chopsticks. "So what? We still have to eat and drink well, right?"
Even if this world is fake now, it doesn’t seem to matter to her.
Destiny is like the accidents of life.
She is controlling you, but she can't control you forever.
Many years later, when Chenzui returned to his world, he met Lin Cha again.
He spent the entire night watching all of Lin Cha's variety show videos.
She didn't lie.
She must know that this is just a fictional world.
But she still had to eat and drink.
She is still living a good life.
Chenzui was watching Lin Cha in the video, who was just sitting there as a background and seemed to be too well-behaved, and suddenly he smiled.
The next day, Lin Cha took a bumpy ride in an RV to the hotel arranged by the crew of "Painted Bones" in Hengcheng.
"Painted Bones" is a costume film, shot in Hengcheng, not far from Haishi.
At around four in the morning, Lin Cha was woken up by Sun Qianqian and Chen Yun. Her plan to stay in bed was completely shattered when she saw her boss.
Lin Cha didn't understand. It was fine if Chen Yun just worked and had to get up early, but why did Sun Qianqian, the daughter of the company's boss, work so hard?
She remembered that it would take at least an hour's drive from the Sun family to her Zijinhua community, across most of Haishi City!
The key point is that not only did this woman get up early, her complexion was quite rosy, and her face was fully made up!
Lin Cha couldn't help but glance at the melon-eating system, muttering in his heart -
[Shouldn't Ms. Sun have spent the night with her new boyfriend? Why are you so energetic?]
[It can't be that my new boyfriend was too short-lived and went to bed right away, right?]
Fortunately, Chen Yun didn't have a chance to watch the show, so Sun Qianqian reacted quickly, pressed Lin Cha down and threw her onto the bed in the RV.
"Aren't you feeling sleepy? Forget about anything and go back to sleep! You won't have any time to rest when you get to the set!"
Lin Cha made two "oh" sounds, and felt that she didn't have enough energy to continue eating melon. Her head touched the pillow in the RV, and she fell asleep with her eyes closed.
When I woke up again, I had already arrived at the crew hotel.
The first day was a script reading session with the main cast.
After arriving at the hotel, Sun Qianqian separated from Lin Cha. Before parting, she specifically told Lin Cha that she would let the main creators of the crew go to "Leisure Life" as a flying guest in a while.
In fact, as long as Lin Cha was on set, Sun Qianqian knew nothing would go wrong, and any problems would likely be resolved before filming began. However, if the main creators and actors participated in the show, it would not only increase their exposure but also give the audience more confidence in their film.
Lin Cha didn't react much. He was still sleepy and agreed in a daze.
She held the script, yawned, drank a large cup of black coffee, and then staggered towards the meeting room where the reading was to take place.
It was early in the morning and there were few people in the meeting room.
After Lin Cha entered, he saw Gong Ke, who played the second male lead in Painted Bone. Gong Ke had arrived much earlier than Lin Cha and was still reading the script and taking notes.
Lin Cha greeted Gong Ke, then felt listless and took a short nap on the table.
Not long after, there was a noisy sound coming from next door, which woke Lin Cha up.
Lin Cha rubbed his sleepy eyes.
【Hmm, has the reading started yet?】
"Not yet," Gong Ke saw that she was dazed and didn't care whether it was in her heart or out loud, and answered directly, "It seems that something happened with the director next door."
【Something happened?】
【Zzzzz……】
[Is that a melon? ]
People who eat melons are obsessed with eating melons. Even though she was sleepy, Lin Cha did not forget to eat the melon. She rubbed her eyes hard to make herself more alert, and then turned to ask Gong Ke.
"What happened?"
Gong Ke had just asked a staff member about the situation, so she had a general idea of what was going on. She replied, "Chen Zui is here. It seems he wants to come back and play the male lead."
"well?"
Lin Cha's eyes brightened again. "Didn't Mr. Sun say that Chenzui was going to retire and stop acting? He even invited me several times before! Why did he suddenly change his mind?"
