out of plain sight

Before the post-production of the film was completed, a so-called candid video leaked out, which officially opened the prelude to the promotion of the film after the year.Most of the videos are scenes of Qiao Zheng and Chen Moting talking to each other alone or shooting outside scenes, and some specious eye-catching and intimate actions are indispensable, coupled with the rush of jokes, the film is finally turned into a brotherly ethics. towards.

The rumors and gossip about the two male actors were half-truths and half-fakes exposed, and the film officials wagged their tails and seized every opportunity to sell corruption on major online platforms.Qiao Zheng, who has been standing still, suddenly reposted the official Weibo one day, saying, "If Chen Moting is a girl, there will be more than just a scandal between us." Although it was quickly deleted, there were still screenshots of fans to leave evidence, and there was another burst of crazy reposting .

Chen Moting sent the screenshot to Sun Jinghan, and incidentally said: "If Qiao Zheng is really homophobic, then he is too professional."

Sun Jinghan typed back to his WeChat: "Study hard."

"what are you doing?"

"At work, it's time for you to go to the dinner, don't be late."

Chen Moting picks up his phone boredly, checks the details of his clothes for the last time, picks up the invitation and goes out.

Sun Jinghan also put away his mobile phone and raised his neck so that Qin Hao could straighten his bow tie for him.

Xinyi Network is the main sponsor of "Brother Like Father", and Qin Hao is the president of Xinyi Network. It is normal to invite the crew to attend the dinner party during the promotional period of the film. The agent did not need to attend such an occasion. Qin Hao insisted on letting Sun Jinghan participate.Sun Jinghan was used to the shadow of an artist, so he naturally refused in every possible way, but he couldn't refuse no matter what, so he had to bite the bullet and agree.

Qin Hao saw that he was uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "I didn't ask you to sit next to me, what are you afraid of?"

"My mental quality is poor, and I can't get on the stage." Sun Jinghan adjusted his glasses and took the opportunity to avoid Qin Hao's sight - what he was afraid of was that this President Qin would do whatever he wanted, who knows what unstoppable things he would do on a whim Come.

In order to avoid publicity, Sun Jinghan went to the banquet hall on the top floor of the hotel early in the morning. Qin Hao arranged him in an inconspicuous corner, which was considered kind.

The first batch of people to show up were the media people, and then Qin Hao's various acquaintances entered the venue one after another.Chen Moting was a few minutes late, and rushed in before other actors and directors, and the timing was just right.

Qin Hao briefly introduced several heavyweights. After toasting, the banquet entered a free and unrestrained meal time.People at all tables struck up a conversation and exchanged business cards. The people around Sun Jinghan were basically people from investment companies. They didn't talk too much, and quickly found an excuse to leave their seats.

The appearance of Kong Dongyue made him unable to stay in the self-service dining area.

The second boss of Tianming Culture is tall and slender, if he doesn't have short gray hair, it is difficult to tell his age from his facial features alone.He is naturally suitable for playing with interpersonal relationships. He has a photographic memory of people, big and small, and can call each other's name by opening his mouth. It is even more impossible for him to forget Sun Jinghan, who had confronted him head-on.

Sun Jinghan knew he couldn't hide, so he simply went up to him: "Brother Dong."

Kong Dongyue smiled coldly: "Xiao Sun, you gave me a big surprise."

Sun Jinghan didn't know what relationship he had with Qin Hao in his eyes, so he couldn't speak rashly, so he just smiled.

Kong Dongyue took the wine he handed over with dignity: "Do you still hate me for giving Chai Ke to someone else?"

"I never hated Brother Dong, I just blamed myself for not being able to keep Chai Ke. Now that I think about it, Chai Ke would have died a long time ago in my hands. Fortunately, Brother Dong helped him so that he became popular so quickly. "

The last time the two communicated was not good, but this time Sun Jinghan did his best with humility, with a sincere face and no flaws.Kong Dongyue patted him on the arm: "Okay, at least I have learned to speak human language. I don't know how you climbed up to Boss Qin, but he is famous for liking the new and disliking the old. Before he gets tired of it, make good use of this relationship."

After he finished speaking, he walked away, leaving Sun Jinghan standing there pondering his deep meaning.

