Recalcitrant

The next morning, Lu Shaoheng was awakened by a knock on the door.

The bright sunshine in the Gannan area dispelled his drowsiness in an instant. Sitting on the head of the bed, Lu Shaoheng watched the large clouds drifting across the sky, and suddenly realized that he had not had such a sweet sleep for a long time.

The other side of the bed was already empty, and the quilt felt cold to the touch, presumably Chen Zhuo had left last night.

It was a girl named Lucia who opened the door early in the morning. Chen Yao asked her to deliver breakfast to Lu Shaoheng and act as his temporary assistant for a few days.

Lu Shaoheng had stitches on his feet, which made him unable to move. In theory, he had to stay in bed to recuperate.But after breakfast, Lu Shaoheng asked Lucia to ask the props team for a wheelchair, and then went about doing what she should do as if nothing had happened.

Lucia has a lively and cheerful personality, and she got along very well with Lu Shaoheng, and she was soon qualified for the assistant job.After busying herself all morning, she helped Lu Shaoheng convene a few meetings with the production team, and at noon, she carefully arranged a working meal.

There was an hour's break after lunch, and the director team came to invite Lu Shaoheng to watch the sample. Lu Shaoheng took Lucia with him and went in a wheelchair.

At the beginning, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, and everyone was talking and laughing, but watching it, the smell of gunpowder became stronger.

The two of them spent a brief period of warm time last night, but when they met again today, Lu Shaoheng turned his face and refused to recognize anyone.He didn't take the opinion lightly with a single sentence like the previous time, but as if his patience had run out, he challenged Chen Zhuo angrily in public.

Lu Shaoheng's words were fierce and merciless, and he didn't put forward any practical opinions. It seemed that he was making trouble for no reason. The layman boss pointed fingers at a group of professionals.

"President Lu, we understand your opinion." Chen Zhuo's attitude was still calm, but from the way he called Lu Shaoheng, it could be seen that he was not in a good mood.

He didn't have the same knowledge as Lu Shaoheng, but stood up and announced the end of the meeting: "I'm here today, ready to start work."

After speaking, he left first.

Lu Shaoheng's eyes followed Chen Zhuo's back and went out. He smiled mockingly, then turned the wheelchair and left the lounge. Lucia glanced awkwardly at the people who were thrown into the room, then looked at Lu Shaoheng who was drifting away, and hurriedly trotted all the way to follow.

Now that the director announced the start of work, the staff couldn't delay and returned to their posts one after another. In the blink of an eye, only Jiang Xiaobo and Wang Wenyu were left in the lounge.

Ever since Chen Yao took over the filming of this movie, Jiang Xiaobo has never let go of his hanging heart.He sighed, looked helplessly at Wang Wenyu beside him, and said, "Director Wang, you can actually tell that Chen Zhuo's condition is not quite right."

Anyone who is familiar with Chen Zhuo knows that he is a person with extremely high requirements for work, which can be seen from his work style when he was a producer.In the past, many of the shots in this version of the dailies would have been impossible to pass according to his standards, let alone cut into the dailies and sent to the producer.

Although the samples of these few times were not as bad as Lu Shaoheng said, they were not in Chen Zhuo's style, and they did not reflect his level at all.

"After all, he hasn't made a movie for a long time. I just want to give him some time to adjust slowly, to get back some feelings first, and it won't be too late to talk about other things later."

Wang Wenyu smiled honestly, how could he not feel the problems that even Lu Shaoheng could see.Recalling Lu Shaoheng's reaction in the past two days, he said helplessly: "Boss Lu is too impatient, and he will drive people to death as soon as he comes up."

Although Jiang Xiaobo couldn't understand Lu Shaoheng's behavior style, he had to agree, because Chen Yao's crux could not be solved slowly with time.

There was a wall built in his heart, and he had to use brute force to tear it down before he could walk over it.

Jiang Xiaobo glanced at the direction Chen Yao was leaving, and said, "Almost four years have passed, and since Bai Jie died, he has been like this all the time."

Bai Jie is Chen Yao's good brother since he was a child, and he is also his royal photographer. Since college, all the films shot by Chen Yao have been taken by Bai Jie.

When Chen Zhuo was filming his third film, Bai Jie died on the set, leaving behind his wife and daughter who were far away in the United States.

In the year when Bai Jie just passed away, Chen Zhuo could barely continue to make films, but as his mood changed, the next two films encountered a huge Waterloo. Amidst the overwhelming abuse and ridicule, he took advantage of the opportunity to leave the front of the stage and completely turned behind the scenes.

Bai Jie's death dealt a great blow to Chen Zhuo. At the worst time, he couldn't even stand in front of the camera.

