Chapter 35
At this time, Zeng Ran came over with a computer in his arms. Xu Anqiao asked the assistant on the set to free up a lounge, and several people walked towards the lounge together. The lounge was not big, with a row of multi-person sofas in the middle, and a single sofa was placed on both sides.
Xu Anqiao let Cao Ye and Liang Sizhe on the sofa in the middle, and sat on both sides with Zeng Ran. Cao Yuning sat down next to Cao Ye, and couldn't help but glance at Liang Sizhe. Sometimes his vision was blocked by Cao Ye, and he would lean forward and stretch his neck to look over.
Cao Ye and Zeng Ran talked about the recent shooting situation. As they chatted, they felt something was wrong with Cao Yuning - their eyes seemed to stick to Liang Sizhe and could not be torn off.
Liang Sizhe sat next to Cao Ye and took the planning book Xu Anqiao placed on the table to read. The two of them were not close at each other, and they were not close together, but they couldn't sit in the third person.
Cao Ye glanced at Cao Yuning and said nothing. When he was as old as Cao Yuning, he could not help but go to see Liang Sizhe. At that time, he thought Liang Sizhe was really good-looking. Both his parents were from the literary and artistic circles. Cao Ye had seen countless beautiful people since he was a child, but Liang Sizhe looked very special. He still remembers the scene when Zheng Yin introduced them to them for the first time. Liang Sizhe slowly walked from the dim hall to the light and walked in front of him. The outline gradually became clear. At that moment, Cao Ye was stunned, and then he thought of the feeling as if it was amazing.
Zeng Ran took the computer to the coffee table in front of them: "Sizhe will take a look together, the schedule of this scene is quite complicated and it is the climax of the whole film."
Cao Ye leaned forward, held the edge of the laptop's screen, moved the computer forward, and then pushed it to Liang Sizhe. Liang Sizhe also leaned over and watched the modeling on the screen with him.
Zeng Ran followed the screen to explain the camera position and the reshooting camera. Cao Ye asked a few questions while listening. Liang Sizhe didn't say much throughout the whole process, and listened to them chatting. He felt that Cao Ye had really matured a lot over the years, and asked a few questions very professionally. He seemed to be considerate of this project. Zeng Ran also seemed to be quite impressed. After chatting for a few words, he felt that he couldn't explain it. He walked to the coffee table and squatted down, holding the mouse and dragged the progress bar of the modeling video forward.
"Sit here." Cao Ye moved towards Liang Sizhe and made a vacancy for Zeng Ran. Zeng Ran turned his head and looked at it. Seeing that there was a vacancy, he did not refuse. He stood up and sat between him and Cao Yuning.
As soon as Zeng Ran sat over, the space on the sofa seemed a little crowded. Cao Ye had no choice but to move to Liang Sizhe again. There was originally some gap between the two, but now they were completely connected, with arms to arms and legs to legs.
For a moment, Cao Ye felt very strange. He didn't feel anything close to Zeng Ran, but he seemed a little uncomfortable when he was next to Liang Sizhe. Thinking about it, they hadn't sat together like this for a long time. They didn't even feel anything wrong when they slept on the same bed, but now they have become a little unfamiliar even if they simply sit together.
Sometimes I think about the conflict that happened to me back then, but it seems that from a certain moment, although no one officially announced his breakup with anyone, I suddenly became unfamiliar and so completely unfamiliar.
After Zeng Ran explained on the side, he mentioned the additional investment with a little embarrassed. He talked about it when filming the film, but now hesitated for a while before he pointed out the question.
Seeing that he had been wandering around for a long time but still didn't get to the point, Xu Anqiao was a little anxious for him. He was about to ask for helping him to help him get the ball, Cao Ye reached out and closed the computer, smiled at Zeng Ran and said, "I understand. This movie requires additional investment, which may be more than expected, right?"
Zeng Ran smiled reluctantly: "Yes." He has not yet separated from the production model of independent films, and is not yet used to the direct request for money from the investors.
"No problem," Cao Ye said, "I understand the shooting situation. Let Xu Anqiao communicate with me about the funds later."
