CHAPTER XXII

A few days later, the contract was signed, this time Xiao Yi was already familiar with the road, there was no major mistake in entering the group for the first time, and this time there was no Zhang Xinran stabbing in the back, it should have been much smoother, but Du Mei was racking his brains for several days to find a way to build momentum for Lu Zhou.

The topic of the breakup drama a year ago is simply hot, plus the New Year's greeting video has been hot for a while, this year we have to find a way to make Lu Zhou maintain a certain degree of topic discussion when the TV series is not released, so that "Iron Horse Binghe" can be launched in the summer vacation to ensure the ratings.

Xiao Yi realized that Li Xing had already lost a game with a certain opponent for the Spring Festival stall and the four simulcasts, and now he is waiting for the summer vacation file to launch a new drama.

It is precisely because of this incident that Du Mei has strengthened his confidence in opening a film and television company, otherwise Lu Zhou will be easily controlled by others no matter what he films.

Xiao Yi asked Lu Zhou once what would happen if Du Mei opened his own film and television company, and Lu Zhou just replied to the above explanation, and it was over.

Lu Zhou was running and measuring his heart rate, and Xiao Yi was also forced by Lu Zhou to exercise in the basement every day, and now he can almost keep up with Lu Zhou's rhythm.

Lu Zhou wiped his sweat and said, "I'll ask you." ”

Xiao Yi: "Huh? ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Lu Zhou was sweaty, shirtless, with a towel around his neck, sweat dripping from his hair, he said, "Every time I see you ask so innocently, 'Ah? I want to punch you. Do you know the way? ”

Xiao Yi said sincerely: "Made." ”

Lu Zhou threw the towel on Xiao Yi's head, Xiao Yi was inexplicable, and was sweaty from the towel that was about to wring out the water.

Lu Zhou said: "Do you think you are my person or Mr. Du's person?" ”

"Of course it's your manβ€”the male god!" Xiao Yi screamed, almost going up to hug Lu Zhou's sturdy thighs, "You are so good to me!" Send me the end of the year! ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

"Then I'll tell you." Lu Zhou said, "Since it's my person, don't say too much about me in front of Mr. Du, the person who pays you the salary is me, not Mr. Du, don't you know the way?" ”

"Build!" Xiao Yi immediately said, "But I didn't say anything, even what was said in the contract, everything is prioritized by your orders, and you can do whatever you ask me to do." ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while, got off the treadmill, and said, "Then let me tell you, Du Mei wants to make the business bigger and is unwilling to be controlled by others." wants to cultivate newcomers, this idea was had when she fell out with Weilin Pictures two years ago. In the past, the company was affiliated with Weilin. ”

"Oh-" Xiao Yi said, "she asked you to take the job, and then pumped yours, didn't she?" ”

Xiao Yi brought a can of drink to Lu Zhou, and Lu Zhou's face was cloudy and cloudy, and he said, "Yes." ”

Xiao Yi asked, "How much to draw?" Is it a lot? Did she treat you badly? ”

"I didn't treat me badly, it's like this in the industry, 20 percent." Lu Zhou said.

Xiao Yi thought a lot, Lu Zhou has tens of millions for a play, and Du Mei can draw two million, but if Du Mei is the producer himself, he can earn more, which is indeed the case.

"Don't even think about it." Lu Zhou said, "You newcomers, you want to sign for her, guess how much she pumped you?" ”

Xiao Yi: "......"

"Eighty percent." Lu Zhou said.

Xiao Yi Khan, Lu Zhou went upstairs, Xiao Yi went in the bathtub again, and asked, "Then will you change jobs?" Brother Zhou? ”

"Do you think I'm going to tell you if I'm going to change jobs?" Lu Zhou said, "Du Mei knows these things in her heart, she is smarter than me." ”

Xiao Yi didn't say anything more.

The weather gradually warmed up, during which Lu Zhou went to shoot some advertisements again, Xiao Yi just needs to follow the run before and after, when he is not in the group, life is still quite leisurely, there are occasional sunny days in Beijing, but Lu Zhou can't go anywhere, he can only walk on his own lawn, or read a book at home, and go to spend the night with celebrity friends at night, drink wine, and sing K.

