brat [entertainment circle]

The hotel is brightly lit, and all the people who come here are famous and distinguished people. Even if they have never seen it, they are familiar with it. They have heard of it before. I thought that Chen Zaihui would be respectful or trembling, but I didn't expect that he would be humble and polite all night.

Who stands behind you determines your attitude.

In the past, Chen Zai was alone and had no one behind him, and he was extremely careful in the big dye tank in the entertainment industry, but now standing behind him are Mr. Lin and Mr. Gu, supporting his back and giving him strength and confidence. You can also hold your chest up and sit on an equal footing with those who are above you.

Young people kept coming to toast Chen Zai. Chen Zai didn't know those people, but since those people called Mr. Lin Grandpa, they should be the nephews of a few well-connected families.

Although Chen Zai was a good drinker, he had a bad stomach, and the wine in his glass had already been replaced with a drink of the same color.

All kinds of people were intertwined in this banquet hall, and countless inquiring and curious eyes came from all directions. As an actor, Chen Zai was already accustomed to the eyes, but for some reason today, the tension and restraint have never stopped.

Mr. Lin always kept him by his side, patting the back of his hand in comfort.

"Grandpa is here, don't worry."

After hearing this, Chen Zai suddenly felt at ease, and calmly faced it with a smile.

"You are Chen Zai?"

A gentle and kind voice sounded in Chen Zai's ears. Chen Zai looked up blankly at the old man who was no longer young, had many wrinkles but was still dignified and elegant, and asked politely, "Who are you?"

Mr. Lin took a look and introduced him with a smile: "Chen Zai, this is Mrs. Qiao, call for someone."

Mrs. Qiao was still standing beside Mr. Qiao, Mr. Lin reminded him, "Old Qiao is here too?"

Chen Zai was startled, and hurriedly said, "Hi, old man, old lady."

Mrs. Qiao now looks only in her [-]s, but when Chen thinks about her age, she may be more than that, but she is well-maintained and looks much younger than her peers.

Mr. Qiao just nodded slightly, but Mrs. Qiao couldn't help looking at him with a smile, "My good boy, I've seen your TV dramas, and your acting skills are good. I didn't expect you to be so talented in reality."

Chen Zai lowered his eyebrows and smiled shyly, but didn't reply.

He is good-looking, and when he is shy, his eyebrows are low and his eyes are pleasing to the eye, but it is also possible that Mrs. Qiao is looking at her grandson, the more she looks at her, the more she likes him.

"Today is your birthday, so I can't come here empty-handed. I picked out a present for you. I hope you like it."

Said, handed him a small gift box, not too big.

When Chen Zai hesitated for a while whether to accept it, Mr. Lin took the gift on his own initiative and stuffed it into his hand. It was not heavy, but a little light.

Chen Zai was as polite as ever, "Thank you, Mrs. Qiao."

"You don't have to be so polite with me. You are the master today, so it's only natural to receive gifts. I'm already very happy that you can invite me here."

In fact, Chen Zai always thought that his birthday was just a casual meal for a few relatives and friends, but on the eve of his birthday, Mr. Lin showed him the guest list, saying that if he didn't like it, he could be excluded.It was only then that Chen Zai realized that a few relatives and friends had a casual meal...

The names of the Lin family on the guest list caught Chen Zai's eyes at a glance, but he just glanced at them lightly, and turned to the next page as if nothing had happened. Several names are removed.

Chen Zai greeted politely, "Where, the old lady and the old man have already given me a great face by being here, and it is too late for me to be grateful."

Mrs. Qiao smiled slightly, and cast her eyes involuntarily to the other side, where Lin Ye and Qiao Zhen were standing there, watching from afar, their smiles slowly fell, and they sighed involuntarily.

A relationship that everyone knows about, but a relationship that everyone keeps secret. Knowing and pretending not to know, seeing and pretending not to see, Chen Zai thinks that this is actually not bad, not awkward, nor overwhelmed.

