The Eye of the Storm

"Sit down." Cao Xiuyuan raised his chin towards him, signaling him to sit across from him.

Liang Sizhe pursed his lips, pulled away the chair opposite and sat down.In front of Cao Xiuyuan was a bowl of tofu sticks and a plate of sliced ​​fried dough sticks. Like all ordinary passers-by who came to this street for breakfast, he added a piece of fried dough sticks with chopsticks and then scooped up a spoonful of fried dough sticks with a spoon.

The light in the morning is bright, the air is fresh, the heat has not yet permeated, and the coolness of the night barely prevails.The breakfast stall before seven o’clock was still deserted. The diners sitting on the stall waiting for breakfast all looked sleepy and yawned listlessly. No one recognized the reputation of the person who was buried in deep-fried dough sticks and tofu nao at the stall. Cao Xiuyuan, the famous director of Guan Er.

Cao Xiuyuan was also dressed in ordinary clothes. There were some folds visible to the naked eye on the unrecognizable cotton sweater, which even looked a little rough. It was different from the Cao Xiuyuan in Liang Sizhe's impression in the past.

"What do you want to eat?" Cao Xiuyuan looked at him and asked.

"Same as you." Liang Sizhe tried his best to look calm.

Cao Xiuyuan beckoned the boss over and ordered the same breakfast for Liang Sizhe. While waiting for Liang Sizhe's breakfast to be served, he ate up the breakfast in front of him.

When Liang Sizhe was eating breakfast with his head down, Cao Xiuyuan kept looking at him from the opposite side, his gaze was the same as when they first met half a month ago.

Liang Sizhe swallowed the food in his mouth, and sat up straighter. He has never been the character of waiting to be scrutinized by others. He raised his head and looked at Cao Xiuyuan: "Did you come to see me, what do you want to say?"

"Let's eat first." Cao Xiuyuan was not in a hurry, "Let's talk after eating."

Liang Sizhe nodded, lowered his head and continued to eat breakfast, although he was not very able to eat it.

Cao Xiuyuan lit a cigarette and smoked, and looked at Liang Sizhe from the opposite side. This young man who made him undecided for the first time, if you want to consider it from the perspective of actor selection, this young man's strengths and weaknesses are indeed too obvious.

What Zheng Yin said is right, Liang Sizhe's personal temperament is too strong, it's not that he can't be an actor, but if he has the ambition to become a good actor, it may be difficult for him to go on the road of acting in the future.Actors need to play the role of thousands of people, and pay attention to keeping the audience out of the show. An actor like Zhang Minghan who does not have a high sense of self-existence is the most ideal candidate, because he can easily transform himself into another character, but Liang Sizhe wants to be an actor. The audience must first forget that he is Liang Sizhe, and then they can convince the audience that he has completely changed into another character.

It's too difficult, Cao Xiuyuan looked at Liang Sizhe and thought, he was not sure if Liang Sizhe had such a talent.Of course, Liang Sizhe can also be a star in the public sense, but he is not interested in spending energy to promote a star who will hinder the movie.

However, Liang Sizhe's advantages are also very prominent, otherwise, when the teacher at the Music High School showed him the video of the violin ensemble, he would not have picked Liang Sizhe out of hundreds of teenagers at a glance, and when he learned that Liang Sizhe could no longer play the violin However, he insisted on taking him to Beijing.

If Liang Sizhe was first chosen because of his appearance, then he insisted on taking him to Beijing because the first time he saw Liang Sizhe in the corridor that night, he saw a rare fragility in this young man feel.

It is not an empty, superficial sense of fragility, it is a sense of fragility that has been ravaged by life in all kinds of ways, seemingly fragile but tough, wrapped in a hard shell, it has weight and a sense of reality, and it is pyrotechnic Yes, it can withstand lens magnification.

Although no one would agree that suffering is a good thing these days, those who have indeed experienced hardship will have an extra sense of gravity.

So Liang Sizhe, who has endured hardship, looks different from Cao Ye, who has not suffered hardship.

so different.Cao Xiuyuan looked at Liang Sizhe and thought.

But Xiaoman...Xiaoman is not a child who has suffered a lot, he is a young man raised by the rich in the back alley, his fragility can be broken at the first blow, he does not need a hard and sharp shell.

So who is more suitable for Xiaoman?Even Cao Xiuyuan, who has always been decisive, was a little hesitant at the moment.

After Liang Sizhe finished his breakfast, he ate up all the deep-fried dough sticks and drank the bowl of tofu.He looked up at Cao Xiuyuan, waiting for him to finalize his fate.He thought this scene was much like the criminals who were dragged to Caishikou and beheaded in the past, and they had to eat and drink in advance before they could go on the road with peace of mind.

