Dreamy

That night, Chen Ning didn't sleep well.

He dreamed one after another that Gu Zichuan was probably there, but he didn't remember anything when he woke up.In summer, it dawned early, and Chen Ning woke up from his dream at five o'clock, and the sunlight had already shone faintly through the cracks in the curtains.When he opened his eyes, he felt a dull pain in his chest, but he was so confused that he forgot the reason.

He sat in the room for more than an hour, and did not go downstairs until the hotel opened at 06:30.The film crew booked the entire hotel, and there were already staff queuing up before the meal. Chen Ning stood at the end of the porridge line, and within a short while, he was patted on the shoulder.

"Honey, it's so early to wake up." Shen Shu was wearing a pair of flip flops and an oversized printed T-shirt, and yawned while talking.

"Boss Yan isn't here?" Chen Ning didn't see Yan Yu, now he was in line, so he filled a bowl of white porridge and handed it to Shen Shu first.

Shen Shu was not too polite, he took the porridge and went to the side to add pickles. There was an indescribable tiredness in his voice: "President Yan is still lying down. Gu Zizhuan sent me the first draft of the script at two o'clock, and I will change the second draft." Passed it on, he changed it to three drafts and passed it on, and I changed it to four drafts and passed it on, I didn’t sleep at all, I was going to go back to rest after eating.”

After Chen Ning finished eating the porridge, he went to get two plain steamed buns, and when he sat down next to Shen Shu, Shen Shu was already so tired that he lay down on the table.

The porridge in front of him hadn't been touched yet, Chen Ning was so distressed, he stirred it for Shen Shu, "Brother, hurry up and eat, go to bed after eating."

Shen Shu muttered, took the bowl and began to drink, halfway through the drink, the phone beeped, he took it out and saw that it was the final draft of today's script that Gu Zi had passed on to the crew.

Chen Ning also received the email, and today he was going to start filming his scenes, but he clicked on the attachment and saw that there were only two pages of the scene.

Looking again, he only had three lines in total.

Chen Ning felt that it was absurd, but also felt unspeakably distressed.Shen Shu finished his porridge, wiped his mouth and was about to go upstairs. He squeezed Chen Ning's shoulder and said, "Just this shit, your brother has been tossing about without sex for a month. I wish you a happy day, I'm going to bed first, see you tonight?"

Chen Ning couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, "Brother, go to sleep, don't worry about me."

Shen Shu nodded, and walked away in a daze. Chen Ning memorized the script while drinking porridge. In less than half an hour, he memorized the contents of the entire two pages.After breakfast, he walked to the studio to put on makeup, starting from the wig and headgear, and tossed and tossed for nearly three hours.

Chen Ning put on gray colored contact lenses, put on a dark gray coarse cloth robe, and put on a white waist-length wig, unexpectedly handsome.This is actually the first time for him to dress up in ancient costumes, and he still feels quite uncomfortable when looking in the mirror, but I have to say that the make-up artist in "Overseas" is really good. With the blessing of long snow-white hair, Chen Ning is so beautiful that he hardly looks like a real person.

By the time he finished taking a set of makeup photos, the crew had already entered the lunch break. Today, Chen Ning will not only play with Wang Feiwen, but also two other strange little actors.Today's filming plot is: Meng Xiaohui and his team find Lumen Masterton to inquire about news, and confront the counterfeit for the first time in the cave where Lumen Masterton lives.In Chen Ning's view, the scene of just two pages is simple, but I don't know whether the status of the young actors can meet the high standard of Gu Zichuan's almost abnormal.

Gu Zichuan still had a big beard, but probably after taking a shower in the morning, his hair was not as messy as yesterday.The little actors were pestering Chen Ning to ask questions, but when they saw him, they all fell silent. Gu Zichuan rolled up the script and knocked on the monitor: "Have you memorized all the lines?"

"Remember!" Several fifteen and sixteen-year-old children almost said in unison.

"Okay." Gu Zichuan sat on his saddle, and then cast a glance at Chen Ning: "Don't be NG for a while."

Speaking of which, the children naturally pay special attention to every line, but after a performance, it is no different from high school students rehearsing a stage play, or a few amateur nerds reciting a play. When the last line is finished, Chen Ning could almost foresee how Gu Zichuan would get angry.