Kong Dongyue entered the arena after the banquet started. Qin Hao didn't mention his name in his opening remarks. When Qiao Zheng noticed that he was approaching, he was too late to dodge.Looking at each other, both of them showed friendly smiles.

The female lead who was chatting with Qiao Zheng saw that it was Kong Dongyue, and said hello and hurriedly withdrew, and the others also spontaneously left enough space for the two of them to be alone, and the original excitement suddenly formed a strange blank circle.

Just as Qiao Zheng was about to get up, Kong Dongyue pressed down on his shoulders and sat down on the empty seat next to him: "How much is Qiao's appearance fee?"

"There is no charge to praise Mr. Qin."

"What? You won't come out and sell when you become a boss?"

This was extremely ugly, but Qiao Zheng still had a smile on his face: "That's the way it is."

The actor who contributed to the headlines at the beginning of the year in the showbiz industry is the actor. It is not a big deal for well-known actors to establish themselves, but Tianming's artists collectively quit Qiao Zheng's studio. After so many years, the old hatred has not disappeared, and it is worthy of special mention to challenge the old club in this way.

"What kind of enmity do you have with the boss, why is it so ugly?"

The "boss" in Kong Dongyue's mouth is naturally the big boss Cai Chengmeng, Qiao Zheng raised one corner of his mouth, his original smile was out of balance, and there was a hint of sarcasm: "I have no grievances or enmity with the boss, he is still my bole. It is common for artists to change jobs, and I accept people who are not valued by Tianming. It is better to move the dead and live, than to be idle and moldy. Who made Tianming's family have so many foundations to dig."

"Little Qiao," Kong Dongyue narrowed his eyes, "Boss has long let go of Tianming. I am in charge. If you stab the company with a knife, you stab me with a knife."

"I dare not." Qiao Zheng took a sip of wine and put down his glass, "No, I was looking for an opportunity to talk to Brother Dong about Sister Hui's job-hopping. Sister Hui is not young, and she wants to leave Tianming and come to my studio Rest and recuperate, and I will submit my resignation letter in a week or two, Brother Dong has a plan in mind, and Tianming will do a good job of public relations earlier."

Kong Dongyue's eyes changed suddenly, while Qiao Zheng got up and left the scene as if nothing had happened.

Within 5 minutes, the news that Qiao Zheng and Kong Dongyue had left the field reached Qin Hao's ears.Qin Hao whispered a few words to the beautiful assistant who came to report, watched her swaying away, and brought his attention back to Chen Moting in front of him.

He was absent-minded before, and what he said was not nutritious. Chen Moting didn't regard himself as the protagonist of the banquet. It was unexpected that Qin Hao would condescend to chat with him. Quan Dang gave each other a chance to breathe in this pretentious occasion. As a result, The first thing Qin Hao said when he recovered his heart was: "What do you think of the unspoken rules?"

He controlled the volume just right, only Chen Moting could hear it.

Various speculations flashed across Chen Moting's mind, and he said without changing his face: "Taking shortcuts will cost you, I don't have the guts."

Qin Hao wanted to see him lose his composure, but it was disappointing to receive such a mild response. He snorted coldly and looked around the banquet hall: "Actually, you have already taken a shortcut, but someone paid the price for you."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Chen Moting thought he was going to seduce him, but the second half of the sentence that followed was inexplicable, so he could only continue to say the almighty polite words: "I know that this time it's all thanks to President Qin's help. When President Qin is free, I will definitely I want to reward my face and have a meal."

While he was speaking, Qin Hao had already found an assistant in a red evening dress among the crowd, who was reminding Sun Jinghan beside him to look this way.

"That's the one who paid the price for you. Without him, you wouldn't be able to join the crew, and you wouldn't be able to climb up to Qiao Zheng."

Chen Moting looked along his fingers, and was stunned together with Sun Jinghan.Sun Jinghan looked away, drinking the wine and swallowing the smell of smoke that suddenly rose in his mouth.

Qin Hao put down his wine glass and looked at Chen Moting from the corner of his eyes: "I will take him to play the next game later, as for you, you are not qualified to play unspoken rules with me."

