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"I'm not acting anymore!" Qiao Ji leaned hard on the back of the passenger seat.

The car drove very steadily, just like Yin Nan's tone: "I will communicate with Tianxing again. After all, we have signed a contract, and we can't change it just by saying it."

"I don't, act, it's done!"

"Then let the media report for another two months, saying that your acting skills are so bad that you were replaced by Director Lin in the first scene?"

Qiao Ji jumped up all of a sudden, knocked his head on the roof of the car before sitting back in pain: "Obviously he is targeting me!"

Yin Nan didn't answer right away.

"Just because I hit him twice!"

"Did you just hit him twice?" Yin Nan asked.

Qiao Ji was at a loss for words, and it took him a long time to argue: "...It was just a joke."

"Not necessarily targeted."

"Otherwise? Is it because he's mentally ill?" Qiao Ji retorted quickly, but suddenly realized something after he said the words, "You said, he can't really be mentally ill, right?"

Yin Nan didn't answer.

"Look at him, he's weird, he speaks like a fool. And that bell ringer, that projection screen...have you ever seen such a director?"

"There are indeed rumors that Director Lin has some unusual behaviors."

"It's just special?" Qiao Ji snorted and sat up straight, "You know what? I was going to have hallucinations just now, thinking that I'm just a jobless vagrant who can't find a job." He danced and acted as he spoke. Get up, "It's that kind of special scene, there is a row of people sitting in an interview room, I walk in, introduce myself, ding! 'Sir, you are eliminated'. I walked into another interview room, facing a row of people People, introduce yourself, ding! 'Sir, go back and wait for the news'. Walk in one more, ding! 'Sir, you don't meet our requirements'. Walk in another..."

"Okay, calm down, I'm driving." Yin Nan glanced at the person next to him who was about to jump up, and said angrily.

Qiao Ji sat back discouraged, and the car suddenly became quiet.

After a long time, I heard him say: "No... Really change it? Are you kidding?"

"You know you're afraid?"

Qiao Ji looked away and didn't answer.

"I will try my best to fight for it, but as the leader in the industry, Tianxing Entertainment is not afraid of offending people, and they can afford liquidated damages... You'd better be mentally prepared."

Qiao Ji was silent for a long time.

"...Lin Juan's movies are nothing special."

***

New news came from Yin Nan two days later.

"I communicated with the project leader of Tianxing yesterday. Director Lin seems to be very tough. Judging from what they mean, liquidated damages and related compensation are not a problem, so I'm afraid there is no room for change this time."

Qiao Ji tightened his grip on the phone and did not speak.

"I will talk to them again, and if there is really no other way, I will also communicate with them about the outside world. I will probably say that you are unable to continue participating in the show due to physical reasons, and reduce the impact on you... "

"You can arrange it." Qiao Ji hung up the phone without waiting for Yin Nan to finish speaking.

The room quieted down with the sound of the phone hanging up, and the suppressed emotions in my heart seemed to be ignited suddenly by something. Qiao Ji kicked the sofa uncontrollably, took a step back after suffering pain, and sat on the ground leaning against the wall .

As expected of the leader in the industry, Tianxing Entertainment was very efficient. It took only three days for a film to be shot, to change roles, and to terminate the contract, and it was done in one go.

Obviously it was Tian Xing who offered the invitation at first, but now it is Tian Xing who says he wants to terminate the contract.

He is like a clown who is played with, he doesn't know why he was chosen, and he doesn't know why he was abandoned.

No matter how I think about it, I am not reconciled.

Qiao Ji gritted his teeth, suddenly grabbed the car keys by the door and ran out.

***

It was only a 10-[-]-minute drive from the residence to the film and television base. Qiao Ji drove all the way to the east gate, and managed to calm down.

In fact, he didn't know what he could do here, or why he came here.

Find Lin Juan, apologize to him, and ask him to give himself another chance?

"Bah bah!" The flash of thought was quickly suppressed by Qiao Ji in his mind.

Even if the contract is terminated, then I should be the one to stop acting.It's just a small director's play, I don't care about it!

That's right, I said that day that I would not act.

As if he had found a balance point, as if to strengthen his determination, Qiao Ji couldn't help shouting towards the outside of the car.

"I'm not lazy—cough, cough, cough!"

Qiao Ji stopped abruptly before finishing his sentence, Qiao Ji was almost choked to death by himself, and crawled and rolled to hide in the car while coughing.

When he realized what he had done, he sat up quickly again, his face darkened.

Not far away, the culprit was counting his steps and staggering past the gate of the film and television base.

Qiao Ji stared at Lin Juan, and it took him a while to make sure that he didn't notice him at all.

He clicked his tongue and gave Lin Juan a middle finger.

Almost at the same time, Lin Juan turned around.

Qiao Ji reflexively got into the car again.

Joe sent: "..."

Touching his knees that were numb from hitting the steering wheel and getting up again, Qiao Ji felt a little ashamed.

And Lin Juan in the distance turned around slowly and moved in another direction, not knowing what happened to Qiao Ji at all.