Zeng Ran nodded in relief and responded.
Liang Sizhe smiled from the side: "The first time I see investors so easy to talk to."
Zeng Ran said to Cao Ye in a rare manner: "Lomon is different from other investors."
Liang Sizhe still smiled: "It sounds like a good thing for the film, but every film is so generous. Will the company really not lose money?"
Cao Ye turned his face to look at him: "Who said that every movie is like this?"
"Um?"
After the matter was discussed, the location was really tight again. Cao Ye stood up from the sofa: "If it weren't for the actor Liang, you were rescued in danger, I wouldn't have acted so generously."
Liang Sizhe looked up at him and smiled: "Oh, that's my honor."
After talking about the re-photograph, Cao Ye got up and left the conference room. Cao Yuning was so bored that he almost fell asleep. Seeing Cao Ye get up, he hurriedly followed.
Cao Ye heard Cao Yuning calling him "Brother" in a low voice behind him. He looked back at him, and Cao Yuning made a lip lip at him: "Eat - meal!"
Cao Ye knew that he wanted to get a dinner party in the evening and called Liang Sizhe out to have a meal together to facilitate him to chase stars close together. This matter is not difficult. He is quite familiar with Xu Anqiao and Zeng Ran. He used to go out for dinner when he came to the crew to talk about things, but...
Cao Yuning called him "Brother" a few more times behind him, and said in a low voice, "Please," Cao Ye thought to himself, why didn't he see him loving Liang Sizhe so deeply before. Cao Yuning kept urging him behind him, calling him "Brother" one after another, without stopping for a second, which made his mind hurt.
Zeng Ran and Xu Anqiao were behind and continued to talk about the reshoot plan. Liang Sizhe also walked out of the lounge at this time. Cao Ye slowed down. When Liang Sizhe followed, he turned around and asked him: "Is there any night scene arrangement tonight?"
"Yes," Liang Sizhe looked at him and smiled, "Why, do you have any plans to treat me to a meal?"
Cao Ye also smiled: "If there is one, then forget it."
Following Cao Yuning next to him, he was dissatisfied and reached out to pull Cao Ye's sleeve to express his dissatisfaction. Cao Ye turned his face to look at him and gave him a look of "You're enough". Seeing that Cao Ye had no intention of joking, Cao Yuning gave up and followed him with disappointment, not saying "Brother".
He stopped completely, and Cao Ye felt something was wrong. When he was young, he hated others pouring cold water on him the most, but he seemed to have poured a basin of cold water on Cao Yuning just now. Chasing stars is not an exaggeration... Besides, it is Liang Sizhe who is chasing, which at least means that Cao Yuning's taste has not changed. This idea appeared in Cao Ye's mind, and then he felt that this idea was really ridiculous.
When he got into the car, Cao Yuning was depressed and lowered his head to play with his cell phone and kept talking.
Cao Ye closed the car door, pulled the seat belt and tied it. He looked at him, and comforted softly: "You have also seen that Liang Sizhe has a night scene at night. You can't delay the crew's shooting progress. Wait until you have a chance next time, ah."
"But I'm going back." Cao Yuning turned his face away in anger and looked out the car window.
“Where to go back?”
"School, Manchester City!"
"So quickly? Is it still early to the end of summer vacation?"
"I have something to do when I go back." Cao Yuning didn't want to say more.
"What's the matter?" Cao Ye started the car, but he didn't rush to drive away. He knocked his fingers on the steering wheel, and coaxed him carelessly, "Let's wait here, wait for him to finish the night scene, and then invite him to have a midnight snack?"
Cao Yuning was even more unhappy when he heard the teasing meaning in his tone. Cao Ye couldn't rely on himself, so he could only rely on himself. He reached out and pushed open the car door, said "Wait for me for a while", and then jumped out of the car and ran away.
Cao Ye turned his head and looked out the car window. Cao Yuning raised his legs and ran towards Liang Sizhe, stopped in front of him and said something to him. The distance was a bit far away. Cao Ye couldn't see the expression on Liang Sizhe's face clearly. He could only see Liang Sizhe looking down at Cao Yuning standing in front of him, half short of him.
