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The audition for "Mountain Ghost" will be in early April.Prior to this, Zhou Nian rested at home for two weeks while taking advantage of the gap between the two shifts of work.

"Enjoy it," Lin Chen said to him on the phone, "When your drama enters the promotion period, it will soon fly around. Take this opportunity, sleep more, and get rid of your dark circles."

His costume drama is still in full swing. Due to the strict director and sophisticated production, the shooting cycle is fully doubled compared with "Seven Degrees of Youth" which started in the same period.His role in it is a passionate and talented man who plays horses and flowers, full of knowledge and eloquence.Not only is the setting pleasing, but there are also many scenes. He is the second male lead who attracts the love of female audiences the most.Zhou Nian has seen his appearance in the play, he is dressed in brocade, suave and coquettish, coupled with his already somewhat clever eyebrows and eyes, he looks like a proud young man.

He told Lin Chen what he thought truthfully, and wished him every success with this role.Lin Chen only smiled and said, "Hey, of course! This is the best role that woman has ever found for me, almost the breakup fee she gave..."

"Oh, I'm completely married to her." He added, "I ran into her in the hotel the day before yesterday, and I was with a little boy who was born in an online drama. joy."

"..."

When he received this call, it was the seventh day he had been staying behind closed doors.It was clearly afternoon, but the house was gray, and the heavy cotton curtains were falling heavily, blocking the soft spring light in March from the floor-to-ceiling windows.A French New Wave movie was playing on the old TV screen. A smooth long shot was folded from outside the house into the corridor, and zoomed in on the heroine.She looked away from the scroll, smiled and said something.

So Zhou Nian missed this sentence.He went back and listened again, and as the heroine spoke, the subtitles at the bottom flashed:

People are greedy, always have been.

Mottled lights and shadows floated on his cheeks, like fluorescent fish swimming under the dark water.What Lin Chen was still talking about, he didn't care anymore, he just gave a soft "hmm".

Every vacation he had had before had been like this.Take out the previously collected DVDs, close the curtains, sit in front of the screen, and watch for a whole day.This was supposed to be when he was at his most at ease, never dull or boring.But now the scene has not changed, but his state of mind has changed quietly. He knows that Xiaobai is still shrunk by his side, but he still feels that something is missing.The leaked corner was empty, and the wind blew in, bringing a trance-like coolness.

Xu Li accompanied him to the audition.She paid enough attention to the work this time, and instructed many precautions a few days in advance, and when she arrived at the agreed venue, she began to send business cards to every staff member she met.Zhou Nian followed her all the way, still mainly responsible for smiling.She didn't leave Zhou Nian until a crew member came forward to lead him to the audition room, and finally exhorted him in a low voice:

"I heard that Bai Hua has a weird temper," she said, "Be careful for a while, don't make him angry."

Zhou Nian nodded.Except for the cognitive differences in acting, he rarely conflicts with others.

On both sides of the aisle, there were assistants or managers who accompanied the artists. Xu Li stayed behind and quickly chatted with them.Zhou Nian followed the staff leading the way and walked forward until halfway, when he was suddenly bumped into the head.

That person suddenly jumped out from a room on one side, with his head lowered, his waist bowed, and he walked in a hurry.The blow was so hard that it almost landed on top of him.Zhou Nian staggered two steps back, subconsciously said "Sorry".

The man ignored it, hammered his waist, turned his head and left, leaving him with a bird's nest-like back of the head.Zhou Nian was stunned for this back was covered in a large, wrinkled coat. He felt that he had seen it somewhere before, so he couldn't help but take a second look. The staff around him noticed his gaze and sighed again and again: "Don't Mind, that's how he looks when he works."

He didn't say who this person was, so Zhou Nian didn't ask any more, just said it didn't matter.After walking a few steps forward, the young man leading the way stopped.The casting director came out to greet him and motioned him to come in and sit down.

The room was very spacious, with eight or nine chairs in the corner, and some actors who had arrived early were already sitting there, reading scripts in their hands.If Lin Chen was here, he should be able to greet them one by one, but Zhou Nian only knew one of their faces.

As if feeling his gaze, Zhang Chenxuan raised his head and looked towards him.The two looked at each other for a moment, then nodded.

This popular niche has been plagued by scandals recently and has not appeared in public for a long time. He entered the venue early to avoid the cameras of the paparazzi outside the door.He was under a lot of pressure, but he looked good, and his expression was quite calm. It seems that the recent media digging and reporting are all other people's affairs.

The roles were alternated in the last play, and this time we have to face role competition again.Zhou Nian sat down on an empty chair that was far away from him and facing the door.With 10 minutes left before the start, he closed his eyes and silently recited the actor's lines in his heart.

"Okay, you go back first."

Someone was talking outside the door, and suddenly there was a whisper.Zhou Nian thought that the director had come, and looked up to the door.

An actress is leaning against the door.She had a face with the characteristics of a mixed race, with deep and bright features, looking pretty and lively, with a bit of a girlish look that is hard to see in the circle.Zhou Nianben just glanced casually, seeing this face, his eyes suddenly froze and froze.

