The Eye of the Storm

Cao Ye teased Xiao Xiaobai for a while, then got up and walked around the room.

The three bedrooms on the first floor seemed to be unoccupied. They were as clean and simple as a hotel room, with no fuss.The study looked quite substantial, the floor was covered with a warm gray plush carpet, Cao Ye took off his shoes and walked in, Xiao Xiaobai had been following him step by step, at this moment he also raised his legs and stepped in.

Cao Ye stood in front of the bookshelf, looking at the books on it.All kinds of books are carefully arranged by category. Books about acting occupy one layer, and books about directing and screenwriting occupy another layer.

Cao Ye thought of "Liang Sheng Zhu Meng", the only film directed by Liang Sizhe. Although the box office and public reputation at that time were not very good, judging by the posture, it should not be a film of the nature of entertainment.

The categories of books on the upper two floors are more diverse, including psychology, sociology, essay collections... everything, and Cao Ye also saw a series of collector's editions of "Jin Ping Mei" in a blink of an eye... Tsk, it's pretty good. miscellaneous.

Liang Sizhe's life should be quite simple, Cao Ye thought, if it is true that Liang Sizhe is a nightclub guy as the media said, he should not have time to read so many books between filming.Thinking about it, the violin boy back then knew nothing about acting, and he was a little apprehensive even looking directly at the camera, but it only took a few short years to reach a height that his peers could not match. How could it be just a combination of talent and luck? effect?

Cao Ye's eyes fell on the two glass cabinets in the lower left corner of the bookshelf. There were trophies and certificates that Liang Sizhe had obtained over the years. The arrangement of the trophies seemed to be disorderly. The Palme d'Or trophy with the highest gold content was placed In the innermost part, the age-old golden statue award trophy won by Xiaoman is placed on the outside.

Cao Ye stared at the Palme d'Or trophy, the youngest Cannes Best Actor in the country, no matter how hype the media lavishly touted, it was not as shocking as seeing this trophy with his own eyes.

Although he parted ways with Liang Sizhe because of "Wangchuan Zhichuan", now Cao Ye has to admit that Liang Sizhe's decision at that time was indeed beyond reproach. The 23-year-old Liang Sizhe should have cooperated with Cao Xiuyuan to reach the pinnacle of his life without hesitation, instead of standing side by side with a young man who was insignificant in his life.

Forget it, why did you think of these again?

Cao Ye withdrew his gaze, bent down and patted Xiao Xiaobai's head: "I'm going to make a record and come to see you next time."

Tsk, I talked to the dog again. When a person and a dog are alone, it is really hard to avoid this kind of thing from happening... He couldn't believe that Liang Sizhe hadn't talked to the dog.

Walking out of the study, Cao Ye looked up at the second floor. The door of the bedroom was ajar. Liang Sizhe should have fallen asleep.

You too, come and see you next time.Cao Ye thought, then looked away, and took his car keys from the coffee table.

When he pushed the door to go out, Xiao Xiaobai also followed. Cao Ye bent down to look at him: "You don't want me, do you? Then come with me."

Xiao Xiaobai seemed to understand, and retracted his protruding head.

Quite loyal, Cao Ye smiled and closed the door with his hand.

Sitting in the car, Cao Ye took the phone and checked Weibo for a while.

In the past, he seldom read public opinion by himself, thinking it was too inefficient, so Cheng Duan always asked someone to sort it out for him to read, but today he couldn't help but check it every once in a while.

Because Liang Sizhe showed up to pick up Xiaobai, the public opinion on the Internet calmed down a lot. Although the discussion on this matter is still hot, the direction of public opinion is not like before. become various:

"Where are those people who said Liang Sizhe took drugs? Come out and beat him in the face."

"Liang Sizhe's state doesn't look like taking drugs. After a night of sleepless nights, most people can't see their faces. Liang Sizhe's candid camera angle is so handsome, how could he be taking drugs..."