Chen Moting smiled slightly: "That's right."

The eviction order was clear enough, and he didn't want to stay for a second longer. It would save trouble for Qin Hao to turn around and leave.Chen Moting walked through the hall as low-key as possible to avoid being involved in the circle of topics in groups of three and four, took back the stored coat and went downstairs from the emergency stairs.

There was no one in the corridor, and the lights lit up by the footsteps reflected Chen Moting's distorted face due to rage.He went down several floors, but still couldn't calm down the violent rampage, he punched the wall.

"Damn it." Chen Moting covered his bleeding fist, and cursed through gritted teeth.

He has always been happy to observe Sun Jinghan working hard for himself, but it is by no means asking him to get involved in unspoken rules, not asking him to climb into another man's bed as a straight man.

Sun Jinghan took the elevator down to the parking lot, took a cigarette in his mouth, thought about it, broke it and threw it away, and followed Qin Hao's assistant to his car.

The assistant explained a few words to the driver, smiled decently at the two of them, and left.

Even for high-end hotels, the underground parking lot is inevitably dark and depressing, and the dull musty smell can be felt from the visual alone.Sun Jinghan sat in the back seat of the car, loosened his bow tie and collar button, and stared at the back of the driver's head slumpedly——Many of Qin Hao's lovers must have left in such a way, and he didn't know what he was a man in the eyes of the driver.

In less than half an hour, the driver received instructions, drove around to the front of the hotel, and welcomed Qin Hao into the car with an umbrella.Sun Jinghan subconsciously moved toward the car door beside him.

Qin Hao gave an address for the driver to drive: "How was your chat with your second boss?"

"I was so shocked that I didn't even know what I was talking to him." Sun Jinghan looked over his shoulder at the unexpected winter rain outside the car window, "Boss Qin should have told me about this arrangement in advance, so that I can be mentally prepared." .”

"Kong Dongyue came here for Qiao Zheng, and I didn't expect him to find you." Qin Hao patted his thigh, "Be happy, I have prepared a surprise for you, and you will be satisfied."

The second occasion of the night was a gathering of friends. More than a dozen people exchanged glasses and chatted in the private room of the clubhouse. Everyone was accompanied by some pretty faces.Either a celebrity in the entertainment industry, or a rookie who has just emerged, big and small stars are shining brightly, making Sun Jinghan look ordinary and shabby.

"Mr. Qin's taste has changed too completely this time." A male star who has not been active in the industry for a long time teased in a familiar tone, "Why don't you give me a good introduction?"

"If you don't introduce it, just show it off and hide it." Qin Hao turned back his words, tilted his head and looked at Sun Jinghan beside him, "There is nothing to introduce, just ordinary people."

Professional instinct made Sun Jinghan make a list of the actor's main works in his heart, and smiled politely at him.

The male star insisted: "Being able to bend Mr. Qin, there must be something different."

The woman beside him patted the back of his hand: "Mr. Qin is famous for his adventurous spirit, and all Internet giants are like this."

After this round of discussion, the male star shut up sensibly, and the rest of the people didn't get entangled in this matter, so the topic naturally went around.

Sun Jinghan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and tried not to look at Chai Ke who was sitting directly opposite.

The popular singer was playing with his mobile phone in a disconsolate manner, he didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, and only when the topic pointed to him did he get up and perfunctory, or he reacted slightly to the benefactor's teasing.

His benefactor is Ren Zhou, who often appears in the media. This real estate tycoon is not as high-handed as the female benefactor just now. the back of his hand.

Qin Hao tilted his head and leaned into Sun Jinghan's ear: "Ren Zhou is not a man to serve. If Chai Ke falls into his hands, he will be useless. This is what happens when he kicks you off."

Sun Jinghan wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up: "I'm going to the bathroom."

Qin Hao frowned, and patted his butt with his backhand: "Come back soon."

"Hey, Boss Qin's whispering is strong enough, so we have to solve it?"

Qin Hao sneered: "Why, Mr. Yuan also wants to try?"

"I'll forget it, it's not suitable."

Sun Jinghan shut the teasing words behind the door and stuffed a cigarette into his mouth.

