Chapter 14: Who Is It?
Lu Ping looked at his face in the mirror. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Young, after all, only twenty-seven years old, bright eyes, short flat head, Chinese face, after shaving, he looks a little more energetic, to be honest, he feels that although he is not handsome, but thrown into the crowd, it is by no means the kind that stands out to everyone.
The so-called mediocrity or eye-catching of people, little children may think that they only like handsome, but mature people know that they don't care who they are, no matter how old they are, when they look at people, the first thing they value must be spirit.
Once a person has spirit, the man is handsome and the woman is beautiful.
He raised his hand, rubbed his chin, and deliberately shaved his beard yesterday, and by today, he had grown a short piece of stubble, hard, a little prickly, and the image in the mirror was also clean with a trace of wild energy.
That's it.
He took a deep breath and was satisfied with his current image – the first time in recent years, even since he entered film school, that he took his image so seriously.
A warm cotton shirt with an open top button.
Wearing white is too formal, it is the color of this home, coupled with the seemingly inconspicuous action of opening a button, it will easily give the person sitting opposite a feeling of relaxation, honesty, and willingness to be close.
He is a film director, and he is the most successful top film director in China at this age, usually too lazy to pay attention to it, once he pays attention to it, he wants to play with imagery and color, he thinks he has almost no opponents.
Nodding to himself in the mirror, and with a smile, he turned to leave, but after a moment's hesitation, he turned back again, thought for a moment, and unbuttoned the second button as well—well, much better.
What kind of is afraid of pestering, what is stalking, the so-called trick of chasing women, he disdains, so the method he adopts is to make friends first, and when he has accumulated enough goodwill, he will attack in one fell swoop and take it directly.
Although it is an absolute goddess in my heart, today is no longer comparable to the past, although the goddess is still a goddess, but she is no longer the young man who first entered the school.
Of course, tonight is just the first meal, and it's too early to say anything else.
Let her take out the script first, and then she can be considered to have completed the first step.
After cleaning up, he answered the phone before going out, and the other party asked with a smile: "I heard that you are going on a date?" Do you want to find a few people to pretend to be a robber or something for you, so that you can show your skills and capture the hearts of beauties in one fell swoop?" Lu Ping just replied calmly, "Get out!"
It was about six o'clock, and at five forty o'clock, Lu Ping arrived at the restaurant.
He was going to drive to pick up people, but the other party refused with a smile, saying that he would come directly by bicycle.
This made him awe-inspired.
The reason why the goddess is a goddess, and from the goddess back then, to the present, not only has not faded, but has become more and more addicted to him, which naturally makes sense.
Just this kind of bland stillness made Lu Ping appreciate it.
Sitting down at the reserved seat and asking for a glass of water, he waited calmly, barely able to control the feeling of lightness in his heart—a moment he had been looking forward to since ten years ago.
At about 5:50, he heard a familiar voice in his ears, and he raised his head for the first time.
At first, there was a smile on his face, but soon, the smile was sluggish.
Lu Lingxi had already seen him, beckoned to him, and then turned sideways to say something to the girl next to him, and the two of them soon walked side by side with a smile on their faces.
Lu Ping knows her, and in the past two years, she can be regarded as a well-known cutting-edge actress, Qin Jingjing, who is also said to have been born in film school.
According to rumors in the industry, she seems to have had some trouble with the company recently.
The two walked over, with the same smile on their faces and the same beautiful appearance.
Lu Lingxi smiled and asked: "Have you waited for a long time? Let me introduce you to each other first, this is Qin Jingjing, the senior sister of the 93-level performance department, and this is Lu Ping, the 90-level director department." ”
The two shook hands, and Qin Jingjing looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry, Senior Brother Lu, I didn't know that Sister Lu made an appointment with you for dinner, I thought it was Sister Lu talking about her boyfriend, so I pestered to come to eat with her, and I wanted to help her check by the way...... It won't bother you, will it?"
imagined that it should have been a very emotional dinner, but suddenly there was a villain, and whoever changed it would definitely not be too happy, but Qin Jingjing said it beautifully, and there was a faint categorization of Lu Ping as Lu Lingxi's boyfriend, so that even though Lu Ping was unhappy in his heart, he couldn't have any disgust, and said with a smile at the moment: "How come, sit!"