"I don't know." Gong Ke shook his head and thought to himself that I have to ask you about this. You will know when you look through the melon-eating system later.
"I wonder what's going on next door now." Gong Ke said.
Lin Cha also nodded and couldn't help but stretch his neck towards the next room.
Just watch the fun, who wouldn’t be curious?
Gong Ke was also very curious!
So, the two of them looked at each other, immediately reached a cooperation, hit it off, put down the script, and sneaked to the next room.
Next door is the director's studio, which houses various photographic equipment and some filming tools.
Many staff members and extras gathered at the door, seemingly eating melons.
Lin Cha and Gong Ke couldn't squeeze in, so they pulled the clothes of the brother next to them and asked casually.
"What's going on in there?"
The brother leisurely moved a director's chair and sat at the door, eating sunflower seeds in his hand.
"The male lead, Zhai Ziang, and Mr. Sun had a pretty fierce argument. I guess Zhai Ziang didn't want to give up the male lead, but Mr. Sun still wanted Chen Zui to play it."
Lin Cha felt that the answering voice was familiar, and looked up to see—Jiang Mingkai.
Jiang Mingkai also felt that the voice that had just asked the question was very familiar, and he looked down - it was Lin Cha.
Lin Cha & Jiang Mingkai: "..."
Lin Cha blurted out, "Why are you here too?"
"oh……"
Jiang Mingkai suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and touched the tip of his nose awkwardly. "I was invited by Mr. Sun to come here as a special guest."
[Special invitation from Mr. Sun? ]
Kai Ge is a TV star, how can he be a special guest in the film industry?
[Oh, that's not right. Do special guests also have to read the script? ]
Lin Cha scratched her head, somewhat puzzled. However, this was a fictional world after all, so it wasn't surprising that some of the rules were the same as the world she had lived in before.
However, Lin Cha seemed to smell something, and his nose moved slightly——
[Hmm… Speaking of which, Brother Kai's perfume smells similar to Mr. Sun's! They both smell like daisies, so nice!]
Lin Cha couldn't help it and moved closer to Jiang Mingkai and sniffed him again.
Jiang Mingkai shuddered and retreated strategically.
A subtle flash of panic flashed across his eyes, and he quickly changed the subject. "What do you think, will Teacher Zhai give up the male lead? I wonder how Boss Sun will resolve this in the end?"
Gong Ke glanced at Jiang Mingkai.
Haha, this guy is deliberately changing the subject!
She actually uses the same perfume as Ms. Sun, smack... there's something fishy going on!
But Lin Cha's attention was diverted by Jiang Mingkai as expected, and she quickly turned over Zhai Ziang's melon again.
How else can this be resolved?
When Mr. Sun signed the contract, didn't he say his first choice was Chenzui? If Chenzui comes back, Zhai Ziang will have to give way, but Mr. Sun will have to pay the penalty for breach of contract, so why not just stick to the contract? Isn't Zhai Ziang just stubbornly refusing to leave?
Outside the director's studio, Jiang Mingkai and Gong Ke heard Lin Cha's voice. Similarly, inside the studio, newly appointed Director Feng, the male lead Zhai Ziang, the female lead Jiang Mengxi, and the other leading actors who had been invited to be guests on the show, also heard the voice.
While everyone was surprised, Sun Qianqian did not forget to raise her eyebrows at Zhai Ziang.
"Zhai Ziang, we already signed the contract, so we should just follow it. Why are you making things so awkward?"
Zhai Ziang's face was gloomy.
That’s what they say, but their team sent out promotional materials a long time ago and spent millions on publicity saying that he would be the male lead of "Painted Bones". Now they want to change the male lead at the last minute. Where will he put his face?
"Mr. Sun, even so, isn't time too tight to change the male lead on the day of filming starting?" Zhai Ziang refused to give up.
Sun Qianqian said indifferently, "Today is the read-through, and filming starts tomorrow. The time stipulated in our contract is that it cannot be changed after filming starts, but that doesn't mean the read-through time is not available."
