42. Chapter 42
When Lee Cheng-taek woke up in his sleep, it was still dark and silent outside the window, and occasionally a few birdsongs swept past the windowsill, with a hint of weirdness.
He lifted the sheet and got out of bed, walked to the window and pushed it open, and a wind mixed with cold mist rushed in, burrowing through his neckline and into his clothes, and after swimming around his body, leaving only a chill on his skin.
Lee Song-taek felt a dull pain in the wound under his heart, and he pressed the raised scar with his hand, trying to expel the cold with warmth, and then drive away the faint pain.
Li Chengze glanced at the screen of his mobile phone, at 4 o'clock in the morning, he could sleep for another three or four hours, but he was obviously not sleepy, he put on a pullover at random, and then changed into a pair of sneakers, in order not to wake up other people on the same floor, he tiptoed to the door, and then opened the door as carefully as possible and walked out of the room.
The process of going downstairs was also very cautious, and every step of the soles of his shoes and the stairs could cause a muffled sound, and sweat began to break out on his forehead just after walking the four steps.
There was a security guard on night duty at the hotel, and when Lee Sung-taek walked to the door, he recognized Lee Sung-taek, so out of process and politeness, he casually asked, "Sir, where are you going to go so early?" â
Lee Song-taek replied, "I want to go for a run, is it okay to go out and turn left?" â
"It makes sense, you just walk around the fence, don't go into the grove, although the forest area is small, you won't get lost, but I don't dare to guarantee that you won't encounter something that shouldn't be encountered when you run in alone at night."
The security guard said snakes, small animals and other things, for fear that the guests would be scared.
Lee Sung-taek nodded, thanked the security guards, and trotted along the fence.
After running along the fence for half an hour, I stood and rested for five minutes, then found a bench on the side of the road, sat down, and silently looked at the dark sky.
The street lamps cast a dim glow within five meters of where he was sitting, and Mr. Lee looked up to see a swarm of mosquitoes flying around the lights, pulling up his collar and covering his face.
Lee Sung-taek suddenly didn't quite understand what he was doing in the past two days.
At first, he was indeed a little panicked and dazed when he sat at Lin Rongyang's house and woke up, but after he confirmed his identity, he strengthened his only belief - he wanted to complete the dream that he had not completed in his previous life and win the trophy of the actor once.
This dream is not difficult to say, it is not easy to say, but Lee Sung-taek has absolute confidence that he can rely on his acting skills and appearance conditions to spend a period of time to achieve it.
But on the road of his new life journey, a He Qian appeared inexplicably, strictly speaking, He Qian is not a stumbling block, and it can even be said to be one of the pedals for his success.
If He Qian hadn't recommended Wang Yongyi casually at that time, he wouldn't have gotten this role so lightly.
Lee Sung-taek didn't want to pay much attention to He Qian, and it was easy to get into trouble with a person who behaved perversely, which was very detrimental to his future.
The right thing for him to do at the beginning should have been to ignore He Qian and try not to have anything to do with him, but He Qian repeatedly provoked him, no matter how calm his personality was, he would occasionally want to do some counterattacks out of line.
Maybe he chose the wrong way to fight back.
And life is often like this, if you take a wrong step, the fate line will be messed up.
Lee Sung-taek lowered his collar and put two fingers on his lips, which He Qian said were soaked and swollen...... That guy is ridiculous, but how can he be so useful.
When Li Chengze stepped on the glory of the morning sun and returned to the hotel, in the hall on the first floor, He Qian was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, he hung his head, his bangs covered his expression, Li Chengze walked over and stretched out his fingers to pull He Qian's bangs up.
He Qian looked up impatiently, but what he saw was Li Chengze, he originally thought that Qin Yiming had the audacity to play a prank on him.
Although Qin Yiming was afraid of him, he still dared to joke with him occasionally, but Li Chengze would not take the initiative to touch him more than the number of fingers on one hand.
