Reborn as a little director

Zhong Yang started out as an actor, but after becoming the best actor and big hit, he found it boring, so he changed his career and began to shoot movies by himself, occasionally appearing in some roles, more than 80% of which were supporting roles in his own films, and switched to directing After that, I never took over other people's dramas.

"I haven't been acting much for a long time." Zhong Yang said, "But I never said that there will be no exceptions."

"You..." Xie Siqing asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

"nonsense."

Zhong Yang's words, that's really... It's conceivable that he will definitely not lose money.

Movies are one of the riskiest investment categories. 70% of them will lose money, but the remaining 30% of profits are enough to attract countless investors.

Originally, if I said I wasn't worried, I would be lying.

But if Zhong Yang is willing to come, Xie Siqing will feel much more at ease.

Only, this thing is too good to be true.

"That..." Xie Siqing said, "I don't have money to ask you..."

"I already know." Zhong Yang said, "I'm short of your money?"

"..."

"3 yuan, I'll play for you."

... Thirty thousand?Is this the price tag for extras?

And it's just an ordinary group show.Now there are hundreds of extras who play dead bodies every day. In addition to the serious income, there are red envelopes given by the crew, which means to get rid of bad luck, and it’s not difficult to do. It’s good to die. Put on the clothes of the bandits and die first. Here, get up and put on the clothes of officers and soldiers and die there.Or, first put on Japanese clothes and die here, then get up and then put on the clothes of the Communist Party or the Kuomintang and die there.If it is a group performer who will be beaten by others, there will be more. If you are forced to be beaten a few times, you can get five or six hundred a day. , although he would always be beaten up by the male protagonist who rushed over in the play, but at least he had contact with a big-name female star enough to go out and brag for a while.

Zhong Yang’s 3 yuan——

"Too expensive?" Zhong Yang asked.

"Of course not! But..." Xie Siqing couldn't help asking, "Why?"

"what why?"

"You don't need to participate in such a small cost thing."

Xie Siqing thought, even if Zhong Yang is really itchy and wants to be a pure actor, he should find a masterpiece. As long as he has the heart, someone will come to him immediately. At that time, his attention, box office, Awards and remuneration are not comparable to my own works.

"I'm not interested in any of those." Zhong Yang said, "I'll only take your one."

After thinking about it, Zhong Yang said again: "It's not right to say that. If you need me in the future, I will come again. I will be your exclusive leading role."

"..."

"do not like?"

"No." Xie Siqing couldn't help asking again: "But, why?"

"Because you're worried about the lead actor."

"..." I was really worried, I was afraid that the film would be messed up, and it would be even more difficult to get a chance in the future if the teacher failed.

"Also," Zhong Yang said again, "Accumulate points. You can accumulate 10 points for a big favor, 5 points for a small favor, and when you accumulate 100 points, you will promise yourself."

"...I told you not to joke."

"Okay." Zhong Yang said again, "Actually, I think the script is quite interesting, and suddenly I became interested. When I was an actor, I won all the box office awards, and I have long since lost interest in grand films. I want to take on a challenge. There's nothing you can't understand about the character."

"Oh……"

"how?"

"Zhong Yang..." Xie Siqing said, "Then, I will take what you just said seriously and list your 3 yuan on the budget."

Zhong Yang looked at Xie Siqing and asked, "When will the things I promised not count?"

Xie Siqing's breathing became a little short.

He hadn't expected this surprise at all.

For me, 3 yuan is really equivalent to dropping a leading actor out of thin air, and it is still at the level of an actor.

For Pineapple Cake Media, this is definitely a big "gimmick".

"By the way, there is one more thing..." After a while, after calming down, Xie Siqing asked again, "Well, are you too handsome...?"

Zhong Yang immediately became angry when he heard this: "There's something wrong with that too?!"

"No, no." Xie Siqing said, "It's just that I didn't expect an actor to be like this..."

"What was that like?"

"Ordinary people." Xie Siqing thought for a while, "It's a craftsman."

"Who stipulated that craftsmen have to be ugly?"

"It's not ugly, it's ordinary. The hero in my imagination is ordinary in all aspects except for his craftsmanship."

"You are completely biased in your thinking." Zhong Yang said again, "You think that manual workers must be ugly."

