Drowning Reborn

Due to his lover's request, Jiang Zechen finally got his wish and quit the four-person dating group under the banner of "brother not letting go". Xin Ruotong is quite familiar with her, and with her phone number, even without Jiang Zechen, there is nothing she can do.

It wasn't until the end of the second semester of his sophomore year that Li Shaoming finally managed to embrace the beauty after nearly a year of courtship. He got his wish and he had sex with Xin Ruotong's sister. It is said that he also experienced a bloody hero saving the beauty. The process Probably because Xin Ruotong's sister was molested at the bar, Li Shaoming stood up alone and bravely fought against gangsters, five, six, seven, eight, etc., until his head was broken and bloody, he was still brave and fearless, finally defeated the evil forces and protected his own beauty.

——Of course, Jiang Zechen knew that this kind of bragging came from the unreliable Li Shaoming, so he could only believe it [-]%. Standing up is extremely ferocious, and at that time, he did wear a gauze on his head, bragging about his might, wishing that others would not know that it was a medal left by a hero who saved the beauty.

——To be honest, Jiang Zechen felt that the pairing of Xin Ruotong's sister and Li Shaoming, a big boss, was like a flower stuck in cow dung, which made people feel horrible...

Although I missed the last Golden Flower Award, but this time "Xian Ni" was nominated smoothly as everyone expected. The supporting actor played by Jiang Zechen is even more favored by many people, and he is expected to compete for the best supporting actor Awards—after all, it is not easy to have a powerful young new actor. If the gap is not too large, the judges are more inclined to award awards to newcomers as encouragement, rather than veteran artists who have already won awards and have been softened—and Jiang Zechen himself began to feel a little confident after carefully studying the male supporting roles of the other shortlisted films.

——Of course, this kind of full confidence can only be said to Jiang Zehan and Song Yue who are close and have a strict mouth. Even Li Zhou and Jiang Zechen dare not talk too much.

Another major event that surprised Jiang Zechen was Liu Ye telling him that his graduation work might be put on the screen.

When Jiang Zechen heard the news, he was stunned for a long time before he could react.

"Really? Isn't that... your graduation work?" Jiang Zechen held the coffee in a daze, with a tangled expression on his face.

"Well, even if it's a graduation work, I don't think it's a problem to put it on the screen." Liu Ye adjusted his glasses, looking extremely proud and confident, "I spent a lot of effort on it, searching for characters, collecting According to the data, and then based on these perfect plots, it took a year and a half to nearly two years to complete, even though I am still young, but I believe it is better than most of the scripts that have been put on the screen!"

"...Okay...okay..." Jiang Zechen nodded, feeling a little weak under Liu Ye's aura, "However, can you find a director to shoot?"

"My grandpa plans to shoot." Liu Ye raised the corner of his mouth.

"Fuck, shit! Isn't it?! Director Liu is going to direct your script?!" Jiang Zechen was shocked again, "Is it so high-profile?! You, a fledgling and little-known screenwriter, actually made Director Liu such a big name. People come to shoot, you...you must be a blockbuster!"

Liu Ye was bathed in Jiang Zechen's astonished gaze, and smiled extremely contentedly, "My grandpa didn't only agree to it for my sake, it's also his approval of my script."

"I remember that you don't like to announce the relationship between you and Director Liu? Why did you agree so happily this time? I thought you were going to fight on your own without relying on the relationship..." Jiang Zechen scratched his hair and said just now The exit greeted Liu Ye's contempt.

"Have you read too many unrealistic novels? Or do you think I'm just such an elm-headed person who doesn't know how to adapt?" Liu Ye frowned. I regard it as a stepping stone to get to know my grandpa, but there is absolutely no obstacle to go through my grandpa's back door and get benefits."

"...You won!" Jiang Zechen was speechless and had no choice but to worship.

This movie called "Ups and Downs" seems to be a certain thing to be put on the screen, and when Jiang Zechen inspired Liu Ye, he didn't ask for anything else, so he didn't have the ability to stop it. Liu Ye came to follow It would be the best of humanity for him to say it—and why stop it?On the surface, this movie has nothing to do with Jiang Zechen...

In the end, Liu Ye gave the script to Jiang Zechen, asking him to see if there was anything that could not be made public. Jiang Zechen lowered his head and began to read the script, but he was not too worried or nervous.

Jiang Zechen also knows how to measure. The gossip he told Liu Ye, in this life, some of them haven't happened yet, and some of them have happened, but the dust has settled, and there can't be any big storms.Moreover, Liu Ye is very smart. He did not copy Jiang Zechen's story, but made changes and fusions in it, integrating the original individual stories into a whole, and then using this to show Shang Hai's treachery and intrigue.If he didn't probably remember what he told Liu Ye, maybe Jiang Zechen couldn't see the shadow of real events from the script, and the only thing that hasn't changed much is the plot between the protagonist's brothers.

The protagonist of the movie is Jiang Zehan from the prototype point of view, and the so-called "Ups and Downs" also refers to the protagonist's experience of various events in the business world, whether success or failure, ups and downs - in essence, the protagonist is not A good person will also calculate, assassinate, and use various methods against his opponents to achieve his goals. At the same time, he is also calculated and framed by his opponents. , all kinds of business fighting methods emerge in endlessly, the scenes are grand, and the plot is compact.

The protagonist has a half-brother who grew up together. The prototype is naturally Jiang Zechen himself. Their parents are busy with work and entertainment, and they rarely discipline them. The method of drowning was used to make it lose its competitiveness, and even become a puppet used as a gun.The story between this pair of brothers is interspersed in the main line of the struggle in Shanghai, and it complements the main line, and the final destination of the younger brother has not changed, and he was also killed in a car accident.