Wang Wenyu looked around for a week, saw no outsiders around, and asked Jiang Xiaobo: "What happened to Bai Jie at that time?"

Bai Jie is a well-known photographer in the industry. Since his career, he has created many excellent works and won numerous awards. His sudden death caused quite a stir in the industry.The outside world only knows that he died because of a fire in the studio during a shooting, and the specific reason is kept secret by all insiders.

There are also many rumors from the outside world, but even Wang Wenyu doesn't know what the real situation is.

Things have come to this point, Jiang Xiaobo has nothing to hide from Wang Wenyu, and said slowly: "Four years ago, Chen Yao started filming his third movie "Long Road"."

Chen Yao spent a long time preparing for the film "The Long Road". Although there were some twists and turns during the filming process, it was successfully completed in the end.

After wrapping up, the movie entered the later stage.There is a scene in the movie where the library burns down, and I originally chose to use special effects to deal with the scene of the fire.But after the post-production effects came out, Chen Zhuo was not satisfied with the final picture, so he decided to re-set the scene and shoot in the studio.

At that time, Bai Jie felt that these problems were harmless, as long as a little attention was paid to the editing and post-grading, there was no need for reshoots at all, but Chen Yao insisted repeatedly, and finally called a team to start reshooting this part of the shot.

Chen Zhuo's application for filming was quickly approved, and the film crew also made very adequate preparations. Not only were props sprayed with a fire-resistant coating, but staff were assigned to guard each fire point with fire extinguishers. There are fire engines on standby.

But an accident still happened. During the shooting, the fire was out of control, and Bai Jie couldn't escape by himself in order to save other people in the fire scene.

"So Bai Jie's death was really because of..." Wang Wenyu couldn't bear to continue, what Jiang Xiaobo said was almost the same as the most widely circulated version.

"No, of course not. We made a perfect plan for the shooting that day, and all the procedures were legal and compliant. It is impossible for an accident to happen." Jiang Xiaobo retorted excitedly: "Someone set the fire artificially."

The suspect was arrested shortly after the fire broke out, and the cause of the fire was quickly ascertained.It turned out that a person named Zhu Jingfan maliciously set the fire during filming, which finally caused an irreversible ending.

"Although Chen Zhuo never mentioned it, I know that he blamed Bai Jie's death on himself." Jiang Xiaobo continued, "He felt that if he hadn't been picky, if he hadn't insisted on making up that part of the scene, he would have Zhu Jingfan will not be left with an opportunity to take advantage of, and nothing will happen to Bai Jie, all of this is his fault."

Although Zhu Jingfan admitted in the subsequent court trial, even if there was no scene of burning the library, he would find other opportunities to do it.But Chen Zhuo still ushered in the lowest ebb of his life, and his creative style has also undergone earth-shaking changes. He couldn't pass the test in his heart, and reluctantly made two more movies under the extremely poor condition, and finally pushed himself. reached the limit of tolerance.

Hearing this, Wang Wenyu was filled with emotions. On the one hand, he was saddened by Bai Jie's untimely death, and on the other hand, he felt pity for Chen Zhuo.

"What happened to the arsonist afterwards?" Wang Wenyu asked.

"Still in prison." Jiang Xiaobo smiled coldly and said, "Don't even think about getting out in this life."

"Then... why did he do that?" Wang Wenyu vaguely felt that he had reached the crux of the problem.

"Because he hates Chen Zhuo." Jiang Xiaobo sighed deeply, "No, it should be called love."

This Zhu Jingfan is also a director, and at the same time, he is also an avid fan of Chen Yao.Although he came from a grassroots background, he is extremely talented. With his own hard work, he entered the film school, started from making commercials, was appreciated by the stars, and finally got a chance to direct a film.

For this movie, Zhu Jingfan worked day and night and devoted all his efforts.He even naively thought that after the movie was released, he would become an instant hit, and from then on he would appear in front of Chen Yao in a dignified way, chat with him, and maybe even become friends.

I never thought that the film he made failed to meet the requirements of the producer. Based on practical considerations, the company asked him to delete it many times, and finally deleted it into a four-faced image.After the film was completed, the process of entering theaters was also quite bumpy. After Zhu Jingfan bumped into walls and suffered setbacks everywhere, the film was finally finalized.

The movie is about to go online, and the dawn will be seen soon. Who knows that less than a day after the movie was released, it was urgently withdrawn by the theater because the box office was too poor.

For people like Zhu Jingfan, opportunity means only once, once lost, there will never be another.One failure is enough for various investors and producers to sentence him to death.

On the day he came out of the investor's office, he saw Chen Zhuo's interview on TV. He was still so far away and aloof.