"Actually, the 28-year-old Liang Yingdi has a sense of youth... I remember that after "Thirteen Days" won the award, he was photographed walking the dog. This dog seems to be the same one. It has been kept for so many years, it is inexplicable I think Liang Yingdi has a little affection..."

"It's a pity that Liang Sizhe only has long-term affection for dogs, and he didn't have such long-term affection when he changed women."

"The drug use is actually hyped by Liang Sizhe and the film crew, right? In such a short period of time from being filmed to being clarified, how many hot searches for Liang Sizhe and the movie have been listed? This wave is really profitable."

"Showing up now can only show that Liang Sizhe did not take drugs last night, but was taken away by the police car for investigation and the nightclub cafe didn't have to wash it? Anyway, I don't think Liang Sizhe can completely clear up the suspicion of drug use. It's just luck that he didn't get caught this time. If you don’t believe me, just wait and see.”

……

Cao Ye felt a little bored, turned off the screen, and threw the phone on the passenger seat.

After going to the police station to make a statement, Cao Ye drove back to Lomon, but he didn't come to the company for two days, and there were so many contracts to sign.

Cheng Duan went to his office, pulled out a chair and sat down opposite the desk: "Go to see Liang Sizhe?"

Cao Ye flipped through the signed contract without raising his head: "I read it."

"Didn't you say there is no address?"

"Didn't you have your advice, Junshi Cheng? I asked him on WeChat."

"You really can't bear your temper," Cheng Duan said with a smile, "How is Liang Sizhe?"

"Fortunately, it didn't affect anything. He was already asleep when I left." While speaking, he scanned another budget and signed it.

"You didn't leave until he fell asleep?" Cheng Duan was amazed, "There should be a lot of business secrets in his family, and he actually left you there alone without worrying about it. I don't believe in the relationship between this old lover."

"You made a special trip to gossip with me, didn't you?" Cao Ye looked up at him after signing the contract.

"That's not true," Cheng Duan pushed a casting list in front of him, "This is the real thing. The casting of "Try Again" only has two protagonists, A Peng and the little boy. The little boy A few of the candidate actors will come to the company's studio to audition tomorrow, Apeng, who do you think is suitable?"

Cao Ye took the casting list, reviewed the role candidates from the beginning to the end, and then stared at the word "male lead" for a moment.

The role of A Peng is very special. He is a desperado in the underground boxing ring, a ruffian, a gangster, and he is not a good person. One day, a seven-year-old boy, Xiao Meng, came to his door and called him "Daddy", saying that he left him seven years ago. The next seed.

A Peng is addicted to drinking, smoking, and gambling. He owes a lot of debts and doesn't even have the money for a paternity test, but Xiaomeng has fallen for him. He doesn't care.

A Pengfa boxed hard and won thousands of dollars. He dragged Xiaomeng to the hospital for a paternity test.The appraisal result came out, Xiaomeng was not his son, but at the same time it was also found that Xiaomeng had lymphoid leukemia.

A Peng was so poor that he had no money to treat Xiao Meng, so he told the truth cruelly, and threw him at the hospital door after giving Xiao Meng a fierce meal, but Xiao Meng didn't catch up.A Peng walked a few hundred meters and turned back. Seeing Xiao Meng whimpering and squatting on the ground crying, A Peng beat him up again, saying you are stupid, can't you see that I lied to you just now?

Since then, Apeng has taken Xiaomeng in, took him to see a doctor, sent him to school, and taught him how to box. When he was working hard to make money in the boxing ring, Xiaomeng cried desperately below. He was afraid that Apeng would be beaten to death.

Xiaomeng left in the end. Before leaving, he cried and said sorry to him, saying that he knew from the beginning that Apeng was not his father.But before his mother abandoned him, she told him that good-looking people are soft-hearted. He thought that Ah Peng, the whole underground boxing ring, was the best-looking, so he made up his mind to rely on him.

The main line of the script is not particularly novel, but it has a high degree of completion. It is funny when it should be funny, and sensational when it should be sensational. The rhythm is tight and the lines are natural. In the current movie market, such a script is considered to be of high quality.

