Gourmet and actor

After arriving in City A, Xiao Ke didn't care about taking a break, and went straight out of the airport to meet the director at the filming location of the crew.

City A is a famous ancient imperial capital with many cultural relics and historic sites.Although there are also film and television studios, some directors who pursue perfect effects still like to shoot in actual scenic spots.This martial arts film called "Song of Playing the Sword" was filmed in the urban area today.

The director of this film is Zeng Xuejun, who is currently the youngest director Xiao Ke has worked with, only 34 years old this year.Because I was obsessed with martial arts since I was a child, I prepared to shoot a martial arts drama as soon as I entered the industry. Even if it encounters an upper limit order, I will not give in, and I must finish the filming on schedule.

After the previous production crew was led by a senior surnamed Sun, Xiao Ke met Director Zeng and signed the contract on the spot.

Immediately when he arrived near the shooting location, he saw a batch of mechanical equipment used for shooting under the ancient city wall in operation, and several men and women in ancient costumes were acting. Xiao Ke knew that he had found the right place.

I saw Director Zeng wearing a sun hat sitting next to the camera, saying a few words to a man also wearing ancient costume, regardless of the man's face being embarrassed by what he said, he turned around and continued to watch intently.

Squeezing through the crowd outside the yellow line, Xiao Ke took out the signed business card given by Director Zeng, and said to the security guard, "Hi, I'm looking for Director Zeng."

Director Zeng's business cards were distributed a lot outside, but only a few signed them.Recognizing that it was indeed the boss's handwriting, the security guard opened a gap in the yellow line to let Xiao Ke in.

Walking nearby, Xiao Ke looked at the ending card, and estimated that it would take a while to finish this one.I was tired from walking, so I put down my backpack and prepared to drink water.

The director's assistant noticed a stranger coming over. He was wearing sunglasses to cover a mask in the [-]-degree weather. He was also in good shape, and his gestures were very elegant. He didn't look like an ordinary person who sneaked in.Flipping through the cast schedule, she came over to say hello hesitantly, "Hello, is this Mr. Xiao Ke?"

"Yes, it's me."

"You came so early, we all thought you would arrive at night."

"Well, Director Zeng said that I will join the group tomorrow, but I want to say hello first."

Usually actors have to rest for a day and a half after they arrive, and there are only a few people like Xiao Ke who rushed to the scene directly.It's nothing more than a young actor, but Xiao Ke's movies are blockbusters, and he has just finished filming a famous director's book. His career has been rising all the way, but he is still so humble, and the assistant immediately feels good.

She smiled and took the initiative to introduce: "I am Xiao Liu, director Zeng's assistant, and I'm shooting a few supporting roles over there, and it will be ready soon. Why don't you go to the nanny's car first, and rest with the leading actors, wait a moment one time?"

Before the words were finished, a beautiful woman in ancient costume leaned out from the RV next to her, which immediately attracted the screams and exclamations of the onlookers in the distance, and the cameras kept clicking.

Facing this situation, the beauty was not stage fright at all, she smiled and said to Xiao Ke, "Hi handsome guy, I'm Jinlan."

Before coming here, Xiao Ke had read the list of cast and crew, and knew that although Jin Lan's strange ancient costume was the most shabby among the actresses, she was actually the heroine.Seeing that she was so approachable, he immediately smiled and said hello: "Hi, I'm Xiao Ke."

"I know who you are. I watched your new movie last night. It's really great. Many of my fans left me messages on Weibo, saying that your character Xiang Ziyu is the most handsome among the supporting actors. "Speaking of the last sentence, Jin Lan lowered her voice and blinked at him, with a tacit understanding.

Jinlan's appearance is gorgeous, and with her blinking movements, she is even more charming.If it was another man, at least he would show some appreciation and praise.But Xiao Ke is the least good at dealing with young girls. Hearing the praise, he just humbly said: "Thank you."

At the same time, he thought to himself: At the dinner table, Director Xu also said that the first version of the film was only released today, why was it suddenly brought forward?

Jin Lan admired Xiao Ke's indifference, and said, "No, no, they all say you are the most handsome chef and celebrity."

