Chapter 54
Before the movie started, the person in charge was already circling around Rong Jing and the other three.
However, not long after, something needed his attention at the cinema, so the person in charge called his men over. The man who opened the door was a man a few years younger than the person in charge, but he looked to be around 37 or 38 years old.
Rong Jing glanced at the sign hanging on his chest. It read the other person's name: Zhang Guoyuan.
When Zhang Guoyuan was called in by his boss, his heart was pounding with excitement. He had already heard from his boss that someone from the Xie family was coming, and he had even told Xiao Sheng's agent the news to give him a good deal. However, when he asked his boss who the person was, he didn't tell him, only saying, "You'll know when the time comes."
Now, we finally meet.
Zhang Guoyuan didn't recognize Rong Jing, and seeing how young he was, he didn't take him seriously. He did take a few more glances at the tightly wrapped Song Zhiye, but since he didn't seem to be planning on removing his sunglasses and mask, he decided not to continue prying.
Of course, the main reason was that he recognized Nie Liu and Yan Yingyao.
The two young masters' daily behavior can't be called low-key at all. They are as ostentatious as Nie Liu's car and have been on the hot search list many times. In addition, Yan Yingyao's family also has a business involving cinema chain brands, so Zhang Guoyuan recognized Yan Yingyao after just two more glances.
Zhang Guoyuan marveled inwardly. He had originally thought it would be someone from the Xie family who liked Xiao Sheng, but it turned out to be Yan Yingyao...? Yan Yingyao liked Xiao Sheng, came to chase his idol, and even specifically came to the Xie family to do so. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed a little strange. But then he thought about it. Yan Yingyao's rebellious nature didn't seem to have a good relationship with his family. He had heard others complain about the Yan family's frivolous behavior.
Therefore, it was probably because his family did not give him face, so Yan Yingyao turned to Xie for help.
No matter what the secret is, the only thing that can be confirmed now is that Xiao Sheng is really lucky.
The eldest son of the Yan family and the sixth son of the Nie family are more capable than the children of the senior management of the Xie family.
Thinking of this, he became more humble and respectful towards the four people. Then, he smiled at Yan Yingyao and Nie Liu and said, "Young Master Yan, Young Master Nie, Mr. Xiao Sheng was very happy to learn that you two had come to participate in his roadshow. He specifically asked us to entertain you well."
When Yan Yingyao heard this, his eyebrows raised immediately.
He and Nie Liu exchanged a glance, twitched his lips, and said something ambiguous: "Really?"
"Of course, of course. He also asked me to find the best seats for you two."
Nie Liu's face remained unchanged upon hearing this, but he scoffed inwardly. On the way here, he had already learned a little secret from Song Zhiye. While he wasn't sure if what Song Zhiye said was true, he had previously had someone investigate him because his cousin liked him. He knew that although he was in the entertainment industry, he was clean and a pretty good guy.
Having had a good initial impression of Song Zhiye, the opposite impression naturally came to Xiao Sheng.
After hearing what Zhang Guoyuan said, Nie Liu felt more and more that Xiao Sheng was indeed not as simple as he seemed. In a cinema owned by Xie's, he could still maintain such a close relationship with one of the persons in charge. It seemed unusual no matter how you looked at it.
Nie Liu said, "I understand. You don't have to worry about us. We can just go to the theater by ourselves when the time comes."
At this point, it would be a bit unreasonable for Zhang Guoyuan to continue to stay in the reception room. He quickly agreed and left the reception room quickly. As soon as he stepped out the door, he sent a message to Xiao Sheng's agent.
When Xiao Sheng's manager saw the words 'Young Master Yan' and 'Young Master Nie', his eyes lit up. He pulled Xiao Sheng aside and shouted, "Xiao Sheng, your fortune has only just begun! With connections like these two, everyone will know you have a strong backing, and your resources will only get better and better."
When Xiao Sheng heard this, he felt a little disappointed that the person who came was not a direct executive of Xie's family, but as the agent said, Yan's family and Nie's family were not bad either. Both of them were super rich second-generations. If he could make friends with them, there would definitely be more and more capital willing to support him.
