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    Chapter 7

    “What should I do?” Xie Xi was even more nervous than Bai Song.

    “It’s okay, Brother Xi, you can go back and rest. I told Teacher Fang, don’t worry, I won’t turn you in.”

    “Do I care about this? I’m afraid that Teacher Fang will be unhappy and trouble you again.”

    Bai Song smiled and said, “No, didn’t you see what the fans said? We are very familiar with each other, he won’t be angry with me, don’t worry.”

    Really?But you two don’t look very familiar.Xie Xi muttered in a low voice, but he still listened to Bai Song and left. He would not go to rest. He, the manager, had to watch and control the development of online public opinion.

    Ten minutes later, Bai Song did enough psychological preparation and passed Fang Xingcheng’s friend application.

    Teacher Fang, you misunderstood… No, no, Bai Song deleted it and typed again… Teacher Fang, let me explain to you… Fang Xingcheng, it was not me… Brother Xingcheng… Teacher Fang…

    This sentence was wrong no matter how he said it. Bai Song typed and deleted it, but he really couldn’t think of how to word it.

    He remained silent, and Fang Xingcheng’s message was sent over first: “Write a short composition?”

    Fang Xingcheng: “Ten minutes are being entered.”

    Bai Song paused.

    MR.W: “Brother Xingcheng.” Withdraw.

    MR.W: “Teacher Fang.”

    Fang Xingcheng sent a voice message, and his voice was very much like the voice of a male god on the Internet without any bubbles: “Ex-boyfriend, is my warmth easy to tolerate?”

    Nice to hear.

    Bai Song pursed his lips and clicked play again and again.

    It sounds great.

    MR.W: “I’m sorry, Teacher Fang, I didn’t mean it, my hand was slippery.”

    Fang Xingcheng: “…sliding hands?”

    Fang Xingcheng: “Smiling emoticon.jpg”

    MR.W: “Sorry, if I have caused you any trouble, can I go to Weibo tomorrow to apologize?”

    Fang Xingcheng: “No need.”

    Fang Xingcheng: “Netizens don’t know about our relationship. The company is marketing me as a “good brother”. Doesn’t it prove that we are not familiar with each other if you go out to apologize at this time? Just treat it coldly and I will explain.”

    Bai Song thought for a moment, MR.W: “Okay.”

    It’s just…does Fang Xingcheng also need a marketing personality?No matter how you look at it, it sounds like nonsense.

    Bai Song didn’t hesitate, and MR.W replied: “Then I’ll rest first. Shooting will start tomorrow, and I have to prepare well. Teacher Fang, if there is anything we need to deal with, just let me know.”

    Fang Xingcheng: “Yeah.”

    Phew—it wasn’t as tense as he imagined.Bai Song sent a message to Xie Xi, saying that the matter was resolved and asked Xie Xi not to respond to the news online. He had his own arrangements.

    After washing up, Bai Song previewed tomorrow’s shooting content and lay on the bed to relax, his thoughts drifting to Fang Xingcheng again.

    Fang Xingcheng on the social platform is gentler than when they met in person. No, both Fang Xingcheng are very gentle, just like before, but different from before.

    There is a little more rawness and alienation.

    In the past, Fang Xingcheng had no alienation or alienation from Bai Song, but now, if you put aside his ridicule and teasing of his ex-boyfriend, he would be as alienated as a stranger.

    Fang Xingcheng was only familiar with Bai Song ten years ago, and Bai Song now is just a stranger to Fang Xingcheng, a familiar stranger at best.

    Bai Song suddenly felt a little lucky – it was inappropriate to say lucky – that they had had a vigorous relationship, so that Fang Xingcheng would at least not regard him as a stranger.

    At least he’s…an ex-boyfriend.

    As soon as Gulu got up from the bed, Bai Song sent a message to Fang Xingcheng: “Teacher Fang, if I encounter any questions about the script that I don’t understand, can I come and ask you?”

    Fang Xingcheng did not reply.

    After a while, Bai Song’s eyelids twitched and he fell asleep while holding his phone.

    The next day, Bai Song was woken up by a message notification sound.

    Fang Xingcheng withdrew a message.

    Fang Xingcheng: “You can do it anytime.”

    Any time!

    Bai Song was in high spirits.

    Even when I arrived at the filming location, I was in good spirits and greeted everyone with great energy.

    Staff: It turns out that Teacher Bai loves work so much!

    On the first day, the director seemed to want to get to the bottom of things, so he only arranged a duel between Fang Xingcheng and Bai Song.

