The Eye of the Storm

As the bathroom door closed, Cao Ye felt a bad premonition: things are getting worse.

He is not a public figure, and has no experience of being noticed by the media. He did not expect to be reported by the media just because of a fight.

Cao Ye took the phone and typed "Liang Sizhe" in the search box of the web page, and the page that popped up was full of reports about Liang Sizhe's strike.He clicked on the link on the top, and quickly swipe down to look down. The more he looked, the more anxiety surged in his heart—what's going on with this report?It is obvious that he did it by himself, but he did not mention a word of himself in the whole story, and put all the responsibility on Liang Sizhe.

At the end of the stroke, Cao Ye's fingers paused. In the accompanying photo, they were walking side by side. Liang Sizhe covered his face with his hands, but his own face was clearly exposed.

"Don't be photographed for a while." The words Liang Sizhe said last night flashed in his mind.At that time, they thought they were hiding from passers-by's mobile phone cameras, but thinking about it now, could it be that Liang Sizhe had already realized the possibility that they would be exposed?

Then he thought of Liang Sizhe, when he walked out of the bathroom, he took out his mobile phone from the person who made the video and deleted the video - obviously he knew to beware of sneak shots when he was drunk, so why did he walk out of the hotel with him?

The comments below the report were all overwhelmingly accusing Liang Sizhe:

"If you think the crew has no money, don't take it at the time. What's the matter if you stop halfway through the show?"

"Maybe I just want to take on the films of great directors. I regret halfway through acting, and my eyes are higher than the top."

"He ran away halfway through the performance, so who in the circle would dare to use him."

"Who predicted that Liang Sizhe wouldn't be able to travel long on this road? A fortune teller is so accurate!"

"It's really driving high and low, directly blocking your own way."

"It's not surprising that the best actor of the Academy Awards who was cheated would do such a thing."

……

Cao Ye tightly gripped the phone with his fingers, almost wanting to crush the fuselage. These people don't understand the truth at all, so why are they self-righteous pointing out? !

There was no sound of running water in the bathroom, and there was no movement at all. Liang Sizhe wasn't taking a shower or washing his face. Was he also reading these boring comments?What was he thinking about?

God...how did things get like this?Cao Ye raised one hand, clenched his fist and pressed it against his forehead. The veins on the back of his hand were bulging. He never thought that anything he did would be blamed on Liang Sizhe's head by someone with a heart. There is no way out.

So what to do now?He couldn't let Liang Sizhe get scolded for all the disasters he caused on impulse.

If this is the case, then he will go to the media to clarify, and tell them that he alone did all the beatings and strikes, and their false reports are all slander, splashing dirty water, and spitting blood!

He straightened up and walked out the door.He was going to contact the media and tell them that this matter had nothing to do with Liang Sizhe.

Cao Ye walked to the door, opened it, and strode out.

Liang Sizhe was leaning against the door of the bathroom, holding a mobile phone to reply to Xu Yunchu's message. Before waking up, Xu Yunchu had already called him more than a dozen calls, but he didn't answer any of them after turning his mobile phone to silent.

Before the news was sent out, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, followed by the sound of heavy doors closing. Liang Sizhe immediately realized that Cao Ye had gone out.

Liang Sizhe didn't know what he was going to do, but he always felt that Cao Ye's door was thrown impulsively. He put away his phone, turned around and opened the door, chased him out, and shouted at Cao Ye's back: "Cao Ye , what are you doing?!"

Cao Ye hurriedly ran across the corridor, turned to the stairs, and quickly went downstairs: "Don't worry about it!"

Liang Sizhe was holding onto the handrail of the stairs, and quickly chased after him, trying to stop Cao Ye.But Cao Ye ran very fast, the distance did not shrink, and there was always a few meters between them.

Cao Ye ran downstairs, and he was about to open the door to go out a few steps away. Liang Sizhe ran downstairs, stopped by the stairs and panted, "You really want me to chase you out, and you will be caught by the people on the street. Someone take another shot, right?"

After he finished speaking, Cao Ye had already run to the door and put his hand on the doorknob. Just as he was about to pull it open, his movements stopped.He turned his face sideways and swallowed his dry throat: "Then don't chase him out."

"You know I'm going to chase you out, so first tell me what you're going to do?"

"I'm not going to do anything, I'm hungry," Cao Ye lied with his eyes averted, "Can I go out and buy something to eat?"

"Go out to buy food, then why are you running so fast?" Liang Sizhe walked towards him and asked without giving an inch.