A smile appeared on his face, and he suddenly felt that time was passing so slowly. He couldn't wait to go to the cinema for the roadshow and talk to Yan Yingyao and the others.
The movie started on time at 3:10 pm.
Rong Jing and the other three were arranged the best seats for watching the movie.
Normally, Song Zhiye would have symbolically vomited twice when he saw Xiao Sheng's sign or advertisement, but today, when he heard he had to sit in the middle, he remained silent. He even switched seats with Nie Liu, choosing the most central one. This reaction caused the other three to turn and look at him, their eyes filled with surprise and curiosity.
Song Zhiye touched his nose and said honestly, "I just want to take a closer look to see if there's anything wrong with this scumbag's acting."
oh.
The three of them nodded in unison.
I understand. Others come to watch the movie, but Song Zhiye comes to find fault.
I guess sitting in the middle wouldn’t be enough. It would be better to provide a magnifying glass and play it at 0.5 times the speed.
Song Zhiye felt a little embarrassed by Nie Liu's laughter, but Nie Liu was very tactful despite his laughter. He even gave Song Zhiye some advice: "Look, from what Zhang Guoyuan said, I think Xiao Sheng will definitely come to talk to us about the movie in front of the media. When the time comes, give me the thorns you picked out, and I'll put them back for you."
Song Zhiye: “!”
His eyes suddenly filled with tears. He shook Nie Liu's hand tightly and praised him, "Young Master Nie Liu, you are such a good person."
Nie Liu enjoyed the flattery and immediately exclaimed, "You're too kind."
Rong Jing and Yan Yingyao, who watched the whole process, said: "..."
Yan Yingyao warned: "Be careful of being scolded by his fans."
Nie Liu snorted, not caring at all: "Curse them all, can they curse better than me? As long as I'm willing to pay, there are plenty of people who can help me curse back. If they have the guts to come to our door, that's even better. I can use this opportunity to promote our security company. Wouldn't that be a lucrative opportunity?"
Yan Yingyao was silent for two seconds, and suddenly felt that Nie Liu had inherited some of his parents' business genes.
As clever as a monkey.
A few minutes later, the lights in the theater went out and the movie began.
Xiao Sheng's new movie is a police and gangster film. In it, Xiao Sheng plays a young policeman who is not afraid of hardships and always sticks to the right path even when his life is threatened. Song Zhiye simply sneers at Xiao Sheng's role as this character.
But after watching the whole movie, Song Zhiye couldn't help but sigh that it was really a bad apple that spoiled the whole barrel.
With Xiao Sheng's current status, the scripts he could get were certainly of decent quality, not to mention that the director, screenwriter, and producer of this film were all well-known names in the industry. If this film didn't make the top ten in film history at the box office, it would be considered a failure.
It is conceivable how much Xiao Sheng profited from this.
Just as he was thinking about it, Nie Liu poked Song Zhiye's arm, leaned over and whispered, "It's a good shot, what do you think?"
If Song Zhiye didn't know that Nie Liu was on the same side as him, he would have thought that he was provoking him.
Song Zhiye also whispered, "It's a very good shot."
Then he muttered his thoughts on the highlights and areas that could be revised. Nie Liu listened carefully, nodding repeatedly. At that moment, the Easter egg ended, and the theater lit up brightly. Immediately afterwards, the host, dressed in roadshow attire, stepped onto the stage and invited out several actors, directors, and screenwriters who had come to participate in the roadshow.
As soon as the few of them appeared, the entire theater erupted in excited screams.
Nie Liu rubbed his ears and thought that the girl next to him was almost the same as his cousin. Her voice was really loud.
However, when Nie Liu looked over, he realized the item the girl was holding wasn't Xiao Sheng's, but Lian Yichen's. Reflecting on it, he realized Lian Yichen was the villain in the movie, wearing Zhang Zhouzheng's face and doing all sorts of diabolical things. Compared to the protagonist, Xiao Sheng, Nie Liu actually felt Lian Yichen's performance was superior.
But this may just be his personal feeling.