At this time, it was Lu Lingxi who nodded at her, "Don't talk nonsense, I just talk about things with Lu Ping!"
Lu Ping smiled and didn't care.
Only occasionally glanced over, and found that Lu Lingxi only brought a small bag with him, looking at the shape of the small bag, it seemed that there was no possibility of putting down a script, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.
The three of them sat down opposite each other, the waiter came over, the three of them ordered their own meals, and Lu Ping also specially asked for a bottle of wine.
While waiting for the meal, Qin Jingjing was very polite and talked to Lu Ping with a little admiration, and Lu Ping also responded one by one.
Although it is said that it is from a school, and it is actually a few years away, when Lu Ping was in his senior year, Qin Jingjing had already entered the school, but at that time, Lu Ping, who was in his senior year, was already busy with his graduation movie, and he didn't pay much attention to a beautiful girl who came to his freshman year, so it wasn't until later that he gradually heard that there was such an actress as Qin Jingjing, I knew that she had played Diao Chan, she was very beautiful, and later I knew that she was a student from the film school, but that's all, there was almost no intersection between the two.
What's more, although it is only three sessions away, the current identities of the two are already very different.
When Qin Jingjing first entered school, Lu Ping had already made a movie like "Old Town", which shocked the entire film school and was known as a genius, and when the two movies in recent years were released, he was not yet 30 years old, and he had basically secured the top spot among the post-70s generation of directors in China.
As for Qin Jingjing, uninformed viewers may think that she has been a little popular in the past two years, with the huge attention attracted by playing Diao Chan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", she has received several TV series in the past two years, although she has not become very popular, but her face has been brushing, in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a great star.
But in fact, in the film and television industry, she is almost the lowest coffee position! only slightly higher than a certain passer-by A and a certain maid B who can be replaced by anyone at any time!
Regardless of domestic and foreign countries, the position of TV series actors is naturally a lot lower than that of movie actors, and the status of actresses has always been a little lower than that of actors of the same level. Of course, standing at the pinnacle, it must be an invincible coffee who has the bonus of the actor and can carry the box office alone!
To put it simply, the higher the degree of indispensability and irreplaceability, the more awesome he is!
In the same way, the division of coffee positions between directors is the box office on one side, and the trophies and word-of-mouth on the other, and the real big names are often both at the top - the current Lu Ping is of course still a lot away from the peak, but I have to admit that among the new directors of the post-70s generation in China, he is the most accurate to go directly to the path of virtue and art. Jin Han, Wu He or something, too literary, Wu Han and the like, are too commercial. Only he Lu Ping, word-of-mouth box office is red.
And just as the relationship between singers and producers and songwriters is the same, even if they are of the same level, actors are naturally one level shorter in front of the director!
If the current Lu Ping, although he is only a cutting-edge director, after winning the Best Director Award at the Great Wall Awards this year, even ordinary actors and box office coffees must be polite when facing him, then the current Qin Jingjing, a budding TV series actress, is basically at the bottom of the food chain.
Lu Ping has reached the point where he can negotiate conditions with producers and film and television companies and ask for some small powers, but Qin Jingjing can't even get the opportunity to make movies, and he is still at the stage where he may be asked by the company to accompany guests at any time, and he may be asked for unspoken rules at any time.
Therefore, the huge disparity in each other's coffee positions made Qin Jingjing unconsciously look up to Lu Ping, a senior brother who was only three years taller, and unconsciously brought honorifics when she spoke.
To a certain extent, for Lu Ping, although Qin Jingjing's appearance is hardly pleasant, it can barely be regarded as a good background board.