When the two cooperated, Chai Ke was already popular. After they parted ways, Chai Ke became more and more popular, and negative news followed: climbing women's skirts, plagiarizing, playing big names, and finding gunmen.Sun Jinghan has always refused to believe these rumors, but seeing it with his own eyes this time, he was extremely disappointed.

He hid in the toilet cubicle and smoked two cigarettes, but when he went out, he saw Chai Ke standing in front of the sink.Sun Jinghan pretended that he didn't exist, washed his hands perfunctorily, rinsed away the smell of cigarettes in his mouth, and turned to leave.

"I didn't expect that we would meet under these circumstances."

Sun Jinghan reluctantly stopped: "Yes."

The bathroom was empty inside and out, and there was no one else.Chai Ke leaned on the sink with his arms folded, with a sarcasm on his face: "Don't want to say something? Sarcasm or sarcasm is up to you."

"I said a long time ago that the entertainment industry is indeed not pure, but you have the strength and talent, so there is no need to be in the same boat."

"Speaking is better than singing." Chai Ke sneered, "I would like to know what is your relationship with Qin Hao."

Sun Jinghan had no intention of pestering him: "I've been out for too long, it's time to go back."

"I ruined my future if I didn't keep you," Chai Ke murmured behind him, "I deserve it."

Sun Jinghan pretended not to hear.

In the matter of changing managers back then, if Chai Ke fought hard, Sun Jinghan would still be his manager, but Chai Ke finally chose to stand by and watch.Sun Jinghan did resent it at the beginning, but now, he blames himself for being too naive at the beginning, not understanding that there is only eternal interest between an artist and a manager, and it is impossible for Chai to go against the wishes of the high-level for himself.

It was already late at night when we got home, and as soon as we got out of the elevator, Sun Jinghan, Qin Hao who sent him home, and Chen Moting who was sitting at the door were all taken aback.

The winter night was bitterly cold, Chen Moting's knees were already frozen, so he had no choice but to stand upright with the help of the wall: "President Qin, Brother Sun."

Qin Hao's lower eyelids twitched, he held down the elevator that was about to close, and shook Sun Jinghan's shoulder: "Contact often."

Sun Jinghan stood at the same spot and watched the elevator floors on the electronic screen slowly descend to the first floor and stopped, then turned to look at Chen Moting: "Why are you here?"

Chen Moting said with a stinky face that I will wait for you to come back after playing the unspoken rules.

Sun Jinghan reached out and took out the key to open the door: "What unspoken rules?"

"How did I get into the crew of "A Brother Like a Father"?"

He chatted with Qin Hao at the banquet, and Sun Jinghan guessed that he asked knowingly: "President Qin appointed."

"Why did he appoint me? Did you sleep with him?"

Sun Jinghan frowned hard: "Do you think everyone is gay?"

"You can sleep with men without being gay. You said it yourself, many straight men are willing to endure humiliation and bend over once or twice."

Sun Jinghan gave a "tsk", took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes: "Qin Hao and I have known each other more than ten years ago. When he was the poorest, I lent him money to survive. This friendship is enough for him to help me. "

Chen Moting didn't believe it: "Then why did Qin Hao say that you paid the price?"

"How do I know?" Sun Jinghan really couldn't stand his yin and yang, and pushed him twice, "Don't get in the way."

Chen Moting took two steps back and grabbed his wrist with his backhand: "You didn't lie to me?"

"I didn't lie to you." Sun Jinghan broke free from him, poured a cup of hot water into his hand, "Take a step back, even if I sleep with him, what do you mind?"

Chen Moting's mood just improved when he heard "I didn't lie to you", and his anger revived after hearing the next two sentences, he put the cup on the coffee table forcefully: "Of course I fucking mind! If I can only find the script by selling your lust, I deserve to quit!"

Sun Jinghan laughed, and sat on the radiator with his knees bent: "You have quite a strong self-esteem."

Chen Moting said bitterly: "Have you slept with him yet?!"

"No."

Chen Moting persisted: "Then why did you come back so late? The banquet should have ended long ago."

"Afterwards, I went to eat late at night and watch a striptease." Sun Jinghan took out a cigarette case, held a cigarette in his mouth, and threw it to him. "The night life is rich and colorful, and only you are only thinking about going to bed with your mind full of eroticism."