"It's not ugly, it's ordinary..." Xie Siqing corrected again, "It's not that manual workers are ordinary, but most people are ordinary, and he is also one of the vast majority of people..."

However, what Zhong Yang said was right, anyone could be a craftsman in a movie with any appearance, but it is not realistic to look too outstanding.

"Then," Zhong Yang said again, "Can I still put on makeup?"

"……Um."

Then, Zhong Yang frowned again: "Don't make me too ugly."

"……understood."

Then, Xie Siqing heard Zhong Yang say: "I want to finish filming this comedy first."

"of course."

"Comedy will start soon. It will take half a year in the middle and late stages, and there will be time after half a year."

"Well." Xie Siqing said, "I also need time to prepare."

Xie Siqing understands very well that being a director is a labor-intensive job. There are too many things to take care of. There are only a few directors in the world who direct a movie and do other things at the same time. This is different from actors. There are many actors in several plays, as long as the schedule can be staggered, there will be no major problems.

"Then," Zhong Yang looked at him and asked, "What about the assistant director, do you want to retire?"

"I think it's better not to return." Xie Siqing thought for a while and replied, "I will try my best to go there, but the time will not be [-]% anymore. If I don't go, I will ask for leave. After all, I still need to arrange things here."

There is always a lot of upfront work.Create a crew, formulate a budget, finalize actors, select scenes, write a shot script, determine the overall atmosphere and technical details with photography and art departments, review the design and production of sets, costumes, makeup, props, etc., and discuss the venue with the creators The filming of the play, and so on.Although many things in the early stage are done by others, the director always needs to grasp the process and check every link.

"That's fine." Zhong Yang said, "Don't be too tired."

"Ok, I know."

——Thus, the leading role was almost decided like this.

It was Zhong Yang who Xie Siqing had never considered before.

Not only myself, but the name Zhong Yang may have already been crossed off the list of actors by all directors.

Who would have thought that after Zhong Yang switched careers and became a director, after so many years, it would be such a movie that he would re-star as the leading actor?

Xie Siqing had a very unrealistic feeling.

After being reborn, the person who helped him many times was actually Zhong Yang.

Moreover, it has now reached the point where Zhong Yang has returned to being an actor again for his own play.

Xie Siqing looked back at the steps after rebirth, and suddenly found that Zhong Yang seemed to be involved in every step.During the microfilm competition, he was guaranteed to enter the finals, and he agreed to replace him with Lawson when shooting commercials, and invited himself to be the assistant director of the new work, and then, after he got the investment, he said that he would come and act as the leading role for him Carry the box office.

The most important thing in this circle is to "meet noble people", maybe Zhong Yang can really be regarded as one.

This is impossible in the "last lifetime".At that time, he and Zhong Yang had almost no intersection, and there was no tendency to see any intersection in the future. In the eyes of everyone, the two of them were competitors, competitors who disliked each other, that's all .

Xie Siqing suddenly felt that there might be some mysterious power in the dark, which used such an extreme method to reverse his fate and rewrite the trajectory of his life.Some important people in his previous life disappeared, and some passers-by, A, B, D, D, who had never noticed before, became entangled with his past, present and future.

As for whether this change is good or bad, Xie Siqing can't tell.

In the past, he thought it must be bad because he lost everything overnight—career, friends, loved ones.

But now, Xie Siqing feels that life now has a different taste.

Thinking of the "last life", what will happen afterwards seems to be quite clear.I have already achieved fame and fortune, and I will continue to make movies, use them for screenings and participate in elections, step by step.In terms of feelings, he is still in love with Chi Wenyue secretly, and Shao Yu loves him deeply.This life has been going on for 7 years and it looks like it will go on forever with no possibility of change.

Now, the future seems to have many variables.

He is working hard, trying to realize his ideal bit by bit.This road is much more difficult than the previous life. In the mist around him, he can't see clearly what is waiting for him in front of him. What supports him is the firm belief that there are flowers in the distance and they will bloom all year round.

And Shao Yu and Chi Wenyue were so far away from him, far enough that he no longer thought about anything and no longer expected anything.

Maybe someone else will show up.

This rebirth might really be a chance to start again.

——It's just that whenever Xie Siqing thinks of those friendships at that time, he still feels reluctant and heartbroken.

