"Okay, then I will stop teasing you, but if they want to trick you I can't stop them."
"It's okay. I just said you can't drink until you are unconscious. A little bit is still okay... Brother Wang, you have worked hard these days."
"Hey, it's a small matter. It's not like you don't pay me a salary. Why bother?" Brother Wang smiled and said, "Then I'll go and get busy. If you need anything, just call me."
"Well, go ahead."
Brother Wang said hello and turned around to leave. In the huge studio, people who moved equipment were moving equipment, and those who packed things were packing up. It was a busy scene.
After the hustle and bustle, parting comes, and this is never the case. No matter how many memories, laughter and tears there are in the process, whether it is more joy or hardship, his first movie is finally coming to an end.
It's ironic to say that the reason why I got involved in the film industry was for Gu Guanxue, but when I was actually filming a big screen movie, that girl never appeared from beginning to end. I had promised to let her
The joke about being the heroine of her debut movie really became a joke.
How they were together day and night when they were making the micro-movie, and how they are strangers now. Such a subtle contrast made Ning Yuan couldn't help but laugh at himself, not knowing what expression to use to express his innermost emotions.
The middle-aged person in charge of the Pistachio Theater Company did not know when he appeared in the distance. He stayed there for a moment and then suddenly walked towards where Ning Yuan was standing. Ning Yuan looked up and saw the person and interrupted himself.
He took a deep breath and took the initiative to say hello:
"Why do you always have time to come over and take a look?"
"I've been here these days, I just didn't show up." The middle-aged person in charge smiled, reached out and took out the cigarette case: "Do you want to smoke?"
"Do you think I've smoked this thing these days?"
Looking at this skilled movement, he was probably a long-time smoker. Master Ning declined the old smoker's invitation, shook his head slightly and said:
"You should stop smoking. I think your complexion is not as good as before."
"I have been used to it for many years and cannot change it." The person in charge smiled again: "It is better not to smoke. It is better for young people not to smoke..."
He fell into silence for a while, looked at the busy people coming and going in front of him, puffed away some smoke, and then flicked the ashes of his cigarette.
"...Do you think this show will be popular?"
"Why can't it be popular?" Ning Yuan asked with a smile: "With such a group of hard-working people working together for so long, we will be sorry if it doesn't become popular."
"That's right..." The person in charge had complicated eyes and said softly: "Director Ning... thank you."
"I'm the one who should say thank you." Ning Yuan pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "You treat me like an outsider now, don't you? It's me who lends you the actors in your troupe. I guess it's delayed your troupe's performance plans these days, right? Why?
It’s the creditor’s turn to say thank you.”
The middle-aged person in charge also knew that redundant words are meaningless. No matter how much you say, it is better to remember it in your heart. So he nodded slightly and took a long puff of cigarette:
"I won't say anything super pretentious...Xiao Ning, when you come to Yanjing in the future, remember to come and have dinner with me."
"That's natural. Uncle, do you have any good wine at home? Although I don't smoke, I can have a few drinks~"
"Yes, thirty years of Moutai is enough!"
The two looked at each other and laughed heartily. The person in charge calmed down and looked forward, then softly said: "I plan to listen to your opinion, Xiaoning, and merge with the Mahua Troupe."
"Really? Why did you suddenly figure it out?"
Master Ning was very surprised. He originally thought that he would be unlikely to persuade the other party without any reason, so he did not insist on this aspect and mentioned the right as a good thing - after all, he would not be able to catch one of them in the future.
Fat sheep gather wool. What's more, the vigorous development of the industry is more beneficial in the long run. A single standout can easily be destroyed by the wind. He naturally understands this simple truth.
"How else can I figure it out? That's all." The person in charge smiled and said: "The grievances of the older generation are actually not important anymore. We are short of money and they are short of people. They are very complementary to each other in the first place. It's just that
Over the years, we have been trying to save face and refused to bow to each other... Now with Xiao Ning and your movie as lubricant, it is actually enough for each of us to take a step back in the following matters."
"Then a good relationship means good things come in pairs. Uncle, you can also come to the wedding banquet tonight."
"It's not appropriate for me to go."
"What's inappropriate? I still need a pair of chopsticks from you."
The middle-aged person in charge shied away twice, but seeing Ning Yuan's resolute attitude, he simply smiled and nodded. In any case, the good relationship between them was forged. Originally, they were approached because of Mr. Gong's face.
