The Eye of the Storm

Liang Sizhe felt that he hadn't been this happy in the past two years.

For more than a year when he was filming "Thirteen Days", he was trapped in depressed emotions all day long. After several months of filming, he still couldn't get out of the role; when he fell in love with Hu Yusi, he was in a bad mood. It's not that bad. Hu Yusi is quite mature and has a lively personality. He always tries to make him happy, but that kind of happiness just flashes by like a fleeting image, just a momentary thing.

The moment he won the Best Actor was quite happy, but Cao Ye avoided him that night, so he didn't seem to be very happy.

But at this moment, sitting on the side of the secluded street with Cao Ye, watching the streets and alleys they walked through countless times two years ago, he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.Even drunk was just right enough that he could indulge himself not to think about the things he would face when he sobered up.

The only thing is that Cao Ye doesn't seem to be very interested. Two years ago, he was always a carefree young man, but now his brows are furrowed, and he looks preoccupied.

Liang Sizhe guessed that he might have shown his inner liking too obviously, he should restrain himself and let Cao Ye be more comfortable with him.Cao Ye should still be willing to treat him as a friend, otherwise how could he stand up for himself just now?

Liang Sizhe bowed down, pressed the half-smoked cigarette on the ground and extinguished it, straightened up and looked at Cao Ye: "Where do you live at night?"

"Me?" Cao Ye was thinking about the next countermeasure, when he heard the words, he turned his head and said, "I live with my friend."

"Do you want to stay at the Blue Banquet tonight?" Liang Sizhe looked at him and asked.

Cao Ye was stunned: "...There must be too many people."

"After two o'clock, there are very few people. As for after three o'clock, it's as if no one lives in the Blue Banquet. You've lived there before, don't you forget?"

"Oh, I didn't forget... that's fine." Cao Ye said.Staying with Liang Sizhe seemed to be back to the time when Yin Si was there. Anyway, Liang Sizhe didn't cooperate with Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin now. Cao Ye thought that he had no reason to continue to vent his anger on Liang Sizhe.

At 02:30 in the morning, they got up from the wooden chairs and turned into Yinsi.

The night market stalls were all closed, and the noisy fireworks seemed to have not cleared up not long ago. The somewhat boring and heavy air smelled not really pleasant, but the familiarity it brought made Liang Sizhe feel Shu Chang, it seems like he hasn't been so relaxed in a long time, he doesn't have to worry about sneak shots or paparazzi.

There was still dim light in the entrance hall of Lanyan, and the shadows on the curtain behind the glass window were shaking, probably the waiter was doing the finishing work of cleaning.

They stepped up the steps, opened the door and went in. The waiter changed to a new person and was bending over to mop the floor. After hearing the movement, he looked up at them: "It's closed, no guests are accepted."

"Is the lady boss asleep?" Liang Sizhe asked.

"In the back room, what do you need from her?" The man looked at Liang Sizhe, probably thinking that he looked familiar.

The lady boss poked her head out from the back room when she heard the commotion outside: "Come here to do it so late—" Halfway through speaking, she yelled in surprise and joy, "Oh, why are you two?" She came out and looked back and forth The two of them tutted, "Have they grown taller? You are a big star boy, how can I accommodate the two of you here? This relationship is still as good as before. Why do you want to come to live with me tonight?" La?"

"Come here and have a look." Liang Sizhe said, "Auntie, is there anyone living in that room on the third floor?"

"No, how many of the people who come to my place can afford such a big room."

"Then let's stay in that room, okay?" Liang Sizhe asked, but turned to look at Cao Ye.

"Anything." Cao Ye said.

"Then there's nothing wrong with it," the proprietress said loudly, she turned around and asked the waiter upstairs to clean up the room, saying that it would be best to change all the sheets, quilts and toiletries, and then turned to look at them, "You two have such a temper Why does it look like it's changed?" She spoke bluntly, saying what came to her mind, "I remember that at that time, the big stars were not talkative, and the young master had a lively personality, why is this young master Cao not talkative now?"

Cao Ye was thinking badly about how to end the matter. Hearing what the proprietress said, he forced a smile: "Where is it, auntie."

The proprietress chatted with them for a while, the upstairs room was tidied up, and she led them upstairs: "Walk around, it's all tidied up, it's still the same as before." After walking up the three flights of stairs, I was out of breath, walked through the long corridor and pushed open the door, raised my chin towards the room, "Here, the air conditioner was still installed at that time."

Liang Sizhe walked in and looked at the room.

At first glance, the house hasn't changed much, but if you look closely, you can still see the traces of time passing.

The brand-new dark blue air conditioner was slightly faded by the sun, and the white paint on the wall-mounted cabinets was also yellowed, but the two beds covered with clean white sheets were still the same, one by the window and the other by the wall.