Xiao Yi could see that Lu Zhou didn't want to go anywhere, he was always in a bad mood every time he came back from drinking, and would rather stay at home and watch movies, but the relationship was to be maintained, he maintained the frequency of going out every two days, and dealing with people every day.

As soon as I went out to deal with him, I had to make an appointment with Lu Zhou's makeup artist, hairstylist and costume consultant, and I had to go out at 9 o'clock in the evening and prepare at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

"I'm tired,." Lu Zhou said, "Hurry up and start the machine, it's annoying to socialize every day." ”

Spring is always full of all kinds of depression that cannot be vented, Lu Zhou is also a little irritable, fortunately, the time to start the machine is approaching, Xiao Yi is prepared this time, and buys a lot of things in order to meet Lu Zhou's needs from time to time.

"Are you moving?" Lu Zhou's expression twitched, and he said, "Mr. Xiao, why don't you invite the crew over to our house to shoot, what is the idea?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "It's always good to prepare a little more." ”

"Prepare your brother!" Lu Zhou couldn't bear it anymore and said, "The set is in Beijing!" It's all the scenery of Beijing, do you like to go to Hengdian to feed mosquitoes so much?! ”

Xiao Yi: "......"

The next day, when Xiao Yi didn't know what to do, Du Mei called and asked him to quickly call Lu Zhou and go to the company.

"What are you going to do-" Lu Zhou said helplessly, "spare me-"

Xiao Yi said, "Brother Zhou, you can quickly change your underwear." ”

Lu Zhou instantly sobered up, touched the underneath, his face was flushed, he had not vented for a long time, and it would automatically explode in ten days and half a month, Xiao Yi went to find his underwear for him, and said, "I'll ...... Give you a wash, you bathe first. ”

Xiao Yi took his underwear downstairs to wash, Lu Zhou's amount was too large, Xiao Yi's face was flushed, and he went to the bathroom in his room to wash Lu Zhou's underwear, Lu Zhou flashed into the bathroom with his bare buttocks and began to take a bath.

During this period, Du Mei made several phone calls, Xiao Yi washed his underwear, rushed out to pick it up in a gust of wind, Lu Zhou washed it after a few flushes, and motioned Xiao Yi to take the phone, what was the matter.

"Hey!" Lu Zhou said, "What is sticky on the phone! ”

Lu Zhou's handsome face was attached to his mobile phone, and it was stained with some strange liquid.

Xiao Yi ran to rub Lu Zhou's underwear again, Lu Zhou answered Du Mei's call, Du Mei said: "100,000 urgent, hurry up and come to the company, the director and producer are waiting." ”

At ten o'clock in the morning of the same day, in the conference room, Lu Zhou went crazy on the spot.

"I ......" Lu Zhou said decisively, "I didn't push this, there is really no way!" Director Guo! ”

"That...... Lu Zhou? The producer motioned for him to touch his face, but Lu Zhou was inexplicable, touched his face, and found that the liquid had dried up.

Xiao Yi: "......"

Xiao Yi couldn't see the right side of Lu Zhou's face at all when he was driving, and the sky was thundering immediately, but after thinking about it, it was his own anyway, and it was nothing. Immediately go out and find him wet wipes.

Lu Zhou wiped his face, he wanted to cry without tears, but the one sitting in front of him was a great director who was kind to Lu Zhou, specializing in period dramas, surnamed Guo. Director Guo didn't force him, and said with a smile: "It's good, if you say that, I know the truth." ”

The producer said: "Actually, I don't have much hope, I know that you can't schedule it." ”

Du Mei sighed and said, "Why did you just make up this thing." ”

Xiao Yi has a voice shouting in his heart, choose me, choose me, I'm willing to act! It's a pity that no one can choose him, let's not say whether he will act or not, once he is asked to play the supporting actor, he can't sell the drama that he can't sell, let alone sell it.

