There is light in the deep sea

"You want to move? Why do you want to move?" Chu Wenjin raised his head in surprise.

Jiang Xichen has been in the Lanhua Theater for two weeks. During this time, he only watched the arrangement of the theater, squeezed a small amount of time to cooperate with the company's announcements for him, and never stepped into the company's gate when he had nothing to do.It was a rare visit, and with such inexplicable news at first glance, Chu Wenjin couldn't figure out the logic for a while.

Jiang Xichen twitched his lips: "I always have the freedom to move, right? I'm here to tell you that it was reported to the police, so that you won't find me."

"Let's think about it...according to your previous status in our company, you really don't have the freedom to move." Chu Wenjin got up and walked around the desk, arms folded, "You live well in Ronghuating, Why are you moving?"

Jiang Xichen pulled up a chair and sat back: "Where is it good? I didn't have time to live there often before. The house has been put away for several years. I haven't lived in it for as many days as the hotel opposite our company! Moreover, that house ..." He crossed his fingers and hesitated for a while, his eyes drifted away, and said, "It's too big, I live alone for a long time, so it's a bit empty."

These words poked Chu Wenjin's Achilles' heel.

In this world, only she understands Jiang Xichen's precarious mental state best.

She has seen Jiang Xichen who stays on the bed for several days without going out, draws the curtains; she has seen Jiang Xichen who cannot sleep all night because of nervous overexcitement; she has even seen Jiang Xichen who is trying to end his own life.Although the kid had repeatedly explained that it was to resist mania and took too much medicine at one time, her intuition told her that at that time, this guy wanted to kill herself.

Now, Jiang Xichen raises issues that are harmful to her mentality, and she can't help but care about them emotionally.

After pondering for a moment, she still acquiesced, and then asked: "Where do you want to move? What will happen to Ronghuating's house in the future?"

"Sell it." Jiang Xichen revealed his intentions openly, "After my studio became independent, I needed more money. This house should be able to help a lot. Sister, do you have any friends who want to buy it?" A house? Sheng Qiming's friends are also fine."

Because he has a good relationship with Chu Wenjin, he has always hated Sheng Qiming, and he always called him by his first name in private, so he would not get involved with that person easily.Saying that now is an understatement.

Chu Wenjin smiled angrily: "Understood, I will find you a good buyer! I said you moved so well that you came to the company to tell me so well, and you really don't want anything."

"Who told you to be my own sister!" Jiang Xichen jumped up and hugged Chu Wenjin, put his palm on her forehead, and kissed the back of his own hand hard.Chu Wenjin was so teased by him that he softened his heart, and thinking about going his separate ways in half a year, he didn't care about anything with him.

After only three seconds of warmth, Jiang Xichen let her go, looked down at his watch, and then raised his head with a look of hurrying: "I'm leaving first, there is a rehearsal this morning!"

Chu Wenjin also looked at his watch: "It's not even nine o'clock, it's so early, what's the rush?"

"Nine o'clock, I have already practiced a round of exercises!" Jiang Xichen waved his hand, opened the door of the artist development director's office, put on his hat, scarf and mask, and ran away quickly.

The Lanhua Theater opens at seven o'clock every morning. Many hard-working actors arrive earlier than this time. They enter through the north gate, which is open all year round, and occupy their favorite corners to practice daily basic skills.Most of these people are newcomers who have just entered the theater.

Some people really want to practice their acting skills solidly, while others want to play a decent role as soon as possible because they are suddenly spotted one day.In short, Lanhua Theater is always lively by them early in the morning.

Jiang Xichen is a newcomer to this group of morning exercisers. For two weeks, he has appeared in the garden of the theater atrium at 06:30 every day. Today, he took some time to go to the company to find Chu Wenjin.Back to the theater again, it was already 09:30, and it was time for the hall to open.He bypassed the possibly crowded place and went to the rehearsal room.

Today's rehearsal is "Peach City".The latest lineup of this play has been officially performed at the opening of the spring and summer performance season not long ago. Generally speaking, it will only be performed once before each performance, and usually no special time will be set aside for rehearsal.Today's rehearsal is arranged like this, which is unusual.

