In the city [entertainment circle]

50

"Card."

Shen Xiao sat on a chair in the room, and after a long time, he didn't move until everyone stepped forward.

Because he was too immersed in the role, Shen Xiao couldn't tell whether he was Shen Xiao or Yu Song for a while. After a while, he shook his head and looked at the director who was already celebrating with the surrounding staff.

Someone in the production team happened to have a birthday today, so the crew simply bought a cake and prepared to celebrate it.

As the absolute lead actor, Shen Xiao was also surrounded and came to the cake. Beside him was Song Yi, and other actors in the crew. The director stood in the middle, and Song Yi stood next to Shen Xiao.

Seeing the birthday star blowing out the candles surrounded by everyone, and then sharing the cake together, Shen Xiao also smiled, and the director walked out of the crowd with Shen Xiao.

"Did you get it over there?" The director asked casually when he saw that there were not many people around. During this period of time, Shen Xiao had a lot of scenes, and the task of filming was heavy, and it seemed that there was no news on the Internet, so he asked Without asking too much.

Now that the movie is over, as half of Shen Xiao's friend—maybe still a self-proclaimed one—the director can't help but care about it.

"En." Shen Xiao replied vaguely, "I gave up over there."

"It's really a personal grievance." The director said, it was already evening when the filming was finished, and the sky was ablaze, and he glanced at the sky, "Then don't worry about my movie?"

"I'm not worried." Shen Xiao said, "You used to do the same at the movie box office." Perhaps because of a change of heart, he now has the thought of joking with the director.But he also knew from the bottom of his heart that if this matter was not resolved in the end, or if he resolved it according to his own temper, the director would be the one who would be in trouble in the end.

He didn't know what Wang Zezhi was going to do, but he thought that this movie should have some influence. He thought for a while, but didn't know what to say, so he patted the director on the shoulder, "Thank you."

"Thank you for what?" the director asked.

"Thank you for not changing actors." Shen Xiao said.

"At that time, more than half of the filming was done, and it was impossible to change actors." The director said, "Actually, I don't have much hope for the box office of this movie."

"For a prize?"

"of course."

"I don't see it."

"You mean other actors?" the director asked, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, and was about to hand one to Shen Xiao, but was rejected, "Have you quit smoking?"

"I'm too old to smoke anymore." Shen Xiao said.

The director muttered something in his mouth, but he didn't say anything in the end. He just lit a cigarette in his mouth, "Although filmmakers say they are doing art, in the end, it's not for the sake of capital." He sighed himself , "Investors also have their own considerations, so they can't keep losing money."

He seemed to have thought of it, "Actually, I'm just a little unhappy about this matter itself, and I have no complaints about the two of them, and they have done a good job." He explained to Shen Xiao.

"Isn't it her?" Shen Xiao asked.

The director was vague and didn't say anything. He was just smoking a cigarette, and the crew was still making trouble. The three-month filming was over, and the filming was always closed. Although they could go out during their breaks, they couldn't ask for long-term leave.

So the people in the crew have basically stayed on the crew for the past few months.

All the leading actors are no exception.

"Actually, sometimes I wonder if I am getting old." The director said with a sigh, "I feel like I haven't made a name for myself yet, I'm already old."

Shen Xiao looked at the director's hair. Although he looked young, he was in his 40s and had good works, but he was still a little short, and he was still far away from being a real director.

He has awards, some popularity, but no box office.

"You're still young." The director turned to look at Shen Xiao and said, "You're only 40 years old, and you still have a long time to go."

"37." Shen Xiao reminded the director of his age.

"Almost." The director said casually, "When are you leaving?"

"tonight."

"In such a hurry?" The director looked at him in surprise, "Then you hurry up." He waved his hand as he spoke, as if impatiently driving Shen Xiao away.

"See you next time, Director Liu."

The director - Liu Zhongyuan waved his hand, as if to show that he knew, then ignored Shen Xiao and continued to smoke his cigarette.

Shen Xiao changed out of his costume, and when he went to the hotel with his assistant, he saw Zhang Lin in the lobby. He seemed to have been there for a while, and when he saw Shen Xiao coming, he hurriedly stood up.

"Is something wrong?"

"You are still from Xinghai now." Zhang Lin said with some displeasure, he looked at the assistant behind Shen Xiao, "You go back first, I have something to say to Brother Shen."

The assistant, who was not active in the first place, nodded after hearing what Zhang Lin said, greeted Shen Xiao, and left first.

"Are you going to say it here?" Shen Xiao stood in front of Zhang Lin. He was taller than Zhang Lin, and when he was not smiling, he was quite intimidating.

