The Eye of the Storm

On the day "Red Man, Red Woman" was finished, the director saw Liang Sizhe's script on a chair in the crew when work was over. He picked it up and exclaimed, "Sizhe, you have ruined this script!"

One side of the script binding has long since fallen apart, and was fixed by Liang Sizhe with a drawer folder, but almost all the inner pages have been softened and worn out by repeated flipping actions. Chang Ji carefully flipped through this unbearable script , filled with densely packed spaces filled with small characters, he sighed again: "The sum of the contents you wrote by hand seems to be more than the words in the script..."

Seeing Zheng Yin coming over, the director turned over the script for him to read: "Brother Yin, look, this is filmed and sent to the media, our film has another point of publicity..."

Zheng Yin smiled and said, "Then you shoot it, next time you see the reporters, show them."

Taking the scene seriously, he put the script back on the chair, took out his phone and called up the camera function, and was just about to point the phone at the script to shoot when Liang Sizhe put on his coat, walked over, bowed, and stretched out his hand to take a picture of the script. The script was pulled away, and he said, "Sneak shot?"

"Hey—" There was only a blurry afterimage left on the camera, Chang Ji straightened up and wanted to chase after him, "Sizhe, let me take a picture!"

"No." Liang Sizhe walked forward, shaking the script with his back turned to him.

"Forget it, forget it," Zheng Yin stopped him with a smile, "He's high-spirited, and doesn't bother with such hype."

"How can you call it a hype..." The recorder said with some regret, "What a good point of publicity."

"Since the play is performed like this, it's not bad for the publicity." Zheng Yin still has other things to do, and smiled while walking, "Actors should maintain a sense of mystery, Director Cao said."

After "Red Man Red Woman" was finished, the entire crew fell into a carnival atmosphere that broke out after being extremely depressed. Everyone felt that this film would become a classic in the future, because every shot was perfect, and Liang Sizhe's subversive performance was the whole process stunning.

At the wrap-up banquet that night, in front of all the media reporters present, the drunk Cao Xiuyuan said arrogantly into the microphone that Liang Sizhe is a gift from the creator to the screen, and after this film, he will become the dream of all directors.

He said that "Red Boys and Red Girls" only applied for the Academy Award this time, saying that since "Thirteen Days" someone said that Liang Sizhe was the best actor because of the stand-in incident, then this time he wanted to let them see what it means to be worthy of the name return.

The next day, the media intercepted this sentence as the headline of the entertainment news of the day. The accompanying picture was a photo of Liang Sizhe drinking with his head up. The 21-year-old boy's Adam's apple was rolling, and the greenness on his body gradually faded, revealing the fascinating hormones.

Three months later, the post-production of "Red Men and Red Women" was completed. Different from the strategy of "Thirteen Days" that won awards first and then released, Cao Xiuyuan made a final decision, saying that this time "Red Men and Red Women" would first be screened in theaters across the country, forming a The momentum of public opinion, and in the momentum of the whole people, let Liang Sizhe take home the second best actor.

So Zheng Yin began to prepare for the release non-stop, while going through the trial to get the dragon label, and at the same time inviting the media to hold a small-scale internal viewing of the film.

The media viewing of the film was over. As Cao Xiuyuan expected, the word-of-mouth of this film showed a situation of bursting praise. Many media accused Liang Sizhe of using the violinist as a substitute. Xiaoman is more vivid and profound, and he can't see the shadow of himself at all, and the film critics are not hesitating to praise:

"I just came out of the "Red Man Red Woman" internal filming meeting, and I can only use three words to sum up my mood at the moment: surprise, surprise, and surprise. The collision of talent and skills, Liang Sizhe once again contributed an actor-level performance!"

"I can't believe this is Xiaoman on the screen more than a year ago. The scene where Li Bian dressed up to attend his mother's funeral is the most shocking scene in Chinese movies in the past ten years."

"With reborn acting skills, it's hard to say who has made the role of Liang Sizhe or Li Yanyi. In short, this role is alive."

"Liang Sizhe is so beautiful, especially the part where she took off her women's clothing. The whole audience held their breath. The coordination of lighting, camera and actors reached the extreme. Cao Xiuyuan is a genius, and Liang Sizhe is a genius."

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When Cao Ye returned to China that summer, everyone around him was discussing "Red Man, Red Woman". Lin Yan showed him the poster saved on his phone.Cao Ye didn't pick up the phone, just glanced at it. On the poster, Liang Sizhe was leaning sideways on the door frame, and the various colors of light in the door mixed together and reflected on his face. The hanging silky red skirt is exposed, and then there are two bare calves and thin and pointed high-heeled shoes.

