Recalcitrant

When Lu Shaoheng took office as a new official, he was in a good mood for a while. He first made drastic adjustments to the company's personnel and promoted many newcomers, and then announced in a high-profile meeting at the conference that the next stage of Juxing's goal is to go public overseas.

With the new helm at the helm, the haze that had shrouded Juxing for a long time finally dissipated. Everyone believed that Lu Shaoheng would lead Juxing to a better future.

There are many speculations about how Lu Shaoheng will lead the company, both good and bad.However, Lu Shaoheng himself was so busy that he was about to faint, and he had no time to care about public opinion.

His first public appearance after he became the president of Juxing was at the birthday banquet of Wen Tiancheng, a national treasure-level old drama.

Wen Tiancheng's status in the circle was extraordinary, and this birthday banquet was even more grand, with almost all famous people from the entire literary and art circles present.At this banquet, it doesn't matter whose birthday it is, what makes people flock to it is the value behind it.

This day, Lu Shaoheng went on a business trip to the north, and he was a little late. When he arrived at the hotel, most of the guests had already entered.On both sides of the venue is a large-scale installation artwork by a domestic art master. I heard that this work was exhibited in Paris before, and it was specially moved here for Wen Lao's birthday.

Led by the waiter, Lu Shaoheng walked into the banquet hall.At this time, there were still more than ten minutes before the banquet, and people seized the limited time and gathered together in groups of threes and threes based on their limited time, trying their best to gather the resources they needed at this banquet.

Across a huge component hoisted with crystal resin, Lu Shaoheng heard the conversation behind the sculpture.

"I went to the spotlight of..., it is indeed a work that has been honed for ten years..."

"Mr. Zeng won an award..."

Lu Shaoheng immediately recognized Chen Zhuo's voice, and he also came today.The work has been too busy recently, since the last farewell, the two haven't seen each other for a while.

Unexpectedly, he met Chen Zhuo as soon as he arrived, Lu Shaoheng's footsteps became brisk, and the tired face under his brows was replaced by a smile.

What Chen Zhuo said next, Lu Shaoheng didn't hear clearly, probably some scene words.When he got closer and heard a few key words, he realized that they were talking about "The Long Road".

After editing the fourth edition of No.20, Zhou Yang was almost forced to die, and Chen Yao was finally willing to show "The Long Road" to others.

Not long after "No Man's Land" was released, taking advantage of the remaining warmth, "The Long Road" is also officially preparing for release.

Going around the sculpture, Lu Shaoheng saw Chen Zhuo as expected. He was dressed in a dark suit, standing together with several well-dressed men and women, like a pleasing fashion cover.

On the other hand, Lu Shaoheng, he just got off the plane, and he didn't have a professional styling team to take care of him, so he just appeared among these people like this, and he was a little disgraced.

The first person to see Lu Shaoheng was a fat middle-aged man next to Chen Zhuo who was also out of place.This fat man Lu Shaoheng knew, his name was Zeng Youqian, and he was the boss of Guanya Film and Television Company.

"Ah, Xiao Lu, you're here." Mr. Zeng is only a few years younger than Lu Heping, and he is a generation behind Lu Shaoheng, and they have played together on the scene a few times before.When he saw Lu Shaoheng coming, he was closer than seeing his own son. He warmly came forward to embrace Lu Shaoheng's shoulders, and led him into the crowd.

"Let me introduce you." Mr. Zeng patted Lu Shaoheng on the back, and introduced: "This is Lu Shaoheng from Gathering Stars, this is..."

Chen Zhuo didn't notice Lu Shaoheng. He was lowering his head and talking seriously to a woman beside him. He only raised his eyes when he heard Mr. Zeng's voice.

Lu Shaoheng automatically ignored Zeng Youqian's nagging, and walked towards Chen Zhuo's gaze, but when he was approaching, he saw a bit of surprise in his eyes, his originally relaxed shoulders and neck tensed quietly, and even His expression became unnatural.

"Pfft", like a thin needle piercing the soap bubbles that just blown up, Lu Shaoheng's footsteps gradually slowed down, his eyelashes flicked up and down, and he skillfully suppressed an overly excited smile.

His eyes slid across Chen Zhuo's face, and hung on a lady beside him.

The woman was tall and looked to be in her thirties, with shoulder-length curly hair and a lavender dress.Her appearance is not as delicate and glamorous as a female star, but the calm and self-confidence exuded from her bones makes her the focus of the crowd no matter what the occasion.

