Ji Qingzhou felt annoyed, he looked at Sheng Wenxi, and said truthfully, “You’re very annoying.”
Sheng Wenxi looked at the impatience in his eyes, “Okay, I’ll go find director Kang, we can talk later.”
He quickly turned around and walked towards Kang Yicheng.
Ji Qingzhou felt upset as he watched him leave, then he started practicing again.
Kang Yicheng was surprised when he saw Sheng Wenxi coming. “Why are you here?”
“I heard Uncle Kang was here, so I came over to say hello.” Sheng Wenxi said.
“So well behaved.” Kang Yicheng teased him, “It’s already May, you didn’t start a new drama last year, you’re not starting this year either?”
“There is no hurry.” Sheng Wenxi was very calm, “There’s nothing I want to film recently.”
Kang Yicheng nodded, then he and Sheng Wenxi observed the screen in front of them. Inside it was a literary scene between Ji Qingzhou and Qi Huan, even though he was acting opposite an actor like Qi Huan, he wasn’t suppressed. On the contrary, it made people feel that the father and son were meant to be like that.
“He’s good, right?” Kang Yicheng said, “This kid is very agile, I read his profile, it’s been over a year since his debut, it’s very rare to see an actor like him”
“I know,” Sheng Wenxi said truthfully, “I invited him before you and wanted him to act in my project, but he refused.”
“Why?”
“He was afraid that he would get too deep into the scene and wouldn’t be able to get out, the character in my scene ended up in a trance and died on the road, he was afraid that he couldn’t bear it.”
Kang Yicheng nodded. “It’s normal. This child is a special actor. This kind of actor, the feared thing is that he can’t get out of the role. Have you forgotten Su Lian? He finished filming a movie about a psychological crime, he couldn’t get out, and finally he fell into depression. Alas, it’s a pity. ”
“But I think he should give it a try.” Sheng Wenxi said calmly.
“There is no such thing as should or shouldn’t,” Kang Yicheng said. “People can’t talk about anything else until they are healthy and alive. To be honest, I don’t like actors who get too involved in their roles. Su Lian almost committed suicide several times after he was depressed. Your uncle Li went to see him several times, and he didn’t make any more movies that whole year. He started making commercial films the next year. He admired Su Lian very much, so he blamed himself for quite a while. You haven’t seen Su Lian, have you? ” Kang Yicheng gave him a look.
Sheng Wenxi shook his head.
Kang Yixing guessed that that was the case, “Your father should have seen him.” He said, “A very nice young man, with clean eyes, good looks and extremely high talent. Wenxi, you are still young, so you don’t know how hard it is for an actor you admire to have his whole life ruined after making your movie. You should thank Ji Qingzhou, if he promised you that he went to act in your movie and something happened after the performance, this would have become a thorn in your heart, a thorn that you can’t pull out for the rest of your life. Your Uncle Li hasn’t made any movie with the same type of subject matter after that.”
Sheng Wenxi looked down at the screen, Ji Qingzhou was competing with Qi Huan’s sword skills, with the impact of the sword, his eyes became firm and ruthless, his speed was getting faster and faster, looking to stab Qi Huan, but Qi Huan was better, he was always blocked.
Qi Huan laughed, “Almost fell into your path.”
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He suddenly realized that he had actually walked into a misunderstanding, he saw the aura in Ji Qingzhou and wanted to harness it, but what he could see, others could also see. So, he appeared in Kang Yicheng’s movie; so, he starred as Chen Muyi.
This was the type of role was something Ji Qingzhou could accept, although it was also a tragedy, Chen Muyun lived a very sober life, his heart’s belief was very clear, he had long looked away from life and death. Ji Qingzhou knew he would get into the scene, but he also knew he could walk out, so he took the initiative to audition for the role.
He didn’t necessarily need him, as long as there were directors like Kang Yicheng who really wanted to make movies properly, they wouldn’t bury a diamond in the rough like him, he could still shine, but in a safer way.
