soul collector

There was some traffic jam at night, and when Tang Xiu arrived at the hotel, Jiang Qiao was already there.There was still half an hour before the scheduled meeting with Yu Yin. Tang Xiu glanced at the time and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Why are you here so early?"

Jiang Qiao smiled, "Look at the menu."

"Look at the menu?" Tang Xiu sat down, his eyes suddenly glanced at the red wine lying awake on the table, it was a bottle of Lehua, Tang Xiu asked in surprise, "Order such an expensive wine?"

Jiang Qiao looked at him coldly, "The famous director came to tell you a lie, and you won't bleed, is it plausible?"

Tang Xiu smiled, "You're too ungrateful. I just debuted and didn't make much money, so you're just a rip off."

Jiang Qiao snorted and didn't speak. He lowered his head and flipped through the menu, which happened to be the page of Chishen.

"Wait a while and you have to cooperate with me."

Jiang Qiao remained silent.

"Do me this favor. Later, you can come to my house for whatever you want to eat. I'll do it. How about it?"

The boss who flipped through the menu finally relaxed, "It depends."

Tang Xiu looked at his tense face, picked up hot tea and put it to his mouth to cover up his smile.

Yu's face was radiant when it was printed, and it could be seen that he had dressed up with care.He has debuted for a long time, and his popularity is not bad recently, but this is the first time a director of Jiang Qiao's level has climbed up.When Tang Xiu told him, he almost refused to believe it. Seeing Jiang Qiao sitting in it now, he finally felt a little more real, and his brows were even more delighted.

When he came in, he greeted Jiang Qiao respectfully and held out his hand.Jiang Qiao glanced at Tang Xiu, shook hands with him perfunctorily, "Sit down."

"Hey, hey." Yu Yin sat down and looked back at Tang Xiu, "Director Jiang asked Tang Xiu to come to me to pass on a message. This time it won't be "Fox Killing Stage" that I'm going to cooperate with?"

Jiang Qiao had nothing to say, he didn't know what kind of cake Tang Xiu drew for others.

Tang Xiu took it over and said, "It's not "Fox Killing Stage". The director also has a Republic of China drama in his hand, and there is a villain in it."

"The villain?" Yu Yin's eyes lit up, "The villain is good, I just want to challenge the role of the villain and broaden the way of the play." He couldn't help but smile, "It seems that you are already in the crew, Director Jiang really thinks highly of you."

"Director, what is the role?"

Jiang Qiao glanced at Tang Xiu again, "Let him talk to you."

Yu was secretly surprised. He knew that Tang Xiu had taken the leading role in "Fox Killing Terrace" in one go, so he must have a close relationship with Jiang Qiao.But he didn't expect that the personal relationship between these two people would be so good. Jiang Qiao treated Tang Xiu with a completely reassuring attitude, even willing to bring him along for interviews with other actors.

Thinking of this, Yu Yin looked at Tang Xiu with a more friendly expression.

"Tell me, what kind of character is it?"

Tang Xiu smiled, "The female lead in the play has always been jealous of the female lead. In order to make the female lead happy, the villain found a group of gangsters to moles the female lead, but fortunately the female lead escaped cleverly. After that, the villain was afraid that things would happen, and kept Hidden in hiding, but was finally discovered."

Yu Yin's expression froze instantly, and even Jiang Qiao raised his eyebrows.

Yu Yin turned to look at Jiang Qiao, "Director, is this the role?"

Jiang Qiao hummed.

Tang Xiu continued: "This character is very dramatic. Everyone thought he had a crush on the second female lead, but the truth was not revealed until the end. Guess what relationship he has with the second female lead?"

"What?" Yu Yin looked at Tang Xiu nervously.His hands were clenched under the tablecloth, restraining his trembling.

Tang Xiu lowered his eyes and smiled, "This third male is actually the cousin of the second female."

Yu Yin was struck by lightning, unable to speak a word.Jiang Qiao sighed softly behind them and said, "It was an exciting scene, eye-opening."

When Yu Yin left, he couldn't control his gaffe at all.He didn't even ask the name of the script, and he didn't greet Jiang Qiao politely. He hurriedly said don't grab the car keys and run away.Seeing him walk out of the private room, Jiang Qiao turned around and asked Tang Xiu, "You've figured all this out in the past two days? Is the heroine alluding to Athena?"

Tang Xiu nodded, "Athena is traumatized, and Qian Li and Yu Yin are cousins. I think these two things may be related, so I used it to test him. I didn't expect..."

"He can't help being scared." Jiang Qiao felt a little funny, "You should change your name to the Captain of the Entertainment Industry Investigative Team. You have dug out such secrets that are rotten in other people's stomachs. You really put the punishment on the evil and the promotion of the good to the end. Now. What are you going to do?"

Tang Xiu thought for a while, "The reason why this matter didn't become a big deal is to maintain Athena's public image. I will send an anonymous letter to Zhang Kaixing. He should be secretly investigating this matter recently. Once he knows the real culprit, he will naturally find a way to deal with it. print."

"With Zhang Kaixing's status and skills in the industry, Yu Yin's role is not a problem."

Jiang Qiao laughed, "Doing good deeds without leaving a name?"

Tang Xiu shook his head, looked out the window and sighed softly, "What a good thing."

In fact, all of what he said was originally based on intuitive speculation.After the recording of the show, he asked Li Ziping about the development history of Qian Li and Athena in recent years, only to find a clue.

