24 Lies

Adhering to the respect for the director, after signing the contract and sorting out his mood, Zheng Guanyu set off for Wanding.

He really has to adapt to the environment. This film is not easy to shoot. He needs to calm down and prepare well in the early stage, and adjust his state to the best.

As for why he still accepted this drama, Zheng Guanyu thought of several reasons for himself: the role is good, the director is good, he can break through himself, and he can grow himself.As for Mingzheng... Anyway, the other party has a sponsor and a home, they are at most just a cooperation, why think so much.

The film will be shot in a very old area.Li Zhiyuan hoped that Zheng Guanyu would live in Gao Xiaoyu's house in the film in advance, so that he would have a sense of connection with that house.

After getting out of the car and looking up at the old residential complex with only the fourth floor, Zheng Guanyu already understood why Li Zhiyuan chose to film "Marginality" in this place.

Stuffy, disorderly, chaotic, real, this should be the feeling Li Zhiyuan wanted.

Zheng Guanyu took Ah Mai up to the second floor, took out the key, opened the door and walked into Gao Xiaoyu's house. After putting down the luggage, he said to Ah Mai, "You go to live in the city, and I'll call you if there is anything to do."

Ah Mai was worried about him, and hesitated to leave, Zheng Guanyu said again: "I will become Gao Xiaoyu from now on, Gao Xiaoyu has no assistant."

Amy left.

Zheng Guanyu looked at every room, packed his things again, and after washing, he lay on that strange bed for a while and then fell asleep.

Didn't actually sleep well.It's hot, the fan is loud and a bit noisy when it's running, it's uncomfortable all night.But he has to get used to everything in this old house as soon as possible, and live in harmony with everything in this family.

The next day, he went downstairs to wander around, observed the surrounding environment, and bought some food to prepare for cooking later.

When he went back, he met Ming Zheng downstairs.

The two looked at each other from a distance and made eye contact for a while.

Mingzheng didn't know why Zheng Guanyu still accepted the film.He doesn't care, anyway, he's not interested in men, it's the same with anyone, Zheng Guanyu doesn't find it embarrassing, so what do I have to be afraid of?

I've kissed her before, and there's nothing to be ashamed of.

With that in mind, Ming Zheng greeted him: "Teacher Zheng."

Zheng Guanyu was not surprised by his appearance, and asked, "Are you coming to live too?"

The Chen Zhou in the play lives downstairs in Gao Xiaoyu's house.Chen Zhou's real identity is an anti-narcotics policeman. He moved here to wait for an opportunity to investigate and find a breakthrough in Gao Xiaoyu's body, so as to bring Gao Xiaoyu's drug lord father Gao Bin to justice.

Mingzheng nodded: "The director asked me to come and live here. I'll take care of you a bit more, in case you're not familiar with it."

They looked at each other for two seconds, Mingzheng moved his eyes down, looked at the dishes Zheng Guanyu was carrying, and asked in confusion, "Do you want to cook?"

Zheng Guanyu nodded: "I don't like eating out. The kitchen at home is available and everything is ready-made. I want to cook by myself."

A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, how can he cook?

Mingzheng: "You went to the vegetable market by yourself, but you weren't recognized?"

Zheng Guanyu smiled: "In fact, I used to like to go to the vegetable market. Just wear a mask. Not so many people care about who I am. Have you ever heard a saying that the fastest way to know a city is to visit the local vegetable market .”

Mingzheng was quite curious: "Did the vegetable market here let you know Wanding?"

Zheng Guanyu thought for a while, and said: "I found that there are people selling flowers in your vegetable market, all kinds of flowers. I picked some beautiful ones and bought some, and I plan to take them back and plant them."

Mingzheng looked at the things in his hand, and said with a smile: "Those flowers are not for viewing, but for eating. We use flowers here for cooking, jasmine, white flowers, Tangli flowers, roses , pumpkin flowers...you can eat them all. But the one you bought is Rhododendron, you can’t eat it directly, it’s poisonous. You’ve never done it before, so don’t eat it today.”

eat flowers?Zheng Guanyu smiled: "It's so romantic, eating flowers."

Ming Zheng also laughed along with him: "It's not because it's romantic, it's just because it's delicious."

Seeing him standing with his hands behind his back and smiling at him, Zheng Guanyu's heart softened inexplicably.