Here's the thing, one is about to start, the investment has been put in place, the crew has been built, the script has been changed countless times, and after the screenwriter was hospitalized, it is already close to perfection, and even the TV station expressed satisfaction with the drama after reading the script. However, at this time, the second male and the male protagonist had an accident at the same time.

The male protagonist is a half-popular and outdated forward-looking emperor, and the second male protagonist is a powerful actor.

The result of the two defaulting at the same time is that there is no suitable actor now. After discussing it, Director Guo seemed to be a little interested in Wuhenggu, so Du Mei and Director Guo went to the side to chat.

There were only two people left in the office, Xiao Yi and Lu Zhou.

"You can find that birch student." Xiao Yi said, "Isn't it blowing quite hot at the end of the world." ”

"Have you seen any famous plays he played?" Lu Zhou said impatiently.

Xiao Yi: "That...... What about Huang Mao? ”

"Acting is not good, all are not good." Lu Zhou said, "Internet celebrities are Internet celebrities, handsome and useless acting skills, Director Guo is a big director, and he usually doesn't even go to forums, only pick what he thinks he can control." Have you ever seen Ang Lee go to the end of the world to pick what Sidan Shuangbing to carry the box office? In addition to those fans on the Internet, who wants to watch a vase in a TV series, and it's not an antique show. ”

"Oh." Xiao Yi understood, today he learned that this behavior is called "saving the scene", and he has also seen the project of the Republic of China drama "Wind Drifting" in the company's annual planner, in fact, there are five plays that Lu Zhou picked at the earliest, and they have all been approved, among which "Wind Drifting" is obviously a big deal, but because Lu Zhou was asked to play a supporting role, Du Mei thought about it again and again, and finally reluctantly cut his love.

The mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is fluttering, and his life experience is ups and downs, Xiao Yi still wants to act this, of course it's just a dream, just daydreaming, acting is very hard.

"Brother Zhou wants to go next, right?" Xiao Yi observed his words and looks, and saw that Lu Zhou was a little hesitant, as if he wanted to get up, pressing the chair handle with both hands, hesitating.

Lu Zhou didn't speak, thought for a while, and said, "Because Director Guo has carried me." He said this, but sighed again and sat back.

"Forget it, the schedule can't be arranged." Lu Zhou said again.

Xiao Yi began to practice his fine skills, talking to himself, playing the role of Xiao Yi and Lu Zhou, and starting a conversation.

"I want to repay Director Guo."

"You know what a hair!" Xiao Yi said to himself, "The showbiz is high and low, it's not that you are popular, who wants to invite you?!" ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Xiao Yi looked like a rabbit, holding a dictionary brick, patting his head on the head, then turning around, and began to sing a one-man show again: "Come on, come on, Lu Zhou is Superman!" ”

"You idiot!" Xiao Yi muttered to himself again, learning Lu Zhou's voice and said angrily, "Have you ever filmed?" Rush through the motions? ”

"But it's Director Guo who came to ask for help this time."

"That's not because I'm red." Xiao Yi said to himself, "If you're not popular, who invited you." ”

Lu Zhou: "You ......"

Xiao Yi: "Like you!" Don't want to repay anyone for the rest of your life! ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

Xiao Yi: "In these years, if you want to repay you, you have to be popular enough, hey, * Si doesn't even have the opportunity to repay the gratitude, it's a pity." ”

Xiao Yi's ability to refine is obviously not good, and when it comes to the worst, he is confused by himself, and he feels neither like Lu Zhou's tone nor his own tone. However, when he and Duma were in the dormitory in the past, he often used this trick to have a conversation and stimulate another roommate, such as: "Hey, I really want to take the graduate school exam", "If you want to take the exam, you can take the exam", "What if you can't pass the exam", "You don't have the exam, you know how to do it, is that only so much courage for you...... Etcetera.

The roommates eat their set, from what to eat at night, to the big graduate school entrance examination, Duma and Xiao Yi often unscrupulously help him say the OS and then ridicule the group, and the roommate can't bear to go to graduate school, and now he goes abroad to work as an arranger to chase his dreams.