"How much? I want to go too."

Sun Jinghan took a puff of smoke: "Qin Hao's treat, I don't know how much it is. The strippers are all women, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to learn more." Chen Moting's tone was a little slow, "Are you happy watching?"

"It's not about whether Gao is happy or not, it's just acting on occasion."

Chen Moting put out the cigarette butt, stepped forward and stood in front of Sun Jinghan, folded his arms: "Sun Jinghan, you must let me know what you did for me, at least let me know afterwards, so that I can appreciate you, I don't want to owe you anything .”

"What I do is my own business." Sun Jinghan said, "It's you, don't make up your own mind if you have anything to do, you must let me know."

Chen Moting's eyes turned around his neck a few times, and he tightened his coat tightly: "Go to sleep, I'm leaving."

"Wait." Sun Jinghan turned and went to the bedroom to find a down jacket for him, "Don't catch a cold."

Looking at the windbreaker on his body, he could tell that he came directly from the hotel. God knows how young and strong he is to wear such thin clothes and wait outside the door for three or four hours.Seeing him wearing the thick down jacket with soiled residues to create a runway effect with short three-quarter sleeves, Sun Jinghan held his arm and warned seriously: "You have good looks, figure and acting skills, and you can succeed without unspoken rules. We have to come to a consensus."

"I know." Chen Moting said, "I'm afraid that you, the manager, are too dedicated and use too much force."

Sun Jinghan suddenly felt that all the flattery that night was worth it.

Half a month later, the rumors of Sister Hui's job-hopping spread all over the world, and the dignified Tianming Culture was betrayed by the oldest gold medal manager, which became a laughing stock in the industry for a while.Everyone was waiting to see Kong Dongyue's jokes, but Tianming showed his composure up and down.Another week later, Sister Hui officially announced that she would join Qiao Zheng's studio, and Tianming Culture publicly issued a statement thanking her for her dedication to the company over the years. The upheaval that was supposed to be bloody and bloody came to an end.

So the public opinion made various speculations. The most outrageous thing is that Tianming Culture and Qiao Zheng Studio jointly hype and share resources. Whether it is a group of job-hopping starlets or sister Hui, they are all part of the transaction.

Only a few people involved knew that Qiao Zheng was the winner of this fight. He told Kong Dongyuehui that sister Hui would change jobs in advance.If Kong Dongyue killed the killer at this time, it would be equivalent to admitting that Qiao Zheng made a move. Although he was furious, he had to hold back the bad breath for the time being.

The undercurrents between the two parties did not affect Chen Moting's cooperation in the promotion of the film - since Tianming had already assumed a tolerant attitude, he had to act the show to the end.Sun Jinghan only hoped that "A Brother Like a Father" would be released sooner and be offline sooner, and everything would be fine if he completely cut off contact with Qiao Zheng.As a result, the movie hadn't been released yet, but Qiao Zheng stuffed the script of "Sun Zhongmou" into Chen Moting's hands as a producer.

Participating in a big production is a dream opportunity for a small third- and fourth-tier actor, let alone playing the leading role.Chen Moting struggled with himself for two days, and was really undecided, so he called Sun Jinghan for his opinion.Sun Jinghan didn't have time to reprimand him, so he immediately reported to his senior manager. The big manager was also looking for an opportunity to test the meaning of his superiors, so he reported to Kong Dongyue non-stop.

"Understood." Kong Dongyue hung up the phone without comment.

Cai Chengmeng, the big boss who returned to Beijing in a low-key manner, saw that his expression was different, and knocked on the table with his fingertips: "What's the matter?"

The iconic beard made him look untimely handsome, Kong Dongyue looked at him and smiled: "Qiao Zheng asked our actor to star in the movie, and he will be the producer and the second male lead."

Cai Chengmeng knew that half of the sarcasm on his face was aimed at himself. As a partner for many years, he was very tolerant of Kong Dongyue and didn't care: "Don't be so revengeful. If you are bitten by a dog, it would be rude to bite you back again." .Little Qiao is flattering you, asking for peace, you have to give him this chance."

