24 Lies

Zheng Guanyu's hometown is Suzhou, and he went to Shanghai with his family in junior high school.

Both his parents were intellectuals.As long as he can remember, they have been doing research in the laboratory of the university, so busy that they have no time to look after him. Zheng Guanyu was brought up by his grandmother when he was a child.

It was a complete coincidence that he was able to make a movie.One day he went to school as usual, and when he was buying breakfast at the street corner, he was tapped on the shoulder. A man looked at him for a long time and asked him, do you want to make a movie.

That man was Li Zhiyuan, an art film director, and he was the one who discovered Zheng Guanyu.

He was only 14 years old that year, and he directly acted as the lead actor in "Day and Night", which won Li Zhiyuan a Golden Bear.

Once you start it, you can't stop it.He has a natural sense of drama, and his face is so suitable for the big screen, he is destined to take this path.

He became aware of his sexual orientation very early and chose to come out to his parents when he was 20 years old.At that time, the disturbance was very ugly, and he was beaten to the point of recuperating at home for a month.Later, his parents knew that he couldn't change it, so they had no choice but to slowly accept this reality.

His parents only made one request, and they didn't want to find someone in the circle.

His parents have a traditional concept, and always felt that it was not a decent thing for him to be an actor. They didn't support him in filming at the beginning, and they were very prejudiced against the entertainment industry.After they knew his sexual orientation, they became more sensitive, and repeatedly ordered him not to find a boyfriend in the circle, nor allowed him to get those bad habits.

So it's no wonder that he hasn't been in love for so many years. This is filming and playing games with his family... He has no intention of messing around at all.He doesn't mess around, but there are quite a few people posting it looking for him, both men and women, but it seems... almost interesting.

Thinking wildly in his mind what would happen if he told his parents that he liked a young actor, Zheng Guanyu didn't pay attention to his feet, stepped on a pit and almost fell, Ming Zheng who was beside him hurriedly gave him a hand.

After Zheng Guanyu stood firm, he quickly let go of his hand: "...I'm sorry."

Mingzheng shook his head: "It's okay, just walk slowly."

After looking at the forest in front of him for a while, Zheng Guanyu suddenly asked, "Is this considered a primeval forest?"

"Forget it." Ming Zheng said, "What's wrong?"

"It feels different from the ones I've seen before." Zheng Guanyu thought for a while, "It's very primitive. I quite like this kind of place. My first film was shot in the forest...we lived on the mountain at that time. Almost half a year."

Ming Zheng: ""Day and Night", right?"

Zheng Guanyu turned to look at him: "Have you seen it?"

"I've seen it." Mingzheng said, "The filming is very good."

Zheng Guanyu couldn't help laughing: "Every time people say that I have seen that movie, I feel a little embarrassed. I was so young at that time, and I didn't know much about making a movie. I thought it was interesting, so I followed Li Zhiyuan to shoot it... the whole person I was ignorant, and looking at my former self now, I always feel stupid."

"But isn't that what the movie wants to be like? You were in a very suitable state at that time. It's only once in a lifetime, and it's a rare memory."

Zheng Guanyu thought for a while and asked, "You became an actor because... you like movies?"

Mingzheng shook his head: "At first it was because of my mother, she likes movies, but I gradually got to know more about it. Actually, my family doesn't want me to be an actor, they don't want me to run too far, because the family also needs my help... ...But I really wanted to try to see if I could do it, so I still came out to film."

This is too similar to myself!Zheng Guanyu instantly sympathized with him, nodded and said, "I understand."

"Mr. Zheng and I are incomparable." Ming Zheng said, "You have won so many awards at such a young age, we all envy you."

An actor like Zheng Guanyu is very rare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a talented actor.No matter what he plays, he can leave people with memorable points, he can win awards for literary films, and popcorn films can drive the box office...

He is a very valuable actor, in every way, yes.

"I'm just lucky." Zheng Guanyu said modestly, and then said vaguely, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have met you, and made you my friend."

