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When Lin Jingming knocked on Xia Zhitang's office door, Xia Zhitang was reviewing the film.
She glanced at Lin Jingming, who was suddenly wearing a shirt and combing his hair back into a slicked-back style. He looked just like the annoying guy he was when she first met him.
"Are you free next week? There's a good movie." Lin Jingming pulled out a chair and sat down, resting his arm on Xia Zhitang's desk, the scent of cologne wafting in the air.
"I can make time, but..." Xia Zhitang looked at him strangely: "Aren't you going to the party recommended by Director Cheng?"
"I didn't agree!" Lin Jingming was so shocked that he immediately took out his cell phone and poked the screen.
"Mr. Cheng asked me to pay more attention to the documentary project yesterday." Xia Zhitang slowly explained the cause and effect.
"Don't worry about him."
Lin Jingming sent the message in a depressed tone, and when he looked up, he bumped into Xia Zhitang's face with curved eyebrows and eyes.
"why are you laughing?"
Lin Jingming, whose heartbeat slowed down a bit, didn't even notice that his questioning words were tinged with tenderness, like a cat squinting its eyes and stretching out its claws to bluff.
"You have a really good relationship with Mr. Cheng." Xia Zhitang had long noticed that although Lin Jingming and Cheng Shubai disliked each other in words, they still regarded each other as brothers in their hearts.
"Illusion." Lin Jingming looked at the WeChat interface that was constantly popping up with emoticons. "He's on my blacklist."
This time, Xia Zhitang really couldn't hold back his laughter.
"Don't bother with him." Lin Jingming knocked on the table in front of Xia Zhitang in frustration. "I'm asking you something serious. Do you want to watch a movie together?"
Xia Zhitang glanced at the densely packed first draft on the film review software that was driving Lin Jingming crazy, and nodded in understanding.
"You want to organize the post-production department to review films and improve their aesthetics, right?" She looked at Lin Jingming's comment on one of his comments, "Watch more films!!!" and felt a deep agreement with it.
Lin Jingming was about to explain and make amends, but Xia Zhitang sighed as if he felt the same way.
"There are a lot of newcomers this time, and they don't seem to understand the difference between feature films and documentaries. The emotional expressions are either too subjective or too commercial."
Before she finished complaining, the phone rang.
"Mr. Cheng." Xia Zhitang showed the name popping up on the phone screen.
"Don't tell him I'm here!" Lin Jingming waved his hands listlessly and lay on the chair pretending to be dead.
"Hello, Mr. Cheng." Xia Zhitang answered the phone.
"Is Lao Lin here?" Cheng Shubai on the other end of the phone sounded a little excited.
Xia Zhitang glanced at Lin Jingming, who was looking down at his phone. "He hasn't returned to the company yet."
"He blocked me!" Cheng Shubai on the other end of the phone was a little excited.
"Did you make him angry?" Xia Zhitang asked with pretended curiosity, suppressing a smile.
"I advised him to go to that party but he refused. It was assigned by the leader! Do you know how rare this opportunity is?" Cheng Shubai's voice became louder and louder, making Xia Zhitang's ears hurt.
She turned on the hands-free mode and placed her phone on the table. "Just have a good chat with him. You know, he responds to soft tactics rather than harsh ones."
Lin Jingming glared at Xia Zhitang. How come he didn’t know that he was a soft-hearted person?
"Please help me persuade him. If you act coquettishly, he might agree." Cheng Shubai said jokingly.
Lin Jingming stared at his phone with gritted teeth, secretly deciding to keep this person on the blacklist for a while longer.
"I can help you convey that you are eager for him to take over this party." Xia Zhitang changed the subject and retorted sarcastically, "Besides, I think he would like to see you act coquettishly. If you can dress up as Miss Bunny, it might be even more effective."
When Lin Jingming thought of Cheng Shubai with golden curly hair, bright red lips and a bunny costume, he couldn't help laughing so hard that his shoulders shook.
If he didn't want to expose his presence, he would have slammed the table and whistled at the same time.
"Why don't you sacrifice yourself and play the rabbit for me?" Cheng Shubai said meaningfully, "Trust me, he will give you his life immediately if you ask for it."
Lin Jingming's mind was filled with the image of Xia Zhitang wearing cat ears when filming "Blue Luan Jie". His body was still unable to suppress his smile due to inertia, but his face turned red in an instant.
Xia Zhitang glanced at Lin Jingming, who was blushing from trying to hold back his laughter, and said, "It would be more impactful if you do it yourself."
With Lin Jingming covering his mouth and laughing like a shrimp in the background, Xia Zhitang suddenly didn't want to continue arguing with Cheng Shubai.
"Goodbye, Mr. Cheng. I have to get busy now."
Without waiting for Cheng Shubai to react, she hung up the phone with a "click": "Hang up, feel free to laugh out loud."
Lin Jingming accurately caught the flash of displeasure on Xia Zhitang's face and immediately put away his smile.
"Don't pay attention to him." He panted and coaxed Xia Zhitang, "Next time I'll hold him down and pretend to be a rabbit."
"The employees outside would rather see you dressed as a rabbit." Xia Zhitang pointed outside faster than she thought, and she regretted it the moment she said it.