Lin Yan drank wine at the side, joking with a table of people: "The little beauty has grown into a big beauty, hey, Yezi still has vision. It is said that you are the lead in this film, isn't it, Yezi?"

Cao Ye didn't respond. Although he only glanced at it without looking at it carefully, the poster still gave him an inexplicable feeling in his heart.I have to admit that Liang Sizhe on that poster has a somewhat strange, gender-neutral, and thrilling beauty.

"When will it be released?" Someone asked at the table.

"I heard it won't be available." Lin Yan said, "It's a pity."

"Why can't I get on?"

"The subject matter, if you can't pass the review, if you can't get the Dragon Label, you can't release it in the mainland." Lin Yan's brother is the boss of a film and television company, and he has always been well informed about the news in the circle.

"If you can't pass the trial, how can you compete to win the best actor?" Someone said at the table, "Yezi, isn't your dad going to be slapped in the face? A few months ago, he even said that Liang Sizhe would win the best actor award again .”

"I don't know." Cao Ye said perfunctorily.

The subject matter of this film makes him uncomfortable, and Liang Sizhe's character appearance also makes him feel uncomfortable. I heard that there are some hidden homosexual plots in the film. Could it be that Cao Xiuyuan wants everyone to know that he is gay, and his marriage with Li You is A lie and a joke?

Maybe not showing it is a good thing, he can't restrain himself from thinking like this, anyway, Liang Sizhe has already received unanimous praise from the media with the early preview, and now he doesn't have to worry about not having a movie to play.

But he then thought, Liang Sizhe made this film for a year, but he couldn't show it in theaters or participate in the competition to win an award. Could it be that this film was made for nothing?He couldn't help but cast the fire in his heart on Cao Xiuyuan again - so why did he choose such an unpopular subject to shoot?

This summer, it has been a full year since "Red Man, Red Woman" was finalized, and the film was still unable to be released. During this period, Cao Xiuyuan started a new film, and Liang Sizhe also shot two films with great directors one after another - "Wild" And "The Wind", the former is an adventure film in which he plays the leading role alone, and the latter is a light comedy romance film with Lin Huan.

Liang Sizhe is no longer the rookie actor who was immersed in the drama two years ago and couldn't get out. On the day "Red Man Red Girl" was launched, Cao Xiuyuan told him that you should learn to act soberly and get out of the role as soon as possible. , and then judge your own performance outside of the role. Only in this way can you go further on the road of being an actor. "Empathy is hard to come by, but being immersed in the role for a long time and unable to escape is not the state a mature actor should have."

Thanks to Cao Xiuyuan's patient guidance, "Red Man Red Woman" Liang Sizhe acted soberly throughout the whole process, entered the role, then stepped out, and calmly judged his performance just now.

He is grateful and admires Cao Xiuyuan from the bottom of his heart. Cao Xiuyuan taught him how to act in "Thirteen Days", and Cao Xiuyuan taught him how to act in "Red Man and Red Woman". Without Cao Xiuyuan, he can only consume his talent constantly and become a short-lived It's just a coincidence.

One month before "The Wind Rises" was released, the film entered a period of intensive promotion. Director Xu Mingliang brought the male and female protagonists Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan to various talk shows. The combination of handsome men and beautiful women is quite eye-catching. box, must have caused a high-decibel scream.

That day, Liang Sizhe went to the show to record a talk show. He just got off the babysitter's car and was about to walk towards the dressing room when the assistant who followed him reminded him in a low voice: "Lin Huan is here too. Do you want to wait for her?"

Liang Sizhe glanced sideways.Lin Huan didn't come in the usual nanny's car, but a ostentatious red sports car brought her here.

Lin Huan stopped in front of the car, as if saying goodbye to the person in the driver's seat.

The window was pushed down, and the driver's seat was mostly blocked by Lin Huan's body, only a small part of his face was exposed, but Liang Sizhe still recognized the young man driving the car as Cao Ye at a glance.Liang Sizhe stopped and stood at the door looking at them.

"That's Director Cao's son?" the assistant asked in a low voice.

Liang Sizhe said "Huh?", and heard that there was something in his words, and asked again: "What?"

"I heard that Director Cao's son is chasing after Lin Huan, so it's true."

Liang Sizhe glanced at him, turned around and continued to walk towards the recording building of the program group: "What kind of aggressive pursuit?"

Seeing that he was interested in this topic, the assistant poured out all the news he had heard: "Isn't Lin Huan filming on the set recently? I heard that he stays with her every day on the set. The film crew sent food, and it was generous."

"Together?"

