The entertainment industry is also haunted today

Tang Xu's audition went very smoothly.

The scene he tried was exactly the part in the script where the businessman and the heroine first met.

The businessman was sitting in the teahouse, while the opera troupe downstairs was performing. The heroine was not on the stage, and couldn't stand her father whispering in her ear, so she ran to the stone bridge alone to practice playing flower guns.

The businessman was originally listening to an opera on the second floor, and the owner of the teahouse smiled and tried to please the old man.

The businessman raised his eyes and glanced around uninterestedly, just in time to catch a glimpse of the heroine playing with flower guns on the stone bridge.

The heroine plays the flower gun very beautifully, her movements are neat and neat, and her clothes fly when she moves.

When the heroine stopped, she raised her head, and met the eyes of the businessman sitting on the second floor, both of them showed a slight smile at the same time.

This is the scene described in the script, but the two main characters in this scene have not yet been determined.

This part was supposed to be filmed in Jiangnan Water Town, but now it is just an audition, so I don’t need to be so picky, and I shot it directly in the studio.

The staff set up a simple table, Tang Xu sat on it, and completed the scene with the actress who came to audition for the heroine.

When he got down from the stage, Director Liu patted him on the shoulder and praised him, telling him to go back and wait for news.

Tang Xu looked around, but couldn't find Mingxing's figure, so he had to go in and change out of the costume by himself, and let the makeup artist remove his makeup while waiting for Mingxing to come over.

Taking advantage of this time, he took out his mobile phone and searched for Wang Zhiliang on the Internet.

The photo included in Baidu Encyclopedia is still an old photo from decades ago. The person in the photo is combing back his hair meticulously and staring at the camera with a smile on his face.

He can't be said to be handsome but he can't be said to be ugly either. Generally speaking, he has a very well-behaved appearance.

[Wang Zhiliang, born in Annan City on March 1965, 3, is a well-known film director, entrepreneur, and one of the representatives of the "new generation of directors" in 7. 】

The following are some introductions about Wang Zhiliang's achievements and experience, and one article mentioned that he quietly quit the industry 20 years ago.

Tang Xu scrolled down and found a recent video.

The content of the video is the press conference of Wang Zhiliang's comeback a month ago. At that time, Tang Xu was busy filming and didn't notice this.

In the video, Wang Zhiliang kept silent about the reasons for his withdrawal from the industry, and only said that he would lead Chinese films to the top of the world.

In the video, the photographer gave Wang Zhiliang a close-up of his face. Tang Xu paused the scene and stared at the somewhat familiar face on the screen to study.

This face is not quite the same as the one included in Baidu Encyclopedia - not only because of the 20-year time gap between the two faces, but also in the way the two faces make people feel.

When Wang Zhiliang was young, when he stared at the camera and smiled, he had a kind of edges and corners belonging to this age, which had not been smoothed by reality, but were displayed carelessly outside.

The 53-year-old Wang Zhiliang no longer shows any emotion in front of the camera, like a marionette with no emotion and slow response, with a weirdness everywhere.

Tang Xu stared at that face for a long time, a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and he suddenly understood why this face looked familiar.

——Isn't this the man wearing sunglasses that he and Mingxing met in the underground garage at noon?

Mingxing happened to come in from the outside, he held his mobile phone and looked at Tang Xu, "Brother Xu...that..."

He seemed hesitant to speak, and he hesitated for a long time without saying anything. Tang Xu had already finished removing his makeup, so he turned around and asked him, "What's wrong? That person called again?"

"No," Mingxing waved his hand quickly. He is sensitive when it comes to phone calls, and he is afraid that Tang Xu will say something surprising. "He didn't call. I blocked his number a long time ago."

Tang Xu froze for a moment, and was about to say, "Send me the number first", when the phone vibrated in his hand.

Tang Xu glanced at it, and the big characters "Xue Ji" were displayed on the screen.

"Hey?"

Xue Ji didn't communicate with him much on the phone. The two of them usually sent voice messages on WeChat to make an appointment for the time and place to go out for dinner, and then communicated face to face, saying whatever they had.

Generally, it is urgent matters that make Xue Ji take the initiative to call.

Tang Xu was thinking about it when Xue Ji's voice came from the phone, his tone was as cold as ice: "Someone wants to take care of you?"

Tang Xu: "..."

Xue Ji took his silence as an acquiescence, and his tone became even colder, icy as hell, "Do you agree?"

"..." Tang Xu blinked, "Who did you listen to?"

Xue Ji betrayed him without hesitation: "Your little assistant."

Tang Xu raised his eyes and glanced at Ming Xing, and sure enough, he saw Ming Xing standing aside with his hands tied, as if bowing his head and admitting his mistake.

Tang Xu sighed and explained: "He's talking nonsense, he didn't take care of him."

Xue Ji was completely unshakable, but his tone softened, for fear of hurting Tang Xu's self-esteem: "Did you encounter any difficulties? What conditions did that pervert set for you? I... If you are really in trouble, you can Come to me, because we are friends, I reluctantly agree to help you...you let me finish, anyway, you can't agree to this."

