Upside Down Moonlight [Entertainment]

Chapter 2

Ji Chongzhou woke up and looked at the clock. At 12:30, he fell into a deep sleep, got up in a daze, put on long-sleeved trousers mechanically, and slowly woke up while washing. Thinking of last night, he was secretly ashamed that he had brought it up. I had to listen to the script, but somehow fell asleep.

Regarding the script, there were only fragmented words and sentences left in his mind. Ji Chongzhou brushed his teeth, trying to recall, thinking about it, his movements gradually hesitated.

He seemed to have heard a "sex scene" last night.

I went downstairs with a little apprehension and anticipation, but I didn't see Zhou Jiayao, but Shen Rong was there.Ji Chongzhou greeted: "Sister Shen Rong."

Shen Rong was already calm, nodded, waved to him and said: "It's just right, your brother and I just watched two interviews for you, one is a magazine and the other is a talk show."

Ji Chongzhou said "oh", scratched his hair, and stood beside Shen Rong.Shen Rong turned on the phone to show him examples of the two styles. When the screen was unlocked, it was the unbearable gossip article that caught their eyes.

Shen Rong's pupils shrank, and she quickly withdrew. She glanced at Ji Chongzhou and saw that his expression was normal. She didn't know if she saw the sensational title clearly.So Shen Rong didn't mention it, and went directly to the favorites on the webpage to find the talk show, and handed the phone to Ji Chongzhou: "Take a look at the style of this host first."

Ji Chongzhou took the phone, and after watching it for 10 minutes, Zhou Jiayao shouted, "It's time to eat."

The three were seated.

I don't know what to eat.

Ji Chongzhou was still thinking about the "sex scene" he heard in a daze, half dream and half awake last night. He was embarrassed to ask in front of Shen Rong, so he could only eat in silence, and then thought of what he just saw on Shen Rong's phone—— He didn't see the title clearly, but only saw an erotic moving picture above the main text, and the picture was spinning in his mind.Ji Chongzhou was a picky eater, and now he was distracted, and his chopsticks turned over and over in the bowl unconsciously.

Suddenly a pair of chopsticks hit him, and Ji Chongzhou was taken aback. The chopsticks flew out of his hands as if his hands had no bones.

"I'm sorry." Ji Chongzhou immediately apologized.Zhou Jiayao had trained him on this problem several times, and he made up his mind to change it, but he didn't expect to commit it again today.

Zhou Jiayao looked at him deeply for a moment, then got up and brought him a new pair of chopsticks.

Ji Chongzhou looked at his figure, the fantasy in his mind collided with reality suddenly, his ears were red and numb, he took the chopsticks from Zhou Jiayao, lowered his head and ate intently, not daring to think about it anymore.

Shen Rong smiled to smooth things over: "Hey, I'm still a child, and I don't dislike it."

Zhou Jiayao said: "It's not too young, I'll be 23 soon."

Shen Rong was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Ji Chongzhou: "Really, time flies so fast, Xiao Ji is still the same as when he first came here."

Zhou Jiayao sneered.

In terms of height, Ji Chongzhou was 1.7 meters eight at the time, and he was almost 23, and he was still 1.7 meters eight, which has not changed.

In terms of appearance, the current Ji Chongzhou is definitely better than Chang.With makeup and clothes, the aura should be more mature.He rarely shows up except for making movies, and he doesn't talk much when he shows up. In the eyes of fans, he is aloof and mysterious. I was frightened for a while, and my ignorant and well-behaved appearance seemed to be the same as before, and hadn't changed.

But how can people not change.

After eating, Zhou Jiayao found an anti-swelling ointment from the cabinet, and said to Ji Chongzhou, "Put out your right hand."

Ji Chongzhou reached out, and Zhou Jiayao gave him medicine.It took a long time for Ji Chongzhou to react, and said in a low voice, "I didn't hit my hand just now."

It's just that the chopsticks hit the chopsticks.

Zhou Jiayao finished applying the medicine on him, put away the ointment, and said casually, "Didn't the hand loosen so quickly? You are an actor, and everything you do should serve the character. When there should be scars, there should be scars. When there shouldn't be, there should be scars at all. not allowed."

Ji Chongzhou pursed his lips: "It wasn't there in the first place."

Zhou Jiayao's eyes turned around his hands, faintly, with an indescribable meaning: "There is no best."

In the afternoon to talk about work.

Shen Rong didn't leave until it was almost evening.

Ji Chongzhou's mind is full of interview notes, and he always feels that he has forgotten something.

After dizzy dinner, Zhou Jiayao took him to the study and knocked on the table: "Sit down."

