Liang Sizhe's 23rd birthday party was held on the top floor of a building more than 500 meters high.

The Economic Company began preparing for this birthday party more than a month ago. They invited all the crew members of Liang Sizhe who participated in the past, actors who have worked with Liang Sizhe, fans who have witnessed Liang Sizhe's debut for five years, and media reporters who are about to record this night.

The agency collected relevant video materials from multiple sources, editing Liang Sizhe's past five years into a documentary, from the young teenager audition for "Thirteen Days", to the young actor in suit at the Academy Awards ceremony, to the different outfits between youth and maturity in "Red Man and Red Girl", and finally two months ago, Liang Sizhe won the "Most Favorite Actor Award" at the College Film Festival for "Raise of Wind".

Xu Yunchu talked about the giant screen in the most prosperous area, and the documentary was first released at 8 o'clock in the evening.

In the CBD Square with hundreds of thousands of people, all passing people witnessed Liang Sizhe's growing success in recent years.

Thousands of movie fans and passers-by stopped in the square, looked up at Liang Sizhe on the huge screen, and the light and shadow merged with the boy. He seemed to be born for the big screen. Even if he was enlarged to dozens of times, his delicate face could still withstand careful consideration.

With the alternating editing of the screen, people gradually discovered that it is probably because it is too easy to get into the role, Liang Sizhe's personality seems to have been changing with the roles he played. From the initial silence and sharpness to the current mature monster, it is hard to say whether he has made the role or the role has made him in the past five years.

The agency is ambitious and subtitled at the end of the credits, saying that in the next five years, everyone will be invited to witness the birth of superstars of this era.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the documentary was played and the birthday party officially began. Everyone in the banquet hall urged to ask the protagonist Liang Sizhe to go to the stage to speak first. Although he did not prepare in advance, Liang Sizhe did not refuse too much. He stood up and walked to the stage with screams and applause, bowed slightly to the vertical microphone in front of him.

The voices in the hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone waited for him to speak with breathing.

But Liang Sizhe lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then looked at the offsite and said, "My agency held this birthday party without my consent. I think if I terminate the contract in the future, this will become a reason to consider."

The scene was silent for a second, and then burst into laughter. The senior leaders of the economic company looked at Liang Sizhe and smiled helplessly, shaking their heads. They had no choice but to do anything to him.

"Just kidding, thank you to everyone who came here. It's the first time I've lived so old that so many people celebrated my birthday together. I feel... well," Liang Sizhe paused and said, "It's quite strange. I hope everyone will have a happy drink tonight, and nothing else will be gone."

After he finished speaking, he was about to get up and walk down the stage, and thought of something. He turned to the vertical microphone and added, "By the way, aren't the superstars of the times judged only after they are gone? I think it's a bit unlucky to say this at the birthday party, so don't take it seriously, forget it."

He was relaxed and at ease, using a joke tone, but he was telling the truth.

He really didn't want to attend this birthday party. Cao Xiuyuan was now being slandered by such slander, but he held a birthday party with great fanfare here, which seemed too heartless. However, the staff started planning this birthday party a month in advance and sent invitations to hundreds of people for birthday party. There was no way to cancel it temporarily, so he had to attend as promised.

Moreover, the agency has its own considerations. After the Academy Awards, many people said that Cao Xiuyuan violated regulations and participated in the competition just to let Liang Sizhe win another actor, but Liang Sizhe lost unscrupulously, so the voices of bad intentions began to rise again. They said that even Cao Xiuyuan could not help Liang Sizhe with all his heart and strength. In the next five years, Cao Xiuyuan was banned from filming, and Liang Sizhe had a bleak future.

The agency was worried that the sound of bad sing would spread faster and faster, which would eventually affect Liang Sizhe's film contracts and resources, so they planned this birthday party and used a documentary to tell all viewers that in addition to the defeated Film Awards, Liang Sizhe also had many results worthy of attention.

When the scene ended, the assistant handed over the phone and said, Sizhe, your phone just shook, and there should be news coming in.

Liang Sizhe looked down at his phone, and the sender showed "Cao Ye" - "Where are you now?"

