The Storm Party
Chen Xiu frowned slightly when he heard this. He didn't like others touching his things, so he subconsciously said, "I'll keep it myself..."
When Lu Wen saw Shen Xiu’s slightly twisted eyebrows, he instantly understood what Shen Xiu meant, and hurriedly explained: “Don’t worry, I’m just helping you put your luggage back to the hotel room arranged by the crew, and I won’t touch your things.”
He had heard that Shen Xiu had a strong sense of territory, so he would naturally arrange everything so that Shen Xiu would not feel disgusted.
Lu Wen's words made Shen Xiu feel relieved and not touch his things... Wait, other people also have good intentions, am I being too nosy?
Shen Xiu realized it belatedly and looked at Lu Wen awkwardly: "Sorry, I'm sorry for the trouble."
Lu Wen was just like when he met Shen Xiu at the airport. He hadn't been treated so politely for a long time. He was stunned by Shen Xiu's words for a moment, and then hurriedly waved his hand.
The smile on his face deepened, and it was more sincere than before: "It's okay, it's okay. It's not a big deal. It's all due."
Although Shen Xiu's voice was indifferent, whether it was sincere or false, it was much better than those people who were too lazy to even pretend.
"Let's go." Reuven said, leading the way.
The sky gradually darkened. If Lu Wen had not been here many times before, he would have been afraid that he would get lost after leaving the hotel area.
“Yeah.” Shen Xiu responded and followed Lu Wen.
The two had only met once before when they signed the contract, and Shen Xiu was not much more familiar with Lu Wen than with Jin Can.
In an unfamiliar environment, with strangers around, Chen Xiu subconsciously tensed up, and when he walked he subconsciously looked around and listened in all directions, wishing he could reach the end in one step and put an end to this awkward situation of walking with strangers and not knowing what to talk about.
Lu Wen was walking in front and didn't see Shen Xiu, but the presence of Shen Xiu behind him was so strong that he couldn't ignore it.
Lu Wen didn't know if it was because of the big temperature difference between day and night here, or because Shen Xiu was walking behind him with his eyes on him, but he always felt uneasy when he walked in front.
Not to mention that it was now completely dark, and the only way to walk was by the vaguely visible markings on the roadside. This made Reuven think of the scene in "The Storm". He had the illusion that someone would point a gun at him from behind and he would jump away in the next second, and he felt very scared.
In order to escape from this terrifying feeling as quickly as possible, Lu Wen unconsciously quickened his pace.
Shen Xiu was walking behind, and when he saw Lu Wen quicken his pace, he felt a sense of sympathy.
Sure enough, Lu Wen was just like him, not used to being with strangers. Look, his pace had quickened a lot.
Wait... If I speed up my pace now, I can quickly escape from the awkward and silent situation with Reuven, a stranger. If I meet someone even more unfamiliar than Reuven later, wouldn't I be even more embarrassed?
Shen Xiu: “…”
Is it too late for him to walk slower now?
Lu Wen saw a group of people vaguely in the distance, and as if he saw hope, he spoke in a relaxed tone: "We'll be there soon!"
Shen Xiu: ...Okay, it's too late.
"Who to see?" Shen Xiu struggled desperately.
About to escape from the suffocating scene of being stared at by Shen Xiu from behind, Lu Wen was in a good mood: “You’ll know later.”
Shen Xiu: “…Okay.”
Such an answer is terrible!
As night falls, with no lights and only a little moonlight to illuminate the land, after we leave the hotel, the area becomes more and more desolate and remote.
Being in a strange country, Shen Xiu couldn't help but develop 'paranoia', feeling like he was being sold out by Lu Wen. His body became even more tense, his eyes fixed on a group of people in the distance, his gaze involuntarily searching around for a place where he could hide in case of an unexpected situation.
“Chen Xiu, you’re here!”
Just as Shen Xiu was concentrating and alert, a familiar voice came into Shen Xiu's ears.
Shen Xiu looked carefully and saw a figure squatting on the ground stand up, patted the dust on his body, and then walked towards him.
"!" Shen Xiu's whole body froze. The nervousness of meeting a stranger disappeared, and the nervousness of facing his idol came instead.
Shen Xiu moved his throat and walked towards the person who came.
Because of nervousness, Shen Xiu's voice was a little hoarse: "Propaganda!"