After reading it in one breath, Jiang Zechen felt that his breathing and heartbeat seemed to be captured by the scenes described in the script, with the ups and downs of the characters and the plot.He has never been so deeply immersed in any script. Jiang Zechen, who always reads the script habitually with various judgments and scrutiny, can't read it this time-maybe because the plot makes him too substituting. , maybe the script is really well written.

When he saw the last page, Jiang Zechen finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at Liu Ye who had been sitting silently across from him, waiting for him to finish reading the script, and praised him sincerely, "No wonder Director Liu is willing to shoot, it's really great! It’s sure to be a hit!”

Liu Ye curled his lips, reserved but couldn't hide his inner joy, even his usually calm eyes under the glasses were a little bright, "What do you think needs to be changed?"

"No need." Jiang Zechen shook his head, and after putting down the script, he rubbed the cover reluctantly.

"That's good." Liu Ye finally let go of the last bit of uneasiness in his heart, and smiled happily.

"You said..." After hesitating for a while, Jiang Zechen looked at Liu Ye seriously, "Did the protagonist do the car accident in the script? Did he really want to kill his brother? You didn't write the truth in the script ..."

"Well, the benevolent sees the benevolence, and the wise see the wisdom. This is also one of the suspense. A movie always needs to leave something to make people think about it." Liu Ye smiled slyly, took a sip of coffee in some spirit, and watched It made Jiang Zechen's teeth itch.

Seeing the fierce look in Jiang Zechen's eyes, Liu Ye quickly put it away, smiled and waved his hands, "Okay, okay, let's talk about the next serious topic - actors. This time, my grandfather invited Ye Chengchen to play the role again." Actor, as long as you don't let me change the script, my confidence is absolutely full!"

"Ye Chengchen?" Jiang Zechen's face wrinkled. He always felt that changing the protagonist's appearance from Jiang Zehan to Ye Chengchen was too much for him. "Is he...too old?"

"Although it's true that he's a little older, he doesn't look old as a man. Ye Chengchen can act like he's in his 20s, and even if the protagonist is set to be in his 30s, it doesn't conflict with the plot." Liu Ye didn't care about it, "The most important thing is that there is no one who can match him among the male movie stars. There is no doubt about it. You and Li Zhou are too young, the age is even more inappropriate, and the acting skills are also slightly inferior. I have also arranged other roles that are more suitable for you. My grandfather said, if I have an actor that I want to invite, let me arrange it first, and as for the remaining roles that do not have suitable actors, he will help me choose."

"So... who do you want me to play?" Jiang Zechen froze for a moment.

"The younger brother of the protagonist!" Liu Ye looked at Jiang Zechen with burning eyes, "I think you are very suitable for the role of younger brother. When I was writing the script, for some reason, he would think of you every time I wrote it. It's very interesting. So this role, I especially want you to play it!"

Jiang Zechen's heart trembled a little. He didn't know why Liu Ye had such a feeling that he was especially suitable to play the protagonist's younger brother, but he also knew that he couldn't refuse the role.

"What, do you think I'm like the lousy second-generation ancestor in the script who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles and has nothing to do?" Jiang Zechen didn't answer directly, but raised his eyebrows, complaining dissatisfiedly half-truthfully, "How can I be so annoying?" Poor? Obviously, I am such a serious, kind and progressive young man!"

"Yes, yes, I know that you are much better than that second generation ancestor, but I always feel that you are very similar in your bones. If you didn't say that that person died in a car accident, I would have thought you were telling your own story! You There is also a half-brother who loves you very much, doesn’t he? And at that time, your expression was obviously different from when you were telling other stories, so it probably left a strange impression on me?” Liu Ye also said inexplicably I smiled and shook my head, "However, these are all my own imaginations. Unlike in the story, your brother is really kind to you. Okay, let's not say more, in a word, do you want to act or not?"

"Of course! I'm still counting on this role to give me another Best Supporting Actor!" Jiang Zechen immediately made a decision.

"What do you mean by 'I'll give you another Best Supporting Actor'? The Golden Flower Awards this year haven't been announced yet, right? Why is it as if you've already won it? Isn't it too shameful to say so!" Liu Ye laughed.

"Cough, oops, I slipped my mouth..." Jiang Zechen's eyes wandered, and he grinned awkwardly, "Forget it, forget it, forget it! I didn't say anything just now!"

"It's too late for you to let me forget the water you said!" Liu Ye teased with a smile, and then stretched out his hand, "I wish us a happy cooperation, so that you can win the Best Supporting Actor again."

"Yeah!" Jiang Zechen laughed and held Liu Ye's hand tightly.

——How wonderful is it to play yourself?It was as if he had returned to his previous life and re-experienced that absurd and even desperate life.

However, this time Jiang Zechen didn't have any violent emotional fluctuations. When he was flipping through the script, there was peace and nostalgia flowing in his heart, as if he had come to the end of his life and looked back and re-examined his life after being enlightened. , the ups and downs of the past have become a thing of the past, and in retrospect, it can only cause a seemingly insignificant smile, laughing at how naive I was at that time.

——Although he is not the protagonist, Jiang Zechen really feels like he has got his own autobiographical movie. Maybe this character looks ridiculous and sad, but... that is the real him!

Jiang Zechen is really looking forward to this movie, and not just as an actor, facing a good script and the glory he will get from it.

——The only thing that made him feel a little uncomfortable was that he wanted to bring Ye Chengchen to Jiang Zehan's body. How much psychological barrier would he have to overcome?It's hard work!