So Zhu Jingfan transferred all his resentment, grievance, and despair to this person he once regarded as a dream.Finally went to the extreme, a fire ignited the studio.

Jiang Xiaobo will always remember that on the day of the trial, Zhu Jingfan's eyes were red and he looked crazy. Before he was taken away by the bailiff, he clasped the edge of the defendant's seat with both hands and yelled at Chen Zhuo.

"Haha, God is so unfair, you can have everything from birth, and people like us can't touch your toes with all our strength..."

"Why, why is this?"

"I don't want to kill Bai Jie. Bai Jie died because of you."

"Chen Zhuo, your existence is original sin."

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That afternoon, neither Lu Shaoheng nor his eye-catching wheelchair appeared on the set.It is said that he dragged a sick leg and went out to have fun with a few actors who were not announced today.

The young people had fun together, and a group of people made a fuss outside and came back very late. Lucia did not dare to forget the task assigned by the director, and followed Lu Shaoheng throughout the whole process.

At night, Lucia accompanied Lu Shaoheng back to the room, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Chen Zhuo in the room.

"Are you back?" Chen Yan was doing desk work when he heard the sound of the door opening and looked up at them.

"Ah, Director Chen is here too." Seeing Chen Yao, Lucia greeted him warmly, then pushed Lu Shaoheng into the room, and then retreated by herself: "Then I'll leave Mrs. Lu first, see you tomorrow."

After the young and lively girl left, the room suddenly became quiet, like a frozen lake on a winter morning.

After all, during the day, the two of them didn't get along very well.

"Why are you here?"

The door closed behind him, and it was Lu Shaoheng who opened the mouth first. He pushed the wheelchair and walked a few steps forward. After a day of adaptation, he was already proficient in manipulating the wheelchair to move around.

"Isn't your assistant not here? It's inconvenient for Lucia to be a girl. Leave someone to take care of you at night." Chen Yan closed the computer, got up and walked towards Lu Shaoheng, then bent down, about to pick him up from the wheelchair.

Startled, Lu Shaoheng leaned back and asked, "Well, what are you going to do?"

"Take you to take a bath." Chen Zhuo glanced at him angrily, and continued, "What do you think I want to do?"

Lu Shaoheng coughed lightly to cover up, knowing that he was treating a gentleman with the heart of a villain, he put his arms around Chen Zhuo's neck, and let him carry him into the bathroom.

According to Lu Shaoheng's understanding, Chen Zhuo waited here at night, most likely to trouble him for the day's affairs, never thought that he really came to be a nurse.

Throughout the night, Chen Yao didn't say a word about today's quarrel, and quickly helped Lu Shaoheng take a shower and dry his hair, and brought him water and sleeping pills before going to bed.

After Lu Shaoheng finished taking the medicine, Chen Zhuo did not propose to leave, but lay down on the bed with him.

It was still early at this moment, and Chen Yao was reading a thick book in his hands. After Lu Shaoheng finished processing a few work emails, he was bored, spread out the computer, and leaned against Chen Yao to brush his phone.

If it weren't for the wind on the grassland, people would have the illusion of snuggling at home.

At night, Lu Shaoheng's business was extremely busy, and the ringtone of WeChat jingled endlessly, as if he was working part-time as a WeChat business.

After replying to a few messages full of hints, Lu Shaoheng felt a little dispirited. He put away his phone, poked Chen Zhuo beside him with his elbow, and asked, "Hey, let me ask you. So many people are talking about you, are you angry?"

"What?" Chen Yan picked up a pen and revised a line in the script that read a little awkwardly, without looking at Lu Shaoheng: "Now you have found your conscience?"

"No, I just want to inform you that I will go to the set to supervise your work every day starting tomorrow." Lu Shaoheng didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his words and deeds, but instead said boldly: "Take the film seriously for me, don't even try to come up with that kind of something to fool me."

Chen Zhuo heard the words, put down the pen in his hand, and turned to look at Lu Shaoheng.

"Why, you want to beat me?" Lu Shaoheng laughed, showing a mouthful of small white teeth.

"I don't think about it for the time being." Chen Yao staggered his gaze, pulled the quilt on the bed and wrapped Lu Shaoheng tightly, as if he was too lazy to deal with him, pressed him into the pillow: "Shut up and sleep."

The lights in the room were dimmed, and Chen Zhuo's work was still going on, his breathing was slow and low, as if by magic.

Lu Shaoheng's whole body was trapped in the soft quilt, and he opened his eyes and looked at the people around him. Looking at them, he felt enveloped in a soothing sleepiness.

In a hazy state of consciousness, Lu Shaoheng turned over and gently hugged the person beside him under the pretense of a bad sleeping posture.

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