Tang Zhuo is a smart person. Hearing what Ke Yu said, he already had a vague premonition in his heart, but Gu Xiu had already raised his glass to say a toast, so he didn't have time to ask in detail. A shallow glass of wine.

This kind of business banquet is not a serious meal, the seat determines the protagonist, everyone present understands that it is not Gu Xiu who is going to be happy today, but Tang Zhuo.So as soon as he had two chopsticks of cold dishes, Mai Anyan booed: "Director Tang is late today, should I say something?"

The investor was sitting here, Tang Zhuo was heartbroken, and held up the wine jug, "The road is too congested, blame me, I'll punish myself with three cups!"

Feitian Maotai raised his neck and drank three cups. The hotness from his throat to his belly button made him feel a little dizzy after sitting down. He continued to ask Ke Yu, "What genius did you just say? Who is the genius?"

The scene hadn't heated up yet, and now apologizing directly chilled the atmosphere to the ground, Ke Yu didn't speak, Gu Xiu raised his glass to toast Tang Zhuo.Tang Zhuo, a northerner, walked past with a word "Hey?" in his stomach, thinking, can I drink it alone?He drank another cup in trepidation.With Gu Xiu's status as a freshman and GC's dignity, if he received a toast, he had to reciprocate with two toasts.As expected of being a screenwriter, the toast words are easy to come by, and after drinking three more glasses, Tang Zhuo felt his eyes burn a little.

Ke Yu poured wine leisurely.

Tang Zhuo asked: "What kind of genius? ——Wait a minute, didn't I just ask?"

Seeing that Ke Yu also picked up the cup, his eyes went dark, and he heard the voice of the other party who seemed to be smiling, "Director Tang, I respect you for taking care of you for more than two months."

Tang Zhuo: "..."

No, drinking is a happy thing, and it is even more happy to be toasted by the stars and moons, but it is not so happy to be toasted by the wheels.

Pushing and refusing, Ke Yu casually introspected: "I know, it must be because my comprehension is too low to cause you trouble."

Tang Zhuo opened his mouth, but before he had time to say anything, Ke Yu said calmly, "I should punish myself with three cups, and I will toast you three cups."

Shang Lu was sitting opposite the round table, raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and watched Ke Yu drink three glasses of white wine without changing his expression.Ying Yin sat him down, snorted softly, and said playfully, "It's over, it's over, our small island can drink well."

Tang Zhuo was suddenly given another three cups, his whole body was numb, and he wiped his face: "To be honest, I planned to go back to the company after dinner and continue editing the film."

The GC businessman stood up and said: "It is a blessing for us in the Chinese film industry to have such a dedicated director as Director Tang. Director Tang has a good project in the coming year, so we must consider our Octavia plan as soon as possible——Come on, let me respect Director Tang !"

Ying Yin couldn't help laughing out loud: "What are you guys doing for a while, let Director Tang take a rest." He gave Ke Yu a wink, resting his chin, staring at Tang Zhuo with bright eyes and a smile : "Director Tang, I heard that our small island performed very well in Lijiang's play?"

Tang Zhuo was finally able to catch his breath, and while taking a sip of tea, he gave a thumbs up: "Precise."

Ying Yin blinked obediently and innocently: "Really? Don't you always criticize him when you just joined the team!"

Tang Zhuo pointed at Ke Yu and said with a smile, "Okay, Mr. Ke, why did you complain to Xiaoyin about work conflicts?" Holding the hot tea, he sighed with emotion: "To tell the truth, one month before I joined the group, I really I lost my confidence. I shot a small scene a dozen times over and over again, but I couldn’t act well. But you said that you are also strange, criticize, rest for a while, and then act again, huh! It often makes me open Vision!"

Ke Yu's smile faded, and for some reason he glanced at Shang Lu unnaturally, seeing that he was listening carefully, he paused in his heart, and said lightly: "It's still far away."

