Before and After Divorce

Su Yan seemed to be very busy that day, Xia Tingwan sent him an emoji of short-legged Corgi pounced on him acting like a baby, but he never replied.

Xia Tingwan felt a little lost, he really wanted to talk to Su Yan for a while, or even if he just watched Su Yan busy for a while on video, he would feel more at ease.

But forgetting about the jet lag, I knew there was probably something going on over there.

Su Yan has a high degree of freedom in his work, but when he is busy, he feels dizzy.

After they got married, Su Yan rarely touched work when he was with him, but he was less likely to reply to his unimportant messages when he was busy outside.

Su Yan has his own principles in doing things.

Xia Tingwan had bumped into a wall several times before, and later he knew it well.

He tossed and turned under the quilt for a long time, and when it was almost midnight, he couldn't help sending another message to Su Yan: "I miss you."

He also felt a little sticky, but that was indeed his truest thought.

He had an extremely hard time during the day, and the fact that he was suspected of being a big name in the show was undoubtedly on the hot search again. He couldn't help but read the discussions on Weibo a few times, and once he watched it, he lit a cigarette angrily. It smoked steadily, and finally the entire master bedroom was filled with smoky choking.

In the evening, when I saw the empty Zippo cigarette case, I couldn't help covering my face in despair.

Thinking that I promised Su Yan that I would smoke less, but still failed to do so, I felt very sad for a moment.

Sometimes he doesn't know why he is so vulnerable.

When I was a child, other children were chatting enthusiastically together, and when he walked into the classroom, everyone would suddenly quiet down.

He knew right away that they didn't like him.

He lowered his head and sat back in his seat, pretending to concentrate on reading the textbook.

Sometimes when I feel disgusted by others, I feel like goosebumps pop out of nowhere.

The subtle emotions between people always surround him, and his sensitivity makes him feel pain easily.

Xu Zhe once told him that this is talent, and it is something a good actor is born with.An insensitive person cannot become a great actor. It is necessary to expose one's sensitivity, experience and chew, even if it hurts.

But is it really worth it now?

He appeared on a reality show, but because he expressed his true self to a certain extent, he was distorted and edited by the show crew, and then he was scolded as a hot search.

Is such misunderstanding and criticism worthy of his careful understanding?

Xia Tingwan's mind was in a mess, but he didn't send a WeChat message to Su Yan about these things. He knew that if Su Yan didn't reply, he must be busy, and he could see how tired Su Yan was during this time. He didn't want to bother Su Yan with these things anymore.

The next day Zhou Yang drove to pick him up to go to TBN. When he saw him, Zhou Yang looked him up carefully and asked, "Is he in good condition? Do you really want to talk to me in person?"

"I'm fine." Xia Tingwan nodded wearily, and leaned his head on the backrest.

It's not surprising that Zhou Yang asked this question, he had a lot of negative news in the past, and every time he was like an ostrich, hiding whenever he could.

This was the first time that he could barely support himself to face it in person on the second day after the accident.

Xia Tingwan didn't wear sunglasses today, and his face was extremely pale.His feet are still not healed, and he has to limp when he walks. He looks really embarrassed.

On the way from the elevator room on the first floor to the legal department, occasionally a staff member passed by, and they couldn't help but look a little more in surprise.

The manager of TBN in the legal department who was in charge of contacting them was named Zhao, about 40 years old, and the first sentence after the short greetings, Manager Zhao said directly to Xia Tingwan: "Mr. Xia, when I signed the contract with you, , my colleagues have carefully reviewed the terms with you, so you should also know that the recording of the third and fourth episodes of the program - you did not participate, this has formed a breach of contract, right?"

Before Xia Tingwan answered, Zhou Yang spoke first.

"Manager Zhao, Xia Tingwan was not absent from the recording work for no reason. He fell down the stairs and severely contused his right foot. No one could have expected this. Moreover, as soon as he was injured, I already passed on the video of his ankle. And the written certificate presented by the hospital to TBN, pointing out that we were affected by force majeure, and the recording of the third and fourth phases had not started at that time. I urged several times during this period, but TBN was still indifferent, and even finished the recording in silence Afterwards, you came to contact us. Why does it look like we've been 'breached'? And if we talk about breach of contract, the recording of the third and fourth episodes has already been postponed. Among them, there are many things in the program group Is it worth discussing?"

Manager Zhao shifted his gaze to Zhou Yang.