"You are a good boy. One day you will be able to understand some things. Now you can rest assured that no one will force you. You are only 24 years old. Young people, you should not be confused by some troubles. Live in the moment and start Being happy is more important than anything else, by the way, I heard you are going to study abroad?"

Chen Zai laughed, "Yes, probably at the end of this month."

"At the end of the month, so fast, which country are you going to?"

"America."

"America?" Mrs. Qiao seemed to think of something, "I have a property in the United States, and no one has lived in it for a long time. If you go to the United States, help me take a look and help me clean it. Of course, you want It’s better to live in, the house can’t live with people, it’s easy to get old.”

Knowing what Mrs. Qiao meant, Chen knew that he would not slap a smiling person with his hand, not to mention that he didn't have to reject a kind old man under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"Okay, I'd be happy to help you."

"Then let's make an agreement. Let's make an appointment to talk about the real estate matter another day, okay?"

"Row."

Mrs. Qiao and Chen talked for a long time, but Mr. Lin and Mr. Qiao on the side didn't say a word. Seeing Mrs. Qiao talking more and more vigorously, Mr. Qiao coughed lightly, "Okay, I've said so much , you are thirsty too, go drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first."

Mrs. Qiao looked at Chen Zai reluctantly, "Then let's talk later."

Chen Zai nodded respectfully and said yes. It wasn't until the two left that Mr. Lin handed him a glass of water, "After talking for so long, I'm thirsty. Drink some water."

Chen Zai took a sip from the water glass, Mr. Lin looked at him and said with a smile, "Do you think it's unreal?"

Chen Zai was taken aback, looking at all kinds of smiling people around, those compliments seemed to be still ringing in his ears, suddenly flew from the mud to the clouds, and only Chen Zai knew what it was like.

"Grandpa also experienced such a period of time when he was young, with great ups and downs, muddy to the clouds, and then fell to the mud from the clouds. At that time, Grandpa's biggest feeling was like a dream, not real, like a false prosperity. , Do you also feel this way?"

Chen Zai chewed on Mr. Lin's words word by word, but didn't answer him.

In the past, when he was just Chen Zai, at this kind of banquet, he acted as a laughing and accompanying drinker most of the time. At that time, he had no money, power, or resources, so he could only coax the investors with a glass of wine. Table culture has been deeply rooted throughout the ages.

But now with Mr. Lin, with this status, the world is different, and the situation has reversed. He has changed from being the one who apologizes for laughing and drinking with him to being the object of others for laughing and drinking with him.

From mud to cloud, it really looks like a false boom.

He couldn't help but worry a little, whether he would fall from the clouds into the mud one day.

"You don't need to answer grandpa. Grandpa knows what you're thinking. You're thinking in your heart that power and power can be respected and equal, right?"

Chen Zai said in a muffled voice, "It's true."

"No, respect and equality don't come entirely from your power. Do you know your Uncle Gu?"

Chen was taken aback for a moment, then blinked at him, "I know."

"Then do you know who he was before?"

Chen shook his head again.

He really doesn't seem to know much about Gu Zhi, and Gu Zhi's past is just a history that has been covered up.

"Your Uncle Gu's respect and equality are earned by his own hands. Do you know how Jiang Yanqing became famous and respected by others? He didn't rely on his family, but on himself. Gu Zhi and Jiang Yanqing Qing has never had any power before being respected by others, and there are thousands of poor students who stand at the top of various fields, they can all be respected by others."

"Then grandpa, did I do something wrong before?" Chen Zai said in a daze, "When I was in the entertainment industry, I used to get rich when I was in the entertainment industry, and I didn't even try to please others to make me laugh and drink till I threw up."

"Before gaining the respect of others, put aside your dignity, and then regain your own dignity after gaining others' respect. Is there any problem with that? Chen Zai, you don't need to be ashamed of your previous behavior. You didn't do anything cheating, so why feel inferior, what you have to do now is to look forward and use your own efforts to gain the respect of others."