He lost those people, and those people lost him.

After experiencing a death, Xie Siqing became more and more unable to understand those who abandoned relatives and friends for the sake of fame and fortune.

Because, when looking back on that life, what is still engraved in my heart is definitely not those moments of enjoying fame and fortune, but only various friendships.

This is the only thing that makes Xie Siqing feel sad after one year of rebirth.

"What are you thinking?" Zhong Yang asked.

"Oh." After returning to his thoughts, Xie Siqing didn't know how many times he said to Zhong Yang after his rebirth, "Well, although the director shouldn't say such things to actors... But, thank you very much."

"fine."

"If you join me, I will feel much more at ease."

Zhong Yang smiled: "It's good that you know."

"...Well." Xie Siqing ignored this arrogant sentence, he stared out of the window blankly, "Because... I want to make my own film and participate in your film, so my current job is probably I have to resign, I don't think the boss will allow me to take a long vacation."

Xie Siqing, the boss of the porn company, only met him once.

Originally, Xie Siqing thought that he must be very wretched, but he never expected that he would be very personable.At that time, the boss praised Xie Siqing, and then said that he did not save the wrong person.

"Oh?" Zhong Yang asked, "What are you doing now?"

"Take some video..."

"What video?" Zhong Yang seemed very interested, "I want to watch it."

"...Forget it." Xie Siqing said, "It's just for work, I don't want to show it to people I know—"

Xie Siqing thought, is it okay to show him?According to Zhong Yang's poisonous tongue, he would be ridiculed to death.

"..." Although Zhong Yang was still curious, he knew what Xie Siqing had decided, and no matter how hard others tried, he would not change his mind.

"So," Xie Siqing returned to the topic he wanted to talk about just now, "If this movie doesn't succeed, and I lose my job because of it, I might end up living on the streets in the future."

"No." Zhong Yang said, "You don't need to worry at all."

"Ok?"

"Your movie, with me and you, there will be no problem."

After a pause, Zhong Yang continued: "Also, even if it really doesn't work out, at least you can be my assistant director for the rest of your life, staying with me day and night."

"...Are you stupid?" Xie Siqing said, "Even if I were your assistant director for the rest of my life, we wouldn't be together at night."

Over there, Zhong Yang said noncommittally: "Is that so...?"

——After a while, Zhong Yang said again: "To celebrate getting the investment, let's cook some delicious dishes."

"..." To celebrate Xie Siqing, but Xie Siqing was asked to cook.

In fact, Xie Siqing likes to cook, but he really sucks at it.

In order to change this situation, Xie Siqing once ordered six sets of kitchen knives, twelve sets of kitchen knives, Japanese rice cookers, German frying pans, American induction cookers, electric pressure cookers, air fryers, lamb skewers stoves, etc. Wait, wait, there are all kinds of seasonings, condiments and sauces, and you can buy several kinds of each. There are hundreds of jars on the shelves in the shared kitchen of the rented house. Xie Siqing, let alone tomatoes Sauce rock sugar cocoa powder chili oil consumption fresh fish sauce cinnamon fennel curry powder is very commonly used, even very rare labiatae plants are available.In order to cook, Xie Siqing also bought a set of measuring cups, small balances, and a stopwatch. He strictly followed the instructions in the book, but it was still unpalatable after cooking. Xie Siqing really couldn't understand what the problem was.

I was wondering what to do when the phone rang suddenly.

Xie Siqing was taken aback, thinking it was Little Putao calling for his life again.

Glancing at the caller ID, it was Jing Ran.

fine--

"Hello?" Xie Siqing answered the phone.

"Yao, Shunyu...it's me."

"Hmm." Xie Siqing said, "What's wrong?"

Jing Ran's voice was muffled: "I made Lian Xi very angry..."

"Oh?" Xie Siqing asked, "What happened?"

"Where are you?" Jing Ran asked, "Can we meet and talk? I want to have a good chat with you..."

"I'm at home." Xie Siqing said, "But now I have a guest."

"Oh..." Jing Ran said, "Then I'll go there later."

"Row."

Over there, Jing Ran hesitated and said, "Well, and, can I stay at your house for a few days?"

"Ah?" Xie Siqing asked, "Why?"