He obviously had a plan in mind. Although Zhou Yang's tone was sharp, he didn't mean to back down at all: "Mr. Zhou, you are pretending not to understand on purpose. When we signed the contract, our colleagues from the legal department had already made it very clear. Our force majeure clauses are very carefully defined. Natural disasters, plagues and other reasons are of course within the scope of force majeure. Therefore, the rescheduling of the third and fourth episodes of the program is due to the tsunami, which is the scope of force majeure. But Mr. Xia’s situation..."

When he said this, he paused meaningfully before continuing: "To put it bluntly, the terms we gave to Mr. Xia are indeed adjusted more severely. We have also explained the reason for this. Mr. Xia has a history of drunk driving accidents. For the record, the problem of frequent alcoholism is also well known. Such personal habits have to make us be more careful-except for natural disasters, etc., it is also written in the clauses that both of us can negotiate based on force majeure. There is indeed a part that can be weighed, but The power of interpretation here belongs to TBN. I’m being harsh. Today, if someone suddenly stabbed Mr. Xia in the street and caused injury, you come to negotiate with us. We definitely agree to classify this as force majeure, but your sudden Tell us about the injury from a fall, how do we know if it was because Mr. Xia drank too much and didn’t look at the road? Then next time Mr. Xia drank too much and drove again, and he couldn’t come to shoot again, right? Is it also force majeure? I am afraid that the risks formed by these personal habits cannot be grafted on to us."

"I didn't get hurt because I drank too much." Xia Tingwan's face turned ugly all of a sudden, his fingers trembled with anger under the table, he sat up straight and stared at Manager Zhao: "It's impossible for me to go again Drunk driving."

"I understand what you mean, but we also have reasonable doubts, right." Manager Zhao smiled indifferently.

Zhou Yang's expression was also ugly, he was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly said: "Then what do you mean?"

"We must follow the contract." Manager Zhao replied: "You are absent from the three or four episodes of the program recording, and the salary of these two episodes is three times, plus the program team's lost work fee, publicity fee, etc. I have to calculate the cost carefully, I don’t have the specific amount here yet, and I have to wait for the legal department to figure it out.”

Zhou Yang sneered: "Before that, let's talk about another thing. I remember that in the contract, it also clearly included the part that the program group must positively promote all MCs, right? Your program was on the hot search yesterday. One thing, you always know——Xia Tingwan told me that when he told Xing Le that he didn’t dare to ride in a car that was too bumpy because of the car accident, the director made it clear that it wasn’t a feature film Partially, but Xing Le's follow-up filming secretly followed the filming. After filming, he only edited part of it, deliberately guiding public opinion, making the public feel that Xia Tingwan was playing big names for no reason. Isn't this kind of behavior a breach of contract? "

"That's right," Manager Zhao nodded without hesitation, "Is there anything wrong? Since you mentioned it, let me also ask, did the director also clearly say in advance—to go to dinner on the first day For the part of follow-up filming, as long as you want to shoot, you can shoot, and the material in it can be considered as a sideshow? All MCs can testify to this. You are also a professional, and you should understand the difference between trailers and feature films, right? It’s just a tidbit. So what point did we not inform in advance? Since we have fulfilled our obligation to inform the filming, how the MC presents himself really has nothing to do with us, and we can’t control the public’s opinion.”

Zhou Yang couldn't help being stunned, he didn't say anything for a while, and turned his head to look at Xia Tingwan reproachfully.

Xia Tingwan sat in his seat, his face turned pale instantly.

Only then did he remember that the director had indeed said this.

On that day, the director said casually, "From the perspective of the timeline, this period is not included in the process of filming the feature film, but if there is anything interesting on the way, you can shoot it if you want. The MC can work with the photographer himself." Coordination, after filming, we may be able to include sideshows."

He really didn't expect that there would be such a big mystery behind it at all, and felt that the atmosphere was quite relaxed, so he generously let his follower take pictures to go to dinner, but he didn't expect Xing Le's photographer to follow him all the time. Zhan reminded him that as long as the photographer is around, he must pay attention.

But he really never thought that what the director said was so important, and he didn't care about the trivial things at that time, so naturally he didn't think of mentioning it to Zhou Yang, and it turned out that Zhou Yang's attack was completely vulnerable at this time. .

The opponent had already anticipated all possible counterattack directions from the very beginning, and made careful arrangements in advance.

