under the rose

Chapter 40 Xu Wei

Only Fu Xingyun noticed Wen Shichuan's strangeness, and the interview went smoothly.Most of the questions handed to Fu Xingyun were related to his transformation, and no one brought up his previous so-called "black material" and "scandal" uninterestedly.

Wen Shichuan's answers are also very easy to handle. His answers are direct, not circumvented, and have something to say, which can easily capture the favor of the interviewers.Yu Xiangwan said that his screenwriting work is based on the pen as a knife, implying a kind of vigor and sharpness.And Wen Shichuan said that his directing work this time is just "one of the angles of expression for looking at life", which is smooth and transparent.

Fu Xingyun felt a little unspeakable embarrassment inappropriately, it seemed that it was difficult for him to catch up to their height.

But he didn't put much effort into immersing himself in this inexplicable emotion, and he felt more and more that something was wrong with Wen Shichuan.On the surface, Wen Shichuan seemed to be able to express himself with ease, but Fu Xingyun saw his hand on his thigh clenched into a fist, as if he was controlling himself to express unnecessary emotions.

Between questioning and answering, Fu Xingyun gave him a questioning look, while Wen Shichuan just dodged in a hurry.

After the interview, there was a small cocktail party. Wen Shichuan was immediately entangled by Zhang Ting and asked him many questions.Fu Xingyun took a small glass of champagne from the table, and when he turned his head, he saw Meng Qing in a corner not far away. He was about to pass when he was suddenly stopped.

"Hello."

Fu Xingyun turned around and found that in front of him was a man in his mid-to-fifties, tall and majestic, wearing sunglasses with brown lenses.Fu Xingyun looked familiar for a while, but he couldn't think of who it was. He could only smile politely but still awkwardly, put down the goblet, stretched out his hand, and said, "Hello."

The man took off his sunglasses and put them in the pocket of his gray sweater.His hair was already half white but he did not look old. He was stern and arrogant, and Fu Xingyun was always familiar with his pair of calm and majestic sword eyebrows.

He said, "Hi, I'm Xu Wei."

Fu Xingyun was stunned for a moment, and forgot to take back the hand he was shaking. It wasn't until Xu Wei pulled his hand that he realized his gaffe, and quickly took back his hand.He was so excited that he almost screamed, the person in front of him was Xu Wei!

Inside and outside the circle, there is no one who does not know Xu Wei.He is a sign of both box office and word-of-mouth, and he can bring out little-known actors with just his two words "Xu Wei".Among the many famous directors, he is the director who has the best balance between word of mouth and box office. The threshold for participating in his films is not high.

Now that Xu Wei took the initiative to talk to him, Fu Xingyun was so excited that he couldn't contain himself.

Xu Wei picked up a glass of champagne from the table, took a sip, and said carefully, "I watched the movie carefully, and I appreciate your performance in it."

Fu Xingyun felt that the blood in his body was about to boil. Anyone with a brain would know what Xu Wei's compliment meant.He tried his best to control his expression so that he would not lose his composure too much. He picked up the glass of wine that he didn't drink just now, and took a sip. The cold liquid flowed down his throat, calming him down a bit.

He said: "Thank you, Tolai director and screenwriter. I have seen almost all of your works and like them very much."

Xu Wei smiled at him, and Fu Xingyun noticed that although he was getting older, he was still charming.It is not difficult to see from his facial features that he must have been handsome when he was young, and even now that he is old, he still has a kind of brilliance and restrained feeling.Xu Wei opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted.

"Why are you here?"

The person who came was Wen Shichuan, and for some reason, the smell of gunpowder in his words was extremely strong.Fu Xingyun was puzzled, and was about to open his mouth to answer, but suddenly realized that Wen Shichuan's words were not addressed to him, but to Xu Wei who was standing opposite him.

Xu Wei looked at Wen Shichuan who was standing beside Fu Xingyun, drank the champagne in his glass, and said calmly, "I'm watching a movie."

Wen Shichuan said, "I didn't invite you."

Fu Xingyun looked at the two of them in bewilderment, not knowing why Wen Shichuan quarreled with this respected and famous director in front of him.Someone nearby has already looked over curiously, and it seems that many people have recognized Xu Wei and are eager to come over to talk.

Wen Shichuan said, "Find a place to chat."

Xu Wei was noncommittal, put down the empty wine glass, and walked towards the door first. Before leaving, he smiled at the dazed Fu Xingyun and said, "We'll talk next time we have a chance."

Fu Xingyun nodded subconsciously at first, then realized that it was impolite to treat his seniors like this, and wanted to speak, but Wen Shichuan stepped between the two of them, and whispered to Fu Xingyun, "You stay here."

It is a command tone that cannot be refuted.

It wasn't until the two of them left one after another that Fu Xingyun recovered from his daze, and belatedly became angry because of Wen Shichuan's attitude.But he couldn't leave. Wen Shichuan, he and Yu Xiangwan were the protagonists at the reception. Wen Shichuan was gone, and Yu Xiangwan was not there. According to her temperament, she probably slipped to some corner to fish.