Ying Yin took over the words: "Teacher Ke's acting skills are up and down. When it's bad, I can't stand it. Get better. Look, even Cesc wants to cooperate with him."

Tang Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, and said with a slightly embarrassed smile, "Yes, yes."

I also thought of the days when I watched that movie repeatedly day and night.In the dark room, only the screen of the projector illuminates his face, and his self-proclaimed talent is also dimmed.

After a long time, he put down his tea and picked up his glass again: "The film by Kojima was well acted."

With no one toast, he drank a full glass by himself.

Ke Yu and Shang Lu looked at each other, then glanced at Gu Xiu, nodded, and said, "Old Tang, you have been asking me who the director of that short film is before."

The already erratic brain was running slowly, Tang Zhuo asked blankly: "Who is it?" Thinking of Ke Yu's confession, "You said you can't find anyone."

A chance encounter in a village in the city, the other party thought he was Fei Zai, and he told and acted out his own story. Ke Yu filmed and edited it with Ke Yu's consent, and released it against his promise—an unclear case.

"I met him again later."

Tang Zhuo's eyes froze for a moment, and he slowly reacted, looking at Shang Lu who was always silent on the opposite side.Everyone at the table respected him, even Gu Xiu, only he remained silent.Shang Lu stood up, and his movements were exactly the same as Tang Zhuo's self-punishment three cups at the beginning - a white wine cup in one hand, and a wine pot in the other hand, poured a cup and said: "Teacher Tang, I'm sorry that I used Feizai's without your consent. story."

He drank it without changing his face.

Pour another glass, and said: "I'm also sorry that I never found a chance to explain all this when I was in Lijiang."

Bottom again.

The third cup turned to Ke Yu: "It's also causing trouble for Teacher Ke."

He is very humble, courteous and thoughtful, and his posture has been lowered, but after all, he is a son of a family, and he is neither humble nor overbearing when he apologizes.

Tang Zhuo opened his mouth in a daze, and asked for a while, "Are you that director?"

Shang Lu nodded slightly: "I am the director."

Before a moment of silence could spread, Ying Yin covered her lips with one hand and her heart with the other: "Oh my God! Is this true?!" At the same time, she stomped Mai Anyan hard.Mai Anyan's face turned pale, and he said in a tone of pain that changed his tone as if waking up from a dream: "What kind of day is this today? Mr. Gu, tell the truth, are you trying to make fun of us?"

To everyone's surprise, Tang Zhuo's first sentence was: "Why are you so young? How old are you?"

Shang Lu was slightly stunned, and nodded: "It's just passed 24."

"Just turned 24..." Tang Zhuo pondered.It's not Chinese New Year yet, and it's not New Year's Day either.He asked the second unexpected sentence: "Is it just after your birthday?"

Shang Lu glanced at Ke Yu: "It's just over."

He didn't escape Ke Yu's gaze.

Just finished?when is itI asked about his age in Lijiang before, and he gave the same answer... Then his birthday should be during this period.How did he never mention it?

Tang Zhuo wiped his face fiercely, "Xiao Dao, I want to hear your story—from the beginning, what is going on with this matter?"

Ke Yu then told the story of Shang Lu pretending to be himself in order to get close to Fei Zai's character psychology from the encounter in the village in the city through the joint renting.

Tang Zhuo listened stunned with a cigarette between his fingers, and the ashes fell off: "So you thought he was a little boy, and he thought you were a duck—" Changed his words, and said academically: "Underground sex workers?"

Ying Yin thought of Shang Lu's horrifying and subtle "Sister, I'm still young and don't want to give up trying so early" for the first time, and laughed so hard that she wanted to die for a moment, but she couldn't lose her composure, so she covered her lips and pinched her thigh desperately.Tang Zhuo said again: "So you think you are learning from him, and he thinks you are communicating with him?"

At this moment, no one could bear it any longer. It was unknown who made the "poof" first, and everyone burst out laughing.