When they signed the contract, they thought it was just strict in the ordinary sense, but they didn't expect that Ye Bingwen's malicious operation was behind it. From the very beginning, they had fallen into a passive position.

And then, it was his ignorance, ignorance of the reality TV shooting methods, which made him not realize that he had fallen into a trap.

It makes perfect sense that the part that was filmed was edited out, he's as stupid as hell.

He really deserves it.

Xia Tingwan has already painfully realized that due to the failure of the previous layout, there is a high probability that he and Zhou Yang will only fall down today.

But before leaving, Manager Zhao smiled meaningfully and said to Xia Tingwan: "Mr. Xia, you know that Shaoguang Entertainment is the biggest investor in "On the Road"."

"So?" Xia Tingwan asked.

"Actually, it's a lot of things, but it's not that there is no room for change." Manager Zhao said while sorting out the documents on the desktop: "Mr. Ye from Shaoguang Entertainment is also on TBN today, and he is in the back office. Look... do you want to meet?" ?”

"Impossible." Zhou Yang's expression darkened suddenly, he squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "The last time Mr. Ye met Xia Tingwan in the underground garage of TBN, Manager Zhao, you should know that that meeting ...not very pleasant for us."

"Really?" Manager Zhao shrugged his shoulders with a look of ignorance: "I don't know what happened before, after all, I was just a messenger."

"Ye Bingwen is here, right?" Xia Tingwan asked, without waiting for Manager Zhao to speak, he stood up suddenly and said calmly, "I'll see you."

Zhou Yang's expression changed, and he suddenly raised his head to stare at Xia Tingwan.

Zhou Yang knew that Ye Bingwen dragged Xia Tingwan into the car and slapped him twice, so he resolutely refused just now. Of course he wanted to protect Xia Tingwan, but Xia Tingwan's sudden decision at this time made him also temporarily I don't know how to speak between them.

"Zhou Yang, I'm fine."

Xia Tingwan looked at Zhou Yang, "Wait for me, I will definitely come out within 15 minutes."

Zhou Yang's eyes flickered for a moment. He obviously understood what Xia Tingwan meant, so he also stood up and said calmly, "Okay, I'll wait for you outside."

As he said, he patted Xia Tingwan's back, but his hand slipped down.

Xia Tingwan suddenly felt a slight sinking in his coat pocket. He didn't show any strange expression, but put his hand into the pocket naturally, and when his fingers touched it, he immediately felt that what Zhou Yang threw in seemed to be a watch.

He couldn't figure it out for a while, but he followed Manager Zhao and walked inside.

Looking at the closed office door, Xia Tingwan still felt a little nervous in his heart.

He was not very courageous. When Ye Bingwen took someone to lock him in the car before, he was really scared.

Although Ye Bingwen was a bit ignorant, but whether it was his expression or his methods, he carried a kind of viciousness that was rarely seen in a dude.

This man is terrible.

He was not stable, nor could he be guessed by common sense. When Xia Tingwan slapped Xia Tingwan's mouth that time, Xia Tingwan keenly felt the extreme surlyness in Ye Bingwen's heart.

If he had a choice, he didn't want to see Ye Bingwen again.

But when the situation came to this moment, he who was forced into a corner suddenly developed unprecedented courage.

He knew that all of the present was inseparable from Ye Bingwen's secret manipulation behind him. He had to face this person and find out what this person was thinking, otherwise, his situation would only continue to be passive.

He is not stupid, if he wants to see Ye Bingwen, only this time is the best time.

The others were in TBN, and Zhou Yang was waiting outside. Even if Ye Bingwen lost his mind, he would not be disadvantaged in this meeting. At other times, in a different situation, he would only be more dangerous.

Zhou Yang is extremely smart, and after he talked for 15 minutes, Zhou Yang obviously understood.As long as 15 minutes have passed, Zhou Yang will definitely react, so this time - he confronted Ye Bingwen in a state of absolute safety.

Xia Tingwan took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and walked in.

"Film Emperor Xia, long time no see."

I saw Ye Bingwen sitting on the sofa in a light gray suit, with a cigar between his fingers, and said lazily.

Xia Tingwan deliberately kept a long distance from him, and said expressionlessly, "Young Master Ye."

"Yo," Ye Bingwen raised his eyebrows with a sly smile, "Tell me, why do I like you so much when you call me Ye Shao? It feels like... it sounds a little more beautiful than others call me." ,interesting."