Gu Zichuan was silent for a long time, his face was frighteningly dark, he took a deep breath, as if he didn't want to let his anger burst out too violently, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the dissatisfaction and disappointment between the words could not be hidden.

"Is this how you act?"

"Wang Feiwen." Gu Zichuan began to call names one by one: "The clues of Piao Miao Pot are at your fingertips. Are you in this state? This tone?"

"Luo Ziqi. You are so indifferent to Lumen's know-it-all answer?"

"Qu Ling, you broke Lumen's teacup, do you still feel that Sui Sui is safe?"

Questions were thrown at this group of bewildered teenagers one after another. The sense of drama cultivated in the past few years seemed to be gone. The children looked at each other, unable to utter a word. head.

"Feiwen, what the director means is that Meng Xiaohui has worked so hard to find the Piaomiao Pot for so long, and now that he can finally find out its whereabouts, the excitement and anticipation in his heart must be undisguised. Your tone is peaceful. , as if it doesn’t matter if you know the answer or not, how can the audience empathize with you and experience the tension of the plot together?”

Wang Feiwen nodded thoughtfully, Chen Ning straightened his collar for him, and then turned to Luo Ziqi: "Ziqi, your role is the wise multi-star in the trio..."

"Chen Ning, you can't finish it." Gu Zichuan interrupted violently: "Are they deaf or stupid, do you need to tell them word for word?"

"Director." Chen Ning explained with a good temper: "The children are neither deaf nor stupid, they just need some guidance, they may not be very comfortable..."

Gu Zichuan couldn't wait for him to finish speaking, so he slammed the script to the ground: "Isn't what I said clear enough? Don't they have long ears?"

The sound of the script falling on the ground was loud and piercing, and all the staff were shocked by the sound.

"Why are you angry?" Chen Ning was indifferent to Gu Zichuan's runaway. He patted Luo Ziqi on the shoulder, comforted the frightened boy with a pale face, raised his head, and asked softly, "You asked if the child has ears, why don't you?" Ask yourself, do you speak human language?"

The whole place was silent, and a needle could be heard. Chen Ning stood in the center of the camera, his gray eyes were like the wet fog in the rainy season.

"I'm not speaking human language?" Gu Zichuan twitched the corners of his mouth. He didn't know whether it was provocative or self-deprecating. He bent down, picked up the script on the floor, and even reached out to pat the dust on it.

Everyone held their breath, for fear that Gu Zichuan would throw the script on Chen Ning in the next second, but Gu Zichuan didn't do anything, he sat back on his pony saddle, put the script on his lap, and spoke calmly : "Okay. Then you tell them about the play. After a 10-minute break, the filming will start."

Gu Zichuan dissipated inexplicably, but the young actors had no time to celebrate the rest of their lives. 10 minutes is very short, just enough for Chen Ning to sort out their emotions roughly. After turning on the phone again, although it is much better than the first one, it is still not usable.

"Director." Chen Ning took the initiative to ask, "Can you bring the children over to watch the monitor?"

Gu Zichuan nodded, and Chen Ning stepped forward with a few young actors.Gu Zichuan clicked on the replay of the previous one, played it to the place where there was a problem with the performance, and without saying a word, just tapped the monitor with the script. Let's play.

Chen Ning and Gu Zichuan have worked together for many years. Not only have they become more accomplished in acting, they have also become familiar with the aesthetics of Gu Zichuan's shots. With specific directions for improvement, the performance of the young actors has become even better. This one was only filmed twice Just pass.

It has been more than a month since the shooting of "Overseas [-]", and it is rare that such a smooth time, the young actors couldn't help but look a little happy, and took advantage of the gap between Gu Zichuan's adjustment of the camera and dragged Chen Ning to chatter.Relying on his acquaintance with Chen Ning one day earlier, Wang Feiwen has positioned himself as Chen Ning's spokesperson, stood in front of Chen Ning, and proudly showed off to Luo Ziqi and Qu Ling: "What do you know, Director Gu is brother Chen Ning's younger brother? !"

Luo Ziqi is a smart star in the play, and he is calmer than others when he is out of the play: "It turned out to be such a thing. When I watched the monitor just now, I realized that brother Chen Ning and the director really have a tacit understanding!"

Qu Ling saw the stitches and asked: "Brother Chen Ning, have you filmed many scenes with Director Gu?"

