Goldberg Variations

"What's the matter?" Seeing the change in Pei Wen's expression, Gu Kai took a closer look and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why is he calling you?"

Pei Wen shook his head: "I don't know."

"Do you want to pick it up?" Gu Kai asked.

"I don't want to." Pei Wen shook his head, "I don't want to hear his voice, and I don't want to have any contact with him."

After the two dated, they didn't change much when they got along. The biggest change was probably that Pei Wen became more straightforward and honest.

"Then don't accept it."

The blueberries have been weighed, Gu Kai took the blueberries and put them in the shopping cart.

"Anything else to buy?"

"Hmm... wine."

Listening to Gu Kai, Pei Wen ignored Hou Xuesong's call, and after a while, the bell stopped ringing.

Pei Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and complained to Gu Kai: "He is really annoying, always pestering me, without any self-knowledge."

Gu Kai knew that Pei Wen and the Legendary Theater Company had signed a contract, so they couldn't leave the theater company in a short time, and Hou Xuesong was a shareholder of the Legendary Theater Company.

So if nothing else, Pei Wen will have to endure this guy until the contract expires.

But how could Gu Kai allow such a scumbag to harass his boyfriend every day?

Thinking of this, on the way home, Gu Kai asked, "Do you want to go there and expose his crimes?"

He just asked, because Gu Kai knew that to expose a person who sexually harassed him required a lot of courage for the victim, and it was easy to cause secondary harm.

Pei Wen's face froze slightly, and he nodded: "I think I've thought about it...but firstly, I don't have evidence, and secondly, I'm a soft-spoken person, so it's hard for my exposure to produce enough effect."

"Aren't you afraid?" Gu Kai asked.

Pei Wen paused: "I'm afraid, but...Compared with this, I don't want to see him continue to live under everyone's praise as if nothing happened."

It's clearly a pervert who always sexually harass the younger generation, yet he still created a character set of an affectionate husband and a handsome gentleman. It's really disgusting.

"It's a disgrace to the drama that someone like him is actually a big cow in the drama world."

Seeing that Pei Wen was very determined, Gu Kai let go of his biggest worry.

"In that case, I'll help you." Gu Kai said, "Actually, this matter is not impossible."

"Ok?"

Gu Kai said: "He should have harassed other people, right? Do you know anything about this? If so, we can seek help from those people."

"I think, he has been famous for so many years, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, and we will definitely catch the clues."

"If we can get the support of more people, public opinion will be more inclined to believe us."

"Yes." Pei Wen affirmed, "I know such a person."

"That's easy to talk about." Gu Kai smiled slightly, holding Pei Wen's hand, "Let's go home and have a drink first, and then talk about it slowly."

"Yes!" Pei Wen agreed.

He suddenly discovered that many things would become easier with someone to accompany and help.

However, just as the two were drinking wine tenderly, Hou Xuesong's phone rang again untimely.

Pei Wen guessed that the other party might have something serious to do, and if he didn't answer, he might call again, so he could only answer the phone, turn on the speakerphone and keep it at hand.

He is washing blueberries.

"Hello, little Pei?"

A man's gentle and smiling voice came from the receiver: "Why didn't you answer the phone just now?"

"I didn't hear you when I was shopping in the supermarket because there were so many people." In order to avoid Hou Xuesong's tirade, Pei Wen went straight to the point, "Teacher Hou, what can you do if you call me?"

"Well, it's true," Hou Xuesong said with a smile, "Is that so, didn't you make a movie before?"

"Recently, a famous director thought that you fit the protagonist image of his new movie very well, and said that you are very suitable for that role."

"He found me and asked me to ask you to see if you are interested in giving it a try."

Pei Wen immediately frowned, Gu Kai could tell from his expression that he didn't want to act.

"Be direct." Gu Kai mouthed him, "Don't be too tactful."

After receiving Gu Kai's reminder, Pei Wen, who was hesitating, replied: "Mr. Hou, you know that I only like dramas, so I don't really want to make movies."

Hou Xuesong said with a smile: "It's all performances. Drama is a form of performance, and so is movies. It's just a different way of presenting to the audience. For actors, there is actually not that much difference."

Pei Wen frowned deeply at this statement.

"It's different." When it comes to the industry he loves, Pei Wen looks tougher than usual.

"Well, it's different." Hou Xuesong laughed, "At least in terms of salary, movies are much higher than dramas, right?"

Hearing this statement, Pei Wen was even more displeased.

"That famous director's film is not a shoddy commercial film. Moreover, he dared to use you, a newcomer who is not well-known in the film industry, which shows that he values ​​his own work, and he definitely does not pursue traffic flow."

"They also really pursue art and pursue good works."

"Also, if you can increase your popularity through this movie, more people will know about the drama because of you, which is also a good thing for promoting the drama, isn't it?"

The last point moved Pei Wen's heart, and he almost agreed.

But immediately he remembered something, his eyes dimmed.

"Xiao Pei, I won't force you to give the answer right now." Hou Xuesong smiled, "You can think about it for a few days, and then reply me when you think about it."

"The director He said that he watched your previous movies and all your dramas, and you are his first choice now, so you have to seize this opportunity."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Pei Wen hung up the phone and continued to wash blueberries with a heavy heart.

Gu Kai didn't make a sound, and helped Pei Wen wash all the fruits together, put them into the transparent glass jars I bought today, put a few pieces of sugar on them, pour white wine, and seal them for storage.

After doing all this well, he asked Gu Kai rather hesitantly:

"Say, should I agree?"

Gu Kai pondered: "It depends on what your purpose is."

"How to say?"

Gu Kai said: "Why don't you agree?"

Pei Wen: "I don't like acting in movies, and if I accept this movie under Mr. Hou's introduction, I will owe him a favor."

"Is there anything else?" Gu Kai felt that it was not that simple.

Pei Wen pursed his lips: "Also... You should also know that after I finished acting in that movie, I was scolded by many people."

He is a relatively sensitive person, and he has never been in the entertainment industry. He took the movie because of his curiosity and freshness, and because he wanted to take the opportunity to promote the drama.

But how did he know about those sleazy dogs in the entertainment industry?

It is said that he was targeted by the opponent's team because he bumped into the first film of a traffic niche at the same time - Pei Wen didn't have any team.

They quickly picked up all kinds of true and false black history of Pei Wen, after all, no one is perfect.

Pei Wen was promoted to the altar when the movie was first released, but was thrown off the altar within a few days, and was criticized by thousands of people.

He didn't understand why he was liked by others, and why he was hated by others. He only knew that when he turned on his phone every day, he could see all kinds of insults, which forced Pei Wen to even change his phone number in the end.

This casts his shadow on the film.

Gu Kai has a general understanding of this matter.

"Then why do you want to act?" Gu Kai asked again.

Pei Wen: "Because I hope more people can understand drama and like drama."

Pei Wen is really a very simple person - Gu Kai sighed again.

"I thought it was because movies made more money." He joked, lightening the subject.

Pei Wen followed his joke and said, "I thought that if I was so poor that I couldn't afford to play a drama, you would support me, so you wouldn't worry about making money."