No. 115 Melon
"The winner of this year's Golden Dove Award for Best Actress is the emerging artist, Lin Cha! Let's congratulate her!"
There was thunderous applause at the award ceremony.
A classic scene of Lin Cha in a movie was playing on the giant screen. The girl in the picture looked no more than twenty years old, with rosy lips and white teeth. Facing a group of thugs beating her, she showed no weakness. With a cool side kick, seven or eight thugs fell to the ground!
In reality, Lin Cha was wearing a white suspender dress. The close-fitting silk material highlighted her exquisite figure. She was thin where she should be, and plump where she should be.
Lin Cha walked up to the host and took the Best Actress trophy from her with a smile.
"This should be Teacher Lin's third Best Actress trophy," the host exclaimed. "Congratulations, Teacher Lin, for becoming the youngest person in Chinese cinema to win three Best Actress awards."
"Maybe I'm lucky," Lin Cha said, standing on the stage, neither humble nor arrogant. "I entered the industry early, and the seniors in the industry also supported me, giving me many opportunities to gain experience. In the future, I will work harder to produce better works and give back to my fans and audiences!"
The audience burst into applause again, celebrating the youngest actress in history to win three Golden Globes awards.
After the award ceremony, Lin Cha swiftly handed the trophy to her agent, took off her ten-centimeter high heels, and got into the limited edition pink Ferrari supercar she had just bought.
Her agent stopped her and said, "There's a press conference later, why are you running away now?"
Lin Cha hugged her furry steering wheel. "My new car has arrived! Hey, Sister Zhang, you're more familiar with dealing with reporters than I am! Come on!"
The agent, known as Sister Zhang, was very disappointed with her. “I didn’t drink at the venue just now.”
Although the award ceremony is held in a remote location some distance from the city center, drunk driving is still not allowed.
"Sister Zhang, I just passed the driving test last month. I remember the laws better than you do, and I will definitely not break the traffic rules!" Lin Cha stuck out her tongue.
"I'm worried because you just got your license last month, you bastard!" Sister Zhang slammed the car door. "Drive carefully!"
"Yes, yes!"
Lin Cha grunted twice in response, started the engine, made a handsome turn, and drove towards the city center.
Sister Zhang looked at the Ferrari's back as it drove away, feeling uneasy.
Even though Lin Cha got full marks in all four subjects of the driving test, he was on the crew all year round and relied on the driver for all his travels, so he had no time to practice.
Suddenly driving a sports car with such high horsepower, I really can't...
Suddenly there was a sudden sound of brakes coming from the front.
Sister Zhang's heart skipped a beat and she quickly ran forward.
After running about a hundred meters, I saw thick smoke coming out of a pink Ferrari in front of me. Lin Cha had already gotten out of the car and was standing in front of it with a nervous look on his face.
Seeing Sister Zhang coming over, she worriedly said, "Sister Zhang! I hope I didn't kill anyone."
The girl's spirit and confidence at the award ceremony just disappeared, and her eyes were fixed nervously on the unconscious person lying in front of the car.
"You bumped into him" Sister Zhang was also shocked.
Lin Cha nodded hesitantly, "He suddenly appeared. I stepped on the brakes, but he appeared so suddenly that I didn't notice..."
"Have you called the police?" Sister Zhang asked again.
"I called 110 and 120..." Lin Cha whispered, "Sister, I hope he's okay."
Sister Zhang looked at the man lying on the ground and was unsure. They weren't medical professionals, so they didn't know what first aid to administer, nor did they know if moving him would worsen his injuries. They could only wait for an ambulance.
Fortunately, the award ceremony was equipped with temporary first aid personnel, who arrived within a few minutes to provide first aid to the injured patient. Then, an ambulance arrived, and two first aid personnel carried the patient onto the ambulance and immediately sent him to the hospital.
Lin Cha was worried that the other person was in trouble, so she got on the ambulance as well. In the ambulance, she anxiously asked about the other person's condition.