The little girl and Song Zhiye turned their heads to look at him when they heard his comments.
The former had an expression of "Wow, you have good taste."
The latter had an appreciative look on his face, as if to say, "It seems we feel the same way."
Nie Liu: “…”
I hope it’s not the idol halo and hatred for the scumbag ex-boyfriend that are at work.
While the two were talking in low voices, Rong Jing's eyes were always fixed on the front.
There seemed to be a certain order in which the participants of the film roadshow would go on stage. Rong Jing noticed that the director, wearing a hat, and the lead actor, Xiao Sheng, were placed in the middle of a row. His eyes fell on Xiao Sheng, and he couldn't help but frown.
According to Song Zhiye, if Panpan was forced to death by Xiao Sheng, then Panpan would probably follow Xiao Sheng after his death. But now there is no one beside Xiao Sheng.
This wasn't surprising. If, as he had initially imagined, Xiao Sheng had someone behind him helping him, then Pan Pan would have been completely eliminated.
Whether it is a human or a ghost.
But what really surprised Rong Jing was that even without Pan Pan, Xiao Sheng was still surrounded by a strong ghostly aura. How strong was this ghostly aura? Even Rong Jing, sitting in the eighth row of this large theater, could smell the strong odor.
He could be absolutely sure that Xiao Sheng was not clean.
Ninety percent of what Song Zhiye told him was true.
Rong Jing remained silent for a long time, and Nie Liu and the others all turned their gazes on him. Not missing the slightly cold expression on the young man's face, the three of them exchanged glances, and Yan Yingyao softly asked, "Master, is there something wrong with this Xiao Sheng?"
Rong Jing nodded.
Seeing this, Nie Liu immediately patted his chest and promised: "Then leave it to me from now on. See how I can embarrass him."
…
After Xiao Sheng entered the theater, his first reaction was to look for Yan Yingyao and Nie Liu in the center of the seats. However, because Song Zhiye, who was wrapped tightly, was too conspicuous, Xiao Sheng couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
The more I look at it, the more familiar it seems.
Why does he look so much like Song Zhiye?
Could it be that the sight of him in the parking lot wasn't just an illusion? But that didn't make sense either. He was sitting next to Nie Liu. How could Song Zhiye be so capable? If Song Zhiye could match the Sixth Young Master of the Nie family, would he have been tormented to this point?
So, it must be his illusion.
After Xiao Sheng convinced himself, he immediately turned his gaze to Nie Liu and Yan Yingyao, and smiled when Yan Yingyao looked at him. Yan Yingyao paused his lazy breath as he leaned back in his chair, and a smile appeared on his face as if to say hello.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Sheng became more and more convinced that these two young masters came for him.
He was excited and happened to hear the host ask with a smile: "Brother Xiao looks very happy, can you share your feelings with everyone?"
Xiao Sheng came back to his senses, holding the microphone and smiling: "I'm really happy. After all, I never dared to think that I could work with such an excellent crew before. And I just saw everyone's expressions, and I feel that everyone should be very satisfied with "Thick Fog"."
Upon hearing this, the host immediately turned to the audience and asked loudly, "Do you think that 'Thick Fog' is filmed very well and is it particularly satisfying?"
"yes!!"
The approving voices in the theater were so loud that they almost blew the roof off.
After the symbolic introductions, the question-and-answer session soon arrived. At the director's and others' beckoning, the host called a woman to her feet. The woman, with her ponytail tied and a graceful demeanor, opened her mouth and said, "Hello, everyone! I'm a student at Yancheng Public Security University."
As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her with amazement. The girl smiled, then turned her gaze to Xiao Sheng and asked, "I think Brother Xiao has a great image and plays the role of a police officer very well, which matches your temperament very well. I want to ask, if you weren't an actor, would you consider becoming a police officer?"
Xiao Sheng smiled sheepishly upon hearing this, then explained, "You know what? My dream since I was little has been to be a police officer. However, my grades weren't good back then, and I was always thinking about playing around. By the time I realized I needed to study hard, it was already too late. However, playing an honest police officer in 'Thick Fog' feels like a dream come true."