After saying that, Shen Xiu stood in front of Xuan Yushu, not knowing where to put his hands due to his awkwardness.
There was only a tiny crescent moon hanging in the sky, and the moonlight was so bright that even the outlines of a person's facial features could not be clearly seen.
Before Shen Xiu came, Xuan Yushu had been lying on the ground trying to feel the situation. Shen Xiu didn't recognize him until he heard Xuan Yushu's voice.
Xuan Yushu couldn't see Shen Xiu's face, he only saw a dark shadow in front of him that was much taller than him.
Just by the familiar cold voice of Shen Xiu, Xuan Yushu could recognize Shen Xiu without even looking at his face: "Shen Xiu, long time no see."
Shen Xiu's mind was buzzing, and he followed Xuan Yushu's words and responded: "Well, long time no see."
"Hahaha, what a surprise." With Xuan Yushu around, Lu Wen relaxed a lot and joked with a smile.
Shen Xiu nodded seriously: “Yeah, very pleasantly surprised.”
Reuven: “…”
Who can remain so calm when faced with a surprise? It was obvious that Shen Xiu was pretending to be surprised to cooperate with him!
Xuan Yushu waved to Lu Wen: "Okay, go and do your thing. There are still a few people who haven't arrived yet. Go and pick them up. Call me after you're done, and we'll go over there."
Lu Wen nodded: "Okay, bye."
After saying goodbye, Lu Wen left. Without Shen Xiu staring at him hungrily, Lu Wen's steps became much lighter.
After Lu Wen left, Xuan Yushu raised his hand and called Shen Xiu: “Let’s go over here.”
"Okay." Shen Xiu responded and followed Xuan Yushu.
"Get familiar with the surrounding environment. If nothing goes wrong, the desert scenes will be completed here in the next week."
Chen Xiu had read the script, and when he arrived at Amara, he knew that he was going to film here, but he didn't know the location. Hearing this, he looked around and silently noted down the locations of the sand dunes and rock walls that were undulating in the dark.
Xuan Yushu asked casually, "Didn't expect the director to be me?"
"I never thought that I would turn around and make commercial films."
Aren’t we talking about the filming location? Why are we suddenly talking about who the director is? Shen Xiu responded in a daze: “Yeah.”
One of their courses is to understand the shooting preferences of famous directors of different periods. Xuan Yushu, as a famous director who is known as a genius in modern times, is naturally within the scope of understanding.
In the beginning, Xuan Yushu bowed to reality countless times for the sake of money and made many purely commercial films. Since he became famous, he no longer touches commercial films and focuses on his favorite art films.
Chen Xiu was naturally aware of these things, but what he didn't know was why Xuan Yushu would talk to him about these things. Apart from agreeing with him, he didn't know how to respond at all.
Xuan Yushu continued: "Lu Wen doesn't like adaptations and prefers to write his own scripts. From the perspective of commercial films, I don't like it very much."
"After all, the audience doesn't recognize the screenwriter, let alone pay for a screenwriter."
For Xuan Yushu, he likes to make money directly by making commercial films, and having a fan base is the safest choice.
Shen Xiu: “…”
Save... Putting aside the fact that the director is his idol, the director of "The Storm" told him, the second male lead, that he didn't like the screenwriter of "The Storm".
How should he respond? !
Shen Xiu’s mind was in a mess, and he had the urge to die.
Chen Xiu didn't know how to answer, so he could only be thankful that Lu Wen was not here, otherwise the director and screenwriter of "Storm" would have been battling on the Shura field, and he, the second male villain who accidentally mixed in, would have been in an awkward situation.
Xuan Yushu didn't seem to want Chen Xiu to answer, and continued to speak: "But it doesn't matter, with you guys here, the fan base is almost certain."
Shen Xiu: “?”
you?
Question marks popped up one after another in Shen Xiu's mind.
Xuan Yushu stopped talking here, turned to look at Shen Xiu who had remained silent about his actions, and smiled: "Am I being too blunt?"
Shen Xiu: “…Not bad.”
After all, I didn't complain about him in front of him. I was complaining about editor Lu who was not here.
“Hahaha…” Xuan Yushu laughed a few times when he heard Shen Xiu’s nonchalant answer.
He knew that Shen Xiu would not care about these messy things.