Li Chengze only saw a trace of surprise flash in He Qian's eyes, and then calmed down, He Qian threw the newspaper on the table, raised his two feet and put it on the table, and asked, "What's wrong?" â
Li Chengze naturally bypassed the table, sat down next to He Qian, raised his hand and knocked He Qian's knee hard, He Qian's foot flicked, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Do you know the severity of the?" â
Li Chengze was in a good mood, and he was even better when he saw He Qian's appearance, and he reminded: "Don't you want your gentleman image, don't put your legs on the table and say dirty words in this kind of place." â
He Qian wanted to spread the fire, but Lee Cheng-taek's warning was very reasonable, so he could only put his legs down and lean over to get the newspaper back on the table.
Li Chengze saw that He Qian saw that side was the entertainment section, on which was the promotional draft of "Lonely City", and the picture was printed with Jingtong's makeup photo, because it was printed in a newspaper, the characters' expressions were a little distorted, He Qian said to Li Chengze: "This picture is not as good as one-tenth of yours." â
He's always so straightforward.
But when Li Chengze listened, he felt a little happy.
He Qian said again: "Zhang Haoxiang called me last night, and he said that he talked to He Xingbo and wanted to work hard to win you, so I hope I will work your side to ensure that you can sign the Xinghuang contract after the filming of this scene." â
Lee Song-taek asked, "What is the price he offers?" He remembered his previous life, he worked under Zhang Haoxiang for a period of time, and the bones and blood that were squeezed were dry.
"Although it is a little higher than the newcomers in the same period, it is not too high, Zhang Haoxiang is more careful in his calculations, and he believes that the Star Emperor is attractive to newcomers, so he dares to open a low price." He Qian said, touching his chin with his hand, and then tapped his fingers on the table a few times, "Judging from the price, I estimate that Ni Yin from Huadu will offer you a higher price." â
That's right. Ni Yin not only likes Li Chengze's identity as an actor, but also likes him very much, in recent years, Huadu Company has been in a downturn, Ni Yin wants to play a game to see if she can rise again, and even overshadow the star emperor, she now treats Li Chengze as an actor in her own company, so she will do her best to help Li Chengze find resources, once she knows that Zhang Haoxiang is not desperate to snatch this actor from her, it is estimated that she can vomit a few liters of blood.
Ni Yin's thoughts Li Chengze knows, and he has also weighed the pros and cons, Zhang Haoxiang is a person, he doesn't want to follow anymore, but if he can get more benefits from the Star Emperor, he has to think about it.
The two of them sat and talked about work, and the innkeeper's son had just come in through the door, and he saw the two of them at a glance and nodded politely.
He Qian beckoned to him, "Boy, come here." â
The other party's eyes widened and he trotted over with doubt.
Li Chengze glanced at He Qian, not knowing what kind of tricks he wanted to do.
The boy ran over, stood next to He Qian, lowered his head and listened to the command, He Qian smiled and said, "Sit down, what are you doing standing?" As he spoke, he spread out the newspaper and pushed it in front of the boy, the boy sat down obediently, and saw the entertainment section of the newspaper in the direction of He Qian's finger, and he shook his head a little puzzled.
He Qian tapped the corner of the newspaper with his finger and said, "This crew is looking for the male number three, do you want to try it." â
The boy stared at He Qian in a little surprise, and shook his head vigorously, he felt that he was not good-looking, and he was not very familiar with the things in the film and television industry, plus he had been in such a small place for a long time, and he was used to this kind of slow life, basically he would not want to pursue other things, his future was to inherit his father's hotel, and then live a lifetime.
"I'm not a person who will casually pick up others to act, I think your qualifications are okay, and your plasticity is very good, you must know that in addition to being an actor, I am also very accurate in seeing people-" He Qian said and turned his head to look at Li Chengze, and said with a smile: "I don't believe you look at the supernova in front of you, I also took a fancy to it at the beginning." â
The boy trembled and stretched out his hand, and He Qian handed him the newspaper, "You take it and study it, and if you think about it, you can find Qin Yiming, the man who often wears a pink or green shirt with a T-shirt inside." â
The boy nodded, and He Qian smiled again and said to him: "What are you nervous about, sue you for something worth exciting, when you become an actor, you can get any kind of man you want." â
The boy's face turned red, he rolled up the newspaper and trotted all the way to the office.