If he were to come again, I'm afraid Ning Yuan's own face alone would be enough to persuade many conditions.
Establishing good relationships and improving one's own strength and foundation bit by bit is the strategic policy Master Ning has set for himself. From the current point of view, the implementation is quite successful. When the movie is edited and released soon, it will be excellent.
The box office performance of "The Movie" will soon bring this group of actors with comedy talents to the forefront, thereby affecting the pattern of variety shows and the film industry.
Are you a little excited when you think about it?
After "Charlotte" successfully harvests the box office, the next film will use the accumulated capital to divert some of it to continue to take root in the entertainment industry, while the other part will invest in other potential blue ocean industries and be the first to eat crabs.
Only in this way can it be possible to achieve the almost impossible goal of walking into Jiang Manyue's house with confidence and greeting her family members one by one, right?
But...before that, wouldn't it be safer to deceive Miss Man Yue first?
Master Ning thought so, and he started to prepare in this way. First of all, he ruled out any insinuations and asked Jiang Manyue - this girl is so smart, in her words, there is only one possibility for Ning Yuan to deceive her, and that is if she is willing
cheated.
Not everyone is that stupid person like Lu Jiujiu. He didn't feel conscious at all when he was tricked, and he happily and actively asked the other party if they had anything else to ask... It made people feel guilty for being deceived.
The old rule is to find a mental retardation group...oh no, a think tank. As long as Xiao Zhao's restless factor is discarded, this secret should be able to be kept for a while.
But saying this seems to be equivalent to showing Gu Guanxue's cards... Chen Ling's staunch snow party members won't tell you anything about martial ethics...
Why do I suddenly feel guilty? Did Gu Guanxue have such a profound influence on me?
After much deliberation, I finally decided to rely on myself. The closing banquet was scheduled to start at 6:30 in the evening. After eating and drinking for more than an hour, I had enough time to go out and meet Miss Man Yue.
Confession? How could it be so hasty?
As I said, it was just a long time since I had seen Jiang Manyue for a long time, and I thought I should see her at least twice more before I left Yanjing and went back - I couldn't let the last meeting really take place at the airport.
Things developed as Ning Yuan expected. The only difference was that Jiang Manyue had something to do at home tonight and had to go out later. This made Master Ning a little confused - he had already promised not to stay at the wedding banquet for a long time.
If I don't get away now, I'll probably get drunk and dragged away by this group of people.
To run or to stay! That is the question.
At this moment, news about a top leading party appeared on the screen of Master Ning's mobile phone like a timely rain.
There was nothing much to say in the content, it was just some words of congratulations to him for finishing the movie. The end of the message was the key point - they knew that Ning Yuan might not be able to stay in Yanjing for a long time, so the four of them met and decided to give him a show before he left.
An early celebration party.
By the way, it was also treated as a farewell banquet.
Master Ning:?
Just left one wine shop and have to enter the next one? This operation sounds weird...
However, considering that the theme here is liquor and the theme on the other side is beer, whichever is the lesser of the two, it is better to go there to avoid the limelight.
At that time, Master Ning was still too young and didn't know about the benefits Xiao Zhao had given him. He had already marked the price secretly. The unsuspecting Ning Yuan went to the banquet alone, intending to accompany Xiao Zhao and others to spend this period of his life.
In the empty period without a full moon, who would have thought that he would be shocked to the spot as soon as he entered a familiar folk bar...
Why is it Gu Guanxue!? Xiao Zhao, you idiot is plotting against me again!
The girl sitting in the classic booth of Xiao Zhao's quartet in the distance seemed to feel something, and slowly turned her eyes to meet Ning Yuan's gaze.
Each other's gazes passed through the crowd, conveying the warmth and complex emotions in their eyes. Everything around them was silent except for the two people looking at each other.
Master Ning: "..."
He sighed softly in his heart. He knew clearly that he should not go in now, but he still couldn't turn around and leave directly under the sight of Gu Guanxue. Maybe she still had some shadow in his heart.
, the voices and smiles of these shadows remind him from time to time that he once liked this girl.
See you, see you... let's just say goodbye.
With this thought in mind, Ning Yuan's body stayed in place for a moment and then slowly started to move, walking in the direction of Gu Guanxue. The girl sitting in the distance relaxed slightly when she saw this, as if she was relieved.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Once the greeting begins with this sentence, it basically means that the two people have nothing to say, or they dare not say it. Ning Yuan reached out and poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all in one gulp, put down the glass, and looked at her with clear eyes.