Qian Li's popularity was good in the past two years, and her career is on the rise.But Athena and Zhang Kaixing suddenly announced their marriage, and Zhang Kaixing supported his wife everywhere, and Athena suddenly had a lot of resources and contacts in his hands.At that time, there was a second female lead in a Republic of China drama, and Qian Li was originally the most likely candidate, but in the end the chance was directly given to Athena.After that, probably by mistake, Athena and Qian Li participated in the interviews for the same film and television series several times.Although without Zhang Kaixing's help, Athena performed well in those few auditions, pressing Qian Li everywhere.

Qian Li was also unlucky. At the most critical juncture of her acting career, she was suddenly blocked by someone. More than a year has passed since she was lukewarm.This time, Athena and Zhang Kaixing were invited to participate in the recording of "The No. [-] Scholar" program. Zhang Kaixing seemed to intend to include his wife as a resident guest, but then he dismissed the idea for some reason.Even so, Qian Li still felt the pressure.

Zhang Kaixing and Athena arrived in the mainland more than a week ago, and Athena's accident should not have lasted more than a week. That is to say, just when the news that Athena might be a resident in "Traveling the Number One Scholar" came out, Qian Li couldn't hold back. , and it was her cousin Yu Yin who helped her.

From Tang Xiu's point of view, although Athena became more resistant to the opposite sex, Zhang Kaixing did not temporarily cancel the show, which proved that Athena was not really injured, but was just frightened.And the night before the recording, she got drunk to relieve her worries, and Qian Li refused to show up that night, but was alone in the room with anxiety and insomnia, probably because of this incident.

Not only did it not harm Athena, but it also took risks.Recording a program in a villa, how can you not feel guilty if you don't see you when you look up?

Tang Xiu talked about the speculation process with Jiang Qiao. Jiang Qiao was silent for a long time, then frowned and said, "That's why I don't like this circle. It's really too dirty. People's hearts are all black. .”

"You don't like this circle?"

Jiang Qiao hummed, "I like filming, not this flashy circle. They all say that I am a stubborn director, and I will use it repeatedly after I recognize a few actors. I am not. I just don't bother to look for directors who have both ability and political integrity. Once there are suitable seedlings, use them as soon as they are available.”

Tang Xiu groaned, suddenly thought of something, and jokingly said, "If that's the case, I played your male lead this time, will you still think of me when there are plays in the future?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Qiao nodded seriously, "Thinking of you."

"As long as it is suitable, I will keep it for you."

Tang Xiu was taken aback, and turned to look at Jiang Qiao, but he didn't seem to be joking at all.He couldn't help thinking, how can a plate of sauced beef be so powerful, and Li Ziping spent money on wine for him to give as a gift, it's better to send it to your door to make a meal.

I originally thought that I would go home and sleep early after I settled the matter.It was very cold in the mountains, and Tang Xiu's back was sore and his legs ached after sleeping for two nights, but he didn't expect Jiang Qiao to take this meal very seriously, so after Yin left, he poured two glasses of wine slowly and asked Tang Xiu to drink with him.

Tang Xiu was surprised, "Director, isn't your drinking capacity..."

Jiang Qiao said without changing his face, "I'll drink one cup, and you have five cups."

Tang Xiu, "..."

What is this kind of director who brazenly bullies actors if he is not a hooligan?

He laughed back angrily, "With all due respect, if you drink one cup, I'll drink five cups, but you still can't drink me down, just give up."

"Let's talk about it." Tang Xiu turned his eyes to the wine bottle again, and sighed slightly, "You are a big director with a lot of money, and I am just a small actor. Do you know how expensive the rent is on the opposite side of the company? You drank all of this bottle of wine Well, I can't afford to drink."

Jiang Qiao raised his eyelids to look at him, "I paid the bill."

"……Oh."

The light in the private room of the hotel was very soft. Tang Xiu held the wine glass in front of his nose, and the wall of the glass refracted a circle of light and covered his face, as if a filter had been added, giving him a special look.Jiang Qiao squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long time. In a daze, he felt that although this person was young, he was like a piece of jade rising from the bottom of the sea that had been sleeping for many years. It was calm but had a unique flavor.

He looked at it for a while, then suddenly said: "I have a cabinet of treasures, do you want to come to my house and try it?"

Well?

Jiang Qiao's wine rack suddenly appeared in Tang Xiu's mind.There are indeed a lot of fine wines on the shelf, many of which he has traveled for thousands of years but has never had the chance to try.

The wine worm in the stomach of the Wannian ancestor was awakened with hissing, and he was really moved.

"The reason?" Tang Xiu asked calmly, "You are suddenly so generous, there must be a reason."

Jiang Qiao smiled and said, "I just don't believe that you are not drunk."

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Tang Xiu dragged the trolley case directly into Jiang Qiao's house.There is a cabinet of good wine, each bottle has a story, he can hardly move in front of the wine rack.Except for the bottle of Pichon Baron he gave not long ago, every bottle left is so attractive.

Maybe in the future, I can come to cook for Jiang Qiao often and drink his wine.

Tang Xiuxiu was thinking about his perverted calculations, and Jiang Qiao suddenly walked up, casually picked up the bottle of Baron Bishang in the corner, and turned to go to the kitchen.

Tang Xiu was stunned for a moment, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Qiao turned his back to him and waved his hands, "Ah, you can choose whatever you want, this wine is a little dusty, I'll put it away."

Tang Xiu frowned upon hearing this.

What do you mean, does this guy know the goods?The wall is full of good wine, but which bottle can't be put on the table, but still has to be hidden?

Tang Xiu snorted, if he had to choose, he wouldn't choose the bottle of commercial wine that Li Ziping bought.He carefully selected a bottle of Mondavi, turned around and went to the kitchen to look for a corkscrew, only to find that Jiang Qiao was carefully putting the bottle of Pichon Baron into a velvet-lined drawer, and at the end he took out a paper towel and wiped it gently. Wipe the ashes off the bottle.

"..."