His attitude is reserved and modest, and Qin Jingjing's admiration is full of hope.
It was just perfect.
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The wine was opened, and the waiter poured a bottom for each of the three glasses, so the three of them chatted casually while drinking the wine. Of course, most of them were Qin Jingjing chatting with Lu Ping.
When the meal they ordered came up, the three of them stopped talking and ate quietly.
waited until the main meal was finished and the dessert came up, and then the three of them picked up their wine glasses again, and chatted again while clinking glasses lightly and drinking - this time, without waiting for a few words, Lu Ping put aside Qin Jingjing, turned his attention to Lu Lingxi, and asked with a smile: "Senior sister, have you chosen the script?"
Lu Lingxi took a sip lightly, shook her head with a smile, "Lu Ping, I think you don't have to worry about my book!" Speaking of this, she waved her hand and said, "Don't talk to me first, listen to me!"
"At first, I was quite excited.,Later, I chose a few days.,The lame man chose the general.,I also chose a book to come out.,But,Maybe I'm that style...... I know your kindness, and I believe that you can help me get investment, but think about it...... Hey, I also found a friend to help me look at the book, and they clearly told me that if I want to invest, I will have to lose money, so I thought about it, forget it! I know that I will lose money, and I asked you to help me pull investment, that's not a trick for you!"
Lu Ping opened his mouth to speak when he heard this, but Lu Lingxi had already smiled and said: "Don't coax me with that set of words that you are not afraid of losing money by investing in literary and artistic films, what kind of temperament are those film and television companies and investors, I still don't know? If I suffer a loss here, I must be thinking about making up for it from you! I can't do this kind of thing!"
Lu Ping was dumbfounded when he heard this.
Between talking and laughing, Lu Lingxi's words blocked almost all his statements. If I continue to talk about it, I will try to see you in the poor dagger - I just want you to take advantage of me, I am willing to invest in your money-losing film, and then use my own film to pay off the debt of love, because I want to soak you!--Although he knows that with Lu Lingxi's cleverness, she must have figured this out in the blink of an eye, but if she understands it, you and I know that it is okay, but we must not say it!
If you say this, you will be embarrassed by each other!
Lu Ping was stunned for a moment, and then immediately smiled, "It's done, since Senior Sister Lu, you don't even have such a little confidence...... But, don't push me to write a notebook! This kind of face always has to be given, right?"
Lu Lingxi smiled when he heard this, "I am definitely willing to help, but I can only guarantee that I will work hard to write, but I still advise you, don't count on me, or find someone else to write for you as soon as possible, because I don't have confidence in myself!"
Lu Ping first smiled when he heard this, and then frowned imperceptibly.
Although, since the frequent contact in the recent period, Lu Lingxi has always had such an attitude, not cold, but definitely not hot, but today she still seems slightly abnormal.
So, after smiling and flattering Lu Lingxi a few words, he changed the topic slightly, and suddenly came back, "Not to mention anything else, I'm quite interested in the person you found to help you read the script! That person can make you believe it so much, he said that he would pay it, so you don't even dare to take it out and show it to me...... Men and women, teachers in our school? Do I know each other?"
Lu Lingxi glared with a smile, "What, you still want to find someone to settle accounts?
Hearing this, Lu Ping reluctantly raised his hand and surrendered.
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When she got out of the restaurant, Lu Lingxi pushed her bicycle, and Qin Jingjing walked out side by side with her.
Far away, when she turned around, she could still see Lu Ping standing at the door of the restaurant and watching.
The night breeze was a little cold, she subconsciously shrunk her shoulders, and said with a smile: "Sister Lu, Director Lu seems to be really interesting to you......! Tsk......"
Lu Lingxi smiled and did not speak.
Qin Jingjing turned her head and glanced back again.
