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This has long been an open secret in the circle.

It's nothing new for rich people to play with meat and vegetables, men and women.However, the Pei family, who has been obsessed with women for many years, has such an exceptionally "promising" heir, which naturally attracts the attention of the world and deserves to be carefully studied under the spotlight.What's more, a person like Pei Xun is born with all the conditions to be the center of the topic - handsome, romantic, heir to a consortium... Who wouldn't want to take off his shiny coat to see how many lice crawled inside?

And Pei Xun himself didn't think it was a scandal at all.On the contrary, he calmly held the hands of one male model after another and participated in various activities with them.At a fashion week in a certain year, the media once photographed him appearing in the front row of the show.The young nobleman sat among the editor-in-chiefs of major fashion magazines, not paying attention to the design or clothes at all, only showing a little smile when his lover walked over from the end of the extension table.

Mr. Pei has returned to China for three years, and the news caused by his love history is far more abundant than that of stars who debuted for three years.

... And such a person sent him a bouquet of flowers.

The glass door behind her squeaked, and Chen Li approached, her eyes swept across Zhou Nian and Lin Chen, and she knew what was going on.She remained calm and said, "Here comes a very good notebook, you can read it first."

She sat next to Zhou Nian and handed him the script.Before he could open it, Chen Li continued: "I've read the script. The story is good, and it's the type you like. The director is Bai Hua, and the lead actor is Chen Anru. The exposure rate must not be a problem."

Bai Hua is a cutting-edge director he has admired for a long time. He won the Pioneer Director Award at a foreign film festival last year.Chen Anru is a veteran movie queen who built her reputation with her solid acting skills and is recognized as a powerful actress in China.What's more rare than this is that the roads to fame of these two people are both clean and innocent, and they have never caused any "dirty" news.

Such a worry-free partner configuration is much higher than that of "Seven Degrees of Youth", and it is naturally the dream of all actors.Zhou Nian hadn't received such a good invitation for a long time, so he couldn't help asking: "What role is it for me?"

"The leading actor." Chen Li said.

"..." Zhou Nian paused while turning over the script: "Does this have something to do with it?" He pointed to the bouquet of flowers.

He is not stupid, he knows that there is no so-called surprise from heaven in this world.Chen Li is not going to hide it from him: "Yes."

Zhou Nian didn't speak again.

"Hey, I didn't say——what are you doing with such an ugly face?" Lin Chen on the other side smiled, "Maybe you're just pretending to be sentimental? People just admire your acting skills and want to support you, but they don't mean that at all?"

Zhou Nian only glanced at him—appreciating his acting skills, just wanting to support him... This statement can be trusted by a respected artist senior, but changing Pei Xun's name is like a joke.

"Take a ten thousand step back, isn't Pei Xun good? He has a good face, a thin waist and long legs... It doesn't hurt if he sleeps, right? If it's me—"

"Lin Chen." Chen Li glanced at him.

Lin Chen didn't speak anymore, but leaned on the sofa in an awkward manner, smiling with his mouth crooked.Chen Li looked at Zhou Nian, her tone slowed down: "Don't think too much about it. When the opportunity comes, follow it. I will never lose you."

Zhou Nian remained silent, waiting for her next words.Chen Li said directly: "Dongyu Entertainment is owned by Mr. Pei, you know that? They are the main investment in "Seven Degrees of Youth". Mr. Li over there called me and said that if you want, you can Replace Bai Wei."

Lin Chen whistled lightly.Zhou Nian raised his eyes: "It has been officially announced—"

"——This is not something you want to consider." Chen Li interrupted him, "Just tell me, do you want to?"

"..."

The hardest thing to bear is the grace of a beauty. At this time, it is also appropriate to replace the "beauty" with a "golden master".The script in his hand was as hot as a soldering iron, Zhou Nian put it down and lowered his eyes: "I..."

He is very clear about what the answer will mean at this time; he can also guess exactly what kind of loss the company will have to pay to replace a popular heroine who has already been confirmed in front of fans.The other party did this for him, saying that it was completely innocent, and even a three-year-old would not believe it.

