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The movie "Skins" was officially launched on the day of the Lantern Festival. The director and the crew set up tables and burned incense at the filming location, praying for a smooth shooting and a good harvest of popularity and word-of-mouth.

The location of the location is the sea market, the beach, the river view, and the small western-style buildings, which coincide with the turbulent era in the background of the story, and the luxurious life hidden under the smoke and war.

The director, surnamed Zhuang, is Chinese-American. He was nominated for the Palme d'Or in Cannes last year for a film about an unethical love affair. Therefore, whether he himself, industry insiders, or even audience fans, all have high hopes for this year's "Skins".

However, ever since the list of cast members was made public, discussions about director Zhuang's eye problems have never stopped.

There is no other reason. The protagonist Jiang Ruo is a newcomer in this film. He has played the second male lead in two TV dramas. There is also a movie "The Cliff" that has not yet been released, and he only played a small role in it.He didn't even come from a major. No matter how many difficult secrets there are, the experience of dropping out of the dance academy is really hard for people to have confidence in him.

This voice naturally spread to the crew as well.At the very beginning of filming, Jiang Ruo noticed that the people around him had a subtle attitude towards him. They seemed to be very polite to him, but if they were too polite, they would appear false. To put it bluntly, they did not recognize him, and felt that he was not worthy of being the number one male. brilliance.

Jiang Ruo had been mentally prepared for this, he had the right to pretend that he didn't know about the rumors about him, and just focus on the performance.After all, the only thing that can justify his name is his plays.

Fortunately, the rumors about him bringing funds into the team fell apart within half a month after the launch.Because the executive director of this film had to leave the film due to urgent matters at home, in order not to delay the filming, the crew hired another executive director named Zhao Mingsen.

I haven't seen him in nearly a year. Jiang Ruo almost couldn't remember this person, but it was Zhao Sen who took the initiative to greet him on his first day in the group: "Mr. Jiang, long time no see."

The greasy and hypocritical smile made Jiang Ruo dream back to those days when he was a driver.

Thinking of being expelled for no reason at that time and not getting the last penny of salary, Jiang Ruo reluctantly stretched out his hand to shake it back: "Long time no see."

What Zhao Sen thought of was that when he heard that Jiang Ruobang was on stage with Yufeng, he tremblingly called him to apologize and invited him back to the set, but he was ridiculed for "shame".

"Unexpectedly, without Mr. Xi's support, Mr. Jiang can still get here." Zhao Senpi smiled, "It seems that he still has some real skills."

From then on, the people around did not treat Jiang Ruo with that vain politeness.

On the contrary, it made Jiang Ruo feel relaxed, and he was able to open up and mingle with everyone while filming. Within a few days, his acquaintances were everywhere on the crew, playing board games and mahjong together, and only he could respond to everyone.

That Zhao Sen couldn't steal chickens and lose money, he was upset, and tried his best to trip Jiang Ruo in other places.

For example, Jiang Ruo's time was deliberately wrongly written in the notice sheet, which caused Jiang Ruo to be held accountable by the Zhuang director for being late.Or when making the shooting plan, the scenes were deliberately reversed. Jiang Ruo thought that he was filming this scene today, but he didn’t know it was that scene before the filming started. It doesn’t matter that he has already memorized the lines. Always can't find the feeling.

Jiang Ruo has learned a lot of impulsive lessons, thinking that this role is not easy to come by, it is better to calm things down and endure as long as he can.

However, when Zhao Sen saw that he was swallowing his anger, he intensified his efforts to avenge his personal revenge.Once when filming a major scene, the location and characters of that part of the plot were decomposed and misplaced, causing Jiang Ruo to go to the wrong place and almost delaying the shooting.

This is an outdoor scene that needs to be filmed in conjunction with the weather. If Jiang is an hour and a half late, the sun will almost set.Director Zhuang was furious, Jiang Ruo bowed his head to be scolded in front of everyone, turned around and got more and more annoyed when he thought about the scene, and stood up awkwardly to go to Director Zhuang to explain the situation.

Xiao Shen stopped him: "Mr. Jiang, don't go, we have no evidence for this. Besides, Director Zhuang is an executive director who is too lazy to take care of these trivial matters. If you go to sue him, he will probably think you are ignorant and bring your personal grievances to work. "

Jiang Ruo was on the verge of going crazy: "Then continue to endure until the end of the filming?"

"Should not be used." Xiao Shen said, "Someone will take care of him, let's wait."

I thought Xiao Shen was comforting him, but in less than two days, Zhao Sen disappeared from the crew of "Skins" without even saying hello before leaving.