"Get the respect of others? But haven't I already..." Chen Zai's words stopped abruptly, choked in his throat, and the kind smiles around him were now dazzling in his eyes.

respect?Chen Zai laughed at himself, when did he ever get respect from others? In the past, people treated him as an actor and laughed at him for drinking freely, but now the people present are laughing at him, but which one is not looking at Mr. Lin's face?What does it have to do with him?

Mr. Lin patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Furthermore, Grandpa has supported you, and you have to walk the rest of the way by yourself. Remember how others laughed at you today, and how to get others to love you from the heart. Respect, it depends on your future path to decide how to go."

Chen Zai was silent for a long time, those bizarre images seemed to be wandering around in his mind, sometimes it was his own smiling face, and sometimes it was someone else's smiling face.

"A person who only relies on the blessing of others will never walk long, and will never stand tall. Now you are standing on the shoulders of grandpa. If one day grandpa falls down, whose shoulders can you stand on?"

After hearing this, at this moment, he seemed to understand, these truths that no one had ever told him before, he understood them so quickly and so thoroughly.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I understand. I will not stand on your shoulders, I will stand by your side, and I will never hold you back."

"My grandson is smart, grandpa don't worry!"

Mr. Lin sighed, patted the back of his hand, and smiled with satisfaction.

It is said that the rich are only three generations old, and one generation is not as good as the first generation. Mr. Lin has enough family property for Chen to squander his life, but he doesn't want to see someone smiling at him from the front and laughing at him from the back He is a prodigal.

The laughter in the surroundings still continued, Chen Zai heard it getting more and more piercing in his ears, and he couldn't stand it any longer. As soon as he looked around, he saw Mr. Gu walking towards him, but he said to Mr. Lin: "Mr., please take a step." say."

Mr. Lin first comforted Chen for a while, and then walked to the side with Gu Zhi. Gu Zhi seemed to say something to him, and then left in a big stride.

Gu Zhi approached him, Chen Zai remembered what he said in the bathroom before, his face suddenly became a little hot.

Gu Zhi was beside him, and said with a smile, "The old man is in a hurry."

Chen nodded again, "Oh."

Gu Zhi looked at him with erratic eyes and looked left and right, "Why is his face so red?"

Chen Zai held the wine and concealed it confidently, "I drank too much."

Gu Zhi didn't know if it was a drink or not wine, but he didn't expose this brat, after all, he was too thin-skinned to be teased.

"Why did grandpa go? What's the rush?"

Gu Zhi looked in the direction of the banquet hall, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, "A bad guy is back, are you afraid?"

"Bad guy? Is Xu coming?"

"You know him?"

"I met once at Grandpa's place before, what's the matter?"

"It's a bit troublesome." Gu Zhi's eyes darkened slightly, "I won't be able to explain it clearly to you for a while. You have a simple mind, so I'm afraid I won't understand you if I explain it to you in detail, so I won't tell you."

Stunning!

Chen squinted at him again, but didn't speak.

Not far away, Gu Zhi saw Lin Ye, Qiao Zhen and others approaching, and reminded him, "Mr. Lin is here."

Chen was taken aback for a moment, but suddenly became restrained.

"So scared?"

Chen Zai lowered his eyebrows and said in distress: "No, I just...want to drink."

Gu Zhi summoned the waiter, chose a drink and handed it to Chen Zai, "What kind of wine do you want? Is your stomach too good?"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and raised his glass to Lin Ye who had already approached, "Mr. Lin."

The two touched each other and took a small sip.

A few people didn't speak, and for a while, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and Chen Zai spun his wine glass uncomfortably.

After a long time, Lin Wenxuan broke the awkward atmosphere, "Happy birthday."

Chen Zai replied politely, "Thank you."

Qiao Zhen also laughed on one side, "You child, why are you thanking me." After she finished speaking, she was afraid that Chen would be uncomfortable, so she hurriedly said: "I have already handed over the gift to the old man, and you can see it when you go back. My whole heart, I hope you don't dislike it."