He usually likes to wear soft, loose white clothes and black trousers. Even though his appearance is a bit sharp, the clothes make him look very good.

Zheng Guanyu took out a rhododendron flower from the bag and handed it over, saying, "I can't eat it, so I'll give it to you."

Mingzheng froze for a moment, didn't answer the call at first, thinking about whether it was suitable or not.

"Flowers are not expensive here." Zheng Guanyu stuffed them into his hands with a smile, "Take it."

Mingzheng looked at the rhododendron in his hand: "Thank you."

Zheng Guanyu looked at him, and asked again: "Do you want to eat together? Let's have a meal together, I will cook more."

Mingzheng thought he was just being polite: "No more."

"Come on." Zheng Guanyu said, "I don't know anyone here, so just treat it as having dinner with me."

Mingzheng thought that it would be pitiful to eat alone.He didn't think too much, and followed Zheng Guanyu back home.

They will be filming together for so long in the future, if they can't get along well alone, how will they survive in the future?Might as well accept reality.

When Zheng Guanyu was cooking, Mingzheng came over, thinking of helping, but Zheng Guanyu didn't let him do it, so he could only watch from the sidelines.

Zheng Guanyu looked very elegant cooking, standing there, he made the somewhat shabby kitchen look a lot brighter.

This person has a very good temperament, Ming Zheng thought.It's no wonder that Li Zhiyuan wanted Zheng Guanyu to make this movie, he's so upright.Yan Mao taught him a sentence before: a real movie star must be able to bear the light of the movie, be able to bear the makeup and appearance, and be able to carry the weight of the play.Zheng Guanyu seems to have the qualities Yan Mao said...

But Ming Zheng always felt unreal when watching him cook, didn't he say "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen"...

Zheng Guanyu knew that he was looking at her, so he simply said something.

"Can you cook?"

Mingzheng shook his head: "No, my family doesn't let me do this."

Zheng Guanyu frowned, and turned to look at him: "Can you wash the dishes?"

Ming Zheng was rather embarrassed and said: "Should be counted? I'll wash the dishes later. If you don't wash well, you can teach me."

Zheng Guanyu smiled: "Yan Mao dotes on you very much."

Mingzheng: "..." I was too lazy to speak.

There is no need to cook too many dishes for two people, so Zheng Guanyu cooked three dishes.Zheng Guanyu didn't know how to cook the rhododendrons he bought, so he took a bottle to fill some water, put all the flowers in it, and put them on the cabinet to make a nice picture.

When the dishes were all on the table, Zheng Guanyu handed him the rice and told him to eat first, then turned around and went to the kitchen to get a spoon, and when he came back, Mingzheng was still waiting for him without moving his chopsticks.

Zheng Guanyu smiled and said, "Eat, what are you waiting for me?"

Mingzheng glanced at him: "I have to wait."

The two sat opposite each other and ate quietly.After eating for a while, Ming Zheng couldn't help boasting: "It's delicious."

Zheng Guanyu smiled: "A lot of people say that. I won't be an actor in the future, I think I can still be a cook."

Mingzheng shook his head: "That's too wasteful."

Zheng Guanyu didn't dare to eat too much, so he took a few mouthfuls at random and then stopped moving.The character asked him to lose weight and not eat too much during this time.

Maybe it was because the food was so delicious, Mingzheng relaxed for no reason, and asked him, "Do you have any plans after you come here?"

Zheng Guanyu replied: "I told the crew, and in two days, I will go to the next middle school to observe their music teacher's class, to find out how I feel, and to learn. When I come back... cook, read the script, and memorize the lines." .”

After answering, he asked Ming Zheng: "What about you?"

Ming Zheng said: "It's about the same for me. I go home during the day to help the family, and come here to sleep at night."

Zheng Guanyu followed his words and asked, "Help... what does your family do?"

"business man."

Zheng Guanyu was quite curious: "What business?"

Ming Zheng said, "Small business."

Zheng Guanyu felt that Mingzheng's answer was a little cold, so he didn't ask further.

He simply talked about himself: "My parents are both engaged in research. What are they researching... biological molecules? Things I don't understand. It's strange to say that none of my family members seem to have any artistic talent, but I became an actor."

Ming Zheng said: "It's better than me. I was forced to practice martial arts when I was young, so I was very tired."

