The Eye of the Storm

All the old friends of the production team came to the wrap-up banquet, and the main cast came to toast in turn, one after another, the two were quite close at first, but then they were gradually pushed apart.

Hearing that Liang Sizhe was giving up drinking, none of the people who came to toast him dared to persuade him to drink more, and they all took the initiative to drink up the wine in their hands to the bottom.

The main crew of the production team followed Zeng Ran all the way from independent films, and they can only be regarded as newcomers in the film circle. Liang Sizhe is an existence that needs to be looked up to in the eyes of most newcomers, so those who come to toast either want to Expressing reverence, or just wanting to get close to the idol, in short, most of them leave after drinking a glass of wine and chatting, and don't dare to bother too much.

There is a sense of distance in Liang Sizhe, the closer you are, the stronger this feeling will be, so strong that people will consciously leave when they get a little too far away.

But Cao Ye is not.Cao Ye was surrounded in the middle of the crowd at the moment, and he would not refuse to drink with everyone, so that Liang Sizhe somewhat lamented that his drinking capacity had grown so much over the years.

Cheng Duan finished dealing with the people who had toasted with him, walked over to Liang Sizhe with the wine in his hand, and greeted Liang Sizhe with a smile: "Sizhe, the re-shooting for half a month is tiring, right? I heard that the filming crew often finish filming in the early hours of the morning. , It’s really hard work for you, I have to offer you a toast.”

"Working, it should be." Liang Sizhe picked up the goblet on the table and touched him. There was ice water in the glass, and he drank it with his head raised to show respect.

"I heard you were injured last night? Is it serious?" Cheng Duan said, looking at Liang Sizhe's arm.

"It's not serious, but it can also be considered a work-related injury. If Luo Meng reconsiders the final payment settlement, then I don't mind."

Cheng Duan said with a smile: "The final payment is under the financial management, and Mr. Cao will sign it in the end. If he agrees to nod, then I have no objection."

"It seems that I will fight for it later."

"Mr. Cao went to watch the filming last night, didn't he?"

"Correct."

"In the middle of the night, I didn't tell anyone in advance. It's about [-] kilometers back and forth. It's not easy to run long distances in rainy days."

"So I left him to rest in my car for the night." Liang Sizhe said.

"Oh," Cheng Duan pretended to be enlightened, "no wonder I didn't see him come to the company today... It's just Mr. Cao, he doesn't sleep very well. According to him, he recognizes his bed and sleeps with sound. Are you used to it?"

"I think he slept well," Liang Sizhe said, and then looked at Cheng Duan with some playfulness, "Boss Cheng, you're making insinuations, maybe you want to inquire about the gossip about the 'old lover'?"

Cheng Duan was startled, and then he laughed to cover up his embarrassment: "I was joking about the phone call, so don't take it to heart... It's just that I'm really curious, you seem to have known each other for many years?"

"It's been many years."

"how long?"

"Back then he was a poor drinker."

Cheng Duan looked back at Cao Ye, who was still drinking with others, and said with a smile: "You may have misunderstood Sizhe, he is also very poor at drinking now, and he can't drink much usually, it's just an occasion like a green banquet, everyone worked hard together This last round of gatherings is purely for fun, so he never refuses anyone who comes to toast..." He watched Cao Ye again, shook his head and smiled, "Maybe I will be promoted again tonight. gone back."

"Is it the same as the last green banquet?"

"Last time... the last time I drank even harder. The main reason is that Zeng Ran's team was dug out by him from the very beginning. He personally connected with each other. After going back and forth a few times, he became friends. The main crew of this crew They all like him."

Cheng Duan didn't explain it, but Liang Sizhe could tell that Cao Ye's attractiveness never seemed to change from the age of 15 to 25. No matter what time of day he met, he was always surrounded by friends. .

After chatting for a few more words, Lin Yan also came over to toast Liang Sizhe. Cheng Duan stepped aside and stretched out his hand to help Lin Yan: "Mr. Lin, how much have you drunk?"

Lin Yan was visibly drunk, and his walking steps were a little unsteady.He didn't exchange pleasantries with Cheng Duan, he held a bottle of red wine in one hand, and raised a goblet in the other hand to Liang Sizhe: "Sizhe, thanks to you, this film can be re-shooted so smoothly, I have to work hard Thank you." He said as he raised his head and drank a glass of wine, "I thank you for this glass," and filled the glass with a red wine bottle for half a glass, "I thank you for my brother Cao Ye for this glass. "He said and drank another cup.

Although the words sounded nice, the expression on his face didn't look so kind, and his obviously drunken eyes looked a little brutal. He stared at Liang Sizhe. Cheng Duan was always good at observing words and expressions, so he couldn't fail to see that he was not kind at this time. .