"Aside from some soft tissue abrasions and rib fractures, no other issues have been found," the emergency doctor said. "But this was a car accident after all, so further examination is necessary to confirm any other injuries."
The bright light from the ambulance shone on the face of the man lying on the sickbed, and Lin Cha could see his face clearly. There was some dirt and blood on his face, but even so, one could still see that he had handsome features with clear edges and corners.
He is so handsome, he must be a guest attending the award ceremony tonight.
…
The ambulance arrived at the nearest hospital and the doctor in the emergency department immediately carried the car accident patient into the operating room.
Lin Cha waited anxiously at the operating room door. When the nurse came to ask about preoperative precautions, she was clueless. She had no idea who the person in the car accident was, or what his medical history was.
A short while later, Sister Zhang arrived with a traffic police officer. The officer said they had checked the dashcam on Lin Cha's Ferrari and determined the accident was caused by the other driver suddenly running onto the road, preventing Lin Cha from braking in time. The area was a motorway with no zebra crossing, so the other driver was fully responsible.
"It's not your fault, don't worry," Sister Zhang consoled her. "When the surgery is over, we'll give you more money to avoid a fuss. That wouldn't be good for your future."
After all, Lin Cha is a female star. She had a car accident right after winning the award, which had a certain impact on her reputation.
After the traffic police left, the lights in the operating room dimmed.
The doctor came out of the operating room and said that the operation was successful. The patient only had some scratches and a broken rib, but no other problems.
Lin Cha and Sister Zhang both breathed a sigh of relief.
"We sent him to the hospital and gave him money, so we've done our best," Sister Zhang patted the back of Lin Cha's hand. "Don't worry, he's fine!"
If it were just a scrape and a broken rib, it wouldn't be a big deal.
But when Lin Cha and Sister Zhang walked into the ward, when the nurse asked each other how they felt, the other party showed a world-weary expression.
"I don't have a home, I don't know where I came from, and I don't know where I will go in the future..."
Lin Tea:
Ms. Zhang:
"This guy has lost his memory," Sister Zhang frowned. "This is going to be difficult!"
Sister Zhang looked at Lin Cha and said, "He suddenly jumped out of the car in the car recorder. He didn't mean to commit suicide by ramming into your car."
Lin Cha opened his mouth, his expression a little dazed, "Not really..."
But the road was so big at that time, and people suddenly appeared. If it wasn't suicide, what else could it be?
The traffic police reviewed the dashcam and analyzed the situation, suspecting the driver had intentionally hit the vehicle. The possibility of the driver hitting the vehicle intentionally was that he was attempting suicide or attempting to scam someone. With a bit of luck, the driver might have been in a bad mood, perhaps drunk, and therefore lacking common sense.
No matter which one it is, the other party is now a vulnerable group and has also shown symptoms similar to amnesia. Even if the car accident is his fault, it would be terrible if he uses this to blame Lin Cha and falsely accuses Lin Cha of hitting people.
There was a noise outside.
Several entertainment paparazzi received a tip-off and came to the hospital after learning about Lin Cha's award ceremony. Thinking that there was big news, they rushed over immediately.
After arriving at the inpatient department, they were stopped. But the paparazzi were relentless and refused to stop until they got some information.
Sister Zhang's expression darkened as she held Lin Cha down. "You stay here and steady the victim. I'll handle the paparazzi."
Lin Cha nodded.
Ten minutes later, Sister Zhang appeared downstairs in the inpatient department.
When the paparazzi saw someone coming out, they grabbed cameras and microphones and rushed forward like crazy.
"Lin Cha just received an award yesterday and was hospitalized today. Did something happen?"
"The wiretap reported that Lin Cha came to the hospital with a man. Could he be Lin Cha's boyfriend?"
"Is Lin Cha in love or secretly married? Did she come to the hospital for a checkup to prepare for pregnancy?"
The paparazzi's stories are getting more and more outrageous.