"I heard from Manager Zhao that you want to see me." Xia Tingwan didn't pick up on Ye Bingwen's words, and said word by word: "It's time to talk. Manager Zhao also talked to me, but since Young Master Ye wants to see me, he must There are other things to say."

"Yes, but..." Ye Bingwen stood up, and he walked up to Xia Tingwan step by step: "It depends on your understanding."

The cologne smell on his body was so strong that Xia Tingwan almost felt an indescribable discomfort, but he did not retreat, but used all his strength to nail it in place, slightly raised his head and stared at Ye Bingwen.

"Film Emperor Xia," Ye Bingwen picked up Xia Tingwan's chin with a cigar, and said slowly: "I watched the video yesterday when it came out, alas... Actually, if you look closely, you are still very attractive and photogenic... This scar , but it didn't completely destroy you. I want you more in my heart. "

Xia Tingwan took a step back with a cold expression, avoiding Ye Bingwen's movements.

He knew that Ye Bingwen seemed to be saying something irrelevant, but in fact, he was reminding him how unfavorable his current situation was.

"Young Master Ye, what exactly do you want to do?"

Ye Bingwen looked at Xia Tingwan, and the sternness on his face became more and more apparent: "Xia Tingwan, this is just a trailer, and you have already been hacked so hard that you can't turn over. Have you ever thought about this show? What would you do if you really finished broadcasting episode after episode like this?"

"I'm not kidding you, you have also seen the power of editing. In fact, reality shows, that's what it is. It's useless how you want to express, the important thing is - I want to show you in post-production What you look like is what you look like in the eyes of the public. Similarly, even if you are scolded like this now, as long as I think about it, the feature film released can reverse your persona, believe it or not ?”

"Xia Tingwan, remember? I said it last time, I want you to beg me. I can destroy you, or I can save you—I can also sign you in Shaoguang and praise you, as long as you want. "

Ye Bingwen took a deep puff of his cigar, he looked at Xia Tingwan's face, and there was an almost cruel desire in his eyes.

Xia Tingwan listened expressionlessly, he didn't speak, but his chest was filled with a feeling of disgust and nausea.

The word reality show has never looked so funny.

He has always been someone who is used to the presence of the camera.

Xu Zhe always said that the lens is the most honest, it will not deceive itself, so it looks at all the details more sincerely and meticulously than human eyes.

We must respect the lens, and on the basis of respect, use our own language to express art.

And this was the first time Xia Tingwan realized that there was another group of people in the same circle who manipulated the camera to create hypocrisy without conviction.

People like Ye Bingwen stood behind them, opening and closing their mouths and reversing the persona, as if in his eyes, people were nothing more than two-word settings.

He thought he was the creator of the world. This kind of shameless arrogance and arrogance was so ridiculous that Xia Tingwan even ignited a strange fighting spirit in his chest.

Xia Tingwan suddenly smiled slightly: "Young Master Ye, don't you always hate me?"

He turned his face and glanced at Ye Bingwen with a pair of peach blossom eyes.

Although his face is haggard, but when looking at people from this angle, the tip of his nose is slightly raised, and there is a sense of alienation and blurred beauty, which makes Ye Bingwen stunned.

"Yes." Ye Bingwen bit his lip bloodthirstyly, and said slowly: "You are a little bitch who is arrogant, I hate you, but I also want you. As long as you are obedient... I can accept the previous matter. I don't care about you."

His tone became lower and lower, as if he already thought that Xia Tingwan was about to give in, showing a little eager expression: "Baby—be my dog, please. I will support you, and Shaoguang will support you. "

"How would you praise me? Like Xing Le?"

Xia Tingwan asked seriously: "When filming the reality show, did you ask Xing Le to take me into the pit?"

"So what?" Ye Bingwen snorted disdainfully: "Xing Le, I'm tired of playing, you and me, I'll pay you more."

The colder Xia Tingwan's heart was, the sweeter the smile on his face.

His eyes looked tame and innocent, and he asked softly: "I vaguely saw Xing Le's injuries, did you hit me? Would you hit me like that?"

Seeing Xia Tingwan asking this question, Ye Bingwen felt that he had the chance to win. He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction and said, "That's a snake whip. Of course I will beat you, and you will beg me to treat you like that."

"it is good."

Xia Tingwan spit out a word very simply.

Ye Bingwen was a little surprised, and asked subconsciously: "Okay? You agree?"