The few people who walked out to see Cao Ye were standing there discussing the shooting plan of the night scene. Seeing Cao Yuning suddenly got out of the car and ran over, stopping in front of Liang Sizhe, they were stunned for a moment and unconsciously stopped the conversation just now.
Cao Yuning stood in front of Liang Sizhe, stared at him blankly and asked, "Brother Sizhe, can I add you on WeChat?"
Everyone present was immediately worried for Liang Sizhe. The boy's questioning was really embarrassing. But he was different from other ordinary fans who chased stars. He was Cao Ye's cousin, and it was hard for Liang Sizhe to refuse directly.
But Liang Sizhe did not have a embarrassed expression on his face. He looked at his face for a few seconds, and then said, "Ask your cousin, I didn't bring my phone out."
Cao Yuning realized that he was the bravest person in the world at this moment. He continued to ask: "Will you add me?"
"Yes," Liang Sizhe smiled, "Say you are his cousin."
"Okay." Cao Yuning was done and jumped back to Cao Ye's car.
"Can you leave this time?" Cao Ye turned his face and looked at Cao Yuning who was re-radiant, and asked absent-mindedly, "What have you done?"
"I'm going to ask Liang Sizhe for WeChat!" Cao Yuning consciously put on his seat belt, with an excited expression on his face, which was completely different from before running out.
"Oh, okay, you..." Cao Ye drove on the road and chatted with him in a mess, "I'm so happy, did he give it?"
"He said he would just ask you, he would agree!" Cao Yuning couldn't wait to take out his cell phone, "Brother, please give me Liang Sizhe's WeChat."
Cao Ye paused and smiled and said, "...but I don't have his WeChat."
Cao Yuning turned his head suddenly to look at him, and Cao Ye could feel the disbelief in his eyes even when he looked ahead.
Cao Ye thought Liang Sizhe's move was quite funny. What does it mean? This is... They didn't add WeChat to each other, so no one knew better than Liang Sizhe, right?
You were teased, kid. Cao Ye said to Cao Yuning in his heart, but he did not expose Liang Sizhe on the surface.
Unexpectedly, Cao Yuning vented his resentment the next second, turned his head and did not look at him, but launched a fierce attack on him, whispering: "What's wrong with you? Is Lomon's ceo..."
Hey, Isn’t it blamed Liang Sizhe for this? Liang Sizhe’s fault is really a killing two birds with one stone.
Cao Ye smiled and said, "No one stipulates that the CEO of Lomones must have Liang Sizhe's WeChat, right?"
"He is your partner!" Cao Yuning refused to give up and turned his head to beg him, "Then you don't have it, Xu Anqiao always has it, right? Zeng Ran is the director, he must have it, right? Brother, go and ask me..."
"He asked you to ask me, but he didn't ask me to ask others..." Cao Ye sent him carelessly. He had a hundred ways to get to Liang Sizhe's WeChat, which was easy for him, but until now, he didn't add Liang Sizhe, and even he himself couldn't explain why.
Maybe there is no need to add it, and it may not be necessary to talk about it after adding it. It may be quite annoying to put it in the contact list, and it should be the same for each other.
"You are not very interesting!" Cao Yuning shouted at him.
Cao Ye smiled and said innocently: "But I really don't have his WeChat... I won't lie to you."
Cao Yuning ignored him and sulked outside the window.
It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when I returned to the city, and I caught up with the crowds of people and cars. The road was a bit annoying. Cao Ye began to regret not asking the driver out in the afternoon.
There were still two streets away from the company. Cao Yuning was silent all the way and suddenly said, "Brother, I want to get off the car."
"Now?"
"Well, there will be a class reunion tonight."
"There is no class reunion after having dinner with Liang Sizhe, right?" Cao Ye looked at him, but he didn't intend to care about him, "Just get down here?"
"Well, brother..." Cao Yuning stopped talking.
