The Eye of the Storm

"Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan kiss the golden boy and jade girl on the street because of drama!"

Cao Ye sat in the waiting hall of the airport, staring at the huge headlines in the newspaper. The entertainment section of "Beijing Morning Post" devoted an entire page to reporting Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan's love affair, from film casting to theater release, analyzing their relationship progress in the past six months through clues.

The pictures are full of pictures and texts. Every time the photos of holding hands, looking at each other, and talking with each other appear in the newspaper as accompanying pictures. In the middle is the photo of kissing on the street.

Cao Ye closed the newspaper, folded it in half, got up and walked to the trash can, bowed and stuffed the whole stack of newspapers into it.

When he walked back to his seat, his face was ugly, the blood on his face had faded completely, and it was as white as a thin to transparent paper.

Several people waiting around looked at him, they didn't understand why this handsome and strong boy looked sick.

Cao Ye didn't notice the gaze from the side. He sat back on his seat, stared blankly at the air for a while, then bent his upper body down to his knees, and buried his entire face.

Three hours ago, at four o'clock in the morning, he was sleeping soundly when he suddenly received an overseas call from his uncle, the conductor of the band, saying that his mother, Li You, had fainted before going on stage to perform and had been taken to the hospital, so he was told to go back as soon as possible.

Cao Ye immediately woke up from his sleep, asked about Li You's current situation while getting dressed, the uncle spoke very vaguely, and only said that he couldn't make it clear on the phone, and asked him to catch the earliest flight back.

On the way to the airport by taxi, Cao Ye's hands and feet were cold, and his teeth chattered uncontrollably.

He thought about a year ago, when Li You got up from the dining table, he seemed to suddenly feel dizzy, and he supported the table for a while before recovering.

Cao Ye said that he would accompany her to the hospital in the afternoon, but Li You insisted that she would fly to Belgium with the band to perform in the afternoon, and go to the hospital for a checkup after the performance came back.

After that, Cao Ye asked again, and Li You said that he had already gone for a checkup, and there was nothing serious, but because the band rehearsal often stayed up late recently, and his body was a little anemic, which caused occasional dizziness.

Cao Ye trusted Li You from childhood, and he believed whatever Li You said, and never doubted her words.So when Li You said that he was fine, Cao Ye easily believed it.

But now he received a call saying that Li You had fainted before performing on stage-could it be related to the occasional dizziness this year?Cao Ye persuaded himself not to think too much. Li You has been in a normal mood for the past year and frequently flew abroad for performances. Perhaps it was just because of overwork that caused his physical illness.

But he was still scared. Sitting in the airport terminal, his two hands were unconsciously clenched into fists, shaking slightly uncontrollably.

There was a free morning newspaper in the airport departure hall, and he took one to distract himself and force himself to calm down from the overwhelmed tension.

Staring at the news on the front page about "Liang Sizhe's love affair with Lin Huan", Cao Ye tightened his grip on the newspaper again. He thought Liang Sizhe had done a great job, falling in love with Lin Huan was not enough, he had to make a big splash Everyone knew he had won the contest.

He turned to the entertainment page and stared at the photo of Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan kissing for a while. The news made him extremely upset. He closed the newspaper with a snap, stood up, walked to the trash can, and threw the whole pile away. go in.

The panic brought about by Li You's illness made him unable to calm down, but amidst the overwhelming panic, there was a bit of soreness that followed the beating of the heart and flowed to the limbs along the overgrown blood vessels in the body.

He couldn't explain how this inexplicable feeling was mixed in, but the mixed feeling made him feel so uncomfortable that he couldn't even stretch his body and leaned against the back of the chair, so he could only curl up and lie on his knees, pushing himself buried.

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Liang Sizhe didn't see Cao Ye again for a long time after that.

He thought that Cao Ye was probably really angry, and maybe he shouldn't have acted impulsively in the first place, and put a foot between Cao Ye and Lin Huan.It was rare for him to act impulsively and recklessly, but at that time he witnessed the scene of Cao Ye chasing a girl, and he was agitated by the phrase "fair competition" he said, so it was difficult to be a calm bystander.