Another executive director was replaced by a middle-aged woman with a gentle temperament and cautious approach. On the first day of work, she picked out the previous announcements that had been wrongly sorted out by Zhao Sen and reorganized them. Director Zhuang frowned when she saw it: "That one surnamed Zhao What are you arranging for, did you deliberately make trouble?"

The matter was resolved, and Jiang Ruo could finally continue filming with peace of mind.

Of course, he is not stupid. When the world was over and he entered the nanny's car, Jiang Ruo asked Xiao Shen directly: "Is President Xi taking care of Zhao Sen's affairs behind the scenes?"

Xiao Shen is upright and can't tell lies. Under Jiang Ruo's eyes that see through everything, he did not take long to recruit: "It was Mr. Xi who asked how you were doing on the set, so I told him about it."

Jiang Ruo didn't react much after hearing this, and stared blankly for a few minutes with his chin propped, and suddenly asked, "Have I really started to make money for the company?"

Xiao Shen replied: "Judging from the report at the end of the year, yes."

Jiang Ruo said, "Give me the contact information of ministering."

Xiao Shen hesitated: "Shizhu is working for Mr. Xi, you can contact Mr. Xi directly."

"Then who are you working for?" Jiang Ruo took the opportunity to ask, "Are you listening to him or to me?"

Xiao Shen was suddenly at a loss: "I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, I..."

Jiang Ruo was confused, and motioned her to stop: "I know, after all, he hired you."

Then he took out his mobile phone and clicked on the address book, "I'll make a call, please get out of the car and avoid it."

It was for Xi Yufeng.

The long beep came to his ears, and Jiang Ruocai remembered in a daze that he and Xi Yufeng had hardly talked on the phone.Although most of the communication is through WeChat, but in fact it is he who sends, and Xi Yufeng seldom replies.

At that time, I didn't feel much in the game, but now I jumped out and looked back, I realized that the relationship between him and him has been one looking up and the other looking down from the beginning, with clear barriers.

After four or five rings, it was connected. Perhaps it was at the wine table. The environment opposite was a bit noisy, but the voice was still very clear: "Wait a minute, I'll change places."

About half a minute later, the noisy background sound disappeared, and Xi Yufeng said, "Okay."

Next, it was Jiang Ruo's turn to tell the reason for the phone call, but for some reason, since hearing Xi Yufeng's voice, his mood was disturbed even more, and the finished manuscript fell apart.

Jiang Ruo simply cut to the chase: "Zhao Sen, you handled it, right?"

The person on the other side had no intention of hiding anything, and quickly said "hmm".

"But we have nothing to do with each other anymore." Jiang Ruo said, "May I ask what your position is to intervene in this matter? Are you my former benefactor?"

"No." Xi Yufeng said, "I just want to help you."

Jiang Ruo laughed: "Oh, thank you then."

Silence for a while.

Jiang Ruo took a deep breath, and regained his composure when he spoke again: "You just want to help me, so you don't ask me what I want, and you can't help but lend a helping hand. Then every time you encounter this situation in the future, you have to help me Can you help me for the rest of my life?"

"I……"

"You can't, you have your own way to go." Jiang Ruo didn't let him finish, "I don't want to hinder you, and I don't need your help anymore...I also have my own way to go."

The meaning inside and outside the words is already very clear - you and I are not the same way, and it is better to say goodbye than to break the ties.

How did this call hang up, Jiang Ruo couldn't figure it out.

Half an hour later, Jiang Ruo received Xiaoshen's labor relationship termination contract and a new labor relationship contract on WeChat. The names of both parties were blank.

Xiao Shen had already returned to the car, Jiang Ruo showed her the contract and asked her if she would like to hire him.

"Yes, of course." Xiao Shen nodded sharply.

The two discussed to print out the contract the next day. From now on, Xiao Shen's salary would be paid by Jiang Ruo, and he would become an assistant completely under Jiang Ruo's orders.

There was a sense of relief that the last shackles on his body were also untied, and Jiang Ruo sent a heartfelt "thank you" to Xi Yufeng on WeChat.

Xing Xu returned to the wine table again, but Xi Yufeng didn't reply.

Jiang Ruo took the opportunity to break up: Don't contact me again in the future.

Then, without waiting for Xi and Feng's reply, he clicked on the information interface and deleted the contact noted as "Feng".

The phone number is also deleted.After finishing all this, Jiang Ruo put down the phone and let out a long breath.

Xiao Shen was sitting opposite, flipping through the electronic contract, and when he came across a questionable clause, he handed over the phone: "Mr. Jiang, here..."

