brat [entertainment circle]

When Chen Zai first entered the entertainment circle, he was also called "Xiaolin Wenxuan".

It has nothing to do with anything else, it's just between the eyebrows and eyes, it's really too similar to Lin Wenxuan.

Generally speaking, newcomers who have just entered the entertainment industry try to find ways to gain popularity and try their best to hold their thighs. If they look similar to such an actor, the notices will have been sent out to attract fans.

In the early stage, Chen Zai was packaged by the company as Xiaolin Wenxuan to make his debut, and he did get the attention of Lin Wenxuan's fans. Even Lin Wenxuan's toenails can't compare, so tell him to get the hell out of here, and stop sticking to Lin Wenxuan.

Chen Zai had just entered the industry at that time. Although he was a little-known star, he was young and energetic, and his edges and corners had not been smoothed by the entertainment industry. He directly posted a picture of himself on Weibo, accompanied by words, I am me .

If Chen made such an announcement, his agency would not be able to tie him up with Lin Wenxuan again. If Qiu Yan hadn't said good things to him at that time, his career in the entertainment industry would have come to an abrupt end at that time.

As a result, even though Chen Zai admired Lin Wenxuan, he was always unwilling and avoided too much contact with him. It was not until Jiang Yanqing offered him an olive branch that year that he had the opportunity to play with Lin Wenxuan on the same stage. .

Chen Zai would like to thank Luo Luo, thanks to her presence, the atmosphere would not be so embarrassing, in the elevator, Luo Luo kept wringing her fingers and talking to Chen Zai, "Brother Chen, you have to take good care of your body, you used to have a bad stomach , keep running to the hospital, and I keep bringing stomach medicine for you, and you forget? You also forget what kind of stomach hurts? "

Chen laughed at her again, "Luo Luo, why do I feel that you are getting more and more verbose? Do you want me to introduce you to a boyfriend? Help me share the burden?"

"Brother Chen!" Luo Luo stared, "I'm serious with you!"

Chen Zai smiled hippie, "I'm serious with you too, you are not too young, find a boyfriend and marry yourself, come, talk to Brother Chen, do you have any requirements?"

"Brother Chen, you are still talking about me, you should find a girlfriend first, the boss is not young, don't let me be a little assistant to take care of you."

Chen Zai laughed again, "You also know that you are a little assistant?"

Luo Luo blushed at Chen Zai's words, and she simply became angry and didn't speak. Lin Wenxuan laughed after hearing this: "First establish a career and then get married. Chen Zai is still young, so don't worry."

After speaking, the elevator opened. Lin Wenxuan's assistant had been waiting for him at the door for a long time. Seeing Lin Wenxuan came, he gave him the key. Lin Wenxuan took the key and looked at Chen Zai, "Do you want to go in and sit down? "

Chen Zai waved his hands again and again, "No need, Brother Lin, you've worked so hard, go to bed early, and you have to get up early to film tomorrow."

Lin Wenxuan also knew that it was impossible for Chen to enter his room, so he said with a smile, "Then go to bed earlier, good night."

Chen Zaiya responded politely and politely, "Okay, good night, Brother Lin."

It's really uncomfortable to be separated by a wall.

Chen Zai waited for Lin Wenxuan to enter the room before opening the door. Luo Luo took his changed clothes to wash, and wanted to say a few more words, but Chen Zai pushed the door out of nowhere.

Turn on the computer and make a video call with Gu Zhi. Once connected, he immediately asked in a serious manner: "Mr. Gu, tell me the truth, tell me, what do you mean?"

Gu Zhi didn't even raise his head, "What are you telling me honestly?"

"Stop pretending, Brother Lin came to the film and television city, didn't you arrange it? Otherwise, he has the title of film king, and a little-known crew will come to play for me? Are you kidding?"

Hearing this, Gu Zhi's pen stopped, and he raised his head, "You also said, he is the best actor, what do you think he needs to obey other people's arrangement in any drama?"

Chen Zazai knew what he meant, "Then you can't persuade him? Playing the second male role is a shame!"

"Persuade him? Do you think my relationship with him is good enough to persuade him?"

Chen thought about it for a while, and carefully tested him, "Didn't you have a good relationship before?"

"You think too much." Seeing Chen Zai sigh, "You don't want Lin Wenxuan to join the team?"

Chen muttered a few more words, "How could you be willing."

Gu Zhi covered the nib of his pen, and looked at him for a long time, "Chen Zai, actually, I don't agree with you single-handedly picking this movie."

Chen pursed his lips again and did not speak.

"Bi Qian is not well-known, he is a little-known director. Although the actors in your crew have good acting skills, they are not well-known. The combined number of Weibo fans of all the actors in the crew is not as good as Lin Wenxuan's. Chen Zai, think about it carefully. The script is good, but will this movie really become popular?"