Sister Zhang made up her mind. The other party had lost his memory at the moment, so she couldn't mention the car accident. If she did, the paparazzi would definitely smear and think it was Lin Cha's fault.
Therefore, in front of the reporters and media, Sister Zhang calmly stated, "Everyone is overthinking it. It's just that a servant at Chacha Villa fell ill, and Chacha took him to the hospital for treatment. That's all."
"A servant doesn't need Lin Cha's so much care?" The paparazzi didn't believe it.
"Cha Cha has always done charity work and is very kind to the servants in her villa. This is not a well-known fact," Sister Zhang said without giving a second thought.
These words are only used to shut up the paparazzi and define the other party as a servant, so that the paparazzi cannot write any romantic scandals.
Afterwards, Sister Zhang asked the security guards to seal off the VIP inpatient department, and the paparazzi could no longer get any information.
Seeing Sister Zhang coming back, Lin Cha asked worriedly, "Isn't this a car accident? We said the servant was sick... okay?"
Sister Zhang blinked. "He's lost his memory, why is he speaking so clearly? He was fully responsible for the accident, so he should have paid for the repairs. We didn't ask him for compensation and even paid for his medical expenses. We've done our best. We asked him to cooperate with the reporters. What's wrong with that?"
In the days that followed, the man was in the hospital recovering from his injuries. Lin Cha and Sister Zhang didn't know his name either. His ward was room 0341, so they privately referred to each other as 0341.
Originally, if it was just a car accident, Lin Cha would have helped to advance the medical expenses, and she would not have had to worry about anything afterwards.
But Sister Zhang said at that time that 0341 was a servant in Lin Cha's villa. When 0341 recovered, he came to Lin Cha's large flat in Linjiang.
Standing in the living room, Lin Cha and 0341 stared at each other.
"Didn't I say I'm your servant?" 0341 asked, "What do you need me to do?"
Lin Tea:
This guy really has amnesia, he can't remember anything at all. He really thinks he is his servant.
But her large apartment had no housekeeper or servants, only an hourly maid who came to clean for two hours every day.
Lin Cha scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Washing clothes, mopping the floor, cooking... whatever you want..."
The hourly worker was hired by her assistant to ensure that the house was clean every time Lin Cha returned home, but Lin Cha had no idea what the specific work of the hourly worker was.
"Then how much do I earn a month?" 0341 asked again.
"Ten thousand," Lin Cha said cautiously. Seeing the man's dazed look, which didn't seem to agree, he quickly added, "Twenty thousand! Room and board included, twenty thousand a month!"
This is about the salary for a live-in nanny for a month, right?
"Okay." The other party answered straightforwardly.
0341 thus became a servant in Lincha’s large flat.
Lin Cha felt like something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.
To this end, she had no choice but to quit her part-time job and hand over all the work to 0341.
0341 is handsome, with broad shoulders and long legs. He usually wears ordinary sportswear when cleaning the house. He doesn't look like a servant at all. Lin Cha feels that... he is more like a husband who shares the housework at home.
If such a handsome boy were thrown into the entertainment industry, he would be able to become a top star just by relying on his face.
But this person actually cleaned her house, cooked for her, and did her laundry. What a waste of talent!
Lin Cha actually thought about it this way. She wanted to let 0341 become an actor. Now that she was a movie queen, it wouldn't be a big problem for her to put one or two of her own people in the crew.
But 0341 had no interest in this.
He seemed to particularly like doing housework. Even though his house was extremely clean and spotless, he would still mop the floor of every room in the flat every day, and wash all the furniture, glass, dishes and chopsticks thoroughly.
He even almost washed all of Lin Cha's waterless clothes manually. Fortunately, Sister Zhang stopped him in time and prevented a catastrophe.
Lin Cha has almost never seen 0341 idle. As 0341's employer, she should be happy. But thinking that 0341 might have become so hardworking because she has a problem with her brain, Lin Cha suddenly feels unhappy.