"I said yes - I see." Xia Tingwan looked down at the time, 15 minutes was almost up, then he raised his eyes calmly, and said slowly: "I don't agree."

"What did you say?" Ye Bingwen's eyebrows jumped involuntarily, and he looked at Xia Tingwan in disbelief.

"I said, I don't agree." Xia Tingwan said every word.

"Xia Tingwan," Ye Bingwen lowered his head and extinguished his cigar heavily on the table. He did this movement very slowly. When he turned his head again, although there was a smile on his face, his eyes were full of irritation after being provoked. Anger: "You were playing with me just now... isn't it?"

"It's very fun, King Xia. Don't think about it. You really pissed me off. How dare you continue to finish filming "On the Road"? Do you think there aren't enough people scolding you now? Tell me." Understood, if you don’t agree today, you’d better get out of Lao Tzu’s show, otherwise I’ll tell you that the whole network will be blacked out, and there will be no time to turn around. I want to watch it, because I lacked money to accept TBN’s show , can you afford to pay the liquidated damages for the next eight installments now?"

At the end of Ye Bingwen's speech, his face was ashen.

"You're right. I can't afford eight installments."

Xia Tingwan raised his head to look at Ye Bingwen, and said slowly: "Take the contract to blame me, I will accept the third and fourth phases of breach of contract, and I will only pay for this part of the money. But you understand, I will not just let it go Withdrew from the show. It’s been five years, and there have never been many people who scolded me—you can continue editing and blackmailing me if you have the ability, and see if you can force me to leave.”

Having said this, Xia Tingwan took a deep breath.

He knew that he had completely broken with Ye Bingwen, and every step after that would be a fierce struggle with powerful children like Ye Bingwen.

He straightened the collar of his coat, but stopped when he was about to leave.

He looked at Ye Bingwen, a calm smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he said word by word: "Young Master Ye, you said that you can praise me, and I actually feel honored. But I just want to know—"Whale Language" After that, it has been five years. Except for me, there has never been a second actor in the three major European film festivals in the Chinese circle. No matter how many people scold me, no one has won an award with a higher gold content than me in the past five years. You Well, can your Time Entertainment give me another Palme d'Or?"

Ye Bingwen was stunned for a moment.

He pointed at Xia Tingwan with his fingers, but he was choked up and speechless, the haughty smile that he barely squeezed out just now was almost a bit embarrassed.

Xia Tingwan himself also felt strange.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that when he met Ye Bingwen for the first time, this person was showing off to him the 30-carat heart of light that the Ye family ordered for the royal wedding in Xiaoguo.

He thought it was funny at the time, and teased Ye Bingwen, "When Young Master Ye got married, the diamond in the bride's hand must be 60 carats, right?"

The person in front of him was still so arrogant, so ridiculous.

And the confrontation between him and Ye Bingwen seems to have reproduced the scene of that year again.

He used to be so light and flirtatious, and his understanding of his achievements was superficial, but at that time, he was really proud of himself.

So many years have passed.

He was depressed for a long time, and then stumbled away from Su Yan's embrace. At one point, he even lost all his self-confidence because of this, even felt like a joke.

But maybe he shouldn't.

He is not so useless, and he should not be so weak and bullied.

He looked down on Ye Bingwen, five years ago, five years later, all the time.

Compared with his achievements, the flamboyance of the dandy young man in front of him is more like a bluffing joke.

So in the end, he unceremoniously mocked this face-saving young master again.

"Ye Bingwen."

After Xia Tingwan came in, it was the first time he called this man by his name unceremoniously. He no longer had the sweet and soft smile just now, but stood facing Ye Bingwen with a straight back and a smile on his face I spoke.

"My ex-husband is Su Yan, you still remember."

When he mentioned Su Yan's name, there was warmth in the pronunciation of those two words.

He felt the heartbeat in his chest becoming more and more solid and powerful.

Xia Tingwan continued word by word: "What is your little energy compared to Su Yan? But I have been married to Su Yan for five years, and I never asked him to give me a penny to make a movie. I didn't ask him to use his and Hengtai's power to pave the way for me in the circle. I don't need anyone to support me, and you don't deserve to support me.

"My film king - I earned it upright. I was Su Yan's pride."

After he finished speaking, he never looked at Ye Bingwen's reaction, but strode out of the office.