Zhai Ziang gritted his teeth.
Sun Qianqian is such a stubborn woman. Didn't Chenzui just win the Best Actor award? What's so good about that? I want to replace him for Chenzui!
Lin Cha's exaggerated voice came to my ears again -
[Smacking his lips, Zhai Ziang certainly doesn't want to give up such a good cake! ]
He spent millions marketing himself by stepping on Shen Zui! He said things like, "Zhai Ziang is the future star of the film industry after competing with Shen Zui for the male lead in 'Painted Bone'!" "Chen Zui is old! Zhai Ziang's future is his!" "Zhai Ziang auditioned and beat Shen Zui to win the role in 'Painted Bone'"...
How dare he call Chenzui old? He's already 30, four years older than Chenzui!
Zhai Ziang's face turned pale and blue.
He had barely gained the upper hand in the confrontation just now, but after being pacified by Lin Chaxinsheng, everyone looked at him with some contempt.
Sun Qianqian frowned and asked, "Zhai Ziang, aren't you only 25 years old?" Why did Lin Cha say he was 30?
【That’s because he changed his age! 】
I was too dumb to keep up in elementary school, so I had to repeat a year. I did poorly on the high school entrance exam and repeated another year in junior high. Then I took the arts exam three times before I was admitted to the Peking Opera Academy. I must have made myself five years younger!
Lin Cha flipped through Zhai Ziang's melons with great interest and was amazed at this experience of repeating a grade.
Sun Qianqian was also amazed.
It would be fine if he took the art exam three times, but he actually had to repeat a year in elementary school because he was too stupid to keep up?
Does this guy have a negative IQ?
The key point is... during the audition, Zhai Ziang kept calling "sister" on the left and "sister" on the right, and his image as a cute little boy was very stable.
It turns out to be an old puppy in the end!
Doesn’t he feel embarrassed for pretending to be so young?
Zhai Ziang was filled with anger.
Unexpectedly, Lin Cha not only complained, but also exposed the fact that he changed his age and even the fact that he repeated a grade!
Zhai Ziang now wanted to rush out and tear Lin Cha's mouth apart!
But Sun Qianqian gloated over this misfortune. "Zhai Ziang, now that things have come to this, we might as well be frank. I will definitely choose Chen Zui. He's my first choice. We agreed on this when we signed the contract. If you're unhappy, go online and make a fuss, or go to court. It's up to you."
"Having come to this, if you still want to cause trouble today..." Sun Qianqian clapped her hands, and several burly security guards immediately stood behind him. "We can only ask you to leave."
Zhai Ziang had no choice.
If he continues to make trouble, he will be the one to be embarrassed.
Not knowing what other information Lin Cha would reveal, Zhai Ziang had no choice but to sign the contract and leave the scene.
After walking out of the director's studio, Zhai Ziang saw Lin Cha squatting at the door, eating melon seeds and eavesdropping on others eating melons.
There was a flicker of disgust in his eyes.
Lin Cha: [???]
【Why is Zhai Ziang glaring at me? 】
[Oh no, this must be because he didn't get the strabismus treated properly when he was a child! That's why he looks at people like he's glaring!]
[How pitiful! ]
"puff--!"
Gong Ke and Jiang Mingkai couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Squint! Isn't Zhai Ziang always marketed as the perfect male god? He actually has squints! No wonder marketing accounts always found him fond of the "looking at people with disdainful eyes" emoji pack!
Zhai Ziang became even angrier after hearing this.
There is really nothing good about staying here!
He glared at the three of them angrily again and walked away.
In the director's studio, Sun Qianqian and Shen Zui completed the contract for the male lead and shook hands.
"Teacher Shen, welcome to "Painting Bones" and also welcome to the world of eating melons!"
Chenzui was stunned and didn't understand what this meant.
When I turned around, I was caught off guard and saw Lin Cha eavesdropping at the door.
The two looked at each other, both stunned.
