Burning Heart[ABO]

A week after returning to Beijing, Ji Rao officially entered the studio to record the talent show variety show of Youxun Video.

He made his debut in this variety show more than two years ago, and met Ye Huaining by chance, and this time he came back to be a dance instructor.

The men's team that was selected in this season's show did not set up a promoter, and only invited four mentors. Ji Rao has a special relationship with this show, and is the only one among them who is popular.

After five years, Lin Chen saw Ji Rao again.

The program group intended to be a secret, and the trainees didn't know the exact list of mentors until yesterday. Lin Chen sat in the brightly lit studio, listening to the whispers of people around him. He saw Ji Rao walking in with other mentors. The same casual smile hung on the corner of his lips as before, which was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Ji Rao's gaze slowly swept across the semi-curved recording studio, paused when it passed Lin Chen, and then moved away quickly.

The first recording is the preliminary rating stage.

Ji Rao sat with other mentors and watched the performances of the trainees carefully. He had the lowest qualifications, and his speech was not as sharp as other mentors, and he had a warm face to everyone.

Lin Chen kept looking at him, Ji Rao seemed to have changed a lot, and it seemed that something remained the same.

The program recording lasted from noon to early morning, and everyone was exhausted.

Pausing time halfway, Ji Rao went back to the lounge to touch up his makeup and eat while he was there.

Ye Huaining sent a WeChat message: "Is the recording over? Can you come back tomorrow?"

Ji Rao glanced at it and pressed the black screen, but there was no reply.

He had no appetite, took two bites of rice, got up and went outside, went to the empty escape stairwell at the end of the corridor, and lit a cigarette.

After staying for a few minutes, someone behind him called him softly: "Ji Rao."

Ji Rao turned around with a cigarette in his mouth, it was Lin Chen.

The light in the corridor outside was as bright as day, and there was a dark stairway inside. Lin Chen stood at the boundary between light and shadow, looking at him with vague hesitation and hope hidden in his expression.

As it was then.

After quietly looking at each other for a moment, Ji Rao threw the cigarette end and crushed it out, and smiled: "Lin Chen, long time no see."

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "I didn't expect you to come here as a mentor, and I didn't hear you say that before."

"Well," Ji Rao explained casually, "I signed a non-disclosure agreement before, so I didn't tell you."

He tilted his head, looked at the corridor outside, and asked Lin Chen with a smile: "Can you come out? Don't be discovered by those staff."

"I said I went to the bathroom, and I'll be back in a while."

Lin Chen hesitated for a while, and asked him, "How have you been all these years?"

"It's pretty good, good luck, it became popular, and it's been smooth sailing since then." Ji Rao said with a smile.

Lin Chen nodded: "When you participated in the competition back then, I watched every episode, and I also paid attention to the songs and dramas you posted later.... Don't you like playing music? Why do you focus on filming now?"

Back then when they were in a band together, Ji Rao's love for music was no less than other people's. Now he obviously has the opportunity, but in the past two years, he has only released a slobbering album with no splashes, and instead plunged into the film and television industry .

Ji Rao's expression could not be distinguished in the darkness, he laughed again, and said lazily: "The music world is in a downturn, I have to eat."

Lin Chen felt a little sad: "...Really?"

Ji Rao didn't say any more, just reminded him: "You go back first, the recording will start right away, it's not good for us to be together if someone sees us, we will talk about old times when we have time next time."

After the sound of footsteps faded away, Ji Rao lit a cigarette again, and there was only a flickering fire in the dark corridor.

Ye Huaining's call came in, but he didn't answer it until the phone hung up automatically.

Five minutes later, the phone rang for the second time.

After three times, Ye Huaining sent another WeChat message.

"Are you recording a program? Then why didn't you turn off the phone? You didn't turn off the phone and didn't answer my call. Are you ignoring me on purpose?"

"Just ignore me, I'm going to sleep."

"asshole."

Ji Rao turned his phone to silent, put it back in his pocket, took his last puff of cigarette, crushed out the cigarette butt, went upstairs and walked back into the light.

The recording of the program continued, Lin Chen's performance came later, and it was almost over when it was his turn.

He didn't sign a company, he came to the show as a personal trainee, went on stage alone, and sang a song he wrote himself.

When the prelude sounded, Ji Rao's hand holding the pen paused.This song was written by Lin Chen when they were still in the band. At that time, Lin Chen was the lead singer and he was the guitarist. Lin Chen changed the song countless times, and he was the first to sing it to him right after it was written. .

Lin Chen's voice is less youthful than before, more calm and confident, and his singing skills are far better than at that time.

The vocal instructor was very excited, he woke up from his sleepiness, and he said a few good words during the review. When it was Ji Rao's turn, he smiled and asked Lin Chen: "Apart from singing, can you show everyone else?"

Lin Chen knew that this was a special opportunity for him to perform, so he said, "I want to dance again."

It was also the dance that Ji Rao taught him back then. He has been practicing repeatedly during this time. Although he is not as good as his singing, but among so many vocals before, he is the first one who can dance like him.

The audience was instantly ebullient, and all the trainees felt that Lin Chen sang well, danced well, and looked outstanding, most likely because the popular contestants had booked.

