Traitor

Negotiations with Chen Guang were indeed very difficult. The other party refused to admit their mistakes. It was entirely due to the poor communication and work mistakes of the crew, and believed that the accident originated from the negligence of the extras headed by Luo Bing.They claimed that they had communicated with Luo Bing and others early in the morning before the shooting started, and Luo Bing and the others should have been fully aware of the change of the bombing point and the escape route.

This is a nonsense thing, but because neither side can provide conclusive witness evidence, it has become a point of stalemate.During the one-and-a-half-month confrontation, Fu Xiran tried hard to mediate on behalf of the actors' union, and the insurance company's claims adjuster and the police also intervened in the investigation, but it was still a mess of ambiguity.

It was already the beginning of December at this time, and the winter in H City was often cold and humid, and this year's winter rain seemed to be particularly heavy.Liu Hengche wrapped his down jacket tightly and went to the hospital to visit the extras who were still receiving treatment in the hospital.

Ten of the thirteen actors, including Luo Bing, had only mild burns. Although they looked miserable on the surface, their injuries were actually very light. The other three were not so lucky. One of them had a burn area of ​​37%. Only 18% of the area was third-degree burns. Liu Hengche found out later that although he didn't know him, he had seen him before—it was the man who walked out of Luo's barracks that day.

Only now did Liu Hengche know that this man's name was Bai Feiqi, and he lived downstairs.

This is a man with a flying and jumping name and an honest and timid character that is the exact opposite of it.Although he is doing martial arts, he looks more like a powerless scholar from appearance to personality, and is often ridiculed as a bitch.In the past, this man had been bullied a lot in the martial arts club where elders lived with their fists, until Luo Bing took care of him.

The relationship between Luo Bing and Bai Feiqi is not known to everyone, it's just that everyone tacitly agrees, and even privately approves of Bai Fei's cowardly act of exchanging his body for protection. In the raging fire, he desperately used his own body to protect Luo Bing, and finally suffered such a serious injury instead of him!

Liu Hengche lightly put down the incubator by the bedside, Bai Feiqi, who was covered in gauze, was in a light sleep, while Luo Bing sat beside his hospital bed and watched quietly.

The pain caused by deep burns will make it impossible to fall asleep. Bai Feiqi's short-term tranquility is only maintained by anesthetics and pethidine, which is rare and miserable.

Liu Hengche made a gesture to Luo Bing, and he stretched out his hand to gently tuck the corner of the quilt for Bai Feiqi, and then walked out softly behind Liu Hengche.

"How is he today?"

"It's the same, always screaming for pain." Luo Bing frowned, but it's only been a month and a half, and there are already several wrinkles on his face, especially the area between the eyebrows. The deep "Chuan" character makes him look old And haggard.

"Tomorrow morning, Fu Xiran, Lawyer Zhao and I will go to Chenguang for the fifth negotiation." Liu Hengche thought for a while, then put his hand on Luo Bing's shoulder, "Don't worry, the other party's caliber has loosened, after all this time Things have become so big, and now the film cannot continue to be filmed, and the condemnation of public opinion against them has reached a critical point, and they also know that they must stop it."

"Thanks to your help this time." Luo Bing thanked him sincerely.

Indeed, Liu Hengche intervened in this matter.

Because of the domineering attitude of the other party, Liu Hengche, who was originally on the sidelines, finally decided to stand in front of the public by himself.After all, the outcry of a group of unknown extras is far inferior to the appearance of a former artist like Liu Hengche, and in terms of media promotion, it is naturally better to have a focal point than countless faces that the audience will forget.

However, Liu Hengche's behavior is actually extremely dangerous.Firstly, the negative news about him was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he said that he was going to quit the entertainment circle, but now he appeared as a representative of the extras, which inevitably attracted criticism; secondly, Liu Hengche's appearance was equivalent to putting himself Putting it in an opposing position with entertainment companies, in fact, in this circle, there are not a few companies that are as irresponsible for the safety of extras as Chen Guang, and Liu Hengche's standing up is tantamount to self-destructing and other companies. Opportunities for cooperation with similar companies.

For this reason, Liu Hengche also hesitated, but finally stood up. He thought of Zhou Yuanzhi and his two years of obscurity.Liu Hengche didn't want this kind of thing to happen to him, Zhou Yuanzhi, and any extras who might be working silently somewhere.

Liu Hengche himself contacted reporters from several major newspapers and made a short interview, in which he stated the ins and outs of the accident and asked to face the morning light directly.

Once the interview draft was published, it immediately caused an uproar.The earliest public opinion orientation was very unfavorable to Liu Hengche. People shifted most of their attention to Liu Hengche's appearance, and countless posts were sent on the Internet every day.Some people think that he is not qualified to represent extras; some people ridicule him for not keeping his promise and coming back so soon; some people say that he is trying to gain fame and take the opportunity to clean up his whitewashing... The clamor of abuse and cursing also accounted for a large proportion, and all the pressure was transferred It reached Liu Hengche's head.