Liang Sizhe was slightly stunned. In recent years, Cao Ye rarely sent messages. After chasing Lin Huan, Liang Sizhe sent him a message, but Cao Ye never replied. Liang Sizhe once thought that Cao Ye had changed his mobile phone number or blocked him, but he didn't expect that Cao Ye would suddenly send a message to ask where he was.

Liang Sizhe sent the address and asked again: "Do you want to come here now?"

"Yes." Cao Ye replied to the message.

Liang Sizhe stared at the screen of his phone for a while, how could Cao Ye suddenly think of coming to find him? Could it be that he couldn't stand the pressure of Cao Xiuyuan being slandered by public opinion and came to ask him to come up with an idea? Or did Cao Ye suddenly encounter difficulties that could not be handled? He could have thought that today was his birthday and came to celebrate his birthday specifically? Liang Sizhe smiled, and he himself didn't believe this statement.

But no matter what, this year's birthday is quite special. He looked at the crowd in the banquet hall and listened to the sound of wine glasses colliding. He thought maybe when most people get drunk, he could secretly take Cao Ye out and drink with him for a while.

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Cao Ye didn't sleep for two consecutive days.

Although Zhang Minghan did not provide new evidence to the media, the media turned his attention to Liang Sizhe based on the last interview he received.

Many self-media have summarized the "intimate contact" between Liang Sizhe and Cao Xiuyuan over the years. The most classic scene is the night of the Golden Star Awards ceremony. When Cao Xiuyuan hugged Liang Sizhe, he pushed him away from the ground with force.

In addition, the behind-the-scenes photos leaked from the filming of "Red Man and Red Girl" have become the "hard-hit area" for self-media to exert their eyesight and imagination. Wearing a silk skirt and heavy makeup, Liang Sizhe looked at Cao Xiuyuan every time he looked at him. And the generous men's suit that Liang Sizhe wore on the poster of "Red Man and Red Girl" was carefully compared, and they inferred that it was the suit that Cao Xiuyuan wore when he attended a film festival.

The article ended with that article saying that although there is no clear evidence to show that there is other relationship between Cao Xiuyuan and Liang Sizhe, the details during the filming of "Red Man and Red Women" are unlimitedly imaginative. The reason for Cao Xiuyuan's breach of contract to participate in the competition even more shows that they are both newcomers promoted by themselves, but Liang Sizhe has extraordinary significance to Cao Xiuyuan.

This article made Cao Ye feel absurd, but he still read it word by word.

After reading it, Cao Ye felt that he was really a little nervous. Maybe he suddenly found that everyone around him was deceiving him these days, so when he was reading this article, he was a little afraid that the guesses in this article were all true.

But he quickly denied his thoughts. He thought he wanted to help Liang Sizhe clear away this nauseating rumor. He personally pushed Liang Sizhe to Cao Xiuyuan twice. Now he wanted to pull Liang Sizhe away so that he could avoid being involved in this right and wrong from now on.

He called Lin Yan. Not long after Lin Yan graduated from university, he worked in his brother's film company. He remembered that Lin Yan said a while ago that his brother handed him a project, a road film with a good script, so there is no need to worry about investment, but for the first time he was a producer, director, crew team, and actors all had to start contacting themselves, which was really a bit overwhelming.

The phone was connected, and the other side called "Yezi". Cao Ye asked straight to the point: "Brother Yan, have you decided to star in your road film?"

"There are a few candidates that are still being finalized, what's wrong?"

"Have you ever considered Liang Sizhe?" Cao Ye asked.

"Oh... your little beauty," Lin Yan laughed a few times, "Why, you've become a rival in love, are you still looking for resources for him?"

Cao Ye was not in the mood to joke and asked again: "What do you think of him?"

"He's okay," said Lin Yan, "but he's a little younger than we expected. Why? His box office in "The Wind" is good, so he won't be unable to receive the film, right?"

"Who knows whether those movies are reliable or not?"

"Oh, you have thought enough. Just like this, Ye Zi," Lin Yan suggested, "I am half of the team now. Please invite Liang Sizhe over. Let's team team together. What do you think?"

Lin Yan has been busy with this movie recently, and the rest of his work is quite difficult, and he is just about to find someone to come and help. Cao Ye may not be very reliable. Cao Xiuyuan may not be able to help him even if he has fallen into trouble recently, but with Zheng Yin's popularity in the circle, he will definitely make a profit and will not lose money. When he meets someone he can't handle, he asks Cao Ye to ask Zheng Yin to come forward and say a few words. People in the circle should be selling his face.

