Pride and Predilection [Entertainment]

On the night of February [-]th, Hua Mingfei was "forced" to take a vacation by Fu Hanyu——

"Boss, I love work, and work makes me happy. Besides, I don't have a girlfriend," Xiao Feifei said honestly, "You are simply humiliating me by letting me take leave at this time."

"Without a girlfriend, you should go out with something tonight, right?"

Fu Hanyu warned: "You can go and make an appointment with anything, just don't follow me."

The disgusted Hua Mingfei was very hurt: "..."

If Hua Mingfei followed Fu Hanyu home that day, he would definitely think that his boss was crazy.Fu Hanyu piled up a pile of changed clothes on the bed, and he didn't know how many outfits he had gestured in front of the standing mirror.

Is wearing a designer limited edition a little too formal?

But if it is usually worn, will it be too casual...

How to put on clothes?

What to wear on Valentine's Day?

Fu Hanyu hadn't struggled with this problem for many years.It's just a little too sweet annoyance.

After finally picking out the clothes, he held his face again and chose the perfume.Fu Hanyu has a hobby of collecting niche designer perfumes, and there are a lot of bottles and jars in the storage box.

In the end, he struggled with L'Artisan Parfumeur's Passaged'Enfer and ByKilian's BambooHarmony for a long time.

The former is a neutral woody fragrance that Fu Hanyu likes very much, but the incense in the top note is mixed with lily, and the taste is a little sweet, which seems a bit too provocative.But for the latter, bamboo leaves are mixed with tea fragrance in the middle note, and it seems a bit frigid.

At this moment, his mobile phone vibrated twice, and the screen lit up, showing an unread work email and a text message.

At first, Fu Hanyu didn't plan to deal with work emails at this point.But he glanced at the summary, which was from Liang Xiao's management team, and unlocked the phone anyway.

This is just a procedural announcement, which roughly means that online Xiaoyu CP fans are becoming popular. Liang Xiao, the representative of Huamei Star Entertainment's management team, refuses to bind and hype. He hopes that after "Puppet" is finished, the two will not be photographed together in the next year. box, and stop deliberately interacting with Weibo.

This email was mainly sent to Su Cancan, and Fu Hanyu just copied it by the way.

But Fu Hanyu received a private text message from the same team: "Congratulations, Lily, on the completion of your new film. I wish you a steady stream of films in the future and a prosperous stardom."

Fu Hanyu's heart sank immediately, his fingertips holding the phone were icy cold.

Huamei Star Entertainment is like all mentally handicapped foreign companies. I don’t know why everyone insists on having an English name, as if they can’t speak Chinese.

Lily Yu is Liang Xiao's mother, the wife of the president of Huamei Star Entertainment, and is currently the company's brokerage general manager.In the past, she was also an all-powerful agent in the industry, who was popular when she was praised, and who was disliked when she was disliked.

Getting in a relationship with her is probably the dream of all the young artists in this circle.Although, Fu Hanyu wished that he had never known her in his life.

Fu Hanyu thought about it, but put down the perfume bottle in his hand.

At that time, he was only a sophomore.The head teacher of Fu Hanyu's M drama approached him excitedly, and said that a manager of Huamei Star Entertainment wanted to talk to him.Probably because he was infected by the teacher's excitement, before going to the appointment, even Fu Hanyu vaguely thought that his chance was coming.

The two made an appointment at a high-end coffee shop, and Lily booked a small private room alone.

As soon as Fu Hanyu entered the door, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.Because Lily's first reaction was not to announce her family background, but to glance down at the white canvas shoes on his feet, and then reveal an incomprehensible smile.

Fu Hanyu's first reaction was - did he wear the wrong shoes?He just came over from the school's dance practice room, and he didn't dress up specially, he was dressed very casually.

But this woman... didn't seem to come to him to talk about his future development, and she looked familiar.

Lily pushed a drink menu in front of Fu Hanyu, and smiled softly: "If you want to drink, just order it."

What a beauty.

Fu Hanyu glanced at the price, and felt that drinking water here is expensive.In the end, I bit the bullet and ordered a glass of the cheapest juice.