"but……"

"I know that the box office of a movie is not only based on actors and directors, but word of mouth is the most important thing. But word of mouth is a gamble. You can conclude that the audience likes your script and your acting skills? You watch the movie There is no shortage of good movies in history, but there are still endless good movies hitting the street. You want to turn the tide, but have you ever thought about how many fans are willing to pay for you, and how many fans are willing to act as tap water for you to promote? Theaters also need to make money , if your movie can’t bring him profits, and he can’t make a splash, he will reduce the number of movies in theaters. This is a vicious circle, do you understand?”

"I understand! I understand everything! When I was abroad, I also had a little understanding of film studies and the film market. I understand what you said, but..."

"Chen Zai, you are not popular enough, and your influence is far from enough to carry a movie. Maybe there are indeed a few movies in the history of movies that rely on word-of-mouth to make a comeback, but the chances are too small. Are you really willing to bet on that luck? a handful?"

Chen Zai was sweating coldly at what Gu Zhi said, but what Gu Zhi said was actually true, he was lucky enough to be a gambler at the beginning.

"Chen Zai, you're a little drifting." Gu Zhi made a final decision, looking at him seriously and seriously, "With a backing, you will act recklessly and don't think about things from a realistic point of view. Tell me, have you ever thought about everything? The box office is not good, what are your plans?"

Chen Zai couldn't lift his head when he was looked at by that gaze, and he felt a little annoyed at once, why did he have to video chat with Gu Zhi, now that he is being reprimanded, he is happy?

"I……"

Seeing that he hesitated and couldn't speak, Gu Zhi understood, "You didn't plan, because in your heart you think that Mr. Lin and I are your backers who can solve all your difficulties. It doesn't matter if the box office hits the street. The operating personnel of the company can market for you and the crew, and even spend money to buy you a box office, right?"

"No, I didn't think so!" Chen Zai raised his head abruptly and tried his best to deny, "I didn't think about marketing or buying box office, I just... believed that I would succeed."

Gu Zhi smiled lightly, "Listen to what you said, do you have the confidence?"

Chen Zai lowered his eyebrows and said dejectedly, "No."

"All you rely on is gambling. Ten out of ten bets and nine of them lose. The probability is too small. I don't recommend you to gamble. Lin Wenxuan is a signboard. Are you sure you want to push him out?"

"But why does it have to be him?"

"I don't worry about other people. I always feel a little unhappy when I do this kind of thing for you. After the movie is released, who knows if they will make a notice to step on you?"

Chen Zai muttered softly, "I'd rather be someone else."

"Chen Zai!"

Chen Zai raised his head, feeling a little impatient, "Okay, I get it, don't talk about it, I understand, Brother Lin is Brother Lin, anyway, it's not him, it's someone else."

Gu Zhi sighed, frowned, his nerves were tense today, and he was really tired, seeing Chen Zai's reluctance, he sighed, "If you really don't want to, I'll meet with you tomorrow. Let’s talk about it.”

Chen Zai's eyes suddenly lit up, he raised his head to look at Gu Zhi, but only saw Gu Zhi rubbing his brows tiredly.

He hadn't seen Gu Zhi look so tired for a long time. In his impression, Gu Zhi always held the overall situation as calm as a mountain, as if nothing could really threaten him.

It should be the company's business. I'm already very tired from busy work, so why worry about such a trivial matter, let alone it's not bad.

"No need," Chen gritted his teeth again, "It's okay, you don't need to talk to Brother Lin, I will adjust myself, I'm the one who sticks to the horns, don't worry about me."

Obviously full of words that don't need to be used, don't care about me, don't talk about it, but his face is full of displeasure and displeasure.

Duplicity and pretending to be sensible.

"The tongue is not the heart."

"No!" Chen Zai looked at him seriously, "I think you are already tired enough, so you don't need to waste time on me. I can handle this matter by myself, so you don't need to worry about it."

No matter how serious Chen's words were, Gu Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled and said, "What's the matter? Has your sex changed?"

"You are good enough to me. I can't be so willful. What's more, there are some things that I really can't always care about. It's not good to always be unable to get out of the past."

"You also know it's not good?"

"It's my fault."

I don't know why, but after hearing this sentence, Gu Zhizhen had the urge to hold Chen Zai in his arms right now, to teach him a lesson, so that he would never dare to say such self-pitying words again. People are angry and distressed.

"Don't say such things again!"

"Uncle Gu must be very tired, so I won't disturb your rest."

Gu Zhi laughed when he heard this, "What's the matter? You got angry after I said a few words to you?"

"No, I see you are so tired. It's not a big deal for me. The company is already busy enough. Spend time on me..."

"Chen Zai, listen well, listen to me," Gu Zhi interrupted him, holding both sides of the video with both hands, as if holding Chen Zai's face in his palms, "There is nothing more important than you, what I am doing now All of this, the busyness of every day, is because of you."

