The Eye of the Storm

Yinsi Street, Blue Banquet...

The car stopped at the intersection of traffic lights, and Liang Sizhe recalled the time ten years ago with some ecstasy.The memory is too long, so that everything at present seems a little unreal.

It's been a long time since I've been to Yinsi... How long has it been?Liang Sizhe put his hands on the steering wheel and thought about it briefly, about three or four years ago.

He always went to Yinsi when the filming of "Thirteen Days" was finished. At that time, his thoughts on Cao Ye were not so clear, but he missed the time in Yinsi very much.He couldn't get in touch with Cao Ye at that time either, Cao Ye seemed to be avoiding him intentionally and was not happy to see him.At that time, "Thirteen Days" was still in post-production, and it hadn't been screened or won an award. He didn't have much exposure yet, and he was very free. Wearing a baseball cap and leading Xiaobai for a walk, it was a flash in Yinsi. afternoon.

After "Thirteen Days" won the award, he went less often. Once he was leading Xiaobai and was about to turn in when he suddenly noticed paparazzi following him, so he turned around and walked around the street for a while. I circled and went home, because I didn't want the media to take pictures of Yin Si.

After "Red Man Red Woman", the public's curiosity about him suddenly soared. No matter where he went, people followed him, forcing him to practice good driving skills. If he went to Yinsi, he would get rid of four or five cars following him. car.Yinsi started to be demolished since then. Lanyan, Laodu Noodle House, the bar on the street... were all razed overnight by a forklift and turned into ruins. He looked in a bad mood, as if he was concerned about Yinsi Si's memory also collapsed.After that, he seldom went to Yinsi again.

Later, he only went there once. After "Wangchuanzhichuan" won the award in Cannes, he couldn't resist going back to Beijing that night.

Yinsi has become very clean and has been planned as a green area. The former fireworks are gone. Standing on the street late at night, he only feels that it is a strange place.But I still walked around the street and found a new hidden underground bar at the end of the street. The name is quite special, called "Shao", the light sign is brand new, and the bar looks like it has just been built.

He walked in and had a look, and the long spiral staircase was invisible. He stood on the top step, leaning against the wall, listening to the faint music coming from below. He didn't know how long he listened until someone turned out from below. , Walking up the stairs, he got up and left.

As a result, reports came out the next day, saying that he went to the underground bar alone late at night, suspected of getting drunk for pleasure.The report was vague and seemed to say nothing, but gave people a lot of room for imagination.After that, rumors about Liang Sizhe being a nightclub cafe spread like crazy.

——I just didn’t expect that Cao Ye would open that bar.If we walked down the long spiral staircase and saw Huang Ying, what would happen to him and Cao Ye now?

The car turned into Yinsi from the main road, and at a distance of [-] meters, Liang Sizhe saw a police car parked in front of the bar. There were probably hundreds of people around, all squatting at the end of the street with their heads in their hands. Several policemen were walking around with electric batons in their hands. Searches and interrogations appear to be ongoing.

A policeman standing in front of the police car should be the main person in charge of the search. He looked serious and was talking to the excited girl in front of him.

As soon as the car approached, a policeman with an electric baton came to stop him: "Stop the car, what are you doing here?!"

The car window fell slowly, Liang Sizhe didn't wear a hat or sunglasses, a flamboyant face was clearly revealed, no one didn't know him.The policeman was stunned for a moment: "...Liang Sizhe?"

"Well," Liang Sizhe said, "this bar belongs to my friend, and I'll help him deal with things tonight."

Huang Ying's negotiating voice came from the other side of the street, her tone anxious: "...It really has nothing to do with our bar, this person was brought by an acquaintance, and it's the first time here today... My boss can't come here, he's drunk, really ..."

The policeman who came to stop the car walked over and said a few words to the person in charge. The person in charge came over. Liang Sizhe turned off the car, took off his seat belt, opened the door and got out, shaking hands with the person in charge.

Liang Sizhe got out of the car and squatted among dozens of people not far away, when someone spotted him.

"Fuck! Liang Sizhe!" Someone yelled first, with obvious drunkenness in his voice.