Cao Xiuyuan exhaled a mouthful of white smoke, flicked the ash, and looked at Liang Sizhe: "Cao Ye has a script in his hand, have you read it?"

"I've seen it a bit." Liang Sizhe said.In fact, I didn't read it, it was Cao Ye who read a few passages to him.

"Well, let's go back and watch together, ponder over the role, and prepare for the audition later."

Liang Sizhe froze for a moment before opening his mouth: "You mean... I passed the audition round?"

"That's right," Cao Xiuyuan glanced at him, "Otherwise, why would I come to see you?"

This sentence made Liang Sizhe's mood extremely complicated in an instant, and at the same time, he suddenly opened up and mixed with some entanglements, so is he really going to compete fairly with Cao Ye?He didn't want to wake up from this illusory movie dream, but he didn't seem to want to compete with Cao Ye for the same role...

He collected himself, calmed his boiling brain as soon as possible, and looked up at Cao Xiuyuan: "You mean, you want me to compete with Cao Ye for this role?"

"Yes, competition." Cao Xiuyuan said.

Liang Sizhe paused, and said again: "I heard that this character was originally written based on Cao Ye, and you seemed to be more satisfied with Cao Ye in the last audition."

"An audition is an audition." Cao Xiuyuan stubbed out a cigarette on the dinner plate. "The final choice of who will act is determined by the audition. As for the prototype, this is an independent script. There is no prototype or not. If there is any problem, let's go together Ask."

Liang Sizhe realized that this was a rare opportunity. He might never have another chance to have a face-to-face conversation with such a top director in his life. I heard Teacher Zheng Yin's words outside the door, and I want to know... Is it true that I am not suitable to be an actor as he said. "

Hearing this, Cao Xiuyuan laughed, and let out a slight snort from his nasal cavity: "You haven't acted before, how do I know if you can be a good actor?"

These words were almost contemptuous, and did not save Liang Sizhe's face at all, Liang Sizhe pursed his lips and remained silent.

"However," Cao Xiuyuan leaned back in his chair, looked at him and said, "If a person has never acted before, but everyone thinks that he is not suitable to be an actor, what do you think is the most likely situation?"

Liang Sizhe looked up at him, he didn't know what Cao Xiuyuan wanted to say.The light leaking from the small gap in the awning above the head casts on Cao Xiuyuan's face, making him look like a statue with a firm face, although he is very close, he seems far away at this moment.

Cao Xiuyuan leaned over, put his elbows on the dining table, pulled into the direct distance between the two, and said in a low voice, "This person, in terms of acting, is either a rotten fool or a blockbuster genius .”

Liang Sizhe was slightly taken aback, unable to speak for a while.

Cao Xiuyuan squinted his eyes and looked at him: "I'm also curious, which one you are." After he finished speaking, he stood up, and the chair legs rubbed against the concrete floor, making a harsh noise. Liang Sizhe came back to his senses and stood with him stand up.

Cao Xiuyuan turned around and walked into the store, went to the boss to pay for breakfast, and when he came out, he had a packed breakfast in his hand, and handed it to Liang Sizhe: "Take it back to Cao Ye."

"Oh, good." Liang Sizhe took it over.

Cao Xiuyuan looked in another direction, and finally added: "Don't worry about what he said, he has never seen someone like you as an actor, which just shows that you are unique in the show business circle, which is a good thing."

"Well," Liang Sizhe said in a low voice, "thank you."

"Let's wait for the audition news." After Cao Xiuyuan finished speaking, he left Laodu Noodle Shop. Liang Sizhe stood there watching his back, and waited until he turned out of Yinsi Street before looking away.

The way back to the Blue Banquet was completely different from the mood when I came here. I was a little more relaxed. Although I was still a little tangled, at least I left myself a lot of time for buffering and thinking, and I didn’t need to rush to face the possibility of being eliminated. Lost situation.

The words "fair competition" uttered by Cao Xiuyuan himself are more convincing than anyone else.

Cao Xiuyuan has an unconvincing temperament, which is different from all the adults Liang Sizhe has come into contact with. He gives people a paranoid, sharp, and one-sided feeling, which makes him a little arrogant, but he even disdains it. Instead of covering them with a gentle appearance, let these qualities be exposed to the eyes of others.

Maybe that's what geniuses are supposed to do.Liang Sizhe thought.

However, if it was really a fair competition... Liang Sizhe couldn't help but think, how would he get along with Cao Ye?Can we really read scripts and figure out roles together as Cao Xiuyuan said?

Liang Sizhe has experienced too much competition. The chief position of the violin ensemble and the opportunity to represent the attached high school to participate in the national violin competition are all obtained by him through competition. Players who cannot take the chief position can only be used as foils...no one He knows better than him how cruel the nature of competition is.

