Chapter 144

  It sounds like there's something unscientific about some things.

  For example, the troubles brought about by work are alleviated only during the work process. When colleagues move equipment back and forth, the familiar clapperboard signals the start or end of a scene, and the director's voice echoes in his ears, he feels as if he has entered another dimension: under the camera lens, no one asks where he comes from or where he goes, no one cares about his sexual orientation, and no one pays attention to who the person is who jumped off the high-rise building at the press conference, turning everything into a mess.

  He stands here, merely as a pure actor, existing because of the existence of a certain character in the script.

  This feeling is great.

  "What's wrong?" Seeing the black-haired young man suddenly calm down and reveal a subtle expression, as if he didn't care how others looked at him, the man slightly bent his waist and leaned in close to him, with focused eyes asking, "Is the sun too hot? Are you uncomfortable?"

  "No." Jian Ran shrugged and smiled, "Your acting in that last shot was pretty good, your acting skills have improved so quickly, I'm just a bit surprised."

  “……”

  He received praise but didn't rush to strike up a conversation, Jiang Chuan maintained his bent-over and cautious posture without moving——at this time the man had both hands inserted in the pockets of his pants, if someone were to look at the two people's postures from afar it wouldn't be hard to discover that their faces were very close, so close that it made people feel like they would come together for a reckless kiss at any moment……and what was worst was that neither of them seemed to think there was anything wrong with this.

  The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and after a long while, it was Jian Ran's turn to throw the same question back at Jiang Chuan: "What's wrong?"

  "Laughed." Jiang Chuan stretched out his hand and quickly poked the corner of Jin Ran's mouth, "Haven't seen you smile in days."

  The man's tone was calm, but it was easy to hear a sense of relief in his voice.

  "What nonsense."

  The faint smile at the corner of his lips expanded a bit, and then quickly disappeared - as his heart warmed up, the corners of his eyes also felt slightly hot - he wasn't stupid, he knew that Jiang Chuan had been making an effort to cooperate without bringing up any domestic issues that would affect his mood, and was even generously and carefully maintaining his private emotions...

  Gave him absolute blankness so he could calm down and sort out his emotions.

  Although even from Jiang Chuan's silence, Yan Ran could sense some unsettling information: for example, although the man didn't say anything out loud, in reality he should still have some thoughts about Yan Ran's views on this whole thing. After all, things had developed from simply suspecting someone was "Yan Ran's sexual orientation problem" to suddenly becoming "Yan Ran's ex-boyfriend jumped off a building for him".

  As the current hot and popular one, Jiang Chuan probably can't stand the so-called "ex-boyfriend curse" either - he and Jin Ran both know that if the person who jumped down is really Jiang Luo Cheng, then regardless of whether Jiang Luo Cheng was wrong first, what awaits them next will be not only various storms and blood rains, but also greater psychological challenges from themselves.

  Especially when it comes to being cautious with words.

  To put it in the title of a certain post on Ba Yi: Some exes are just unwilling to let go of the living, even if they're dead.

  Although Jiang Chuan didn't say it out loud, he knew that he was worried about this kind of thing happening.

  To put him at ease, the man suppressed his urge to dwell on the matter and chose to keep his mouth shut - Jin Yan was grateful for this. And in a situation where he already felt grateful, this guy now said "You just smile and we'll talk about other things later" with a serious expression, making a show of letting out a sigh of relief...

  "Winning people's hearts" max-level skill activated, instantly striking a chord with everyone.

  Jin Yan swiftly moved in with a speed that was too fast to cover one's ears, quickly rubbing against Jiang Chuan's cheek. Thinking no one had seen, he turned around only to find Peter holding the megaphone with a black face staring at them. Their eyes met awkwardly, and the director kept the megaphone by his mouth, speaking in a voice that all the crew members could hear: "Enough affection? Are you ready for the next shot?"

  Jian Ran: "......"

  Jiang Chuan: “......”

  The director's eyes fell on the two men, who immediately separated. The man cleared his throat and stood up straight, expressionless, adjusting the nonexistent wrinkles on his sleeve. Jian Ran, standing beside him, lowered his head and stared at his toes, trying to recall what lines he should say next in this scene.

  As he racked his brains for his next line, Peter had already shouted "Action!"

  ……

  Standing still, he had his hands in his pockets and was watching Jiang Chuan, who was playing the role of Raymond's deputy, walking towards him from a distance... As he watched the familiar figure getting closer and closer, he caught sight of the camera lens also turning towards him out of the corner of his eye, realizing that it was time for his part, so he calmed himself down slightly, and at the same time, the man had already stopped in front of him.

  According to the script description, it is now time for Lando to suffer a huge loss due to his education by Grand Moff Tarkin.

  He slightly raised his chin, and met the gaze of those beautiful azure eyes - the latter's gaze was calm, but somehow seemed to be able to see through everything, making him feel like all his thoughts were going to be exposed by this one glance. This time, almost without any emotional buildup, he naturally revealed the tense emotions that Lando should have shown, but before he could hastily cover up the accidentally exposed emotions, in the next second, he suddenly felt a warm, dry large hand covering his eyes, the dazzling sunlight disappeared, and the surroundings fell into darkness.

  "You can't beat me in a fight, you can't outdo me in business. Those who are good at martial arts aren't good enough, and those who are good at literature are even worse - now that the fleet is handed over to you, are you prepared to blaze a new trail and lead us towards a new future?"

  “……”

  What's going on?

  Oh, here comes the recitation of lines.

  He revealed a silly expression——Fortunately, he still conformed to the reaction that Lando should have had in the play, so he didn't get yelled at for messing up, and they continued filming smoothly. At this time, the man gently pressed his hand over the young black-haired person's eyes, seemingly feeling the other's breath slightly hold back, and asked with a raised lip corner: "What did you see?"