The proprietress closed the door, and there were only the two of them in the room.Needless to say, they all knew which bed they should sleep in.

Cao Ye sat down and took out his mobile phone. He was thinking whether to send Lin Yan a message, asking him how he should end up next.

Liang Sizhe sat opposite him, looked at him and asked, "What's the matter, what's wrong, tell me?"

Cao Ye was indeed not that happy.

He was thinking about what to do next, and the powerlessness after the impulse made him feel more and more irritable.

He couldn't help raising his eyes and asked Liang Sizhe: "That film...is it alright if it doesn't act?" After asking, he felt that he had asked nonsense. How did Liang Sizhe answer?

Unexpectedly, Liang Sizhe said seemingly indifferently: "It's okay, I don't want to act in that movie for a long time."

Cao Ye looked at him in disbelief.

Liang Sizhe said something like this: "At that time, I took the film because the script was good. Later, the crew ran out of funds a few times, and the plot was changed in several places. It has almost collapsed. It may be a good thing not to act."

"Really?" Cao Ye began to be dubious. He really felt that such a producer and crew would not be able to make any good films.

"What are you doing lying to you?" Liang Sizhe said with a smile, then looked at him and asked, "Cao Ye, have you gone to college yet?"

"Yes." Cao Ye said.

"I heard from Uncle Yin that you study film?"

Cao Ye said "hmm" again.

"Then we can really cooperate in the future. Is college fun?"

"It's nothing fun," Cao Ye said, "It's just... more freedom."

"Oh, I never went to college." Liang Sizhe sighed, lowered his eyes, as if thinking about something, and asked after a while, "Is it special soil?"

Cao Ye raised his eyes to look at him, and they looked at each other for a moment, then the two turned their faces inexplicably and laughed.What Liang Sizhe was laughing at? Cao Ye didn't know. He just thought Liang Sizhe's statement was funny. He had already won the best actor, but he still cared about whether he would go to college. If this conversation spread, he didn't know what others would think...

Just as he was thinking, Liang Sizhe suddenly raised his hand and stroked his hair.

"Hey—" Cao Ye reflexively raised his hand to grab his wrist.

"Oh, I forgot, I can't touch your head," Liang Sizhe said innocently, "You have to be considerate of a drunk person who has a bad memory."

Cao Ye took his hand off his head and let go of his wrist. He looked at Liang Sizhe. He didn't know if it was because of his drunkenness. Liang Sizhe's eyes seemed to be full of water, and his lips were particularly rosy. , a face actually looked a little bright, like rouge painted on the corners of the eyes and lips.

Inexplicably, Cao Ye felt that he was getting upset again.

Obviously Liang Sizhe no longer cooperates with Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin, why is he still upset when he sees him?What are you bothering about?

Annoyed but unable to stop wanting to see him, this made Cao Ye feel even more irritable.

The scene he saw more than a year ago flashed through his mind, the image of Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin's naked bodies overlapping each other, and then his expression changed instantly.

"What's wrong?" Liang Sizhe also saw that something was wrong with him.

Cao Ye shook his head, got up and went to the bathroom, feeling sick again, why did he suddenly think of that scene?

"It's nothing, I'm going to take a shower." Cao Ye said, he walked quickly to the bathroom, and after stepping in, he closed the door behind his back.

Standing in front of the toilet, the feeling of vomiting seemed to subside again. Compared with the strong reaction before, he is much better now.

Liang Sizhe sat back, took the pillow and put it behind his back, leaning sideways on the head of the bed.

Cao Ye's reaction was exactly as he expected, he took a step forward, and he would take a step back, if he was forced too hard, it would even make him feel physically disgusted and disgusted.

The happy feeling in his brain gradually sank to the bottom, Liang Sizhe thought clearly, maybe he shouldn't meet with Cao Ye too much, Cao Ye is like a large dose of stimulant to him, it can make him happy in a short time To the extreme, but followed by an inescapable sense of emptiness.

When he doesn't see Cao Ye, he can act, live, and fall in love step by step. Once he sees Cao Ye, he will feel that such a step-by-step life is really meaningless for a moment.

I can't indulge myself in indulgence, I still have to act, I have to get into the show, I have to keep myself busy, I have to win a best actor, to prove to those who bad-mouthed him, let them admit that they are wrong.

Waking up from that sinking feeling, Liang Sizhe began to think about how to deal with this matter tonight.

Although Cao Ye had just announced in the hotel that he would not be acting in that movie, since it was halfway through the shooting, the hard work of hundreds of people on the crew couldn't just give up halfway.The assistant director Xu Shu, the camera operator Lei, and Xiao Wei from the props team all get along well with him. He knows how much effort they have put into this film, and if they really don't want to act, he will feel really sorry.