The two exchanged a few casual words, and finally got to the point. Lily's self-introduction almost made Fu Hanyu spray her face with a sip of orange juice——

"Actually, I am Liang Xiao's mother."

Fu Hanyu's mind suddenly went blank.Liang Xiao has always told him that his family is in the United States, and the two have never talked about what his family does.Liang Xiao just went back yesterday.

Then, Fu Hanyu slowly remembered that the last night before Liang Xiao left, he slept at his house.That day, Fu Hanyu was wearing these shoes.

After a while, he replied in a daze, "...Hello, Auntie."

"Hello." Liang Xiao's mother still smiled kindly.

Lily is well maintained and looks like she's in her 30s in her early fifties.Probably because she used to be a ballet dancer, she is tall and slender, with a gentle and sharp temperament.This time, Fu Hanyu finally knew where the inexplicable familiarity came from.

Liang Xiao's mother's mood was very peaceful, neither harsh nor angry: "Actually, I'm a little embarrassed to invite you out so presumptuously. But I think it's better to clarify some issues earlier, which is good for both of us."

It was as if Fu Hanyu's heart had been ripped out alive, and then submerged in icy water.

He knew what Auntie was going to say.

"I don't want Xiaoxiao to grow up in the public's attention since he was a child, so I haven't let him be exposed in this circle. But now, he has already begun to emerge, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes popular in the future." Lily said softly Said, "So, whether as an agent or as a mother, I don't want to see him being entangled in negative homosexual news in the future."

"You may be young, so you don't know." Lily paused, "If two men just get fired up as a couple on the Internet, everyone likes it. But if those two men talk about it with real feelings, then this The circle is not tolerant at all."

"So, I think this kind of thing should be strangled in the cradle as soon as possible."

Fu Hanyu: "..."

He wanted to say that he liked Liang Xiao very much and was reluctant to break up with him.

He wanted to say that even if what the aunt said was true, then this was also a problem between him and Liang Xiao.Whether to strangle him to death should be a dialogue between them, no one else needs to dictate.

But facing Liang Xiao's mother, he couldn't say anything.He didn't even dare to look him in the eye.He also seemed to understand... her concerns as a mother.

"If you really like Liang Xiao, would you be willing to see him being labeled in the future, not being able to get good movies, being rebuffed frequently in auditions, and being looked down upon everywhere? If you really like him, you have the heart to see him in the future even if If you donate money to the AIDS Society with good intentions, will you be pointed out behind your back?"

Fu Hanyu bit his lower lip and shook his head vigorously.

"I don't know if Liang Xiao has told you that he really wants to play a superhero. Because this has always been a white market. Of course, there are also black ones now. He wants to play an Asian. In fact, the script and the partner , Huami has already started to talk about it. But if he is labeled as this, many viewers will be angry, and many parents will say, 'We don't want a gay to be our child's superhero'."

"I know what I said was very politically incorrect, but in fact, it is what it is."

Fu Hanyu's Adam's apple twitched and fell silent.He tried to hide his panic by drinking a drink, but when he raised his head, he realized that he had finished drinking the glass of orange juice in a panic before he knew it.

Lily spoke a little excitedly just now, and then eased her attitude: "Anyway, Xiaoxiao is going back to the United States, and it is difficult for men and women to live abroad, let alone you. In my opinion, let's take the opportunity to break up. You are still young, They are all such good children, and there will definitely be opportunities to meet other more suitable people in the future."

——But no matter how suitable the other party is, it won't be Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao's mother saw that Fu Hanyu didn't give a comment for a long time, so she smiled a little embarrassedly: "I know you are the first grader in the M-drama Chinese classical dance major, and you still have a school scholarship. Xiaoxiao always has a good eye. .”

She changed the subject: "But if you get punished for something, it won't be good if you don't get a scholarship next year."

Fu Hanyu opened his mouth slightly, but finally swallowed the rebuttal.

A sweet date and a mallet, this woman is threatening him.

Moreover, she happened to precisely pinch Fu Hanyu's seven inches - he needed this scholarship so much.In case the matter is really exposed, the family members must hear about it.Just dancing, my parents were so angry that Fu Hanyu didn't dare to think, if he was punished for this incident, his parents would die of a cerebral infarction on the spot.