He Qian's smiling face retracted, although he was used to smiling in front of people, but after laughing for a long time, his facial muscles were indeed a little tired.
Li Chengze had already seen the crew He Qian was referring to just now, and he quickly glanced at the investor column and found that the Star Emperor was also one of the investors.
He Qian asked Lee Cheng-taek, "Don't you want to know why I'm so concerned?" â
Li Chengze said: "This man's image is really good, and you asked him to bite you before, if you don't get him into the Star Emperor, it will be difficult to block his mouth in the future." When this boy enters the entertainment industry, gets more things than before, and has a fixed or unfixed object, he will naturally be tight-lipped about the fact that he helped He Qian talk about it at that time, because an actor was revealed to be a gay, and he also helped the actor, the impact of this kind of thing must be more exciting than that of a hotel owner's son helping an actor.
He Qian said disapprerovingly: "The Star Emperor has a branch, as long as he goes to the branch when the time comes, he and I can hardly touch." â
Lee Song-taek said, "What are you doing explaining this to me? â
He Qian shrugged, "Maybe you'll misunderstand." â
"Misunderstanding what?"
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Lee Sung-taek still had a straight face, and he asked, "Why didn't you say it?" â
He Qian suddenly disliked the talkative Lee Chengze, which caught him off guard.
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Lin Han's sixth sense has always been very keen, she was sitting and chatting with Qin Yiming at this time, and occasionally looked at the set, she found that the communication between Li Chengze and He Qian was slightly different from before, and there was a wonderful aura between the two.
Although he is He Qian's lover in the play, He Qian will never say a word to her off the set, of course Lin Han doesn't care about this kind of thing, anyway, He Qian's acting skills are very good, she can take her into the play, and she doesn't need to spend more time with He Qian to cultivate feelings outside the play.
Qin Yiming saw that Lin Han had been staring at He Qian, and he couldn't help but ask, "Are you interested in He Qian?" But He Qian didn't seem to have any interest in women, Qin Yiming knew that he shouldn't say such a thing, but he couldn't bear to look at his goddess disappointed.
Lin Han snorted and said deliberately: "No, I like Li Chengze's type!" Gentle and considerate! â
Qin Yiming swallowed his saliva, he thought to himself, but He Qian is interesting to Li Chengze, just normal competition, such a gentle and lovely Lin Han has no chance of winning against the last He Qian, who is tough and a little perverted.
***
Hongcai thought to himself, Jing Tong must have arranged someone to monitor him and Qin Xiang, otherwise he would not have met this haunting second brother once he traveled with Qin Xiang.
Hongcai and Qin Xiang took advantage of today's sunny weather, and the two went to the pavilion on the small hill in the back mountain to make tea and poems, and were chatting about it, and saw Jingtong driving a horse and being surrounded by attendants.
Qin Xiang hurriedly asked the second prince to say goodbye, Jing Tong originally acquiesced to her behavior, but Hongcai suddenly reached out and grabbed Qin Xiang's sleeve and shook his head at her.
Jing Tong saw it in his eyes, and his anger rose in vain, isn't it natural for a maid to ask him for peace, why, Hongcai, you are with such an inferior person, and you still have to protect her to fight against your imperial brother?
Hongcai questioned Jing Tong, "Why are you here?" â
You? Even the royal brother didn't want to call it?
Jing Tong's eyes gradually darkened, Hongcai, what are you doing against me for, it is really for this woman, so you don't even care about brotherhood and royal etiquette?
Jing Tong raised his hand and said to the attendant, "Catch that woman." â
The attendant replied loudly, "Yes!" Then he ran over to surround Qin Xiang.
Hongcai stopped in front of Qin Xiang and shouted angrily at everyone, "You are so bold! â
The attendant was hindered that the person in front of him was the third prince, so he didn't dare to do it at will, so he could only stop and wait for the second prince's orders.