"No, thank you ma'am."

"Then you continue to drink, I...I have something to do..." Qiao Zhen didn't know what excuse to leave, so as to ease the embarrassment between the few people.

Lin Wenxuan smiled and said, "Grandma is here, she was still looking for you just now, let me go there with you."

"Then I'll go there first, Chen Zai, happy birthday."

"Thank you."

Qiao Zhen and Lin Wenxuan walked away slowly, Lin Ye looked around and asked doubtfully, "Where is the old man?"

Chen Zai spoke quickly, "I just went out on something."

Hearing this, "Then I'll go find his old man first, you have fun, happy birthday."

Chen Zai finally heaved a sigh of relief, it's okay, he should be thankful, in this embarrassing identity, everyone knows how to avoid embarrassment.

But the moment Lin Ye turned around, Gu Zhi grabbed him, "The old man has some things to deal with, you'd better not disturb him."

"What can happen today."

Gu Zhi lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.

"Is there any important matter to be dealt with at Chen Zai's birthday party?"

Gu Zhi let go of his hand in an instant, and said with a sarcasm: "An unexpected guest, an old friend for many years, I don't think you would want to see him."

As soon as he said this, Lin Ye's face changed suddenly, his hand holding the wine glass suddenly tightened, and his eyes were particularly sharp.

Chen had never seen Lin Ye with such a terrifying expression. All along, his impression of Lin Ye was that he was serious but calm.

After a long time, Lin Ye lowered his brows and smiled, his eyes narrowed a bit, "I see."

After speaking, he paced away.

Chen Zai became more and more curious, "Mr. Gu, what kind of hatred is there?"

"Great hatred?" Gu Zhi glanced at him, saw him staring at himself curiously, and said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, there have been four great hatreds, the hatred of killing one's father, the hatred of taking one's wife, and cutting off one's fortune. Xu Lai has everything for ruining people's careers, tell me, is it a deep hatred?"

Chen Zai looked at Qiao Zhen subconsciously, and said in horror, "Hate for taking his wife!"

Gu Zhi continued to tease him, "Yes, are you afraid, your father is almost Xu Lai."

Chen Zai shuddered instantly, "Don't be kidding."

Seeing his cowardly behavior, Gu Zhi accepted it as soon as he saw it, "Okay, no kidding, I said this is very complicated, and I will explain it to you slowly when I have time."

Slowly explaining again...

Chen didn't take it seriously anymore, and understood Gu Zhi's excuse, so he didn't ask any more. Anyway, it didn't have much to do with him, so he felt a little more relaxed when he thought about it. No more impressions.

Until later, after eating and watching the fireworks, I was so sleepy that I fell asleep as soon as I got into the car.

Old Mr. Lin stood outside the car with a gloomy and ugly face.

Gu Zhi asked in a low voice, "Mister, do you want Chen to go to my place again?"

Old Mr. Lin has never seen such a big storm, and immediately sneered. The eyes of the stern and selfless old man were terrifying, "No need, I want to see what kind of waves he can make!"

"What happened back then..."

"I was the one who was blind back then, and actually underestimated Xu Lai's wolfish ambition!" After finishing speaking, the anger between his brows and eyes could not be concealed, "But I don't understand why he never told me! His biological father, such a big matter, he didn't let me know at all!"

Gu Zhi lowered his eyebrows, "You don't have to blame yourself too much, old man. You were also on the cusp of the storm back then, and it was completely helpless."

Old Mr. Lin sighed, shook his head and laughed, "I'm afraid that in his heart, it's my father who is cruel and has a grudge."

Gu Zhi didn't speak any more.

"Forget it, let's leave this matter for now. Are you ready for Chen Zai to go abroad at the end of the month?"

"Already prepared."

"Then let's do this first, it's already late, you should go back quickly."

"Yes."