He lowered his eyes—the scholarship, and his future in the industry, were the most important things in his life right now.And a boyfriend who doesn't know how many years will be abroad is not.

"I know you are a smart and good boy, and you won't embarrass Auntie, right?" Finally, Mother Liang gently put an envelope on the table and pushed it in front of Fu Hanyu, "Auntie's kindness, I hope you I can accept it."

Fu Hanyu knew that he shouldn't accept the envelope, but at that time, he was too tired to argue with Liang Xiao's mother.

Later, when he returned home in a daze, he opened the envelope and saw that it was 10 yuan.Fu Hanyu was so angry that he almost spit out a Huangguoshu Waterfall, and donated it without saying anything.

In the end, he sent a breakup text message because he didn't want to go abroad, and before he could reply, Fu Hanyu quickly blocked Liang Xiao from all directions.

That's how things were back then.

At that time, Fu Hanyu thought... Maybe one day he has enough bargaining chips, maybe one day he becomes strong enough, and he will no longer have these worries.

Maybe he will be so strong that he will no longer be afraid of gossip and hat labels, he will be able to say what he wants to say loudly, love the person he wants to love with all his strength, and give the whole world the middle finger in a cool and unrestrained way.

But a few years have passed, and a simple text message on the mobile phone "stardom is magnanimous" reminds him so glaringly that nothing has changed.

He's still that weak, cowardly kid, the hermit crab who shrinks into its shell when it smells danger.

Still, some things... have changed.

He became more indifferent.

Many years ago, he could go home and hide in bed crying all day long without eating, sleeping or drinking.But now, he couldn't even shed half a tear.

Fu Hanyu realized very clearly that there is actually no "forced" choice in this world.People will always choose what they care more about.No matter what people give up, the core reason is still - "not enough love".

Therefore, what he cared most about was never Liang Xiao.

Because before choosing Liang Xiao, he chose to avoid trouble, chose not to offend people he couldn't afford to offend, and chose a path that would make his life simpler and easier.

A harsh voice condemned softly in Fu Hanyu's heart: So, you have no right to say how much you like him.

Fu Hanyu sat indifferently in front of the dressing table for a long time, the little cat who was always scratching him in his heart didn't know where to hide, so he threw down a cold ball of wool.

Then, Fu Hanyu changed into casual clothes, and dialed the manager's phone number: "Hey, Sister Su, I thought about that reality show on X City Satellite TV. I should be able to participate in the recording. Is there still time?"

"Earlier? I can fly as early as tonight."

"I'm not in a hurry at all, it's okay, I don't need to rest."

Second Watch: Valentine's Day

For artists, it is basically the norm to leave in the middle of the night.So when Su Cancan hurriedly booked an early morning ticket for Fu Hanyu, Fu Hanyu had already made a series of calls to Hua Mingfei.

Xiao Feifei had a look of rejoicing, feeling that he was very foresighted—it's a good thing that he didn't have a date with a girl at night, otherwise, it would be embarrassing for the boss to call when he was deeply in love.

The two packed up, and soon the company's driver came.

Along the way, Fu Hanyu's face was very ugly, and he leaned on the back seat without saying a word.Therefore, Hua Mingfei didn't dare to ask half a word, and even felt that even if he made wild guesses about what happened tonight, it would be disrespectful to the boss.

This time X City Satellite TV's variety show is called "Extreme Almighty". It is a reality show that invites traffic artists from all over the world to experience various extreme sports.Each program is a "death" arrangement, such as bungee jumping from the Brocklands Bridge in South Africa, skydiving in Nepal, Heli-ski on the snowy mountains in Alaska (helicopter flying to the top of the snow and skiing down), and Amazon's Follow Pei Ye in the jungle, go diving in coral reefs along the equator, and so on.

Originally, Fu Hanyu thought that after cooperating with Wang Hongjin, he would get more movie auditions.But probably because "The Puppet" hasn't been released yet, movie opportunities are still pitifully few.

However, after "Almighty Dancer", major variety shows offered him an olive branch one after another.