However, the actor union represented by Fu Xiran quickly responded to Liu Hengche's appearance, expressing his support for Liu Hengche with an open letter signed by extras. For the first time, they also won funds from Xinliying, and carried out certain public relations activities in secret.

So a week after Liu Hengche came out, the trend of public opinion began to change, and the public began to criticize Chen Guang for being shameless and despicable. Especially after the injured extras stood in front of the camera one by one, sympathy and rational voices began to take over. On the upper hand, Chenguang's original delaying tactics began to become difficult in this situation.It was not until ten days ago that the most critical evidence finally appeared. The pyrotechnician of "Wu Sheng" finally stood up and gave a direct testimony because of the mental load and the resentment that his pyrotechnic license was revoked, explaining that the change of the explosion point was a temporary decision by the director. Decide.

A dispute that should have been clear but dragged on for a long time finally restored the original appearance of the matter and reached the final stage of finalization.As the continuous winter rain fell, the two parties entered the process of negotiating the amount of compensation.

"By the way, Xiao Yu..." Liu Hengche was about to mention Xiao Yu's matter, but suddenly there was a loud sound of a vessel falling to the ground in the ward, which was obviously caused by Bai Feiqi waking up.

"Sorry, what can we talk about next time!" Luo Bing hurriedly said goodbye and rushed into the ward. After a while, his soft voice coaxing Bai Feiqi came from the room, "Be patient, Xiaobai, be patient!" ,good."

Liu Hengche finally sighed and said nothing.

Negotiations with Chenguang finally reached a consensus. In addition to fully bearing the medical expenses of all injured actors, Chenguang will also compensate for lost work and mental damage according to the injury conditions of different people. The compensation for Bai Feiqi, due to its long Treatment phases and irreparable physical trauma amounted to nearly 170 million.

At this time, it was only three days before New Year's Day.When Liu Hengche and Fu Xiran brought back the good news, the whole Yuelin Village was in a state of excitement.This is an unprecedented success, but for Bai Feiqi and others, what can these compensations actually save?

The day before New Year's Day, the extras in the building where Liu Hengche lived spontaneously pooled in funds to clean up a few tables of food and drink. First, they came to thank Liu Hengche and Lawyer Zhao. Good things can happen this year.

Neither Liu Hengche nor Zhou Yuanzhi returned to their hometown, Zhou Yuanzhi was because he was far away, and Liu Hengche was because he had not yet achieved his father Liu Yuanxi's goal.A group of people set off a few firecrackers and Gao Sheng while it was still dark, and then gathered around the round table, eating the hot local vegetables they cooked by themselves, and feasting on cheap beer and rice wine.

Because Liu Hengche became a veritable hero this time, he was toasted several times by everyone, his cheeks flushed brightly, and his handsome face added a bit of softness and childishness.

After drinking for three rounds, Luo Bing suddenly stood up, raised his glass and shook his fist at everyone: "Brothers..."

He had a serious expression on his face, and the moment he opened his mouth, the laughing people at the table fell silent.Xiao Yu, who was sitting diagonally across from him without saying a word, trembled violently because of the sound, and then buried his head deeply.In such a silence, everyone seemed to have expected what Luo Bing was going to say, and that was not what they wanted to hear.

"Everyone, I, Luo Bing, have been here for eight years. Thanks to the love of all brothers, I accepted the position of president of the Wushu branch. For eight years, I have worked hard with my brothers through thick and thin. I thought I would be with my brothers. We broke through the world together, but it is a pity that Luo Bing is not capable enough, now that I am not young, Xiaobai has become like that again, I think," Luo Bing said, scanning the eyes of everyone one by one, and finally freeze On Xiaoyu, "I think..."

Xiao Yu squeezed the chopsticks fiercely with his hands, as if those chopsticks had a sworn enemy with him.

"I think," he paused, then resolutely said, "I think maybe it's time to take Xiaobai out of here." He said, pushing the wine glass, "Brother, I'm here to say goodbye to everyone, tomorrow morning Set off and leave, from now on, the green hills will not change, and the green water will flow forever, I hope we can have a chance to meet you again in the future!" After he finished speaking, he raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass, and finally slapped the wine glass on the table again.

"Everyone take it easy, I have to go to the hospital to deliver meals to Xiaobai, so I'm sorry." After finishing speaking, he left the table.

The silence of the courtyard gradually returned after a while, as if to deliberately cover up the sorrow of parting, the voices of talking and laughing were louder and more deliberate than before.Liu Hengche looked over amidst the exchange of cups and cups, and saw Xiaoyu's slightly twitching shoulders.

I don’t know when, everyone was so drunk, you helped me, I helped you, clamoring to go to other places to continue drinking, those who returned to the room in a daze, and those who went out to watch the excitement, the crowd dispersed like fish swimming Soon, only Liu Hengche and Zhou Yuanzhi were left in the courtyard.All the plates and cups on the table were bottomed out, and only the cooled soup and water remained, which seemed to prove the saying "there is no feast that never ends".