Gu Zhi stood on one side, watching Mr. Lin's car leave.

"Mr. Gu, long time no see."

Gu Zhi looked in the direction of the voice, and Xu Lai was slowly walking towards him.

"Is something wrong?"

"I haven't seen you for more than [-] years. Is this how you treat old friends? A cigarette?"

Looking at the cigarette that Xu Lai handed over, Gu Zhi took it, sniffed it under the nose for a while, and dropped it to the ground as soon as he let go, "I dare not, I dare not take Mr. Xu's cigarette, it is poisonous."

After speaking, he stepped on the cigarette and strode away.

Watching Gu Zhi leave slowly, Xu Lai stood where he was, lit a cigarette with his head down, took two deep breaths, and smiled.

When Chen Zai woke up, it was the next morning. He really hadn't drunk much wine, and he still felt a little headache. He got up, washed and dressed, and when he opened the door, he saw Mr. Lin doing Tai Chi in the courtyard.

"Morning, Grandpa."

Mr. Lin saw that Chen woke up again, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, the sun is already drying our buttocks, hurry up and eat breakfast."

"Eh, good."

After breakfast, Chen Zai remembered that he had received a lot of presents yesterday, all of which were guarded by Mr. Lin into his room, and he picked and picked them. Jiang Yanqing's small box was the first to catch his eyes.

Take it apart and see that it is a USB flash drive.

Insert it into the computer, there is only one video folder in the directory, and he can tell just by the name of the video file that it is the movie he and Lin Wenxuan acted in two years ago.

There is also a note inside, which says: You are the only one, and this is the only one.

Chen Zai looked at the small USB flash drive, feeling a little absent-minded.

only……

Jiang Yanqing mentioned to him before that what should be done with this movie is up to him, whether it should be released, or it should be treated as if it never happened, wasting everyone's efforts for several months.

Chen Zai knew that for the crew members, this was a few months of hard work, but for Jiang Yanqing, it was a year or even several years of hard work.

But now, he dedicated his years of hard work to himself.

Throwing it into the trash can is tantamount to trampling on the hard work of an amazingly talented director.

Don't throw it into the trash can. Once a same-sex movie is released, it will be starring him and Lin Wenxuan. With such an embarrassing status, Mr. Lin is afraid that he will have a heart attack.

After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Zai decided to put the USB drive in the drawer and lock it.

After solving Jiang Yanqing's gift, Chen Zai suddenly remembered Mr. Lin's card.

Take out your phone, download the APP, verify your information, click on the balance, and count the zeros on the balance.

frown.

Count again.

Did he count wrong or Mr. Lin made a mistake?

Chen Zai got up and looked at Mr. Lin sitting in the yard stealing half a day's leisure, "Grandpa, this card is really the pocket money you gave me? Did you give me your pension money?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? That's pocket money for you. It's been given to you by grandpa for so many years. Keep it!"

Chen Zai held the bank card helplessly and locked it in the drawer.

A man becomes bad when he has money, and he doesn't want to be bad now.

Thinking that I will go abroad in a few days, as a star, I seem to have not revealed this news to my few fans.

After thinking about it, I clicked on Weibo. I haven't been on Weibo for a few days, and it seems that I have gained a lot of followers. There are tens of thousands of comments on Weibo.

In the past, Chen Zai might have been too excited to sleep when he saw this data, but now, he just clicked on it calmly.

Chen Zai: Either study or travel, soul and body, one must be on the way, but I choose to go to [doge] to tell everyone a good news, I am going to study abroad!Congratulations!

Chen Zai was really popular. It took less than 5 minutes for this Weibo to be posted, and the comments below it skyrocketed by thousands.

The author has something to say: going abroad! ! !Surprised or not?Is it surprising?

In addition, some adults said that they were worried that Xu Lailin would mess things up, yes, they would mess things up, but it had nothing to do with Zai Zai, because they would be KO'd in front of Zai Zai if they couldn't do it!