Qiao Ji stared at Lin Juan for a long time, and wanted to reach out to give the middle finger again, but felt that the momentum had lost, and it was too naive to do it again, so he could only withdraw his hand in resentment, and gritted his teeth.

When Lin Juan turned around again, Qiao Ji was a little numb.

The young man wearing a peaked cap walked in and out of the door in small steps, turned left and then turned right again, like a child who couldn't find his mother. Qiao Ji looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what he was doing.

"Is this really sick?" Qiao Ji couldn't help complaining. After thinking about it, he stepped on the accelerator and quickly drove the car into the parking lot.

When he came out, Lin Juan was still wandering slowly.

Qiao sent a little closer, and the distance between the two was less than 20 meters, but Lin Juan still didn't notice him.

Qiao Ji subconsciously slowed down and moved forward on tiptoe. People around him began to notice his abnormality and looked at him like a thief, while the young man who was stared at was wandering there intently.

Suddenly, a burst of music sounded, and Qiao Ji jumped up in fright before realizing that it was his phone ringing.

He exhaled, took out his mobile phone, and stepped back behind the tree beside the road, while answering the call.

It's Yin Nan.

"you are not at home?"

Qiao Ji was silent for a while, stretched out his neck and glanced at Lin Juan not far away, and said vaguely: "Come out and take a walk."

"You go to the set now and find Qi Qing. I'll meet you after I've dealt with the matter at hand."

"The set?" Qiao Ji responded casually, watching the person Yin Nan mentioned come into view.

Qi Qing looked a little annoyed, grabbed Lin Juan and started talking, Qiao Ji could only see his lips moving quickly, but he didn't know what he said, but Lin Juan was smiling all the time, looking a little silly.

Yin Nan on the other end of the phone seemed to be a little frustrated: "The set of "Heart and Soul"! I just won it for you, but the original role is no longer available. They said that there is still a puppet role that has not been finalized, and they can let you go again. try."

Qi Qing seemed to have finished speaking, and pulled Lin Juan inside.Qiao Ji withdrew his gaze and frowned: "The puppet?"

"The one that turned into real wood in the end."

"That role only has three scenes?" Qiao Ji called out.

"Not just three games." Yin Nan was very calm.

Only the devil knows how many scenes that character has, and it is enough to know that it is a trick with less than a hundred words of dialogue.

"No acting!"

"Then I'll call your mother."

"I..." Qiao Ji's momentum dropped instantly.

Yin Nan added: "I won't hide a single word for you."

Qiao Ji managed to swallow the swear words back, and squeezed out two words between his teeth: "You are ruthless!"

Yin Nan wasn't as proud as he was just threatening success, and his tone was still steady: "I'll be there in about an hour."

Although he knew it was useless, Qiao Ji hung up the phone vigorously to show his dissatisfaction.

***

It was really a test for Qiao Ji's self-esteem to re-enter the film crew. Fortunately, Qi Qing reacted quickly, and greeted him as soon as he saw him, smiling without any grudges.

"It's hard for Mr. Joe this time."

Qiao Ji also laughed, acting is his forte: "I'm the one who caused trouble for everyone."

"Mr. Yin probably already told you, right? Now that the No.13 scene will be filmed after the show, does Mr. Qiao need time to prepare?"

Qiao Ji's expression twisted: "No need." I've never heard that you need to prepare to play a big tree.

"Then you go to make up first?"

Qiao Ji hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking: "Director Lin asked to replace me before, is it okay to change the role like this?"

Qi Qing smiled: "It's okay, Director Lin won't recognize it."

"..." Qiao Ji didn't know how to react for a while.

Can't recognize it, shouldn't this be something to be happy about?

The character this time is a puppet companion who occasionally appears next to the protagonist. He has a gentle and firm personality and has the same dream as the protagonist. In the end, because he fell in love with a human girl, he was willing to become a real puppet, just to be able to stay in the world forever. On the window sill of my sweetheart.

There are very few serious scenes, but because of the relationship with the protagonist, from time to time, you have to make the background for the protagonist and other people’s scenes, such as Qi Qing’s No.13 scene-the protagonist’s human friends hold a birthday party for the protagonist, and he is one of them. a guest.

Qiao Ji sat in the dressing room for almost two hours before the makeup artist put on the puppet's special effects makeup. When Qiao Ji walked out, he felt his body was stiff.

Yin Nan arrived a long time ago, sized him up, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes: "This image is much prettier than the previous one."

Qiao Ji's face turned black: "I'm not selling my face."

Yin Nan ignored him and changed the subject directly: "The preparations are starting."

"I can play the big tree at the age of three."

Yin Nan couldn't help laughing: "Aren't you acting as a prince?"

Qiao Ji didn't answer, and walked directly into the arena after getting a signal from the field manager.

"Scene No.13 of "Heart and Soul", the first scene..."

Ding!

The nightmarish bell rang faster than the clapper.

Everyone was stunned, even Qi Qing's face was a little stunned, Qiao Ji got close, and heard him yell: "Xiaojuan?"

Lin Juan clearly said two words: "Bad."

... Can't you recognize what you said? !