dark fire

In the evening, after filming the last scene of the day, Ling Zhuo immediately went back to the rest room to change clothes and remove makeup, and sent Zhong Yiran a message.

The lounge door was not closed, and when Lu Chixie wandered in from outside, Ling Zhuo was taking off his headgear, with his eyes closed, someone tore off the hairgear sticking to his scalp bit by bit.

Lu Chixie leaned on the dressing table to watch him for a while, Ling Zhuo ignored him, took off his makeup and sat on the sofa to quickly eat the studio lunch brought by Yang Ming, then took the car keys from Yang Ming, and hurriedly Leaving, was stopped by Lu Chixie.

Lu Chixie grabbed his arm with one hand: "Today's Qixi Festival, where is Teacher Ling going in a hurry?"

Ling Zhuo frowned: "Where I'm going, you don't need to tell Teacher Lu."

In the past two days, he began to avoid Lu Chixie again, fearing that he would accidentally provoke this person to go crazy again.

Lu Chixie squeezed his hand tightly, Ling Zhuo's face was tense, unmoved.

After a moment of stalemate, Lu Chixie gave a soft "heh" and let go of his hand: "Mr. Ling, where is my gift?"

Ling Zhuo said awkwardly: "The things will be sent in a few days."

Lu Chixie: "Not today?"

Ling Zhuo shook his head, stopped talking to him, and walked away quickly.

Zhong Yiran went to the company in the afternoon, and was about to leave after dinner at the company after six o'clock, when Liu Tao happened to come over and stop him, saying that he had something to tell him.

"Shangxun will hold a hip-hop competition variety show in the first quarter of next year, and is currently looking for mentor candidates. There are people I know among the directors of the program group. I mentioned this matter during lunch today. They think you are quite suitable, and your professional level is excellent. There is also traffic, I asked you if you are interested in participating, and the pay is relatively high in similar programs, I think it is a very good opportunity."

Zhong Yiran was slightly surprised, and then asked again: "The first quarter of next year? When exactly?"

Liu Tao: "In January, the first episode will be recorded in the second week after the Chinese New Year. There are a total of twelve episodes, basically one or two episodes per week, and it will take about two months to record."

Zhong Yiran was silent, since January falls, that coincides with the time of their concert.

Liu Tao guessed what he was thinking, and sighed to persuade him: "Of course, you pushed the audition for "The Legend of Ming Rong" earlier. I know you are not very interested in filming, so I don't persuade you, but this variety show opportunity is really great. It’s rare, Shangxun attaches great importance to this program, otherwise it wouldn’t be so early to choose a mentor candidate, hip-hop is also your favorite, don’t miss it.”

Zhong Yiran hesitated and said: "It is impossible to adjust the recording time of the program because of me alone, right? The venue of the concert is also booked in advance, what if the time of the two parties just collide? And there is a lot of preparation work to be done for the concert. , I am the team leader again, and I have to take on more things than them, I am afraid that the concert will be delayed in the end.”

Liu Tao said helplessly: "Now the concert is only booked for the first few concerts, and the time can be coordinated. If it is really not possible, it can be postponed for a month or two, so that it will be convenient for you and Lan Luo."

Zhong Yiran: "Ling Zhuo's manager will definitely not agree to the delay, the first quarter is free for Ling Zhuo to participate in the concert is the limit that Jing Jie can make, and after that, several of our contracts will also expire one after another. Now, maybe there will be some accidents, the concert... I want to do it, I want to do it well, Ling Zhuo and the others probably do the same, we don't want to leave this regret."

Liu Tao: "But if you miss this show, it will be gone. Don't you think it's a pity?"

Of course it's a pity, Zhong Yiran lowered his head, unable to answer.

There was a WeChat message from Ling Zhuo on the screen of the mobile phone held in his hand: "Captain, I'm done filming today's scene, and I'm leaving after I have a meal. When are you coming out?"

Zhong Yiran replied: "Immediately."

Liu Tao had good eyesight, saw the exchange of messages between him and Ling Zhuo, and asked him with a frown: "Have you made an appointment with Ling Zhuo?"

Zhong Yiran pressed the black screen and nodded.

Liu Tao: "Today's Qixi Festival, are you going out with him on a date?"

Hearing the doubt in Liu Tao's tone, Zhong Yiran's throat rolled: "Brother Liu, let's go to Beishan Park to watch the fireworks together."

Liu Tao stared at him: "Just watching the fireworks?"

Zhong Yiran was silent.

After waiting for a while, Liu Tao's expression became serious, and he said again: "Even if you don't think about yourself, at least think about Ling Zhuo, you also know that the company's senior management has recently changed, and a new major shareholder has been introduced from the outside. The people from the director's school approached closely, but they were quite critical of Ling Zhuo's disobedience to discipline. I think they meant that if Ling Zhuo couldn't control him, they would replace him. There are so many well-qualified trainees in the company. The various drafts in the past two years are also popular. If they can get one or two more small traffic, the resources will be tilted towards them. Of course, Ling Zhuo is now the top class, and others can't threaten him, but if he gets into something wrong Good scandals, things are different."

"You also know that the cp that fans are booing about is not the same thing as real gay men."

Hearing the last sentence, Zhong Yiran clenched his fists hard, and said in a difficult voice: "No, no, I don't have that kind of relationship with him, brother Liu, you think too much."