"I..." Jing Ran's voice was very depressed, "I have to think carefully about my future plans, whether I'm suitable for this job... Lian Xi knows my address, so I will definitely look for it there when I calm down, so I think Find a place to hide for a few days, if it's not convenient for you, I can stay in a hotel..."

"I..." Xie Siqing looked at her own bed, "There should be no problem."

Xie Siqing was a little worried.

Not only do you have to have a good chat with yourself, but you also need to think carefully about the future. It seems that Jing Ran is very sad now.

After a pause, Xie Siqing asked again: "However, it doesn't matter if you don't go back? Are you afraid you will be fired?"

Jing Ran took a deep breath: "That would be a relief."

"……"What exactly is going on?Make Jing Ran, who likes Lian Xi so much, want to leave?

"Where are you now?" Xie Siqing asked again.

Jing Ran replied, "I'm at Starbucks."

"Huh?" Xie Siqing asked, "What are you doing at Starbucks?"

"Just sit down..." Jing Ran said again, "I don't even bring a computer with me."

"Then you come here now." Xie Siqing worried about leaving Jing Ran outside alone, "Zhong Yang is also at my house, but it shouldn't matter, you know him too."

After successfully recommending Jing Ran to be an assistant, Jing Ran once invited Xie Siqing to dinner, and Xie Siqing brought Zhong Yang along.

Xie Siqing glanced at Zhong Yang, who seemed a little upset.

"Oh..." Jing Ran said, "Then, then... I will trouble you."

"fine."

After reporting the address, Jing Ran came very quickly.

After seeing Zhong Yang, Jing Ran greeted him, "Hello, I'm sorry..."

Zhong Yang was still in a bad mood.

"Jing Ran," Xie Siqing pulled him into the room, "what's going on?"

"Hmm..." Jing Ran lowered her head, as if she had been crying, "Lian Xi was very angry, and he even called me a pig."

"Why did he call you a pig?" Even Xie Siqing, who had such a good temper, was a little angry.

"I have no idea……"

"Tell me what happened first."

"Okay." Jing Ran said, "It's because of a Weibo... Now I manage his Weibo."

"Ah."

"Lian Xi is currently acting in his first movie..."

"And then?" Now it's common for singers to act in movies.

Jing Ran continued in a low voice: "In order to promote the film, his agent told me to have a little gossip. This way he can get more attention, get on the topic list, and let everyone know that Lian Xi is currently making a movie. The agent Said, the heroine will also actively cooperate."

"Continue." Stirring up a topic, gaining attention, building momentum for the first movie, and the things the agent does are all ordinary.

"The object of the scandal is the actor who plays the heroine of the movie."

"Yeah." This is still quite common, because it has always been a topic that everyone is very interested in, such as filming rival scenes, fake scenes, and real feelings.Moreover, it is easy to get away, and finally clarify that they are just friends, because of filming reasons, they often get together and get photographed. In fact, it is not the kind of relationship that the media said, and so on.

Jing Ran over there continued to talk: "So, my manager asked me to do this when I post on Weibo, posting some more ambiguous content for people to think about."

"and then?"

"That's what I did." When it came to this, Jing Ran became even more depressed, "At noon today, I saw the heroine posted a Weibo saying that she was drinking coffee in a certain coffee shop. I saw that we were also in that coffee shop. In the living room, Lian Xi took me there... I searched, but I didn't find the heroine, the Weibo was posted an hour ago, it seems that she has left..."

"Ah."

"The environment of that coffee shop is very good, many couples go there, and it was rated as one of the most suitable places for couples to date... I remembered what my agent said, so I took a photo before leaving and posted it on Lianxi On Weibo, he said that he would drink coffee here in the afternoon, the taste is delicious, and I would recommend it to everyone.”

"Isn't this great?" Xie Siqing said, "I clicked it inadvertently."

"I think so too..." Jing Ran said again, "Then, many people noticed the clue and asked if the two of them are already together and if they are going on a date today..."

"What's wrong with that?"

"I really don't understand..." Jing Ran said, "But, but, Lian Xi was very angry when she saw it, and immediately deleted that Weibo, and then came to call me a pig."

"...Huh?" Xie Siqing didn't understand, "Don't tell me he doesn't want to stir up scandals?"