Chen Ning couldn't be idle for a moment.He didn't sleep well at night. In fact, he was in a bad state, but he tried his best and replied with a smile: "I have filmed a few movies with Director Gu. If you have a chance, you can also go and see it."

"Really? I'll find out and learn when I get back." Wang Feiwen was rescued twice by Chen Ning, and he already regarded Chen Ning as an idol, "Brother Chen Ning, you are really amazing."

"What's so great?" Chen Ning was talking with the children, but he kept looking at him from the corner of his eye. Gu Zichuan was standing beside the director of photography. The two were comparing the angles of the camera. , the dial on the wrist reflects a magnificent touch of golden light.

"It's great everywhere." Wang Feiwen became a little cunning after he got acquainted, "Brother Chen Ning, even the director is afraid of you, he turns off when you say something, so I said, you are better than Gu Zichuan, you are the best in the audience." break!"

"It's really courageous, let Director Gu hear that you can't kill you." Chen Ning couldn't help laughing, he turned his head unconsciously, and bumped into Gu Zichuan's eyes, and before he could restrain his blushing smile, he saw Gu Zichuan made a familiar gesture to him.

That gesture was created by Gu Zichuan himself, and it represented stepping and moving before shooting. Chen Ning understood it at a glance, turned around and knocked on Wang Feiwen's head, "I'm going to move, don't chatter anymore, get into the role for me!"

"Yes Sir!" Wang Feiwen saluted Chen Ning with a playful smile, and when Chen Ning turned around, he imitated Gu Zichuan's gesture and waved his hands just now, which made Luo Ziqi and Qu Ling couldn't help laughing. Gu Zichuan was cautious.

Shen Shu didn't get up until four o'clock in the afternoon, and stayed in the room with Yan Yu until 05:30. Just about to go to the set for a tour, he made a phone call to the coordinator, but the crew had already left work.For a moment, he almost thought he was hallucinating, and he didn't respond when he hung up the phone. It wasn't until Yan Yu's wet and hot kiss fell on his shoulder again that he came back to his senses: "I heard it right? It's time to get off work!"

"Isn't that just right?" Yan Yu put his hand into Shen Shu's clothes again: "Let's do it again."

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu whoa!" Shen Shu was kissed by Yan Yu, and he struggled for a long time before letting go, "I, let me call Chen Ningh first!"

"What kind of fight?" Just because Shen Shu and Gu Zichuan worked on the script day and night, Yan Yu hadn't had a good relationship with Shen Shu for more than a month, "It's not enough to recruit people, let Chen Ning live in peace for a while."

"Hmm!" Three fingers were thrust into the wet acupuncture point, and Shen Shu suddenly called out: "Slow down...increase..."

"My husband has eaten so much, what are fingers?" Yan Yu took off the sports pants that Shen Shu had just put on, revealing his white and tender buttocks, "Hey, stick your butt up."

Shen Shu pouted, turned around and lay down on the bed, "You know again, ah..." Yan Yu pressed in like this, "Hurry up," he grabbed the bed sheet under him, "Chen Ning, Chen Ning Alone, I still have to go to accompany him... well, it's too deep!"

"You still want to accompany others?" Yan Yu slapped Shen Shu's butt hard, and pulled out the tender meat around the buttocks, revealing the tight tender red hole, "First accompany me before we talk!"

It was rare to get off work before dinner, and all the staff members of the crew were happy, but Chen Ning was so tired that he was about to smoke.The three teenagers in their fifteenth or sixteenth year were fine for an hour, and they talked about the play all afternoon. Chen Ning even felt that he had become a class teacher of a high school student.Chen Ning felt his scalp tingle when he thought that he was going to study for a master's degree and teach at a university, and he was in charge of twenty or thirty such noisy children.

He was very sleepy at first, went back to his room and took a shower, but he regained his energy.After taking the children for a day, Chen Ning couldn't help but want to do some adult activities.He put on a mask, poured it on the bed, and sent Shen Shu a WeChat message: "Brother, are you going to drink?"

After waiting for a long time, Shen Shu didn't return, Chen Ning thought that Shen Shu might be busy writing tomorrow's script and didn't check his phone, but in the morning Shen Shu said see you in the evening, he thought about it, and simply dialed the phone.

