Chapter 45 Like a real pair...
The next morning, Meng Qingyan returned to the crew, and Bai You went back to the Jin family to visit his mother and the Jin couple.
Jinbaobao hasn't had his holiday yet, but after finishing his morning classes, he still rushed back home to have lunch together.
City A is rich in rice wine. When returning to the airport after filming, Bai You specially followed the driver's instructions to go to the local century-old store and bought a box to bring back.
The rice wine was sweet and not too strong. Jin Lai was merciful and let Bai You and Jin Baobao drink two glasses each.
After only two cups, Bai You felt a little dizzy after the meal.
"You're not going to do that, are you?" Jin Baobao laughed and went to the kitchen to get him a cup of fruit tea to sober him up. "I feel like it's no different from juice."
"Maybe it's in the genes?" Bai You wasn't sure, because he remembered that his biological father seemed to be an alcoholic.
He sank into the soft sofa in Jin Baobao's room, found a comfortable position to lie down, and a faint blush appeared at the corners of his eyes.
Jin Baobao held the bowl of ice and looked at him closely, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"If you weren't famous before, you could avoid socializing. But if you become famous in the future and attend events everywhere, it would be too unsafe if you get drunk after just one drink."
Bai You smiled and tilted his head to look at him.
After Jin Baobao's figure swayed a few times in his sight and finally stabilized, he spoke: "I think a lot."
Then he asked, "How is your study recently?"
Jinbaobao loves dancing and has talent for it, but he doesn't study hard in his academic subjects.
The Jin Lai couple were busy, so Bai You used to supervise his homework.
Although the results along the way were not very good, they were neither bad nor bad enough to pass.
"I knew it." Jin Baobao's face wrinkled, but he was obviously not surprised that Bai You supervised his studies, so he reported to him obediently.
He always talks a lot, especially in front of Bai You.
But in a moment, he forgot the pressure of study and started chattering.
Interesting things at school, interesting things about friends, what delicious food have you eaten recently, what fun things have you played...
Seeing that Bai You was a little drowsy, he finally couldn't help but start asking about the crew.
"Youyou," he asked, "Are you happy filming in the crew? What do your colleagues like to eat? If I go to visit the set later, I will cater to their preferences and strengthen your relationship with your colleagues."
"Happy." Bai You said, with a faint smile appearing under his half-closed eyes.
Jin Baobao came closer and patiently tried to find out the inside information: "Are you also happy getting along with Meng Qingyan?"
"Meng Qingyan..." Bai You thought for a moment, half asleep and half awake, and then shook his head, "I wonder what he likes to eat."
The alcohol gradually wore off, and there was no change on Bai You's face, but his heart was empty and silent.
The shooting schedule in Building No. 8 was very tight, and the set was remote, so the crew had never even had a dinner together. Most of the time, from top to bottom, everyone ate the same boxed lunches, and rarely showed each other's food preferences.
But even so, Bai You also knew that Fang Zhi liked coffee, Zhou Xiuyuan liked nuts, Wei Yuan didn't like snacks, but he loved to drink a cup every day, and Zhou Lian was a smoker who liked to collect various limited edition lighters...
Only Meng Qingyan seemed to have never really shown his preferences in front of outsiders.
Maybe, he likes mangoes as much as he does?
Bai You recalled the mango-flavored snacks he had received from Meng Qingyan several times.
"Oh no." Jin Baobao didn't know the crew's dining habits, and couldn't help but hold his chin in disappointment when he heard that.
After filming together for such a long time, they didn’t even know each other’s preferences. In an instant, his CP dream was shattered.
The phone suddenly rang, and Jin Baobao quickly jumped up, wanting to help Bai You hang up the phone.
But when he saw Jiang Minyao's name on the screen, he was worried that he would miss Bai You's business, so he picked up the phone himself and lowered his voice: "Hello, Sister Jiang, I'm Jin Baobao."
"Youyou has gone home." Jiang Minyao asked, "Or are you still with him?"
"He's home," said Golden Baby. "He's asleep now. Is there anything urgent?"
"Then let him sleep first and call me back when he wakes up," Jiang Minyao said, "No rush."
"Sister," Jin Baobao asked in a very familiar voice on the phone, "Are there any good scripts for my brother later?"
Jiang Minyao was amused and teased him: "Why do you care about Youyou so much?"
"Of course," Jin Baobao said, "My brother followed me when he debuted. If there is a good script, I will definitely think about him. I will treat you to a meal when I go to the company to find him later."
Bai You listened to him trying to make connections like a little adult, and finally couldn't help but open his eyes.
"Give me the phone." He held out his hand.
"My brother is awake," Jin Baobao said hurriedly. In just a few minutes, he had become familiar with Jiang Minyao and even addressed her in a more intimate way. "Sister, I'll give him the phone number."
"Oh, Youyou," Jiang Minyao laughed so hard over there, "Your young master is really interesting, why don't you ask him if he's interested in making his debut?"
"He's not interested," Bai You said, "Is it about the script?"
"Isn't it?" Jiang Minyao said, "I'm out doing something right now, and I happened to pass by your house. I thought if you were at home, I would send it to you."
"When will you be back?" Bai You stood up and looked at the time.
"Around five o'clock." Jiang Minyao said.
"Then let's have dinner together later." Bai You said.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the two met at a restaurant near Bai You's residence.
"How was the filming of the inn scene going this time?" Jiang Minyao asked as soon as she sat down.