Chen blinked again, "I became your burden?"

Gu Zhi felt helpless immediately, and couldn't help laughing out loud after thinking about it, "Yes, you are my burden, without you, I wouldn't be so busy or so tired."

Seeing Chen Zai gradually frown, Gu Zhi smiled again: "But I am willing, without you, all I have done is meaningless, although I am tired and busy, but as long as I think of you, all the things I have done will be meaningless. Busy and exhausted are nothing to mention, to me, you are the most important, you are worth everything I pay, do you understand?"

Chen Zai was taken aback, an inexplicable sadness welled up in his heart, his nose was a little sour, his eyes were a little bit astringent, sure enough, he had said a thousand times, and the words were still good and sweet, and after listening to them, his heart was warmed, not only his heart was warmed, but even his limbs were warmed up. The body is warm.

Chen Zai pursed his mouth and remained silent.

He actually wanted to ask him, why?

Chen is no longer a fool. Ever since he met Gu Zhi at Qianyu Company, he had a faint feeling that Gu Zhi was interested in him. At first, he just thought that Gu Zhi had taken a fancy to his skin and flesh and wanted to have fun. After all, he was at that time Nothing but a face.

But later, with the help of Gu Zhi, he found out his life experience and recognized his ancestors.It is one thing to like it, but another thing to be grateful. He has thanked Jiang Yanqing and Lin Wenxuan, and he knows that he is also grateful to Gu Zhi.

When did this gratitude gradually change?From gratitude to liking, from liking to habit, from habit to obliging him.

"I...I..." Chen Zai murmured a little speechless. After affirming his intentions, he also wanted Mr. Gu to know his intentions, which was only fair.

Gu Zhi listened to him patiently, "What?"

"I'm actually... actually very..."

Pa——The bright room was suddenly dark, Chen Zai stared at the blacked-out screen in front of him, opened the window and shouted as if venting, "Charter, why is there a power outage!"

Gu Zhi's phone call came, and Chen took it again, when Gu Zhi asked him in a slightly nervous tone, "What's going on?"

"Oh, it's okay, it should be a power outage."

Hearing that it was a power outage, Gu Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately remembered just now, "What did you want to say just now?"

All of Chen Zai's courage disappeared at the moment of the power outage, and he said cowardly: "It's nothing, I just want you to rest early."

"You also go to bed earlier, don't stay up late."

Chen Zai said in a muffled voice, "Okay, good night."

"Good night."

After Chen hung up the phone again, he heard a knock on the door. It was the hotel attendant who came to apologize, saying that the switch had tripped and he would be fine soon.

Chen didn't say anything more, took a shower in the dark, and rolled into the quilt.

As soon as Gu Zhi hung up the phone, he immediately called Lin Wenxuan's phone, and opened his mouth to ask, "Is there a power outage?"

Lin Wenxuan couldn't deny it, "Well, don't be too nervous if there is a power outage, it will be fine with me."

Gu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I will trouble you."

Polite and distant.

Lin Wenxuan took a deep breath, "Xu Lai recently..."

Gu Zhi was categorical, "He can't make any waves."

"Okay, I'm relieved with your words. Okay, I didn't hang up beforehand."

Gu Zhi stopped him, "By the way, nothing happened today, right?"

"Nothing, what's the matter?"

"I don't think Chen Zai is in the right mood today."

Lin Wenxuan smiled wryly, "With me here, of course he's not in the right mood, but don't worry, I know what to do and won't upset him."

"That's good, hang up."

Lin Wenxuan put down his mobile phone and sat in the room, the curtains were drawn tightly, the surrounding was completely dark, and there was no sound.

Darkness is equal to the unknown, and those who are in the unknown will inevitably feel a little flustered.

Lin Wenxuan thought back to those days, and wondered if the small dark room that Chen Zai stayed in was so dark.

Early the next morning, Chen Zai was woken up by Luo Luo's knock on the door. He washed, dressed, made up, drank medicine, and finished the set. Chen Zai woke up after dozing off, and went to the set full of energy. , the news that Lin Wenxuan joined the group actually appeared on the hot search list.

Originally, Chen Zai's movie didn't get much attention, but passers-by broke the news that Lin Wenxuan had joined the group, and the film's official Weibo account gained 10,000+ followers overnight, leaving messages asking for information about Lin Wenxuan's role and the official Reuters photos.

Of course, some fans revealed that Lin Wenxuan was only the second male in this movie, which made many fans speechless.

Everyone said that in order to build a good relationship with Chen Zai, Lin Wenxuan was willing to match his own brother!

It's so spoiled!

Looking at those remarks, Chen Zai felt a little funny for some reason, but now that he thought carefully about what Gu Zhi said last night, it was indeed true.