The scene on the campus that year appeared in front of his eyes.Pei Xun lowered his head and talked affectionately with the girl, his face was three points gentle and attentive, seven points careless.Zhou Nian never thought that one day, he might be able to participate in this picture.

"There's no need to change roles," he said after a while, "I'll think about other things..."

"Don't think about it too long." Chen Li said, "Director Bai's film audition will be scheduled for next month. You know better than me what kind of opportunity this is."

She stood up and left.

With one-third less popularity, the huge room suddenly became empty.Lin Chen looked up at him: "Hello."

Zhou Nian thought about something and answered.

"I just said it casually."

"……I know."

"However, I advise you to order some snacks." Lin Chen got up from the sofa, thumped his waist, "This is Pei Xun—if you don't hurry up, there will be more people waiting to pounce on you."

Zhou Nian didn't speak.

"You don't know the blessing because you are in the blessing." Lin Chen said.

Hearing this, Zhou Nian froze for a moment.But Lin Chen just waved his hand casually, opened the door and left.

It was dusk outside the window.The sky is like a slowly closing door, drawing sunlight into the horizon, leaving the sky full of orange.Zhou Nian looked at it for a while, only to realize that he was in a daze, his mind was in a daze, and he didn't think about anything.

He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and saw Lin Chen walking out of the company door, and quickly stepped into the black car waiting by the roadside.As soon as the door was closed, he drove away in a well-trained manner.

They are nothing but tepid young actors, judging from their current income, they cannot afford such a good car.The answer to the riddle is not difficult to guess—probably Mrs. Wang sent someone to pick him up.

The noble lady of that year was frustrated by him, so she immediately turned her attention to Lin Chen.He knew about Lin Chen's family situation. His father died early, his mother was in poor health, and his family was always struggling.Last year, his mother was found to be seriously ill, and the medical expenses became the sword of Damocles hanging over Lin Chen's head.Those who come out to sell these days, at least one or two such tragic stories have to be made up - this sentence was said by Lin Chen himself, with his usual frivolous smile on his face.

He also got paid off.Mrs. Wang is very active in this circle, and has a lot of relationships with many well-known producers. It is not difficult to find a few pleasing roles.They debuted at the same time, but Lin Chen has already occupied the market with his image of a romantic and talented man, so he doesn't have to worry about film appointments.

On the contrary, Mrs. Wang probably hurt her self-esteem because of him, and she wanted to stand up. Since then, the film contract with him has obviously dropped to a lower level than before.Even if it is a campus youth drama like "Seven Degrees of Youth" that pleases young audiences, it will only give a male lead to him when the heroine is not pleasing to him.

Zhou Nian didn't know whether Lin Chen was satisfied with what he had obtained, but thinking about it, it was hard to understand.What a proud and arrogant person that man was, if he was asked to put down his figure to please a woman who was no longer young, I was afraid that he would not be able to swallow this breath no matter what.When he said envy, there was a bit of ridicule and a bit of self-deprecation, and it was not difficult to distinguish.

The orange turns to deep yellow, and the sky becomes a dull rose color. The light scattered and gathered, sinking bit by bit.The lights in the conference room were not turned on, and the darkness fell, covering him.

When I got back to my home in the outskirts of the city, it was already dark.

As soon as the key was turned to unlock the lock, something warm fell on my lap.Zhou Nian turned on the light and picked it up: "I'm back."

Xiaobai rubbed against his cheek, making a soft moan.Zhou Nian weighed it, and felt that it was much fatter than when it was picked up a month ago, and it was already a rather strong little puppy.

The life of a star is not as good as outsiders imagined, at least for a second- and third-tier star like him.The company didn't provide him with a living assistant, and he was the only one to take care of the daily chores. Fortunately, Zhou Nian was self-disciplined and loves cleaning, and his house was always tidy and clean before.And ever since I picked up this little one, I feel a little powerless.