    This scene was before the third prince Chen Ren and the young general Chu Zhou parted ways. The third prince accidentally met the young general who had just returned to the city. Today, Sister Li gave the two young men makeup.

    Nono was fired, and Bai Song couldn’t find a suitable makeup artist for a while, so Sister Li offered to be his makeup artist. After all, Fang Xingcheng and Bai Song were in the same makeup room, so she didn’t have to put in much effort. She could work one job and earn two dollars, so why not.Of course Bai Song agreed, but when Bai Song wanted to transfer money to Sister Li, Sister Li refused.

    Sister Li said someone had given it to her.

    “Someone” calmly sat on the chair next to him, closed his eyes and meditated: “Well, I don’t lack this.”

    As hard-spoken and soft-hearted as ever.

    Bai Song updated his Fang Xingcheng profile.

    “I will pay you back, Teacher Fang.”

    “Keep the account, you owe it.”

    This scene only exists in the protagonist’s memories in the plot, and the mood is relatively relaxed, so the director chose it as the first scene in the opening scene.

    Bai Song thought: This is the first time he has acted seriously with Fang Xingcheng.

    They had played together once in a reality show when they were recording a variety show, but they were replaced by the host because they were so familiar with each other that they both laughed when they saw each other, and they never had the chance to act together again.

    “Action!” The busy set left no time for Bai Song to reminisce about the past. The director’s voice came out from the loudspeaker, marking the start of filming.

    All departments are in place and the cameras are in operation.As soon as he raised his eyes, Fang Xingcheng no longer had any emotions of his own. He looked like the young man Chen Ren from the TV series.

    The third prince saw his friend at a glance in the bustling downtown. He hurriedly stopped his horse, ran over in a hurry, and gave the young general a hug.

    “Chuzhou! When did you come back and why didn’t you tell me?”

    Chu Zhou bowed politely, but he couldn’t hide the smile on his face: “Not long after we arrived, Your Majesty. My father went to report to Your Majesty. I originally planned to go to your house to find you later. I wanted to buy you some gifts, but unexpectedly I met you on the street.”

    “But I told you a long time ago that you don’t need to do those false gifts when you see me, and I never call myself ‘my king’ in front of you. It’s just that this gift for me was originally bought from the market. If I hadn’t happened to meet you today, I would have thought you brought me something good!” Chen Ren said jokingly.

    Naturally, he didn’t care where the gift came from. After all, the prince of the Tian family had seen more rare things than the young general.

    Chu Zhou is Chen Ren’s best friend. Unlike those retainers who came to join him when Chen Ren gained power, Chu Zhou was Chen Ren’s childhood playmate. The two had always had a good relationship. It was only later that they separated because General Chu wanted to guard Mobei and Chu Zhou traveled with the army.Now that Chuzhou was returning to the capital, Chen Ren couldn’t help but be curious: “Tell me, tell me, what is Mobei like?”

    “Of course I brought you a gift from Mobei, Your Highness. But the things in Mobei are not as exquisite as those in Kyoto. I originally thought of getting another one, so I won’t choose it today. I will choose it again another day and send it to your house together.” Chuzhou knew that Chen Ren didn’t like to know the content of surprises in advance. Since they had met today, he decided not to choose any more gifts for Chen Ren.

    The two of them walked side by side, and Chu Zhou said slowly: “Mobei, there’s nothing good about it. It’s full of wind and sand. It’s buried in loess all day long. Sometimes you can’t see anything clearly.”

    “Is it really that exaggerated?”

    “I lied to you.”

    Chen Ren suddenly smiled, moved closer to him and lowered his voice: “Little liar.”

    The sound of the three words blew into Bai Song’s ears like a breeze.

    Bai Song was stunned. This paragraph was not in the script, and the tone and movements had a bit of Fang Xingcheng’s influence. However, the director did not shout “stuck”, which showed that Fang Xingcheng’s clever performance was in line with Chen Ren’s character in the director’s opinion. Bai Song continued to act.

    Chu Zhou raised his eyebrows, feeling quite proud of his success: “Who made the Third Prince remain the same as before, so good and deceitful?”

    Then the time between the two suddenly disappeared in an instant, and it seemed like they had never been separated.

    Chen Ren smiled and stretched out his hand to hold Chu Zhou tightly in his arms: “I miss you so much.”

    “Okay, Ka-” the director’s voice came through the loudspeaker.

    Fang Xingcheng immediately let go of Bai Song. In a blink of an eye, he was out of the drama, while Bai Song was still in the mood of the drama.

