SM Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Please Give Me More Guidance, Teacher Ye

Having gotten his “revenge,” Ye Lai was generous and showed the manuscript of his newly finished book to Sheng Mingqian.

After it was revealed that he was Bamboo Sign, “The World on the Bough” was sold out overnight. The publishing house heard that Ye Lai was writing a new book and asked him every few days how the new book was coming along.

Li Xun also called frequently, asking if Ye Lai wanted to change his pen name. Ye Lai thought about this question for a long time, but finally decided not to change it and continue to use the name Bamboo Sign.

But now, when Ye Lai wrote these two words, they were no longer the trance and confusion of longing from the past, but were firmly rooted in the ground.

Ten years, whether it was obsession or love, whatever it was, it had long been integrated into his bones and blood. How could it be so clearly separated?

Now, Ye Lai could raise his eyes and meet Sheng Mingqian’s eyes. It wasn’t chasing, he had the courage and frankness to look at him as an equal. This kind of life brought Ye Lai more surprises.

The new book was still only a first draft, and Ye Lai hadn’t revised it carefully yet. Many places hadn’t met Ye Lai’s own requirements.

He and Sheng Mingqian, one with a script and one with a manuscript, put their heads together and studied it for more than half a month, giving each other opinions and polishing and revising it together.

Sheng Mingqian and Ye Lai each had their own advantages. Sheng Mingqian had a super strong ability to control language and camera shots, while Ye Lai had a deeper understanding of the characters. The two complemented each other, and the revised script and manuscript were a step up from the original.

Sometimes the two disagreed, and after a stalemate, Sheng Mingqian would compromise first. But after a night, Ye Lai would find that Sheng Mingqian’s opinion was better, and would pester Sheng Mingqian to change it.

After Sheng Mingqian’s new movie was released, he had been resting. Many people around him jokingly asked him if he wanted to retire now.

Sheng Mingqian still wanted to film his and Ye Lai’s script and new book, so it was impossible for him to be willing to retire now. Moreover, not only did he not want to retire, he felt that he had found the purest and simplest state he had when he first started making movies.

It was Ye Lai who brought him back.

Sheng Mingqian asked Lin Han to slowly resume his work. Lin Han arranged two events for him, according to Sheng Mingqian’s requirements, not too far away, all in the city.

The summer in Bin City was extremely comfortable, with clean sand, humid wind, and a clear sky and sea.

Ye Lai was still in Bin City. During this time, Sheng Mingqian came to Bin City whenever he had time, and when he didn’t have time, he habitually told Ye Lai his itinerary.

Ye Lai went back the day Sheng Mingqian attended the event, but he didn’t tell Sheng Mingqian beforehand.

There were too many people in the audience at the event venue, and they were unusually enthusiastic.

Among the guests invited on stage, in addition to Sheng Mingqian and a Screenwriter, there were also two actors. Compared to the low-key fans of Sheng Mingqian, the other two actors were traffic idol stars. The screams from the audience kept coming. Before the event officially started, the staff had to remind them several times to barely maintain order.

Ye Lai sat in the first row of the audience, constantly picking at his ears. He also saw that Sheng Mingqian on the stage was a little impatient, but he was still trying his best to endure it, with a blank expression on his face, very cold.

Ye Lai took out his Cell Phone, found an angle and took a picture of Sheng Mingqian from a distance, and looked down at it for a long time.

An event continued intermittently. At the end, the host on the stage interacted with Sheng Mingqian, preparing to say goodbye.

Sheng Mingqian had just taken the microphone and nodded to thank the host when a small group of haloed green light spots slid across his face. The first time it quickly flashed away, but after a few seconds, the green light spot swept across Sheng Mingqian’s eyes again.

Ye Lai’s attention had been on Sheng Mingqian’s face. At first, he thought the green light was a stage light. It wasn’t until the green light spot slid across Sheng Mingqian’s face for the second time that he realized it was a strong light laser pointer.

The direction of the laser pointer should have come from the audience. Someone had brought a laser pointer.

Sheng Mingqian raised his hand to cover his eyes and bent down to squat down. Ye Lai stood up abruptly, turned his head and shouted in the audience: “Who? Who is using a laser pointer?”