The crowd quickly became agitated. This speakeasy was originally a habitat for independent filmmakers.This group of people are free, ambitious, and helpless. They spend their lives drunk and dreaming in this underground bar every day. Seeing Liang Sizhe now, they forgot that they were still being searched. Several people even stood up, trying to see clearly .

"Squat down!" The policeman held an electric baton to maintain order, "Those over there, you! Squat down!"

But it was useless, the commotion was not quiet for a few seconds, and when Liang Sizhe followed the person in charge and approached the police car a few steps away, the commotion of the crowd suddenly soared to an uncontrollable level.

"Liang Sizhe!"

"Liang Sizhe is amazing!"

"I love "Red Man Red Woman"!"

"You did a damn good job in "Wangchuan"!"

……

Shouts came and went, the scene was uncontrollable for a while, and even flashlights were turned on.

Liang Sizhe didn't react the whole time, and followed the police to the side of the police as usual.The policeman opened the car door, and he sat down low.

It was not until the police car drove away for a while that the commotion completely subsided.

Liang Sizhe was the biggest change in this incident tonight, and no one expected him to appear here suddenly.

After Huang Ying finished the phone call, she was afraid that he would really come, so she made a few more calls, but they were all prompted to turn off the phone—after Liang Sizhe hung up the call, she turned off Cao Ye's cell phone.

"Are you really okay?" After getting into the car, Huang Ying turned her face to the rear window with some concern, "It seems that someone took a photo with a mobile phone just now."

"It's okay," Liang Sizhe looked at Huang Ying and asked, "What's going on in the bar?" Huang Ying has changed a lot compared to before. When she was in a boarding high school ten years ago, she looked like a rebellious girl, but now she seems to be quite reliable when she talks and does things. Spectrum, with smoky makeup on his face, much prettier than before.

"Can I say Officer Liu?" Huang Ying turned her head to seek the opinion of the person in charge on the co-pilot, and after getting permission, she sighed, "In our bar, we usually come to independent filmmakers, underground bars, The location is also relatively hidden, usually no one will come here, so it is basically regular customers gathering together for a drink. Today, a customer brought a friend over, and he is also a director. I have seen the film directed by him. Seriously. The short video was okay, so I let him in without checking anything, who would have thought that he was carrying drugs..."

Liang Sizhe nodded and said nothing.

The police car stopped in front of the nearby police station, Liang Sizhe got out of the car, and took notes separately from Huang Ying.

Cao Ye is the legal person of the bar, so the questions in the transcript are all about Cao Ye. The police want to confirm that he, as the operator, has no direct relationship with tonight's drug dealing incident.

It was past one o'clock in the morning after finishing the record, and the people gathered in the bar tonight were also brought over for urine tests one by one.By the time the inspection and interrogation results came out, it was almost four o'clock in the morning.The process went smoothly, except for the person carrying the drugs, the test results of the others were all fine.

The police were very polite and sent someone to drive the two of them back.Liang Sizhe is a public figure, they have to guarantee his personal safety.

When we returned to Yinsi Street, the doorway was deserted.A corner of the sky is faintly lit up, it is the moment when night and day are intertwined, it is gray, and it is not yet clear.

After getting off the police car, Huang Ying dared to open her mouth and talk to Liang Sizhe: "Why are you really here? In fact, it's no big deal if you don't come. At most, I will be detained for one night. When Cao Ye wakes up tomorrow, he will cooperate with an investigation." , find someone to clear it up, and the matter will be over..."

"Isn't it the same result now?" Liang Sizhe glanced at her, "It's the same whether I come or he comes."

Huang Ying was speechless.I have to admit that Liang Sizhe's visit really helped a lot. Originally, it involved such a sensitive matter as drugs. The bar had to be closed for half a year for rectification. Liang Sizhe probably found a friend to deal with it. Now it only needs to close for ten days.If Cao Ye came over, the result would be the same, but...

"What is it?" Huang Ying said worriedly, "What if the photo is posted on the Internet..." She said as she took out her phone, "I'll search the Internet for news..."