Tang Zhuo said again: "Then why are you still making a movie?"

Ke Yu also lit up a cigarette, put one hand on the dining table, and pointed with his slender fingers. He bit the cigarette, and said with a half-smile: "At first, he secretly took pictures of me, but later I saw that he took good pictures. On the one hand, I wanted to advance Entering the role state in the camera, on the other hand..." He lowered his head and smiled, "Just help a young man who is close to a rich woman but still has a dream in his heart." When he said this, he raised his eyes and looked at Shanglu tilted his head and asked, "Little Shanglu, right?"

After a while, when WeChat received a new message, Shang Lu sent him a series of "...".

Ying Yin watched Shanglu typing, while Ke Yu over there looked down at his phone. He didn't know what he was reading, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up.

Ke Yu replied: "Understood, a man can't say he's small."

Gu Xiu smiled and concluded: "Okay, I understand. Shang Lu made a mistake. The mistake was that he clearly promised Mr. Ke that he would never release the source of the film, but he still released it. Mr. Ke also made a mistake. It’s because I’m confident that I have a good eye for people and I trust him, and I’m too kind.”

Tang Zhuo raised his hand: "In the end, I am a fucking disaster after co-authoring."

Gu Xiu continued: "Shang Lu and Mr. Ke both felt that what they made was a controllable mistake. One thought that he had only infringed on the right of privacy and portrait, and prepared 500 million privately, and wanted to promote him into the entertainment industry. The other I thought that even if the other party edited the film and released it, it would still be circulated in a small area, and it was in China, so Teacher Ke could clear the channels by himself."

His words were clear and reasonable, and he had status. Tang Zhuo also nodded and added, "What does this mean?"

Mai An said: "What does it mean?"

"I still have to blame Xiaodao for not being famous enough! Otherwise, when I first met Shanglu and said 'Can you sign me', how can there be such things later?"

He was willing to make a joke, and Ke Yu breathed a sigh of relief, raised his glass and said, "Old Tang is right, it's all my fault, I have to punish myself."

Shang Lu had a drink with him, and Tang Zhuo also had a drink with him. The three of them drank together, and Gu Xiu knew in her heart that the matter was settled.

The banquet became warm again, and after drinking for three rounds, Tang Zhuo shook out a cigarette from the cigarette case: "To be honest, at first I thought it was Li Shan's name. In the entire entertainment industry, he is the only one who can call Xiao Dao It was shot to that extent, but I asked my teacher Shen Ling, and he said that Li Shan had watched this film repeatedly in those days. I knew it was not him. I thought it was some foreign director. The competitions were all in foreign countries, but I broke it apart and watched it in pieces. After writing the script for so many years, I know that there is something in it that we oriental people understand, so it is not a foreigner." He said He smoked, looked up at Shanglu, and repeated again firmly: "You are so young."

His ears were red, his face was also red, and he was drinking heavily. He finally couldn't vomit at this moment when he held back the words for a long time.

Glancing at Ke Yu, "When the trailer came out, I was very angry. The door of the lounge was kicked open by me, isn't it Kojima?"

Ke Yu nodded with a smile.

"I have been polishing this script for many years, and it has become an obsession in my heart. I want to form my own team and shoot it myself. My anger that day was not so much worried about the success or failure of the movie at the box office. The most direct anger and fear of a creator being cut off." He said every word from the bottom of his heart, and no one made a sound, he sighed: "I remember very clearly when it was announced the next day, and that day was the press conference of the GC Octavia Project. , because of this film, I didn't attend the press conference or dinner."

Ke Yu thought to himself, no wonder Shanglu didn't have any suspicions when he went to the set, he thought he was so blind, he had never seen him before.