"No money?" Cao Ye stopped the car on the side of the road. He knew what he wanted to say without using it. At this moment, his cell phone rang.
"How do you know?" Cao Yuning exaggerated tone, "You are so amazing, brother!"
Because I have played the trick of pretending to be good, I have already played with it... Cao Ye took out his wallet and threw it to him, and answered the phone.
The phone call was sent by Cao Xiuyan and asked him about Cao Yuning's recent situation in the company. Cao Yuning pulled out a card from Cao Ye's wallet and was about to push the door to get out of the car. Cao Ye raised his hand and held his arm and pulled him back.
"Your dad!" He whispered to Cao Yuning, and Cao Yuning indeed sat down obediently.
"I just took him to the crew in the afternoon to talk about re-shooting and additional investment. Well, when I saw Liang Sizhe, he sat next to me and let him tell you..." After that, he stuffed his phone into Cao Yuning's hands and asked him to deal with Cao Xiuyan by himself.
Cao Yuning "Yeah" to the phone, and finally got off the promise. After hanging up the phone, he returned the phone and wallet to Cao Ye, opened the car door and got out of the car: "Brother, I'm leaving, my dad will call you and take care of me!"
He was in a hurry, afraid that Cao Ye would pull him back again, Cao Ye felt something was wrong, so he lowered his head and opened his wallet and saw that Cao Yuning had taken away the credit card with the largest credit limit. This little bastard! When he looked up, Cao Yuning walked to the side of the road, ran a few steps, waved the card in his hand, and smiled with a pleasing look on his face.
Forget it, just take it away... Cao Ye let go of the brakes and drove to catch up with him. When Cao Yuning saw him chasing him, he was so scared that he ran away, which made Cao Ye laugh a few times.
"Oh, look at the car." His head stuck out of the window, shouted at Cao Yuning with a smile, then increased the accelerator and fed into the traffic.
When he returned to the company club for dinner, Cheng Duan happened to be there. Seeing him coming, he raised his hand to greet him. Cao Ye walked over and sat opposite him: "Didn't you have any social engagements tonight?"
"No, if you want to have two drinks, I can accompany you." Cheng Duan said to him while eating the dishes.
"Oh, it turns out that drinking with me is considered a social engagement." Cao Ye joked.
"Ha, it doesn't count. If you drink with you, just call to drink," Cheng Duan smiled and asked for help, "Do you want to drink?"
"Drink some." Cao Ye said.
Cheng Duan waved to a bottle of red wine and poured Cao Ye half a cup: "Is this OK? Your drinking capacity... The group said that you went to the crew to talk about re-filming in the afternoon? You have to do this little thing yourself."
"Can you check out the class by the way..." Cao Ye picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Thinking about the afternoon trip, it was really a big deal. Zeng Ran just sent the modeling video by email. There was no need to waste several hours back and forth to talk to the crew. He would actually respond to Cao Yuning's requests like this... Cao Ye looked back and felt a little incredible.
"So how is the progress of the re-filming? Is Liang Sizhe and the crew working together well?"
"Look at Xu Anqiao posting photos in the group every day, Zeng Ran will support him. The two of them are almost saying that they love Liang Sizhe to death. Will they not get along well?"
Cheng Duan laughed: "I have seen the news in the group, but if you go to the crew, you have to bring back some news!"
Is there any news on the first hand... The red wine is a little bit over, and the alcohol is gradually taking effect. Cao Ye thought a little drunk that there is also news on the first hand, but it seems that it is not suitable to share with others.
For example, they were standing in the corner of the set and playing yellow jokes. At one moment, he almost mistakenly thought he had returned to Yinsi Street. They were standing on the corner of the street chatting. They seemed serious, but in fact they were joking with each other and spoke very lowly, for fear that others would listen to it.
After so many years, the relationship has been cold and unfamiliar, but in the few minutes of chatting in the afternoon, the familiar feeling seems to be back. Cao Xiuyuan and Zheng Yin used to say that he had countless friends, but in fact he does have many friends, but it has to be admitted that the feeling of chatting with Liang Sizhe is the best.
Chapter completed!