He still remembered the accompanying text of the news.The actress in front of me is named Li Jin, and the media has given her a lot of attributive terms before her name, such as "the new generation goddess who became popular last year", "Dongyu's newly signed potential flower"...and of course, "Mr. Pei's new love". .

It was as if an invisible thread was tugging.Zhou Nian slowly moved his eyes away from her, and turned to the man who was talking to her.

Pei Xun stood opposite her, most of his figure was covered by the door frame.He lowered his head slightly, a few strands of slender hair dangling on the side of his face.

From a distance of less than ten meters, Zhou Nian stared at him without blinking.He seemed to be giving instructions, his voice was very low and gentle.Li Jin nodded hurriedly, and replied in a crisp and sweet voice: "I know."

She waved to him, turned around and ran into the door, briskly, like a lively white rabbit.Pei Xun's eyes followed her back, and also looked into the room.

"..."

Caught off guard, Zhou Nian met his eyes.

After a while, it was Pei Xun who laughed first.Standing in the sunlight outside the door, he nodded slightly to Zhou Nian, smiled and made a mouth-shape, vaguely saying - "Come on".

Those who don't know, I'm afraid they still think that they are old friends who have been reunited for a long time.

Zhou Nian looked at him and moved his lips silently.But at this moment, a person came to the door suddenly, Pei Xun turned around naturally and greeted that person, then stepped aside and disappeared behind the door.

The unspoken words were stuck in his throat, which was so painful.

It wasn't until someone beside him called "Guard Bai" that he looked up together with everyone, his eyes slightly widened—the man who bumped into him not long ago was standing at the door, his eyes flicked over the people in the room one by one. star.

His expression was stern and cold, obviously not an ordinary worker.It was only then that Zhou Nian could see his face clearly. Although it was quite different from the young elite image on the magazine cover, it was indeed Bai Hua.

Bai Hua was also looking at him with a scrutinizing, condescending gaze.After a while, he turned his head and said to the casting director, "Are you all here?"

"Well, the male lead and the second female lead are here." The person on the side said.

Bai Hua nodded, walked straight to the chair opposite them and sat down.The door was closed, and the room became dark immediately, except for an incandescent chandelier on the top of Yu, which circled a cone-shaped light.The assistant placed a high-back chair under the aperture of the room, and everyone was silent, as if the opening of a one-man show.

"Zhang Chengxuan." Bai Hua raised her head and called the first person's name, "Scene one, monologue."

There was the sound of a chair being pushed and pulled.The young actor stepped forward and sat in the chair.With his back turned to the rest of the actors, he was silent for a moment, and read in a low voice:

"There are no ghosts in this world..."

……

"Aren't you going in to have a look?"

When Song Yuzhen walked into the lounge, Pei Xun was leaning on the sofa with an unlit cigarette in the corner of his mouth.

"No fire?" he asked.Pei Xun glanced at him and nodded.

So Song Yuzhen walked over to him and sat down.He took out the lighter from his pocket and threw it over: "I'll just borrow it once, and smoke less."

Pei Xun didn't speak.He lowered his head slightly, and the slender body of smoke was immersed in the light blue flames.After a long while, the white air that seemed to be fog but not fog slowly flowed out and dissipated outward.

"What am I going to do," he said after a moment.

"Aren't Zhou Nian and Li Jin in there? The ex and the current audition together, ah, it's exciting to think about it." Song Yuzhen said with a grin.He put the lighter back into his pocket, and said with emotion: "Hey, Li Jin looks pretty good, she's my type. But she also looks like a serious girl, she doesn't seem to be hanging out with you... What, After Zhou Nian, have you really changed your taste?"

"What and what." Pei Xun smiled, "That's Zhang Peng's niece."

"Ah... your manager," Song Yu really thought about it, "he asked you to bring her to earn some exposure?"

Pei Xun nodded: "I owe him a favor."

"Is it about reading that drama last week? Didn't he change Bai Wei in the end? What did you ask him for?"

"Later publicity."

"...for Zhou Nian?" Song Yuzhen was taken aback, and then asked.

"Ah."

His tone was calm, and his face was as usual.Song Yuzhen turned his head sideways with a look of surprise.

"I thought you two were married?"

Gray smoke curled up.Like a translucent umbrella, separated between the two.

"Don't think too much." Pei Xun said.He raised his elbow and pressed his forehead, "In short... I'm a little sorry for him."

"I'm sorry who? Zhou Nian?" Song Yuzhen frowned, "You only persisted for a month this time, I thought you didn't like him very much."

"It's not the same thing." Pei Xun smiled, "I was in a bad mood that day. It's not his fault."

"……Oh."

Song Yuzhen looked at him suspiciously: "Why didn't I find out before, you still care about after-sales service? Do you still care about other people's feelings after breaking up?"

"He's different."

After a pause, Pei Xun said.

"I think...he kind of likes me."