Tang Zhuo paused: "I didn't participate, I kept pulling the progress bar in the car, pulling the video over and over again, watching it over and over again, I wanted to find some reason for myself to be angry, but I didn't, I was only disheartened. If your The film won an award because a duck told a story about him and a prostitute. I will sue you for the rest of my life, but I know it is not. Your award has nothing to do with my script. Kojima’s monologue was replaced by another The story, such as..." He tapped his head, "For example, it can be replaced by a wanted criminal, a homeless man, or simply a gangster, because we all know that this is not a soul."

There was nothing to say at the end of the sentence, his lips trembled slightly, after a while, he took a deep breath and waved his hands.

Gu Xiu calmed down the atmosphere, and said softly: "Teacher Tang should have come that day, and we can see you sooner."

Tang Zhuo brushed off the long cigarette ash, and took another puff: "What is the relationship between Xiaoshanglu and GC? Today's play is too much trouble for Mr. Gu."

Hearing the words "Little Shanglu", Ke Yu covered his lips and blocked the corners of his lips that could not help but be turned upside down, but was warned by Shanglu helplessly.

Gu Xiu also lit a cigarette.Throwing the lighter on the table, he squinted his eyes and said with a faint smile: "Shanglu was my assistant before. I always knew he was talented, but I didn't expect him to be so talented. His subsequent projects will be produced by our Mingrui Project. Go to Lijiang The production team is also someone I entrusted, causing trouble for Mr. Tang."

Tang Zhuo asked, "What are you doing in my crew?"

There was faint displeasure in his tone.

I think so, even though the film won the award and he didn't have any advantage, but knowing it well, he lurked into the crew. Whoever thinks about this is not happy.

"On the one hand, it is to join the group to learn more and recognize more people-who doesn't know that you are Teacher Shen's favorite student? Director Li gave you the best team. If you don't study at this time, when will you wait? ?”

He flattered him brilliantly without being overly flattering, which made Tang Zhuo feel comfortable and his face softened a little.

"Second," Gu Xiu glanced at Ke Yu with a cigarette in between, "Naturally, I want to persuade Mr. Ke to take part in this project. Our GC Entertainment and Octavia Project are both in their infancy, and Shanglu is also a new director, with potential like Mr. Ke. Unlimited actors, and Director Li’s queen, I have to let Shang Lu go to snatch people in advance, are you right?"

Mai Anyan also drifted away, with a look of hesitation and hesitation on his face, but when it was really not the time to interrupt, he was so suppressed that he blushed.

Tang Zhuo said quickly: "It's a bit difficult. Mr. Li's new film started to pull the plate after the Chinese New Year. All the actors entered the set for training three months in advance, and it will be the second half of the year after the filming is finished." Looking at Ke Yu, "Male number two, You know."

Mai Anyan found a chance to speak: "Yes, Director Li promised it himself before!"

"Shen Ling showed me the book, it's wonderful, not inferior to "Shan"—no, better than "Shan", more commercial, more artistic, your character design is even better than Ah Sha! "

Before Ke Yu could speak, Mai Anyan's eyes almost lit up: "Is this true?!"

Gu Xiu said affirmatively: "It's true." Everyone looked at him together, and he smiled elegantly: "GC is also one of the producers, and we have had a round of conversations before, Teacher Ke's name is written on the list .”

Although it was only a "proposed invitation" and the contract had not yet been established, everyone knew that no one could refuse this invitation, and with Kuriyama's preference for him for several years, it was absolutely impossible to make a final change.

Mai Anyan asked: "Isn't the Mingrui Project only investing in new directors and young directors and blue ocean genre films?"

Gu Xiu spread her hands and said regretfully, "There's too much money, and I suddenly found that I can't use it all up."

Mai Anyan: "..."

Tang Zhuo cleared his throat, and turned his gaze to Shanglu: "You are very talented, you are a genius, but a complete movie is different from a short film, as if you can write a short story to the status of the king of the world, but to control it For a long story, you will still be unable to do what you want. Kojima has made rapid progress. When it is critical, he should go to a good crew and a mature director to hone it, just like getting through the two veins of Ren and Du. I am not exaggerating when I say this-go Your project is ruined."

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