Cheng Duan felt a little ominous. He glanced at Liang Sizhe. Liang Sizhe was standing by the window sill with no expression on his face. He looked at Lin Yan calmly, making it hard to figure out what he was thinking.

"The relationship has been settled, so let's settle the score. Is it really abstaining from drinking?" Lin Yan put down the glass in his hand, poured red wine into another glass, and handed it to Liang Sizhe, "Sizhe, what are you doing?" People, I can see it, I like to play tunes, quit drinking," Lin Yan sneered, "If I say you just look down on us people, Cao Xiuyuan came to ask you to drink with me, I don't believe you still say you Quit drinking."

Liang Sizhe smiled, and stood there leisurely, not intending to take the glass of wine: "Teacher Cao, come here, I should give up this drink or I have to give up."

"Teacher Cao, listen, how respectful the title is, how nice it sounds," Lin Yan looked at Cheng Duan, "Is it Mr. Cheng?"

Cheng Duan walked over to hold his shoulder, trying to pull him aside: "Boss Lin, you are really a bit of a boss, I'll ask someone to make some tea to help you hangover."

Lin Yan waved his hand away impatiently, and pointed at Liang Sizhe: "What are you doing, Cheng Duan, you still enshrine him as a god, you don't know what he did back then, do you?" Looking at Liang Sizhe again, he lowered his voice, "Liang Sizhe, I haven't said anything about you for my brother's sake all these years, but I think you are really unkind."

"Tell me, I'll listen." Liang Sizhe still had no expression on his face, and looked at Lin Yan calmly, "Boss Cheng, you don't have to stop Mr. Lin."

"Okay, then listen carefully." Lin Yan couldn't see his tone of voice the most. Seeing that he refused to give in, he put the wine glass heavily on the window sill. The action was a little heavier, which disturbed the surrounding atmosphere of drinking and talking, and many people Turning his head to look over, Lin Yan didn't care, but raised his voice a little, "You are very hypocritical, do you know that you are the one who says the same thing to the face and the other behind the back."

More and more people looked around, and Cheng Duan persuaded him in a low voice: "Boss Lin, if there is any conflict, let's communicate in private..."

"How to say?" Liang Sizhe looked at Lin Yan and asked with great interest.

"Let me ask you, did Cao Ye mean enough to you back then? Then where were you when he was busy? Have you been there once?" After he finished speaking, he looked at Liang Sizhe with a slight frown.

Not far away, Cao Ye, who was surrounded in the middle, also noticed the movement here, and called out to him: "Lin Yan." The voice was not loud, but it was different from the usual tone, which sounded a little warning.Lin Yan is prone to drinking madness when he drinks too much. He already knew this, but he didn't expect that today's drunken madness would be directed at Liang Sizhe.

"Don't worry about it, Yezi, brother, I'm in a good mood today, and I'll talk about it for you." After speaking, he looked at Liang Sizhe again. He didn't want to make a big deal at first, but Liang Sizhe's attitude of not taking it seriously angered him completely. To be honest, he really annoyed Liang Sizhe. Today, he had to take this opportunity to teach Liang Sizhe a good lesson, "Speak up? If it weren't for Cao Ye, would you have today?"

The people around Cao Ye realized that the situation was wrong, and they all moved aside automatically.Cao Ye looked at Liang Sizhe's profile through the crowd. He stood upright and stood under the atmosphere lights of the banquet hall. He was out of tune with the surrounding feasting environment. He looked like the only sober person in the crowd dancing wildly.Suddenly he saw Liang Sizhe standing at the end of the corridor, silently listening to the door talking about his scars, like a tempered thin blade with a cold light.

Cao Ye ignored the crowd and walked over. He was a little unsteady after drinking too much, and the soles of his feet were a little soft, as if he was stepping on a dangling dream.

Walking in, I saw Liang Sizhe's hand holding the goblet—it was the hand holding the umbrella handle last night, with well-defined joints and bulging veins on the back of the hand.

Lin Yan hadn't scolded enough, his voice became louder and louder, and he pointed at Liang Sizhe from the air: "If it weren't for him, Cao Xiuyuan might have forgotten who you are, and Lin Huan couldn't have been nice to you back then, you know?" Cheng Duan held his shoulders and pulled him aside vigorously. He Fangwen and Xu Anqiao also came to persuade him, but he didn't listen at all. Do you enjoy it, do you feel at ease? Do you know how to write the words ungrateful? Without Cao Ye, you fucking now..." Before he finished speaking, he was punched heavily in the face , followed by a curse, "Fuck!"