Looking at Gu Guanxue in front of her.
Gu Guanxue didn't say anything. She also stretched out her hand to pour herself a glass of wine and drank it all. The graceful lines on her neck made people's eyes linger. She gently wiped the corners of her mouth and asked with clear eyes:
"When are you leaving?"
"It's only been the past two days."
"Don't you want to play for a while?"
"No, I've stayed long enough."
"Does Man Yue know you are leaving?" Gu Guanxue asked suddenly after being silent for a while. Ning Yuan heard this and shook his head gently:
"I don't know yet. I should tell her when I go to see her later."
Xuebao fell silent again. If he didn't have his friends to help him trick Ning Yuan into coming, he would have only heard the news about his departure from others, right?
Obviously it shouldn't be like this...What on earth was I thinking...
It's time to put an end to this absurd self-tangle... Xuebao took a deep breath, and just as he was about to speak, Ning Yuan across from him suddenly spoke in a confused manner:
"I seem to have fallen in love with Jiang Manyue."
"..."
Her heart seemed to have stopped beating for half a beat. Gu Guanxue stared blankly at the familiar face in front of her, trying to force herself to say something calmly, but found that her throat was surprisingly dry, so she silently grabbed the wine glass.
, it took a while before he gently replied:
"oh…"
"Congratulations..."
"There's no need to say that." Ning Yuan smiled bitterly: "I just said that I fell in love with her, but I didn't say that I was already with her."
"But... this will happen sooner or later." Xuebao's voice was so soft that it made people feel distressed: "When are you going to confess to her..."
"Don't know yet."
"So...making movies to make money is also to have the confidence to stand by her side?"
Ning Yuan: "..."
"So to speak."
He nodded, admitting it. The girl found that her strength seemed to be drained bit by bit by this answer, but she did not fall down. She tried her best to squeeze out a smile and said softly:
"This is a good thing."
"I'm very happy that you can come out. I was sorry for you before, but now that I see you like this, I finally feel relieved..."
"You are not sorry for me." Ning Yuan chuckled softly: "We are not wrong."
"No, I was wrong!"
"You're right."
"I said it was my fault and I was wrong. Why do you even have to argue with me about this?"
Xuebao's voice suddenly became a bit harsher. She grabbed the wine glass and stared at Ning Yuan for a while. Then all her strength was drained out again, and her tone became extremely tired:
"I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."
She wanted to be angry, but she knew that she should be angry not with Ning Yuan, but with herself. This feeling of powerlessness made Gu Guanxue very uncomfortable. She tried to pour a glass of wine, but she realized that the bottle was empty.
.
"Nothing..." After a moment of silence, Ning Yuan reached for another bottle of wine and tried to change the topic: "I'm leaving in two days...don't you have anything to say to me?"
"If you want to come and say goodbye, that's actually okay."
He tried to act calmer so that the girl would not notice that he was having the same thoughts inside. Gu Guanxue was stunned for a moment, then raised his head again and looked at Ning Yuan:
"If you want to say it...it seems that there is really one."
"Are you sure you want to listen?"
Ning Yuan: "..."
He took a deep breath and seemed to silently do some kind of mental construction before slowly speaking:
"Say it."
"Don't you keep asking me why I rejected you in the first place?" Gu Guanxue's eyes calmed down, and his voice was tired: "I'll tell you now."
"But before that, I want to ask you a question."
"Have you...really liked me before?"
"like."
"What about before?"
Ning Yuan knew that the girl was referring to his motive for approaching Gu Guanxue in the first place, so he shook his head gently and admittedly said: "I didn't like it at that time."
"Where's Jiang Manyue?"
"I don't like it either."
"That's right." Gu Guanxue said softly: "You approached me with a purpose, why didn't I let you approach with a purpose... Maybe I shouldn't have agreed to Aunt Xu's visit to her home. In this case, we
It probably won’t get to this point.”
"What you like may just be a false me. If you know this, will you still like me?"
"If I want to be with you, I may have to maintain the false illusion in your heart and be trapped in my own cage..."
"I don't want such an ending to the story..." Gu Guanxue said firmly. After saying this, she glanced at Ning Yuan and asked:
"Did Chen Ling and the others talk about my family's affairs?"
"Said."
"Then you should understand it easily." Xuebao nodded and said faintly:
"As a person who is not free like me, I even want to break free from external shackles. How can I take the initiative to hang a new shackle on myself?"