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No matter how you look at it, Mr. Wei should not be associated with words like "cute".

Must be my delusion.

After he left, Brother Jian came over immediately and sat on the sofa next to me.

"He Zhi, what's going on here?" Brother Jian asked seriously, "Why did Mr. Wei suddenly come to the company with you and handle your affairs in person?"

However, Brother Jian is of no avail no matter how much he faces the enemy.

Because I was also surprised, outside the situation, unable to give him a correct explanation.

I thought: "Maybe Mr. Wei is just a whim, you don't have to worry so much."

"How can you not worry?"

Brother Jian's tone became anxious.

"Originally Mr. Wei's relationship with you has been weak. Although it will make it less convenient for you in the entertainment industry, but in the long run, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. After all, you have the ability and acting skills. In the future, you want to take the path of an orthodox acting school. It's not a good thing to have a money relationship for a long time."

"But today, why did Boss Wei suddenly get so close to you again?" He frowned at this point, his face was full of sadness, "To put it bluntly...he has a high position and authority, and he can play whenever he wants. In the future, if you get tired, you can just leave. What about you, what do you do?"

"What should I do?" I chuckled, "Of course I'm going forward step by step."

I owe a favor to Mr. Wei. If he hadn’t found me and asked me if I wanted to follow him, my mother might not have been able to successfully undergo the operation. An is here today.

To this day, I am still grateful to him.

So he always has the right to continue and stop this nurturing relationship, and I am only responsible for making peace with the situation.

I have an account in my heart that I owe money and favors to Mr. Wei and the company. Before the "arrears" are paid off, as long as he still wants to continue, I will be the most qualified and sensible lover.

"He Zhi, you also know that the atmosphere in the circle has been distorted from the root. Everyone laughs at the poor but not at the prostitutes. Ninety percent of the awards that are given out to boast are 'honors' that can be customized." At this point, Jian Ge paused, and his words became more and more serious, "It is not uncommon to do anything in order to obtain more resources, but smart people understand that when the time comes, we must stop losses in time."

I joked to myself: "Brother Jian, don't I look like a smart person?"

Brother Jian smiled helplessly: "How come, you understand that I didn't mean that."

I also laughed: "Yeah."

As he said, the values ​​​​of people in this circle are very different from those outside the circle, and it is not unusual to do anything, and the same is true for being taken care of.The only strange thing that happened to me was that the person who took care of me was Wei Shengli.

Brother Jian tried his best to persuade me, but he just told me to make a plan early to end the relationship with the rich and powerful, explicitly and secretly pointing out that Mr. Wei is not a good man.

I didn't feel offended because I knew he was genuinely worried about me.

I still remember that when Brother Jian was my manager, I often went to the hospital to deal with my mother’s surgery-related matters. I often needed to communicate with him clearly about the time of announcement so as to balance work and life. He also gradually understood my situation.He knew about my relationship with Mr. Wei from the very beginning, and I never concealed my eagerness for money. We haven't talked about this matter, but we know each other well about some changes.

He later visited his mother in the hospital.

My life may not be smooth, but I have met many good people, such as Jian Ge and Xiao Dai.

Brother Jian always said that I would be popular.

He said that even if I don't hype, with this transparency and savvy, if I work hard to study acting, I will definitely become popular.He also said that the powerful group may not earn as much money as the traffic, but the reputation of the passers-by is better, not to mention having a sought-after face.Because although it is the era of traffic, many people have a good impression and desire to protect the "acting school".

He said: "The entertainment industry is becoming more and more impure, and audiences are more and more willing to protect the acting skills of powerful actors, and regard them as the 'bottom line' of actors."

When I heard his point of view for the first time, I couldn't help shaking my head and jokingly said: "In other words, does the acting school need to arouse the public's 'sympathy'?"

"Although it's a bit strange to say that, it's true." Brother Jian said, "If you are low-key, good-natured, and good at acting, it's a pity that they will only think of you at certain times, but when you have an accident They are also willing to help you."

"Isn't that what actors are supposed to do," I said, "My character is supposed to be more alive than myself, so people only think of me at certain times."

It's hard for me to say what my goal in the circle is, it's nothing more than what the company needs me to do, so I will try my best.But since being an actor is the current job, and you have fans who support you, you naturally have to do your job well.