Before this, Fu Hanyu didn't really want to accept this show.The reason is that he is actually not very courageous. He looks calm on the outside, but he is very timid on the inside. He is really not interested in this kind of activity that promotes the secretion of adrenaline.

But at present, it seems that this program can make him very fulfilling in the next few months, taking the money of the program group to run around the world, and making excuses to lose contact with modern civilization.

In other words, for a long time, he didn't have to worry about the messy things with Liang Xiao anymore.

All possible "same frame" is avoided.

In this world, avoiding problems is always much easier than solving them.

On the way to the airport, there was a light rain in M ​​City, hitting the snow on the side of the road, and it was estimated that everything would be frozen into ice the next morning.

Fu Hanyu silently looked at the text message that hadn't been sent yet—"I'm sorry, I can't come, I'm suddenly in a hurry to fly to the program group", but he couldn't press the "send" button for a long time.

At this moment, Cold Spring Harbor, in the VIP double room on the 45th floor on the top floor of SixPlaza.

On the snow-white dining table, there was a red candle carved into the shape of a rose, and the folded napkins on the two sets of utensils had not been touched.

Liang Xiao stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows holding a goblet glass, and the drizzle hit the glass curtain wall, condensing into tiny drops of water, blurring the originally dazzling night view of the city.Liang Xiao looked down at the center of M city with a blank expression. The red and orange car lights merged into flowing light on the road, outlining the context of the city vertically and horizontally.

At this moment, a man in a suit walked in without knocking on the door.Liu Ye, the young head of the beverage business in Cold Spring Harbor, is also a friend of Liang Xiao's "second generation" circle.

The man closed the door easily, and curled his mouth: "Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao, do you know? The seats at Cold Spring Harbor tonight have to be reserved eight months in advance."

As he said that, he made an "eight" gesture and waved it twice in the air: "I was originally curious to meet my sister-in-law, but in the end, you actually drank here alone? Liang Xiao, are you sorry for me?! "

After being ridiculed by Young Master Liu, Liang Xiao was not angry. Instead, he stepped forward and poured someone a glass of wine: "Come on, let's have a drink together. Lafite, who has been ten years old, is worthy of you."

As he spoke, he shook the red wine bottle in his hand.

The dark red liquid rushed into the glass, and Liu Ye knew it was good wine when he smelled it: "Yo, not bad!"

At this moment, Liang Xiao's phone on the table vibrated.Liang Xiao glanced at it, saw the text message from Fu Hanyu, and twitched his mouth coldly: "He's not coming."

"Yo, my sister-in-law's temper is pretty hot. I like it." Liu Ye smiled happily, "If the tens of millions of wife fans on your Internet know that their idols are put as doves on Valentine's Day... ...Tsk tsk tsk, it's too miserable."

The more Liu Ye thought about it, the more sour he became, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Liang Xiao glanced at him, jokingly said: "Have you eaten yet? If not, you can order something good. Brother, I will reluctantly make do with you."

"It's been a long time since we had dinner together." Liu Ye turned his face away and raised his wine glass to Liang Xiao, "Come on, my brothers, let's have a toast to the singles, and let's hang out together in the future."

"Who is single like you. Big brother, I am a man with a family." Liang Xiao rolled his eyes at him, put down his glass, lowered his head and sent Hua Mingfei a text message, just three words - where is he?

Liu Ye mocked: "Just brag about it, you can't even get an appointment on Valentine's Day and still have a family."

"What I mean is, I have a partner, the kind who is serious for a long time and intends to live a lifetime." Liang Xiao scolded, "Still 'roaming together', fuck off. If you bring so much trouble like last time The young model of the garbage came and crawled on me, I will castrate you next time."

"Yo, you're still a jade! How long have you two been together?" Liu Ye couldn't help his burning heart of gossip, "The girl you brought back from the United States only met after returning to China?"

"We knew each other before going abroad."

Liu Ye's entire mouth became an "O" shape: "It was your—?!"

Liang Xiao nodded.

At that time, everyone knew that Liang Xiao had made a pet, but he kept it hidden and refused to bring it out to meet people, saying that he was not in the same circle, for fear of scaring him.