When he returned to the room, Cao Ye had already woken up, and was sitting on the bed sleepily. Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, he turned his head and looked at Liang Sizhe. His vocal cords were hoarse from sleep, and his voice sounded rustling: "Where did you go?"

"Wake up so early?" Liang Sizhe closed the door with his backhand, walked over to put the breakfast on the table, and said in a relaxed tone, "Your father came to see me."

"My dad?" Cao Ye's eyes widened suddenly, looking a little surprised, "What did he ask you for?"

Liang Sizhe walked over and sat by his bed, looked at Cao Ye, "He came to tell me, let us prepare for the next round of auditions."

"Oh..." Cao Ye turned his troubled brain, and the astonishment in his eyes quickly turned into surprise after he realized it, "So he means let us read the script together, right? I'll just say, then you finally Can you rest assured to read the script?"

"Ah," Liang Sizhe responded and smiled, "I thought I wouldn't pass the audition."

"How is it possible... You can't pass anyone else, don't underestimate yourself, Brother Sizhe."

"You know quite a lot of idioms." When talking to Cao Ye, he easily relaxed. The nerves that had been tense in front of Cao Xiuyuan just now quickly relaxed. Liang Sizhe smiled, "Didn't you grow up abroad?" Is it?"

"I am the little prince of idioms, with extraordinary talent, oops, I am another idiom by accident."

Liang Sizhe was amused by him and laughed a few times.

Cao Ye also laughed, and after he finished laughing, he thought for a while and said, "My dad, although he is not humane, is also considered his advantage. He will definitely not favor me because I am his son. That script , Uncle Yin secretly stuffed it to me, sometimes I think he is just like my own father, if it weren’t for my father’s resemblance…” He turned his face to look at Liang Sizhe, “Hey, do you think I’m like my father? Does my dad look like me?"

"A little bit," Liang Sizhe looked at his face, "they look alike."

"That's right...so I'm indeed his own. But why didn't he even think of coming to see me..."

"He... looks quite busy." A rare look of disappointment appeared on Cao Ye's face, and Liang Sizhe lied involuntarily. In fact, he didn't see whether Cao Xiuyuan was busy or not.

"Oh, he's always busy." Cao Ye lowered his head, raised his hands and rubbed his face, "That's not too far away."

"He planned to come up, but later he heard that you were sleeping, so...he didn't come up," Liang Sizhe comforted others for the first time in his life. In order to prove what he said, he raised his jaw on the table guiltily, "He still I specially asked me to bring you breakfast."

"Really?" Cao Ye dropped his hands covering his face and looked up at the breakfast on the table, "He bought it for me? Is he so good?"

Liang Sizhe sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him. Cao Ye's hair was messed up and curled up on the top of his head in a mess. The marks on his cheeks pressed by the pillow hadn't completely faded away. Children who want to eat sweets.

"Yes, he specifically told me to bring it up." Liang Sizhe said.

"Did he say anything else?" Cao Ye turned to look at him expectantly, "Did he mention anything else?"

"He also said..." Liang Sizhe couldn't bear to tell the truth, afraid that the expectation would disappear from his face, so he lied again, "He also asked you if it's hot these days."

"Really?" The anticipation on Cao Ye's face was even higher, with a hint of surprise and surprise mixed in, "Is there any more?"

"Well, he said he remembered that you were particularly afraid of heat..." Liang Sizhe said slowly, but his mind was spinning rapidly. He was thinking about what kind of lie he should tell so as not to disappoint the expectations in these eyes.

"And then?" Cao Ye couldn't wait to urge him to continue.

Liang Sizhe told all the lies he had never told in his life, and he couldn't find anything else to say, but the bright and vivid expectation on Cao Ye's face made him unable to stop, he gritted his teeth: "Then...he said he would find someone to install the air conditioner in a few days." After saying this, Liang Sizhe almost bit his tongue.

"Oh my God, is he still my father?!" Cao Ye exclaimed in disbelief, "Is he possessed by Uncle Yin?"

Liang Sizhe didn't make a sound, he felt that he had dug a big hole for himself, and now he was a little worried about how to fill the hole.

"He really said that?" Cao Ye turned around excitedly, and sat face to face with Liang Sizhe.

"At that time, you can see if he has hired someone to install the air conditioner." Liang Sizhe turned his face away, avoiding his excited and fiery gaze calmly, for fear that he would reveal his truth. This lie is really guilty. .

"Oh yeah, we will have an air conditioner soon!" Cao Ye shouted excitedly, jumping up from the bed.

"Yeah, hurry up and have breakfast." Liang Sizhe urged, he just wanted to send Cao Ye away quickly and be quiet for a while, he wanted to be possessed by Zheng Yin, not Cao Xiuyuan, but himself.