So I have spent time to understand the profession of actors in depth, not only in terms of acting skills, but also the difference between the current environment and the past.

Acting is an art, and I still have a lot to know and learn.

Brother Jian said, "That was before."

I laughed: "It may not be the future."

The good and the bad always have to go through it again, and then it is possible to return to the original point.

Brother Jian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "You are right, it may not be the future, it may not be us." He looked at me, "He Zhi, I feel more and more that as long as you are given time, you will definitely rely on your strength Popular all over the country."

I shook my head, noncommittal.

As long as there is time.

Yeah, as long as there is time.

When I was in college, my professional course instructor said that I would definitely make outstanding contributions in scientific research in the future, and told me not to give up my further studies. Research often takes ten or even decades to sharpen my sword, but I yearn for it but can't immerse myself in it.After work, the boss said more than once that this young man, He Zhi, has a bright future. Given him a few more years, I'm afraid we will all have to call him Mr. He.

Now, Brother Jian said that he only needs to give you time.

As long as there is time.

Everyone talks about "time" and "as long as" and repeats tirelessly.I'm obviously not an impatient person, but from before to now, I have always lacked that little time.

There is always helplessness pushing me, and when I have just cleaned up the thorn bushes under my feet, and I have no time to rest in the future, it forcefully makes me rush to a new thorn forest.

Can't go back.

I had to compromise.

There are many people in this world who are just surviving. If there is one more than me, there will be no more, and if there is one less, there will be a lot.I want to live well first, and then let my mother live well.

Now that two years have passed in a hurry, Brother Jian talked about time again.

He brewed a cup of tea, stared at the steaming and dissipating mist on the teacup, sighed deeply and said, "You are different from other people, you are not with Mr. Wei for the sake of resources, so you should cut off the entanglement as soon as possible. Big people are not sincere. You are the most sincere and potential actor I have ever brought. You are the one who is chased by God. As long as you give you time, you can achieve far more than what we planned. I don’t think so. I can't bear to see your time wasted on these things."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a few seconds, and emphasized it again in an extremely sighing tone——

"It's not worth it."

I do not agree with his statement.

"When I first stepped into this industry, I was lucky. I was remembered by a small number of people by relying on low-cost online dramas. But most of the entertainment circles are short-lived people. The reason why I have developed to this point in the past two or three years is that It is inseparable from the help of the company and Mr. Wei. Now that things are seriously calculated, I still owe Mr. Wei more, and I can’t say that I am not worth it just because I am in a relatively weak position.”

Just like the conservation of the quality of all things, human relations should also be conserved. I just want to pay off my debts, but I don't think it's worth it.

"He Zhi, you are too sober." Brother Jian stared at me deeply, "This may not be a good thing."

I said, "I know that."

I thought that the topic should end here, but I didn't expect Brother Jian to hesitate for a while, and finally said one more sentence——

"Since you know what you're doing, it's fine if you don't get hurt."

"Yeah." I said comfortingly, "I understand."

What Brother Jian is worried about is actually not within my concerns.

Firstly, Mr. Wei is a very good financial sponsor. If we separate, it will be a relatively decent get-together; secondly, I have always been used to all kinds of changes in life. Whether Mr. Wei comes or leaves, it is just A page from a manuscript I was flipping through.

Read it carefully when you turn it over, and if you can't see the relevant brushstrokes after turning it over, let it pass by calmly.

That's it.

Brother Jian is always worried, and regards the end of the relationship between Mr. Wei and me as a hurdle—a hurdle that will hurt me, perhaps because he has seen many heart-wrenching stories in this circle.However, the "injury" he mentioned is based on the premise that I have feelings for Mr. Wei.

But I've always been perfectly clear--

I can't be tempted by Mr. Wei.

An unmoved mind cannot hurt others.

Theoretically so.

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When discussing salary and investment with Director Zhang earlier, Xiao Dai was unable to be present, so he left the room to attend to other matters.When it was almost time to get off work, she came back, holding a stack of materials in her arms, which were related materials about Director Zhang's movies that I asked her to help sort out.

The winter in the north is dry, cold, and the days are short. At this time, the sky has gradually darkened.

Passing the audition was still a matter of morning, and now seeing the evening approaching, Xiao Dai was still flushed, and even knocked against the corner of the table several times while walking around dizzy.