"Stop searching," Liang Sizhe pulled out the phone from her hand, turned off the screen and held it in his hand, and said with a smile, "Are you trying to embarrass me by finding it now?"

"If you find out, ask your agent to make public relations as soon as possible..."

"How many hours has it been since the flash went on?"

"Three or four hours? What?"

"Three or four hours..." Liang Sizhe shook his head with a chuckle, "If it was really posted on the Internet, it is likely to have been a round of trending searches by now. There are very few late-night topics, so it is easy to get on the trending searches."

"Then, what should I do..."

"If you can't stop it, let it be." Liang Sizhe returned the phone to her, and looked up at the sky, "Since it's not yet dawn, let's pretend that nothing happened, and we'll talk about it after dawn."

He had a natural look on his face, and he didn't seem to be worried about what might happen. Huang Ying was unconsciously put at ease by him, but she still hesitated and said, "Oh... okay."

"Let's talk about something else." Liang Sizhe walked across the street and sat on a long wooden stool. "For example, why do you still have contact with Cao Ye?"

"We..." Huang Ying also sat down with him, and recalled, "In the winter after you and Cao Ye left, you should still be playing Xiaoman. Cao Ye came a few times and said he wanted to see the snow fall. What exactly is Yinsi like, but that winter was very dry and there was no snow, so he left me his contact information, saying that when it snows in Yinsi, he must take a photo and send it to him. So Lan Yan Before the demolition, I would take photos and send them to him every year, and he would also call me to chat with me, and we have been in touch like this...By the way, why are you two together tonight? I heard you talk about you on the phone It's Liang Sizhe, I can't even believe it."

"Cao Ye is drunk at the finale banquet tonight, so I'll take him home." Liang Sizhe turned to look at her sideways, and repeated her name, "Huang Ying, thanks to your special name."

"Otherwise you would have hung up the phone, wouldn't you?" Huang Ying said with a smile, "It's incredible that you still remember me."

"I remember everything about Yinsi Street." Liang Sizhe said with a smile.

"Back then, you two still lived in the broken building of my house. Those sisters said that you two would be big stars in the future," Huang Ying said with emotion, "And now you are the best actor. What should I call you? Best actor Liang?"

"Liang Sizhe, just call me by name." Liang Sizhe looked up at the bar in front of him. The word "burn" with the flame effect has been extinguished, and the gray-white signboard blends with the bright sky. "When will this bar Cao Ye?" It's open?"

"It was more than three years ago, a few months earlier than Lomon. I still remember the news that you were shortlisted for Cannes spread all over the country when it opened."

Liang Sizhe nodded, and Huang Ying continued: "It's not easy to open this bar. Don't think it's a hidden place. At that time, Cao Ye paid a lot of money to buy it. There are green areas in front, and the environment is actually special. It is suitable for opening a high-end hotel. During the bidding, many big catering groups came to snatch it up, and somehow he got it later... This bar has been very twists and turns after it opened, you don't know..."

Liang Sizhe looked at her: "Huh? What happened?"

"When Luomeng was founded, its foundation was not stable. There was a film that was temporarily withdrawn by investors. The company's capital turnover was difficult and the capital chain was broken. At that time, Luomeng almost collapsed. Cao Ye went to his uncle Cao Xiuyan for help. You know Well, even the boss of the Canis Group, he also took a fancy to this place, and said that as long as Cao Ye gave it to him, he would help with all the financial problems that Luomeng encountered in the next three years. But Cao Ye said I didn’t agree to anything, and I still saved the bar.”

"So that's when the three-year gambling agreement between Luo Meng and Ganis was signed?"

"It should be. I didn't participate in the gambling agreement or anything. I just helped him manage this bar. Anyway, he was in a bad mood at the time, and he came here to sleep every day."

"sleep?"

"Well," Huang Ying pointed to a short building in front, "It's right there. There's a small theater inside. Cao Ye likes to sleep there the most. When he can't sleep, he comes here to sleep."

"Can you go in and take a look?"

"Okay, let's go, I'll take you for a stroll, you should like it quite a bit."