Jing Tong sneered and persuaded Hongcai, "Let your woman give me a good salute like other maids, and I won't move her." â
Hongcai's face was gloomy, "Jingtong, don't go too far." â
Jing Tong still had that sneer, "My request is not too much to be reasonable, if you want to blame it, you will blame you for being born in an imperial family, if you are an ordinary person born in that alley, you don't need to listen to my many requests." â
"Big brother won't be like that."
"You call him the eldest brother, and have you ever called me the second brother?" After Jing Tong finished speaking, he motioned to the attendant to grab Qin Xiang, the woman hid back, Hongcai stepped forward to protect Qin Xiang, and the attendant got Jing Tong's permission, so he was no longer polite to Hongcai, three or four people surrounded the three princes, and the rest rushed over to grab Qin Xiang.
At this time, Hongcai needed to clean up the attendants who surrounded him, and then retreat to save Qin Xiang, one of the actors who played the attendants had just started to play tricks, and he was a little anxious in order to steal the scene, so he squeezed forward with the long stick in his hand, and he was about to hit He Qian on the head with a stick.
Li Chengze shouted anxiously: "He Qian be careful!" â
He Qian's eyes quickly dodged, and the long stick hit the body of another actor, and the person who was hit wailed and squatted down.
Seeing that he accidentally hit someone, the little actor panicked all of a sudden, threw the things in his hand and stood in a daze.
Wang Yong shouted "card", the field staff ran over from the side to check the actor's injury, Wang Yong also followed and took a look at the actor who hurt people, he just saw that this person was very active in the camera, and he has been trying to steal the scene, to be honest, he still admires the actors who will steal the scene, after all, the opportunity is to create his own zĂ o, but he can't use this way.
Li Chengze jumped off the horse, went over and grabbed He Qian's arm, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?" â
He Qian said: "The one squatting on the ground took this blow for me. â
Lee Song-taek asked again, "Doesn't it hurt anywhere?" â
He Qian said: "I'm not a child, don't I know if it hurts?" After saying that, he looked at Lee Cheng-taek's face more and more strictly, so he had to pretend to touch his arm and body, and then said to Lee Cheng-taek: "I don't feel pain now, if I feel uncomfortable after a while, I will go to the doctor." â
"Then you go to the side and stay first." Li Chengze said and shouted at Qin Yiming: "Yiming, please take He Qian back to the rest area." â
He Qian looked at Li Chengze a little puzzled, turned around and asked Qin Yiming who ran over, "Li Chengze never takes the initiative to care about others, is he mentally disturbed today?" â
Qin Yiming scratched his head, "No, Li Chengze is very good, and the staff in the crew like him a lot." â
He Qian didn't think that at least he had never been actively cared about by Lee Chengze before this.
Li Chengze watched He Qian and Qin Yiming leave, he stood in place and reflected on his impulse, he did make that move without thinking about it just now, as for the motive, he didn't dare to think about it.
Lee Sung-taek didn't play at night, he vacated the time and contacted Ni Yin, who hadn't seen him for a long time. Ni Yin's voice sounded very pleasant, she told Li Chengze about the recent rise in his popularity, and said some other program announcements, and finally entered the topic, "I am planning to invest in a drama, I have a female singer in my heart, I hope that the other party will be the heroine of this play, and I plan to recommend it to the director, but her agent's salary is a little high, I asked them to talk in two days, and I will bring you to help me when the time comes, do you have time?" â
Lee Song-taek asked: "Has this female singer ever filmed before?" â
Ni Yin said: "No, I just fancy this gimmick, sing and act, besides, when the time comes, the hype point of the first kiss on the screen can have gossip popularity." â
Yes, Ni Yin's appreciation is never the acting skills of the actors, she pays much more attention to her appearance than other elements.
"Alright, call me when you have a time."
"It's already set, I'll text you when I hang up the phone later," Ni Yin paused, and then added: "By the way, you remember to dress better." â
Jing Tongjiao is only the second male, after all, there are not as many male as the first man, Li Chengze has been very leisurely these days, and three days later, it was the time agreed with Ni Yin, he and Su Rui left the crew after saying hello to everyone and rushed to meet Ni Yin.