    In the scene just now, Fang Xingcheng brought Bai Song into the scene. It only took a moment. Fang Xingcheng’s acting skills were enough to make Bai Song trust him. They were living in the scene they had just set up. Fang Xingcheng was Chen Ren and he was Chu Zhou. They were young friends who had been separated for many years and reunited.

    It’s so strong. Fang Xingcheng deserves to be the actor who won the Best Actor twice. He is really good at acting.

    Moreover, he does not steal or overwhelm the drama, and is willing to give Bai Song room to develop.

    Sure enough, they have gotten better in the years since they were separated, especially Fang Xingcheng, who has grown to a level that is beyond Bai Song’s reach.

    He has to work harder, Bai Song secretly made up his mind.

    The director didn’t sound very happy. Bai Song vaguely heard the director on the other end of the loudspeaker take a breath, and then heard him yell out in a super loud voice: “Fang, Xing, Cheng! How many times have I told you, freedom of creation guarantees one more performance!”

    The director was the only person in the entire crew who dared to yell at Fang Xingcheng. They had worked together many times, so Fang Xingcheng dared to invite this director to join the fight.

    Fang Xingcheng is good at improvisation, and sometimes he adds the finishing touch. More often than not, the opposite actor cannot catch the scene, and often freezes in place or picks up random calls. The frustration of being hit by Fang Xingcheng is very serious, and sometimes the other actors’ subsequent filming performance is not satisfactory.

    Therefore, the director and Fang Xingcheng made a “gentleman’s agreement” that each clause must be guaranteed at least once before allowing him to perform freely, so as not to affect the other actors.

    Fang Xingcheng always obeyed his requests, but he got sick again today for some unknown reason.

    Fortunately, the other party caught it, the director thought thoughtfully.

    Fang Xingcheng shrugged and shouted in a long voice: “I know, did you leave that part?”

    “Keep it!” the director yelled, “keep one more thing and perform according to the script!”

    Fang Xingcheng lazily made an “ok” gesture.

    The loudspeaker was put down without being turned off, but was picked up again the next second. The director cleared his throat: “Ahem, Xiaobai, you just picked up well, keep it up.”

    Bai Song replied: “Thank you, director.”

    The director shouted: “Fang Xingcheng, did you see that Xiaobai is really good!”

    Fang Xingcheng: “You still need to tell me?”

    He gave the young general a meaningful look and whispered, “That’s a white pine.”

    “What?” Bai Song didn’t hear clearly.

    Fang Xingcheng said: “The director asked you to get back and prepare to shoot this scene again.”

    “Oh oh oh!!” Bai Song ran back quickly.

    During the second filming, Fang Xingcheng did not act like a monster. He acted according to the content of the script. Bai Song easily caught it. After that, each camera shot several times to preserve the material. Today’s part was completed much earlier than the time on the notice.

    After the shooting, the director asked the two of them to come behind the monitor to watch the original film.

    The director at work was serious. After the show, Bai Song found that their director still liked to laugh. At this moment, he was looking at Bai Song with a smile.

    …It looked like the white pine was a little hairy.

    I was a little frightened and wanted to run.

    Fang Xingcheng quietly took a step forward, just in time to block the sight of the director and Bai Song: “What are you doing?”

    “Oh, this version played by you two is indeed better. The most important thing is General Chu. The timing of taking the role is just right and it is very natural. He is really a good actor!”

    Bai Song repeatedly shook his head in denial. If Fang Xingcheng was gifted, then Bai Song was probably hardworking and could make up for his weaknesses. His success came from his hard work. He understood the script thoroughly. Naturally, from the perspective of the character, he was Chu Zhou, and of course he knew how Chu Zhou would react.

    The director thought he was humble, and the more I watched, the more I liked him.

    Fang Xingcheng: “It has nothing to do with me?”

    The director said perfunctorily: “What you gave me is not bad.”

    Bai Song couldn’t help laughing.

    Seeing Fang Xingcheng’s choked expression, the director thought carefully: It seems that he shouldn’t be so disrespectful to Fang Xingcheng. After all, Fang Xingcheng owes a lot to the famous scene.

    So the director cleared his throat: “Then again, it’s actually all thanks to Teacher Fang. If Teacher Fang hadn’t recommended it to me, I would have missed this good idea. Hey, Fang Xingcheng said at first that you have known each other for a long time and I didn’t believe it, but it turned out to be true!”

    Wait, why does it feel like something is wrong?

    Bai Song looked around, and the director seemed to be in a good mood. He mustered up the courage to ask, “Then why did you replace me in the role of A Chen?”

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