Ming Zheng raised his eyebrows, sighing in his heart that this person is really good at talking.

He had just finished speaking when Mingzheng saw something, bent down, and stroked a dead leaf at the foot of the tree——Zheng Guanyu saw a small cluster of fungi hidden under the dead leaf.

Do you really pick mushrooms...

Mingzheng pointed to the small pile of wild mushrooms and said, "Mr. Zheng, come and pick them."

Zheng Guanyu smiled and asked: "Can I eat it? It won't be poisoned!"

"I can tell at a glance whether it is poisonous or not." Mingzheng looked at him seriously, "It doesn't matter, you can pick it for fun. If you dare not eat it, I will eat it."

This look... If you really feed me poison, I will take it.Zheng Guanyu smiled and bent down to pick the wild mushrooms, and carefully put them into Mingzheng's coat.

Probably because of his clumsy movements, Zheng Guanyu faintly felt that Mingzheng was laughing at himself.

He was a little dissatisfied: "You seem to be laughing at me?"

Mingzheng shook his head: "Where! No."

Talking nonchalantly along the way, he has already walked into the hinterland of the mountains and forests without knowing it.The air gets more humid the further you go in, and you can still see the fog faintly.Mingzheng is very familiar with the surrounding environment, and has been leading Zheng Guanyu along the flat path.

While walking, Ming Zheng suddenly stopped under a tree.He looked up and asked Zheng Guanyu beside him, "Do you like sweets?"

Zheng Guanyu was stunned for a moment before saying, "It's okay."

Mingzheng asked again: "You know how to smoke, do you have a lighter?"

Zheng Guanyu touched his pocket, took out the lighter in his pocket and handed it to him: "What are you going to do, burn a mountain?"

Mingzheng shook his head, handed over the coat in his hand, and said, "Stand and wait for me."

With that, he turned around and climbed up the tree.

Zheng Guanyu didn't react at all at first, Mingzheng's movements were too fast, he climbed to the middle of the tree in a few strokes, grabbed the branches and jumped lightly, and jumped onto a branch.

Zheng Guanyu stared blankly at him walking on that branch, and his heart was suddenly suspended.

"...Mingzheng! You come down—it's too dangerous!!"

Mingzheng walked slowly, smiled and said to him: "Didn't you also climb the tree like this in "Day and Night"? You still slept on the tree."

Zheng Guanyu said helplessly: "That's acting!! I can't climb trees at all!!"

Mingzheng: "I don't need to act, just wait below."

Zheng Guanyu watched his movements with bated breath, so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe.

Mingzheng slowly approached a cluster of tree crowns, randomly picked two branches and lit them... What is this for!

Zheng Guanyu was dumbfounded, raised his head and was at a loss, not knowing what to do.

A few minutes later, Mingzheng jumped down from the tree holding something.

There was a gust of wind when he landed.Zheng Guanyu's heart was beating wildly at the moment the distance was pulled in. Seeing Mingzheng holding the things in front of him, he smiled and said, "Look."

--Honey.

Zheng Guanyu claimed to be a civilized person, and it was the first time he saw someone climbing a tree in front of him to get honey. Even though Mingzheng climbed the tree very lightly and skilfully, he still felt lingering fear.

"You..." Zheng Guanyu frowned, "It's very dangerous. Why did you climb a tree? What if you fell off? What if you were stung by a bee?"

Mingzheng glanced at him—inexplicably, Zheng Guanyu felt that he was looking at him like he was looking at a fool.

"It's just a tree." He said, "It's only so tall. I've climbed over ten meters."

Zheng Guanyu was silent for a while, then tangled up: "What if something happens? You jumped off anyway, this is not a studio with protective measures, you..."

Mingzheng didn't seem to want to talk about this topic anymore, so he returned the lighter, and passed the bee piece in his hand to Zheng Guanyu: "I feel like you can't eat too much, so I only took one piece. Come, eat."

Ming Zheng pinched the piece of honey with his bare hands, and the sticky juice fell down his hand.

honey.

Something that explodes with heat.

Take a bite...