While the two were talking in low voices, there was a person next to him who found it extremely dazzling and secretly sulked.

This person is the actor who was reprimanded by director Zeng just now, named Song Haoda.

His dissatisfaction with Xiao Ke did not originate from Jin Lan, but because he had also done business before and invested in a beauty retail website.I thought that from now on, I would not have to work hard on filming, and I would have a steady stream of income every day, but I lost all my money and ended up closing down after only half a year of operation.Not only did he not earn a penny, but he also owed a lot of debts.

In terms of fame, Song Haoda was barely considered third-tier before, and he was more or less popular.However, the competition in the entertainment industry is fierce. After half a year of vacancy, he re-entered the industry and wanted to work hard to pay off his debts, but he was in the embarrassing situation of not being able to receive a decent contract.

He can't figure out the endorsement with fast money, and he can't get a good book, but he doesn't want to rush the show, so he works hard to shoot a few more supporting roles, just want to quickly get a well-paid male second or even the male lead, and pay it off in one fell swoop. arrears.

After tossing for several months with the idea of ​​quick success and quick profit, his situation is even more difficult than when he returned.There was really no other way, so he had to sign a two-year contract with Lou Min, who was known in the circle as a wild goose.Although you earn a little less, at least you won't go empty.

Although Song Haoda chose the road by himself, he was still full of resentment and complained about his bad luck from time to time.He read Xiao Ke's trending search last night, and saw that this junior was not only proud of his career, but also opened a high-end restaurant in the CBD of the capital, where every inch of land was expensive, Song Haoda was extremely envious.

Hearing that Xiao Ke and Jin Lan were chatting happily, and discussing the special snacks in City A, and still suppressing the anger of being scolded by the director, Song Haoda couldn't bear it anymore, copied his hands and said: "Jin Lan, Xiao is not Chef, let him cook whatever you want, and we will get a lot of it. You can also let the cook take a day off, which kills two birds with one stone."

As a person who met for the first time, his words were very contemptuous, not only Xiao Ke restrained his smile, but Jin Lan was also a little unhappy.But in order to take care of each other's face, they still made a smooth game, "Hehe, I only want to eat local specialties now."

"Isn't he good at craftsmanship? You can learn the local characteristics just by looking at it - isn't it, Xiao Ke?" Song Haoda is the typical kind of person who doesn't like himself and can't see the good of others, especially Xiao Ke who chooses similarly to him.Why should he pay when he opened a store, and everyone clamored to join Xiao Ke when he opened a store?

Xiao Ke didn't know why he was targeting him, and originally wanted to follow Jin Lan's words to be vague, but when he saw that he was aggressive, he also turned cold.

Just at this time, the assistant's voice came from afar, "Mr. Xiao, Director Zeng is looking for you."

Xiao Ke took advantage of the situation and said, "Sister Jin, I'll go there first."

Jin Lan was five years older than Xiao Ke, and the male actors who usually acted were usually older than her. Suddenly a younger brother came, which was very novel, so she said, "Well, let's talk another day, Xiao Xiao."

Xiao Ke smiled back and walked away.

I sneered at him, but the other party ignored him, and didn't even say hello before leaving.Song Haoda was even angrier, and said, "Jin Lan, look at this newcomer, he is so arrogant."

It has been almost a week since "Song of the Sword" was launched, and Jin Lan has a good idea of ​​how the actors who worked with the crew are.She didn't want to talk to Song Haoda, an impetuous guy who likes to ridicule others, so she gave a perfunctory "hmm" and continued to sit back in the car to rest.

Seeing that her attitude was so indifferent, Song Haoda kicked the stones on the ground angrily, and said in a low voice: "Who will show you that high-spirited look? Who doesn't know that you are in a hurry to find someone to take over!"

Not only the assistant, Director Zeng was also surprised that Xiao Ke rushed over as soon as he got off the plane, and his impression of him immediately became better.He patted Xiao Ke on the shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xiao, I watched the clip last night, Concubine Yang played well. This time you play Xiang Ziyu with a sword, and there are many fighting scenes. How about you Also practice, tell a good story?"

Director Zeng didn't know that compared to Beijing opera, swordsmanship was Xiao Ke's strong point.He immediately said, "No problem."