"Don't ask." Cao Ye said suppressing the irritability in his heart. Although he really wanted to open the door and go out, he was afraid that Liang Sizhe would really follow him out.

"Okay, I don't ask, then you go back with me." Liang Sizhe stopped in front of him, raised his hand to hold his wrist, and pulled him back.

"Don't stop me either." Cao Ye wanted to break free from him, but Liang Sizhe's fingers were tightly clenched, preventing him from breaking free.

"Don't go," Liang Sizhe stopped, turned around and looked at him and said, "Don't go anywhere, Cao Ye, just stay with me. If you're really hungry, I'll ask the waiter to go out and buy food for us .”

"Don't stop me, okay?!" Cao Ye suddenly raised his voice, "Are you going to make me act like a coward, get into trouble and hide here, and let the people outside scold you like crazy?"

"Then what are you doing out there?" Liang Sizhe looked at him calmly, "Tell them you did all of this?"

"Yes," Cao Ye said, he was forced to collapse, "I'll tell them, I beat the man! I said to stop the show! It has nothing to do with you, if you want to scold me, come at me!"

"Don't be silly, Cao Ye," Liang Sizhe laughed, and it didn't seem like he was smiling, but just turned his face away and sighed, "Do you know why they didn't expose you? It's not because they don't know you, because the producer last night Man, I probably already found out that your father is Cao Xiuyuan. He dare not take the initiative to expose you to the media. If he offends your father, he may not be able to get along in this circle. Don't run into the gun yourself and provide the media with new news points , you did that to let him succeed."

The young man in front of him knew everything, and his arm, which was struggling just now, seemed to have lost strength. Liang Sizhe could see helplessness, panic and hesitation on his face.After all, he is a young man who has just grown up, he thought to himself. He grew up soaked in a honey jar since he was a child, and his journey has been smooth and smooth. He has not experienced any major events. He is impulsive and fragile, just like himself playing the violin back then.How could he allow Cao Ye like this to be exposed under the lens of the media, and let him bear the scolding with him?

"Let's go upstairs." He dragged Cao Ye back.

"Then what should we do now?" Cao Ye asked a little at a loss.

"It's okay." Liang Sizhe looked back at him and smiled, "It's not that I haven't been scolded before. The substitute was scolded much more harshly than now, and it's just like that... Let's use an analogy, public opinion Just like the tide, there are high tides and low tides, now is the high tide, and it will be the low tide in a few days, if you don’t believe me, just wait and see.”

He spoke lightly and firmly, Cao Ye was almost convinced by him in a panic, and he asked again: "Would it be like what they said, no one will ask you to act in movies in the future?"

"No way," Liang Sizhe laughed again, "There are quite a lot of resources who come to me on their own initiative." As he spoke, the phone in his hand rang, and he looked down. This time it wasn't the manager calling. It was a call from the top management of the brokerage company.

"I'm going to answer the phone, you go back to the room first," Liang Sizhe looked up at Cao Ye, and joked, "Don't sneak out again this time."

"I didn't sneak out." Cao Ye retorted, after hearing what Liang Sizhe said just now, he has calmed down now.

Pushing the door open and entering the house, the bustling noise from the breakfast stall downstairs can be heard, as normal as any day two years ago, and the heated public opinion on the Internet seems to have nothing to do with the remote Yinsi Street.

After Cao Ye finished washing, he sat by the bed in a daze for a while. Liang Sizhe denied his practice of going to the media to expose himself. He was also persuaded by Liang Sizhe, but what should he do now? Just watch Liang Sizhe being scolded for this incident? ?

I'm upset, forget it, go out to buy some breakfast from the waiter first, I haven't eaten much since last night, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable.

He walked out of the house and looked around. There was no waiter on the third floor, so he had to go downstairs to find it—he might as well go out and buy it by himself, and tell Liang Sizhe, lest he mistakenly think that he had sneaked out again.

Liang Sizhe was on the phone at the far east end of the corridor, and he walked over. The sunlight that penetrated the window was very bright, a bit dazzling, enveloping Liang Sizhe in it.

Liang Sizhe leaned on the window sill with his forehead resting on his arms, and his thin shoulders shrugged in a bony arc.He was so focused on making a phone call that he didn't notice Cao Ye approaching behind him.

When Cao Ye heard the few words he said, his voice was not high, but his tone sounded a bit cold and irritable. Cao Ye had never heard his tone like this:

"It's fine to apologize, but I won't accompany you for a drink."