"Don't worry, although I don't admire Lu Wen very much, I will shoot it well to thank you for helping Xuan Ji." Even if it is a commercial film he doesn't like, he will take it seriously.
Chen Xiu couldn't help but wonder aloud: "...Xuan Dao, did you misunderstand something? I didn't help Xuan Ji."
Shen Xiu's answer was still within Xuan Yushu's expectations. For Shen Xiu, whether it was because of his sharp-tongued guidance to the leading actor during filming, or because of him that he agreed to act in Xuan Ji's play, or in order for "Xian Journey" to have a solid team, he let Kota invest in "Xian Journey".
Shen Xiu didn't take these things to heart.
Xuan Yushu smiled and responded: "Ah, yes, yes, you didn't."
Even if Shen Xiu didn't take these little things to heart, as Xuan Ji's father, he had to repay Shen Xiu. Talking about these things with Shen Xiu was also to make it clear why he became the chief director of "Storm".
Whether Shen Xiu cares or not is Shen Xiu’s own business. Whether he says it or not is his own business.
Xuan Yushu assured again: "I know what you care about, so don't worry, I will take good pictures of each of you."
Chen Xiu slowly drew another '?' in his mind. 'Number.
Lu Wen rushed over: "Xuan Dao, are you ready? Everyone is here!"
Xuan Yushu raised his hand and made an OK gesture. After that, he remembered that it was dark here and he could only identify people by their voices. He hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll be right there."
After finishing his words, Xuan Yushu turned to Shen Xiu and said, "Let's go."
"Yeah." Shen Xiu hummed and followed Xuan Yushu.
When passing by the group of figures, Xuan Yushu said, "It's time to call it a day. Let's go back and gather at nine tomorrow morning."
Everyone responded and packed up their things, walking back together while talking.
He couldn't see the people clearly, but he could hear the sound of everyone chatting. Shen Xiu silently followed behind Xuan Yushu, whom he was most familiar with, and carefully recalled everything that had happened since he came here.
After reviewing the situation, Shen Xiu discovered that, apart from Xuan Yushu asking him to memorize the terrain around the filming in the dark, he did not quite understand the rest of Xuan Yushu's words.
Confused, Shen Xiu walked to the hotel with everyone.
Xuan Yushu saw Jin Can and raised his hand and said, “Jin Can, here, take Shen Xiu back to your room first. We will meet in room 8 in fifteen minutes.”
This place was contracted by the crew of "The Storm" for seven days, and the entire crew ate and lived here.
Hearing this, Jin Can ran to Shen Xiu’s side and said, “Mr. Shen, follow me.”
"good."
After answering, Shen Xiu looked at his idol Xuan Yushu with selfish thoughts, "Director Xuan, goodbye."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lu Wen with a guilty conscience: "Editor Lu, goodbye."
"Um."
"Okay."
After hearing the two's answers, Shen Xiu turned around and left behind Jin Can.
Shen Xiu's back disappeared before his eyes. Lu Wen thought of the details of his time with Shen Xiu and couldn't help but whisper to his long-time friend.
"Don't be fooled by Chen Xiu's cold and uncool look. He is actually very polite. However, at the same time, he is polite but doesn't make people feel close to him. People don't dare to approach him at all. How do you say that word..."
Xuan Yushu glanced at Lu Wen helplessly and continued, "A sense of alienation."
"Oh yes, that's it!"
Xuan Yushu raised his hand to support his forehead: “We agreed that this time is to repay Chen Xiu for helping Xuan Ji, don’t look for me next time.”
Xuan Ji finished high school and although he was admitted, he did not go to college. He rebelled and thought he was a genius so he ventured into the entertainment industry.
Children in their rebellious period will not listen to anything their parents say.
Fortunately, he met Chen Xiu, who severely discouraged him, and he changed his mind and continued to study. Therefore, Xuan Yushu accepted Lu Wen's invitation to be the director of "Storm".
Lu Wen thought of the speculations of the cultivators and had his own plans, so he said disdainfully: “I know, next time you want to take a photo of me, I won’t look for you.”
Jin Can took Shen Xiu to the door of the room arranged for him, swiped the card to open the hotel door, and handed the card to Shen Xiu: "I will come up to pick you up later."
Shen Xiu took the room card: "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Only after watching Jin Can's back disappear from his sight did Shen Xiu close the door of the hotel room.
