Solitary

The film adaptation project, which was halfway through a year ago, continued after the project team gathered.

At the first meeting, He Jiqing had a new idea for the adaptation. It was the idea that the young screenwriter had mentioned before. He said that the protagonist in the book is too perfect and needs to add some imperfections to it.

When the young screenwriter proposed it, he rejected it.The reason is that he wrote about a perfect person, in an imperfect story, how to use his perfection to fight against the imperfection of the story.Everyone else was convinced at the time.

But this time, he overturned it again.Everyone is puzzled and has many opinions.Jiang Chang sat in the corner, looked at He Jiqing who was attentively listening to everyone's questions, and didn't say a word.

"I think Xiao Ning was right before. There is no such thing as a perfect person. It might be interesting to add some shortcomings to him, such as picky eaters, bad temper when he doesn't sleep well, bad relationship with his family, and occasional swearing. , with a little ironic feeling, what do you think?"

He Jiqing watched it for a week, starting with the screenwriter Xiao Ning. She looked at him with admiring eyes and nodded madly, and the rest of them also stared at him.

Jiang Chang raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.He Jiqing smiled, and continued to talk about the changes he made to the story based on the small changes in the characters.

He Jiqing was in good condition, constantly throwing out new ideas and questions, and made new progress and breakthroughs in his work that had reached a bottleneck.Because of him, others consciously put away the laziness of the holidays and quickly put into work.

The first meeting after the new year was held from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm. Everyone revised the script while it was open. By the end of the meeting, the revised script took shape.

After the meeting, a few young screenwriters got together and sighed in a hurry, which gave me a sense of accomplishment!

"I thought it would take some time to find my status when I came back after the new year, but I didn't expect to be full of energy so soon!"

"Yes, I thought it would turn into a Spring Festival Tucao meeting just like last year, but our He Dashen is awesome!"

"Well, yes. We grow meat during Chinese New Year, while others raise their brains during Chinese New Year! There is such a big difference between people."

A group of people looked at He Jiqing, who was smoking on the balcony, so infatuated that his saliva almost flowed out.

He Jiqing has become the previous He Jiqing again. He is dedicated to work, serious, and has no distracting thoughts. He is the perfect god in everyone's hearts.

Jiang Chang walked to the balcony.It was very windy in the evening, and the city was already lit up, brightly lit everywhere.

He Jiqing had already lit his third cigarette.

"You and Lin Shu—"

"broke up."

Just as Jiang Chang asked half a sentence, He Jiqing gave the answer.Jiang Chang was surprised.

"It was the last time you suddenly—"

"Yep."

Jiang Chang couldn't believe it.

"Lin Shuti's?"

"I mentioned it." He Jiqing smiled lightly, exhaled a puff of smoke, and was blown away by the wind.

"why?"

"I am not suitable for him, the difference is too great."

Jiang Chang was silent.He didn't know much about Lin Shu, but based on his feeling, he was not a complicated person, and he liked He Jiqing.He could tell that He Jiqing also liked him very much.

"Did something happen?"

"Well, we went to Tibet together." He Jiqing's expression was flat.

"Isn't it a popular saying on the Internet that if two people are suitable, you will know if they go out together for a while. Now I know that we are not suitable."

Jiang Chang sighed, he felt sorry for the two of them.

"You all think I'm perfect, don't you?" He Jiqing finished his third cigarette.

Jiang Chang nodded: "Well, most people think so."

He Jiqing smiled: "This is very good."

Jiang Chang frowned, this was not He Jiqing's sincere words.

"Things like falling in love are still not suitable for me." He Jiqing was about to light his fourth cigarette.

Jiang Chang took the initiative to light him up: "Don't say that!"

He Jiqing took a deep breath and exhaled the smoke.The wind blows head-on, and the smoke covers the face.Jiang Chang only saw his hazy profile.

He said, "A perfect person is a god. A god cannot have emotions."

Jiang Chang felt a dull pain in his chest as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer.

"Ji Qing, don't say that."

"Do you think it would be better to adapt the script like this? At the meeting just now, you didn't express your opinion." He Jiqing asked him suddenly.He turned around, his face was clear and beautiful, his half-long hair brushed against his face with the wind, and he naturally brushed them back.A pair of eyes are calm and unwavering.

"Not bad, I think the director will also like your change." Jiang Chang stared into his eyes and said.

New progress has been made in the work. Headed by He Jiqing, a group of people work passionately until the early hours of the morning, sometimes even all night.A week later, the third draft of the revised script was completed.Jiang Chang sent it to the director and producer. After watching it, the director liked the changes and thought he could start filming right away.Producer Li Dongyao said after watching it: "My Yang Yang thinks this story is much more pleasing to the eye than before!"

Jiang Chang thought that He Jiqing might really be a god.

After the work here came to an end, He Jiqing flew to Beijing non-stop, went to the set to apologize to Mr. Gu, specially prepared gifts for Mr. Gu and his assistant, and kept his attitude very low.