Liu Hengche looked at Zhou Yuanzhi.In his slightly blurred vision, that person was sitting obediently, so quiet that he even flinched.The kiss he imprinted on the other party's knee that day seemed to have greatly disturbed the other party, so that since that night, the man's attitude towards him was somewhat unnatural and evasive, just because he was busy negotiating with Chen Guang, the two sides Jun tacitly didn't point it out.

And how could he have acted like that that day?

It was obviously such a disrespectful and abrupt move, but he did it so naturally, so naturally that he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it, and even if time went back, he would definitely do it again...

When did you feel that way about that person?

Liu Hengche sipped his wine and carefully looked at the man sitting across from him.

Ordinary appearance, simple clothes, slightly dark skin, but now I know that when that person smiles, there will be a small dimple on the left side, which looks very cute; and those hands, when they stretched out to themselves that night When he came out, against the sky where light and dark were fighting, he could almost see the light leaking through his fingers.It was those hands that lifted him up in pain, led him to find the way, and brought him back to a warm place.

Liu Hengche put down his wine glass and stood up, walking in front of the man.

Zhou Yuanzhi seemed a little scared, and pursed his lips uncomfortably: "Ache, you..."

Loud music sounded from nowhere outside the door, interrupting Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and played Li Shutong's "Farewell".

"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, there are green grass and green sky;

The evening breeze blows the willow flute, and the setting sun goes beyond the mountains.

At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of friends are scattered,

Life is rarely a happy gathering, only parting is more..."

The sound of music coming from a distance was mixed with the sound of young people laughing and crying. Liu Hengche remembered that a group of art school students at the H film and television base had just finished filming their graduation works and were about to leave here and go their separate ways. future.

"At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of friends are scattered,

Sprinkle all the joy in a pot of turbidity, don't dream of cold tonight. "

Every day, countless young people with dreams come to the H film and television base to find their dreams. Every day, because they cannot bear the long-term depression, low salary and frustration, some people cut off their thoughts with tears and leave this place that shapes dreams and dreams. The world, from then on, escaped into the mortal world, and lived a mediocre life.

On this gorgeous and extremely cruel stage of the entertainment industry, most of the viewers see only the bright clothes and prominent reputation, but they don't know how many people are depressed and frustrated, how many people are depressed under the noisy appearance. Displaced, how many people were drowned in the rolling waves of Vanity Fair, never able to climb up again...

In the sound of farewell over and over again, someone set off fireworks.First it was the magic bullet, with a slight sound of "plopping", it shot straight into the air one after another, and the brilliant tail feathers drew a beautiful arc of light in the air, flickering and blurring, then it was replaced by a dragon spit bead, wrapped in a With the momentum of thunder, several "pops" exploded from the ground one after another. After flying to the highest point in the night sky, it proudly "cracked" repeatedly.In the dark blue sky, several dazzling huge fireworks bloomed in an instant!For a moment, the entire night sky was illuminated by that compelling light, crimson, emerald green, blooming gold, peacock blue, bright silver, dazzling purple... many, many colors were intertwined and combined in the air, complicated and varied. Flipping all kinds of tricks, just like life on the dazzling stage.

Liu Hengche lowered his head and found that Zhou Yuanzhi was staring at the fireworks blooming in the sky.

There are so many partings in life, if you don't say what you should say, you may miss it for the rest of your life, just like Xiao Yu and Luo Bing.

"Yuan Zhi." He called softly.

"Ok?"

"us……"

There was a loud "crack", swallowing the words in Liu Hengche's mouth.

"Sorry, what did you just say, Ache?"

"I said we..."

"Wow──" The cheers of the crowd completely swallowed up the second half of the sentence.

Zhou Yuanzhi smiled shyly and gestured: "Let's talk about it next time."

But Liu Hengche suddenly grabbed his shoulder and turned him around forcefully.

"Ah... Ah Che..." Zhou Yuanzhi seemed to realize something and started to panic.He tried to break free from Liu Hengche's shackles, but instead he held him even tighter, and even both hands fell into Liu Hengche's restraint.

"Yuanzhi, we..."

There was another series of firecrackers, but this time it did not disturb Liu Hengche.He quickly lowered his head, caught Zhou Yuanzhi's lips accurately, and replaced words with kisses.

The night wind moved slightly, and the drunk from an unknown room shouted loudly: "Come again, his grandma's, grandpa won't believe he can't drink you!"

Zhou Yuanzhi felt that his surroundings were in a trance. He had forgotten where he was right now. The only remaining consciousness was Liu Hengche's hand, Liu Hengche's body temperature, Liu Hengche's closed eyes and Liu Hengche's tossing and rolling. The lips on his own lips poked out the slippery and slippery tongue in his mouth.

It took a long time before Liu Hengche finally let go of Zhou Yuanzhi.

"Yuanzhi," he said very clearly, "let's date."

【End of the first part】

Part Two