The role of A Peng is even more brilliant. The young father, the romantic prodigal son, and the desperate underground boxer are fierce and easy to soften at the same time. The layers are very rich. You can know how high this role will be once it is played well. degree of discussion.

So up to now, several male actors have taken the initiative to fight for the role of A Peng.

Who is right for Apending?He has to be young, able to fight, good-looking, and able to exude that kind of ruthlessness and ruffian...

Cao Ye sketched the appearance of A Peng in his mind, with a short piece of hair tied behind his head, wearing a black vest, revealing smooth arms, walking in a dilapidated alley with a drunken figure swaying—fuck , Liang Sizhe.

And it overlaps with 28-year-old Liang Sizhe.

Once this character is formed in the mind, thinking about other people, it feels a little less meaningful.

Thinking about Liang Sizhe again, no matter from which angle you look at it, it is very suitable.

28 years old, playing the role of the father of a seven-year-old boy, he can feel a novel chemical reaction after thinking about it.

Fighting scenes are also very suitable. The fighting scene in "Darkest Choice" can show the ruthlessness.

Good-looking, a little fierce, and occasionally a little gentle.

Cao Ye shifted his gaze to Cheng Duan's face: "Give me a copy of the project book and script."

Cheng Duan reacted quickly: "You don't want to ask Liang Sizhe, do you?"

"He's a good fit, don't you think?"

"It's very suitable, but do you know that he has a lot of film appointments? Song Kai, Yue Keqi, Fan Zequn, Lin Min... These big directors all want to ask him for next year's film, just from what I heard. , maybe there are some films with not-so-famous directors but good scripts..."

"Try it. The films of great directors may not be as brilliant. Did you forget the project that Lin Min talked to us about last time? The script is very boring... Besides, if you don't want to ask Liang Sizhe, let me hear something suitable for you? "

"I didn't want to stop you from going on an appointment. I wish I could have an appointment." Cheng Duan said with a smile.

Cao Ye took the printed project book and script and drove to Liang Sizhe's residence.When he drove into the community, he thought, should he ring the doorbell or just swipe his fingerprints to enter?Just swipe your fingerprints, what if Liang Sizhe hasn't woken up yet?

When the car stopped in front of the villa, Cao Ye unfastened his seat belt, took his mobile phone before getting out of the car, and was about to open the door when the mobile phone in his hand vibrated.

He looked down, and a push message popped up on the screen - "Cao Xiuyuan's new film is about to shoot a male lead or Liang Sizhe will be appointed".

Just as he was about to push the car door, Cao Ye paused, staring at the screen in a daze.

Cao Xiuyuan is coming back, he stared at the screen and thought subconsciously, five years have passed so quickly.

He touched the screen with his finger and clicked on the push:

"At seven o'clock tonight, someone ran into director Cao Xiuyuan and producer Zheng Yin at the airport. When asked if they were planning to shoot a new film, Zheng Yin said with a smile, 'this is why I came back this time', and when asked When it comes to whether he will cooperate with Liang Sizhe again, Zheng Yin said that the new film is still in the process of preparation, and everything is still undecided. According to insiders, Cao Xiuyuan returned to China this time to discuss the new film with Liang Sizhe..."

Well, it's a waste of time.Cao Ye leaned on the back of the chair and smiled self-deprecatingly. Since Cao Xiuyuan wanted to find Liang Sizhe, it had nothing to do with him.

Cao Ye reached out, threw the phone into the passenger seat, started the car, and headed home.

This push came at the wrong time. It popped up an hour earlier, so I didn't have to make this trip in vain.

Liang Sizhe is also... Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin returned home, it is impossible not to say hello to him in advance, they stayed together for the past two days, and they refused to disclose any news to him.

When the car was about to drive home, the caller ID popped up on the car screen - "Zheng Yin".

According to the news, he got off the plane at [-]:[-] p.m., and now it's past [-]:[-] p.m. Zheng Yin has always done his work properly, and he probably spent these two hours talking.

Cao Ye did not answer the call.He had expected that this call would come, and he had already planned not to answer it.