He is a well-known author and screenwriter in the circle, and he is born like a sculpture. He is recognized as a beauty, and with his sincere apology, Mr. Gu's assistant didn't make things difficult for him, and arranged a dinner to talk about the adaptation of the novel.

At the dinner, everyone chatted about it.After it was over, Mr. Gu couldn't help but curiously asked why he left suddenly that day.

"Take care of some emotional issues." He Jiqing answered truthfully.

Most of the people in the circle knew about the fact that he had a young boyfriend.Elder Gu has also heard it mentioned.

"It's a good thing for young people to be emotional."

"It's very unprofessional to delay work because of emotional matters. It made Mr. Gu laugh." He Jiqing apologized again.

"Is that dealt with?" Old Assistant Gu asked curiously.

"We broke up." He Jiqing said.

The middle-aged assistant sighed softly: "It's a pity."

He Jiqing shook his head: "There's nothing to regret. I'm used to being a loner, so I'd better avoid falling in love in the future."

He spoke calmly and naturally, the middle-aged assistant couldn't see his sadness, and he probably didn't have deep feelings in his heart.

It was Gu Lao who filled He Jiqing's empty wine glass.He Jiqing was terrified, raised his glass and took it.

"It doesn't matter if you're single or with someone else, everything comes naturally." Elder Gu looked at him and smiled.

He Jiqing raised his glass, raised his head, and drank it down in one gulp.Right now, the last thing he wants to hear is to let nature take its course.

After returning from Beijing, He Jiqing officially began to cooperate with Gu Lao. Gu Lao gave him three months to complete the first draft of the film adaptation script.

At the same time, under the lead of Li Dongyao, he successfully sold the TV adaptation rights of another novel, and he wrote the script.The producer plans to start filming in May next year.

Apart from the two scripts, He Jiqing started writing a new novel, which was a story he had conceived a long time ago, but he never found the time to finish it.He informed the publishing house of his new novel plan, and the editor quickly gave him a timetable, and without accident, it will be published next spring.

Before going to Tibet, a film and electronic magazine asked him to write a column, but he declined.He went to the editor of the magazine and suggested that he had time to write.The editor of the magazine happily posted three circles of friends to express his excitement.

He also opened a personal official account. Before, friends around him asked him to open an official account, but he refused because he didn't have time to take care of it.After opening the official account this time, he updated at the rate of one micro-novel a week, and occasionally more.

Apart from sleeping, He Jiqing's time was filled with work.He sleeps only four hours a day, sometimes not even at all.Even during meal time, they were discussing work.

He grew a beard.I also changed my style of dressing. I used to love minimalism, but now I wear everything on my body.Fortunately, he is good-looking. No matter how he wears it, he looks stylish in the eyes of others.

He Jiqing broke up with his little boyfriend, and everyone in the circle soon found out.He is very frank, but he doesn't hide anything when he is questioned.

Some people noticed some changes in him, but no one thought that these changes were related to his breakup with Lin Shu.Everyone thought that that relationship was just He Jiqing's taste of something new for a while.After all, anyone who has met Lin Shu knows that the boy is very young. Although his appearance is not outstanding, he is clean, his eyes are melancholy and beautiful, and his temperament is unique.It was only natural that He Jiqing would be attracted.After the novelty is over, breaking up is inevitable.

How could He Jiqing be influenced by such a little boy?He Jiqing would not fall into grief just like everyone else because of breaking up with a little boy, or change himself to ease the pain.

He Jiqing is perfect, with perfect looks, perfect personality, and perfect talent.He is the God who is elusive and unattainable in the eyes of everyone.

How could anyone remember how He Jiqing was distracted from work because of Lin Shu?How could anyone mention how He Jiqing took care of Lin Shu when they were eating together? ...

In the eyes of everyone, Lin Shu is not good enough for He Jiqing, he is his imperfection.The two broke up, and He Jiqing returned to the position of God.Everyone likes He Jiqing like this, even though there are quite a few of them who like He Jiqing and like people who can't sleep at night.They only like him secretly, love him secretly, but dare not be his imperfection.

He Jiqing has been in Shanghai and never returned to Nanjing.

Jiang Chang would find him for dinner whenever he was free, but He Jiqing refused every time.The reason is the same: "I'm working and I don't have time."

Being rejected more times, Jiang Chang simply went straight to He Jiqing's residence.He has a house in Jing'an, with two bedrooms and one living room, and a small balcony, which has been transformed into a small flower house.Jiang Chang remembered that He Jiqing's greenhouse was full of all kinds of strange but said to be expensive succulents.

When he entered the house, the first thing he saw was the greenhouse. Many succulents had withered, especially a few pots that grew to half a person's height, leaving only a bare pole.He remembered that when he came here years ago, those succulents were still full of vitality.

He Jiqing, who opened the door for him, was dressed in black, with coffee stains on the chest of his jacket, a beard covering his face, and long hair reaching his shoulders.

"With your appearance, you don't need any makeup to play the Revenant directly." Jiang Chang complained about him.

