recession

Tao Liyang did not succeed in the end.

The crew disagreed with one piece. Tao Liyang was actually not afraid of offending anyone, and he would not be able to eat this bowl of rice in the future, and it was impossible for him to face such a situation.Even if there is some unpleasantness, this circle is always profitable, and it will pass sooner or later.The key is to find someone who can take over.

He braved Du Futing's anger and contacted acquainted screenwriters. There were not many vacancies, and besides, it was not a good job to be a resident screenwriter, especially if he came to pick up halfway. Like him, he was somewhat famous in the circle. I can't finish my work, so I don't want to come to this muddy water.To be able to come now, Tao Liyang is honestly not at ease, after all, this is Wang An's book, not his own.

After all, the emotional mess didn't crush his professionalism and sense of responsibility. After searching around and finding no suitable ones, Tao Liyang stayed.The relationship between him and Xu Yunqing did not ease because of the accident in the lounge.But just like what Du Futing said, it only took two months, and it will be over after a while.

In such torment, this year came to an end unknowingly.

On New Year's Day, the crew started working normally, and Tao Liyang met Tang Ran in the office.

"Why are you here? I remember that you are not in charge of this project, right?" He was really depressed, and it was only when he saw this best friend who had known him for many years that he finally showed his first sincere smile these days.

Tang Ran conveniently sorted out the materials thrown around on his sofa, and found a place to sit: "I'm not responsible, so I greeted the director and producer and came up to find you."

"It sounds like you came here to see me?" Tao Liyang glanced at him suspiciously, vaguely remembering what Shen Xi said last time: "Did Jiang Ning change the scene? I don't know when it happened."

These are the domestic film and television bases, and you can always come across them when you go around.

Tang Ran laughed when he heard the words: "The day before yesterday. He has had big night shows every day recently, and he probably didn't bother to contact you. I went to the branch office to deal with some things. I finished it ahead of time, and I still have two days to spare. I'll come if I'm close." Yes. But." He changed the subject, "It seems true to you."

"It's raining and dew." Tao Liyang paused when he took the tea, and said a joke, but no one laughed this time.Tang Ran looked at him very quietly, Tao Liyang pursed his lower lip, squeezed the bridge of his nose, and sat down a little discouraged: "Tang Ran, thank you for coming, really."

Tang Ran understood, but didn't ask any more, but said, "I just heard from the crew that you want to quit this job?"

"It happened a while ago." Tao Liyang nodded and shook his head.

Tang Ran said simply: "If you really don't want to do it, I'll find someone to replace you."

"No need." Tao Liyang also knew that it would be much easier for Tang Ran to come forward, but in the end he said: "It won't take long to treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

"Anyway, if you want to change your mind sometime, just let me know." Tang Ran took the tea pot from him, stood up and brewed tea, and pushed it back to him.

Tao Liyang took the teacup silently, warmed it in his hand for a while before asking him: "Are you busy, are you in a hurry to leave?"

"Not busy." Tang Ran originally took a book to read, and turned his head when he heard what he said, "Jiang Ning won't be able to finish work until midnight today, so I'm not in a hurry. Do you want to chat?"

Tao Liyang watched the tea leaves in the cup go up and down, and remained silent for another two seconds: "To be honest, I don't know how to make it like this..."

Ever since he met Xu Yunqing again, these things were piled up on his heart like layers of ashes, piled up into a small hill, and Tao Liyang couldn't breathe under the pressure.But when I really said it, it was only a few sentences to delete the complicated ones, and all the depression was more due to the cocoon.

"That's it." Tao Liyang took a sip of the cold tea, and he smiled shortly: "I think it's hypocritical. In the final analysis, I love him, and he doesn't love me...I don't Willing. But Tang Ran." He turned his head away and said again solemnly, "Thank you for coming. It's always better to say it this way."

They have a very close personal relationship. When they met each other, they were both at the most frustrated stage of their relationship, which can be regarded as sympathy to a certain extent, so they quickly became acquainted, and they were very clear about each other's details, and they could even be said to be the only ones who knew. people.The difference is that Tang Ran finally managed to see the moonlight three years ago, and he was still struggling in this hopeless unrequited love for 12 years.

Tang Ran pondered for a moment: "I'm not in charge of this project, and I didn't know they hired you as a resident screenwriter at first... Did you know that Yun Qing was here before you came?"

"At that time, please come to me, and I took it in a daze." Tao Liyang paused for a moment and said: "It's just that even if I knew it at the time, I probably would have come."

"now what?"

Tao Liyang lowered his head and just smiled bitterly.

Tang Ran asked again: "Do you really want to leave? Or do you think he wants you to leave, so you want to leave?"

"Is there a difference?" Tao Liyang was a little confused, "Anyway, forget it now."

