Chapter 25
Cheng Cheng was stopped by a stranger.
The young man with artistic shoulder-length hair said he was a director and had a project he wanted to discuss with her.
Cheng Cheng thought for five seconds and decided to give him this chance, so he asked his assistant and driver to wait in the car, while he walked into a cafe with him, holding his phone.
Cheng Cheng only had fifteen minutes left. In order to save time, the director named Lu Yang took out the script and showed it to her, saying that he wanted to invite Cheng Cheng to play the heroine of the play.
The script is adapted from the well-known comics——
A-Li, a junior sister of a secluded mountain sect, mistakenly enters a secret cave, only to be blocked by a barrier. Time flies, and when the barrier dissipates, A-Li emerges from the cave to discover that a century has passed outside. Her master and ancestors have long since turned to bones, and the sect has become a barren mountain. With no survival skills but exceptional martial arts, she faces the high-tech world of the 21st century and is unsure of where to turn...
After being cheated, deceived, and almost being abducted to the mountains to be a wife... after all kinds of twists and turns, Ali realized that the descendants of the former martial arts sects did not disappear, but integrated into the society. Some of them were worth tens of millions and were doing well, while others were sleeping on the streets. In the end, the "old antique" Ali also successfully integrated into the society and found like-minded partners.
Comics do not tell the story of one person, but the wonderful story of a group of people.
Lu Yang's script retains the essence of the comics. It does not deliberately highlight the heroine, but instead focuses on depicting the group friendship, making the story more touching.
It is worth mentioning that this is a script without any emotional scenes, only friendship, no love, which respects the original work very much.
Seeing Cheng Cheng fascinated by the script, Lu Yang felt relieved.
As soon as the project was launched and Lu Yang got the character setting for the heroine, he thought of Cheng Cheng. Cheng Cheng's face fits the heroine very well, especially her eyes, which are cold but with a hint of stubbornness, which is exactly the image of the heroine he wanted.
Unfortunately, when the script was handed to her company, it was directly rejected by her agent. He later interviewed several actors one after another, but felt that something was not right. So he did not give up and decided to try his luck directly with Cheng Cheng.
Cheng Cheng was so engrossed in the sight that her assistant Xiao Xia, who was waiting in the car, called to remind her that there was an upcoming event and it would be too late if she didn't leave now.
Cheng Cheng reluctantly closed the book and looked at Lu Yang: "This story is very interesting. I'm going to take the script back and take a closer look. We'll talk about it later."
After the two sides exchanged contact information, Cheng Cheng hurried to the next event.
After getting in the nanny car, Cheng Cheng was still thinking about the story he had just read and asked Xiao Xia, "Have you ever heard of "A Li"?
Unexpectedly, she was so excited. When she heard that Cheng Cheng wanted to play this role, she said, "Sister, you must take it. This comic is super popular! And it suits your image very well. I feel like you were born for this role!"
Hearing Xiao Xia say this, Cheng Cheng felt like making a move.
After finishing a day's work, Cheng Cheng went to the study, turned on a reading light, and continued reading the script.
She read until midnight before she finished the whole story.
The next morning, she called Su Qing.
Who knew that Su Qing would refuse it outright.
"This movie has a small budget and the director is not famous. I've already turned them down for you, but they're contacting you privately now?"
"I've read the script, it's really good, and the original comic is also famous. It shouldn't be a flop, right?" Cheng Cheng argued weakly.
"There are so many TV series adapted from comics, which one is popular?" Su Qing said angrily.
Cheng Cheng: “….”
Cheng Cheng fell silent, and Su Qing tried to persuade her in a slower tone, "Look at this drama you want to take on. From the director to the male lead, none of them are names I've ever heard of, and the investment isn't great either. If the investor withdraws mid-filming, you won't even get your salary back."
"You might as well take the one I picked for you. Playing the second female lead in a big director's role is better than playing the female lead in a low-budget web drama."
Because Cheng Cheng has become popular recently, Su Qing is praised wherever she goes. She has always been strong, so she spoke casually to Cheng Cheng.
Cheng Cheng decided to take a step back: "Sister, I've accepted the play you mentioned. As a condition, you also let me take on "A Li", okay?"
"No, the schedules of these two dramas conflict." Su Qing said.
Cheng Cheng: “….”
No wonder she didn't let me take on "A Li". It turned out that she had already made arrangements for me in her mind. She said she was giving me time to think about it, but she was just forcing me to submit. Cheng Cheng suddenly realized.
Cheng Cheng respected Su Qing, but she couldn't give in without a bottom line. She also turned cold and said firmly: "I'm determined to play the role of "A Li". As for the fairy tale drama, whoever wants to go can go."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
After staying in S City for a few months, Zhou Yue's mother finally decided to go back.
The reason was that the mistress had an "accidental" miscarriage, so the alarm was lifted. There was no more grudge between Xie Gufang and her husband, and she returned to Hong Kong to continue being a rich wife.
Zhou Yue sent his mother to the airport.
As Xie's mother was about to pass through the security checkpoint, she looked back at her son, moved her lips, and said, "Mom is not by your side, so take care of yourself."
As for the incident that happened many years ago, there was no explanation.
Zhou Yue noticed that his mother hesitated to speak, but he thought it was an apology for arranging the blind date without his permission.
Watching his mother disappear at the security checkpoint, Zhou Yue stood there with an unclear expression.
The phone in the inner pocket of the windbreaker vibrated twice, and a new text message was received.
He took out his cell phone, swiped his slender finger across the screen, and unlocked it successfully.