"Haha, I know why Mr. Sun has been praising you, not talking about talent, not talking about looks, just based on this diligence, which collaborator would not like it?"

After chatting and joking, Director Zeng continued: "The second male lead you played will start filming tomorrow, and the scenes have been rescheduled to this month. It's relatively dense, and it's inconvenient to add and change, otherwise the plot will be messed up."

What Director Zeng said was not without purpose.Nowadays, actors who are a little bit famous will almost all request to change the script to increase the chance of showing their faces.Even the male fourth just now dared to ask for a line of falling in love with the heroine, but he immediately stared back on the spot.The reason why I especially emphasized Xiao Ke was to remind him tactfully not to imitate people's request for extra drama.

In the past, the director took the initiative to add scenes to Xiao Ke, and he never asked for it himself.Hearing Director Zeng's words, he thought it was the other party asking for his opinion on the script, and immediately thought about it seriously.

He has memorized the script by heart, and he remembers the main and branch plots very clearly, very fluently, and he can't find any mistakes.

The martial arts story "Song of Playing the Sword" took place in the early Han Dynasty, but it originated in the Qin Dynasty.After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the descendants of the royal families of the Six Kingdoms secretly contacted and organized a secret society called Yezong, with the intention of destroying Qin and restoring the situation of the Warring States Period where all the countries ruled together.But after Hu Hai came to power and the Great Qin Empire gradually declined, all countries wanted to replace him and become the co-lord of the world, instead of the king who stuck to the fiefdom in the past.

In the end, no one benefited from the intrigue. On the contrary, a grassroots man from the market became the emperor.The common failure made Ye Zong work together again, vowing not to lose each other again, and trying to make a comeback.

From the beginning, this seems to be a court drama, but in fact, the protagonist is a small person in the world.He happened to save Yezong's wounded and fallen hall master, and was appreciated for his dexterity.For the sake of two slings of money and three catties of meat per month, he readily agreed to join the organization. After a series of coincidences, he rose to the top of the organization in a short period of time.

The story basically takes place in the rivers and lakes, and the general situation of the court is told through the mouths of supporting characters.Xiang Ziyu, played by Xiao Ke, is a descendant of the Chu State. Since he can remember, he has been trained as a capable officer of the Yezong, and he is determined to restore the Xiang family of the Chu State.

But after leaving Yezong and traveling the rivers and lakes, he was deeply confused because what he saw and heard was completely different from what his master taught him since he was a child.In the end, he completely changed his mind and stood on the opposite side of Ye Zong. Because he could not completely let go of his relatives, he blocked the poisoned arrow for his master and died of regret.

This character looks elegant in white clothes, spotless, lonely and stubborn, and his only hobby is swordsmanship.But in the later period, there were obvious changes, from a follower who only obeyed the orders of his elders to a person with his own opinions.

Although the education received in the previous life was that chivalrous use of martial arts is forbidden, so we should strictly guard against it.But which man does not have a hero complex?Xiao Ke thought this role was very interesting, and the transition was not blunt, but the context was clear, and he was portrayed with great care. After reading the script for the first time, he agreed to take the role.

Changing scripts is not his forte, and he has no dissatisfaction.Then he said to Director Zeng: "Director Zeng is too worried, I like the script very much, so I have no objection."

Director Zeng said with satisfaction: "That's good, we have to pack up and go back to the film and television city immediately, you go back and have a good rest, we'll see you tomorrow."

After saying goodbye to the director, Xiao Ke said goodbye to his new assistant before leaving.

Not far away, Song Haoda, who had been paying attention to Xiao Ke's actions, saw that the director was very polite to him, and compared with the cold face he gave him just now, his dissatisfaction with Xiao Ke suddenly deepened.Secretly decided that if he finds an opportunity in the future, he must make a trip for him.

Taking advantage of the gap in the car on the way back, Xiao Ke first contacted Ding Haili.Knowing that the restaurant is still very popular, all the tables for dinner have been reserved before the lunch time, and I immediately feel good.After discussing with each other, the two decided to triple the ration of the ingredients, observe for two days and then increase or decrease accordingly.