After Lin Chen finished dancing, Ji Rao picked up the microphone again and said, "Very good. Although the technique is still a little lacking, the overall visual effect is good, and the stage is also explosive. If there is a shortage, just practice more. I am very optimistic about you. I will teach you in the future." You, come on."

Lin Chen was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect Ji Rao to say such a thing in public, but he realized in an instant that Ji Rao was trying to help him keep the camera.

No matter how well he sang and danced, he might have been cut off at the end of the broadcast because there was no backstage, but the special favor of the instructor, especially the special favor of top traffic like Ji Rao, can add topical gimmicks to the show, The chance of keeping the part he jumped just now is high.

So Lin Chen smiled, bowed and said, "Thank you teacher."

Ye Huaining woke up, but still didn't receive Ji Rao's WeChat reply.

He sent a message to Ji Rao's assistant Xiao Zhang: "When did Ji Rao's show last night last night?"

"It didn't end until after three o'clock at night, and then I went back to the hotel to sleep. Brother Ji hasn't woken up yet. When he wakes up, I'll ask him to call you back."

Ye Huaining pouted: "Forget it."

After breakfast, Ye Huaining went to the company.

Others thought that he opened this company just for fun, but only Ye Huaining knew that this was his entire net worth, and Ye's shares were destined not to belong to him, so he was not indifferent.

Shengxing Entertainment has been in business for more than four years. Because of Ye's backing, it has risen rapidly in the industry. However, after Ye Huai'an was promoted to Ye's general manager and his father was about to retire to the second line, Ye Huaining had already decided to withdraw his company from Ye 's stripped out.It's not difficult, the relationship between him and Ye Huai'an is bad, outsiders don't know it, but their father knows it best, but if they get mixed up forcibly, the family will have no peace.

I just took off my coat when I entered the office, and someone came to report the matter, saying that a drama they sent to the TV bureau for review last week was rejected, and there were many things to be changed, and they were recut according to the review opinions. Cut to pieces.

Because it was a big production that the company placed high hopes on, the people below did not dare to delay, so they immediately reported to Ye Huaining.

"Isn't the normal film review time a month? Why is it so fast this time, and I got called back in a week?"

Ye Huaining was twisting the few pieces of paper in his hand, densely packed with contents to be changed given by the review department.

The manager who came to report the matter frowned and said, "I asked someone, and the other party secretly revealed that it might be the intention of their new director of film review. Recently, they received several films for review and sent them back quickly."

Oh, that Director Deng.

Ye Huaining thought for a while, then asked again: "Have you given a gift?"

"If you can't make an appointment, the other party won't give you face."

Ye Huaining sneered: "I see, this matter is not in a hurry, let's talk about it after the new year, let's go through the more sensitive content in the film first, cut what can be cut, and leave the rest alone."

After they left, Ye Huaining called Liu Ming's phone, and asked straight to the point what the result of Ji Rao's audition was.

The other party said politely: "Mr. Ye, it's not that I don't want to sell your face. Your family's Ji Rao's acting skills are not bad, but the investor said he didn't want traffic acting, and wanted to find an actor with a professional background. The conditions are stuck here." , I can't help it either."

Before Ye Huaining could respond, he continued, "I told you before that my old classmate can help set up a bridge for Ji Rao to go to the Film Academy for a year or two, and my old classmate is willing to give him face-saving advice. Anyway, it’s just to go to class when you have time, and it won’t delay anything, you let him go to get a diploma, there’s nothing wrong with it, and it’ll be nice to talk about it in the future.”

Ye Huaining sneered and replied: "Thank you Brother Liu and Director Deng for looking up to Ji Rao, but Director Deng has too much face, such a big favor, I'm afraid that Ji Rao won't be able to pay back in the future, so I don't want to bother Director Deng."

After Ye Huaining finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Ji Rao didn't get up until noon, and the program team said that there would be a re-recording in the afternoon, so he probably won't be able to leave today.

Xiao Zhang ordered room service for him to deliver meals, and by the way told him what Ye Huaining sent a message to ask in the morning. Ji Rao listened absent-mindedly and picked up his phone.

Last night, Ye Huaining's WeChat message stopped at the "bastard", and he suddenly didn't want to reply.

When the meal was almost finished, Ye Huaining called.

"Ji Rao, you haven't answered my calls since last night, and you haven't replied to WeChat, what do you mean? You don't want to talk to me when you see your old friend, do you?"

Ye Huaining's voice rose, as if joking with Ji Rao.

But Ji Rao knew as soon as he heard it that he was angry.

"Start the video." Ji Rao said.

He sent a video request and waited for half a minute before he clicked through.

Ye Huaining's unhappy face appeared on the screen, Ji Rao looked at him and smiled: "Are you angry?"

Ye Huaining was angry: "You ignore me on purpose, can't I be angry with you?"

"You can be angry, but I dare not make you angry."

Ji Rao still smiled: "But it's fine if you get angry enough, you will become ugly if you keep getting angry."

"You really have the face to say it."

Ye Huaining's face moved forward, filling the entire phone screen: "Am I ugly?"

Ji Rao reached out and touched his face through the screen: "It's pretty."

"Okay, I was really busy yesterday and forgot, don't be angry, okay?"

Ye Huaining finally laughed after being coaxed by Ji Rao.

"Forget it, I'll let you go this time."