It took a long time for Shen Shu to answer the bell, but Chen Ning didn't think about it, and asked bluntly, "Brother, are you coming out for a drink?"

Shen Shu's voice was different from the past, a little hoarse and strange: "Now?"

"Is it okay?" Chen Ning nestled on the bed, grabbing a corner of the pillow: "I've been filming for a whole day today, and I want to talk to you."

After a while, Shen Shu finally said: "Bao, baby...I'm a little inconvenient right now."

"Brother, are you okay?" There was a strange gasp from the microphone, and Chen Ning couldn't help but worry: "Is it uncomfortable?"

"It's not me!" Chen Ning heard another muffled sound: "I'm fine. It's Yan, Yan Yu."

"What's wrong with Mr. Yan? Is he okay?" Chen Ning asked with concern.

"Not too good..." Shen Shu said: "He, he's a little uncomfortable, I have to accompany him. I'm sorry baby, let's see you tomorrow? Is it okay?"

"Okay, okay." Chen Ning agreed straight away, "I'm not in a hurry, let's talk about it tomorrow. Let Boss Yan take a good rest."

"Hey!" After waiting for a while, Shen Shu agreed: "Then I'll hang up, you go to bed early!"

Before Chen Ning agreed, Shen Shu hung up the phone.

Chen Ning sat on the bed in a daze, and finally felt strange belatedly.He racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out why, until he caught a glimpse of the delivery menu of the hotel's room service, and suddenly remembered the conversation with Shen Shu this morning-"This shit, your brother has been tossing about for a month. Sexual life"..."Oops!" He suddenly figured it out, and threw the phone to the ground at once, Shen Shu just, just now... a ball of fire burned his cheeks, almost scalding the frozen mask , Chen Ning thought of the repressed panting in the receiver, the strange muffled sound, and suddenly his whole body went numb.He hurriedly took off the mask, jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to wash his face, splashing ice water on his face for a long time before he calmed down.

They're all grown-ups, so there's nothing to be surprised about.While convincing himself, Chen Ning applied mechanically on his face, but when he pressed his fingers on his cheeks, his thoughts gradually became uncontrollable. The fragments of the past, frame by frame, scenes that are suitable for both young and old, all flooded into his mind .

He remembered the familiar gesture that Gu Zichuan made to him today. On his left wrist, the Vacheron Constantin he gave was shining brightly... probably by mistake, Chen Ning opened the glass door of the window sill again, just blowing the wind, he Say this to yourself.

In the summer evening, when the sky was still blue, Chen Ning walked onto the balcony and stretched himself. He didn't exaggerate enough to moan and groan, but he didn't control himself, looking for the thread If there seemed to be no smoke, he paced to the edge of the balcony again.

Gu Zichuan was still sitting on the deck chair, with a cigarette in one hand and typing on the keyboard with the other. He heard Chen Ning's footsteps, flicked the cigarette in his hand, and raised his head expressionlessly.

"What's with you?"

"No." Chen Ning subconsciously denied, and then regretted inexplicably: "Director, I just... want to apologize to you."

"What do you have to apologize for?" Gu Zichuan took another puff of cigarette, and even spat out at Chen Ning, "Is there something wrong with what you said? My dog ​​can't speak human words, and I abuse minors all day long, or I have to rely on Teacher Chen to tell plays for me."

"You!" Chen Ning was at a loss for words, and the smoke hit his face, covering Gu Zichuan's mockery and banter.The second-hand smoke stinks people, he couldn't help but turn red, and he walked away with hatred. When he touched the sliding door, his fingers trembled from the metal ice, and he realized that he shouldn't be so passive, so he shouted at the top of his throat: "Smoking!" Just beat you to death!"

He yelled nonchalantly, and was about to step back to the bedroom, but Gu Zichuan stopped him: "Chen Ning!"

He turned his head angrily, but happened to bump into the watch he had carefully selected. Gu Zichuan was holding a cigarette in his left hand and took a deep breath. The rose gold dial was facing him: "Smoking can't kill me, but this script is." It’s going to kill me.”

"Mr. Chen." Gu Zichuan spit out the white mist, but extinguished most of the remaining cigarette butts in the porcelain vat beside him, "If you are free, why don't you accompany me to sort out the script?"

There was still a faint red star in the white porcelain jar, Chen Ning stared at the fading fire, and nodded in a strange way.