I have to say that Lu Ping is young, but his performance since his debut in recent years is really too strong, especially when he won the Best Director of the Great Wall Award at the age of 27, so that his whole person's coffee position and forced style have risen in a straight line, and it has risen to a new level in an instant, so that Qin Jingjing, a low-level Xiaohuadan actor who is still mixed in the TV drama circle, can only look up to - such a young and promising, box office and forced director is simply the most perfect good man in the hearts of all actresses in the entertainment industry.
Turning her head and looking at Lu Lingxi's side face, she couldn't help but ask again: "Sister, are you really not impressed?"
Lu Lingxi smiled, then put away his smile and shook his head very seriously.
Qin Jingjing raised her eyebrows and shrugged her shoulders, looking helpless.
She can't reach it, but people are not rare, how can it be broken?
If there is a boyfriend like Lu Ping standing behind him, why would he be forced by those kings to accompany him to drink?
In this place in the entertainment industry, your strength, popularity, and appeal are certainly where your confidence lies, but a good reliance is enough for people to lean against the big tree to enjoy the shade!
After thinking about it, she couldn't help but ask, "Hey, sister, can you tell me why?"
Lu Lingxi finally turned his head to look at her, and asked with a smile, "What, why?
Qin Jingjing frowned, "But I think ...... Yes, I also know that Senior Brother Lu took a concubine the year before last, and many people envy her, although she is a little wife, but then she appeared on the big screen, and the supporting roles are also good......! Men! What's so rare about this! Let me tell you, in our entertainment industry, if you like a woman, you sleep with someone, and then you are willing to marry back, even if you marry back to be a little wife, such a man is already conscientious enough!"
Speaking of this, she said with a little embarrassment: "Think about it, everyone talks about boyfriends and girlfriends, and people throw them away after sleeping, what can you do? Sister, you haven't been in this circle, you don't know, this circle is an absolute circle where men dominate everything!"
"Don't look at all of them, they are all engaged in art, shouting what art is above all else, the slogan, one by one, but in fact, those old men, one is more conservative than the other in their bones, I have heard many people say, when he sleeps with you, what is good to hear, after sleeping, tired of sleeping, you become a rag, tear it up and throw it away...... And as long as you take off your pants in front of a man, then you will immediately be worthless, and many old guys will not even be interested in you, thinking that you are worthless......"
As she spoke, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but turn her head to look at her, and when she finished saying and was falling into infinite emotion, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but say: "Okay, you, you've been acting for two years, and you haven't learned anything else, but you don't have to inquire about these messy things?"
Qin Jingjing turned her head to look at her, smiled embarrassedly, reached out and grabbed her arm, with a little coquettishness, and said, "Hey, I'm not here to relieve you......! Not bad!"
Lu Lingxi smiled and lowered his head.
Qin Jingjing didn't know if her persuasion had a role, she just subconsciously analyzed it from her own point of view, thinking that Lu Ping, in terms of talent, ability, and future growth, is completely worthy of Lu Lingxi, although he is not very handsome, and he also goes with the market, he is not exempt from vulgarity, and he also accepts a concubine, but men, this is not a shortcoming.
So after thinking about it, she couldn't help but say again: "Besides, don't talk about it from afar, there are examples around you, for example, Li Qian, your student, my junior brother, no, two queens, and as far as I heard, until now, it's just talking, in fact, Liao Liao and Zhou Yan haven't got the certificate with him, and this is still in the category that can be thrown off at any time! Let me see, it's not as good as Senior Brother Lu!"
Lu Lingxi turned his head to look at her, his eyes blinking.
Seeing this, Qin Jingjing thought that her statement had taken effect, so she couldn't help but hug her arm tighter, and said: "And, I think it's okay, our country has been mainly influenced by some ideas from abroad over the years, although even in ancient times, girls didn't like to be little wives for others, but now the law has stipulated that it is very dead, and it is to protect concubines!" So, if the opportunity is right and girls want to be a wife, of course it's no problem, but in the case that the right person is not so easy to find, if you meet the right one, it's a big deal to be a concubine, and it's not a big deal!"