At the same time, he gave Ding Haili some materials and asked him to find them all.One month later, when I finish filming and return to City B, I will start brewing exclusive lotus wine for the restaurant for diners to drink in autumn and winter.

After hanging up the phone, thinking of the video Jin Lan said, he opened Weibo again, and suddenly found that the various new data that popped up broke the previous record.

As usual, he replied to a few more enthusiastic fans' messages. He clicked on the official blog of the previous crew and wanted to watch the trailer, but found that he couldn't drag it, so he had to switch to a browser and use the engine to search directly.

After the results appeared, he found that, in addition to the feature film, there were also a series of videos with various names.Except for the title of the film, Zhou Meng's words were all marked.

After thinking about it for a while, he thinks that this is probably the abbreviation of the names of the male lead Zhou Guyan and the second male lead Meng Xiaolou.Out of curiosity, I randomly picked one and clicked in.

As soon as the progress bar finished running, the special effect of flying petals at the beginning of the video startled him.According to the experience of watching movies, this should be treated only by the heroine.But Director Xu said that the heroine rarely shows up in the film?And the names on the video are all the names of the male lead and the male lead. Could it be that the fans especially like the female lead?

After reading halfway with doubts, Xiao Ke realized that he was wrong.This video does not like the heroine, it is clearly edited as the heroine.

After looking through a few more videos, I found that basically all the clips where Meng Xiaolou and Zhou Guyan had physical contact were picked out, and then the original irrelevant shots were grafted together to create the effect of affectionate gaze.The ambiguity between the two of them rushed to their faces, and even the dullest people could feel it.

Although he has watched several classic gay movies, Xiao Ke did not expect that the acceptance of homosexuality in this world is so high.Flipping through the comments below the video, they were basically all "together", "I wish forever", "Minister Zhou's boyfriend is awesome", Xiao Xiao Wang immediately felt like opening a new door.

However, it is absolutely impossible for him to be with Chen Shangxing, another person is possible.I just don’t know Han——

Realizing that his thoughts were wandering, Xiao Ke quickly braked.I wanted to click on the official video to watch, but my hand slipped and I clicked on another video by mistake.

Still full of peach blossoms, still full of ambiguity.On the screen, Zhou Guyan's face magnified and magnified again, accompanied by the extremely lingering lyrics, and Meng Xiaolou looked at each other.But Xiao Ke's thoughts were uncontrollable, and he couldn't help but replace Zhou Guyan with Han Xilin in his mind, imagining what he would do.

For example, in the episode where the imperial concubine was drunk, Zhou Guyan applauded Meng Xiaolou amazingly, and went backstage to praise him for his unparalleled singing voice and unparalleled appearance.But if it was Han Xilin, he would definitely make a pot of tea first, and then care about whether he was tired after performing for so long, and whether the Diancui cap on his head was heavy, and maybe even take off the heavy copper stilt for him with his own hands.

Another example is when arresting Rite in a bookstore, in order to protect the heroine who broke in temporarily, the hero chooses to give up the action and takes her out of the store with a haha.But if it was Han Xilin, even if he wanted to save another person, he would never forget him, and he would definitely choose to be the rear, and let him and that person leave first——

Stop it, I'm a man, and not a little girl waiting to be cared for, how could I come up with so many wild thoughts?

Realizing that he had seriously compared Han Xilin with a virtual character in the so-called boyfriend power in the message just now because of a few videos similar to teahouse gossip and guesswork, although no second person knew about it, Xiao Ke still felt extremely embarrassed.Hurry up to restrain your mind and sit in the taxi until you get off the taxi.

The entangled little Prince Xiao still didn't want to face Han Xilin today, and still chose to go to bed early, so he missed the hot discussion on the Internet.

Due to the high demand from the audience, Xiao Ma's special edition of Xiao Ke's restaurant had to be released in advance.And because Xiao Ke only had a simple telephone interview, the focus had to be on introducing the dishes, interspersed with a few frames of Xiao Ke's information and praises from celebrities.

In the 10-minute special, the close-ups on various dishes took up 10 minutes. Even so, some viewers still called to protest, asking why they didn’t give Caiguo the 360-degree close-ups of braised abalone. Come one too, are you bullying people who look the same except for different colors?