He tried to remedy his mistake, called and sent messages to Cao Ye, but he didn't receive a response, and Cao Ye seemed to have disappeared.

One time when he was attending a dinner in the industry, he ran into Cao Ye's friend Chi Mingyao. With some effort, he got rid of the reporter and walked over to ask him how Cao Ye was doing.

"He has returned to the United States," Chi Mingyao said, "I haven't seen him for a long time."

It's mysterious, Liang Sizhe thought, and he couldn't find any information.What are you doing back in the US?Did you find a new girl to fall in love with?The next time I come back, the young master should have almost forgotten about Lin Huan, and he should be able to coax him well, right?

Perhaps he should really calm down, Liang Sizhe thought, he could live, work, and even fall in love peacefully when he didn't see Cao Ye, but when he saw Cao Ye, the illusion of calm he tried to maintain would be easily shattered.

The period when Cao Ye disappeared was also the period when Liang Sizhe's career rose the fastest.

After "The Wind Rises" was released, it was a huge success at the box office, and because the relationship between Liang Sizhe and Lin Huan was made public, all eyes of the public were on Liang Sizhe for a while.In the past, the few films Liang Sizhe made were all niche-oriented literary films, and his fame and attention were always limited to a fixed audience. in view.

Countless film contracts floated over like snowflakes, and Liang Sizhe began to choose a new film again. This time, he considered more factors, the story had to be interesting, the characters had to be fresh, the cast had to be reliable, and one more thing, after learning from last time, the crew couldn’t too poor.

After a year of tossing, "Red Man, Red Woman" was still unable to be screened in theaters. Cao Xiuyuan gave up the release strategy and put the source of the film on the Internet instead.Taking advantage of the public attention "Rising Wind" brought to Liang Sizhe, the number of broadcasts of "Red Man, Red Woman" has also been rising steadily.

The public began to pay close attention to Liang Sizhe, the youngest winner of the Academy Awards. When he stood on the awards stage two years ago, many people predicted that he would not go far on the road of acting, but now he has successfully performed Four characters with completely different styles - the juvenile murderer Xiaoman in "Thirteen Days", the fearless explorer in "Wild", the unrestrained and free backpacker in "The Wind Rises", and the "Red Man Red Girl" "The transvestite Li Xian who is not bound by secular concepts.

On the screen, his childishness, aura, and hostility are all beautiful.

But off the screen, he is passionate and mysterious, the more unpredictable, the more addictive he is.

Everyone says that Liang Sizhe is Cao Xiuyuan's most outstanding work.The Internet media even made a special feature, taking stock of the newcomers Cao Xiuyuan has made popular over the years.

Liang Sizhe and Zhang Minghan, who came from the same school, became a pair of antonyms.

Blessed by actor Liang Sizhe, the box office was huge, his popularity soared, and there was nothing better for a while. On the other hand, Zhang Minghan, who won the Best Newcomer Award four years ago, has disappeared now. Award" became the only highlight moment in his acting career.

In that report, the media compared the photos of Liang Sizhe and Zhang Minghan, saying that Zhang Minghan was not as good-looking as Liang Sizhe in terms of appearance, temperament or personal characteristics. Disposable, but he did not hesitate to mention Liang Sizhe several times.

At the end of the article, the author commented sharply, "Liang Sizhe who left Cao Xiuyuan is still Liang Sizhe, but Zhang Minghan who left Cao Xiuyuan is nothing. It can be expected that the best newcomer award four years ago would be Zhang Minghan Performing Arts The only splash in my career that was seen."

But the next day Zhang Minghan personally proved the error of this argument.

Four years after winning the Best Newcomer Award, he threw out the second visible splash in his acting career-blatantly accusing Cao Xiuyuan of indecent behavior towards him four years ago.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

As soon as this report came out, the attention of the media was all on Zhang Minghan.