Speaking of this, she said very seriously: "As for the ideas that have been transmitted from abroad, I think that the statement that women should have their own careers is certainly correct, but I think that advocating the complete equality of men and women is pure nonsense, that is, they themselves abroad, and men and women are not equal......!
Lu Lingxi really couldn't stand her balabala, and before she could continue her grand speech, she couldn't help but speak: "Have you seen Lu Ping's film?"
This topic suddenly came out, making Qin Jingjing stunned for a moment, and then said: "I've seen it! "Old Town" was watched at our school's graduation exhibition, when I was a freshman, "Old Town" came out, and the entire film school was shocked.
Lu Lingxi smiled and glanced at her, "Have you seen it, and you are still so optimistic about him?" I remember hearing that in the past few years when you were in college, you worked very hard and hard, just thinking about acting, right? How about aesthetics? Do you have any in-depth thoughts about his films?"
When it comes to acting, although Qin Jingjing doesn't dare to say how good she is now, whether it was during school or when she graduated and started to take on roles, she really worked hard, but when it came to movie aesthetics, movie aesthetics and the like, she was a little stunned in an instant - this thing has always been considered the most advanced knowledge in movies, to be honest, she doesn't know much.
So, she looked at Lu Lingxi and waited for her to explain to herself.
Lu Lingxi pushed the bicycle, she walked, and the two of them walked slowly together on the road with dim street lights.
High heels clatter.
After a while, Lu Lingxi lowered his head and said slowly: "In this world, there is such a kind of person, they are extremely smart, but the more intelligent people are, the more conceited and intelligent they are, and in their hearts, they even dare to despise everything in this world! morality, ethics, law, and so on. These things, it doesn't matter whether they are right or wrong, the so-called geniuses, their thinking is far beyond ordinary people, and they are walking on the edge of madness. The difference is only that some smart people are able to set up fences for themselves and restrain themselves, even if they have stood at the pinnacle of this world, they still have a plain heart! However, there are also some smart people who will be impatient with any restraints and constraints, and they prefer to do everything crazy! It's just that with their cleverness, they are often very good at covering up their madness through various ways and methods at the beginning! Only when they step by step from success to greater success will they gradually, A little bit out of control, I began to slowly expose the crazy side of my heart, and the more successful I was, the more I became!"
Speaking of this, she stopped, turned her head, looked at Qin Jingjing, who was already confused, with a smile on her face, smiled, but said very seriously: "And I, I don't like this kind of crazy person, understand?"
Of course Qin Jingjing didn't understand, and she felt inexplicably tall!
While she was standing there stunned, Lu Lingxi had already pushed the cart and walked out again, she caught up with her in a few steps, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sister, you mean, Senior Brother Lu is that kind of crazy genius?
Lu Lingxi smiled, "When you were in school, the teacher must have taught you that film is an art of light and shadow, right?"
Qin Jingjing nodded blankly.
So Lu Lingxi continued: "Lu Ping's movies are talented, and they are the kind of talent that makes you feel very sharp! His setting and handling of the light, shadow, characters, and contradictions of the film reveal an incomparably sharp feeling everywhere...... Genius, indeed a genius! But a paranoid genius!"
Qin Jingjing blinked, continued to seem to understand whether she understood or not, and continued to feel inexplicably tall.
After hesitating for a long time, she couldn't help but ask, "That...... Sister, as far as you know these people, in our domestic entertainment industry, I mean the younger generation, is there the kind of person who is both talented and can put a fence on himself?"
Hearing this, Lu Lingxi stopped again, thought about it, nodded with a smile, and said with great certainty: "Yes!"
Qin Jingjing's eyes lit up, "Who?"
After a pause, he said impatiently: "He is not famous now, can I go and copy the bottom?"