When he was downstairs, Chen Xiu remembered that Director Xuan said that they would meet in Box 8 in fifteen minutes. He had come all the way up, and now he only had thirteen minutes left. Chen Xiu did not dare to delay, so he opened his suitcase and quickly took his clothes into the bathroom.
Although the promoter didn’t say it explicitly, Shen Xiu could guess that it was a meeting with other actors from “Storm”.
Ten minutes later, Shen Xiu opened the door of the hotel room with his mobile phone.
As soon as the door opened, Shen Xiu saw Jin Can standing outside. He was stunned for a second, then apologized: "Sorry to keep you waiting."
Jin Can said quickly: "No, no, I came here early on my own."
Jin Can, who was used to artists procrastinating, was once again touched by Chen Xiu's initiative to come forward today.
Although Shen Xiuren had already come out, Jin Can was still unsure and asked, "Should we... go down?"
Shen Xiu nodded: "Yeah."
The people he was going to meet were a group of strangers. Maybe they could chat with more people and with the sound of others, the atmosphere wouldn't be as awkward as it is now where only he and Jin Can were together and it was quiet and awkward because they didn't know what to talk about.
Jin Can brought Shen Xiu to the door of Room 8 and stopped: “Mr. Shen, you go in by yourself, I won’t go in.”
Chen Xiu looked at the closed door, not knowing how many strangers might be inside. He felt nervous and didn't dare to go in.
After hesitating for a few seconds at the door, Shen Xiu asked Jin Can, "Are Director Xuan and Editor Lu in there?"
Chen Xiu himself had not expected that Lu Bian, who had made him nervous not long ago, would also become his 'reassurance'.
Sure enough, familiarity is determined by comparison.
Jin Can shook his head: "No, this is a surprise banquet specially for you, Mr. Shen. Xuan Dao and Lu Bian are not here."
Surprise banquet?
Shen Xiu was so tired that he couldn't even raise the corners of his mouth. 'Hongmen Banquet' was almost the same!
Buzz buzz buzz...
Jin Can glanced at the caller ID and looked at Shen Xiu apologetically: "Mr. Shen, I have something to do here, you..."
Shen Xiu: “You are busy.”
Let him die in peace!
Jin Can quickly answered the phone and left. Shen Xiu watched Jin Can's back disappear in front of him, and his eyes fell on the closed door.
The hotel staff was standing not far away. Shen Xiu was too embarrassed to put his ear to the door to eavesdrop on the noise inside, so he just stood outside the door and didn't go in, which was even more strange.
Under the puzzled gaze of the hotel staff, Shen Xiu could only bite the bullet and raise his hand to knock on the door.
Knock knock knock......
After a few knocks on the door, reminding the people inside that someone wanted to come in, Shen Xiu pushed open the door...
"I don't believe it. I'm not the protagonist? This is unscientific..."
The moment the door opened, Shen Xiu heard a familiar voice entering his ears. Who else could that voice be but Xiang Yueting!
The next moment, Shen Xiu met the eyes of everyone in the room.
"!" Not only Xiang Yueting is here, but everyone else from The Galaxy is here too!
It really was a surprise banquet!
While Shen Xiu was shocked and delighted, he also felt sorry for his behavior outside the door just now, which was to judge others by his own meanness and to secretly think that it was a "Hongmen Banquet".
The moment he saw Chen Xiu, Xiang Yueting was stunned for a second, then he stood up and rushed towards Chen Xiu.
Xiang Yueting wanted to hug Shen Xiu, but when he met Shen Xiu's indifferent eyes, he braked in time and just stood in front of Shen Xiu, his voice unable to hide his excitement: "Shen Xiu!"
After saying that, Xiang Yueting seemed to remember something and turned to look at Shang Yu who was sitting on the chair.
"Shang Yu, what's wrong with your brain? Why can you guess right every time?"
Without waiting for Shang Yu to speak, Xiang Yueting patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, I didn't participate in your bet!"
Xiang Yueting looked at Song Chengwang again: "Hahaha, I told you not to bet with Shang Yu but you didn't believe me. You deserved it. You lost, hahaha..."
Song Chengwang: "...Shut up!"
Song Chengwang felt very embarrassed when Xiang Yueting, the idiot, exposed the fact that he had lost the bet when he met Chen Xiu for the first time.