I had no choice but to tell her not to rush to work, sit down and calm down, so as not to bump into her again.

Brother Jian asked amusedly: "Xiao Dai, what's the matter with you, can you still walk upright now, don't you degenerate?"

"Yes, why not?!" Xiao Dai said excitedly, "I'm so energetic now that I can run ten laps around the playground!"

Brother Jian teased her: "Okay, you are very energetic, then you can go for a run now. You don't need to go around the playground, just use the basketball court downstairs in the company."

There is a basketball court next to the company, where many people play and exercise.

Xiaodai: "..."

Brother Jian: "Don't you want to run ten laps?"

"Brother Jian, this is an exaggerated rhetorical technique!" Xiao Dai argued, "Aren't you excited? At the beginning, I only knew that Director Zhang was awesome. I found that Director Zhang is more powerful than I imagined, brother Zhizhi is too good!"

"Okay." I handed Xiao Dai a pack of her favorite snacks, "Calm down, the filming hasn't started yet, and many things are not fixed, so don't get too excited."

"Brother Zhizhi is right." Brother Jian agreed, "Calm down and handle the current work to the extreme."

"I'm very calm! Most fans know that their master has good resources, and they can't wait to tell the world."

Hearing this, Brother Jian frowned and taught a lesson: "How many times have I told you, don't bring out your fans' theories at work, or you will be replaced by someone else as an assistant!"

Xiao Dai was discouraged: "I'm sorry, I won't do it in the future..."

I said, "Let's get off work after finishing the work at hand, take a good rest today, and get busy in a few days."

"Okay, no problem!" Xiao Dai suddenly became excited again, nodded vigorously, and then handed over a few pieces of paper, "Brother Zhizhi, this was sent to me by the nutritionist just now, I printed it out, take a look. "

I took—

It turned out that the company's nutritionist formulated a corresponding diet plan for my body shaping needs.

Director Zhang's request is "young and thin", and he can only lose weight quickly without exercise.If the nutrition cannot keep up, it will not only harm the body, but also affect the filming of the movie, so there is a corresponding diet plan.

Xiao Dai muttered: "Even so, it still looks like an unhealthy diet, it's not very good for the body..."

Brother Jian came over to take a look, and said strangely: "What's the matter, I've been busy here all afternoon and I haven't had time to tell the company yet, how did it get fixed?"

Hearing this, I looked at him suspiciously.

"Didn't Brother Jian find someone to do it?"

"I also thought that Brother Jian told the nutritionist, and the nutritionist made a plan and sent it to me." Xiao Dai said, giving a thumbs up, "Just now I was thinking, as expected of a big entertainment company, the efficiency is high!"

Brother Jian shook his head: "It's not me."

After he denied it, I suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Perhaps Mr. Wei."

Brother Jian and Xiao Dai both turned to look at me.

I said: "On the way back to the company, Mr. Wei and I talked about dieting and getting in shape."

Xiao Dai smiled awkwardly: "...Yes, it's Mr. Wei, no wonder the efficiency is high."

Although Brother Jian also showed a look of surprise, he didn't say anything. Presumably our conversation in the afternoon reassured him.There are other artists under him, and he left here after staying for a while, asking me to contact him anytime if I have anything to do.

Only Xiao Dai and I were left in the office.

I flipped through the appreciation and interviews of Director Zhang's movies, while Xiao Dai was researching recipes for healthy dieting.

After a while, Xiao Dai suddenly asked me: "Brother Zhizhi, I have always wanted to ask, why are you called 'Mr. Wei' instead of 'Mr. Wei'?"

I was speechless for a while.

Xiao Dai quickly waved his hand: "I won't say it's inconvenient, blame me for talking nonsense and being curious!"

There's nothing I can't say, but it just occurred to me that if Xiaodai wanted to ask "always", then what she wanted to ask before should be: Why is it called Mr. Wei instead of her name?

Truth and illusion are indeed very different.

I said, "Because he doesn't like me calling 'Mr. Wei'."

"Don't like it?" Xiao Dai shook his head and muttered to himself in a strange low voice, "I can't see Wei always saying such things..."

I responded, "Well, yes."

Xiao Dai suddenly cried: "Brother Zhizhi... If I ask you something that shouldn't be asked again in the future, you can just hit me, don't answer me, let alone be so gentle..."