But when something goes wrong, there must be something strange.

This monster looks very eye-catching - when Jiang Xichen entered the rehearsal room through the door, he found that all the actors of the show had already arrived, including Xie Wu, who usually walked in at the last second of the theater's stipulated working hours.There were more than a dozen actors in groups of twos and threes, some were playing against each other, some were discussing, but no one noticed that Jiang Xichen came in.

He took off his hat, scarf and mask, put them on his arms, and walked around Xie Wu in a low-key manner.Only Xie Wu was left alone in the audience.

"Little uncle." He lowered his voice and called.

Xie Wu only felt his ears itching, and when he turned his head, he saw Jiang Xichen standing beside him, his smile was like the sunshine that had just flooded the earth outside.I don't know if this glance was too sudden, but Jiang Xichen's eyelashes grew a little frighteningly, and it felt like a morning light could be sifted out in a blink of an eye.

"Cough cough." Xie Wu coughed twice, Jiang Xichen was asking him why he called him to rehearse, blocking what he was about to say.

He paused, glanced at Xu Lun on the other side of the rehearsal room, and lowered his voice: "The 'devil' doesn't really like the scene between me and the second young master, and wants to try others today. They are all there, so I just wanted to arrange a complete one by the way, to see if there is anything that can be improved. That person——" Xie Wu gave a slight snort, "It's just a matter."

The "devil head" is the director who has followed "Peach City" since its inception, and his name is Mo Xieyang.

This is the stage name, which is said to come from "the lotus hat with the setting sun, the green hills alone return to the far away".The artistic conception of the source of the name is quite broad and elegant, but it is a pity that the person is not as good as the name.This director is nearly sixty years old, loves to dig out the details, is strict to the point of sternness, and is so severe that he is critical, and he never shows affection to the actors, so he is secretly called the devil by everyone.

But these are just rumors to Jiang Xichen, he has been here for two weeks, and he has gone to the rehearsal of every current and upcoming play in the theater, except for "Peach City".Today is the first time he has the opportunity to learn from this director.

"Then call me over, do you want me to try the role of the second young master?"

Xie Wu looked at him appreciatively, and said vaguely: "Maybe, come, take a look at Ben."

Jiang Xichen took the script and found that all the lines of the second young master had been drawn, and there were notes in small characters beside it.He was a little surprised, raised his eyes to look at Xie Wu, just in time to meet his gaze.

One was full of doubts and the other didn't know what was in his heart. When their eyes met, they were a little caught off guard, and their emotions scattered all over the ground, and they stared blankly for a moment.

For a moment, Xie Wu frowned, and pretended to be stern and said: "What are you looking at me for? Read the book! Do you still want to act seriously earlier?"

Jiang Xichen smiled: "Is this book yours?"

Xie Wu understood what he meant, and had already thought of a countermeasure, with a righteous face on his face: "Don't get cheap and try to be good, you were recommended by me, and now you follow me, don't I have to mention something more? Hurry up, Familiarize yourself with the script, and the devil will come in a while, and you will suffer."

Jiang Xichen nodded with a suppressed smile, obediently reading the script.Xie Wu stayed by his side for a while, then strolled away.

Half an hour later, at ten o'clock, Mo Xieyang came.

He doesn't look like an old man who is nearly sixty years old. The main reason is that the hair on his head is thick, and the hair is more black than white. Coupled with his vigorous footsteps, no one can see him as an old man.As soon as he walked in, the atmosphere in the whole rehearsal room became tense.Everyone put down the script and said hello to him.

Without raising his head, he nodded casually while staring at the notebook in his hand. After a while, he raised his head and looked around the rehearsal room. After sweeping his eyes around, he asked in a calm voice, "Where's that kid Xie Wu?"

"Master...Master, he went to the toilet!" Meng Shanshan witty spoke for Xie Wu.

As soon as the words were finished, footsteps came from outside, and Xie Wu hurried in.Seeing Mo Xieyang from a distance, before the training started, he gave him a smiling face and asked proactively, "Director, have you started yet?"