Lin Yan turned his head and looked at Cao Ye who had punched him angrily. Unsteady, being pulled by him, almost staggered and squatted on the ground, Liang Sizhe's hand went around behind him, holding his arm to stabilize him.

Lin Yan was held back by Cheng Duan and He Fangwen, and with the back of his hand protecting the place where his face was beaten, he looked at Cao Ye and said angrily, "What the hell are you doing beating me? I'm talking for you. Are you out of your mind? Are you drunk?" Hit him?"

"You have to let everyone see the joke, don't you?" Cao Ye looked at him, he felt dizzy and had to struggle to stand still, he frowned, "Lin Yan, if you really treat me as a friend, Don't mention it again."

"Okay, I'm nosy now," Lin Yan sneered, unable to break free from the people who were pulling him, he leaned his upper body to lean in front of him, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to? I'll just leave my words here You will fall on him again sooner or later."

After Lin Yan was dragged away by Cheng Duan and He Fangwen, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly cooled down, and the people who had been drinking around Cao Ye before did not dare to join in rashly now.

Xu Anqiao stepped forward to warm up the scene with a toast, distracting the attention of the crowd from this side.

"Let's go too." Cao Ye raised his hand and squeezed the space between his brows, and said to Liang Sizhe, he tried his best to wake up, now that Jiu Jin came up, he was getting more and more dizzy, if Liang Sizhe hadn't supported him with his arms Looking at him, it is estimated that he will really be unable to stand now.

Liang Sizhe led him to the elevator outside the banquet hall. The crowd parted, and they all looked at them with undisguised curiosity, just like when Liang Sizhe covered his face with his hands, they walked side by side through the huge crowd Same.

What Lin Yan said was the truth but not the truth, Cao Ye thought, at first glance, it seems to be the case, but when everything is dissected, the details and emotions are surging together, how can he be able to understand it in a few words? Make it clear?

If things were really as simple as Lin Yan said, he would have parted ways with Liang Sizhe a long time ago, and they would never see each other again. Why did they reconcile and become friends again after a few years?

What's more, Lin Yan is like this. Before the re-shooting, he advised him that "the conflict between Liang Sizhe and Liang Sizhe was at best a minor conflict." Everything that shouldn't be said was poured out in public.It should be true to fight for injustices for himself. After all, Lin Yan knew about many things back then, but it is hard to say whether he did it for hype. , I can't guarantee that someone will spread this matter with embellishment.

After entering the elevator, Cao Ye stood against the wall, seeing that the numbers on the indicator screen were doubled. He closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Why don't you explain something..."

"Explain what?" Liang Sizhe also stood against the wall, turned his face to look at him and smiled, "He's right."

"It's too much to explain." Cao Ye shook his head feebly. "I was the one who was naive back then. You don't have to carry it all for me."

The internal elevator was fast, and as soon as the elevator door opened, Cheng Duan and He Fangwen, who sent Lin Yan back, were waiting below.

He Fangwen stepped forward, and said to Liang Sizhe apologetically, "Don't worry about it, Sizhe. Lin Yan is like this. He tends to go crazy when he's drunk. We've all been troubled by him."

Liang Sizhe replied "Yes", and then said "It's okay".

Cao Ye suppressed his drunkenness, pulled out a sober spot from his chaotic brain, and confessed to Cheng Duan: "The video just now can't be spread out, and someone will prepare a gift later, and seal it up."

"I know, I have much more experience in publicity than you," Cheng Duan reassured him, "You should have a good rest," he said, looking at Liang Sizhe, "Sizhe and you too, the matter is over and it's over, don't worry about it." , I’ll ask the driver to come and take you back.”

"No, I didn't drink, let's drive him off, Mr. Cheng, give me the address." Liang Sizhe looked at Cao Ye after finishing speaking, "Where are your car keys?"

Cao Ye was so drunk that he frowned and took out the car keys and handed them to him.

"Hey, his car is not easy to drive," Cheng Duan deliberately said something else lively, "Aston Martin's manual transmission, Sizhe, can you really drive it?"

Liang Sizhe took the car keys and said with a smile, "I can drive a Maybach, so this should be fine." He looked the same, and he didn't seem to be too much affected by what happened just now.

"Oh, yes," Cheng Duan remembered this and smiled, "I remember the media interviewed you about your A1 driver's license."

Cheng Duan helped Cao Ye into the car, and then sent Cao Ye's address to Liang Sizhe. After a few words of advice, he left with He Fangwen. He had to go up to deal with the matter of sealing, but was disturbed by Lin Yan. Tonight's finale The end of the feast got rather tricky.