  "It's pitch black." The young man with black hair replied very honestly.

  "Ah, good answer, remember this darkness, this is what they call 'a new future'."

  In the silence of the young black-haired man, Raymond brought over the contract signed with the plantation owner with a mocking expression on his face. Lando, who had made a big mistake, was heartbroken and felt that he had lost all dignity, and obediently handed over the contract. Just as this was happening, a turning point appeared - it turned out that Raymond had long expected Lando to be deceived and had already signed an earlier agreement with the plantation owner in advance. This seal belonged to Basero Ro, the late captain of the Seiz Number, who was also Lando's father. Now, Raymond directly declared the contract invalid on the grounds that "the old captain is dead", and burned the contract in front of the thoroughly stunned plantation owners, salvaging the terrible situation caused by Lando's mistake.

  Like a heavenly god descending from heaven to save humanity, the male god Raymond.

  In the midst of the crowd's stunned gaze, the tall man lightly tossed the sheepskin paper that had already been burned to a flame onto the ground. His heavy boots trampled on the flames, extinguishing them. He didn't even glance at it, his eyes fixed solely on the young black-haired man in front of him, who looked away with a hint of unease towards the sailors who were staring at him with strange expressions. At this moment, his chin was suddenly pinched and twisted back and forth. He raised his head and inadvertently met the blue gaze, for a long time, only to hear the man say calmly: "What do you think they're doing?"

  "They were laughing —"

  "As the successor of Xie Zhen, what's the need for you to care about others' opinions? Who isn't crawling and then running?"

  “……”

  "Right, come to the captain's office tonight."

  Peter: "Ah!"

  All staff: "......"

  Jian Ran: "......"

  Peter: "Great, one take, as an amateur, Lelouch's acting skills surprised me, and your performance was good too. I thought you'd mess up a few more times - if you don't mind my suggestion, Lelouch, that last line of dialogue really didn't need to be said so... suggestively. If we want our movie to show in some more conservative countries, it'll probably get cut down to just over ten minutes..."

  Jiang Chuan was busy taking off the hot costume, and upon hearing this, he turned his head to look at the director with a expressionless face, saying very coldly: "The script wasn't written by me."

  Screenwriter: "Oh, it's my fault."

  Peter rolled his eyes and yelled for people to get ready for the next shot.

  ……

  He carefully held the script and stood aside, hiding under the shade of a tree to cool off. Jiang Chuan took out a bottle of chilled mineral water and applied it to his face. Seeing the young man with black hair obediently stretch out his hand to take it over, he silently stood beside him - The two were silent for a moment, then Jiang Chuan said: "You're in good condition today."

  He certainly knows what he is boasting about.

  "It might be the last chance to shine on screen, so of course I'll put aside all distractions and take it seriously." He twisted open a bottle of mineral water, took a sip, and let out a long sigh before continuing, "As a big star, I found that I still care about other people's opinions, can't bear the injustice, swallow my pride, and get angry when scolded or attacked - it still affects my appetite, sleep, and gives me nightmares. I've already passed the stage of walking and running, previously I was even sprinting, but now I've fallen hard, lying on the ground, unable to get up, can't even beg Raymond to come and wipe my butt?"

  "Are you thinking of another man in front of me?"

  "Can you get to the point?"

  "You're complaining that I didn't protect you enough." Jiang Chuan thought for a moment, his lips pursed in consideration. "Actually, I think it's okay, we've called over all the people who can be called, although those reporters who won't give up and keep taking pictures by the car are a bit annoying... How about we finish filming tonight and take a helicopter back to the hotel?"

  "Are you trying to use a quarrel to distract me? Change your tactics, thank you."

  "The fall was a bit ugly, but as long as you're not dead, it's fine," Jiang Chuan said somewhat callously. "Get up, and next time you won't fall. Pay attention to your posture, and who knows, maybe you'll run even faster..."

  Yarn.

  In Jiang's serious tone, he couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, feeling that his situation was simply hopeless. Just as he shook his head in despair, the man standing next to him turned around, first pressing his thumb on Jiang's lip corner, leaving a warm sensation behind. He then took the mineral water bottle from Jiang's hand and took a sip, looking down as if wanting to say something. At that moment, however, he suddenly saw their agent, who had been nowhere to be found, running towards them from afar, waving his phone in the air like a crazy rabbit under the sun on the sandy beach... When he finally arrived in front of the two, his face was beet red and he was panting heavily.

  "What's wrong?"

  "It's obvious, I've seen a ghost."

  "This is really crazy." Fang Yu handed the phone in his hand to Jing Ran, "Comrade Yuan Jinran, it has been nearly 72 hours since you were tortured and scolded by all kinds of media, black fans, water army, and righteous pedestrians. The whole world is scolding you as a heartless man who drove your ex-girlfriend to death for the sake of your current girlfriend. And then, that little white lotus Jiang Luochen, who jumped off the building and committed suicide, actually posted on Weibo——he actually posted on Weibo!!!!!!!!! I'm going to... How shameless is this person? The whole world couldn't find him before, but now he suddenly pops up with an innocent face and says——"

  "A few days ago, my phone was lost and I was busy editing footage in the studio, didn't have time to get a new one. Came out and found out so many things happened, I'm fine, no one has done anything to me, now career is the most important thing to me, thanks for your concern, please don't worry."

  Jian Yan read from his phone screen with a calm expression, after finishing reading, he handed the phone to Fang Yu's hand and said calmly, "Damn this team, add me in, I want to be at the front."