Jiang Minyao seldom goes to the crew, so she is not clear about it, but Bai You himself can clearly feel the progress in his understanding of the script and actual performance over this period of time.
Over the years, I have been tempered by countless minor roles, carefully observing and thinking about other people's performances during the long wait to coordinate with the main actors' schedules, and gaining insights from watching thousands of movies...
Those fragmented gains finally solidified little by little and became integrated during the shooting of Building No. 8.
Although it has only been half a year, Bai You already has a completely different understanding of the role of this gangster in the inn.
The filming went smoothly and he himself felt very satisfied.
"Not bad." Bai You smiled, and seeing Jiang Minyao's uneasy expression, he asked, "Things didn't go smoothly."
"Alas~" Jiang Minyao sighed, "Kids nowadays are so troublesome. Yuan Tang was photographed fooling around right after his debut. I went to negotiate terms with him."
Yuan Tang is a member of a boy band under Jiang Minyao. Everyone in the group is young. They just released two new songs and accumulated a small number of fans.
"At this time, I can't help but sigh that obscurity is the best protection. Otherwise, with the way the other party offered, I can't protect them." She took a sip of water, and her eyebrows were stained with boredom. "I don't know how it happened that Gao Lan just signed two new people recently."
She didn't say it explicitly, but Bai You already understood that Gao Lan was most likely involved.
Bai You had actually thought about this before, that after terminating his contract with Xingyu in the future, he might try not to sign with any agency.
He has been unsuccessful over the years.
But because of the relationship between Gao Lan and Zhu Zhijun, Jiang Minyao was actually suppressed and excluded by them everywhere, so she could not be considered successful.
Bai You actually thought about bringing Jiang Minyao out with him in the future.
However, his own future was still uncertain, and he didn't dare to delay Jiang Minyao.
Hearing this, Bai You was silent for a moment and said nothing.
"I heard from Tao Yin that you have a good relationship with Meng Qingyan?" Jiang Minyao changed the subject, lowered her head, took out the file bag containing the script from her bag and handed it to Bai You.
"Just an ordinary colleague." Bai You said.
During the meal, he casually flipped through a few notebooks.
Because of Building No. 8, some people in the circle are really optimistic about him.
But at the same time, they also have many concerns before the film is released in Building No. 8 and before real word of mouth comes out.
So most of the scripts given to him were for the second male lead.
If the book is good, Bai You doesn't really care about these things.
I just took a quick look at the story outline, and it seemed pretty standard.
"Go back and watch it first," Jiang Minyao said before they parted, "My suggestion is that you shoot one during this period. After all, the pay is pretty good. When Building No. 8 is released next year, you can just take on the next one."
"I want to wait a little longer." Bai You said.
"What?" Jiang Minyao asked, knowing that Bai You probably didn't want to renew his contract with Xingyu. Of course, he might also want to wait for the film festival at the end of the year.
However, Bai You is young after all, and has not taken on any important responsibilities in recent years, so she is not optimistic about him winning the award.
But Bai You said nothing.
His beautiful eyes curved slightly towards her, and his smile was subtle and warm: "I'll tell you when I think it through."
*
The filming of Building No. 8 is in full swing, and the relationship between Shen Nian and Zhong Ling finally reaches a turning point.
After countless intimate scenes full of despair, control, and revenge throughout June, in July, as each other's secrets gradually surfaced, something else finally sprouted in their complicated and twisted relationship.
There was a subtle warmth in the way the two of them got along, which was always deliberately suppressed.
This period of time was also the most relaxing and happiest time for Bai You and Meng Qingyan to get along with each other.
For some reason, Bai You suddenly let go of many of his concerns, and the two of them always liked to spend time together.
Even the most common verbal battles between them have become much less frequent.
Like a real couple.
During this period, Zhong Ling had gone to Shen Nian's office to deliver lunch, and in the end, the two of them messed up the dark desk with an abstinence color.
Shen Nian would also go to the bar where Zhong Ling worked to watch his performances.
A young boy was singing a love song on the stage with a guitar in his arms. The look in people's eyes was full of malicious provocation, hot and sexy, causing the people in the audience to cheer uncontrollably.
When he was young, Jin Baobao always had trouble keeping the rhythm when he first started learning to dance.
Bai You specially learned to play drums and used drum beats to help him keep the rhythm.
Therefore, although his playing skills on other instruments were average, he was excellent at playing drums.
Coincidentally, the same happened to Shen Nian.
So Zhong Ling would deliberately pull him onto the stage to play drums.
Fierce drum beats, psychedelic lights, wild atmosphere, and hot sweat...
As if breaking free from his restraints again, Shen Nian held the drumstick and struck it again and again, with a smile that was completely different from before.
That smile was pure and happy, and when stained with sweat, it was so beautiful that it could melt ice and snow.
Zhong Ling stood in the dark corner of the stage and recorded it bit by bit with his camera.
That was also Bai You’s happiest scene.
He hadn't touched drumsticks for a long time, but when he held them, he didn't feel unfamiliar at all.
The drum beats poured out from his hands, and it seemed that all the depression of so many years had disappeared, and only joy remained in life.
…
The bar scenes were filmed in "Yige".
It was mid-July, the weather had almost reached its hottest point, and most schools had already closed for the holidays.
It was also on that day that Shen Yueting brought Han Yang to visit the set.
Bai You came off the stage and met Shen Yueting's smiling and admiring gaze, as well as Han Yang who was looking at him curiously beside her.
Almost instantly, Bai You recognized him.
His most important fan: The preferred one.
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