Tang Ran looked at him disapprovingly, took the cup in his hand, and refilled the hot tea: "Then what are you going to do? Keep doing this, drag this show to the end, and avoid it in the future. Best not to see?"

Tao Liyang wanted to say of course not, but after thinking about it, he did not have the right to decide this matter, so he said after a while, "I don't know either."

Tang Ran sighed, turned two pages of the book in his hand, and said, "I ran into Yun Qing downstairs just now, and he asked if he wanted to have dinner together tonight?"

"Then you go." Tao Liyang glanced at the time, "He should call it a day when this is over, what time did you make an appointment? I'm afraid he's annoying recently, so you can talk for a while... just He seems to have caught a cold these two days, so be careful not to let him drink."

"This is a straightforward answer again." Tang Ran rested his hand on his forehead, and paused, "Do you really think he is looking for me for dinner? Are you not going? Anyway, I am here, so I can talk to a few people. This stubble might be over."

It is undeniable that upon hearing this suggestion, Tao Liyang's heart moved for a short moment, but he still glanced at Tang Ran first, and said softly: "You used to persuade me to give up early, how did it change today?"

"You don't listen to persuasion. When he got divorced, I called you that time, and you pretended to be decent. What about now?...Death does not depend on a meal, It's better than being so gloomy like you." Tang Ran raised her eyebrows lightly, "Actually, you have always known my attitude. If possible, I definitely hope that you will stop those thoughts as soon as possible. But I was in the same room just now. I think it’s clear to the bystanders. I have been on the sidelines for so many years, and I always have my own preferences. It’s better not to mix it up. I’m just here to listen to you today, so that you don’t suffocate yourself. Let’s see if you have any Whatever you want to help with. I’ll take it with you, and you have to make the decision yourself.”

After Tang Ran finished speaking, without urging him, he continued to take the book next to him and flip through it.Tao Liyang thought for a while, and still said: "You go, I won't go. It's just that Yun Qing has been in the way of my affection for so many years, I still have to be sensible...in case I say something to embarrass him If the words come out, I'm afraid he won't even be able to eat this meal. Let's talk about it later. "

"Are you sure?" Seeing him nodding, Tang Ran didn't say anything else, and changed the topic to something else.Tao Liyang chatted with him all afternoon, and the depression in his heart for so long finally dissipated a little.

When Xu Yunqing called, it was just getting dark.Tang Ran answered the phone and glanced at him again. Tao Liyang suppressed his urge to change his words and let Tang Ran go alone.

In fact, he was quite restless, and when Tang Ran called again at night, he even felt a sense of relief, as if he had been restless all night because he was waiting for this call.

"Yunqing didn't say anything about you." Tang Ran got straight to the point, "But I think he planned for you to go, and the restaurants he ordered for the evening are all your usual tastes."

Tao Liyang was silent for a moment: "Maybe it's a coincidence." Then he said something wrong: "I don't know what he thinks."

Tang Ran sighed lightly: "You don't need to know what he thinks, what you think is more important. Now that you have spoken, you don't think about it, so you can't go up or down. Anyway, if you feel that you are in a stalemate now I'm too tired, and I can't wipe my face off, so I don't mind being the peacemaker. If you think it's good, maybe you'll get over it if you endure it, that's fine. When you can't go on, you want to find Let’s chat, I’m always free.”

"Mr. Tang is so busy, Shen Xi said that you can't wait to spend two days in one day, and you are free at any time?" Tao Liyang cheered up and smiled, "Is Jiangning not treated as well as me?"

"That's better for him. I'll bring him supper now. If you come to me for this kind of thing, I'll at most order takeaway for you." Tang Ran answered him solemnly.

When he finished speaking, a car drove in at the door of the hotel. It was still far away, but Tao Liyang had an intuition that it was Xu Yunqing's car.He kept staring in that direction until the car stopped and Xu Yunqing really got out of the cab.

Tao Liyang moved closer to the railing unconsciously, and looked at him greedily under the cover of night.As if he had noticed something, when he walked under the streetlight, Xu Yunqing suddenly stopped and raised his head.

The light was dim, and several floors were separated, so the faces were not very clear, but Tao Liyang knew that their eyes met.Under the street lamp, Xu Yunqing's shadow was stretched very long.He was wearing a camel-colored overcoat, perhaps because he had lost a lot of weight due to the hard work of filming recently, and the clothes hung on his body seemed empty, which seemed a little different from the tall and straight boy in Tao Liyang's impression.

Tao Liyang suddenly couldn't bear to watch any more, walked quickly from the balcony back to the living room, grabbed the remaining tea on the table and drank it down in one gulp, feeling more sad than ever.He raised his hand and half-closed his eyes, and the figure from just now was still in his mind. For some reason, he always felt that Xu Yunqing seemed to be sad too.