Liu Ye has been with his father in high-end restaurants for so many years since he was a child, and he has never seen any rich people.Bring this one today, and that one tomorrow. The most indispensable thing for the bosses is the little beauties like flowing water, not to mention the young generation, with excess desires.

This time Liu Ye finally got serious: "I can't tell, you are quite a lover."

"It's not about love." Liang Xiao thought about it seriously, and said slowly, "After I went abroad, it was actually a period of time. I am not hypocritical. It has been a long time and my life is busy. I won’t remember it every day.”

"But... when we met again, I felt again that it had been many years... that I hadn't met someone who poked my heart so deeply." Liang Xiao blinked, his usual deep eyes There was a rare flash of youthful purity in his eyes, "That's the kind of white moonlight that others say. The feeling that no one can replace, you know what I mean?"

"I don't understand. Brother. It's too esoteric. What is white moonlight and black moonlight, as long as it's not green moonlight. Besides, when the lights are turned off, women are all the same." Liu Ye chuckled, "Every It’s cool to change it in a few days.”

"Heh, I'm not afraid of getting sick." Liang Xiao sneered and poured himself another glass.

"Brother Xiao, do you have any photos? Let me open my eyes and see who is the fairy sister who has boundless magic power and fascinated you."

"No."

"Cut. It's boring." Liu Ye rolled his eyes.

Coincidentally, the waiter also started serving dishes, Liu Ye changed the subject: "Come, try this Aussie beef, a new signature dish."

The two chatted about other things, filling in the gaps in each other's lives in the past few years.

Cold Spring Harbor is a good place, everyone in the industry loves to come, and Liang Xiao is also full of gossip.

......

"How late are you going to drink alone?"

Liang Xiao was a little drunk: "Why, drive me away?"

"How can I do that? I still have something to do downstairs. I'll be with you when I'm done." Liu Ye winked at Liang Xiao, "Don't feel bad about being bullied by my sister-in-law. My little brother will drink with you all night."

But what he said made Liang Xiao sober all of a sudden - it's not that he didn't trust Liu Ye, but because of his dissolute temperament, he might attract a group of people by hugging him when he was drunk.

It's too unsafe.

So, when Liu Ye finished his work and returned to the private room with a few more bottles of wine, Liang Xiao had already paid the bill and left, and he did not forget to stick a pink love note on his rose wax seat.

"Thank you for the private room tonight.

I wish you no illness.

Chris L."

......

After Hua Mingfei settled everything for Fu Hanyu, Liang Xiao replied a text message: "I just arrived at the airport."

Since the watch last time, Liang Xiao has intermittently given some small favors to others, and now Hua Mingfei has been completely bribed by him.

Liang Xiao: What program, so urgent?

Hua Mingfei secretly glanced at Fu Hanyu in the VIP waiting room, seeing that the other party didn't pay attention to him, he carefully replied on his mobile phone: From X City Satellite TV.Originally, the boss said that he would give me a vacation tonight and told me not to follow.Then he suddenly said that he was going to the program group, and I don't know what happened.

Liang Xiao read this sentence countless times, and finally his eyes stayed on the words "Tell me not to follow", and his heart was still uncontrollably excited - Fu Hanyu originally planned to go to the appointment of.

...So, what happened suddenly that caused him to suddenly change his mind?

If Liang Xiao remembers correctly, Fu Hanyu mentioned this reality show when he arranged after chatting with him. At that time, he seemed to mean that he didn't really want to go.And the recording time of this show was relatively long, and Sheng Le didn't mean that he had to go.

...But if the program group really was in a hurry, why did they just say such a cold sentence without any further explanation?

Liang Xiao only felt dizzy and bloated because of the alcohol. He really didn't have the brains to study the contradictory logic behind this incident.Just sent another text message to Hua Mingfei: When the time comes, send me a copy of the program team's plan.

After midnight, the airport announcement sounded, and the flight to City X officially started boarding.Fu Hanyu looked down at his phone, sure enough, Liang Xiao didn't give him any reply.

First class is the first time you board the plane.Fu Hanyu turned his mobile phone into airplane mode, adjusted the mask on his face, and strode in.

At this time, a late text message finally arrived in his inbox.

Liang Xiao: It's okay, I'll wait for you.