The call lasted for more than a minute before it was disconnected, and Zheng Yin didn't call again.Probably also knew that he didn't intend to pick up.

I might not be able to sleep tonight, go to Yinsi.

Cao Ye parked his car at the gate of Yinsi. "Shao" has closed its business recently, and the whole street looks very deserted.

Wu Tuo closed the door, the bar was closed, and Huang Ying should not be there.

Cao Ye walked over and tried to pat on the rolling door, and the door rang twice.There were people inside, those students who edited the film, and the boy who opened the door was not surprised to see him: "Brother Ye came to sleep so early today?"

"How's the film going?"

"Ding Mao has re-cut the third edition, and finally smoothed it out. This time it should be almost done. Would you like to take a look?"

"I'll take a rough cut and watch it again, don't bother him."

He walked towards the small theater inside, and the boy behind said glibly: "Then good night, Chunmeng has no trace."

"Thank you." Cao Ye said, with his back turned to him and raised his hand.

He found a random place to sit down, the back of the chair was reclined, he leaned up, and couldn't hold back to swipe the comments on his phone again.

Regarding the possible cooperation between Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan again, the Internet is full of anticipation, and the previous discussion of drug use has been brushed down:

"As soon as Cao Xiuyuan came back, he asked Liang Sizhe to discuss cooperation. It really is true love."

"In the past few years, there have been too few good movies in the Mainland, so it's worth seeing Cao Xiuyuan and Liang Sizhe cooperating."

"Suddenly discovered that Cao Xiuyuan has never used a newcomer since he collaborated with Liang Sizhe in "Thirteen Days"... You must know that Cao Xiuyuan never used the newcomers that Cao Xiuyuan promoted before."

"At that time, "Red Man Red Girl" Cao Xiuyuan wanted to choose a newcomer, and there was a report, but I don't know if he was not selected or what happened. In the end, he chose Liang Sizhe."

"Liang Sizhe is amazing too. He hasn't made a bad movie in ten years since his debut, so there is no one who picks movies."

"Liang Sizhe took over a bad movie. Wasn't "Quarantine" so bad that everyone was angry? It's just that he broke the contract midway and stopped the show. At that time, he was drowned in saliva because of this incident. Now that I think about it, it's a shame that the movie was called off." The wisest decision he ever made..."

"If "Quarantine Zone" had been played by Liang Sizhe, it might not be so bad. It should be said that Liang Sizhe stopped acting at the time and ruined the film. Actor Liang's acting skills are indeed undisputed, but it would be boring to clean up these black spots."

Cao Ye stared at the comment about "Quarantine Zone" for a while, then closed his eyes.

It has been so many years, Liang Sizhe was still carrying the disaster he caused back then.

It's really strange, after they left Yinsi Street, there was no contact between them, but when I think about it, I can still think of countless connections, it's really confusing.

Why did you bother Liang Sizhe in the first place?Thinking about it, it really has been many years. When he bothered Liang Sizhe, Liang Sizhe didn't know anything about it.

I have many thoughts.It was as if he had returned to the door that had been concealed.

When he heard Zheng Yin calling "Brother Yuan", his voice trembled a little, as if mixed with some pain, but it was different from pain.

He reacted in an instant.

He walked to the door, raised his foot and kicked the door hard, stood at the door and looked coldly at the two overlapping bodies.

Cao Xiuyuan pulled the quilt to cover their naked bodies, then raised a hand and threw a belt over: "Get out!"

At that moment Cao Ye turned his back, and through a thin layer of fabric, the belt was pulled on the young man's thin back with a crisp "snap".

Afterwards, Cao Ye thought that he didn't want to hide from the belt.Just seeing the two overlapping bodies, he instinctively wanted to vomit and felt nauseous.

The belt fell to the ground, and he rushed to the bathroom in a few steps, retching into the toilet.

Cao Ye opened his eyes suddenly.

Dreamed about that scene again.The feeling of bloating and vomiting in the chest is still very real.

Those two people are like two dogs in heat everywhere.The thought came to him.