"It's okay." I said, "Since I told you, it means I can tell you."

She nodded sharply, then buried her head in the pile of papers.

I flipped through a page of information, and suddenly recalled in my mind more than two years ago, when I was just together with Mr. Wei, he clasped my wrist and asked with a serious face: "Why do you still call me Mr. Wei?"

In an instant, I suddenly realized.

Because of Canary's status, I am indeed different from other artists, so I shouldn't continue to be called Mr. Wei.

So after careful consideration, I chose a title that was not so blunt, but well-behaved, distinct, and with a certain sense of distance, and would not offend him——

"Mr. Wei?"

After hearing this, he didn't respond at first, and looked down at the phone for a while, as if he was busy with work.After a while, he slowly raised his head, his eyes were firm and his tone was firm: "Okay, let's call it that."

From then on, I started calling him "Mr. Wei".

Both he and I are used to this address, so used to it that we almost blurted it out in front of unsuspecting outsiders.Because it is a unique title between the two, over the years, it has gradually become less common.

Luckily it still sounds decent enough.

——It’s okay if there is a distance.

Before Mr. Wei left, he made an appointment to meet me in the evening.I thought this "meeting" meant "meet you when I go home", but I didn't expect him to come to my floor again.

Seems to be taking me home.

Xiao Dai said "Mr. Wei is good", and left the room quietly.Before she left, she looked back at me, with some inexplicable emotion in her eyes, hiding her depression.

She didn't know what to think again.

I felt so helpless.

Mr. Wei didn't pay attention that much. He looked at me and asked, "Are you done?"

"Well, it's all right." I decided to start a shaping diet plan today, and only eat a small amount of low-calorie fruit for dinner, so I asked Mr. Wei, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"I should ask you, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"Eat a little fruit and get in shape."

"Start today?" He frowned, "I obviously asked them to start formulating the recipe tomorrow morning."

Sure enough, Mr. Wei asked a nutritionist to make a diet plan.

I explained: "The recipe starts tomorrow, and I decided to start reducing my carb intake tonight."

After hearing the words, Mr. Wei pondered for a moment, and then said: "Then let's go home directly, and I will eat at home."

"Don't worry about me." I said, "Although I don't eat, I can accompany Mr. Wei."

Mr. Wei insisted: "Let's go home."

I thought about it and said, "Then I'll make some dinner."

"No need." Mr. Wei shook his head, "I'll send it to the restaurant, so you can take a good rest."

After speaking, he ordered the driver to drive the car directly home.

The "home" in his mouth is naturally the fixed place where we meet - that spacious and empty flat floor.

We have seen each other very frequently recently, and almost all of our free time after work is spent at home.But there seems to be some kind of magic in this flat floor, no matter how long we live, there will be no smell of fireworks, and every time we open the door, we can feel the desertedness rushing towards us.

Not to mention loneliness, just feel at a loss.

Even with Mr. Wei, it is the same state of mind, an empty room will not be warmer just because there is one more person.

The restaurant that Mr. Wei used to go to has already delivered the meal, and he can enjoy it as soon as he gets home.In the restaurant, the two of us sat opposite each other, I was eating fruit salad, and in front of him were a lot of tasty food.

"Really don't want to eat?"

He pushed one of the dishes in front of me, like coaxing a picky eater to eat.

I shook my head and chuckled.

"I really don't eat."

After hearing this, Mr. Wei silently stared at the beads on my wrist. Although he didn't say anything, I could read a trace of disappointment from his eyebrows and eyes.

Why?

Just because I'm skipping dinner today.

I put down the fruit fork and asked him seriously: "Mr. Wei, is today a special day?"

He looked over in confusion: "What's special?"

I said, "It needs to be celebrated, something special that needs to be eaten."

Mr. Wei seldom insists on having dinner with me, and today is really a bit weird.In fact, if he forcefully asks me to have dinner with him, I will not refuse, even in the process of dieting, which is also one of the responsibilities of a lover.

But he asked naturally: "Does it count if you pass the audition?"

I can't help being stunned.

"But you already gave me a present."

"It's different." Mr. Wei's tone was stubborn, "That's different."

But he didn't say what was different.

Only when he hugged me at night, he was stronger than usual.