Hearing Xiang Yueting's familiar mumbling, Shen Xiu felt as if he was back in the training camp in a trance. He felt very safe and his eyes could not help but fall on Xiang Yueting.
Xia Wenhao looked at Xiang Yueting who was blocked at the door, raised his eyes, and his cold expression revealed a hint of helplessness towards Xiang Yueting, and he couldn't help but speak.
"Xiang Yueting, have you had enough? How long are you going to block Chen Xiu?"
Shen Xiu said hurriedly: “It’s not blocked.”
God knows how happy he was in this place, hearing Xiang Yueting's voice and seeing his friends.
Song Chengwang snorted in dissatisfaction: "Just let him go."
Chen Xiu: ...Song Chengwang is so serious today!
Shang Yu smiled and said, "Okay, everyone is hungry, let's eat."
Shen Xiu looked at Shang Yu gratefully: “Yeah.”
The room was full of his familiar friends, and Shen Xiu closed the door with a lot more ease, and the heavy mood he had before pushing open the door was gone.
While Chen Xiu was closing the door, he turned around and saw Yue Ting sitting back in his original seat.
Xiang Yueting patted the spot beside him: "Here, here, it's reserved for you!"
Chen Xiu looked at Xiang Yueting gratefully, walked over, and sat down under Xiang Yueting's expectant gaze: "Thank you."
This feeling of someone specially reserving a place for him was like being remembered by someone.
Before Shen Xiu arrived, the hotel staff had already delivered dinner and were just waiting for Shen Xiu to arrive before the banquet could begin.
Everyone had flown all day and gathered here from all over the world. They were almost all hungry. Ning Sinian said, "Let's eat first. We can talk while we eat."
Everyone was an acquaintance and didn't really care about the saying "don't talk while eating", so they all agreed when they heard it.
"Yes, we eat and talk at the same time."
"Ahhh, I'm so hungry, let's eat!"
Shen Xiu picked up the chopsticks and apologized: "Sorry, I kept you waiting for a long time."
Mu Zhenchu finished chewing the food in his mouth and said, "No, I got here just one minute before you."
Jiang Yanxi also said: "Me too, I just walked in for less than a minute and you came."
As the first person to arrive, Zhuang Yi said, "I'm the first one here. I only waited for five minutes. It wasn't long."
After listening to the little torches' words, Chen Xiu confirmed that everyone had arrived one after another and there was no need to wait for a very long time. His heart was relieved a little, and he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
Whenever they get together, it is normal for Shen Xiu to be taciturn, and the eight of them are used to it, so they chat happily.
Halfway through the meal, Xiang Yueting realized something belatedly: "Wait... after your analysis just now, I can't be the protagonist, then who is the protagonist?"
Shang Yu's eyes fell on Shen Xiu: "Captain Xiu?"
Shen Xiu realized belatedly that the director wanted him to meet other actors from the "Storm" crew.
Therefore, the eight people sitting here at this moment, in addition to being his friends, are also his colleagues who will act opposite him in the next two months.
Shen Xiu put down his chopsticks, subconsciously took the tissue beside him and wiped his mouth gently, then raised his eyes to look at Shang Yu: “I’m not.”
"According to the script, I am the second male villain."
Xiang Yueting saw Shen Xiu's whole set of movements. Although the movements were simple, they looked particularly elegant and...
Xiang Yueting's eyes fell on Shang Yu, who was standing opposite Shen Xiu, and he said with a click of his tongue, "It seems."
Shang Yu heard this and nodded: "It seems that I am the protagonist."
Xiang Yueting stood up suddenly: "Damn it, so you are the one who has the most scenes with Shen Xiu, and you didn't say anything just now!"
Shang Yu looked at Xiang Yueting and said helplessly: "You didn't ask me."
Xiang Yueting thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he had indeed not asked Shang Yu. Knowing that he was in the wrong, Xiang Yueting sat down awkwardly: "Then listen to me. I missed you, and you didn't remind me." As a result, he kept analyzing who was the protagonist.
Shang Yu said faintly: "I want to say that you talk too much and I can't get a word in."
Song Chengwang raised his eyebrows slightly: "So... in "Storm", Captain Xiu and I are teammates?"
Mu Zhenchu: "Am I the opponent of Team Xiu?"
When Chen Xiu heard this, he said faintly: "Don't you... know what you are acting in?"
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