He spoke in a sanctimonious manner, but Song Zhiye secretly revealed a piece of information to Rong Jing: "This girl is Panpan's neighbor's sister."
Before Rong Jing and the others could show any surprise, the girl smiled and nodded: "Okay."
She didn't say anything else, and the creative team chose the next audience member. This time, the director asked Xiao Sheng to choose the person, and Xiao Sheng saw the opportunity and without hesitation, he chose Nie Liu.
For a moment, all the cameras were aimed at Nie Liu's face. Nie Liu smiled, but thought in his heart - you are asking for death.
Then he stood up, took the microphone, and said, "Hello, creative team! You can call me Nie Liu. First, let me share my thoughts on the entire film. I think it's very well-made, the plot is very clear, and the fight scenes are very exciting. However, as a fan of Mr. Xiao, I love him deeply and criticize him deeply. I feel that Mr. Xiao Sheng's acting skills can be improved."
Xiao Sheng was originally waiting for Nie Liu to praise him, but when Nie Liu suddenly said these words, Xiao Sheng was completely stunned.
His ears began to buzz and the smile on his face gradually became stiff.
Even the creative team and the audience nearby looked at Nie Liu in disbelief. Nie Liu was not at all flustered and recounted all the details of Xiao Sheng's poor acting throughout the entire movie. He forgot halfway through and even picked up the notebook in his hand.
He smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll remember it."
Everyone: “…”
The little girl sitting next to Nie Liu stared at him with a look full of admiration.
Wow, what a warrior.
Can you say something like this at a roadshow?
In fact, "Thick Fog" has been released for two days, and major bloggers and passers-by have also watched the movie. Many people feel that Xiao Sheng's performance in the movie was completely suppressed by the second villain Lian Yichen. After all, Lian Yichen's performance was amazing, and the various details when he played the villain could be included in the textbooks, giving people a shocking feeling of goose bumps.
But after the truth was spoken out, both big Vs and passers-by were subjected to severe insults from Xiao Sheng's fans, and some were even exposed.
Moreover, those discerning passersby at least expressed their opinions on social media, but the guy in front of me... was just showing off right in front of me. Isn't that a bit too arrogant?
Look at Xiao Sheng's face, it's almost as black as coal.
The little girl looked at Xiao Sheng, then at Nie Liu.
Nie Liu didn't seem to notice anything was wrong at all, and even said teasingly, "Mr. Xiao Sheng, you shouldn't mind me saying so much, right? I mean no harm. As your fan, I just hope you get better and better, and that sooner or later you'll be at the pinnacle of the entertainment industry!"
Rong Jing: “…”
Yan Yingyao: “…”
Song Zhiye: "Pfft."
Song Zhiye was close to Nie Liu, and the microphone had good reception, so the laughter he couldn't hold back was instantly carried to every corner of the theater by the speakers.
This was like a signal. The other fans of the main actors who had disliked Xiao Sheng all lowered their heads and covered their mouths to laugh, while Xiao Sheng himself and his fans frowned tightly, looking at Nie Liu and Song Zhiye with murderous eyes.
Apart from them, the expressions of the main creative team were also not good.
Especially the director.
He could have just said that this guy named Nie Liu was just there to cause trouble, but he just listened to Nie Liu's conversation and felt that it made sense. He had been dissatisfied with those scenes during the filming, but that was already Xiao Sheng's best performance, so what could he do?
The director gave his assistant a look, and the assistant looked helpless and quickly pointed to his cell phone.
So the director took advantage of the person in front of him to open his phone, and on it was a WeChat message from his assistant: Director, that's a super rich second-generation, the sixth young master of the Nie family, you can't offend him.
director:"……"
Fortunately, after disgusting everyone, Nie Liu smiled and said, "I hope to see a better Xiao Sheng," and then handed the microphone to the staff.
...This posture made it seem like he really liked Xiao Sheng.
Unfortunately, after hearing this blessing, Xiao Sheng's face became as ugly as it could be.
And standing here at this moment, I always feel a sense of panic.