He was never at home during the day, and he was reluctant to tie up Xiaobai, just letting it run around the house.Two or three-month-old puppies are just about to grind their teeth, and often when they come home at night, the house is already a horrible mess.The tables, chairs and slippers were all damaged, full of potholes, which almost killed the cleanliness.

After packing up the house, it was almost eight o'clock.Zhou Nian opened the takeaway that had already cooled down, spread the script on his lap, picked out diced meat from the meal from time to time and threw it to Xiao Bai who was squatting aside, and began to read the script.

It is indeed a good story.

It's not for nothing that Bai Hua can be called a "pioneering director", at least his vision for choosing stories is really vicious.The name of the story is "Mountain Ghost". At first glance, it looks like a supernatural story, but it is actually a realistic work on environmental protection.

The story generally tells the story of two art college students who went to the mountains to collect scenery and unintentionally witnessed the fierce confrontation between the mountain people and the developers.The developers who fancy the mountainous land intend to transform the green hill behind the village into a resort for leisure and recuperation, and offer exorbitant sums of money to lure the local people, but they are firmly rejected.The businessman who became angry with shame obtained the construction permit by means, in an attempt to force the mountain people to leave.And one after another, supernatural events happened at this time...

Zhou Nian finished reading the script in one breath, and was still unsatisfied after reading the last line.The story seems to contain a lot of folk gods and ghosts, but all causes and effects actually come from people's hearts.Whether it is a developer who is motivated by profit, or a villager who guards the mountain with his body, their last tragedy is not irreconcilable at first, but they are destroyed in the intensified conflict.The story slowly reveals the beginning and end of a tragedy from the perspective of a college student bystander, alluding to the current environmental protection issues that are getting a lot of attention, and it is also dressed in an eye-catching supernatural cloak, which can be said to be ingenious.

As for the hero of this work, this ordinary student of the Academy of Fine Arts, his monologue is to advance the plot.The screenwriter grasped his lines skillfully. At the beginning, the writing was flat, the middle part was passionate, and at the end, there was a dull pain of "the sorrow is greater than the death of the heart".His role is a bitter and sad forced growth, showing how a boy in an ivory tower encountered the cruelty of society, and thus shed his ignorant shell step by step.

This is a character with depth.

As for why Bai Hua chose this role for him to audition... Was it out of recognition of his acting skills, or Pei Xun's instruction?Zhou Nian didn't know, and didn't want to guess.

But he clearly knew how much he wanted this role.

Every time I encounter a challenging role, it feels like a drum is placed in my heart, beating a rapid beat.And this time the role made him more excited than any previous attempt.

Between an actor and a role, sometimes there is a competitive relationship like that of an opponent-if a good actor meets a good role, he is equal to his opponent, evenly matched, and can beat the heart and arouse endless fighting spirit.Every time I think about the role, it is a silent declaration of war against the character that only exists on paper: whether I can play you well, whether I can surpass you, whether I can make you immortal in my image...

——And in the process of pondering and perfecting again and again, let the characters gradually become full, and at the same time achieve their own perfection and improvement. This is his original intention and motivation as an actor.

Zhou Nian closed the script, leaned on the back of the chair, and let out a long sigh.

Such a script, in the current situation, is no different from a hand stretched out to a drowning person: if you miss this hand, you may live in such a muddle from now on, and you will never recover; but if you catch it, But it may be dragged to a deeper bottom.

As early as many years ago, he had determined in his heart that acting would be his life's career.In order to be able to act, he has struggled for a long time to reach his current position.He once thought that there was nothing in this world that he couldn't pay for it, but when the choice was truly and cruelly presented in front of him, he felt that everything was not as easy to choose as he imagined.

The food was already cold, and Xiao Bai fell asleep at his feet.It is very easy to wake up, and it is rare to sleep steadily for so long, Zhou Nian is not willing to wake it up, so he tries to lighten his movements, and picks up the chopsticks again.At this moment, the phone suddenly rang.

Xiaobai immediately opened his eyes and let out an "ow".Zhou Nian comforted it and pressed the answer button: "Hello?"

"A Nian."