"I don't know about this, but... it's probably close to ten. Director Cao's son is also good-looking. Although he may be a little idle, falling in love is not getting married. Who cares about that?"

Liang Sizhe said "Yes" and didn't say anything more.

The elevator in the recording building was completely transparent. When the elevator was going up, Liang Sizhe looked down and saw that Cao Ye had already raised the window. After a smooth back and flick, the red sports car quickly drove out of sight.

Two days later, Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan went to record another well-known domestic talk show. The girls had complicated makeup and hair. According to the stipulated time, Lin Huan arrived an hour earlier.

The program crew arranged the two of them in the same large dressing room. As soon as Liang Sizhe entered, he saw Lin Huan sitting in front of the mirror. The makeup artist was applying eye shadow to her with a makeup brush. There was another person beside him——Cao Ye turned his back Leaning on the dressing table, talking and laughing with Lin Huan.

Liang Sizhe paused and walked in. Cao Ye turned his head and looked over when he heard the footsteps. When he saw Liang Sizhe, he was taken aback for a moment, but then he reacted and greeted Liang Sizhe: "Hi." Then he said, " Do you use a dressing room?"

"It's such a big dressing room, it's too wasteful for me to use it alone," Lin Huan closed his eyes and smiled, "Sizhe is here?"

Liang Sizhe said "hmm", stretched out his hand to hold the back of a chair and turned it around, then sat down, looked at Cao Ye calmly and asked, "When did you return to China?"

"It must be half a month."

"Oh yes, speaking of which, your relationship has a long history," Lin Huan said with a smile, "One is Director Cao's apprentice, and the other is Director Cao's son. How should you arrange your seniority?"

"What kind of seniority does this have?" Liang Sizhe took the script handed over by his assistant, looked down and looked at it, "Is it the same generation?"

"That's right." Lin Huan opened his eyes and looked at the eye shadow he had just painted in the mirror. "Will purple look old-fashioned? Is it a bit too mature?" She looked closer at herself in the mirror, then raised her head and asked Cao Ye, "What do you think?"

"No," Cao Ye looked at her and said, "It's pretty."

"Can I believe your eyesight?" Lin Huan said with a smile, took the lipstick box again, opened two lipsticks, and wiped each on the back of his hand, "Then which of these two do you think looks better?"

"This one." Cao Ye pointed to one of them.

"What do you think, Sizhe?" Lin Huan stretched out the back of his hand to Liang Sizhe again.

Liang Sizhe didn't answer right away, his eyes moved up from the script, first glanced at the back of Lin Huan's hand, then looked at Cao Ye: "Which color did you just choose?"

"He chose the one below." Lin Huan said for him.

Liang Sizhe raised his hand, gathered his fingers to hold Lin Huan's slender wrist, pulled it slightly in front of his eyes, lowered his eyes to look carefully, touched the color above with his thumb, and tapped twice on the back of her hand: "The color below is It's not suitable for you, or the one above is better." After he finished speaking, he looked up at Lin Huan: "What do you think?"

Facing his eyes, Lin Huan was stunned for a moment, then he recovered and said with a smile: "Listen to you."

Only then did Liang Sizhe let go of her hand, and continued to look down at the script as if nothing had happened.

The scene before him made Cao Ye feel a little uncomfortable.He could feel the ambiguous atmosphere between Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan just now, he had never seen Liang Sizhe's eyes, a little frivolous and playful, looking directly at Lin Huan, waiting for her to say the answer.It seemed that Lin Huan was deliberately trying to make a choice between the two of them.

What made him feel even more uncomfortable was that Lin Huan obviously chose Liang Sizhe. She quickly painted on the color Liang Sizhe had chosen, turned her face and asked Liang Sizhe, "How is it?"

Liang Sizhe looked up at her, "It's pretty."

Cao Ye straightened up from the dressing table at this moment, holding back the discomfort in his heart: "You guys talk, I'll go first." He also had a temper when he watched the girl he had been chasing for half a month flirt with his good friend , although he himself couldn't tell exactly who this temper was directed at.

"Aren't you staying to watch the recording?" Lin Huan looked back at him, and urged his assistant, "Xiao Mian, go and see him off."

"No need." Cao Ye said, and strode out of the dressing room.

As soon as he left, Lin Huan looked at his face with makeup in the mirror, and said in a coquettish tone, "Sizhe, what do you mean, you insist that I choose between the two of you?"

"There are still so many colors." Liang Sizhe looked at the script and smiled, "You can choose neither."

"You said that," Lin Huan tilted his head to look at him, and said bluntly, "Since you have given the choice, who can not choose you?"