What's more, he is the most important leading actor in "Quarantine Zone". In terms of roles, acting skills, and discussion, he is indispensable in this film, so the producer probably won't really terminate the contract with him because of tonight's incident.

But since tonight's incident happened, the producers probably wouldn't let go of the opportunity to make things difficult for him, such as asking him to accompany Mr. Yu to drink or something... Really annoying, how could this circle be in such a mess?Thank goodness it wasn't Cao Ye who entered this circle... Liang Sizhe immediately rejected this idea as soon as it came out. Cao Ye is Cao Xiuyuan's son. Who in this circle would dare to let him accompany him for a drink?

Forget it, if it really doesn't work, just apologize to the producer, Brother Hua is usually nice to him, so it shouldn't be necessary to force him to jump into the fire pit.Liang Sizhe closed his eyes and thought.

After Cao Ye washed up and came out of the bathroom, Liang Sizhe leaned his head on the bed, closed his eyes, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

He stood at the end of the bed and looked at Liang Sizhe, wondering why he was upset.

Then Liang Sizhe opened his eyes suddenly, Cao Ye's heart skipped a beat, he looked away uncomfortably, and walked towards his own bed: "I'm done washing, you go quickly."

Liang Sizhe turned to look at him, and he found that even if he knew that Cao Ye didn't like him and hid from him, he still felt very happy staying with Cao Ye, which was simply uncontrollable.

Alas, he sighed almost inaudibly, and got up to wash up.

Both of them didn't set the alarm clock, and they slept until nine o'clock the next morning, when someone knocked on the door vigorously outside.They were all asleep, and they were woken up at the same time and opened their eyes, and looked at each other sleepily.

"Who is it?" Cao Ye stood up and asked hoarsely.

"I," the proprietress' voice sounded outside the door, "big star, are you awake? Hurry up and read the newspaper."

"Oh." Liang Sizhe responded, sat up slowly, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, put his legs on the ground, and opened the door with disposable slippers: "What newspaper?"

"Look at this..." The proprietress handed the newspaper in front of his eyes, pointing to the huge headline for him to read-"Liang Sizhe Hotel Fights Producer, Let Go of "Quarantine Zone"".There are two accompanying pictures, one is a blurry surveillance screenshot, Cao Ye is pulling the producer by the collar to push him against the wall, and the other is outside the hotel, Liang Sizhe stretches out his hand to cover Cao Ye's face, standing side by side with him Take it in stride.

"You——" the proprietress was about to say something loudly, but Liang Sizhe put up an index finger in front of her lips to instruct her to keep silent.

Then he closed the door, pulled the proprietress a little away, and leaned on the window sill to read the content of the report.

The proprietress lowered her voice: "Did you get into trouble and come here to hide?"

"Yes." Liang Sizhe smiled.

The reason for the conflict was not mentioned in the report, and there was no mention of Cao Ye. It only said that Liang Sizhe and his friends beat up the producer and canceled the film "Quarantine Zone", which was halfway through the production. As for the reason for the strike, the producer The filmmaker said, "Maybe it's because the crew didn't have the money and couldn't meet his shooting requirements."

This is the worst kind of development. Liang Sizhe didn't think about it in this direction last night. It's not that he didn't think of this possibility, but he didn't think it would be possible. After all, before this, his relationship with the producer was pretty good.

But the producer's thinking is different from his. Exposure of this matter is a sure profit for the producer.One is to calm the anger of investors who were dumped last night, and the other is that if Liang Sizhe's reputation is ruined, no one in the circle will dare to use him as an actor in a short period of time, and Liang Sizhe can only continue to act in this film .Thirdly, if Liang Sizhe has the backbone and decides to stop acting, that's okay, the triple liquidated damages is enough for the crew to hire another actor with the same salary, and there is still a lot of filming funds left.The most important thing is that after this exposure, the popularity and discussion of the film have increased, and there is no need to worry about the later promotion.

Liang Sizhe pulled out the entertainment page, and returned the stack of newspapers to the proprietress.

Someone downstairs called the proprietress, probably because there was something wrong, the proprietress greeted him, turned around and went down the stairs, Liang Sizhe read the report again, then tore up the newspaper and stuffed it into the trash can.

Seeing that there was no movement outside for a while, Cao Ye guessed that the newspaper should have reported what happened last night. He got up and put on his slippers, opened the door and poked his head out: "What did the newspaper say?"

All the torn newspapers in his hand fell into the trash can. Liang Sizhe withdrew his hand and turned to look at Cao Ye: "It's okay, I just wrote a bunch of nonsense." Let go, "Go to sleep a little longer."

After entering the room, Liang Sizhe took the mobile phone from the bed and walked towards the bathroom: "I'll wash up first."