"Actually, it's okay for you to slack off once in a while!" One day at noon, while reading a novel in the sunroom, Lin Cha couldn't help but say to 0341, who was mopping the floor for the third time. "We have a robot vacuum and a robot mop at home, and you've mopped the floor so hard that it's glistening. You really don't have to be like this. I'm not an employer who exploits my employees, am I?"
"I just don't want to be idle." 0341's voice was low and no emotion could be heard.
As he stepped back to clean the mop, he unexpectedly bumped into a recliner in front of Lin Cha. On the recliner was a novel that Lin Cha had just bought, with its cover exposed. On it were four large, golden characters: "Return of the Daughter of Gold."
0341 had never been interested in anything. When Lin Cha was watching TV, he never even came over to look. But today, Lin Cha rarely saw 0341's eyes lingering on the novel for nearly half a minute.
Then his expression darkened, and he picked up the mop and continued mopping the floor.
"You like reading novels"
Lin Cha asked curiously, "If you don't want to sit around, you can read a novel!"
Lin Cha flipped through the book in her hand. "This novel is incredibly popular. I'm sure it'll be adapted into a film or TV show someday. I was just bored, so I bought a copy to read. I originally thought it was uninteresting, but there's a supporting actress in it with the same name as me! What a coincidence! Unfortunately, she's not a good person and is about to die."
Lin Cha kept talking, as if he wanted to find someone to chat with, or as if he was talking to himself.
"There's a character in it with the same name as me." 0341 said suddenly.
"Really? What a coincidence!"
Lin Cha instinctively agreed, then she realized something and quickly looked up at 0341 in disbelief.
"You remembered everything"
0341's eyes were still fixed on the novel. After a while, he said, "No."
"Oh." Lin Cha's echo dragged out the last syllable, a little disappointed. "But, this book actually has both your name and mine. It's a small world!"
"Maybe it's not a coincidence," 0341 said calmly.
Lin Cha tilted his head, not understanding what 0341 meant.
0341: "There aren't that many coincidences in the world. Behind every coincidence lies inevitability. Perhaps one day you'll discover that the world you live in is fake. You're just a character in a writer's pen. She's written so many stories, but out of laziness, she's used the same names for some characters."
Lin Cha smiled. "You mean, we are just characters in a novel, right?"
0341 was silent for a moment, "Maybe that's it."
Lin Cha shrugged, "If it's fake, then it's fake."
0341 looked at Lin Cha in confusion.
Lin Cha continued, "Even if this world is fake, it doesn't stop me from eating well, sleeping well, and having fun every day! Why think so much?"
Lin Cha thinks the problem with 0341 is that he thinks too much.
If one day someone told her that her world was fake, Lin Cha felt that her life trajectory would not change.
When you are alive, just be happy. Why go through so many twists and turns?
"By the way," Lin Cha flipped through the task list for the novel and asked 0341, who was about to leave with a mop in hand, "You said there's a character in the novel with the same name as you. Who is it?"
0341 He paused for a while before answering.
"Intoxicated."
*
Chenzui is Lin Cha’s favorite character in this novel.
As for why she liked him, Lin Cha couldn't explain it. Perhaps it was because he was a very handsome character, or perhaps it was because he was as serious about acting as Lin Cha.
Every actor has his or her own way of acting. When Lin Cha was reading the novel, he felt that Shenzui's understanding of the character was exactly the same as his or her own.
He is like another self, taking every scene seriously and being meticulous about every detail.
It would be very interesting to have the chance to act opposite him. Lin Cha thought about this more than once when he was reading the novel, but a paper man is just a paper man after all. Lin Cha just thought about it and never took it seriously.
But when Lin Cha knew that 0341 was also called Chenzui, she suddenly had a crazy idea.
"Are you interested in acting with me?"
After dinner, Lin Chawen was intoxicated.
She recently took on a movie where the third male lead was a super handsome guy, but the actor collapsed yesterday due to drug abuse. With filming about to start, the director searched everywhere for a replacement actor but still couldn't find one.
Chen Zui glanced at the novel that Lin Cha had thrown on the sofa and said coldly, "Not interested."