With just one glance, Lu Shaoheng recognized who she was, and instantly understood why Chen Zhuo was in such a rare panic.

Lu Shaoheng feels that he is not a brave person, he is best at escaping reality, deceiving himself and others, and he likes to retreat.Seeing these two people standing together, handsome and beautiful, his first reaction was to run away.

But on such an occasion, how could he embarrass Chen Yao.So before Mr. Zeng finished his introduction, Lu Shaoheng went up to greet him, extended his hand generously to Zhang Luyu, and said, "Director Zhang Luyu and Zhang, I have admired your name for a long time, I am your fan."

Lu Shaoheng was tall, and for Zhang Luyu's convenience, he lowered his waist slightly.Surprise is sandwiched with well-proportioned excitement, and the performance is sincere and flawless.

"Hello, Mr. Lu." Zhang Luyu shook hands with Lu Shaoheng with a smile on his face. Judging from her reaction, it was obviously the first time he had heard of the name Lu Shaoheng.

Zhang Luyu is an internationally renowned female director and the wife of photographer Bai Jie. She has not been working in China all year round. After Bai Jie passed away, she did not come back for many years. She does not understand the domestic industry.

But it didn't prevent her from having a good first impression of Lu Shaoheng.

"Just call me Shaoheng." Lu Shaoheng said with a smile.

Lu Shaoheng himself was too busy and didn't pay attention to the news in the industry. It turned out that Zhang Luyu was back, so it's no wonder that Chen Zhuo has become so obsessed recently.

Chen Zhuo, on the other hand, watched coldly the two of them coming and going, and just raised the hand hanging by his side, and then quietly put it down.

Boss Zeng Zongmei was born as a vulgar boss, rich is rich, but no matter how much money you spend, you can’t learn the ways of people in the literary and art circles, and there is still a reckless air in your gestures: "Director Zhang, don't you still have money?" You know, our Boss Lu is young and promising, and we are the president of Juxing at a young age, and our director Chen..."

"It's about to start, get ready to take your seat."

Before Zeng Youqian said anything, Chen Yao suddenly interrupted, obviously unwilling to mention Lu Shaoheng in front of Zhang Luyu.

Zhang Luyu returned to China this time to shoot her latest movie, and she might stay in China to develop in the future.Guanya probably intended to win over this international director. After everyone was seated, Zeng Youqian's hospitality to Zhang Luyu continued unabated.

Chen Zhuo and Lu Shaoheng were sitting on the left and right sides of Zhang Luyu, while Mr. Zeng was far away on the opposite side of the table, but such a distance did not affect Mr. Zeng's performance.

"Director Zhang, I haven't been back to China for a long time, try this." Zeng Youqian brought the soup that the waiter served to him first, and brought it to Zhang Luyu: "Lao Guang's authentic fish maw and snail soup is the best for ladies." .”

Zhang Luyu has stayed abroad for many years and has a strong sense of borders. He was taken aback by Mr. Zeng's abruptness, and looked at the soup delivered to him with embarrassment.

"Try it." Mr. Zeng looked at Zhang Luyu expectantly, with a particularly poor eyesight.

"Mr. Zeng, forget about it." Chen Zhuo rejected Mr. Zeng's kindness on behalf of Zhang Luyu: "Lu Yu is allergic to snails."

Hearing this, Lu Shaoheng raised his head and glanced at him. As expected of his childhood sweethearts who grew up together, he even understood these details.

"Oh, that's how it is. I'm really sorry." Mr. Zeng slapped his head, and quickly waved his hand to call the waiter: "Girl, come on, hurry up, quickly remove this soup, and there will be no shellfish in a while." Yeah, don’t serve all the dishes, do you hear me?”

Mr. Zeng's loud and furious voice attracted the attention of other people present, which made Zhang Luyu, who had lived overseas for many years and hadn't experienced such a scene for a long time, feel a little embarrassed.

"Mr. Zeng." Lu Shaoheng reminded Mr. Zeng lightly, and moved Zhang Luyu's soup bowl in front of him: "Those who didn't know thought it was your birthday today."

When Lu Shaoheng said this, Mr. Zeng finally realized that he had used too much force tonight, and he was a little reckless, and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm just like this, Director Zhang, don't mind."

***

For Lu Shaoheng, it is very easy to please someone.

