Chapter 12 Show
[Show-making: The process by which celebrities cheat and create their own image.] 】
When Meng Chu arrived at the set holding flowers, he was still feeling frightened.
Taxi drivers in Hong Kong are so aggressive that before he could figure out which red light meant which road, his taxi started speeding and passed the narrow corner with a sharp turn that was difficult to explain in an inertial reference frame.
The driver's aggressive style sealed Meng Chu's mouth. He didn't dare to offer any suggestions on driving. He could only hold the bouquet tightly, praying that the roses would not be hit bald.
He had never seen Hong Kong movies, and his first impression of this prosperous and dilapidated city was just the sloping roads, complicated traffic, and extremely high population density and prices. The street where the filming took place includes all of the above. When the neon lights come on at night, it’s like cyberpunk has come to life.
As soon as he got out of the car, a man wearing glasses came over and took the box from his hand while looking him up and down. "You must be Mr. Meng, right? I've heard a lot about you. I'm Guan Shan's agent. Just call me Hai Qiu."
Meng Chu pushed and pulled with him for a while over who should carry the things, and finally lost. This is a common occurrence, because as long as the other party says "I'll do it" more than three times in a forceful manner, he will feel embarrassed to refuse and can only apologize in his heart while looking for opportunities to do other physical work.
While the items were changing hands, Hai Qiu took the opportunity to add him on WeChat for easy contact. Meng Chu was amazed by his social efficiency.
After adding the friend, Hai Qiu glanced at the time and said, "The progress is a bit slow today. We have to wait for at least half an hour. How about you go to the nanny car and sit for a while, Mr. Meng?"
Just as Meng Chu was about to answer, a stagehand hurried over. He turned his head and saw the wire hanging in the air.
"Can I watch here for a while?" he asked.
"No problem," Hai Qiu said, "Come with me, I'll find you the best viewing spot."
Meng Chu followed him through the crowd and stood in the corner. The crane and camera slid past my eyes, and then the face appeared in my field of vision.
Meng Chu held his breath unconsciously.
That face was always pleasing to the eye, but now, Meng Chu, standing between reality and the screen, felt a little different.
The famous director’s team has first-rate costume design, and the facial features that have genetic advantages are portrayed more delicately, but there is more to it than that.
Fu Guanshan in the play is different from usual.
That tense, focused face was completely immersed in the false composition. Meng Chu was very familiar with that expression, the expression of being dissociated from the surrounding world and trapped in a self-constructed kingdom. This expression would appear when encountering something that one was willing to be fanatical about and fight for until exhaustion.
The narcissist who usually causes trouble is gone, and only the characters in the play are left.
Fu Guanshan in the play has an irresistible decisiveness and appeal.
At the director's command, the camera quickly zoomed in and Fu Guanshan suddenly jumped up, spun around, and hit the opponent actor's ribs with his knee. The moment the opponent counterattacked, Wia rose up, he somersaulted to avoid the attack, touched the ground with his toes, turned around, and ripped off the opponent's mask in a flash.
For a moment, his face became gloomy, as if his darkest guess had come true. Surprise, reluctance, despair, and resentment mixed together into a kind of sadness towards others and even more so towards himself.
"CUT! Another one!"
The director's voice woke Meng Chu up. He blinked and saw the actors quickly returning to their positions, gathering their clothes, and the stagehands running around.
Then, the fight just now was repeated.
In Meng Chu's opinion, this scene was already perfect. However, the director still shook his head.
"Director Chen has very high requirements for visual effects, and it is common to reshoot twenty takes," Hai Qiu handed him a bottle of water, "Are you bored?"
Meng Chu shook his head. He was still looking at Fu Guanshan. Even after the tenth time, his movements and expressions were still precise and moving.
Finally, after seemingly taking enough shots of every angle and light, the director made a hand gesture.
"OK! Call it a day!"
The stagnant air in the field finally began to flow, and the staff thanked each other for their hard work. Fu Guanshan turned around and put on that superior, self-pitying smile again.
The image fell back to its original position with a snap.
Before Meng Chu had time to lament about it, Fu Guanshan's gaze had already caught him accurately and his eyebrows raised.
Meng Chu thought of the characters on this trip - a husband in love, a newlywed partner who traveled thousands of miles to visit the set.
He was startled and walked over with the flowers in his arms.
Fu Guanshan's eyes became sharp.
He startled and started running.
As Fu Guanshan's eyes urged him on, he sped up faster and faster, and finally he braked to a stop and handed the flowers to Fu Guanshan: "Thank you for your hard work, you acted really well."
This statement really comes from the heart.
Fu Guanshan glanced at him, suddenly reached out his hand, hugged the person and the flower into his arms, turned his head, and leaned close to his lips.
There was a burst of boos all around.
Meng Chu was so frightened that his whole body froze, however, when Fu Guanshan was just inches away from his lips, he stopped.
Meng Chu didn't dare to move. At this distance, in this scene, and with these impactful facial features, his heartbeat began to rise exponentially.
Fu Guanshan kept the distance close enough for a kiss and smiled. "I'll tell you a term, too," he whispered. "It's called borrowing."
Meng Chu looked at him, his mind went blank.
After a few seconds, Fu Guanshan stood up straight, and his tone was full of surprise.
"Oh my god, why are you here!" He said in a voice loud enough to reach the Kowloon Peninsula across the harbor, "Aren't you very busy with scientific research recently?"
Meng Chu struggled to restart his brain, trying to recover from the huge shock and keep up with the actor's acting style. He was about to explain, but was scared back by the other party's look that said "You are not allowed to say you came to the meeting."
"I..." Meng Chu said with effort, "I miss you."
He was already ashamed before he even got to the verb in this sentence, and he didn't even pronounce the word clearly.
