The previous friendly and harmonious atmosphere faded in a blink of an eye.

The camera beside him "rustled", and Jin Shaolan didn't have to think about it, he knew that the camera had been focusing on them since just now - it was this scene that was waiting for him. He was particularly disgusted by his professionalism, because he just wanted to throw the script in his hand in front of this young girl who looked as natural and fresh as an elf, and asked her with a sneer, "Did they want you to say that?" Or do you mean it yourself? ”

It's a pity, whether it was she who had arranged it herself, or maybe it was the undisciplined "reality show" program team who arranged for her to set up this set, if it weren't for Ye Shu's own approval, it was obvious that there would not be the current farce. Thinking of this, Jin Shaolan couldn't even lift the strength to sneer at the script.

Although the light was dim, there was a trace of scheming reflection in Ye Shu's eyes when he spoke, but Jin Shaolan would not be wrong. After all, he has been in the film industry for a few years, and he realized what happened almost immediately: there was no restraint in participating in a movie for the first time, the shyness of joining an unfamiliar team, and the nervousness and fear of participating in horror talks: it was just Ye Shu's careful foreshadowing; Some are just shrewd, fully adapted to the shrewdness of the deep waters of the entertainment industry.

Yes, compared to other professions, the discipline of these people has been eaten by dogs: hype, this is what is soaked into their bones: popular people, rubbing hot spots, making big news; Or sing a double reed, or tacitly. So Jin Shaolan never really expected a pure natural Ye Shu like a "mountain ghost" who came out of the wild jungle.

Playing tricks, playing tricks, praising the high and stepping on the low, Jin Shaolan understands and adapts to all this, but he didn't think about the current situation - a rookie who has only been in the industry for more than half a year has been misleading the people in the crew from the beginning, creating the current opportunity, and using Jin Shaolan's only remaining kindness to the juniors to step down on him, the director, and hype himself who has just entered the audience's sight! He and his contemporaries at least have at least the respect and bottom line that remains unbelievable if he hadn't experienced it himself:

- Use the "director" as a stepping stone!

He Jin Shaolan and "them" have always been good, and "hype" is like eating cabbage for him, and he is like a fish in water, but this does not mean that someone can treat him as a Kaizi for the sake of hype-

Jin Shaolan then smiled and said kindly: "That's right, that's it!" Keep it up, I think you've grasped a little bit of the characteristics of the children's protagonist "Mountain Ghost". ”

Ye Shu was stunned.

"Relax, relax, keep it like this, you're fine." He held the director's reserve, but there was no lack of concern from his predecessors, and praised her, "That's what it was like just now, it's really good, straightforward and innocent, this is the characteristic of 'Mountain Ghost', don't worry about what others will think after saying it, because she just doesn't realize what this is, the heroine is like this, you grasp it well?" ”

Ye Shu's face became a little pale. With her shrewdness, how could she not hear the malice hidden under Jin Shaolan's superficial kind encouragement and praise: this person is reminding her that she is a newcomer, a newcomer who is lackluster in acting, but also has the common problem that newcomers in the workplace are ignorant. The person he reminded was not her, but the others in the room.

If her previous little tricks made him look like a self-inflicted Kaizi, then she is now like a child who thinks she doesn't know the sky. No one will think that Jin Shaolan is a fool who failed to pick up a conversation, but the few words she said made her look pampered and insolent and did not miss the kindness of her predecessors, not only that, but this offended senior not only tolerated her kindly and generously, but also encouraged and comforted her in turn.

What would others think now? But a rookie, but self-righteously taking other people's kindness as coveting her feminine charm? Or did she talk casually like an ignorant child?

Zhou Zenan's deep voice echoed, especially clear in the forest at night:

The little boy could only listen in despair as the old woman's footsteps got closer and closer......

Suddenly, the footsteps disappeared.

"For a long time, when the little boy almost thought that the old woman had left, the door of the wardrobe slammed open!

There was no hideous and terrible old witch, and a kind face like his grandmother, who had long since died, appeared before the little boy, and she said with a smile:

"'Come, good boy, stop playing tricks on your mother-in-law.'