"Boss, don't indulge Qiao Zheng too much, don't suppress his arrogance, we know that we disdain, those who don't know think..."

Cai Chengmeng buckled the bracelet he had been fiddling with on the table.

Kong Dongyue knew that he had made a mistake, so he turned around with a smirk: "Then take this script, Xiao Qiao wants to play the Three Kingdoms, I won't stop him."

Here it is confirmed that Chen Moting will take over the role, and Qiao Zheng expressed his hope that Chen Moting will join the studio's latest film in the promotion of "A Brother Like a Father".Kong Dongyue made a few phone calls, forced to suppress the relevant news, and released the news that Chen Moting took the initiative to take the role.

Sun Jinghan was afraid of being covered in cold sweats, so he drove to Chen Moting's house at night and lectured: "Qiao Zheng gave you the script, why didn't you tell me right away? Fortunately, Qiao Zheng didn't lower his head this time, otherwise Brother Dong will definitely find someone to vent his anger. Then you Dead!"

"I didn't expect it to be so serious." Chen Moting wiped his face, "Even if Qiao Zheng dared to challenge Kong Dongyue continuously, he should take my position into account. He..."

"What's the matter with him? It's your own problem to trust Qiao Zheng!" Sun Jinghan said sharply, "I'm usually hypocritical, but at the critical moment, I'm so naive, you've only known each other for a few days? Why should he care about you?"

"In order to get me to quit, he and sister Hui took turns to fight, I thought he would not cut me off."

Sun Jinghan stared at him fiercely: "Joke! If something goes wrong, you will blame Tianming Culture and Kong Dongyue, and then Qiao Zheng will take advantage of the opportunity to pay liquidated damages and pull you over. You may be grateful! Let him take all the good people, let him take all the cheap ones, and you are still helping to count the money after being sold!"

Chen Moting lowered his eyes and cracked his knuckles with a "click".

Sun Jinghan stroked his hair and turned around a few times: "Sister Hui has poached you a long time ago? You already knew that she and Qiao Zheng were in the same group? I was running around in a hurry to keep your manager's position. Look at It's fun, isn't it!"

It was only then that Chen Moting realized that he had slipped his tongue. He slapped the coffee table and stood up angrily: "Why are you losing your temper? Sister Hui asked me if I should change my agent, and I said no without even thinking about it! Qiao Zheng came to persuade me to quit I refused straight away! Anyway, your position will not be shaken, so what if I play with you?"

"Do you know how much it will cost you!" Sun Jinghan became dizzy, and hurriedly adjusted his glasses to cover up his indiscretion, "Forget it, I won't quarrel with you."

"What price did you say?" Chen Moting held his shoulders with both hands, "You made it clear that you slept with Qin Hao?"

"I'll say it again, Qin Hao and I are ordinary friends." Sun Jinghan fended him off, rubbing the space between his brows vigorously, "The hype last time caused trouble."

Chen Moting was stunned: "Huh?"

"Every word of your name was given by your biological parents."

"..."

"There are some things that I hide from you because of various considerations, but you can't hide things from me. If the information on both of us is incomplete, it will hurt people."

Chen Moting hadn't recovered from the shock of knowing the truth, he took a few steps back, and sat down on the sofa with a limp waist: "When did you know?"

"Your dad told me when he came to Beijing this time."

"Why are you hiding from me?"

"Telling you won't save anything."

The two avoided each other's sight, but they didn't notice each other's guilty conscience.Sun Jinghan stabilized himself, took out his notepad and turned to the latest page: "Qiao Zheng sent a timetable, and the start-up will be in early May. You have no experience in costume dramas, and you have a lot to learn, and there are more than one left." Yue must hurry up."

"I'm going back to Qingdao on April [-]th to celebrate my dad's birthday."

Sun Jinghan wrote down in his notebook: "Yes, what else?"

Chen Moting cleared his throat, and stretched out three fingers to the sky: "I will discuss everything with you in the future, and I will never make my own decisions again, I promise."

He was sitting and standing with Sun Jinghan, who rarely looked down upon him in terms of height and posture, couldn't help it, and smiled wryly.

Sun Jinghan really can't do anything about this little star in many ways.