Zheng Guanyu struggled for a while: "Do you want to... eat with your hands?"

"Then what else?" Ming Zheng said, "Afraid of getting dirty? I wiped my hands with a wet towel before taking the bee lumps, it's fine, it's not dirty."

"...do you still have time to wipe your hands with wet wipes in the tree?"

Ming Zheng asked him in doubt: "No?"

"..."

Zheng Guanyu looked at Mingzheng's hand, and then at the piece of honey that kept dripping down. He was hesitating whether to hold it with his hand or to take a bite directly. It seemed too frivolous to bite directly, but his hand just picked it up. Is it not too particular to eat mushrooms that are a little dirty...

Mingzheng, who had been waiting for a long time with his hands raised, asked, "Shall I feed you?"

Zheng Guanyu glanced at him and raised his eyebrows: "Is it okay?"

He just went along with the words, but Ming Zheng didn't think too much about it, he just brought his hand over, picked up a piece of honey and stuffed it into his mouth.

Feeling Mingzheng's fingertips touching his upper lip, Zheng Guanyu's brain exploded, and before he could react... Mingzheng had already put his hand back and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Eyes met, Zheng Guanyu first avoided his gaze.

"……good to eat."

After eating the piece of honey, Ming Zheng took him to continue walking into the dense forest, and they arrived at the destination in about half an hour.This journey has been quite rewarding. Mingzheng's coat is already filled with all kinds of wild mushrooms, as well as a handful of olives he picked by hand.

Zheng Guanyu stretched his legs and gasped for breath. He raised his head and saw a bamboo building built by the stream in front of him.A middle-aged woman in a skirt was sitting by the pool washing vegetables. Seeing them coming back, she raised her voice and said a few words to Ming Zheng, probably in their national language, which Zheng Guanyu couldn't understand.

Mingzheng handed the coat and the wild mushrooms inside to Yanli directly, squatted down and began to wash his hands.Zheng Guanyu also went over to wash it. The stream water was cool and looked very clean.

After Mingzheng finished washing his hands, he pointed to the woman beside him and introduced to Zheng Guanyu: "Mr. Zheng, this is my aunt, Yanli."

Zheng Guanyu smiled at her.When the woman saw him, her expression was only faint, and she didn't respond.

Walking into the bamboo building, most of the furniture is made of bamboo and rattan. The space is very spacious. It seems to be an improved Dai family bamboo building. The interior decoration is very delicate.Zheng Guanyu visited for a while, and felt that the bamboo building was very cool, and there was a faint fragrance in the house. When he asked Mingzheng what it smelled like, he said it was mugwort leaves, which could repel mosquitoes.

Zheng Guanyu was curious: "Do your parents live here?"

Mingzheng shook his head: "My mother passed away, my father...doesn't live with us, my other family members live in Wanding."

died?

Wanding?

Zheng Guanyu was very curious, but felt that Mingzheng didn't want to talk more, so he wisely stopped asking.

The aunt named Yanli cooks very quickly, and she made three dishes and one soup in no time.

The dishes are all delicious, especially the plate of wild mushrooms, which is a rare mountain delicacy after all, with an indescribable umami taste.Zheng Guanyu was very happy and satisfied with the meal.

Usually, I don't have much chance to climb mountains and go hiking. I feel that the physical exertion is a bit heavy. Zheng Guanyu accidentally ate an extra bowl of rice.Mingzheng noticed his good appetite, and watched him laugh after eating for a while.

Zheng Guanyu glanced at him: "What are you laughing at?"

Ming Zheng waved his hand: "Because on the set...you ate so little, I thought you didn't like rice very much."

That's because Ah Mai stared at three meals a day, and Zheng Guanyu hasn't let go of eating for a long time.

Zheng Guanyu smiled and said: "The food on the set is not good, but the food here is delicious. You invite me to eat at home, don't you make me full?"