In fact, Chenzui had imagined the scene of reuniting with Lin Cha many times. It might be noisy, or Lin Cha might ignore him.
But Chen Zui never expected that when they met again, he would see Lin Cha's innocent and confused face, and a line of words appeared above her head:
[Favorability towards Shen Zui: 0.1]
Intoxicated:?
Favorability? What the hell?
Before I could delve into it, I continued working.
Director Feng and Sun Qianqian called the leading actors back to the next conference room and began to read the script together.
"Painted Bones" is a fantasy film about three hours long. The creators and leading actors read it for seven or eight hours and finished it in the evening.
During the filming, Lin Cha was very well-behaved, reading the script carefully and not eating melons. Occasionally, an actor would ask the director some questions about their understanding of the role, and Lin Cha would listen carefully, thinking about the answer in his mind.
What Director Feng didn't expect was that Lin Cha's understanding of the script and the role was so profound that almost all the answers she gave were correct.
Acting talent and skills are two things that can only be found by chance, but Lin Cha seems to have both.
Being intoxicated is not surprising.
Many years ago, Lin Cha debuted as a child star in another world. Child stars are usually gifted actors, and with over a decade of experience in the film industry, she naturally possessed the necessary skills.
It's just that these people don't know it.
After the script reading, Director Feng asked everyone to go to bed early because the filming would start early tomorrow morning and time was of the essence.
The actors and crew quickly dispersed.
As soon as Chen Zui stood up, he heard Gong Ke calling him from behind.
"Teacher Shen, I'm sorry, can I borrow your room to take a shower? The shower head in my room is broken. I originally agreed with Teacher Zhai to borrow his room, but now you're staying in his room..."
With several large productions recently opening in Hengdian, hotel rooms are in high demand, with no extra rooms available. Gong Ke and Shen Zui live on the same floor, so it's easiest to find him. It would be inappropriate to contact actresses like Lin Cha.
Chen Zui handed the room card to Gong Ke, "Yes, no problem."
"Thank you, Teacher Shen!"
Lin Cha and Gong Ke had the most rival scenes. Lin Cha sat next to Gong Ke the whole time and heard the whole process of him and Shen Zui borrowing the room card.
However, Lin Cha was thinking about something else——
[Speaking of which, why did Mr. Shen choose to be the male lead?! Didn't he say before that he would only join after finding "someone he likes to share a life with and enjoy watching melons with"?]
Lin Cha's eyes suddenly lit up: [Could it be that Teacher Shen has found this person? This person is in our crew? ! ! ]
Jiang Mingkai and Sun Qianqian were the only ones left at the scene. They were about to return to their room when they heard Lin Cha's thoughts and pricked up their ears.
What what?!
Intoxicated with melon? !
Although I’ve eaten too many of his melons in the past while surfing the internet, it wouldn’t hurt to have one more!
[Hehe, let me see, which woman has our great actor Shen so bewitched~~]
Lin Cha was flipping through the system with great interest, and Sun Qianqian and Jiang Mingkai approached her. But before Lin Cha could find them, she suddenly heard Chen Zui clearing his throat.
His voice is clear and mellow, like the cool breeze in summer, or the clear water flowing in a mountain stream, casual yet a little lazy.
"Chacha, long time no see."
Sun Qianqian & Jiang Mingkai:!!!
Oh shit oh shit oh shit!
What’s going on!
Could it be that Chenzui knows Lin Cha?
And isn’t this name a bit too intimate?
——In order to build closer relationships with each other, most of the main creators also call Lin Cha "Cha Cha", but when Film Emperor Shen calls her that, it's intimacy!!!
And what's with the phrase "long time no see"? These two obviously have a story!
There’s melon!
These two people definitely have something going on!
Although Lin Cha is an 18th-tier star, hasn't she been surrounded by scandals over the years? It's not surprising that there's another Lin Cha!
Lin Cha's heart seemed to skip a beat.
——I was mainly shocked by this name.
She swallowed and asked in a low voice, "Do you know me?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Chenzui's eyes, and he looked at Lin Cha suspiciously.