"Yes..." Jing Ran said, "He said that he doesn't need to rely on gossip to gain attention, so let me stop doing such things from now on."

"Uh……"

"He didn't know that the agent asked me to do this..."

"You didn't tell him?"

"I told him later..." Jing Ran said, "but he was still very angry, and asked me why I was so obedient, why I hoped that everyone would think he was in love with someone else so nonchalantly."

"...What kind of logic is this?" Xie Siqing was also dizzy, "You just listen to your manager and do your job well."

"I don't know..." Jing Ran said disappointedly, "Yao Shunyu, don't you understand? You are such a smart person..."

"I don't understand." Xie Siqing said firmly.

"..."

After thinking for a while, Xie Siqing said, "I guess he just took his anger out on you."

"……Um?"

"He hates this kind of scandal, it's not easy to scold his manager, so he has to come and scold you."

"He's annoying, but it's not enough." Jing Ran looked puzzled, "They're all in the entertainment industry. Which single person doesn't have a lot of scandals? It has been rumored several times in the past. At that time, he only said that he was boring. There was no big reaction."

"Then..." Xie Siqing speculated again, "Maybe he really hates the heroine?"

"Not really..." Jing Ran said again, "The relationship between the two of them is not bad. Moreover, the agent has done this before, asking the media he knows to publish some similar news. It was him and the heroine, Lian Xi doesn't seem to be doing much... But this time, it really exploded, and even the manager was scolded by him."

"..." So fierce——

"Then..." Xie Siqing tilted his head and thought for a while, but couldn't think of any other possibility.

Jing Ran said again, "Can you analyze it for me?"

Xie Siqing racked his brains and thought for a long time: "... Menopause is here?"

"He's only 28..."

"..."

Xie Siqing finally had to give up: "I don't know."

"You can't figure it out..." Jing Ran suddenly remembered something again, "He said, because I posted the Weibo, I put him together with others, that's why he was so angry."

"..." Xie Siqing felt a little clearer this time, "Maybe he thinks you are his fan and should be on his side, but he didn't expect to listen to the agent?"

"But," Jing Ran said again, "I also listened to my agent before, and I didn't have any problems..."

"It's not that the two of them disagree this time."

"It happened before... I did what my manager asked me to do, but Lian Xi objected to it, and in the end it was nothing."

On the side, Zhong Yang looked at the two idiots who were seriously analyzing the matter sitting on the floor, and really wanted to roll his eyes.

"I can't figure it out." Xie Siqing said, "He is too strange."

"Um……"

Xie Siqing asked again: "Is that why you are so depressed?"

"Yeah." Jing Ran said, "I don't understand him. You don't know, I really, really work hard to do this job well, as long as it is good for Lianxi's development, I will want it Do my best, I often think, if I can only help him a little bit, I will be the happiest person in the world. During the period of being his assistant, my average sleep is no more than 6 hours... It's the same thing this time, if the manager said some gossip, the movie tickets would sell better, so I kept checking the heroine's Weibo to see how I can get this right and make Lianxi more popular But, but... I can't do it after all, I made him so angry. The agent said that he had never seen Lian Xi so angry, even those assistants who let him quit before, no one made him angry. He did this. I think, maybe I'm not as good as those people, even though I've tried so hard, I still can't do it, so..."

Speaking of this, Jing Ran's voice became much softer: "So, I think, maybe I can't do this job, and resigning voluntarily is the best choice."

"Don't do this." Xie Siqing looked at Jing Ran and said, "You said a while ago that this is the most suitable job in the world for you."

"That...that's just my unilateral thought, now I understand a lot of things..." Jing Ran continued, "As an assistant, my duty is to make him feel comfortable, but I can't seem to do it at all. "

"But..." Xie Siqing said again, "Don't you like it?"

"I like it..." Jing Ran clenched his hands into fists, "If possible, I want to be by his side all my life. However, if I can't do well at all, then for him, I should leave, and he can find A better assistant."

Xie Siqing sighed: "You should think about it carefully."

"Ah."

"Don't sit on the floor, it's cold." Xie Siqing said to Jing Ran, while rolling all the quilts on the bed aside, "Go to my bed."

Zhong Yang: "..."

Xie Siqing asked again: "Are you still living here tonight?"