At the beginning of the night, Ni Yin was sitting in her car, touching up her makeup, and after brushing her hair with her hands, she looked up and saw a car parked at the door of the hotel, and a man and a woman got out of the car, it was Li Chengze and Su Rui.
Ni Yin hurriedly drove the car to the door of the hotel, and the doorman came to pick up the keys and help drive the car to the parking lot.
Ni Yin looked Li Chengze up and down, she found that she hadn't seen her for a while, Li Chengze was a little tanned, probably because she had to stay outdoors for a long time to shoot, tanning was inevitable, but this was a little more manly than before, and she also appreciated it.
The style of wearing clothes is still simple, and it is also suitable for his unassuming personality, hey, how do you look at it, how do you like it, if it weren't for the fact that there was a tall woman next to her, Ni Yin would almost have leaned on.
Su Rui couldn't help but feel funny when she saw the stars in Ni Yin's eyes, she turned to Li Chengze and said, "Chengze, I'll go see Mr. Lin first." After receiving an affirmative answer, she drove away.
Ni Yin quickly walked over, grabbed Li Chengze's arm, and stroked his curly hair in a charming manner, "Go in, it's all up to you tonight." â
The two walked into the hotel lobby and entered the elevator, Ni Yin was still telling Li Chengze to pay attention, "I am a big investor in this play, so I want to find a role that I am satisfied with, and the lead singer of the popular group moonshine is planning to fly solo, I want to take this opportunity to take her down, take her under my command, and repackage it when the time comes, and it will definitely be a hit after it is launched." â
Li Chengze looked at Ni Yin's expression, and suddenly had a bad premonition, he asked: "That female singer or her agent won't have any bad love, okay." â
Ni Yin said disapprehantly: "Is it wrong for a woman to be good ^ sex?!" I know it's wrong for me not to tell you in advance, but you just sit still and let the other party have a good time, and you don't suffer. â
Li Chengze had long expected this to be the trend, but as Ni Yin said, he actually didn't suffer, he got a lot of benefits from Ni Yin, and there was no reason to kick Ni Yin away when the other party needed help, which was not in line with his principles of life.
The elevator reached the fifth floor, the two got out of the elevator and walked towards the private room, someone in front of them suddenly ran over in a hurry and bumped into Ni Yin, Ni Yin shouted, twisted her high heels, and almost fell, she immediately reached out and grabbed the clothes of the person who hit her and tried to escape, "Stop, apologize to me!" â
The other party turned his head with a look of disdain, "Auntie, what are you doing!" â
Li Chengze looked at this person and was a little surprised, he said, "He Pengyi, what are you doing here?" â
He Pengyi looked up at Li Chengze and was even more surprised to see him being held by a woman who was at least half his age, "Brother Chengze, why are you with this woman?" â
"You answer my question first."
"I'm looking for my brother."
"Your brother?"
"My second brother, he is a frequent visitor here, I will come to chat with him if I have nothing to do, you shouldn't really be with this old woman, right?"
"Who do you say, old woman!" Ni Yin raised his foot, and his high heels stepped on He Pengyi's canvas shoes, He Pengyi screamed, he was about to fight back, but the mobile phone suddenly rang, he picked up the mobile phone and said, "Second brother, I'm here, you wait!" He turned back to Ni Yin and said, "I'll let you go today, and let you know how good I am another day!" â
"You, you, you......" Ni Yin wanted to catch up, but Li Chengze hurriedly stopped her, "Boss, forget it, it's important to talk about business first." He finally persuaded Ni Yin into the box, and felt that the smell in the room was a little unpleasant, so he walked over and pushed open the window, and after seeing the night scene outside, he suddenly felt that this place was a little familiar.
He asked, "Boss Ni, is there a TV station here?" â
Ni Yin was angry, and she replied casually: "It's near the last time you recorded the live show." â
Mr. Lee saw a parking lot behind the hotel, with a road outside the parking lot, a sidewalk across the road, and clothing stores and some small restaurants on the side of the road.
He remembered the photo of him and He Qian being secretly taken when they clashed with someone in the hotel, He Pengyi said just now