After asking, he waved to several young boys in the arena, including Jiang Xichen, motioning them to line up.All the young students understood and stood up quickly, waiting for the director and elder brother to order at any time.

Xie Wu watched them complete the instructions quickly, and smiled at Mo Xieyang: "How about it, let's try it now?"

Mo Xieyang glanced at him: "Only you can do it! Hurry up, don't waste time! Others, take a look, and always remember——Our story is based on the fact that the two brothers in the family of Tao Qianrong, a butcher in Taocheng, used their own In the end, he won the lifeblood of the city from the overlord of Taocheng, and he also gained freedom—the core! The first young master and the second young master are the core! You have to look at the core to adjust yourself, understand? !"

The crowd replied sparsely: "Understood."

Mo Xieyang: "Do you understand?!"

Everyone seemed to wake up: "Understood!"

Mo Xieyang waved at Xie Wu: "Come one by one!"

Xie Wu said casually: "Xiao Xu, let's play against each other!"

Xu Lun bowed his head and took two steps forward, his steps were quite upright and steady.Once in front of Xie Wu, he raised his head and said, "Brother, I have a plan", immediately there is a feeling of being possessed by the character, and even the surrounding air seems to have entered the state of the play.

After the whole play, the two brothers can play each other for more than an hour. Of course, it is impossible to get everything right, so we can only pick one or two passages.Xie Wu made people, let the opponent choose based on feeling, without discussing in advance, whichever match the opponent asked, he would take the match.When to stop, Mo Xieyang has the final say.

Xu Lun was right for less than a scene before being stopped by Mo Xieyang.The next three children got three correct lines at the longest, and five lines at the shortest. Mo Xieyang treated everyone with a cold face, and couldn't tell from his expressions who satisfied or dissatisfied him.

The last one is Jiang Xichen.

Among all the people, he is the newest, and he has never even played the role of the second young master. Except for reading Xie Wu's script just now, he has not received any analysis about the second young master, almost a blank sheet of paper.

Before going out, he subconsciously glanced at Xie Wu.The man also looked at him, his eyes were different from the usual "Xie Wu", and also different from the little uncle in "Red Sakura and Banana".It was the eyes of a big brother of the Tao family, rough, resolute, direct, and simple.

The elder brother stood there with a slightly hunched body. He made a gesture of putting something like a towel on his shoulders, slightly raised the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and winked at the second brother.Jiang Xichen was suddenly blessed, and slid his feet, brisk as flying, and leaned in front of his elder brother, the slyness in his expression matched his elder brother's eyes.

"Hey, brother, tell me, what are we doing?"

The elder brother raised his hand to cover his mouth, and leaned over to whisper in the second younger brother's ear.

Jiang Xichen's expression changed with his "whispers". The innocent face was both curious and thoughtful, then frowned slightly, winked for a moment, and smiled again.A few lines of "oh", "ah", "so good", each line corresponds to the emotion on the face.

After the eldest brother finished whispering, the second brother first rolled his eyes, and then looked at the eldest brother.Xiao Jiujiu smiled coquettishly, taking care not to reveal her heart. Although she acted obediently, she couldn't completely hide her pride in her other plan. She replied with a long ending: "Yes, brother understands—" "

"Stop!" Mo Xieyang clapped his hands.

Jiang Xichen let out a long breath, still looking for Xie Wu, who quietly gave him a thumbs up.

Mo Xieyang scratched his head, scratched his thick hair, looked up at the clock in the rehearsal room, and said, "Go to lunch, I'll think about who will play the second young master in the afternoon, and come back at one o'clock to rehearse!"

Everyone put down their homework and went out.

Mo Xieyang was still scratching his hair, looking around, and finally landed on Jiang Xichen, beckoning to him: "Boy, practice your lines better, we have a Yudi accent, learn from it!"

After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands and went out as if he had settled a big deal.

Jiang Xichen looked back at Xie Wu: "...What does he mean?"

Xie Wu slapped him on the forehead: "It means that the role of the second young master in the afternoon is yours!"