"I didn't say that the company should pay me liquidated damages. I can't afford it now, so I'll pay it slowly."

"...Then I'll play a supporting role and play some tricks, right?!"

"Why does the company hide me?"

"It's impossible for me to push my friend out to block the gun at this time, as I just said."

"I see, I need time to think about it."

After hanging up the phone, Liang Sizhe didn't get up immediately, the hand that answered the phone slowly fell to his side, and he kept his original posture lying on the window sill.

From a few steps away, Cao Ye could feel him let out a long sigh, which made his shoulders seem to collapse.

It was only then that Cao Ye realized that Liang Sizhe was only two years older than him, and he was also struggling and at a loss in the face of this unexpected accident. He was the person involved, and this matter involved his reputation, future, In terms of acting, he has just turned 20 years old, has only acted in a movie, and has only been in the public eye for a few months, how can he be as easy as he shows?

He obviously had a lot of worries, but just now he pretended to be fine, but he was so stupid that he really believed it. Should it be said that Liang Sizhe's acting skills are too good?

Cao Ye thought that maybe he shouldn't be standing here, Liang Sizhe probably didn't want him to see this helpless appearance.But he couldn't move, as if he was nailed in place.

Liang Sizhe straightened up at this moment, as if he was thinking about something with his head down. After a while, he turned around and was taken aback when he saw Cao Ye.

Before he had time to pretend, the fatigue and anxiety in his brows could be clearly seen in Cao Ye's eyes at that moment.

Liang Sizhe walked towards him, Cao Ye thought he would say something, but Liang Sizhe didn't say anything, he just stopped in front of Cao Ye, stretched out an arm around Cao Ye's back, and hugged Cao Ye with one hand. him, with his forehead resting on his shoulder.

Cao Ye could feel the weight of his body on his shoulders, as well as his breath, pounced on his shoulders through the fabric of the sweater.The distance was too close, which made him a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't push Liang Sizhe away.

"Is it from your economic company?" Cao Ye turned his face and asked him softly, "They said they want to hide you?"

"It's just a threat," Liang Sizhe's voice was low and vague, "Don't take it seriously."

"They want you to go drink and apologize again, don't they?"

Liang Sizhe didn't speak this time.Cao Ye didn't continue to ask questions.

They stood quietly for a while, and they didn't move when someone came out behind them.The woman cast a strange look as she walked towards the stairs.Liang Sizhe didn't straighten up until the footsteps disappeared for a while.

The anxiety and exhaustion from a few minutes ago disappeared from his face, and he patted Cao Ye's shoulder twice: "Let's go, go back to the room."

After returning to the room, Liang Sizhe didn't say anything, and turned to go to the bathroom to take a shower. Cao Ye was restless, and couldn't help but check the news on his phone every once in a while.

Lin Yan called at this time, and he answered it.

As soon as Lin Yan answered the phone, he said, "Fuck, Yezi, you guys really did a big job last night. The private room is too far away so I didn't even hear anything."

"You also saw the report?" Cao Ye asked.

"Nonsense, it's all in newspapers, TVs, and mobile phones. I don't think it's hard not to see it... No, you really beat up that producer?"

"It's me, not us," Cao Ye said, suppressing the irritability in his heart, "he didn't do anything."

Lin Yan was probably drinking water. Hearing this, he choked and coughed a few times: "Huh? You really went to the hero to save the beauty?"

"I'll hang up first." Cao Ye was in no mood to talk nonsense to him.

"Hey, wait a minute," Lin Yan stopped him on the phone, "I have inside information, don't hang up!"

"what?"

"I heard from my brother just now that you seem to have offended an investor? That person is said to have a lot of background, and the greetings are all on my brother's head. Tell my brother not to give him resources."

"Your brother will listen to him?"

"Oh, I didn't listen to him. We all hang out in the same circle. No matter what, you should sell him to save face. Liang Sizhe is not a big man. Using him or not has no effect on the film. And I heard that the investment Fang also knew the boss of Liang Sizhe's agency, and he had a good relationship with him. He just greeted him, and Liang Sizhe was not allowed to reveal the matter of accompanying him, otherwise he would have to hide him or something... Hey, why don't you talk? Ye Son? Can you give me a response? Where is he? Where is he going?" Lin Yan called Cao Ye a few times on the phone, but got no response, and hung up the phone depressed.

This phone call made Cao Ye a little confused.It turned out that this was what Liang Sizhe said by "Xue Zang" when he called just now. He wanted to expose the evil deeds of the producers and investors to the media, but he was suppressed before he could act.