Sheng Mingqian’s eyes had been injured twice. Ye Lai was so angry that the blood in his whole body was boiling. He didn’t care that the event hadn’t completely ended and jumped onto the stage directly.

The security guards initially thought he was a fanatical fan and wanted to stop Ye Lai, but later recognized him and let him onto the stage.

A group of people surrounded him on the stage, and there was constant chaos under the stage. The person with the laser pointer was quickly pinned down by people in the audience.

The staff surrounded Sheng Mingqian. Ye Lai ran over to look at his eyes: “Mingqian, are you okay? Let me see, let me see your eyes.”

Sheng Mingqian recognized Ye Lai’s voice. As he raised his head, he also grabbed his hand.

At the moment when he was scanned by the laser pointer, it was a bit dazzling, and his eyes went dark for a moment. Fortunately, the laser pointer didn’t stay for a long time. Sheng Mingqian paused for a few seconds, and the vision in front of him was still clear. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ye Lai’s anxious, fearful, and angry face.

“I’m fine.” Sheng Mingqian blinked, squeezed Ye Lai’s hand, and comforted him softly.

Ye Lai helped Sheng Mingqian stand up. The Director next to him bowed and apologized: “Director Sheng, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s our mistake. The person has already been pinned down by the audience. Let’s send you to the hospital for a check-up first.”

Sheng Mingqian himself felt that there wasn’t a big problem, but Ye Lai was worried and insisted on sending him to the hospital for a check-up.

They went to Sheng Mingqian’s old Hospital. Piao Zhengyang gave him a check-up and confirmed that there wasn’t a big problem. The bottom of his eyes hadn’t been injured by the laser pointer, but he still reminded them very seriously that they couldn’t be careless at any time, after all, he had injured his eyes before.

Piao Zhengyang prescribed Sheng Mingqian a bottle of eye drops, suggested that he go home and rest for a few days, and gave some instructions: use electronic products less, don’t overuse his eyes, don’t stay up late, and don’t be too tired.

“Thank you, Dr. Piao.” Ye Lai was relieved.

“It’s okay, call me anytime if you have any problems. I’ll have someone send the medicine over later. You guys go home and rest early. Use the eye drops once in the morning and once at night.”

The doctor’s office was on the second floor. The two didn’t take the elevator and walked up the stairs directly.

As soon as the two entered the stairwell, they saw a man with a black cane standing on the steps between the first and second floors. He looked like he was blind. One hand was holding the cane, and the other was touching the handrail, taking steps down the stairs one by one.

At the ventilation opening at the corner of the stairwell stood a man, smoking a cigarette in his mouth, squinting his eyes and staring straight at the blind man going down the stairs.

Sheng Mingqian quickly recognized the man smoking. It was Fu Qingyun, the current head of the Fu family, who helped with the Fu Xiang incident.

Sheng Mingqian pulled Ye Lai down the steps and went up to greet him: “President Fu, long time no see.”

Fu Qingyun then raised his eyes, saw Sheng Mingqian, and stretched out his hand: “Director Sheng, what a coincidence.”

Sheng Mingqian reached out and shook hands with Fu Qingyun: “Thank you again for your help with the last incident. I will definitely visit you to thank you another day.”

“It’s just a small matter, don’t take it to heart,” Fu Qingyun waved his hand holding the cigarette, “Director Sheng, you don’t have to be so polite. If there is an opportunity in the future, I still want to cooperate with Director Sheng. If Director Sheng makes another movie, you can consider Fu’s Film and Television Company first.”

“Definitely…”

While the two were talking and exchanging pleasantries, the Young men who was holding a cane and going down the stairs behind them lost his balance and stepped on an empty step. The cane in his hand fell to the ground and rolled down the stairs.

Ye Lai, who was standing closest to him, let go of Sheng Mingqian’s hand and went to help the person. Fortunately, he reacted quickly. The blind man didn’t really fall. Ye Lai steadied him: “Be careful.”

The man moved his neck and thanked Ye Lai’s direction: “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. If you can’t see, it’s a bit dangerous to walk down the stairs. Let me help you downstairs.”

Sheng Mingqian bent down to help pick up the cane that had fallen. Fu Qingyun beside him had already picked up the cane before him.

“Xiao Li, are you okay?” Fu Qingyun threw away the cigarette butt, held the cane, sighed, walked up two steps, supported the man next to Ye Lai, and said to Sheng Mingqian and Ye Lai, “Thank you both, I’ll do it.”