"Yeah." Jing Ran sat on a corner of the bed and hugged her knees, "I need to find a place to hide and think about it, I don't want Lian Xi to find me."

"That's good." Xie Siqing said, "Then you can sleep in this bed too, and the two of us can squeeze together."

"it is good……"

Zhong Yang frowned suddenly when he heard this.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Zhong Yang, and he didn't want to meddle in other people's affairs.

But now, when I heard that Jing Ran was going to live here, it was different.

The two of them seem to have a good relationship...

Zhong Yang glanced at Xie Siqing who was still chatting, took out his mobile phone and sent a short message to Lian Xi: "Your assistant is with me, the fried chicken community on Fried Chicken Road, Building 3, 107. If you have something to say, just say it Alright, what the hell are you doing there?"

Then, after only 15 minutes, someone knocked on the door.

Several people are squeezed into a room at once, and the space immediately appears very small.

Jing Ran was dumbfounded when he saw that man: "Lian, Lian Xi...how come you are here..."

Xie Siqing glanced at Zhong Yang.

Obviously this guy betrayed Jing Ran.

Then he looked at Lian Xi again, this was the first time he saw Lian Xi himself.

It turned out that this was the Lian Xi that Jing Ran often mentioned.

It's really pretty--

"Well," Xie Siqing stepped forward, "Jing Ran doesn't want to go back now, he has some things to consider, why don't you force him?"

Lian Xi looked at Xie Siqing and asked, "Who are you?"

"..." Xie Siqing said, "I am his friend, my name is Yao Shunyu, and I introduced Jingran to you."

"Isn't it Zhong Yang?"

"Zhong Yang doesn't know Jing Ran. I am the one who knows Jing Ran. Zhong Yang came to ask if I have a candidate."

"En." Lian Xi only said one word, and never looked at Xie Siqing again.He stared straight at Jingran and said, "Jingran, come here, I have something to say."

Xie Siqing originally wanted to protect Jing Ran, but when he turned around, he found that Jing Ran walked over with his head bowed, looking hopeless.

"..."

Lian Xi said, "Come back with me."

"..." Jing Ran remained silent.

Lian Xi sighed and said, "I'm sorry."

"...Huh?" Jing Ran suddenly raised his head, completely unbelievable that Lian Xi would apologize.

Lian Xi added: "I was emotional, but you are not wrong."

"..." Jing Ran stared blankly at Lian Xi.

"It's just," Lian Xi said again, "I thought there was something between us."

"...?"

Lian Xi worked hard for several times, but finally gave up: "Forget it. Anyway, it's my fault, why don't you go back?"

"..."

Lian Xi added, "How can people live in this kind of place?"

Only then did Xie Siqing remember that Lian Xi, Jing Ran, who had to go to the hotel every time before a business trip to check whether the bed and bathroom were clean or comfortable.

It is also inevitable to despise yourself.

Just like that, Lian Xi only came for 5 minutes, and took Jing Ran away.

And Xie Siqing didn't understand what happened at all.

He smiled awkwardly at Zhong Yang: "Lian Xi is really handsome."

Zhong Yang snorted again.

"It's really..." Xie Siqing said again, "I don't understand the two of them at all. But you, why did you inform that person?"

Zhong Yang stared at Xie Siqing for a long time, but ended up opening his mouth with a personal attack: "...you are also a pig."

"……what?"

why do you say so--

Zhong Yang casually explained: "Lian Xi has taken a fancy to Jing Ran."

"... what?" Look?What is fancy?

"That's why he was so angry when Jing Ran wanted to make Lian Xi and that girl a pair."

"Ah..." Xie Siqing just woke up like a dream at this time, "I didn't feel it."

Zhong Yang said, "Who can compare with you?"

"..." Xie Siqing can express very delicate feelings in movies, but in reality he is completely a piece of wood.

"However," Zhong Yang said again, "I don't understand what Lian Xi is like. Wouldn't he feel very awkward if he had a stupid fan by his side?"

"Oh?" Xie Siqing said with a smile, "Are you afraid of this? Then, if you mess with me, I'll be by your side every day saying that you are so handsome, so handsome, so awesome, so awesome, so disgusting."

"..." Zhong Yang stared blankly at Xie Siqing for a while, and after a while, he said, "It's your words, and they sound good."