"Maybe after becoming an actor, you won't be so concerned with philosophical questions like whether the world is real or fake," Lin Cha said, resting his chin on his hand, thinking seriously. "The characters are all fake, but when you actually act them out, you'll find that they can also be real."
"They are you, living in another world."
…
Chenzui was persuaded.
Lin Cha looked at him seriously with her bright eyes, sparkling with stars.
Faced with such beautiful eyes, it was hard for him to refuse.
Afterwards, Chenzui went to the crew and successfully passed the audition.
The role he played was a male star who had few scenes but was extremely popular. The director's only requirement for this role was that he be handsome.
Intoxication fits this perfectly.
As for the acting, since there aren't many scenes, there's still time to hone it.
The only difficulty of this role is that he has to show his hidden love when facing the heroine. The two of them have a secret crush on each other, and the heroine didn't know about it until the male star died.
The director was a little worried at first. He thought that a handsome guy like Shen Zui must have no experience of secret love and would not be able to act out the sad feeling of secret love. But when Lin Cha stood in front of Shen Zui and acted opposite him, the director felt that it was enough.
——A good actor can bring his opponent into the play.
Lin Cha is a fantastic actress. She has been acting since she was a child, and acting is ingrained in her bones. The moment the director calls action, Lin Cha is already immersed in the role.
The innocent girl walked on the railway track holding the hand of the male star, with the first snow falling all over the sky.
Her bright smile is the most beautiful flower in winter.
No one would not be moved.
It was at that time that I was intoxicated. I smelled the light fragrance in the girl's hair, like the warm breeze in winter. She approached me unexpectedly, and the sweet body fragrance of the girl hit my face.
My Adam's apple rolled in intoxication, my throat felt dry, and I felt like the world... suddenly came alive.
Once there is a first time, there will be a second time.
I don’t feel whether acting is that interesting or not, but acting opposite Lin Cha is very interesting.
They played lovers who reunited after not seeing each other for many years; they played sworn enemies who admired each other on the battlefield but could never be together; they played the daughter of a wealthy family and the son of a poor housekeeper who could never be together because of their social status...
After performing many times, Chenzui became familiar with acting.
The more diverse the roles, the deeper one's understanding of acting. Later on, he no longer needed Lin Cha's help; he could get the leading role in a major drama on his own.
Sister Zhang signed Chenzui early on and praised his progress endlessly, saying, "Some people are born for this job! Director Sun's leading man, this is going to be an Oscar contender, and before the auditions even started, Director Sun had already confirmed Chenzui!"
"It's okay," Lin Cha curled her lips, "Obviously, my acting is better!"
Sister Zhang pinched Lin Cha's cheeks. "Yes, yes, yes, your acting is still the best! Director Sun, do you want to try this movie? It's definitely Oscar-worthy. You'd be missing out if you don't!"
"Not interested," Lin Cha said uninterestedly, "I don't play the same character over and over again, have you forgotten?"
Sister Zhang has no choice. Lin Cha likes to challenge different roles, and there is indeed no repeated character at the moment, so she can give up any script no matter how good it is.
Fortunately, Shen Zui will definitely take on this role, so their company will not lose money.
When the script was handed to Chen Zui, the first thing he asked was, "Lin Cha plays the female lead?"
"Lin Cha won't act." Sister Zhang explained the casting criteria for Lin Cha to Shen Zui. "She's already directed you in several movies. You have your own work now, so you don't have to have her take you..."
"I just want to act with her." Chen Zui said slowly, "If she doesn't act, I won't act either."
"Are you crazy?" Sister Zhang said with wide eyes. "Why don't you act? What a great opportunity!"
He lowered his head and his eyelids drooped.
Sister Zhang couldn't see his expression, nor did she know what he was thinking. After waiting for a long time, she finally heard Chen Zui's deep voice, like the dead trees in the mountain stream, encountering the first rain after a long drought.
"But only when I act with her do I feel like I'm still alive."
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