After hanging up the phone, Cao Ye’s depressed and dull mood for several days was like seeing the sun shining through the clouds.

He still remembered that when he was at Lan Yan, he hooked Liang Sizhe's neck and asked him whether he would choose to cooperate with him or Cao Xiuyuan.

Liang Sizhe said at the time, "You should try to beat together." Now he really wants to invite Liang Sizhe to work together.

He can't afford to lose, Cao Ye thought. He would form the most reliable team. There were a lot of candidates in his mind immediately. He thought he would do a good job in this movie at all costs.

——If this movie could be successful, Li You would probably not regret giving birth to himself, right? Cao Ye thought that he did not seem to have done anything since he was a child. Li You asked him to practice the violin, but he has not made any achievements yet. Although he said he would make a movie in the morning, he has not made a short film that can be produced until now. He has been just living past these years and has been squandering his time after going to college. No wonder Li You regret giving birth to himself.

There was still time, Cao Ye comforted himself, and the doctor said that Li You still had the last few months, which was enough for him to make a film, at least let her see the rough version of the film.

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At the birthday party, people kept coming to toast Liang Sizhe and sent him birthday wishes and gifts. The company specially invited a well-known banquet photographer to follow Liang Sizhe and recorded everyone's blessings to him. This blessing video will be posted on the Internet early tomorrow morning to build momentum for Liang Sizhe's birthday party.

There were too many friends in the circle who came to toast, many of them were seniors. Liang Sizhe was not easy to refuse, so he simply raised his head to drink all the wine he toasted. He had a pretty good alcohol tolerance, but after drinking a few glasses of wine, he was still a little drunk.

During the period of drinking, Liang Sizhe looked at the entrance from time to time, and he was waiting for Cao Ye to appear.

When Lin Huan came to toast, Liang Sizhe's cell phone in his hand was shocked. He finished a glass of wine, said apologetically, "lost your companion" and walked out of the banquet hall.

"I'm in the elevator." Cao Ye said on the phone.

Liang Sizhe responded, nodded to his friend who was greeting him, and walked sideways through the crowd of people in the banquet hall.

The agency booked the top floor of the restaurant. At this moment, there were only a few people in the corridor chatting in a low voice. When they saw Liang Sizhe coming out, they stopped to say hello to him.

Turning out of the corridor, Liang Sizhe saw Cao Ye standing at the exit of the elevator at a glance. He had lost a lot of weight, his baby fat on his face, his pointed chin showed off, and he looked handsome and haggard.

Liang Sizhe felt worried when he didn't see Cao Ye. When Liang Sizhe saw Cao Ye's look, Liang Sizhe felt distressed.

After reading the news over the past few days, he became more and more confident that Cao Xiu might not have molested Zhang Minghan, but he should have indeed had something happened to him with Zhang Minghan.

For ordinary people, parents cheating is already a matter of falling, and Cao Ye is facing a more serious situation. Cao Xiuyuan is a public figure, and everything he does will be made public, amplified and judged, and even abused and attacked.

Liang Sizhe could imagine what Cao Ye had experienced these days. Maybe every place he passed by and everyone he had met was talking about Cao Xiuyuan and criticizing Cao Xiuyuan. So how did Cao Ye survive these days?

There was no one at the elevator door. Liang Sizhe approached and looked at Cao Ye for a moment. Then he took a step forward, raised one hand and hugged Cao Ye briefly, and patted him on the back.

Very close, he could hear the shattering sound of Cao Ye swallowing his throat. He thought that Cao Ye might be deliberately suppressing his emotions in his heart. When people suppress their emotions, they would subconsciously make swallowing.

The moment the hug came over, Cao Ye felt the overwhelming sense of fragility spread. He quickly took a step back to calm down his emotions as soon as possible, and then looked at Liang Sizhe and said, "Liang Sizhe."

Liang Sizhe said: "Yes."

Cao Ye was straight to the point. He had thought about this matter too many times in the past two days. He could no longer wait to pull Liang Sizhe over to work with him: "Don't take Cao Xiuyuan's film."