I don't know if Juxing also intends to demonstrate to this international director, or if it is true that he is a fan of Zhang Luyu as Lu Shaoheng said.In short, Lu Shaoheng stayed by Zhang Luyu's side thoughtfully and thoughtfully throughout the night, taking care of him in every possible way.

After a meal, Lu Shaoheng coaxed Zhang Luyu, who met for the first time, very happily.

After the banquet, Zhang Luyu and Chen Zhuo had their next event, so Lu Shaoheng went to express congratulations to the old birthday star before preparing to leave.

"Are you really not going with us?" Zhang Luyu accompanied Lu Shaoheng to the hotel lobby: "They are all friends in the circle. It's been a long time. Let's chat together."

"No, sister Lu Yu, I have something to do later." Lu Shaoheng glanced at his phone and said to Zhang Luyu, "My assistant is here. I'm going out first. See you next time."

Before leaving, Lu Shaoheng looked back at Chen Yao. Throughout the night, Chen Yao stayed by Zhang Luyu's side, did not say anything to him, and deliberately kept a distance from him in front of Zhang Luyu.

Lu Shaoheng withdrew his gaze and continued to walk forward. He could completely understand Chen Yao's attitude. After all, his sweetheart had returned, so he should behave differently.

Ling Xiao was waiting outside the hotel. After getting in the car, Lu Shaoheng didn't go anywhere, and went home directly.

There is something to do later, it is not an excuse from Lu Shaoheng, he does have other arrangements.Tonight at zero o'clock is the national premiere of "Long Road". After Lu Shaoheng got home, he asked Ling Xiao to get off work and go back to rest. He changed out of his obstructive suit and drove to the theater alone.

The film "Long Road" didn't have any big-name stars participating, and the audience who could watch the premiere at midnight, except for couples who didn't want to drink, most of the rest were fans of Chen Zhuo.

Chen Zhuo was born as an idol actor, and the rules of the fan circle are indispensable. There are banners and lights everywhere in the theater, and many girls in uniforms happily gather around to take pictures and chat.

Lu Shaoheng didn't want to attract attention, so he waited until the lights went out before entering the arena.He sat alone in the corner of the last row, waiting for the movie to start with excited fans.

Tonight, he originally made an appointment with Chen Yao to watch the zero o'clock premiere together, and contributed to the movie's box office out of his own pocket.

Lu Shaoheng participated in the whole process from the script preparation to the filming of this film.In the later stage, due to various reasons, he gradually let go, so it was the first time he watched the official version after the cut.

After the end of the long pre-roll commercial, the film officially began.Probably because of the lingering aftertaste of "No Man's Land", the popularity of this movie is quite high. After the dragon mark came out, many viewers continued to enter the theater.

Lu Shaoheng looked at the big screen in rapt attention, and a figure appeared beside him.Lu Shaoheng raised his head and saw a boy wearing a peaked cap.

"Excuse me, excuse me." The boy said.

Realizing that he was blocking the way, Lu Shaoheng retracted his long legs to make it easier for the boy to pass.The boy thanked him politely, and quickly found where his girlfriend was.

"Didn't you say it's better to wait at the door?" Not long after the boy sat down, his deliberately low voice sounded from a few seats away: "Why did you come in first, I was alone at the ticket gate Waited for a long time."

"I thought you wouldn't come." The girl said with grievance.

"I have an appointment with you, why don't you come." The boy's voice softened.

The girl said, "Okay, okay, I see, the movie is about to start."

Young couples always quarrel for various inexplicable reasons. These trivial things are so interesting.Lu Shaoheng was listening vigorously when the cell phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly.

Lu Shaoheng took out his mobile phone and saw the message Chen Yao just sent: [I have something to do temporarily, sorry I can't go to the movies. 】

He held the phone without moving, staring at these short words for a long time, finally dimmed the brightness of the screen, and quickly typed a line of words in the dialog box with his fingers: 【It's okay, I have an appointment too. 】

The light on the screen was completely extinguished, and in a place where no one could see him, Lu Shaoheng let the last bit of strength flow from his body.He could no longer hold on to that point of magnanimity, like a half-burned candle, melting into the wide seat.

The author says:

*Tomorrow's update will be later, after twelve o'clock in the evening, thank you for your understanding.

* Gao Liang: [Zhang Luyu will cause some misunderstandings and twists and turns, but he doesn't really get involved in the protagonist's relationship, and there is no emotional entanglement with Chen, and it doesn't involve plots such as cheating on marriage with his wife. 】

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