He Jiqing smiled lightly and asked him, "What are you drinking?"

"I'm hungry, I'm here to find you for dinner." Jiang Chang wandered around the room.

Clothes were piled on the bed in the bedroom, as well as on the floor.The desk and the floor of the study are full of books, many of which are half-turned.The ashtray was full of cigarette butts.

The ashtray in the living room was also full of cigarette butts.In the transparent coffee pot, there is still half of the coffee left.In the kitchen sink, there are piles of unwashed coffee cups.On the dining table, a stack of Pizza Hut pizza delivery boxes.

"He Jiqing, don't you have a cleanliness freak?" Jiang Chang finally sat down on the sofa, but there was something under his buttocks, and he took it out, which turned out to be car keys.

"Who told you that I'm a clean freak?" He Jiqing brought him a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator.

"Everyone says that!" Jiang Chang took the water and unscrewed it.

"Did I tell you?" He Jiqing looked at him condescendingly.

Jiang Chang tilted his head, rolled his eyes and thought carefully, it seemed that He Jiqing had never said that he was a clean freak.

"My obsession with cleanliness came from you." He Jiqing calmly sat down on the other side of the sofa that was piled up with debris.He took out two signature pens from under his buttocks.

"Then you can't make yourself like this. Look at your house, it's messier than my kennel!" Jiang Chang stretched out his hand, and took out a nail clipper from the back of the sofa.He threw it on the glass coffee table.

"I've been busy working on drafts recently, so I don't have time. You know Mr. Gu's script, I have to show it to others next month!" He Jiqing yawned, and took off his glasses.

Only then did Jiang Chang see his dark circles, black around them, and the entire eye socket collapsed.On the bridge of the nose is a deep red mark from glasses.

"He Jiqing, you can't do this."

"Huh?" He Jiqing squinted at him.

"You will ruin yourself like this." Jiang Chang was very serious.

"I think so too. I'm going to push that column. It's been almost three months since I wrote it, and I really can't take it anymore. I'm also going to put the new novel first." He Jiqing wiped his glasses and put them on again.

"You know that's not what I'm talking about." Jiang Chang stared at him.

He Jiqing looked at the house: "It's really messy, I'll find a part-timer to clean it up tomorrow."

"He Jiqing!" Jiang Chang became angry.

"Mmm—" He Jiqing looked calm.

"I don't know what happened between you and Lin Shu, but I don't want to see you like this. If you are sad, you can tell me. I am willing to—"

"It's true that nothing happened to Lin Shu and I. We just broke up. That's not the case." He Jiqing interrupted him.

Jiang Chang stared at him: "Then you—"

"He's not that influential yet." He Jiqing took out a cigarette and handed him one.I lit one myself.

"It's true that I have taken a lot of jobs recently, because I owed too much work debt before. I found out that I, ah, fell in love by mistake. You told me before, didn't you?!"

"But--"

"I've been working a lot, and my state is indeed a bit wrong. Mr. Gu puts a lot of pressure on me. I also noticed it, and I'm trying to adjust it recently." He Jiqing leaned on the sofa, puffed out smoke rings, and spoke lightly.

It sounded impeccable, but looking at him, Jiang Chang always felt that something was wrong.

"Dinner together tonight?"

"Okay, I just happened to be hungry too." He Jiqing put out the cigarette in his hand, stretched himself, got up and went into the room to change clothes.

Taking advantage of his time to change clothes, Jiang Chang went to the balcony greenhouse for a stroll, and more than half of the succulents died.

"These things on your balcony, are you going to give them up?" he called.

"Huh?" He Jiqing didn't hear clearly.

Jiang Chang walked out of the greenhouse and repeated it.

"I've been too busy recently, so I don't have time to take care of them. Let's fix them some other day, and some of them can still be saved." He Jiqing replied in the room.

Jiang Chang muttered: "Didn't they all be offered as treasures before?"

"Can you give me a pot?" He asked deliberately.

"You choose yourself." He Jiqing said.

Jiang Chang said "Hey", he asked him for it before.He Jiqing even said, you want to buy online by yourself.Sighing, he rummaged through the flower room, and finally chose two pots that looked different from others.

He Jiqing came out after changing into a white T-shirt, black sweatpants and a denim jacket. His hair was tied into a bun and placed on top of his head.He changed into a pair of black-rimmed glasses to block the dark circles under his eyes.

Even if He Jiqing was decadent, he was beautifully decadent.When he saw the two pots Jiang Chang had chosen, he twitched his lips, "You're pretty good at picking!"

Jiang Chang held up a pot of laughter in one hand: "You can't go back on your word."

He Jiqing raised his eyebrows: "Just as long as you like it." After finishing, he added: "Don't raise it to death."

Jiang Chang curled his lips: "I think you will die faster if you are put here."

The two went to have a meal together, and in the end He Jiqing was dragged by Jiang Changsheng to drink at a small bar on Fuxing Middle Road where foreigners gathered.He also called Li Dongyao and his lover Zhang Yang.