Lin Wenxuan's identity as actor and the blood relationship with Chen Zai are all selling points and hot spots, and the box office can't run away, but...

Chen Zai looked at the debate under the official Weibo and sighed.

Abuse is also indispensable.

Lin Wenxuan looked helpless at seeing Chen Zai holding the phone, walked over to have a look, and said with a smile, "What are you looking at?"

Chen was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously put away the phone.

"Tomorrow the official Weibo will announce the cast, don't worry, I will communicate with fans properly."

Chen Zai knew what Lin Wenxuan meant by saying this, so he pushed the boat along without saying anything, "Then, thank you Brother Lin."

"Don't be polite to me, by the way, where's your script?"

Chen Zai pulled out the script from under his buttocks, Lin Wenxuan sighed and couldn't help but smile, "Next time, don't leave the script anywhere."

Lin Wenxuan's assistant brought him a chair, sat beside Chen Zai, opened the script and clicked on a certain scene, "I'll try this scene with you first."

Chen Zai opened the script a little nervously. It had been a long time since he and Lin Wenxuan had an audition alone. For Chen Zai, Lin Wenxuan's acting skills were a mountain in front of him. He admired and respected him.

Thinking of Lin Wenxuan's strictness and meticulousness in Jiang Yanqing's crew before, he was a little flustered.

He was as flustered as he was on the crew of "The King's Landing" four years ago.

Chen Zai felt guilty for playing big swords in front of Guan Gong.

Lin Wenxuan saw that his eyes were wandering, "What's wrong?"

"Ah...it's nothing, let's play against each other."

Chen then opened the script to that page, listened to the emotional lines thrown by Lin Wenxuan, forced himself to endure the panic, forcibly calm down, figured out the psychology of the characters in the play, and took Lin Wenxuan's lines.

The audition lasted for 10 minutes, and Chen Zai was sweating profusely on the back of his clothes, but Lin Wenxuan looked complacent, frowning slightly, and explained to Chen Zai the wrong tone and expression just now.

Although Chen Zai had some complaints about him, he still respected his guidance, after all, the actor taught acting is the essence.

"The lines are good, and the expressions are contagious, but there is a fly in the ointment. You can control the speed of speech. The parts that should be fast are a bit slow, and the parts that are hesitant are a bit fast."

Chen Zai concentrated on writing down, "Okay, I will try to figure it out more here, thank you."

Lin Wenxuan finished the script and got up, "I said, don't be so polite, you can try to figure out the play yourself, the scene in the afternoon is this one, I hope we can pass it together."

Chen stood up again and said respectfully, "Okay!"

Seeing Chen Zai's respectful appearance, Lin Wenxuan couldn't help but frowned again, and walked away rubbing his eyebrows.

Knowing that Chen Zai would be polite to him, he never expected to be more polite than four years ago.

Every word and deed, even a look in the eyes is alienated.

Can't make it through, that matter, no matter what.

When Lin Wenxuan walked out of the studio, he saw Lin Luan standing not far away, looking at him, hesitating.

Lin Wenxuan frowned more deeply.

Thinking about it carefully, it should have been three years since he had spoken to Lin Luan again, especially after he knew what Lin Luan thought about him and the means he used to use him, he hadn't even paid attention to Lin Luan. .

How much has he changed in three years?

Lin Luan walked over slowly, his eyes flustered, he looked at Lin Wenxuan cautiously, and murmured, "Brother."

The curious eyes of the staff came from all directions. Lin Wenxuan looked at him and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

Lin Luan hadn't heard Lin Wenxuan talk to him so close for a long time, and his lips moved, as if he was a bit embarrassed to speak.

After a while, he whispered, "I'm sorry."

Lin Wenxuan looked at his drooping head and said nothing.

Lin Luan gritted his teeth, "I made a mistake in a moment of impatience back then. I actually didn't want to do that. I was just afraid that you would drive me away."

Seeing Lin Luan, Lin Wenxuan remembered that three years ago, he was ugly and drank the milk sent by someone he trusted, a camera, a voice recorder...

Every time I think of these...

"Need not."

Lin Wenxuan turned around and left, but Lin Luan pulled him back in a hurry, crying, "Brother, I'm sorry, give me a chance, I know I made a mistake back then, and I will never dare again, Can you forgive me once?"

The eyes of the surrounding staff became more and more curious. Lin Wenxuan was really a little unreasonable for Lin Luanqiu being so pitiful in public.

"let go!"

"Brother, please forgive me, please, please forgive me once? You will forgive me no matter what I do before, but this time?"

Lin's nonsense was pitiful, tears flowed down his cheeks, and it really hurt his heart to see it.

Just as Lin Wenxuan was about to throw his hands away, he was caught off guard when he met Chen Zai with slightly shocked, even curious eyes.