Confessions of a retired star

If you want to ask Zhu Shisi the most annoying weather, he will answer without hesitation: sun and rain.

The glare of the sun was blocked by a layer of pretentious thin clouds, and it was useless, and a few light rains that could not fall fell on the head, which only increased the humidity. It was stuffy and hot, as annoying as being covered in a steamer, and it was inconvenient to travel .

Some people say that there is a rainbow when there is sun and rain. If you connect a water pipe at home and squeeze it into a place with strong light, isn’t there still an artificial rainbow?Every time I encounter such weather, Zhu Shisi's mood will be discounted.

The sun rained today in early June, and Zhu Shisi was in a bad mood.

But Guo Xi knew that the reason for his depression was not entirely due to the hot and humid weather.

"It's been on for a week, and Zhu Shisi still can't enter the state, and the effect is even worse than the first audition. How do you think I will explain to the producer?"

Guo Xi was walking towards the set with coffee, and when she passed by the concealed smoking room, she heard someone talking inside. She hid by the door and peeped in. The speaker was Wu Linkang.

"I'm also in a hurry to yell at me and do something."

A female voice came from the room. Although no one could be seen from the outside, Guo Xi recognized that it was Chen Quan's voice.

"Worried? What's the use of being anxious? Substitute! Cough," Wu Linkang raised his voice, choked on the smoke, and continued, "You've seen the new clip sent by Qing Feng, it's more than enough to play He Sai, and Lei Ao still I found a gold medal promotion team for him, what resources does Zhushisi have? I can’t afford it, so don’t waste it with him.”

"Don't put it so harshly, he's just out of shape. What he needs now is to get back the feeling of the last audition."

"It will start on June [-]st, today is June [-]th, and it will be brewed for him for seven days. What has he brewed? He even made a mistake in the basic positioning, and he is out of his mind every day, just like his mother's ghost got on his body."

Wu Linkang stubbed out his cigarette butt and retorted excitedly, his voice clearly transmitted to the corridor.

"Keep your voice down...Zhu Shisi must have encountered some difficulties. I asked Guo Xi, and she said she didn't know. I want to give him some time to adjust."

"Chen Quan, are you filming or doing charity? My brother, let me advise you," Wu Linkang lit another cigarette, "Fortunately, we haven't signed a contract with Zhu Shisi yet, so we can take this opportunity to replace him, otherwise we will sign a contract." It’s even more troublesome to change people.”

"..."

There was silence in the smoking room for a while, Guo Xi pricked up his ears and heard Chen Quan's faint voice.

"Give him some more time, I like him..."

"Hmph, when the time comes to smash my place and your signboard, you will know how stupid the decision to keep him is."

Guo Xi was leaning against the door and listening carefully, when someone patted her hunched shoulder.

"Guo Xi."

Zhu Shisi appeared behind Guo Xi, and was so shocked that the mobile phone in her hand almost dropped. Zhu Shisi glanced at her mobile phone and took away the coffee pocket in Guo Xi's other hand.

Guo Xi was stunned by the door, not knowing what to say, eavesdropping was not good, what she heard was that the director and producer were discussing about replacing Zhu Shisi, she looked at Zhu Shisi embarrassingly, and stammered:

"Brother Si, that..."

"The producer's voice was so loud that I could hear it from the other side of the corridor."

Zhu Shisi carried his pocket and walked forward indifferently.

He had lost some weight, his eyes were blue, the whites of his eyes were red, his hair was messy, and his back was slightly bent as if he couldn't lift his spirits.

Guo Xi followed him into the studio, and the staff who had been full of praise for him before ignored him and ignored him. He sat on a narrow folding low stool and dozed off with his arms folded.

"If you're sleepy, drink coffee first."

Guo Xi took out his favorite caramel macchiato from the bag at Zhu Shisi's feet, Zhu Shisi looked at the coffee cup in Guo Xi's hand, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Yes, I asked you to buy coffee , I actually forgot..."

Zhu Shisi took a few sips of coffee and rubbed his messy hair: "This month has just begun, why did you break the fast and drink sweet things?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I thought you were not in a good mood, so I ordered a caramel macchiato." Guo Xi bent down and explained.

"That's it...it's okay."

Zhu Shisi lowered his head again and slowly sipped his coffee. After drinking about a third of it, Chen Quan walked in.Zhu Shisi's eyes followed the director naturally, Chen Quan passed by him but didn't look at him, Zhu Shisi's gaze paused in mid-air, when the on-the-spot reporter told him to shoot another scene first, he was still in a trance state.

"Director Chen said, let you shoot He Sai's solo scene first."

"Okay, let's go change the look."

Seeing Zhu Shisi staring blankly at Chen Quan in the distance, Guo Xi took over the scene.

"Don't change, everyone is waiting for you alone, you know that the set is in Area F?"

The scene reporter impatiently left a word, strode away without waiting for anyone to answer, Guo Xi knew now, with the attitude of the staff, the news of the change of roles might have already spread in the crew.

Presumably Wu Linkang used bad medicine when Zhu Shisi was not present.

"Am I ugly?"

Zhu Shisi, who was sitting crookedly on the folding stool, suddenly said a word, Guo Xi looked at him in a daze, and saw him burying his head in the coffee cup, the corners of his mouth seemed to be overwhelmed by his thoughts.

"Ugly...? Not ugly, brother Si is very good-looking."