At this time, Ji Chongzhou's mind flashed and he remembered everything.The desk lamp was dim and ambiguous, and Ji Chongzhou's ears were filled with the sound of his own heartbeat.

Zhou Jiayao said: "Joining the team in May, there is less than a month left. Apart from the two interviews in this month, the main task is to understand the role of Gu Zhiming thoroughly. Now let's look at the script."

Ji Chongzhou pretended to be a good student listening to the class, and said softly, "Okay."

After telling the outline of the core story of the script, after finishing speaking, Zhou Jiayao went out for a trip.

He made himself a cup of coffee and brought Ji Chongzhou a cup of water.

Sitting down, closing the script, Zhou Jiayao looked into Ji Chongzhou's eyes and said, "Let's talk about the heroine next."

Ji Chongzhou hummed twice, looked at Zhou Jiayao eagerly, and waited for him to speak, but Zhou Jiayao remained silent for a long time.

"elder brother?"

Zhou Jiayao came back to his senses, picked up his phone, found the photo, and pushed it in front of Ji Chongzhou to show him: "Ning You, 20 years old, just graduated from film school, playing the heroine Amy of "Elopement"."

Zhou Jiayao himself tends to be experienced when performing, and Ji Chongzhou is even more so than him.Some actors make emotional scenes, filming a film about loving someone. In Zhou Jiayao's eyes, Ji Chongzhou is the same.In a sense, Ji Chongzhou is very clumsy, he can only express his real emotions at that moment in front of the camera, when he is really sad, he needs the camera to catch his sadness, when he is really in love, he needs the camera Grab his love.It was never Ji Chongzhou who catered to the camera, but the camera was needed to cater to Ji Chongzhou.

"Ning You, from Yangzhou, her parents are teachers, from a well-to-do family, an only child, and she is a good person. The teacher at the school liked her and introduced her to director Yin Wenqu. Originally, she wanted to see if she could play a small supporting role, but she herself Auditioned for the role of Amy."

Zhou Jiayao paused, and continued: "Amy is the name this character gave herself. Her family is not good. Her parents came to work in the city from the countryside. She is uneducated, has a bad temper, patriarchal, and treats Amy poorly. Mi's real name is Wang Xiaomei. When she met Gu Zhiming, she was 17 years old and was doing compensated dating. Gu Zhiming loves Amy very much, no matter what personality she is."

Ji Chongzhou understood what he meant, and smiled a little: "I will act well."

Zhou Jiayao's fingertips trembled almost imperceptibly.

He wanted to smoke again, but in the end he just picked up his coffee and took a sip.

Zhou Jiayao was quiet, and continued: "Director Yin Wenqu is good at filming people, especially emotional scenes. Whether it is delicate or explosive, he can use the setting, composition and color to make the actors' seven-point acting skills into ten."

Ji Chongzhou raised his face and said with a smile: "I know, no matter how much the director can use superb skills to make up for you, when performing, if you can perform well, don't be lazy."

Zhou Jiayao was silent for a moment, then got up suddenly.

He threw the script in front of Ji Chongzhou and said, "Go to sleep after reading it through, and talk about the rest tomorrow, I have something to go out for."

It's actually an excuse.

The night was hazy.

Zhou Jiayao finally lit a cigarette.

The windows of the car were half down, and the wind on the high speed was blowing past my ears, rumbling.

Zhou Jiayao almost stepped on the gas pedal, and rested his fingers on the steering wheel with the cigarette in his hand. The cigarette burned to the end within a few puffs, scalding his skin sorely, but he pretended not to feel it.

Hey.

anger.

pain.

Ji Chongzhou's phrase "I will act well" sounded to Zhou Jiayao's ears, as if saying "I will love her".

He laughed self-deprecatingly again.

The current situation is nothing but his own repercussions.

The neon streamers outside the car are noisy.

Five years ago, Midsummer.

Zhou Jiayao met Ji Xia at a friend's Internet cafe.

At that time, Ji Xia covered her eyes with her hair, lay on her back in the chair, and fell asleep.There is a literary film on the computer in front of him, a long shot that seems to have no end.Zhou Jiayao stood by and watched the long shot. Ji Xia woke up and looked at him ignorantly.

At that moment, Zhou Jiayao's heart moved.

That year, Zhou Jiayao had retired from the industry for six years, and he was eager to return to the world of movies, but with a better attitude.

The child in front of him looks a bit like him - not because of the strict similarity of the facial features, but because of the charm and feeling.

That year, Ji Xia was 17 years old, his classmates were in the college entrance examination room, and he was sleeping in an Internet cafe.

Zhou Jiayao smiled at Ji Xia who just woke up: "Hello, are you interested..."

