Be careful

On this day, Mu Chi personally drove Populus to the film and television base 300 kilometers away from the city.

On the way, he confessed some things that he didn't tell Pusher the night before, fearing that he wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully.

He said he would bring him here today to meet Andrew, and he thought that the temperament and ability of Pu Li could fully interpret the role of Chen Sheng in "Jianyue".At the same time, he also admitted that it may be difficult to persuade Andrew to change the lead role. After all, in the previous rounds of auditions, the old man agreed with Zhong Xinyang very much.

Pu Li wanted to persuade Mu Chi to change his mind. He knew that although Zhong Xinyang was directly cut off by Mu Chi, he was still silently trying to figure out the role of Chen Sheng. In addition, Andrew was optimistic about him, so Zhong Xinyang was the best choice.

However, Mu Chi expressed his own opinion.

"That day, when you and Xiao Zhong went to the swimming pool, I saw you." Mu Chi said.

Populus was a little surprised.

"It's nothing surprising. The swimming pool is close to my home and the water quality is good. I go there often," Mu Chi said, "If it wasn't for Sophia, it was the girl you met in the western restaurant that day. If it wasn't for the promise She eats, and I might watch you swim a little longer."

Poplar smiled embarrassedly.

"The moment you burst out from the center of the swimming pool, I decided that you were Chen Sheng's best choice in my mind."

After hearing Mu Chi's words, Pu Li was even more embarrassed: "Chen Sheng is not as simple as just swimming in water."

"Well, but Sophia said the same thing, she said you reminded her of the boy in the Fanni novel."

"She's your very good friend, right?" Pu Li couldn't bear Mu Chi's rampant praise, and wanted to change the topic, "I saw that you had a good chat at the western restaurant that day."

Mu Chi drove the car, smiling in surrender: "She is a mutual friend of Jerry and I when we were studying in the UK. I used to like Jerry very much, and I came back recently to attend his wedding."

Poplar curled her lips in surprise: "Jerry has a lot of love debts."

Mu Chi smiled: "He pursued Jerry, but Jerry had no feelings for her. He was pursuing another Italian girl at that time, so Sophia was unfortunately called by him to often be an interpreter. But, before he After catching up with the Italian girl, she already spoke fluent Italian and returned home. When he turned around, he fell in love with a boy who was studying in an art school."

"That art school student is Zhong Xinyang?" Pu Li asked.

Mu Chi smiled: "Yeah, at that time, Xiao Zhong was auditioning for a play and asked the actors to speak Italian, so Jerry volunteered to pursue him while teaching him Italian."

"Jerry used to love Xinyang very much, right?" Pope asked.

Mu Chi replied: "Love, very much love, he once told me that this life may be in Xiao Zhong's hands. He is so obsessed with Xiao Zhong, he tells me how cute he is every day. Adorable, almost obsessed."

"Then why can't they be together all the time?" Poplar asked.

"Huh..." Mu Chi sighed, "You and Xiao Zhong are so good, you should have heard of some ridiculous behaviors after his family knew he liked the same sex, right?"

The car was driving on a winding mountain road, and the fiery red maple leaves on both sides seemed to be oil paintings by masters. But when Pope recalled the intermittent and crying phone call Zhong Xinyang had made before, the scenery outside the window dimmed unknowingly.

"Well, a little bit." Poplar replied.

"Jerry is scared. He doesn't want that child to be tortured by his family again." Mu Chi paused and continued, "However, I think he has moved on and fell in love with the blind date girl Xiao Mu. That's how he is. Half-hearted, half-hearted, every relationship will become a life-and-death love, but soon you will find a new object. In this world, some people are really too emotional and too easy to change their minds."

Populus seems to understand but not understand.

The car crossed a big mountain and headed for the plain, but for Zhong Xinyang, Populus felt that it was not worth it.

Mu Chi put on soft music, and after a while it switched to the song "Next Door" composed by Pu Li.

"Do you want to sleep for a while, there is still more than an hour."

Populus would not waste the time alone with Mu Chi, shaking his head repeatedly.Listening to the song I wrote in front of Mu Chi is still a little awkward.

He asked Mu Chi: "Can't I change a song?"

Mu Chi smiled: "What's the matter, I like it very much."

"What's there to like?" Pu Yue embarrassedly rubbed his face.

"Where did you get the inspiration for writing this song? You always feel that there is a story." Mu Chi said.

Pu Li thought for a moment, wondering if he should tell Mu Chi that he was a nympho and liked the man who lived alone next door.

"What's the matter, I can't say it," Mu Chi smiled, and glanced sideways at Pu Li, "Is there really a story?"

"Haha, no more," said Pu Li, "It's just that once I went to another place for a training camp, there was a man who lived next to me, who was very special, and then..."

"But yours is clearly a sweet love song."

"Yes."

"Isn't it the man next door?" Mu Chi asked, feeling a little surprised himself.

"I..." Populus never thought of telling anyone his secret, but recently he failed repeatedly, "I'm gay."