Ye Lai and Sheng Mingqian were both stunned and exchanged a look.

So they knew each other.

After leaving the Hospital gate, Ye Lai was still muttering: “It seems like they have a close relationship. That man can’t see, and he’s holding a cane. Fu Qingyun just stood there and didn’t care, letting him go down the stairs by himself. I was wondering why his eyes were always glancing at the stairs when he was talking to you.”

Sheng Mingqian said: “I heard from a friend that Fu Qingyun is getting married. The marriage partner is a blind man. It seems that it should be the person just now.”

Ye Lai “ah”d, he wasn’t a Gossiper, but he still couldn’t help but say: “He doesn’t even help him down the stairs, how can they get married?”

“That’s his private matter. By the way, Fu Xiang’s case has been sentenced. In a few days, I’ll take you to Fu Qingyun’s place to thank him.”

Ye Lai still wanted to complain, but when he thought that Fu Qingyun had helped them a lot, he closed his mouth sheepishly. After all, it was someone else’s private matter, and it wasn’t good for them outsiders to comment.

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During the few days that Sheng Mingqian was resting, Ye Lai refused to sleep in the same room with him, because Doctor Piao had said that he couldn’t stay up late or be too tired.

Ye Lai was rarely peaceful at night. He went through the manuscript again, as well as Sheng Mingqian’s script. The two decided to film Sheng Mingqian’s script first.

“There’s still a problem now,” Ye Lai said, stirring the coffee in his hand after breakfast, “You want me to play Hua Dan, do you want me to direct and act myself?”

Sheng Mingqian nodded: “This script was originally written for you. It wouldn’t be right to change it to anyone else. No one else can play it, only you can.”

“Then who will play the Officer? Who do you want to play ‘Sheng Mingqian’? Who will be my co-star?” Ye Lai asked, raising his eyebrows.

Sheng Mingqian hadn’t told Ye Lai about this question yet, but he had already made a decision: “I’ll play it.”

Ye Lai had actually guessed it a long time ago and didn’t feel too surprised: “You haven’t acted before.”

“If you can direct, you can act.” Sheng Mingqian said with certainty, he couldn’t let anyone else play this role.

Moreover, when he wrote this script, he didn’t intend to give it to anyone else. He also had “selfish motives” and wrote a lot of intimate scenes.

“Hmm——”

Ye Lai dragged out the tone, hmming for a long time. Finally, he put down the spoon for stirring the coffee, leaned his body forward slightly, slowly raised his wrist, and twirled the chin of Sheng Mingqian opposite him with the tip of his index finger, carefully looking at him a few times.

“Director Sheng has a good appearance. He’s also a top-notch person in front of the camera. His facial features are sharp, and he has the coldness and decisiveness of a warlord. Not bad, not bad, but since you want me to be the Director, I can’t be partial. You still have to go through the audition process again. You still have to compete.”

At this moment, Ye Lai was like an old man entering a brothel, hooking Sheng Mingqian’s chin, just like he was picking someone. Sheng Mingqian was amused by his teasing and frivolous tone.

He knew that Ye Lai was still “taking revenge.” When “The World on the Bough” was being cast, he clearly wouldn’t let him act, but he still made him audition. Now it was his turn.

Sheng Mingqian took Ye Lai’s words, held his fingertip, put it in his mouth and sucked it: “Teacher Ye, when it comes to acting, I’m still a rookie. I’ll have to trouble Teacher Ye to guide me more in the future and give me more opportunities.”

Ye Lai’s finger was sucked in Sheng Mingqian’s mouth, and a tingling sensation rushed to the top of his head. Ye Lai’s breathing was messed up for a moment, but he couldn’t “drop the act,” so he stubbornly asked: “How do you want me to guide you?”

Sheng Mingqian thought for a while and said: “Scenes 49, 56, and 107, why don’t we try them now?”

“Hmm? What are these three scenes?” Ye Lai turned his head to flip through the script.

Before the script was opened, Sheng Mingqian had already thoughtfully taken the initiative to explain to him: “They are bed scenes. You guided me in bed scenes back then, now it’s your turn to guide me… Please give me more guidance, Teacher Ye…”