Liang Sizhe was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Cao Ye came over to tell him this. He quickly chose a compromise statement: "I haven't received an invitation from Teacher Cao yet."

"He already said in an interview that the movie will definitely make an appointment with you," Cao Ye looked at him, "Will you go?"

Liang Sizhe lowered his eyes and paused for a moment, looked at him and said, "If Teacher Cao calls me to act, Cao Ye, I can't refuse."

There was no hesitation on his face, and Cao Ye felt a little cold. He thought that he might be too optimistic. Liang Sizhe had been with him for only three months, but had worked with Cao Xiuyuan for four years. Where did he get the confidence that Liang Sizhe would definitely work with him?

"I..." Cao Ye calmed down and told him the draft he had written on the way he came. "I have a resource here, the project Lin Yan invested in, and Lin Yan is still in the group. If you can come here, I will also form the team with him. I will find a way to invite the best photographer for you and find a director you like. It will not be worse than Cao Xiuyuan's films. Do you want to think about it?"

Liang Sizhe looked at Cao Ye. The baby fat on the boy's face faded, but his childishness was still there. Cao Ye thought things too simply. He had never participated in the crew's operation and asked him for a appointment with the blank check made by Lin Yan. If he really participated in the project, he didn't know what would happen. He didn't care. At most, he took a few months to spend tossing with Cao Ye, but Cao Xiuyuan's film was about to start, and he couldn't refuse the invitation from Zheng Yin.

"Didn't you read the news?" Seeing that Liang Sizhe didn't say anything, Cao Ye tried his best to make himself calmer. "Cao Xiuyuan molested Zhang Minghan, and the police have already filed an investigation. Isn't you helping the evildoer at this time?"

"The obscene thing is not yet concluded," Liang Sizhe frowned, "Cao Ye, you have some confidence in Teacher Cao. I don't think he will do something like obscene..."

"Don't you believe it?" Cao Ye took out his cell phone from his pocket, looked down and found the message Zhang Minghan sent to him, and stuffed the cell phone into Liang Sizhe's hand. "Look at that photo and that recording, click on it and you'll know after listening."

Liang Sizhe took it, he took a look at the photo, then turned on the recording. As soon as the sound came out, Liang Sizhe's face changed immediately. He raised his eyes to Cao Ye: "Who sent it to you? Zhang Minghan?"

Cao Ye didn't say anything, but just looked straight at Liang Sizhe. As soon as Cao Xiuyuan's voice came out, his psychological construction was about to collapse again.

Liang Sizhe looked down at the screen of his phone and quickly finished reading a large passage of text sent by Zhang Minghan. He immediately thought of the 10 million mentioned by Zheng Yin on the day of the award ceremony, so the negotiation was not settled that day. Now Zhang Minghan has put his ideas on Cao Ye again? Zhang Minghan is too much, and he has thrown the photos and recordings nakedly in front of Cao Ye. Has he ever considered Cao Ye's acceptance?

Liang Sizhe returned the phone to Cao Ye, and Cao Ye took it and looked at Liang Sizhe silently.

Liang Sizhe also looked at him. The boy's pale face was almost transparent, and the indoor air conditioning was fully turned on. A thin layer of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead, and it looked like he would collapse in the next second.

"So, he is a beast, a sinner, and a rapist." Cao Ye said word by word.

Liang Sizhe's brows were locked tighter. He walked over and grabbed Cao Ye's wrist: "Cao Ye, calm down, don't say so impulsively about your dad, go, I'll accompany you to find Uncle Yin to ask..."

Cao Ye broke free from his hand, and the calm that had been forced to stand up in front of Li You these days suddenly collapsed in front of Liang Sizhe. The word "Uncle Yin" he wanted to defeat him was probably the word "Uncle Yin". Back then, he held Liang Sizhe and insisted that he call Uncle Yin with him, but time passed, Liang Sizhe and Zheng Yin and Cao Xiuyuan stood together and wanted to join forces with them to deceive himself.

"It didn't happen to you," Cao Ye took a step back and hit the elevator door. "What qualifications do you have to calm me down? Have you heard what those people say about you? They said that your relationship with Cao Xiuyuan is not that simple..."

"Do you believe it?" Liang Sizhe stared at him.

Cao Ye swallowed his throat: "Don't believe it."
To be continued...