Zheng Guanyu asked strangely: "You were taught Kung Fu when you were young?"

Mingzheng nodded: "En."

He didn't explain much more.Zheng Guanyu couldn't ask any more questions, so he talked about something else.

"When I was young, I was taken by my grandparents." Zheng Guanyu said, "At that time they liked to listen to storytelling on the radio. Have you ever heard storytelling? At that time I liked to listen to Shan Tianfang, and sometimes I listened to it. I would sit by and imagine the movements and expressions of the people inside, and while listening to it, I would act it out by myself, and show it to my grandparents... Maybe that’s when I started wanting to be an actor.”

Unexpectedly, this topic actually resonated with Ming Zheng. He nodded and said, "I've heard it before, and the one that impressed me the most is "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness."

"Really." Zheng Guanyu burst into a smile, "Have you ever heard of "Xue Rengui"?"

Because of this topic, the distance between them seems to be getting closer.Mingzheng listened to Zheng Guanyu's serious talk about "Xue Rengui", saying that he was very moved every time he heard the scene where Xu Mao rescued Xue Rengui, and even cried a few times when he was a child.

Ming Zheng suddenly thought of something: "You played that Peking opera actor who lost his voice before, it seems that you have learned Peking opera, right?"

That film was called "Incomplete Beauty". Zheng Guanyu won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards for that film. He was only 22 years old that year.

Zheng Guanyu nodded: "I studied for more than half a year at that time."

Mingzheng was curious: "Can you really sing?"

Zheng Guanyu smiled: "Really. But don't let me sing it to you right now, it's so strange."

Mingzheng waved his hand: "Why did I ask you to sing?"

It was a pleasant meal.

After dinner, Mingzheng offered to help clean up.Zheng Guanyu saw how clumsy he was when tidying up the dishes, as if he didn't do housework very often.

And Zheng Guanyu could feel that Mingzheng really didn't know how to do this, maybe no one at home asked him to do it.

"Teacher Zheng." Mingzheng put down the clean bowl, "I have something to teach me, please."

Zheng Guanyu came back to his senses: "What?"

Mingzheng turned around and said to him: "There is a scene where Chen Zhou wants to smoke in the play, but I don't know how to do it. The director said let me learn it. Can you teach me to smoke?"

Zheng Guanyu asked him, "Never smoked once?"

Mingzheng nodded: "It smells like smoke, I don't like it very much."

Zheng Guanyu still felt sorry for him, sighed and brought Mingzheng to the living room, took out a cigarette from his bag and handed it to Mingzheng.

When seeing Mingzheng holding the cigarette clumsily, Zheng Guanyu still couldn't bear it, but for filming, there are some things that have to be overcome even if they don't want to.

Zheng Guanyu watched him light the cigarette, took a puff in it demonstratively, then exhaled it lightly, and said to him: "Just like breathing, inhale the cigarette, try it."

Ming Zheng stared at the movement of his lips, frowned, and slowly took a puff of cigarette in.

Breathe.

he thought.The smoke passed through his throat, causing a strong sense of repulsion in his body and reaching his lungs. At that moment, Mingzheng wanted to cough, but he held back.Feeling a little dizzy, he slowly exhaled the smoke, trying to see Zheng Guanyu's face clearly——

An ethereal, soft face.This was a face that he had envied, even admired.

It seems unreal at the moment.

"You seem to be able to do it once?" Zheng Guanyu was a little surprised, "Try taking another breath, take your time, and don't choke."

Mingzheng closed his eyes, and slowly took another puff of cigarette.Very choking, very uncomfortable, bad taste.He endured the nausea and inhaled the cigarette...breathe, he always remembered.What's so hard about it, everyone breathes.

He exhaled a puff of smoke, Zheng Guanyu was looking closely, the puff of smoke was scattered on his face accompanied by Ming Zheng's breath, the soft smell blew a very ambiguous temperature on his face.

They looked at each other, looking at each other through a layer of faint smoke, their eyes wide open.

Do you get drunk from smoking?

Mingzheng felt the dizziness, looked at Zheng Guanyu's approaching face, and thought in a daze——

The cigarette was really hard to smoke, his heart beat faster, and he felt dizzy.

That was Mingzheng's first cigarette in his life.