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Chapter 53

Mu Ning, who woke up in Lin Jiayang's arms, stared at the ceiling for a long time.

Lin Jiayang woke up a little later than Mu Ning, with a chicken nest on his head, and reluctantly picked up the phone on the bedside table.I don’t know if I don’t open it. I was startled when I opened it. Huang Shan was crazy looking for him all over the world. Even Lin Jiayang’s parents who were far away in their hometown were alarmed. They sent more than a dozen WeChat messages in a row, like their own precious son. Not answering the phone means dying on the street.Lin Jiayang quickly browsed other information on the phone, and when Huang Shan continued to call him persistently, he hung up the phone arbitrarily and ignored it.Not only that, but it was turned off again.

Looking at this scene, Mu Ning was extremely disturbed, and quickly asked, "Didn't you say you have important work?"

"Nothing is as important as you." Lin Jiayang held Mu Ning in his arms, and pretended to go back to sleep.These words sound very useful, but Mu Ning still can't understand.That's it, Lin Jiayang and Zhuang Yao are two people who can't beat each other in various senses, but even Mu Ning has to admit that the two of them look alike.In addition, Mu Ning has only talked about two relationships so far. It is really an uncontrollable conditioned reflex to silently compare the former and the current in his heart.

Unlike the young Lin Jiayang, Zhuang Yao is a person who takes his work [-]% seriously.That level of concentration, Munning thinks he can't achieve it.Especially when it comes to movies, Zhuang Yao’s opinions are the most professional factors that the investment department needs to refer to. Of course, he also has times when he is overwhelmed by feelings and ideals and insists on going his own way, but often the final decision is made after discussions with the team all night long. of.The team convinced him, and he convinced the team.Mu Ning vaguely remembers that once, in the "J Project" that Zhuang Yao was in charge of to promote young directors, a director's plan could not win favor at the investor's conference table. "J Project" was not created by It is composed of half-assed capitalists who know little about movies, and most of the investors in the plan are excellent directors or producers.Because of the unanimous denial of the insiders, the confidence of this rookie director was frustrated.Thanks to Zhuang Yao for not giving up, he had long talks with the director several times all night, and understood his every thought, core and expression desire.And sorted out the framework for him, personally went to the battle to modify the PPT of the planning case, and finally started shooting without any danger.

That kind of enthusiasm, even passion, is indeed contagious to others.For example, Mu Ning himself, under Zhuang Yao's subtle teaching, he would sometimes be so passionate that his management team could do nothing but watch him go crazy.

Mu Ning's blood is boiling, and he wants to pull Lin Jiayang up to give a lecture, talk about ideals, talk about life and so on, just like Zhuang Yao used to hypnotize and brainwash him.But when he looked down and saw Lin Jiayang buried his head in the quilt, he realized that he looked like an ostrich.So Mu Ning had an epiphany, it turned out that Lin Jiayang didn't really think that he was more important than anything - this young man was just escaping from reality.

"Call me back." Mu Ning changed his tune and said, "Be considerate of others, too."

Lin Jiayang raised his head abruptly when he heard the words, and retorted unwillingly: "I understand them, but have any of them ever understood me?"

Mu Ning was still persuasive: "This is your job..."

"I really don't like my job. I mean, I really don't like some parts of it. I like the flowers and the applause and being followed—you know that!"

Lin Jiayang's puppy-like bright eyes looked at Mu Ning, as if he wanted to seek his sympathy: "That's the kind, the spotlight hits you, you are the center of the world, that kind of feeling of being the only one...Wow, it's really good .”

"That's the most glamorous part of this job." Mu Ning said: "Everyone in this industry is obsessed with that moment."

"But it's too much to pay. I have no privacy, no freedom. I can't wait to use every minute of my hour. Ordinary people want to stay at home watching movies for a day, using TikTok for a day, hungry How easy it is to order takeout, eat and lie down. I can't, I don't have a day, and my announcements are scheduled for the next year. I can't lie down after eating, because it will destroy my sleep. figure."

Mu Ning strayed, he touched Lin Jiayang's excellent abdominal muscles with appreciation, and said involuntarily: "Yes, otherwise I wouldn't be able to touch it..."

Lin Jiayang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Hey!"

Mu Ning laughed, quickly stopped, and said seriously: "Jiayang, we live in a world of equal exchange, as much attention as you get, you will lose as much as you want. Just like I used to have a lot of freedom, Maybe no one would take pictures of me when I was running naked in the street, and no one cared whether I was alive or dead, in the final analysis, I was just confused..."

Lin Jiayang scratched his head very irritablely, "I understand the truth, but," the young man fell back straight, buried his body in the soft bed, and shouted loudly: "Ah——"

"Okay." Mu Ning helped Lin Jiayang turn on the phone again, and called Huang Shan back, and handed it to him.