Lu Zhou seemed to eat this too, Xiao Yi wanted to say something more, but Lu Zhou said, "Shut it up for me!" ”

Lu Zhou made up his mind to get up, just as Director Guo and Du Mei passed through the corridor, Lu Zhou said, "Director Guo, please come inside, let's discuss it again." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Zhou signed another contract.

Director Guo invited another male lead, not because he didn't want Lu Zhou to play the male lead, as long as Lu Zhou was willing to take it, he could only choose what role, but Lu Zhou wanted to play two plays at the same time, and the time was very, very tight. Fortunately, both dramas were filmed in Beijing, so there was no need to go too far, so Lu Zhou took over the rescue work in the face of the director, and the director immediately asked people to arrange to find another crew at the right time and stagger all Lu Zhou's scenes.

As soon as Lu Zhou returned home and came back to his senses, he roared angrily: "Xiao Yi! I'm going to be killed by you! ”

Xiao Yi immediately hid, and Lu Zhou threw the script on Xiao Yi's head and flew to the ground.

Xiao Yi: "......"

Lu Zhou: "......"

Lu Zhou hasn't taken over the work of two dramas at the same time and the schedules are completely embedded in each other for many years, except for the supporting role when he first debuted, he had to rush to three sets to catch up, but it was a supporting role after all...... is now a protagonist, a second male role.

"What else do you β€”β€”! script?" Lu Zhou roared angrily, "Hurry up and arrange a schedule for me!" ”

Xiao Yi arranged the working hours for Lu Zhou on the calendar, and at the same time settled with Lu Zhou's personal costume artist, three days after the start of the film, he would participate in the Shanghai Film Festival, he was so busy that he had to prepare several sets of costumes for this year.

After the first week, Lu Zhou's work schedule was full, and Xiao Yi said, "Huh? ”

Lu Zhou asked vigilantly, "What?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "In fact, there are very few night dramas, and if you look at this schedule, you can take another drama." ”

Lu Zhou: "......"

"Mr. Xiao." Lu Zhou said seriously, "You have to be kind to the cash cow, understand?" Although I make a lot of money, in the case of a good mood maybe, maybe, depending on the situation, occasionally a little more reward you limited little bit of broth, (roar) But if you male god I take the play to burst the liver to death!! You're going to end up on the streets!! Do you understand!! ”

Xiao Yi: "......"

Xiao Yi knew that Lu Zhou was still very happy, he was an emotional person, and from getting along with him for less than a year, Xiao Yi really felt Lu Zhou's this. He doesn't believe what people say, he only looks at what others do, and others treat him well, although he doesn't admit it on his lips, he will always remember it in his heart.

Of course, he will also hold a grudge against people who are not good to him.

For example, on the first day of work, Lu Zhou yelled at the props assistant of the first crew very fiercely, just because the props assistant saw Xiao Yi standing by the wall, afraid that he would not hear it, and said loudly: "Hey! Don't stand there! ”

Lu Zhou's face immediately sank, and he said: "This is my assistant, don't look at me yelling at him, I yell at him, I yell at him, and no one else can yell at him." ”

As soon as Lu Zhou spoke, the assistant immediately realized that he had seen the wrong person, and hurriedly apologized to Xiao Yi, and the teacher who brought him also came over to apologize, so Lu Zhou gave up.

Xiao Yi originally thought that he already knew how to play with Lu Daojin's crew, but filming in Beijing was not the same thing as Hengdian. The real estate sponsor who was looking for Neijingtong asked for a model room, and a group of people poured in like locusts, and then blocked the passage, set up the lamp, and hit the board, just like shooting an advertisement.

"How much does this house cost?" Xiao Yi said.

The house is very large and spacious, it has been renovated into a compartment of an office building, and the director sits and reads the script, saying: "More than eight million, the house here is expensive, what, do you want to buy a set?" ”

"Can't afford it." Xiao Yi said.

Xiao Yi looked up.