It was a strange text message with only two words on it: "Thank you."
Zhou Yue smiled slightly, put away his phone, and turned around calmly.
Worried that something might happen to the child, the old man hid the pregnant little Sanzang tightly.
Zhou Yue did nothing but revealed the mistress's address to his stepfather's eldest son.
As for what happened afterwards, it had nothing to do with him and he didn't know.
After sending his mother away, Zhou Yue felt much more at ease.
Suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind.
"It really is you." Rong Baochan said with a smile, "I was wondering if your back looked familiar."
"You..." Zhou Yue looked at Rong Baochan, who was wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, holding only a selfie stick in her hand. She didn't look like she was going to take a plane.
"You come too--" Zhou Yue wanted to say that you came to see someone off too.
Then Rong Baochan said, "You are here to pick me up at the airport too."
Zhou Yue: “…Huh?”
Who are you picking up? He's here to see me off.
"You must be mistaken, I am--" Before Zhou Yue could finish his words, he heard a noise.
When Rong Baochan heard the sound, her eyes lit up: "It's coming out, it's coming out!" Then she pulled Zhou Yue and started jogging.
Zhou Yue was confused but inexplicably followed Rong Baochan and ran.
"What are you going to do?" Zhou Yue asked while running.
Rong Baochan looked at him like a fool and said, "Meet me at the airport. Aren't you here to pick up Cheng Cheng?"
She neglected exercise and was out of breath after running a few steps. Zhou Yue was running in front of her, but when he heard this, he slowed down: "Ah, I'm not--"
Rong Baochan rested for a few seconds with her hands on her knees. When she saw several familiar staff members coming out of the exit, she was shocked and pulled Zhou Yue up to continue running.
"Hey, wait--" Zhou Yue rarely showed a trace of panic. □□ Baochan was like a chicken with its blood injected, and he couldn't break free for a while.
The originally quiet airport was flooded with a group of young men and women from all directions, some holding mobile phones, some holding cameras, and instantly blocked the exit.
When people gather together, they have no control over where they stand; it all depends on where the people behind them push them.
Zhou Yue and Rong Baochan were pushed to the front row by the people behind them and couldn't get out.
Rong Baochan excitedly found a good position and began to take out the letter she had prepared from her pocket.
In contrast, Zhou Yue looked at his shoes through the gap with a pale face.
A clear high heel print on Italian handmade leather shoes.
Zhou Yue: “........” Some pains can only be understood by oneself.
"Isn't this a bit of a violation of public order..." Zhou Yue grimaced in pain and questioned in a low voice.
The surrounding noise was so loud that Rong Baochan couldn't hear clearly: "What are you talking about... Hey, hey, hey, Cheng Cheng is out! Over there!!!"
The sound was like a horn, and the fans rushed forward in large numbers, holding their phones.
Airport security guards dressed in black also came out and staged a "battle of offense and defense" with the fans.
Zhou Yue took out his sunglasses from his pocket and put them on. After making sure that no one could recognize him, he also took a long step forward and followed.
These people looked so scary that he was afraid of accidents.
If a stampede occurs, it is no joke.
Fans lined up in two long queues in front of the exit, and the ends of the two queues were connected to form a "U" shape.
Zhou Yue started a little late, but fortunately he was fast and reached the end of the team.
Cheng Cheng, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, walked out of the corridor with his assistant.
Fans excitedly shouted Cheng Cheng's name, and Cheng Cheng nodded and smiled.
A fan handed a letter to the assistant, who took it.
The assistant waved off all other gifts and then repeated the same old thing for the ten-thousandth time: "Cheng Cheng really thanks everyone, but please don't pick me up at the airport next time. Be safe."
Airport security guards held hands and formed a human wall to try to separate Cheng Cheng from her fans.
But the fans kept pushing forward, and every step was difficult.
Fortunately, the road is not long. There is a parking lot around the corner and the nanny car is already waiting.
When they reached the corner, just as Cheng Cheng was waving goodbye to his fans, a person suddenly rushed out from the fork in the road.
At this point, most of the fans were standing still, and the security guards had relaxed their vigilance. The thin man was very agile, and in a few steps he came up to Cheng Cheng, his hand about to put on Cheng Cheng's shoulder——
"!" Cheng Cheng shrank back instinctively.
Someone kicked the thin man to the ground.
The security guard came to his senses at this time and quickly held down the thin man and dragged him away.
Cheng Cheng was still in shock when he saw a pair of black sunglasses. The high nose bridge and thin lips under the sunglasses looked particularly familiar.
"You..." Cheng Cheng stretched out his index finger, slightly surprised.
Zhou Yue still had anger on his face as he grabbed Cheng Cheng's slender wrist and walked away.
Because Zhou Yue's aura was too strong, completely different from the wretched man just now, no one went up to stop him.
The remaining fans looked at each other in bewilderment: "...Where did that guy just now come from?"
"Does anyone know him?"
"Who is it, so awesome?"
"Bodyguard, wearing sunglasses."
"This lousy company is finally willing to hire a bodyguard for my daughter? Don't curse at them before you go to bed tonight."
"Doesn't anyone think this bodyguard is pretentious?" someone said disdainfully, "He's wearing knock-off clothes and still thinks he's the boss."
Rong Baochan raised her hand: "Uh, how did you know it was a knockoff..."
"Needless to say, which bodyguard can afford a Patek Philippe watch? And Prada sunglasses, a Burberry trench coat..."
Rong Baochan: .....Let's just say, is there a possibility that he is not a bodyguard...
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