"Don't say I'm here!" Mu Ning winked, "Your manager doesn't like me very much."

"I want to see the director of "Love You For a Long Time" today."

"Okay." Mu Ning lay down on the back seat of the car exhausted, and said from the bottom of his heart, "I'm so tired."

"It's tiring to fall in love with young people." Zhu Sha agreed.

"Childish." Mu Ning began to scold.

"Yes, very childish."

"Mood swings are wild and elusive."

"That's right, it's like puberty." Zhu Sha deeply agreed.

"Also loves to be coquettish."

"What's wrong with acting like a baby!" Zhu Sha disagreed with Mu Ning this time: "The little boy who acts like a baby is so cute."

Mu Ning looked at Zhu Sha with contempt: "Women are really scary."

The driver was driving with a straight face in the driver's seat, and felt that this conversation seemed to be heard at the home of seven aunts and eight aunts during the Chinese New Year.

"But he's really handsome." Mu Ning made his concluding remarks, "Forgive him."

When Guo Chengwei got the script of "Love You For Long" for the first time, it had been a long time since he was not selected for the 11-man list of "J Project".Since more than ten years ago, many investment plans to support film and television talents have sprung up in China one after another. For many young directors like Guo Chengwei who have the ideal of film and television art but have never had a chance, this is the last dawn. "J Plan" is the one that Guo Chengwei is most optimistic about, because this plan not only has the confidence of Juheng, but also the power of the national background.This is so reliable.He has directed two films with sensitive themes, which received a very good response in the circle. When he voted for "J Project", he thought wildly, it depends on whether Juheng has the courage.

The final result is that Juheng is really as timid as a mouse, but the chairman Zhuang Yaozhuang is a bold one.

Zhuang Yao asked him if he was interested in making "Love You For a Long Time". After he expressed his strong interest, he threw out a bombshell, "The main character can't be anyone but Mu Ning."

At that time, Mu Ning was still waiting to die in the annual blockbuster movie. How could the self-proclaimed lofty Guo Chengwei think of him?

Zhuang Yao was not in a hurry, so he just gave him a message. Money is always available, and the script will be left here. You won’t find anyone else. You can make other movies if you want, but I don’t know when Mu Ning will be able to act. Just wait.

Guo Chengwei could only compromise, but Mu Ning did not come for a long time.He was so itchy and impatient, he was waiting while filming other movies, and finally he was waiting for Mu Ning.

Zhuang Yao, who has never seen the end of the dragon, came again at this time.

"This is just casting, you...?" Guo Chengwei was sitting in a broken hotel in Jiuxianqiao, looking at the man sitting beside him in disbelief.

"What are you waiting for?" Zhuang Yao looked down at his resume and calmly tapped the table with the tip of his pen: "Let's get started."

Guo Chengwei felt very humiliated. Really, he is an independent film director, he is very noble and would rather give up than surrender.As an evil capitalist, Zhuang Yao is actually so domineering. He has to take care of the leading role and the casting, so why not direct it himself!

But he didn't dare to say these words, because Guo Chengwei wanted to make "Love You For a Long Time" too much.This is the story he has been looking for for many years, and it can be said to be one in a million.Except that the background of the story falls in the 90s for some reason, the script is so perfect that almost no word needs to be changed.

For the script written by this unknown god and the joy of presenting it on the big screen with his own lens language, Guo Chengwei decided to endure it.

The afternoon passed quickly, and Zhuang Yao, who was dressed in casual sportswear, actually sat at Jiuxianqiao for several hours, and he really came to participate in the casting.He doesn't say a word to some of the supporting characters, and it's easy to talk.But he was picky about the second male lead who was going to play opposite Mu Ning, one was not pleasing to the left and the other was not pleasing to the right.Guo Chengwei muttered in his heart again, what is the relationship between Zhuang Yao and Mu Ning?Why does he feel like a brother is like a father when he looks at it?It is said that Zhuang Yao has dated countless female stars and is a well-known diamond king in the entertainment circle, Guo Chengwei didn't think about that at all.

At the end of the selection, there is only one character who is the protagonist's best friend and the second male lead unresolved, and the rest of the small characters are basically settled.

"Mr. Zhuang, what do you think?" Guo Chengwei wasn't self-effacing, he really didn't know what to do.It is obviously impossible to invite mainstream actors for this kind of subject matter.The interviewees who came to the interview had already been selected by him thousands of times, and Zhuang Yao had sent them all away.

Zhuang Yao pondered for a while, and finally said, "Let Mu Ning find someone."

That's okay too?That's okay too?

Zhuang Yao dropped these words and left, leaving Guo Chengwei and Fa Xiao who drove the ducks to the shelves to look at each other.

"What's the matter?" Fa Xiao asked.

Guo Chengwei smiled uglier than crying, "What else can we do, let's go, let's find Mu Ning."