"I'm not interested." Ji Xia lay down on his back again, closed his eyes, "I'm so tired."

It was only later that Zhou Jiayao found out that Ji Xia's mother passed away in the early hours of that day.

June 21st, Ji Xia's birthday.Zhou Jiayao bought him a small cake and a bottle of sparkling water.Ji Xia finished eating the cake and drinking the sparkling water while facing "One Piece" playing on the computer screen, staring blankly at the screen, his eyes suddenly turned red.

Ji Xia choked up and said, "Last time on my birthday, my mother insisted on wearing the little crown that came with the birthday cake for me, and also made a video, and insisted on posting the video on Moments. I don't want to, and I lost my temper with her." , why should I lose my temper with her, she is obviously just happy to see me growing up and growing taller..."

Zhou Jiayao was leaning against the machine next to him to smoke, the smell of the smoke was very astringent, and his heart sank after being cried by Ji Xia, so he reached out to touch his head and rubbed his head.Ji Xia couldn't hold back any longer, and burst into tears: "Brother, I don't have a mother anymore, why, my dad didn't see me being born, my mother didn't see me becoming an adult, why, did I really ask Rick to kiss me? Why? Why?"

He looked up at Zhou Jiayao, his face was full of tears, and his face was flushed.

Zhou Jiayao didn't speak.

He looked at Ji Xia through the smoke, and thought he was beautiful, beautiful in appearance, beautiful in bones, crying so ferociously, hoarse, tearful, and beautiful.Not only beautiful, but also powerful.When this scene is put on the big screen, many people will have the strength to cry with him.

"Ji Xia, today, you officially come of age," Zhou Jiayao said, "Have you considered my proposal?"

On June 24, the results of the college entrance examination came out.Sitting in the air-conditioned office building, Ji Xia signed a five-year agreement.Afterwards, Zhou Jiayao spent tens of thousands of dollars and asked his manager Shen Rong to find a well-known master in the circle with Ji Xia's birthday horoscope and give him a stage name.He said to Shen Rong at that time: "The name Ji Xia is too common, it can't be done."

The master took three, and Ji Xia chose the third one, Ji Chongzhou.

Shen Rong left the acting classroom with the folder and told Zhou Jiayao: "He chose Ji Chongzhou."

Zhou Jiayao nodded: "Then Ji Chongzhou."

Shen Rong looked at Zhou Jiayao and said with a smile, "He really looks like you when you were young."

Zhou Jiayao lowered his eyes and dusted off the cigarette ash: "That's why I've taken a fancy to him."

"But he doesn't seem to know how to act," Shen Rong raised his eyebrows, "After half a month of teaching, Cui Qi is going crazy. You should really listen to him complaining to me in private, saying Xiao Ji, 'the wood is not as stiff as him' , 'The eyes are blind, and I can't express any emotion', 'I can cry, especially, a boy, I'm convinced'..."

Zhou Jiayao said: "Cui Qi can't do it, he's Cui Qi's trash, change to another teacher."

Shen Rong shrugged his shoulders: "Okay, then is it expected that the third part of "Zi Wei" that will be released in November will have Xiao Ji join the team? The big project of Qinghe Films, ancient costume martial arts, the first two films have a good reputation at the box office ——You really know how to choose, but it’s because the film’s basic set is very good, Qinghe doesn’t want to lose its reputation, Director Liu also wants to watch the audition, Xiao Ji’s current state, he definitely won’t pass.”

Zhou Jiayao took a deep breath.

Shen Rong figured out what he meant: "Don't tell me that you are going to spend money and contacts, but I can tell you that with Xiao Ji's current acting skills, he will be condemned by God for his strong praise."

Zhou Jiayao extinguished the burnt cigarette in his palm, threw it into the trash can, and left the stairwell, leaving only one sentence to Shen Rong: "He will pass."

After Cui Qi, I changed four or five performance teachers, but the effect was not good.Every time Zhou Jiayao went to watch their class, he would send a message.Ji Xia stood on the side with his head lowered, silent in bewilderment.

The last acting teacher was surnamed Liu, who taught at the Film Academy and brought out many good actors under his staff.She said to Zhou Jiayao: "Some children are not talented because they are not talented. You can't force it. Xiao Ji has a good face, but outsiders don't know it. You should know best that acting does not rely on good looks to make a living."

In front of the elders, Zhou Jiayao restrained his temper, respectfully saw off the guests, returned to the classroom, stared at Ji Xia gloomyly, smoked a lot of cigarettes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Come with me."

In the bathroom, Zhou Jiayao signaled Ji Xia to wash his face first.