The director has a Beijing accent, speaks like playing words, and usually likes to joke, Xiao Yi sat on the side, thinking that this drama must not be so tiring to shoot in Hengdian, no wonder they all like to shoot this kind of small-cost production, as long as you get a big coffee, the script is bloody enough, the director is also trouble-free, the actors are also relaxed, and it also saves money.

"Come on." The director smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, the little ones don't dare to tell you about the play, you can do it as you like." ”

Everyone laughed, Lu Zhou looked serious, sighed, and knew that the director loved to talk and laugh, and he didn't say much to him, so he changed his clothes and went over and lay on the table.

Lu Zhou changed into a white shirt and trousers, his hair was messy, he wore a pair of glasses, wore old sneakers, and rested on the table, with his side face against the table, and slept with his mouth slightly open.

"Heyβ€”" said a choppy female editor-in-chief, "get up!" ”

Lu Zhou suddenly shook his spirit, grabbed his glasses everywhere, and when he looked up, he just saw the female editor-in-chief's breasts, and he screamed, his face was flushed, and he fell.

Lu Zhou's movements are very exaggerated, but they are very interesting, Xiao Yi didn't expect Lu Zhou to act in modern dramas like this, which is not the same style as he imagined. When Xiao Yi read the script, he felt several times that Lu Zhou should play a playboy like Wu Henggu, who else can be like Lu Zhou, wearing a suit, unbuttoning his shirt, and sitting on the sofa with a wine glass in his hand?

Surrounded by beautiful women and standing on the side of the housekeeper, this kind of role with a general offensive temperament is Lu Zhou's first choice!

However, Lu Zhou played an old virgin in his thirties, but he was vivid, and Xiao Yi almost didn't know him.

The camera pushed forward and slapped Lu Zhou's face, Lu Zhou sighed, grabbed his glasses a few times, sat down in a hurry, pushed both hands on the table, and turned the pen flexibly with the other hand, the pen was very flexible, from the thumb to the middle finger and then to the little finger in a circle.

Almost everyone couldn't help but applaud, Lu Zhou's expression, demeanor, and movements were very into the play.

"Go interview me!" The female editor-in-chief threw a stack of manuscripts on Lu Zhou's face, flew to the ground in a hurry, and then patrolled the office.

"The quality of last month's manuscript was really poor." The female editor-in-chief said, "Be serious." ”

Lu Zhou looked helpless, looked at the ceiling, and then took his coat and got up.

"Click." Said the director.

The assistants stepped forward to arrange, and the scene was over.

Followed by Lu Zhou's play, he was alone in front of the counter flipping through the materials, and came over to answer the office phone by the way.

"What a shame!" Lu Zhou said, "Right away!" ”

Lu Zhou quickly ran out of the box, then almost slipped, and ran back to rummage through the folder and take an old photo.

"Click."

The next scene is Lu Zhou lying on a swivel chair, with his feet on his feet, taking off his shoes, resting on his desk, looking up at the ceiling. The camera advances and takes a shot of his face. Lu Zhou was silent for a moment, then sighed, holding a photo in his hand, and made a difficult swallowing motion, his eyes were a little red.

Three seconds later, Lu Zhou burst out laughing.

Everyone: "......"

"Who prepares the photo!" Lu Zhou couldn't cry or laugh, threw the photo on the table, and said, "What do you do to give a photo of a giant panda!" The actor can't cry! ”

The whole crew was going crazy with laughter, and the director asked: "Who brought the old photos, did the heroine bring them?" ”

"It's not done yet." The prop said, "Why don't you change the angle?" ”

"I have." Xiao Yi said.

Xiao Yi had a photo of his childhood in his wallet and took it to Lu Zhou, who looked at it thoughtfully and signaled that the director could start.

Xiao Yi motioned for eye drops, and Lu Zhou waved his hand.

Lu Zhou took the photo, in the script, this paragraph is that after the heroine left, the hero left a photo of her when she was a child, and then there were countless flashbacks, lyrical theme songs, memories sensational, and the hero had a crying scene.