The steering wheel in Mu Chi's hand shook slightly from side to side, thanks to the really good performance of the car, there was no obvious shaking.

His palms were sweating immediately.

Mu Chi recalled Qin Shan, standing in the cold street at night, and said to him: "I have always only liked women."

Mu Chi couldn't help but sneered, this old man is really not pleasing to God, now it's all right, he likes women, and his son likes men instead.

"I thought you could accept Xin Yang and Jerry, and you wouldn't be prejudiced against such things. I..." Seeing Mu Chi's reaction, Pu Li felt that Mu Chi was frightened by himself.

"No," Mu Chi shook his head, then smiled, looking a little surprised, "I just think it's too coincidental."

"What?" Poplar asked.

Mu Chi laughed and tapped his finger on the steering wheel, as if he was thinking about whether to say it or not. After a long time, he sighed: "Because I'm also gay, and the person I've had a crush on since I was 17 is also of the same sex."

The fine hairs of the Populus oak immediately stood up, and the cells of the whole body were trembling.

"Really?"

Mu Chi laughed, feeling that Pu Li's surprised expression was exactly what he wanted: "Yeah, I thought Xiao Zhong had told you."

Pusher's eyes widened again, and then shrank his head into the collar of the windbreaker in embarrassment, and said in a weak voice: "He said you are..."

Mu Chi smiled: "What?"

Not daring to say the phrase "a big bastard who eats both men and women", Pope shrugged, his expression was both surprised and happy, and his face was still flushed.

Mu Chi glanced at this silly boy from the rear-view mirror, sneered in his heart, and shook his head imperceptibly, this kid is too funny.

The car arrived at the film and television base in a blink of an eye.The studio with the blue exterior on the easternmost side is undergoing final equipment adjustments.

Populus followed Mu Chi who was wearing a gray windbreaker, and walked there quickly.

The staff along the road all smiled affectionately when they saw Mr. Mu.

"President Mu, here we come!"

There are even older staff who call Mu Chi "Xiao Mu".

It turns out that he is not the only one who thinks that Mu Chi is very friendly, everyone in the company thinks so.

Mu Chi led Populus to a row of temporary buildings on the outside of the studio, the innermost one, with a pink sign on the door marked "Director".

Mu Chi knocked on the door, and Andrew's assistant opened the door from the inside.

The gray-haired Andrew was standing with his legs high on the table, with a whiskey in one hand and a cigar in the other.

In a daze, Pope felt that this scene seemed familiar, and then realized that Marlon Brandy had this look in "The Godfather", but the environment was a little different.

"Mr. Mow!" Andrew exclaimed in Muchi.

The two seemed to be very familiar with each other. Mu Chi stepped forward, greeted and shook hands with Andrew, and then added a hug like an old friend.

Mu Chi introduced to Andrew in fluent English: "This is Pu Li, an actor Xinghe likes very much."

Andrew looked Populus up and down, and then signaled him to sit down.

Although Pu Li dropped out of high school only in the second year of high school, in order to improve his business ability, he was able to understand some foreign language equipment manuals when composing music, and he actually taught himself a lot of English, so he basically listened to the conversations between Mu Chi and Andrew. understand.

Mu Chi went straight to the point, pointing out that Zhong Xinyang's health is not good, and "Jianyue" is about to start filming again, hoping that Populus can replace Zhong Xinyang to play Chen Sheng.

Andrew shook his head frequently. He said that Zhong Xinyang has the temperament that he is very eager to appear in the role, which ordinary people can't learn. He insisted on Zhong Xinyang's return, and even postponed the filming to wait for him.

The two seem to be gentlemen and peaceful, but in fact neither of them is willing to give up what they insist on.As time passed, Mu Chi and Andrew still hadn't reached an agreement on which actor to use.

It wasn't until lunch time that Andrew was really sleepy, so he reluctantly proposed to think about it.

Of course both Mu Chi and Pu Li could see that this was just the other party's excuse.

For lunch, in the hotels around the film and television city, Mu Chi was the host, and the actors and crew who came from afar were invited to clean up the dust according to the Chinese rules. In fact, I still wanted Andrew to have more time to have a closer look at the Populus oak.

Andrew likes to drink and smoke, and he often never leaves his hands with alcohol and cigarettes. Even if it is a shooting area where fireworks are strictly prohibited, he must try his best to create a small smoking area for himself.

Mu Chi did what he liked, and after the meal was over, he asked the reception staff at the studio to deliver the top domestic liquor directly to the hotel where Andrew was staying.

Pu Li was moved by Mu Chi's intentions. After the two groups broke up in the afternoon, he said to Mu Chi with a little guilt: "I think Andrew's persistence is right. He is a great director and has made many successful movies. , I've always been very accurate in judging people, wouldn't it be bad for us to force him like this?"

Mu Chi got into the car, leaned back on the seat wearily, and said to Populus: "I didn't do this for you, I just hope to add something that I think is right in my favorite movies. Choose you, Andrew I won’t be disappointed, it’s just that he doesn’t know yet.”