Fu Xingyun had no choice but to hold up the stage, chat with the media, and talk about vague topics with directors of literary films he didn't know.Zhang Ting, who had pestered Wen Shichuan just now, also came over. Fu Xingyun was not surprised when she came, but what surprised Fu Xingyun was her thick skin.As if all the previous quarrels didn't exist, Zhang Ting and Fu Xingyun started to get used to each other.

Fu Xingyun dealt with her patiently, parrying her interview invitation with some ambiguous words.

"Given the previous rumors, many people on the Internet are now talking about your relationship with Director Wen." Zhang Ting had a polite smile on his face, but the light in his eyes was sharp, and he stared closely at Fu Xingyun's expression, like A vulture prowling for carrion.

She went on to say: "But at the same time, I managed to attract some CP fans, that is, some fans who think that the two of you have an ambiguous relationship. Do you think this is right for you?"

Before she could finish speaking, Fu Xingyun, who was completely distracted, interrupted her impatiently: "Then what do you think?"

Zhang Ting was choked up by his question, Fu Xingyun didn't wait for her to come back to his senses, he quickly moved away and caught Yu Xiangwan who slipped in through the back door.Yu Xiangwan was shocked when he was caught fishing.

Fu Xingyun hurriedly asked her in a low voice: "Why did Xu Wei come?"

"I don't know, I'm scared to death," Yu Xiangwan said with his eyes widened, "I thought he had at least eight assistants and ten bodyguards in his big business. I was chatting with him just now , He said he had seen my previous movie, asked me if I had any intention to cooperate with him, and handed over my business card."

Fu Xingyun hurriedly said: "He also praised me just now, what's going on."

Yu Xiangwan said in a daze, "It's pie in the sky."

But when Fu Xingyun asked about the relationship between Wen Shichuan and Xu Wei, Yu Xiangwan knew nothing about it. She whispered, "The two of them know each other? Then why did we have such a bad time when we made a movie before! There is meat in my box lunch." , I’m starving to death, Director Xu can just open his mouth, and the investment can be in place.”

The two chatted in the corner for a while, but Fu Xingyun always felt uneasy. He looked outside the door and found that Wen Shichuan and Xu Wei hadn't come out of the lounge yet, and remembered Wen Shichuan's strange behavior just now. Attitude, the more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes.He pushed Yu Xiangwan to deal with the media, and walked to the lounge at the other end of the corridor.

When Fu Xingyun was debating whether to knock on the door, the door opened, and it was Xu Wei who came out to meet him face to face.

Seeing him, Xu Wei greeted him, took a business card from his pocket and handed it to Fu Xingyun, and said, "If there is a chance to contact him, let's have a chat."

Fu Xingyun received it with both hands flattered.

"He doesn't talk to you."

Wen Shichuan's voice crossed Xu Wei and came out from the room, the voice was cold and hard, like ice.Fu Xingyun paused, Xu Wei seemed not to hear, nodded to Fu Xingyun, put on the sunglasses again, turned out of the corridor, and walked away.

Fu Xingyun walked into the lounge, closed the door behind his back, and asked, "What's going on?"

Contrary to Xu Wei's indifference, Wen Shichuan is completely like a lion whose territory has been invaded, pacing back and forth in the small lounge angrily and anxiously.Fu Xingyun had never seen him like this before, so he tentatively asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?"

Wen Shichuan strode over and snatched the business card from Fu Xingyun's hand, as if it was a highly poisonous and dangerous item, tearing it in half was not enough, he crumpled the pieces into a ball, and threw them into the garbage accurately bucket.Fu Xingyun was stunned by him, hurriedly grabbed his hand, and said anxiously: "What are you doing! Why did you tear up Director Xu's business card——" Wen Shichuan said coldly before he finished speaking. Cut off his words: "That's my dad."

Fu Xingyun was stunned.

At the beginning, not long after he and Wen Xingchuan were together, he heard Wen Xingchuan and his father quarreling on the phone, and knew that Wen Xingchuan's father was a famous director.Moreover, from Wen Shichuan's knowledge cultivation, conversation and opinions, it is not difficult to see that he has a good family background and a good education since he was a child.

But Wen Shichuan never liked to talk about his father, and the phone quarrels were like fire and water, not like father and son, but more like enemies, so Fu Xingyun would not ask.When he was worrying about gains and losses, he thought to himself countless times that no matter what life Wen Shichuan went home to live, it would not be more miserable than when they lived in the unheated basement.

But Fu Xingyun didn't expect that Wen Shichuan's father was actually Xu Wei, the famous Xu Wei, Xu Wei who could shock three people in the stomping circle, and Xu Wei even threw an olive branch to him.The road within Wen Shichuan's reach is actually such a shortcut to the sky in one step, which is beyond Fu Xingyun's imagination.

"You..." Fu Xingyun was tongue-tied.

Wen Shichuan said expressionlessly, "I have my mother's last name."

Fu Xingyun subconsciously received: "Then you"

Wen Shichuan interrupted him again: "My mother is dead, I was so mad at him."

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