Zhang Minghan stood under the camera again, dense flashlights turned on him, and the shutter clicked non-stop. The reporter put the microphone in front of him, scrambling to ask:

"Why are charges being brought up now for something that happened four years ago?"

"What evidence is there to prove that Cao Xiuyuan committed obscene behavior?"

"Have you considered calling the police?"

"Is there any other purpose in exposing Cao Xiuyuan's obscene behavior now?"

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Zhang Minghan didn't look at the camera, his eyes drooped slightly, he was avoiding and fearing the victim, he was completely different from the high-spirited young man standing on the podium four years ago holding the best newcomer award, his voice was not high, Answer questions from reporters one by one:

"The crew at the time should be able to see it, but I don't know if anyone is willing to stand up and testify for me."

"There is an ongoing alarm procedure to cooperate with the investigation, and the evidence has been submitted. I will cooperate with the announcement after the investigation results come out."

"I have no other purpose, but director Cao Xiuyuan will recruit new people every once in a while. I want to remind them that fame and future are important, but the psychological shadow left by it is also terrible. I put my heart into it because it hurt me too much.”

"As for why the accusation of what happened four years ago has not been brought up until now... I can only say that I was a newcomer at the time, and I was instinctively afraid of this incident, but now I feel that I should give an explanation to my cowardly self. "

As soon as this interview video was released, it immediately became the focus of attention of the whole society.

Talented director Cao Xiuyuan was accused of molestation by a rookie whom he single-handedly promoted. Everyone was stunned by the reversal after four years.

Reporters swarmed into Cao Xiuyuan's company, wanting to interview him, but only met his assistant and producer Zheng Yin.

Zheng Yin didn't realize the seriousness of the situation at the time, so he chuckled disdainfully and said, "If you have evidence, you can confront the court. If you don't have evidence, don't let him make you fool around."

The reporter tried to get an accurate sentence from him: "Then you mean that director Cao Xiuyuan did not act obscenely towards Zhang Minghan?"

"What I mean is," Zheng Yin kept walking, "an ungrateful and despicable villain, nothing he says can be believed."

As soon as the two interview videos about the accusation of obscenity came out, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet:

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——"And I remember that Cao Xiuyuan is married? With violinist Li You, Li You is too miserable, such a famous goddess-level figure in the violin world, these years, everyone has been Cao Xiuyuan's underground lover without any points, and finally exposed Such disgusting news."

——"I remember that Cao Xiuyuan is not only married and has a son. At that time, the media also broke the news that his son and Liang Sizhe were competing for Xiaoman in "Thirteen Days", and Liang Sizhe finally PKed him down."

——"Zhang Minghan is not a few years older than his son, right? Cao Xiuyuan picked a boy who was about the same age as his son. Homosexual cheating marriage and molesting a little boy is disgusting."

——"There is no evidence now, just because Zhang Minghan opened his mouth, then Zheng Yin has denied the obscenity, how do you know who to believe?"

——"Zhang Minghan must have evidence that he can defeat Cao Xiuyuan, otherwise he wouldn't want to make fun of his own future."

——"Zheng Yin and Cao Xiuyuan are a couple, don't you know? My friends in the industry told me that they have been in a couple for more than ten years, so Zheng Yin's denial of obscenity is completely smashing his teeth into his stomach Tun. When Zheng Yin can't take it anymore and Cao Xiuyuan comes forward and breaks the news, then this drama will be good."

A few hours later, a piece of news about Cao Xiuyuan was announced at the cusp of the storm—"Cao Xiuyuan's new film "Red Man, Red Woman" was shortlisted for the Academy Award, suspected of violating the rules or banned for five years."

The news was like a bomb with a ignited fuse. Once it was thrown out, it immediately added fire to public opinion.

Anyone who has followed this film knows that even with a character as powerful as Zheng Yin in the middle for a year, "Red Man, Red Woman" still could not get the Dragon Label to be released in the mainland. There is no way to batch it.

However, Cao Xiuyuan signed up for the competition privately without getting the dragon badge, making it clear that he wanted to make a bet on the outcome of the next five years.