"Hush—" Jiang Ruo leaned on the back of the chair as if he had lost his strength, put his index finger on his lips, and faced the vast night outside the window, "Don't make any noise, let me be alone."

On Jiang Ruo's side, the cutting has been done cleanly, while on Xi Yufeng's side, it was only after a few days that they found out that the WeChat message could not be sent, that they knew they had been deleted.

It was the first time he had experienced such a thing, Xi Yufeng looked at the red exclamation mark on the screen, frowned in puzzlement, thought for a while, and then asked the assistant beside him with his mobile phone, what was going on.

Shi Mingxu leaned over to take a look, then raised his head to observe Xi Yufeng's expression, and said hesitantly, "It should be the other party who blocked you."

Xi Yufeng's gloomy face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He asked in a cold voice, "What happened to the 30 entry? Did you give him my card number?"

Shi Mingxu shivered: "No, Mr. Jiang contacted me a while ago to ask for your card number, but I said I didn't know your private card number."

But the money was sent, or returned the same way.Even the time was the same, last year was also at the beginning of spring, the two had a physical relationship through an accident, and later Jiang Ruo made an appointment with Xi Yufeng, and Xi Yufeng called him 30 without saying a word.

At that time, Jiang Ruo also wrote down his name and ID card, saying that he would pay back the money as soon as possible.

A year of hard work is really fast.

The 30 has witnessed the beginning of the entanglement between the two, and now it has witnessed the separation of the two. Its meaning has long been more than a sum of money, or a number.

Xi Yufeng understood what Jiang Ruo meant.

——I have nothing else to court you, and in the end I just want to leave innocently.

But the fate entanglement between people is not as simple as borrowing and repaying.

On March 23 of the Gregorian calendar, the wedding of Zhou Xinyao and Director Liu was held in Fengcheng. Xi Yufeng didn't take it seriously when he received the invitation. He usually didn't go to such an occasion, as long as the gift was delivered.

But after receiving a phone call, he changed his mind and asked Shi Mingxu to cancel the Saturday night dinner party.

Even so, Xi Yufeng was late that day.

There have been a lot of things going on in the company recently, and because he transferred one-fifth of the shares in hand to Meng Lan some time ago, several veterans who fought with Xi Chengli were quite critical. As the executive president of the group, Xi Chengli did not object to this.

The more turbulent the period, the more cautious we must act.These days, Xi Yufeng hardly ever takes a break. Apart from dealing with business, he also has to win people's hearts.

A few rounds of poker with the senior leaders on a Saturday afternoon before it gets dark.

I took the car to the hotel where the wedding banquet was held, and when I was ushered into the banquet hall by the master of ceremonies, there were about thirty round tables in the huge venue, almost full of people.

Almost at the moment when he stepped in, Xi Yufeng saw Jiang Ruo at a glance.

He was sitting in the middle side, wearing a tailored silver-gray suit, and the glass in front of him was filled with colored drinks.

Presumably it was because I was still filming, and I had to rush back to the set after the banquet, so I couldn't drink alcohol.

I haven't seen him for two months. His hair has grown a bit. It may also be due to shooting needs. After all, he plays a heartthrob.

Xi Yufeng has read the script of "Skin Bag", which tells the story of a young man in a turbulent age. Because of his family's decline and his parents' separation, he became lonely and helpless. In addition, he had nothing to support him, so he had to sell His skin, tossing and turning among countless men and women who coveted his beauty, looking for a safe place to live.

Previously, Xi Yufeng didn't think Jiang Ruo was suitable for this role, and he only took a laissez-faire attitude when asked him to try it, hoping to see where he could go by himself.

But now, Xi Yufeng realized that he was wrong.

After leaving for only two months, Jiang Ruo seemed to have completed a transformation.He changed from a boy who was so nervous that his palms sweated whenever he went to a crowded place, to a young man who could deal with it calmly with a smile on his face even in Vanity Fair.

So many people were looking at him, and he didn't show any timidity. When someone raised a glass to talk to him, he raised the drink to communicate with the other party.Chen Muxin was sitting on his left, leaning close to him and whispering to him occasionally, and Jiang Ruo raised the corners of his mouth, smiling brightly like a spring flower.

And when his gaze inadvertently swept into the crowd and met the strong presence gaze that was always on him, Jiang Ruo was taken aback for a moment, then nodded in the direction where Xi and Feng were.

The smile on his face was shallow, a kind of polite alienation, and it was completely indistinguishable from those who spoke to him.

No one can tell how much of this change is brought about by that character, and how much is due to the liberation of body and mind and freedom of soul.

Xi Yufeng only felt flustered, as if he was going to lose his grip if he didn't hurry up.