It was like ambushing on all sides, the media, public opinion, investors, and brokerage companies were all putting pressure on Liang Sizhe, as if going in any direction would lead to a dead end.

What should I do... It seems that only he and Liang Sizhe are in the same camp in the whole world.

Calm down, think of a way, is there anyone who is not controlled by these forces?

Yes, Cao Xiuyuan!If Cao Xiuyuan was able to send Liang Sizhe from an unknown newcomer to the position of actor, he would definitely be able to take him to another awards ceremony.Moreover, there have been reports in the news recently that Cao Xiuyuan is selecting newcomers for the new film, because several newcomers have been popular before, this time the casting has attracted much attention.

——It’s really ironic, until now, the broken god is still shining brightly, which almost gave him the only glimmer of hope in this trapped situation.After all, when he thinks of the most powerful person in the film field, he can only think of Cao Xiuyuan. Cao Xiuyuan is not afraid of public opinion, dares to fight against the media, and is not controlled by investors. Moreover, as long as he asks for someone, Liang Sizhe's agency will not let him go.

It's just... Will Cao Xiuyuan help him?Cao Xiuyuan never uses the same newcomer twice, this is a rule summed up by the media, and Zheng Yin also said so.It is impossible for him to make an exception because of his unworthy son.

Then go ask Zheng Yin.Zheng Yin is probably the only person in this world who can convince him.

Cao Ye lowered his head to make a call. Zheng Yin was dragged into the blacklist by him early, but he found that he still remembered his number.

No wonder, since he was very young, every time he arrived at the airport, he would call Zheng Yin first.

The phone beeped twice, and Zheng Yin quickly picked it up: "Xiao Ye, where are you now?"

The voice was so familiar that it disgusted him, but he couldn't deny that he seemed to be relieved instantly. Once upon a time, Zheng Yin and Cao Xiuyuan were omnipotent existences in his mind.

"I'm at Lanyan, with Liang Sizhe." He tried his best to sound calm.

"You were the one who was photographed with Liang Sizhe last night, right?"

"Ah."

"You guys have caused a lot of trouble. Someone came to me last night to confirm that the person in the photo is you. If they didn't dare to offend your father, you have been exposed together with Liang Sizhe, do you know? Xiao Ye Don't impulsively run into the guns of the media, just stay there for the time being."

"Liang Sizhe told me."

Zheng Yin let out an "oh" and said, "This kid Sizhe is transparent, you listen to him and don't make up your own mind."

"Yeah." After a pause, Cao Ye said with difficulty, "Uncle Yin." Maybe it's been a long time since he was called by this title, and these two words seemed a little astringent in his throat.

Zheng Yin also seemed to be taken aback for a moment, before responding after a while: "Hey."

"I would like to ask you for a favor." Cao Ye said, "I heard that my dad is casting, and Liang Sizhe has no movies to act in. Can you... tell my dad not to choose, and just use him?"

"I'm busy..." Zheng Yin was obviously a little embarrassed, "Xiao Ye, you really gave me a problem. Your father is casting, but you know he won't use the same newcomer twice. For example, in terms of appearance, he is more suitable for Xiaoman than both of you, but he didn't even pass the audition. Xiaoye, I can help with other things, but your dad never listens to other people's opinions when casting ..."

"Uncle Yin, since I was a child, I have always thought that you have great supernatural powers. As long as you are around, you are not a big deal," Cao Ye interrupted him. Said, "I haven't mentioned the matter between you and my father to my mother, I think...you don't want her to know either."

Hearing that Zheng Yin fell silent, the feeling of the scar being torn open made Cao Ye feel a little painful and a little bit enjoyable. Bringing up this matter in front of Zheng Yin even made him feel a little bit of revenge. He really wanted to see Zheng Yin embarrassed and guilty. , because of this threat had to agree to himself.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Zheng Yin said: "Okay, I promise you, I will do my best to help Liang Sizhe get this role, but Xiaoye, you have to know that I didn't agree to you because of your threat, I want to talk to you In exchange for one condition."

He even did a decent job of whitewashing the peace, Cao Ye held back the discomfort in his heart: "You say."

"I don't force you, but you have to promise me that you give me some time after this matter is over, and we two have a good chat."

"Okay." Cao Ye said.

"Success," Zheng Yin responded, "Then you are waiting at the Blue Banquet. I am a little far away from the location survey. Let the driver go over and pick you up from the company first. We will talk about it after we meet."