Cheng Pei followed Shen Huai as soon as she graduated.
At that time, she was still a young girl.
In the second half of her senior year, she got an internship with the Shrike. She just wanted to come to the entertainment company to play for half a year and meet the artists and celebrities that she usually couldn't see.
After that, she went back to follow her parents' wishes and continued to study for a master's degree in economics and management. However, before she could see any celebrities, she was spotted by Shen Huai, who came to the company to inspect.
At that time, Cheng Pei thought that the plot of a Mary Sue novel was going to play out on her. The young and handsome CEO, the opportunity to be close to her fell from the sky. She was nervous and excited.
She couldn't even sleep.
However, the next day, when she went to Shen Huai's office to report,
She found that Shen Huai was fooling around with a very popular female celebrity in the office at that time.
Cheng Pei's Mary Sue dream was shattered. However, following Shen Huai,
She saw all kinds of celebrities that she couldn't see when she was an intern at the Shrike.
Moreover, they were very polite to her.
After graduation, Cheng Pei didn't continue to study for a master's degree.
Because Shen Huai said lazily, "Peipei, it's so troublesome to change assistants. Don't study anymore.
Anyway, I can pay you for the rest of your life. "
Cheng Pei didn't do it for this iron rice bowl.
It wasn't that she didn't believe what Shen Huai said under the bed.
She just felt that what she could learn here was much more than what she could learn in school.
It was much more than in school. She also felt that Shen Huai, who called her Peipei, made her worried.
As expected, a woman's intuition was the most terrifying.
Cheng Pei watched helplessly as Shen Huai and Ren Xuanyu, whom he had been infatuated with for a period of time, hooked up. In the beginning, he prayed for the two of them to break up as soon as possible. Later, when he saw Shen Huai acting like a cat that had its chin scratched, Cheng Pei became even more worried. It wasn't that a capable actor like Ren Xuanyu was being treated unfairly, but he was worried that Shen Huai would have to stretch his neck out to be scratched by others.
A few days ago, Cheng Pei had followed Shen Huai to the golf course to meet a business partner. They had bumped into an old director in his sixties who was playing golf there. A while ago, his film "Dark Alley" had just been released and the box office had been doing well. Shen Huai had helped him a lot. Shen Huai couldn't stay idle either, so he went forward to tease the old man.
"Teacher Liu Xinzhu, you're playing basketball. How is it? Has the financial crisis passed yet? I heard that you've used up all your money to film this film, yet you're still in the mood to play here. Is the box office good? "
Shen Huai tried to act pretentious. His expression said, "I'm your sugar daddy. Hurry up and thank me." However, the old man frowned.
"I've been filming movies for most of my life. Everyone is rushing to pay me for compensation. Why would I need to use up my own money? Where did you hear that? Who started this rumor about me? "
Shen Huai's expression darkened. He thought to himself, "Who started this rumor about you? It's all because of that male lead who was "eager to save his teacher"!
Shen Huai had lost money and resources, but the other party didn't care. When he came back, he locked himself in his office for the whole afternoon. Then, he ordered Cheng Pei to investigate Ren Xuanyu. Cheng Pei was good at investigating. She had investigated many competitors and partners, but she hadn't investigated Shen Huai's lover. When Shen Huai found a partner, he never asked about the origin and didn't care about the past. Cheng Pei knew that he'd killed him.
In the end, the result of the investigation showed that Ren Xuanyu didn't have any big secrets or bad history. Cheng Pei first sighed in relief and sent it to Shen Huai.
Shen Huai flipped it and smiled.
"He even told me that he's a straight man."
Two years ago, Ren Xuanyu had a few very brief same-sex partners. Rather than saying they were partners, it was better to say that they were lovers. After that, he didn't have any relationships with women. Cheng Pei thought that it was him testing his sexual orientation and then confirming it. She didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Shen Huai flipped another page. "And Peng Rulin also said that for this year's film festival, Shrike didn't plan to buy the trophy. He earned the Best Actor award himself. He had to tell me that Shrike bought it for him, as if he needed something from me."
Cheng Pei was a little puzzled and vaguely apprehensive.
Shen Huai continued, "In this circle, who would only start to doubt their own sexual orientation in their twenties? Who would decide not to fall in love in the future? Who would he wait for? Me? Now that I think about it, everyone pretends to be sincere towards me. Only he wants to curry favor with those in power. He doesn't need any of the things I want. "
Cheng Pei wanted to persuade him, but when the words were on the tip of her tongue, she felt that this kind of plot was too Jack Sue, so she held back.
Shen Huai lowered his head. His expression couldn't be seen clearly. After a moment, he closed the document, touched his chin, and smiled.
"Forget it. Maybe this is really an ingenious way of expressing love? He's been secretly in love with me for a long time. This is the only way to get close to me. Oh, it makes me look like a flower on a high mountain. "
Cheng Pei almost rolled his eyes. Love made people brainless. He really believed in this kind of Jack Sue plot.
***
Ren Xuanyu lowered his head and silently recited his lines. He paced back and forth in the hotel room, practicing his movements in front of the camera.
Tomorrow would be his last two scenes. The scenes were quite important. After filming, there would be a small wrap up party specially organized for him.
Shen Huai said he would come.
When Ren Xuanyu thought of this, his footsteps couldn't help but quicken. He walked out of the range of the pre-judgment camera. He hurriedly walked back and continued to recite the next line.
"I know that in your heart, the country, the people, and even an old locust tree in front of the door are more important than yourself …"
When Ren Xuanyu recited this line, he stopped and frowned. His eyes focused on the word "locust" on the locust tree. The more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he felt. This line was used by Mai Yijie in the play to persuade Rong Si to cherish himself and not to live for others. It seemed to be a good line, but the use of the word "locust" made Ren Xuanyu unable to continue reciting.