The time was exactly 15 minutes as agreed between him and Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang was waiting in the corridor, and seeing Xia Tingwan coming out, he winked, and went directly to the underground parking lot with Xia Tingwan.

After getting into the car, Xia Tingwan took out the thing Zhou Yang threw in from his coat pocket just now, and looked under the light, it turned out to be a black iWatch.

Xia Tingwan looked at Zhou Yang puzzled: "This is...?"

Zhou Yang looked very serious, he took the iWatch from Xia Tingwan's hand, then took out his mobile phone to operate it, and then -

The conversation between Xia Tingwan and Ye Bingwen came from the mobile phone, sentence by sentence, very clear.

"You go in alone, I still don't feel at ease, so I turned on the synchronization between iWatch and mobile phone, and listened to it while recording, fearing that something might happen inside."

Zhou Yang said slowly.

Xia Tingwan was taken aback,

He opened his mouth, but didn't speak for a while, looked straight ahead for a while, and then suddenly remembered something, he turned his head suddenly, and asked in surprise: "Zhou Yang, what are you doing?" There is a recording in hand, does it mean that we now have evidence to prove that they edited maliciously?"

"It's not as easy as I thought."

Zhou Yang lowered his head and lit a cigarette. He took a deep breath and said, "I am recording this privately at work, so it cannot be used as strong legal evidence. If you want to go through legal procedures to sue TBN, at present Not likely yet."

The light in Xia Tingwan's eyes dimmed again.

At that moment, he thought they had almost grasped the magic weapon to win.

But unexpectedly, this turned out to be just another hope that failed.

"But it's not like the recording is meaningless."

Zhou Yang pondered for a while, then narrowed his eyes slightly, and continued: "It's legally unfeasible, but it doesn't mean that this recording can't be used as a bargaining chip in private to negotiate terms with Ye Bingwen."

"I don't want to negotiate terms with him."

Xia Tingwan suddenly said, his voice was very low and hurried: "You heard it too, all of this is Ye Bingwen instructing the editor and the program team to maliciously smear me. Not only did he want to unspoken rules for me, he also treated Xing Le... …Zhou Yang, you don’t know, I vaguely saw it when I was in Thailand. Xing Le’s body was covered with whips. He stayed in Thailand for several days and the scars didn’t fade away. Think about it, when Ye Bingwen hit him How heavy. I have known Xing Le for so many years. Xing Le is not a person who loves SM at all. Ye Bingwen is using his power to sexually abuse Xing Le. He is forcing Xing Le to set me up. This kind of beast, I and He has nothing to negotiate."

Speaking of the latter, Xia Tingwan's voice trembled slightly. Although he tried his best to bear it, the muscles in the corners of his eyes still twitched involuntarily because of anger.

"Then what do you want?"

Zhou Yang took a puff of cigarette irritably, and said in a deep voice: "Tingwan, I know you hate Ye Bingwen, but I'll tell you the truth, although Ye Bingwen is a fool at all, but he is the young master of the Ye family after all. There have been many rumors in the industry, but no one dared to really touch him. I hope you have to understand one thing, dealing with the program group and dealing with Ye Bingwen are two completely different things. You can fight with TBN and "On the Road" It’s okay to fight against the group, and you don’t need to shrink back when you really tear it up. But if you want to turn the matter of Ye Bingwen’s sexual abuse to the bright side, then you want to completely destroy Ye Bingwen, if the evidence is not conclusive It would be too dangerous to make Ye Bingwen unable to stand up again. The enemy you have to face is not only Ye Bingwen, but also the Ye family."

"Also," Zhou Yang glanced at Xia Tingwan, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Now you completely imagine Xing Le as a victim, but is this really the truth?"

"You mean...?"

Although Xia Tingwan asked subconsciously, she immediately understood what Zhou Yang meant.

"What if Xing Le was not forced?" Zhou Yang's eyes were sharp, and he said every word: "If he voluntarily played for Ye Bingwen, if they had any agreement, he was making some kind of exchange, even giving Ye Bingwen Didn't Ye Bingwen force him to set you up?"

Xia Tingwan pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking.

He knew that Zhou Yang was always more rational than him, but he was still too emotional.

In his heart, he always hoped that Xing Le would still be that Lele. He couldn't bear to think that the sunny and handsome boy would suffer such humiliation and pain for fame and fortune in the entertainment industry. He was still unwilling to accept another possibility. .