Why did things suddenly turn out like this?
Didn't Zhang Guoyuan say that Nie Liushao was his fan? But why did he seem so hostile to him? He didn't believe what Nie Liu said, that it was for his own good.
Xiao Sheng has been in the entertainment industry for so long and has seen all kinds of monsters and demons. He can be completely sure that Nie Liu has bad intentions.
This confusing and uneasy feeling was like a tangled yarn wrapped around his heart, strangling him to the point of suffocating him. After the roadshow finally ended, Xiao Sheng ignored the expressions of the other members of the creative team and turned to head for the break room.
Lian Yichen and the others who stayed behind exchanged glances. The second female lead shrugged and said in a low voice, "Looks like we hit the nail on the head. That face is so ugly. The audience who stood up earlier is probably in trouble."
They have all seen with their own eyes the fighting power of Xiao Sheng's fans.
Hearing this, the other leading actor waved his hand and said, "No."
The second female lead was surprised: "Why not? Xiao Cheng doesn't look like the kind of person who wouldn't mind."
The lead actor laughed. "Xiao Sheng likes to argue, but he has to be able to argue better than the other party. Didn't you hear him introduce himself? Nie Liu, Yancheng's famous playboy. If Xiao Sheng wants to cause trouble for him, he probably doesn't have the qualifications."
Of course, Xiao Sheng could also seek help from the capital behind him, but who would offend the Nie family for such a small matter?
Besides, while Nie Liu's behavior wasn't very friendly towards Xiao Sheng, it did create a buzz for the entire film team. He expected that once today's roadshow video was released, discussion about their film would increase again.
Second female lead: “…”
Looking at it this way, Xiao Sheng seemed to have hit a wall.
…
Xiao Sheng, whose speculation had hit a wall, suddenly pushed open the door of the lounge. The person in charge of Hengya Cinema was polite and prepared separate lounges for several leading actors. Therefore, the closer he got to the lounge, the uglier Xiao Sheng's expression became. In the end, he didn't even pretend.
When he entered the room, his agent was chatting with Zhang Guoyuan. Seeing him come back, he immediately went to greet him excitedly, a little surprised: "Why are you back so soon? Didn't you wait for Master Yan and the others to come out and invite them to dinner?"
After thinking about it, he felt that it was unrealistic for Xiao Sheng to wait there, and then he said: "It's okay, I'll ask Zhang Guoyuan to stay for a while, and it will be the same for them."
Hearing this, Xiao Sheng's anger could hardly be controlled: "Come on, do you really think that Yan Yingyao and Nie Liu came to the roadshow because they like me?"
The agent was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Given these two people's identities, if they were not really interested in Xiao Sheng, would they come to participate in a small roadshow?
The agent's words were still stuck in his throat when Xiao Sheng sneered, "They came here to laugh at me!"
He didn't want to recall the scene at the roadshow, but just said to his agent: "You can find out by searching online. The public opinion must have exploded now."
The agent also realized from Xiao Sheng's words that something was wrong, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared. He pursed his lips tightly, lowered his head and searched for the words "thick fog Yancheng roadshow" on Weibo. Soon, the content of the relevant marketing account appeared in front of the agent.
Zhang Xiaogou: Holy shit, my family, how can someone be so cowardly! Something that shocked my whole family happened – a fan submission posted a post about the roadshow of “Thick Fog” at Hengya Shopping Mall in Yancheng. An audience member directly criticized Xiao Sheng, writing down a notebook about Xiao Sheng’s poor acting in “Thick Fog” and recounting all of it to Xiao Sheng’s face!
The agent clicked on the video and after watching it for only a minute, he angrily threw his phone onto the sofa.
"Fuck, what does he mean?"
"How should I know? I didn't offend him." Xiao Sheng's brows were furrowed and his voice sounded even colder.
The agent took a deep breath, picked up his phone again, and when he turned to the topic again, he was suddenly stunned and quickly grabbed Xiao Sheng's arm: "Wait, Xiao Sheng, look. They said the two people sitting between Nie Liu and Yan Shao are Rong Jing and Song Zhiye!"
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