Mingzheng shook his head: "Eat more, if it's not enough, I'll ask Yanli to do it again. I should have invited you here a long time ago, it's just... I'm inconvenient sometimes, I'm so sorry, I only invited you to dinner when you had to leave. "

Zheng Guanyu felt melancholy at the mention of leaving, and he sighed: "...it's okay."

Ming Zheng said again: "Thank you Mr. Zheng for teaching me how to film during this time. I am very grateful and like you as a friend. When you come here in the future, you must find me, and I will take you to play."

Zheng Guanyu was amused by his tone: "Why are you so fond of talking about taking me to play?"

Ming Zheng smiled and said, "Because I regard you as a good friend."

A good friend... Who wants to be a good friend with you.

Zheng Guanyu put down the bowl, and sighed melancholy again.

Mingzheng in front of him said with some regret: "It would be great if you went to Wanding with us...it's more fun there."

Zheng Guanyu was puzzled: "Are you familiar with Wanding too?"

Mingzheng nodded: "My mother is from Wanding, and I was born there. Strictly speaking, I'm from Wanding, and I live here just because I'm filming here. I used to come to Nongdao for business, so I also have a house."

Zheng Guanyu felt that his tone was like that of a young master.

"Why don't you live in the city?"

"I grew up in the mountains when I was young." Ming Zheng said, "Actually, I don't really like living in buildings, it feels so boring."

Just as Zheng Guanyu was thinking about something, a call came in from his mobile phone, and he hung up the call directly. After a while, the message rang again, so he had to click on it.Ah Mai asked him if he wanted to come back, if he wanted to pick him up.After Zheng Guanyu finished replying, he suddenly remembered that he didn't have Mingzheng's contact information.

In the past, others would ask for his phone number and WeChat, but he never thought that one day he would ask someone for a phone number.

Zheng Guanyu handed over the phone and said, "Leave me your number."

Mingzheng had already picked up the phone, but returned it two seconds later, and handed another one over: "Mr. Zheng, please use my phone to call, I don't remember my number."

"...you don't remember your number??"

"Yeah." Mingzheng nodded, "Because I used to change my number often, and I don't like playing with my phone very much, so I don't remember much about it."

"..."

Zheng Guanyu was speechless for a moment before taking the brand new phone.

It appears to be barely used.He slid down lightly, and the screen turned on directly... This phone doesn't even have a password.

How do you mix in the entertainment industry like this?Worry about people.

Zheng Guanyu saved Mingzheng's number with a heavy heart.

After dinner, it's time to go.

When he walked out of the bamboo building, Zheng Guanyu adjusted his tone and asked, "Are you interested in making a martial arts film? I know that a role is very suitable for you."

Ming Zheng was a little surprised: "What movie?"

"The film directed by Liu Yongzhou." Zheng Guanyu said, "You should have heard of it? Among the famous martial arts directors in Hong Kong, he is the best-selling one. He has a new film to be filmed next year, and the script is very good...you If you are interested, I can take you to audition. I have read the script, and you are the second male number."

Ming Zheng had obviously heard the director's name before, he raised his voice in surprise: "Liu Yongzhou?"

Zheng Guanyu hummed calmly: "Do you want to shoot? If I go to communicate, you are [-]% sure that you can take this role."

Ming Zheng opened his eyes wide in shock.

Zheng Guanyu said cautiously: "I want to praise you."

Finding that Zheng Guanyu's tone was not right, Ming Zheng took a step back slightly, frowned and asked, "Praise me?"

Zheng Guanyu nodded: "Yes."

Ming Zheng was stunned for a long time, still a little confused.

"why?"

"Why..." Zheng Guanyu smiled, "Maybe it's because he has a plan for you."

The wind passed through the forest, and the forest around me was silent.Mingzheng looked at Zheng Guanyu's eyes, and faintly felt that he understood something.

Zheng Guanyu and him have been very restrained and polite during this time, Ming Zheng really didn't expect to go to that level.

"Mr. Zheng, you..." He was a little at a loss, "I regard you as a good friend."

"I don't want to be good friends with you." Zheng Guanyu sighed, "I like you a little bit, don't you feel it at all?"