Sheng Wenxi sighed, a few months after the incident, he calmed down, and then he recalled his actions during that time, probably because it was the first time someone rejected him, he couldn’t accept it, he became stubborn to the extent of paranoia. But Ji Qingzhou was right, he was indeed a little too disrespectful, no wonder he now saw him and didn’t even want to say a word to him, but Sheng Wenxi didn’t feel sorry.
Before finishing work at night, Sheng Wenxi appeared in front of Ji Qingzhou again and asked, “Do you want to have a midnight snack?”
Ji Qingzhou didn’t pay attention to him.
Sheng Wenxi wasn’t discouraged, “It seems that you don’t want to eat.”
“Do you think this is interesting?” Ji Qingzhou asked him.
“It isn’t interesting.” Sheng Wenxi said, “But I have to be clear, so I can only come to you again.”
“What do you want to say?”
“Let’s have a snack together, I bought some shrimp dumplings, let’s talk in the car.”
Ji Qingzhou didn’t eat his shrimp dumplings, but got into the nanny van with him.
Sheng Wenxi also didn’t force him, he was silent for a while before he spoke, “I misunderstood before, I thought you and Chu Cheng had that kind of relationship, so I wanted to help you.”
“I don’t need it.” Ji Qingzhou calmly replied.
“Of course I know you don’t need, that day after you called me, Chu Cheng also called me, if you were in that kind of relationship, he wouldn’t specifically call me just to tell me that I should respect you.”
The surprise on Ji Qingzhou’s face was obvious, “He called you?”
“Yes, he actually didn’t need to make this call, he said if I did something like that again, he’d be rude to me, he said a lot. I was so focused on arguing with him, but he argued quite a lot, I couldn’t say much, so I just listened to him lecture me. But after hanging up the phone and calming down for two days, I pretty much understood that you guys weren’t in the kind of relationship I thought you were, but you said he could stick his nose into anything you did – he did look out for you.”
“He’s always been very considerate of me.” Ji Qingzhou didn’t hesitate to say.
“So I calmed down for a long time, and traveled to see the mountains and the oceans, and I didn’t come to you until now.”
“You could have not come looking for me.” Ji Qingzhou said honestly, “If you don’t appear in front of me, I won’t go looking for you, and I won’t deliberately remember you.”
“I never knew that you could be so direct in your words.” Sheng Wenxi smiled, “I always thought you were quite good-tempered.”
“Like I said, I don’t like people disrespecting me, and after what you did, I naturally don’t want to see you again.”
“But I don’t want to leave such an image in the heart of someone I admire. Ji Qingzhou, I admit, I admire you, I also admit, I am a person that’s used to getting things I want, I come from a good background, and then I entered the industry because of my father’s connections, everyone gives me three points of face, I also fought for myself, I started winning awards early. So I am proud of my talent, and I think I have the capital to be proud. You are the first person who rejected me after I became famous, I wasn’t willing to accept it, I wanted you to compromise, in between, maybe I did something that shouldn’t be done, but I started from a good ……”
“Maybe?” Ji Qingzhou interrupted him.
Sheng Wenxi was a little uncomfortable, “Well, it’s true.”
Ji Qingzhou laughed a little, Sheng Wenxi finally saw him smile and continued, “But I’ve figured it out now. You may not know my original intention, I was afraid that the aura in you would disappear. A good actor needs the nourishment of good works. There are often thousand li horses, but there isn’t always Bo Le, I wanted to be your Bo Le, I think you have potential, but you have stayed in your comfort zone for too long, so I wanted to spur you on.”
[TN: Bole figuratively means “good judge of [especially hidden] talent”, Bo Le was also known as a horse tamer.]
“But now, you’ve done Director Kang’s drama, he’ll be your Bo Le, and you’ll have him for this work, and later, there will be other directors who will come to you, and as long as you have good work, your qualifications will not be wasted. Although I still think that you can try to challenge the roles you feel insecure about, but as director Kang said it won’t be what I want to see, and I’m really not qualified to force you, so, this argument stops here. I apologize to you for what happened before, can you forgive me?”
Ji Qingzhou thought about it, “Sheng Wenxi, I appreciate your appreciation and I’m glad you can say these things to me today, I don’t deny that your starting point was for my own good, but what you did really didn’t suit me.”