Fu Guanshan evaluated it with difficulty, reluctantly gave him a passing grade, and then let him go - thank God! ——Holding the flattened, pitiful bouquet in one hand and holding his hand in the other, she walked to the center of the crowd in a swaggering and ostentatious manner.
"Everyone," Fu Guanshan said in a tone as if he was showing off the imperial seal, "This is my wife, a professor at Lin University."
There was a commotion around, with comments Meng Chu often heard, such as "You're so young" and "Did you skip a grade?" Nervous as he was being watched, he wanted to explain the mechanism of direct PhD studies and that he was an associate professor, but Fu Guanshan grabbed his hand and he swallowed it back.
"Yes," Fu Guanshan said, "my wife is a genius."
Meng Chu's heartbeat began to become irregular. Every time he stood in the middle of a crowd, he felt like he was about to have a heart attack.
He has never been so nervous since his graduation defense. Fortunately, after Fu Guanshan made the declaration, "My wife is extremely smart. She's a professor at the age of 27, and she loves me so much that she runs to Hong Kong when we don't see each other for a day," he let him go and stepped down from the C position.
There were several well-known movie stars present. Fu Guanshan introduced them to Meng Chu one by one. Meng Chu pretended to have heard of their names for a long time and shook hands with them. He actually had no idea who they were, but it would have been impolite not to show his admiration. If it were someone who knows a little about the entertainment industry, he would have been screaming with excitement at this moment, so everyone said that "high-level intellectuals are steady."
The one who was acting with Fu Guanshan did not leave immediately after the greetings, but put his hands in his pockets and continued chatting with them. Meng Chu remembered that his name was He Zhen. The name sounded familiar, and then Meng Chu remembered that Fu Guanshan had mentioned this person during the dinner before getting the marriage certificate. He seemed to be a member of an idol group and one of the top stars in the past two years. Although he was too thin due to hunger for the camera, his facial features were very delicate. His face seemed to be able to be covered by a palm, and his legs were disproportionately long.
It seems that because they have more scenes together, the other party is more familiar with Fu Guanshan than other actors. Like Hai Qiu, he calls him "brother" and is also very enthusiastic towards Meng Chu.
"Finally I see the real person," he stared at Meng Chu's face like a camera, "I've always been curious about what Teacher Meng looks like, but no matter how much I beg him, he won't be willing to show me his photo, and I can't find any photos of us together in his Moments, he's so secretive."
Of course, because the only photo they have together is their wedding photo.
"Mr. Meng, your news is big news in the entertainment industry," He Zhen smiled and turned his attention to Fu Guanshan. "At the press conference, the host just asked casually, but it turned out to be such a big news. Everyone was shocked."
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble," Fu Guanshan said.
"It's normal for CP fans to be emotional. What's the big deal? Of course, my brother's happiness is more important." He Zhen turned his attention to Meng Chu again. "Don't blame me for gossiping. How did my brother propose?"
Fu Guanshan frowned. It's over, he hasn't thought about this problem yet.
Their epic marriage that shocked the whole country certainly couldn't have started with a message like "How about mutual benefit if you don't mind?"
He wanted to use a random movie plot to make up the number, but felt it was risky. He Zhen is an insider and has seen many movies.
Before he could concoct a stunning proposal ceremony, Meng Chu said, "I proposed."
Fu Guanshan turned his head, his eyes as shocked as He Zhen's.
"He grew up in Lincheng, and I also work in Lincheng. We both like the artificial lake in the new district," Meng Chu said. "Our group cooperated with a drone company, and I made dozens of model drones. That night, I rented a boat and watched the night view on the lake with him. When the time came, the drones began to take off, flash, and hover, performing an artificial fireworks show. The fireworks show ended at 6:13, the same as his birthday. The lights of the drones gradually spread out like waves, fixed into a marriage proposal oath."
He Zhen was stunned for a moment, then cooperated with an expression of emotion. Fu Guanshan was even more moved than him, as if he had just been proposed to.
"Oh, yes," Meng Chu said, "I use Arduino to control the flashing of the drone..."
"My heart was pounding with excitement," Fu Guanshan interrupted, "and I agreed immediately."
"Ah..." He Zhen showed a longing expression, "How romantic, do dates usually go on such a big fuss?"
They never dated at all, and occasionally had a meal together, with silence as the main course. Fu Guanshan began to review the plot of the movie again, and then Meng Chu said, "No, I just gave him some gifts. Last Valentine's Day, I gave him a packaged wafer."
Seeing the other two in a daze, Meng Chu added: "It is a silicon wafer used to make semiconductor circuits. I etched nanoscale circuits on it. When you put it under a microscope, you can see a bunch of glowing roses with his and my names engraved on them."
He Zhen continued to be stunned, and Fu Guanshan was obviously moved again. Although he didn't understand half of what was said, it did not prevent it from being the most romantic imaginary gift he had ever received.
Meng Chu continued, "I used an etching machine to make the rose relief..."
"I am the luckiest man in the world." Fu Guanshan interrupted.
"Ah..." After a brief surprise, He Zhen quickly regained his composure, "Teacher Meng is really a romantic."
Meng Chu accepted the new character with shame.
"Alright," Fu Guanshan waved his hand at his co-star, "Teacher Meng will be back tomorrow to contribute to scientific research. Please don't disturb our world of two."
He put his arm around Meng Chu's shoulders and walked out with a hazy and dreamy smile.
Then he was patted.
Fu Guanshan turned his head and stared at his agent angrily.
"Brother..." Hai Qiu carefully pointed at his coat, "You can't wear the costume. You have to return it to the sponsor."
Fu Guanshan froze for a few seconds, then pretended to take off his clothes and handed them to him.
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