Zhang Lin glanced at the coffee shop in the hotel. The afternoon tea in this hotel is actually very good, and the coffee shop is also famous, but it is not suitable for chatting like them.

"Go to my room." Shen Xiao said, without waiting for Zhang Lin's reaction, he took a step and walked to the front.

The weather was getting hotter, so Shen Xiao was wearing a gray hooded tracksuit. The well-fitting tracksuit revealed a body that was diligent in exercising when he was walking.

After all, for a long time, Shen Xiao played some tough guys on the screen.

Zhang Lin just followed behind him and returned to the room of Shen Xiao Hotel.

"Sit." Back in the room, Shen Xiao signaled Zhang Lin to sit casually, then threw a bottle of water to him, "What do you want to say."

"Are you really not going to renew the contract?" Zhang Lin asked, "If there is a problem with the company, or if you feel that the treatment is not satisfactory, we can continue to talk. You know, there are not many companies in China that have the ability to continue to develop movies, and Xinghai is one of them. .”

"I don't need so many movies." Shen Xiao said, "It should be obvious that I don't want to renew my contract. Before I made movies in the company, it was because I had a contract. In fact, I always felt that I needed to stop. Yes, and the company can't let me do that," he said.

Zhang Lin said something again, whether it was favorable conditions or others, it couldn't stop Shen Xiao's heart that was about to stop.

After realizing that he finally couldn't persuade Shen Xiao, Zhang Lin also gave up. He twisted away the mineral water in his hand and took a sip, "Since you said so, then I won't keep it."

"Mr. Wang asked me to tell you, those things in the past, let them go." He said, as if he wanted to express Wang Zezhi's generosity.

Shen Xiao knew who did it, so of course he wouldn't accept it, "Mr. Wang asked you to say that?" He thought for a while, "I didn't mention anyone else."

Zhang Lin looked at Shen Xiao, "...Actually, I still don't understand. How did you get involved with the Li family? How long have you known each other? Master Li really regards you as a friend?" He said so indirectly He admitted that the Li family helped to solve the matter.

Shen Xiao didn't speak, he had no intention of talking to Zhang Lin, he just stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, "I still have to pack my luggage, please."

"We've known each other for so many years, but I still have something to tell you. It's better to hang out in the circle and have many friends than no friends." He walked by Shen Xiao's side, and his fat body became more flexible at this time Get up, "President Wang said it's over, it's over."

After speaking, he was a little afraid of Shen Xiao, so he ran away quickly.

"...Am I that scary?" Shen Xiao couldn't help asking, looking at Zhang Lin's despondent figure running away.He packed all the luggage yesterday, because he always wears costumes when filming, so the change of clothes he brought is not too much, and one suitcase is full.

He also explained to the assistant before that he was not on the same flight as him.

When he returned to this city, it was already late at night, and Shen Xiao took a taxi back to his apartment.He didn't wear sunglasses or a hat, he was just wearing that gray sportswear, and the driver didn't seem to think that this ordinary-looking man was a star, and would occasionally talk to Shen Xiao.

But seeing that he didn't seem to have a high quality, he turned on the radio, tuned a channel, and listened to himself.

Shen Xiao was sitting in the back seat, it was already one o'clock in the morning, he thought for a while, and still sent a text message to Li Ruosen, "I was on the plane just now, I'm back."

"Do you have time?" The text message came back quickly.

"There should be time after the finale." When Shen Xiao returned, he had already made up his mind not to renew the contract at Xinghai. Although someone would hand over the script after he finished the finale, as for whether he would accept it or not, that would be a matter of a month later.

Generally, Shen Xiao doesn't read the script for a month after the finale, and it's been like this for so many years.He needs to digest his performance in the last play, find out what confuses him, and then solve it.

"Tomorrow." He returned over there, and then sent an address, "It's here."

Shen Xiao read the text message for a while, the backlight of the screen was a bit dazzling in the dim car, he looked at the text on the screen, and did not reply quickly as usual.

It wasn't until the driver reminded him that he was here that he woke up like a dream. After paying the money, he took out his luggage from the trunk and stood on the side of the road.

The lights on the side of the road enveloped his whole body, and he looked at the messages on the phone screen.

"Who are you?" He asked, he didn't think this was Li Ruosen's tone of voice.

"Li Zhengying." The other side returned, "Remember what I said, I will wait for you."

Shen Xiao looked at the screen, he didn't agree with Li Zhengying's meaning, but he still wanted to know about Li Ruosen, "Where is Ruosen?"

"He's asleep, don't disturb him too late in the future." Li Zhengying said.

Then Shen Xiao wanted to ask something, but never answered.