He looked at Sheng Wenxi and reasoned, “I am willing to accept your apology and I forgive you. However, I still don’t want to work with you for the time being, maybe later when I mature a bit more, I will be willing. But for now, you can’t expect me to forget the past instantly. So, let’s keep a certain distance between director and actor, and if one day, I like a role in your script, then I will audition for it. If I don’t like it, you shouldn’t push me. Is that okay?”
“Then if we meet again, can we still sit together and still chat in a friendly way like we are now?”
“Of course you can.” Ji Qingzhou said, “But only if you respect my opinion and don’t take what I refused and repeatedly pester me with it.”
“Okay.”
“You won’t show up on the set tomorrow, right?” Ji Qingzhou asked.
Sheng Wenxi nodded, “If that’s what you want, I’ll respect you.”
“Thanks.”
“So, eating shrimp dumplings?” Sheng Wenxi handed him the shrimp dumplings that were sitting beside him.
Ji Qingzhou thought about it and picked one up, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” Sheng Wenxi smiled a little.
Ji Qingzhou and Sheng Wenxi parted ways, then he returned to the hotel and told Chu Cheng about it, he looked at Chu Cheng on the screen, “You called Sheng Wenxi behind my back?”
“I just wanted to warn him, he made you so angry that day, could I still pretend that I didn’t see anything?”
“But Sheng Wenxi said that you talked to him a lot.”
“That’s because, more than warning him, I want you to get what you want. You won’t be in a better mood because of what happened to Sheng Wenxi, but if he can apologize to you seriously and really respect you, you won’t be bothered about what happened before and you’d be in a better mood. You’re in this industry, although I know that it’s mixed with fishes and snakes, I still hope that you meet good people, make friends, even if someone has misunderstandings about you, they’d soon realize you’re good. Sheng Wenxi is the same.”
Ji Qingzhou smiled, “So I forgave him. But I still think we have some philosophical differences, he still thinks I can challenge his script, but I don’t think so. I think he should go to see the life of those actors who can’t get out after entering the scene, and have an understanding, so he won’t think so much.”
“I think so, so you’ll work with him later?”
“Not until he changes his view, after all, I’m the one with a 1314-year relationship contract on me, I don’t have that kind of money.”
Chu Cheng laughed lightly, “It’s good that you remember.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll forget everything else but not this.”
He and Chu Cheng chatted for a while, he looked at the late hour, before going to the bathroom and preparing for bed.
Sheng Wenxi didn’t appear on the set again the next day, Ji Qingzhou saw that he did what he said he would do, and felt that he had really changed. He hoped he would one day understand that not every actor had to dedicate themselves to their art.
On the other side, Sheng Wenxi was driving to Su Lian’s home, he heard about this person from Kang Yicheng, he wanted to go see, see what would happen when a person went too deep into the scene in the end, was there really no way out? He also wanted see the person that made Kang Yicheng and Director Li very sorry.
After Sheng Wenxi left, Chu Cheng came over to visit, he looked at Ji Qingzhou, keenly aware that he had lost weight.
Oooohh I remember him now
Aaaaaa I knew that SWX became irritating because he started from the height. So, I am very happy for his change. I hope he can continue this change and be total friends with JQZ, since I feel he can guide JQZ regarding filming. I love that not only ML and MC have grown up, the side characters also would have development. ❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, I also understand the reason behind his berserk. After all Sheng Wenxi ah, he is too used to people flattering him and his father to get a resource. No matter how clean your heart are, that kind of upbringing certainly will leave a stain in a long run. And since Zhouzhou is the first person to said; your heart is so tainted. SWX exploded. I am glad he got to experience this and grow more. Now he can see Su Lian (which had been mentioned many times by Anyi and I think some other characters as actor they respected) and learnt more.
Swx can learn! I’m so happy about it 🙂
Thnx for the chapter~ (^∆^)
There’s still hope for this type of scumbag 🗣️ after rehabilitation he can be a decent human after all, uh 🧐 very good very good!!
Follow the path of being good citizen Director Sheng!