There were two knocks on the door. Pan Qi pushed the door open and came in with a pile of fan gifts. Ren Xuanyu looked up and saw him. He frowned and said, "Just in time. Go and tell the scriptwriter to change this line. Don't use the locust tree. Change it to another tree."
Pan Qi put down the things and came over to have a look. "Ah? What do you mean? "
Ren Xuanyu found a pen and circled the word "locust tree" and threw it to Pan Qi. Pan Qi touched his head and asked, "What's wrong with the locust tree?"
"Don't ask."
Looking at Ren Xuanyu's angry face, Pan Qi had to leave with the script. On the way, he suddenly realized that it might have something to do with Shen Huai's name. Pan Qi's jaw almost dropped. He couldn't figure out why an insignificant word in a line had to be changed just because it was the same as that person's name. It was really unreasonable.
After a while, Pan Qi came back with the script. Ren Xuanyu was washing up and getting ready to rest.
"The scriptwriter said that the locust tree can't be changed. The place where we set the scene, there is indeed a locust tree in front of Rong Si's house. That's why she wrote it this way."
Ren Xuanyu stopped brushing his teeth. He remembered that he didn't pay attention to the tree at all. In fact, he didn't know what the locust tree looked like.
"She also said." Pan Qi was a little hesitant but he was just a small assistant. There were a lot of big shots in the crew. He dared not disobey any of them. "She also said that there is another way to change this line. She asked you to go to her room to talk."
Ren Xuanyu spat out the toothpaste foam, rinsed his mouth, took the script from Pan Qi and left.
When he arrived at the scriptwriter's room, he knocked on the door. The door was not closed. Without much hesitation, he pushed the door open and entered.
The scriptwriter was a woman in her early forties. Her name was Di Yue. When Ren Xuanyu entered, she was sitting by the window barefooted and smoking. She seemed to have just taken a shower. Her hair was wet but her face had light makeup.
"Coming." There was a fleeting smile on the scriptwriter's face. She looked into Ren Xuanyu's eyes. "Which line do you want to change?"
Ren Xuanyu passed the script to her. "Thank you, teacher."
Di Yue didn't look at it. She was still smoking slowly. "What do you dislike about 'Locust Tree'? Do you want to change it?"
"It's a personal reason." Ren Xuanyu had always been prudent, but now he was almost rude. "If you think it's troublesome, I can change it myself. It won't affect the plot. I'll show it to you after I'm done."
After saying that, Ren Xuanyu wanted to take back the script, but Di Yue held his hand. He had goosebumps all over his back. He quickly withdrew his hand and looked at Di Yue with disgust. Di Yue was still a little embarrassed. She held the cigarette and combed her hair. "Am I the scriptwriter or are you the scriptwriter?"
Ren Xuanyu didn't want to say more. He turned around and wanted to leave, but Di Yue stopped him.
"I don't mean anything else. I really want to help you. Without Shen Huai, you'd still have a friend in this circle."
Ren Xuanyu turned around and didn't hide his confusion. He frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Sit down and talk." The female scriptwriter pointed to the bed opposite her with the cigarette. "We writers love stories. Tell me about it."
"Tell me about what?"
"The thing between you and Shen Huai. Is it so bad that you can't even see his name in the script?"
Ren Xuanyu had been enduring this woman's inexplicable and unreasonable approach. He didn't want to waste any more time.
"Scriptwriter, you want to tell me?"
The woman smiled. She didn't look embarrassed anymore. She said naturally, "Shouldn't you be frank with me? My husband and I are going to win the Nutton Prize in our next movie. I may not be able to give you the resources that Shen Huai can give you. But after winning the Best Actor in China, do you want to win it internationally? "
Ren Xuanyu was silent for a moment. He walked to Di Yue, bent down, and put his hands on both sides of the armchair where she was sitting. Di Yue looked happy because of his approach. Ren Xuanyu had seen this kind of expression too many times in the past seven years. Di Yue was not the first person who wanted to tell him about it, and she wouldn't be the last. No matter how high he climbed, as Yuan Han said, in the eyes of some people, they were still actors.
"Let's be frank? Then may I ask, teacher, do you want to be f * cked or your husband wants to be f * cked? Because even Shen Huai was f * cked by me. "
Di Yue's eyes widened. She was irritated. Ren Xuanyu straightened up and shook the script in his hand. "I changed the script myself, scriptwriter."
Then he walked out of Di Yue's room.
When he walked out, he regretted it.
Ren Xuanyu covered half of his face in annoyance and squatted down in the corridor. What did he say just now? He belittled Shen Huai to elevate himself, and indirectly admitted that their relationship was also an unspoken rule?
He was really obsessed.
"Brother, Brother Yu …"
Ren Xuanyu raised his head and saw Pan Qi standing in front of him with a worried face.
"What are you doing here?" Ren Xuanyu's expression was not very good.
"I thought about it, I should still advise you not to come. Even if, even if this person is very powerful, you don't need to rely on her." Pan Qi stammered.
Ren Xuanyu stood up and wiped his face. "It's okay, let's go."
"Really, it's okay?"
Ren Xuanyu nodded and took a few steps forward. Suddenly, he thought of something and turned back abruptly. "Just now, Di Yue told me that Shen Huai is gone …" He muttered to himself. He saw Pan Qi raise his head and look at him with a puzzled expression. The two of them stared at each other for a long time. Then, Pan Qi came to a realization and was surprised.
"Brother Yu, you don't know?"
"Know what?"
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