Liu Tao: "I also hope not, for his own good, but also for your own good, even if you disband later, among the few of you to be honest, besides Ling Zhuo, I am most optimistic about you, so I hope you don't use your emotions to delay yourself and the future of others."

Zhong Yiran: "I know, I know what you mean Brother Liu..."

Liu Tao: "Then think about it clearly, don't regret later because of impulse."

Liu Tao clicked to the end, let him seriously consider the matter of accepting variety shows, and left first.

Zhong Yiran leaned against the wall in a daze for a moment, when someone came in, it was Deng Lanluo.

Deng Lanluo came to the door: "Such a good opportunity, why not?"

Zhong Yiran raised his eyes: "Did you hear that?"

Deng Lanluo: "I heard it. In fact, I heard what Brother Liu told you three years ago."

Zhong Yiran looked ugly, and Deng Lanluo continued on: "Brother Liu saw your thoughts on Ling Zhuo at the time, and told you that Director Zhou chose Ling Zhuo to participate in the draft. If you and Ling Zhuo develop something other than teammates relationship, the company will give up on you, and the opportunity will be given to me, so you hold back, even though Ling Zhuo has shown the same thoughts towards you in the past few years, it is actually very obvious, you have always pretended not to know."

Zhong Yiran frowned tightly, but didn't say anything.

Deng Lanluo laughed at herself: "Actually, it would be a lie to say that I am not jealous of Ling Zhuo at all. He and I are both vocals, and we are compared everywhere. I can be the C position because I joined the company earlier than him. My The strength is probably not as good as his, otherwise Director Zhou would not have picked him or me, but I am also very grateful to him, if he hadn't led us to debut, I probably wouldn't be able to make it to where I am today."

"That kid Qi Liangli is young and energetic. He only thinks that the five of us will never disband together, but reality is reality. Zhang Xun is realistic, and I am also realistic. I know that you and Ling Zhuo can actually understand us, but in your heart It will definitely be uncomfortable, and I can also understand you, it is not easy for you, I admire you for sacrificing your own interests for the sake of the team, but I still want to persuade you like Brother Liu, forget it."

"Even if the person standing here today is Ling Zhuo, he certainly won't want to see you give up the chance to get it again and again. It's really meaningless for you to do these things."

At 07:30 in the evening, Ling Zhuo drove up the mountain alone.

There were many tourists in the park, so he drove the car up to the viewing platform on the back mountain, where he and Zhong Yiran agreed to meet.

There were few people in this place at night, and tonight the Beishan Park in front of it will open a night show, and no one will come here.Ling Zhuo stopped the car, half an hour before the appointed time, he got out of the car and walked to the front of the car, leaning on the hood to watch the night fire of the city in the distance, waiting quietly.

Ten minutes later, there was the sound of a car engine approaching behind him, Ling Zhuo turned his head, the smile on the corner of his mouth just raised and froze.

Even though he is not sensitive to the brand of the car, he can recognize it as a supercar.

The car stopped beside him, and Lu Chixie got out of the car, leaning against the car door and slowly lighting a cigarette.Ling Zhuo gradually lowered his face when he saw his smiling eyes with unknown meaning behind the smog.

Lu Chixie: "Teacher Ling is watching the night scene here alone? Why don't you invite me to join you?"

Ling Zhuo: "How do you know I'm here?"

Lu Chixie raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "This is a public place, you can come but I can't?"

Ling Zhuo looked at him coldly.

Lu Chixie: "Okay, don't stare at me with that expression, I know you're here, and I even made an appointment with your captain."

Ling Zhuo frowned.

Lu Chixie said, "Mr. Ling, you were drunk that night, holding a leaflet in your hand, and today you came out alone. Just thinking about it, I know you're here. There are many people in the park in front of me. Guess you must be here."

Ling Zhuo: "So what are you doing here?"

Lu Chixie: "Look at the excitement."

Ling Zhuo said coldly: "What excitement do you want to see?"

Lu Chixie: "Teacher Ling, let's make a bet."

He curled the corner of his lips: "I bet your captain will definitely not come tonight."

Ling Zhuo ignored him, turned around, and looked forward again.

Zhong Yiran's car stopped at the foot of the mountain, he pulled up the handbrake, closed his eyes and leaned over the steering wheel tiredly.

There was a night wind on the mountain, and Ling Zhuo's cell phone rang suddenly, piercing the tranquility of the night, and the caller was Zhong Yiran.

Ling Zhuo pressed to answer, but the person on the other end didn't make a sound, he held his breath subconsciously: "...captain?"

After a while, he heard Zhong Yiran's hoarse voice on the phone saying: "I'm sorry Ling Zhuo, I have something to do tonight, and I might miss the appointment."

Ling Zhuo's high-hanging heart instantly fell to the bottom: "Is there something wrong?"

Zhong Yiran: "Well, there is something wrong, sorry."

"Okay then," Ling Zhuo struggled to recover his voice, "forget it, you should do your work first."

Ling Zhuo couldn't remember how he hung up the phone, he pressed end in a daze, and someone called him behind him.

"Ling Zhuo."

He turned his head, and Lu Chixi's eyes behind the smoke looked at him: "Watch the fireworks."

In the park on the mountainside in front of the left, fireworks shot up into the sky, exploding in the dark night sky of stars.

Ling Zhuo stared blankly.

Bunches of fireworks bloomed in the sky, and he kept his head up, colorful colors reflected in his black eyes.

Finally red eyes.