This look made Lin Cha even more nervous.
[Why is Teacher Shen looking at me like that?]
Do I really know him?
How is that possible! I'm just an 18th-tier celebrity, how could I possibly know such a big shot?!
Chenzui frowned.
She... doesn't recognize me anymore?
Could it be that this Lin Cha who traveled through time now has never seen me in the real world?
Or, did something happen when she traveled through time, causing her to forget the memory of their acquaintance?
Thinking back to the favorability and intoxicated feeling just now, it should be the latter.
In any case, he was a little relieved.
Since Lin Cha doesn't remember, he won't hate himself as much as he did when we parted last time.
So, Chen Zui said, "Pretending not to remember me? I still remember the last time you took advantage of my popularity."
Lin Cha: ???
[Riding on the hype? Are you coming here to call me to task? But it seems... there really is such a thing as riding on the hype!]
——Her predecessor who traveled through the book did it.
Lin Cha said angrily, "I'm sorry..."
[You're so stingy! It's just a little bit of popularity, right? You're so famous, it won't kill you!]
I even took advantage of Brother Kai's popularity! No one blames me! Why is Teacher Shen so petty?!
"Are you calling me stingy in your heart?" Chenzui asked suddenly.
Lin Cha looked up suddenly and widened his eyes.
[Does this guy have the ability to read my mind? How does he know what I'm thinking?]
[Could it be that someone with such good acting skills can guess what the other person is thinking through their micro-expressions?]
[This is so scary, so scary! I must stay away from this kind of person! Stay away from him...]
Lin Cha smiled awkwardly, "How dare I! I'm praising you! Not only is he handsome, but his acting is also top-notch. I was tactless before and tried to ride on your popularity. I definitely won't do that again in the future..."
But the next second, Chenzui suddenly leaned down and instantly approached Lin Cha. The cool breath hit his face, and the scent of the opposite sex invaded Lin Cha's senses.
"I don't mean to blame you." Chen Zui said, "You're right. I'm so famous that I won't die if I get a little bit of my popularity. So, if you want to ride on my popularity, go ahead. I don't mind."
Lin Cha looked confused and puzzled, with his head tilted.
"well?"
Then, Chenzui heard Lin Cha's inner voice: [This guy seems so happy to be riding on the popularity... Is he really a fool?]
Intoxicated:???
“Puff—”
“Puff—”
Next to them, there were laughters from Sun Qianqian and Jiang Mingkai.
I didn't expect that after eating so many melons, Lin Cha was actually allergic to romance, and his intoxication was expressed so obviously. Lin Cha actually thought he was a fool?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Sun Qianqian was even more proud.
Intoxicated! You have come to this day!
Even the playboy who indulges in love affairs will eventually fail one day!
It’s not that easy to take action against Lin Cha!
However, Sun Qianqian remembered her crew and quickly grabbed Chen Zui, whispering, "You can chase Lin Cha, but don't cause any trouble!"
Shen Zui smiled, "Don't worry, I know my limits."
This is the second time, he won't fail.
After the four of them finished chatting, they headed towards their hotel room.
It was already late and it was dark in Hengcheng. The shooting would start at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning and everyone had gone back to their rooms to rest.
When they reached the elevator on the 15th floor, the two groups were about to go their separate ways when suddenly, a woman's miserable scream came from a room in the corridor.
"Help! Help!"
Something happened?
The four of them stared at each other.
No matter what, it’s important to go and take a look.
The four of them rushed up to the sound, but just as they reached the door, they heard a woman's scream again.
"Teacher Shen... I don't want it! Let me go! I won't obey you! Shenzui! Let me go!"
[Wait... intoxicated?]
Jiang Mingkai, Sun Qianqian and Lin Cha all looked at the person beside them in ecstasy.
What's going on?
Isn’t Chenzui with them?
Sun Qianqian pushed open the door, and a ragged girl inside saw her and rushed over.
"Help! Teacher Shen raped me!"
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