Lin Jingming couldn't help but brighten up his eyes: "What about you? Whose do you want to see?"
Xia Zhitang picked up the soft pillow behind his back and threw it at him: "Or I'll block you too!"
Lin Jingming, who was hit by the soft pillow, lay down on the chair and picked up the soft pillow that was about to fall to the ground.
"I surrender, I surrender!" He held the soft pillow that still retained Xia Zhitang's body temperature in his arms. "Your pillow is of good quality. It's quite soft."
Xia Zhitang pointed at the door with gritted teeth: "Lin Jingming, goodbye!"
"Just consider this pillow a gift to me. You know the director's waist needs to be taken good care of." Lin Jingming tucked the pillow under his arm and ran out before Xia Zhitang got completely mad. He also considerately helped Xia Zhitang close the door.
Xia Zhitang looked at the swivel chair across from him that was still rocking, and suddenly remembered the film-playing meeting that had not yet been finalized, and couldn't help but sigh.
"You really won't take over the party?" Cheng Shubai, who was finally released from Lin Jingming's blacklist, was still struggling.
"No, I'm going to Harbin with Xia Xia during the Spring Festival to direct the filming." Lin Jingming was typing on the keyboard happily with the soft pillow he got from Xia Zhitang and the coffee cup given by Xia Zhitang in his hand.
"You're choosing beauty over power!" Cheng Shubai cursed angrily, "How foolish!"
"Old Cheng, you should train some young directors." Lin Jingming suggested seriously, "I can help you find some good ones while I can still do it."
"Bah, you're only in your 30s, it's the best time!" Cheng Shubai almost shouted at the phone until it exploded, "Lin Jingming, don't even think about being lazy!"
"I'm almost 40," Lin Jingming said calmly. "Society is changing so rapidly. You need to inject fresh blood and new perspectives to slowly cultivate people."
He didn't decline the invitation to the gala solely because he wanted to make a documentary. "Old Cheng, a good director can't always be obsessed with fame and fortune. He needs to stop and get in touch with real society, walk among the people, and observe what kind of life ordinary people lead, and what kind of pain and difficulties they encounter."
These words were the original intention that Lin Jingming regained after experiencing the changes in the Su family, and they were what he sincerely wanted to do recently.
"Sorry, I knocked."
When Lin Jingming raised his eyes, he saw Xia Zhitang standing at the door, smiling and looking at him innocently.
"Think carefully about what I said. I'm hanging up now."
He put down the phone, curled the corners of his mouth, raised his eyebrows and looked at Xia Zhitang: "How much did you eavesdrop?"
"Your door is not closed." Xia Zhitang corrected Lin Jingming's words and closed the door.
"But it's nothing shameful." Lin Jingming hoped that Xia Zhitang would hear all his brilliant quotes from beginning to end.
"Director Lin said it very well." Xia Zhitang felt that Lin Jingming's image became much more majestic because of this realization.
"That's right." Lin Jingming felt very happy. "Do you feel excited?"
“林景明，你哪儿学的土味情话？”夏知棠被林景明的油腻话语恶心到一哆嗦，“真的太土了，你在其他人面前这么说会被揍的。”
She handed the document to Lin Jingming: "Let's check the shooting schedule first."
"I'm serious." Lin Jingming held Xia Zhitang's wrist and decided not to beat around the bush and go straight to the point.
The documents in Xia Zhitang's hand clattered all over the table. "Lin, Lin Jingming."
A long-lost nervousness mixed with a little joy surged into her heart, and she seemed to be back in the editing room that spring.
At that time, he pushed her into a corner, and although he didn't say it clearly, he hinted at it.
"Xia Zhitang, you and I are both free." Lin Jingming's deep voice brought Xia Zhitang back to reality, "A beautiful lady is a good match for a gentleman."
"I, I'm not ready to start another relationship so soon." Xia Zhitang looked at the big hand that was holding his wrist openly, and it was a little difficult to sort out his inner thoughts at the moment.
"Okay, then wait until you figure it out before accepting me." Lin Jingming took Xia Zhitang's hand and gently kissed the back of her hand.
"You have no moral integrity!" He said this, but his actions...
"You have to understand how I've been waiting for so many years." Lin Jingming smiled and let go of Xia Zhitang's wrist. "Okay, come and check the schedule with me."
"No touching!"
Xia Zhitang stared at Lin Jingming warily, and only moved over half-believingly after he nodded innocently.
Fortunately, Lin Jingming was not so confused as to delay his work. The two of them each put forward some communication ideas and shooting focuses based on the materials they shot. It took them more than half an hour to finally finalize most of the details.
"You won't be with Qingwu during the New Year?" Lin Jingming was a little worried that Xia Zhitang would regret it. After all, this was her first Spring Festival after her divorce.
"Well, one year on each side."
Both the Gu family and Gu Zian were very fair in the divorce matter, and Xia Zhitang felt that there was no need to argue about who Qingwu would spend the first Spring Festival with.
"It's okay. From now on, no matter Qingwu is there or not, I will be with you every year." Lin Jingming rubbed the top of Xia Zhitang's head.
"Lin Jingming, I'm going back first."
As soon as Xia Zhitang stood up, Lin Jingming pulled him back and circled him on the sofa.
"Give me a kiss before you go."
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