The interview written by Ni Guang himself was also released that night.His fans thought it was another compliment to Xiao Ke's craftsmanship, but they didn't expect to click on it and found that the main target of the compliment was actually Xiao Ke's accomplishments in Chinese studies.

Seeing that the always quite proud of his talents actually put down his figure, he praised a young actor for his profound knowledge, how well he knew all kinds of anecdotes, and added a few words of praise for the food from time to time between the lines. Many of them were just casually watched yesterday. The fans who watched the excitement suddenly became really interested.

They teased Brother Ni that his account had been hacked, and they searched for the restaurant number, planning to call the restaurant early tomorrow morning to reserve a table - many comments said that if you go late, there will be no seats.

With the addition of the special edition and the Wenqing effect, yesterday's upsurge has continued to tonight, and there is still a trend of continuous fermentation.Judging from the current momentum, for quite some time, the business of the restaurant will not be worrying.

Thousands of people praise it, but naturally there will be a few people who hate it.

Song Haoda, who likes to search for his own related reports when he has nothing to do, found that Xiao Ke was on the hot search again, so he couldn't help saying a few words on his personal account.

Not long after the sour complaints were sent out, he suddenly received a message from a senior employee of an artist agency: "You are working with Xiao Ke in this play?"

"Yeah, you don't know?"

"It's not that I did it for you. Of course I don't know. Let me ask you, is this person easy to get along with?"

Thinking of the way Director Zeng greeted Xiao Ke with a smiling face during the day, Song Haoda curled his lips and replied: "He is very popular, he is arrogant."

"That's no wonder."

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"Ms. Lou contacted him more than two months ago, and wanted to ask if she was interested in cooperating, but he didn't answer two calls in a row. Do you think this temper is arrogant?"

No one can memorize the numbers of everyone in the entertainment industry, and phone calls are often the first step in the beginning of cooperation intentions, of course, calls from strangers are indispensable.

I heard that Xiao Ke didn't have an assistant, and he was talking on his own.He actually didn't answer the phone, which seemed unbelievable to people in the circle.

However, Song Haoda, who was exploited by Lou Min, felt that Xiao Ke's decision was actually very shrewd.Lou Min's contract is extremely harsh, similar to a contract of sale.Every time Song Haoda recalled the terms of the contract, his heart ached so much that he couldn't sleep.

Just as he was about to take it with him, Song Haoda suddenly had a flash of inspiration: even the employees knew about it, which meant that Lou Min regarded this as a nail, and must have a fire in his heart.

Besides exploiting, she also knows how to trick people.I heard that Wen Siping, who went in a while ago, thought he got rid of her when the contract expired, and scolded all the grievances accumulated over the years.Lou Min kept his face on the surface, but in fact he secretly held grudges for several years, until recently he caught Wen Siping's pigtails and made a killer move as soon as he made a move, quickly and ruthlessly getting him into the situation.

If he could incite this woman to deal with Xiao Ke, thinking about the result, he would wake up laughing from a dream.

Make you popular, let you make money, once you get Lou Min, see if you can still laugh!

Thinking of this, Song Haoda quickly deleted the smiling face in the dialogue box, and typed a few more words: "It turns out that he offended Sister Lou. I saw it today. This guy is very frivolous. He shook his face as soon as he entered the film crew." Show it to the heroine, even Director Zeng has nothing to do with him."

Seeing this implying Xiao Ke's big name, the employee doubted: "The director doesn't like him, can he use him?"

Song Haoda quickly took out the hearsay and made a patch: "I heard that it was recommended by the senior grandson who participated in the performance. It is inconvenient for Director Zeng to decline the relationship for many years."

"It turns out that there is someone behind him, no wonder there is no one in his eyes."

Unexpectedly, it would have the opposite effect. Song Haoda, who was afraid that the news would reach Lou Min's ears and make her retreat in spite of the difficulties, pinched himself lightly, and immediately applied another patch: "But it's just a rumor. That old grandson only I met him once in the last film crew, why should I help him? I think it’s probably because Director Zeng thinks he has few roles, so he’ll just use it once.”