"Am I annoying?"

"No, not annoying."

"Am I bad..."

Zhu Shisi said the last two words very softly, Guo Xi couldn't hear clearly, and couldn't deduce his meaning from his drooping silhouette.

Before Guo Xi could answer, Zhu Shisi stood up and walked towards the F area set diagonally ahead.

He straightened his back, smoothed out his unkempt hair, and straightened the hem of his crumpled clothes. As he took a step, his eyes returned to dull indifference.

What the hell happened to him?Guo Xi looked at Zhu Shisi's back in doubt. Ever since the night they went to Fang Ting's house for dinner, Zhu Shisi had lost his soul abnormally.

He was absent-minded during the announcement, forgot to move, made mistakes in his lines, and once even changed his shirt and came to the set in pajama pants. In Yan Yu's words, he was lowered.

Guo Xi asked Zhu Shisi side-by-side, but the other party was either distracted and didn't listen at all, or was talking about him, and fooled him perfunctorily.

Could it be that Fang Ting lowered his head to Zhu Shisi?

This conjecture is absurd enough, but Guo Xi feels that at least half of it is correct. Zhu Shisi's strange state must have something to do with Fang Ting.

"Zhu Shisi, come here."

Chen Quan shouted "Cut", turned off the horn, and shifted his gaze from the monitor to Zhu Shisi.

Although her voice was very low without the loudspeaker's expansion, she was still heard clearly by the staff around her, and some people showed gloating expressions, among which Wu Linkang had the biggest reaction: "Xiaozhu, I think it's still Idol dramas are suitable for you, I will introduce a few to you some other day, it will not be a problem to act as the second male and the third male based on your image."

As soon as Wu Linkang's words came out, the cameraman who had heard Zhu Shisi's bad words before laughed, Zhu Shisi only nodded slightly, and squatted down beside Chen Quan.

Chen Quan looked at Zhu Shisi's haggard and sincere look, and most of his anger subsided, and he lowered his voice: "What's the matter with you recently? You can't even perform the simplest work scenes well."

"Sorry……"

"I was so brilliant in the final audition before, there's no reason why I didn't even reach the same level as the initial level after joining the group. Is something wrong with you?"

"I'm fine... I'm really sorry, Director Chen, for delaying your progress."

Zhu Shisi shook his head and apologized, the melancholy eyes betrayed him, Chen Quan was anxious, but he couldn't bear to get to the bottom of it, so he said in a muffled voice: "Delaying the progress is a trivial matter, but affecting the quality of the film is a major matter. Lei Ao's pressure, Qing Feng I came to the door several times to recommend myself, and I will not replace you under pressure, so you have to live up to it."

Zhu Shisi's pale ears turned red, and he nodded one after another. His head was a little dizzy, and he almost fell back on the ground. He quickly squatted down on the director's chair.

A few snickers came from behind him, making Zhu Shisi's ears even hotter.

Chen Quan asked Zhu Shisi to stand up, waved his hand, and signaled that he could leave: "You go back and make adjustments in the next two days. If it doesn't work when you come back, I may have to..."

Everyone can understand what he didn't say later, but Zhu Shisi, who was restless, thought for a while before he figured out what Chen Quan meant.

He was suspended, and if he didn't get back into audition status after the start of work, he would lose the role.

This incident was expected by Zhu Shisi, but it still hit him hard.

Walking out of the film and television building against the annoying sun and rain, the nanny's car has already parked on the side of the road.

Zhu Shisi's mood was terrible. He rarely felt so depressed that he caused physical discomfort. Now he was very uncomfortable, with chest tightness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations and headache, and high-pitched tinnitus drowning out all sounds.

Seeing him standing in the sun and raining, Guo Xi didn't get in the car for a long time, and didn't answer after calling several times, got out of the car and shouted: "Brother Si, Brother Si."

"Do I have any other work these days?"

Zhu Shisi stood in the sweltering rain and asked Guo Xi. The sun shone on his gray face from the west, and there were muddy beads of sweat dripping from his forehead and temples. Looking carefully, it didn't look like sweat, but like raindrops.

"There is no other announcement, Brother Si, you are not feeling well, let's go to the hospital?"

"You are on vacation these few days." Zhu Shisi blocked the sun and rain uncomfortablely, and looked at Guo Xi with vacant eyes, "If you have time, go to the flower shop I often go to, and tell me my name. old place."

After Zhu Shisi finished speaking, he walked back to the lobby of the film and television building. When Guo Xi turned off the nanny car and chased after him, Zhu Shisi had already disappeared.

It just so happened that Cheng Yalan called at this time. He first asked Zhu Shisi why he didn't answer the phone. After learning that Guo Xi had lost him, he scolded the two of them. Someone on the set broke the news that he couldn't memorize his lines and delayed his schedule to play big names, black fans had a carnival, and the public relations team had to deal with his aftermath.

Guo Xi was dealing with Cheng Yalan, when a gust of watery hot wind suddenly blew around her, and a dark blue sports car rumbled past her, it was Zhu Shisi's car.

Smelling the exhaust fumes, listening to the scolding, facing the scorching sun and drenching the annoying rain, Guo Xi finally understood why Zhu Shisi didn't like this kind of weather.

Sun and rain, what a nuisance.

The author has something to say: Thank you for reading the second part. The second part is mainly the campus chapter in the past tense. Fang Ting will appear in the second half of the campus chapter.