“‘…… Mother-in-law gives you candy to eat......'

"It was only after dawn that the nuns found out," said Zhou Zenan, "that all the children were not spared, and all of them died." ”

The night passed.

The summer nights are short, and as the sky turns white, the dark and gloomy woods of the night have been revealed in the morning light. It's just an ordinary plantation, with thick aspen, and the stone pavement in the forest is covered with fallen leaves hanging with dew, rustling under the feet of a slender young man. He looked gentle and gentle, with slightly long hair, and if it weren't for the fact that his facial features were not delicate, or even handsome, he was a little haggard between his eyebrows at this time.

After the filming of last night's show, Jin Shaolan did not sleep in the station like other crew members, he sat in the room insomnia for two hours, and then went out to wander aimlessly in the forest as soon as the night faded.

Remembering what Zhou Zenan said to him when he just returned to the station, he could only smile bitterly.

At that time, before they went back to the room, Zhou Zenan stayed for a while. "I think, actually," Zhou Zenan said as he stretched out his hand to stop him from opening the door, "There are some things that you don't care too much about?" ”

"What? Does that mean I don't have to worry about children? He replied with a smile and tried to open the door again, but was blocked by Zhou Zenan's hand again.

"—what?" Zhou Zenan frowned, with an uncertain look on his face: "I mean you." Why bother? Where can people like us still have a naïve position, and if they have a literary illness or something, they must be conscious. ”

In fact, the fact that his dignity and authority as a "director" were offended did make Jin Shaolan very angry. But before Zhou Zenan's pertinent advice, his anger had gradually subsided.

Just like now, he thought with a wry smile, even so, he could only be more strict and critical of Ye Shu than others in the shooting, nothing more; "Nine Songs" is a book that he has put a lot of thought into, out of respect for investors and his small arms can't twist thick thighs, he can't replace the heroine Ye Shu; Out of his loyalty to art, he could not damage the artistic image of the heroine "Mountain Ghost" to suppress this newcomer. This is his movie, but Jin Shaolan not only can't be replaced, he also has to compromise to make actors like Ye Shu as brilliant as possible in his movies.

He didn't try his best to shoot, he smashed his own movie.

As a third-rate director who makes some niche films, Jin Shaolan can be described as a long-sleeved dancer in the eyes of his peers: although his films are all niche films that lack a market, Jin Shaolan can always skillfully impress a certain financier to donate generously in the end; While dealing with all kinds of reasonable and unreasonable requirements that come with "investors are God", Jin Shaolan can often cleverly make what he insists on and wants to express appear in the film as it is.

The same is true for now. Ye Shu is an actor appointed by Wu Zhonghao, a real estate tycoon who invested in "Nine Songs". Therefore, if Jin Shaolan still plans to make his own movie-the movie he wants, he must let Wu Zhonghao get the welcome and respect that Dajin deserves - and similarly, Jin Shaolan knows that Ye Shu's previous actions are afraid that he has seen through this.

And he, on the one hand, must be loyal to investors, and on the other hand, he must be loyal to his films. So, there was nothing he could do.

…… No, it's not like this - in the midst of all kinds of emotions, Jin Shaolan, who had been wandering in the forest for almost a whole morning with nothing to do, suddenly realized something that he might have been deliberately avoiding for a long time:

On the one hand, he is not loyal to the investors, he goes against their demands, he takes their money and always carries private goods into it; On the other hand, he is also not loyal to his films, in order to cater to the likes and dislikes of the alloy master, he unprincipledly compromises with capital in exchange for the joy of all.

In fact, he is such a hypocritical speculator. Unlike his self-deception, he is not loyal to either investors or his film — no, it's not actually his film — it's Ng Zhonghao's film.

He is just a speculator who uses Ng Chung Ho's films to express his artistic ideas.

Not the one who owns this movie.

Not him.

It's Wu Zhonghao.

It's none of his. Those movies all belong to investors, not to him.

Each one is.

In the silence of the early morning, a dull crashing sound suddenly sounded in the woods.

"Bang!"

Jin Shaolan punched the trunk of the tree beside him.