"Copying the bottom?" Lu Lingxi smiled when she heard this, but immediately, she shook her head, "It's late!"
"It's late?" Qin Jingjing looked disappointed, but quickly asked again: "Hey, who is it? Do I know it? Even if it's impossible to copy the bottom, if he is not too good now, I will take the initiative to send him over to be the head of the little wife, right?"
Lu Lingxi turned her head to look at her in surprise when she heard this, "You really don't mind being a little wife so much?"
Qin Jingjing shrugged, "Look at me now! I want to act in movies, but those movies never look for me! Even if it's that kind of small cost, no one looks for me! Moreover, I originally thought that I was doing well in the TV circle, but now, my true form has been revealed, and I am not only running a single gang, but also owing a lot of debt! Hey, let me tell you, sister, you don't know, really, I only realize now that in the entertainment industry, if there is someone behind you to poke where you are, how cool it must be!"
Lu Lingxi pouted, "Maybe! I really haven't experienced it!" and continued walking.
Qin Jingjing caught up, "Sister, tell me, who is it!"
Lu Lingxi shook his head repeatedly.
In the end, she was really entangled by her, so she had to say helplessly: "I said, what else does it mean? You have to rely on your own eyes to find out, right?"
Qin Jingjing pursed her lips slightly and asked, "Then you tell me, whether I know each other or not, it's okay, right?"
Lu Lingxi sighed, stopped, and said, "I know, that Liu Yulong, the one who lent you a million, has been pestering you lately, right?
Qin Jingjing stood up suddenly, was silent for a moment, and lowered her head.
Lu Lingxi sighed, patted his palm on the handlebars of the bicycle, sighed, and said, "That's it, I'll borrow it from a friend when I go back, and help you pay back his money first." As for what you said about buying the bottom...... Jingjing, that's my whole life, don't be so utilitarian, okay?"
Qin Jingjing pursed her lips, looked up at Lu Lingxi, and nodded slowly.
But soon, she reacted, "You help me borrow money, sister, that's 1.2 million! Who do you borrow it from? Senior Brother Lu? But didn't you say you don't like him? Don't ...... for me?"
"Oh, I don't care how I borrow it!
Speaking of this, she thought about it, then turned her head to look at Qin Jingjing, and said, "By the way, you are a girl, it is indeed inconvenient to have no film and television company behind you, and you will be bullied, otherwise, I will help you inquire when you go back, and choose a reliable company to hang up?"
Qin Jingjing shook her head and said like a frightened bird: "Don't!"
Lu Lingxi's eyes rolled when he heard this, and said: "By the way, Li Qian's Minghu culture, I think it has been developing in film and television recently, and his "The Legend of the New White Lady" is also very popular, otherwise, he is ...... After all, you are from a school, there is always a nod friend, and he is my student, this must be a lot more reassuring, right? You see......"
Halfway through her words, Qin Jingjing's head was already shaking like a rattle.
Facing Lu Lingxi's puzzled gaze, she said with a little disdain: "Li Qian's reputation ...... Do you know, we all went to shoot the Three Kingdoms, in fact, there is no group at all, I am the Han Wei group, he is the Dongwu group, from entering the group to leaving, we have never seen each other, just that, the media can spread the scandal between me and him, if I enter the Minghu culture, with his merry reputation and romantic temperament, then it will be worth it!"
After a pause, she said again: "Besides, next time I either don't sign it, or if I do, I must sign the kind of company that allows me to make movies!
Lu Lingxi opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and after a while, she shook her head with a smile and laughter, feeling that it seemed meaningless to say anything more, so she couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay, this is your business, you can make up your own mind!"
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On the dim path, two beautiful shadows walked and chatted.
The voice couldn't help but ask over and over again: "Sister, just reveal a little bit, who is the person you are talking about! Please, you are my own sister!"
She was either silent or smiling.
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Eight thousand words of big chapter, don't tear it down, everyone will understand, this is even a make-up of a change! )