Seeing that Xia Tingwan didn't refute anymore, Zhou Yang continued: "After you went in just now, I was listening and sorting out my thoughts. I didn't make perfect preparations for the previous thing. I didn't know about the festival between you and Ye Bingwen. It's because I failed to protect you that they plotted against you. But this time, it's impossible to just let it go. "

Zhou Yang choked out his cigarette heavily in the ashtray in the car when he said this, his eyes were gloomy in the shadows.

Xia Tingwan looked at Zhou Yang, he knew that Zhou Yang seldom smoked, and only when he was in extreme situations would he be unable to restrain himself——Zhou Yang was really angry.

"Tingwan, we must be patient."

Zhou Yang narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "Now that the opponent is fully prepared and has the support of public opinion, a direct confrontation will definitely suffer. But if Ye Bingwen really slanders you again and again in a fit of anger, I can assure you that there will be times when we will be extravagant. We have recordings in our hands, and we can even make deals with Xing Le when necessary, as well as MCs in other shows. We can maintain a good relationship and interact with each other, and we can find out in private. Chip communication, I will arrange these tasks. Once there are more clues, the audience will start to wonder whether you are such a person, and gradually there will be voices of doubt. At that time, we will wait until the worst time to make a sudden move , Public opinion can be reversed, you believe me."

"it is good."

Xia Tingwan replied.

"One more thing, I hope you will take down the protagonist of "Looking" this time."

Zhou Yang looked at Xia Tingwan with an extremely serious expression: "You have an advantage that no one else has. Temporary online blackmail may be fatal for a traffic star, but for a real actor It’s not true at all. Ye Bingwen didn’t see through this at all, so he thought he could completely destroy you. In fact, as long as you can perform "Xun" well, even if you don’t do anything else, you will be able to live in another five years. Go on, no one will remember your playing big names in "On the Road", and even if you dig up the past, the argument at that time can only be "good actors are born to be more sensitive and willful in life", so as long as you are good works, an actor's acting career will always have vitality, understand?"

Xia Ting nodded late.

Zhou Yang patted Xia Tingwan on the shoulder, and while starting the car, he said a very sudden sentence: "Tingwan, you have changed."

Xia Tingwan was stunned for a moment, before he could ask, Zhou Yang had already smiled lightly, and said in a low voice: "I used to be your manager, and whenever something happened, I always felt like I was fighting alone. You are an unreliable little boy , turn around and run when you feel pressure. But now it’s finally not—you’re getting more and more bearable.”

Xia Tingwan lowered his head in embarrassment, and after a long time, he said softly: "Zhou Yang, those years... thank you very much."

As he spoke, he looked out of the car window, and the scenery outside quickly reversed, and he was a little lost in that moment.

He suddenly thought, did Su Yan think the same way?

During the five years of marriage with him, Su Yan never told him about any difficulties, and never shared with him the heartbreak of his childhood. Does Su Yan often feel alone.

……

Perhaps because of confronting Ye Bingwen, Xia Tingwan suddenly didn't care so much about the public's comments.

Sometimes he is afraid that others will not like him, that kind of mood is like a child, when he is criticized, he feels uneasy that he has made a big mistake.

But in this matter, he has a clear conscience.

He was not at fault, and he didn't bother to care about the pointers of those strangers who were superior and ignorant of him.

That night, Xia Tingwan and Zhou Yang talked about the casting of "Xun" that Lu Xiangnan informed him yesterday on WeChat.

When Zhou Yang heard the name Shi Miao, he suddenly repeated it solemnly: "Shi Miao?"

"Yes." Xia Tingwan said, "What's wrong?"

"I heard a gossip before, but it has never been accurately confirmed."

Zhou Yang's tone was a bit hesitant, "Shi Miao and He Yanxi were together before. During the filming of "Destiny", they were very careful and never got exposed. I don't know why they split up. This is A friend in my circle told me privately, and he said it swearingly, I think it should be more or less the same.”

Xia Tingwan's fingers holding the phone froze.

"Forget it, don't take it too seriously." Zhou Yang said, "If they were together before, it might be awkward to meet again. Although He Yanxi has a say in casting, she may not be willing to pave the way for her ex-boyfriend. This way."

"No." Xia Tingwan felt unprecedentedly tense, even his back tensed involuntarily, and he murmured, "They were together... If they had slept together and truly loved each other, then How could the tacit understanding between me and He Yanxi surpass the tacit understanding between Shi Miao and him?"