He babbled on and on, Tang Xu couldn't laugh or cry, and all his impulsive thoughts disappeared.

He interrupted Xue Ji's babbling solemnly, "I really disagree, that person is a director, and I was about to tell you about it."

He got up and walked into the cubicle with his mobile phone in his hand. He lowered his voice in the cubicle and said, "I suspect that this person is that Director Wang."

Xue Ji paused, and asked, "The one related to Zhang Ying?"

"Well," Tang Xu responded, "Maybe the same person as Xu Chen mentioned, oh, and also, he should be the one I saw in the parking lot at noon."

"The one you said looked like a ghost?"

"Well." Tang Xu plucked his hair, "So I want to leave his contact information first... I have no other ideas except this, and I am going to tell you about it."

Xue Ji was silent for a few seconds, and after a while he said, "We still need the help of the police in this regard. In short, don't act rashly... When will you have time? I will drive to pick you up."

Tang Xu responded twice, and Xue Ji changed the subject so quickly that he had time to subconsciously answer his question: "Tomorrow afternoon, do you have time?"

Xue Ji reached out and flipped through the script, and arranged a half-day vacation for himself very naturally, "Yes, I don't have a schedule tomorrow afternoon."

Zhang Zijun who had been sitting by the side without making a sound: "..."

OK, you can.

After Xue Ji hung up the phone, Zhang Zijun said coolly, "What's the reason for skipping work this time?"

Xue Ji glanced at him, "I have a legitimate reason to ask for leave, and my part will be filmed in two days, right? It doesn't matter."

After a few minutes, he closed the script in his hand, turned his head and asked Zhang Zijun, "Where's the previous "Theatre"?"

"This one?" Zhang Zijun took out a script from his bag. It was covered with white letters on a black background. "Isn't the filming of this book starting next week? I still find it strange that the filming is about to start, and the actors haven't been decided yet?"

Xue Ji reached out to take the script, flipped it on his lap, and mentioned casually: "Fang Youwen's role should have been decided."

Fang Youwen is the name of the businessman in the play, and the role of the businessman has not yet been finalized.

"If you want me to say that you should try that businessman, what does Director Liu think..." Zhang Zijun's thoughts stopped abruptly, and a word came out of his throat after a while: "Ah...?"

He couldn't help but ask again: "Who? How do you know?"

Zhang Zijun suggested Xue Ji to try out the role of businessman when he was choosing the script and role, because the character design of this role is more complicated and it is easier to attract fans.

During the audition, Xue Ji did try out a businessman, but Director Liu patted him on the shoulder and said that he was more suitable for the role of an officer than a businessman.

According to Director Liu, Xue Ji's aura is too fierce. What he wants is a businessman who is both gentle and strong, not Xue Ji, whose sharpness makes people overwhelmed.

……

This was the first time that Xue Ji was said to be inappropriate for a role in the past few years. Zhang Zijun never brought it up again, for fear of hitting Xue Ji's gun.

Xue Ji flipped through a few pages of the script, without any displeasure on his face, "Tang Xu tried this role in the afternoon, and he should be able to succeed."

Zhang Zijun choked, thinking about it, indeed—everyone who met Tang Xu for the first time could feel a kind of warmth from him, but after really getting in touch with him, he would find that the warmth is just an appearance, and the degree of stubbornness in his character No less than Xue Ji.

Zhang Zijun held back for a long time, but still couldn't hold back, he asked the question that had troubled him for many days: "I'll just ask this question, what is the relationship between you and Tang Xu... now?"

Xue Ji didn't even raise his head, and replied logically: "Friendship."

Zhang Zijun: "...All right, as long as you are happy."

Friendship?

That's not what you said just now.

I didn't know who it was just now, but when he heard that Tang Xu might be looking for someone to take care of him, he threw the script on the table with a "bang" and opened his mouth and said, "This is up to me", which made Zhang Zijun look out for him in a hurry, for fear of being caught Interested people eavesdropped.

No matter how big the Xue family is, it would be good to reduce unnecessary troubles.

What he didn't know was that the young master of the Xue family beside him was also troubled in his heart.

How can I get rid of friendship?

Alas, worry.

When work was over at night, Xue Ji didn't say a word after getting into the car.

Just when Zhang Zijun thought he had fallen asleep and was about to slow down, Xue Ji's voice suddenly came from the back seat.

"'Forced marriage and forced love'? What is this thing? Is it reliable?"

……

Taking advantage of the time before the red light jumped over, Zhang Zijun held the steering wheel with his hands and couldn't help turning his head, "What are you talking about?"

As a result, when he turned around, he saw Xue Jiyang holding his mobile phone, with a cold expression on his face: "The trilogy recommended by netizens: "Love Begins with Compulsion", "Forced Marriage and Forced Love", "Occupy Me and Fall in Love with Me". "

He paused, "Do you think it's feasible for me to start with nurturing?"

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