After Ji Xia washed it, she wiped it with her hands, but there were still drops of water on her face.Zhou Jiayao looked at his face and thought to himself, so young and so like him, this face should become a character, live on the screen, and keep the traces left by different periods and emotions on this face forever .

Zhou Jiayao asked him: "Have you written the biographies of Wushan's characters?"

Wu Shan is the character that Ji Xia is going to audition for. Zhou Jiayao has obtained part of the script in advance through his relationship, and told Ji Xia to read and write a biography of the character.

"I wrote it." Ji Xia took out a crumpled A4 paper from his trouser pocket.

After handing it out, he looked eagerly at Zhou Jiayao's face, which was obviously not good-looking, and Ji Xia explained helplessly: "Brother, I'm sorry, my grades have always been poor, and I haven't even scored 35 points in the essay..."

Ji Xia's grades, according to his head teacher, were exhausted and not up to the undergraduate level.

He's not even like other kids who get bad grades because they are playful, he's just plain stupid and stupid.This was said by the head teacher himself, not in front of Ji Xia, but Ji Xia heard it.The head teacher said these words without malice, but with a bit of pity and humor.

Ji Xia's self-esteem is a leaky ship, and he doesn't care about one more hole.

That day, he just walked away as if nothing had happened, and fell asleep on the desk all afternoon.

"It has nothing to do with grades or composition."

Ji Xia looked at Zhou Jiayao blankly.

Zhou Jiayao said: "There are many ways to perform, and different methods are suitable for different situations, TV dramas and movies, movies and stage plays... But no matter what method is used, what is finally shown to people is the result presented. I I got the script for you in advance, this is already cheating, if you cheat like this and you still can't pass the audition, then I don't know what the value of cultivating you is. Ji..."

Zhou Jiayao paused for a moment, and continued: "Chongzhou, if you really can't understand the performance or the characters, then look at me."

Until many years later, looking back at the past, Ji Chongzhou felt that he really became Ji Chongzhou when Zhou Jiayao called out his name.

He looked at Zhou Jiayao, saw Zhou Jiayao slowly laughing, and heard Zhou Jiayao say: "Throw away all understanding, look at me, learn from me, imitate me. Chongzhou, laugh."

Ji Chongzhou smiled slowly and hesitantly.

Zhou Jiayao pointed to the mirror and said, "Look, they must be exactly the same."

Ji Chongzhou looked at Zhou Jiayao in the mirror, with a lazy smile, slack shoulders, and not standing so straight.He imitated him awkwardly.

The two looked at each other in the mirror. Zhou Jiayao paused for a while, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, took out one, lit it, took a puff, and slowly exhaled the smoke.

Ji Chongzhou stared blankly.

Watch Zhou Jiayao hold the cigarette with his thumb and forefinger, and hand it to Ji Chongzhou's lips.Ji Chongzhou subconsciously opened his mouth and bit the cigarette.

Do you want to learn it just now?

He held Zhou Jiayao's hand and took a puff of cigarette.With just one mouthful, Ji Chongzhou coughed violently.

Zhou Jiayao laughed softly.

He crushed the cigarette on the sink and threw it into the trash can.

"Chongzhou, do you know why I signed you?"

Ji Chongzhou shook his head.

Zhou Jiayao reached out, squeezed his chin, and forced him to raise his face: "Because of this face, because of your youth, and because you let me see the possibility of re-entering the film and acting industry. I can't act like I used to , but I am not reconciled, so I want you to use the expression method I like, use this face and temperament similar to mine, to play the role I want to play, to enter the story I want to enter. I can give Your resources are beyond the reach of others, and I can give you fame, money, and glory, and you only need to do one thing—act in a movie."

That's how it started.

But people change.

Ji Chongzhou was able to win the best actor under his guidance, and his arrogance and indifference of "you only need to do the movie" at the beginning also turned into an uncontrollable desire for more love.He wants Ji Chongzhou to do one more thing besides acting in movies - love him.

When returning to the suburban villa, Ji Chongzhou had already fallen asleep.

The lamp on the bedside table was on, and he was still clutching the script.Zhou Jiayao gently pulled out the script and found that there were a lot of notes on it. He gripped the thick stack of books tightly, but with no expression on his face, he tucked in the quilt for Ji Chongzhou and turned off the lamp.

At the end of the script of "Elopement", Gu Zhiming said to Amy: "I just want you to promise me one thing, to live well."

Amy said, "I promise you one more thing."

Amy said, "I will love you, always love you, always love you."

Ji Chongzhou drew a red horizontal line under these three lines.

The author has something to say: Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day~

I saw a lot of familiar id comments in the last chapter, happy, hehe