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Xie Lansheng, Xinye and Xiaohong went there in Xinye's car.

Xie Lansheng propped one elbow on the lock, and rested his other hand on his leg. Because of his anger, his fingertips trembled slightly.The traffic flow outside the window seemed to flow silently, like a silent movie.Xie Lansheng shook the glass away, Beijing was scorching in August, and a stench of garbage rushed in, making people dizzy.

This was the first time he was affected by a real villain.If this is not handled properly, the reputation of "Love at First Sight" will be damaged, and his own reputation will also be damaged.

When Xin Ye saw her, she stretched out her right hand, firmly grasped the fingertips of her lover in the palm, and squeezed them.His palm is warm, very strong, very firm, which can make people feel at ease.

Xie Lansheng felt better.

He looked at the back seat and found that Xiaohong was playing with her mobile phone, which had only been charged for 10 minutes, so he took out his left hand, held Xinye back, squeezed it, and then retracted it, crossing his fingers on his lap, letting Xinye concentrates on driving.

All the way to the audition location.

This is really a star hotel.The long, thick and soft carpet is laid straight to the end of the corridor, and people step on it without making a sound. On the walls on both sides, there are paintings hanging in a patchwork pattern, which are abstract paintings and very stylish.As Xie Lansheng walked, he thought that the place he chose with all his blood was used by Zhou Jing to collect money.

Walking to the audition room, the wooden door just opened slightly, a man came out, and another man walked in.

Xie Lansheng went up in two steps, pressed the handle to open the door, glanced into the room, and found that Zhou Jing was not inside.

According to the arrangement, Zhou Jing and the others should be interviewing the "police" and men at this time.

Xie Lansheng raised his wrist to look at his watch.An hour ago, the first-day audition for a supporting actress in the film ended, and the supporting actor took over.

"..." Zhou Jing was not at the audition scene, Xie Lansheng had a bad premonition.The audition was just a video, and Zhou Jing could indeed be absent.

He closed the door and said to Xinye, "Go, go to Zhou Jing's room."

The price of this conference room is 12000 per day, with ten superior rooms and matching breakfast for two. Zhou Jing and the others have rooms on a certain floor of the hotel.

Because it was only two or three floors away, Xie Lansheng did not take the elevator, but walked up with his legs.Xie Lansheng ran up two steps and two steps, only felt that there were so many steps, endless and endless, he seemed to be spinning, spinning, dizzy all the time.

Finally, Xie Lansheng, Xinye, and Xiaohong arrived in front of Zhou Jing's room.

Xie Lansheng put one ear on the door and listened. He heard Zhou Jing's voice, other men's voices, and a woman's voice.

His blood surged up for a while, as if it had all reached the top of his head, and he was dizzy, but he was calmer, took out his mobile phone, and called Zhou Jing's room inside the hotel.

After a while, Zhou Jing picked it up.

"Hello?" Xie Lansheng sneered, "I'm Xie Lansheng. I'm here, right?"

"... Director Xie? Uh, what's the matter?"

Xie Lansheng hung up the phone, banged on the door with his hand, and shouted: "Zhou Jing! Zhou Jing! Open the door!!! Come out!!!"

The movement in the room stopped abruptly.

Xie Lansheng's voice didn't stop, and he continued to slam the door hard: "Open the door! Come out!"

After about 30 seconds, Zhou Jing's response came out: "Hey! Got it! Director Xie is here!"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Jing opened the door slightly, unexpectedly well-dressed and dignified.He said, "Hi, Director Xie! I'll just come up to get something, I'm not lazy! I'm going back to the conference room now."

Xie Lansheng kept a cold face and said nothing. He pushed Zhou Jing away and walked into the room. The film king Xinda blocked the door, and Xiaohong hid behind him, very angry, scared, and wanted to see.

Xie Lansheng walked around the room and found that, except for Zhou Jing and the two men, the whole room was empty.

"Ouch, Director Xie!" Zhou Jing walked over, giggling, "What are you looking for?! Everything is in the conference room!" After he finished speaking, he grabbed Lan Sheng's shoulder, "Let's go, Director Xie , since we're here, let's go down together." The 500 yuan per person has already been charged, and Zhou Jing is not worried at this time.

Xie Lansheng ignored him and lifted the messy quilt on the bed.He bent over, lowered his eyes, and wiped on the white sheet, and a long hair was wiped out.

He also lifted the quilt, touched and sniffed it, stared at Zhou Jing, and said, "It's warm. It's fragrant. Deputy director Zhou, don't tell us it's left over from last night."

"This--"

Xie Lansheng went to the toilet again, twisted the door, and found that the door was locked.He knocked on the door again, and his voice carried a voice that could not be refuted by a superior: "Whoever is inside, come out immediately."

in:"……"

"..." Xie Lansheng softened his voice, "Good girl, don't be fooled. Assistant director Zhou only records videos, and the chief director will personally select candidates. Assistant director Zhou's recommendation is useless, he has no actual power. Come out , okay? He can't do anything to you."

Inside is still: "..."

Xie Lansheng said again: "Can you hide in this toilet for the rest of your life?"

After 15 seconds, a girl slowly opened the wooden door slowly.

Xie Lansheng saw that the other party was indeed beautiful, not inferior to Sun Qianqian, and he could really be "beautiful".Her face is as white as a fluorescent lamp, her long hair is black and shiny, her tall chest is at least F, her long legs are straight and straight, her waist is still thin, she is a stunner in the world.

Xie Lansheng asked: "Haven't you been bullied?" It doesn't look like it.

The girl shook her head.

"You... hey!" Xie Lansheng really hated it, "Do you just trust this group of people? Also, it's just a supporting role, is it worth it?"

The girl bowed her head desperately, and said, "Deputy Director Zhou said that he can strongly recommend me to play this role... Moreover, there is a large QQ group on the computer of Deputy Director Zhou, with 500 people, all of which are actors and assistant directors... Assistant director Zhou said that he can recommend me to the assistant directors in the QQ group, then there will be more things to shoot, and I will become popular. If I don’t agree, he will block me from the assistant directors , let me finish."

Xie Lansheng was so angry that Zhou Jing couldn't even get up, he held back and said: "It's useless. All roles in "Love at First Sight" must be decided by the director himself. As for the future, what ability does Zhou Jing have to block you and kill you?" ? The vast majority of assistant directors choose actors normally! He said that he can be banned if he says that he can be banned?! How many people will listen to him?"

"I-I don't know."

"Girl, let's go. Don't believe me in the future!"

"Oh……"

The girl walked out of the room with her head down, Xin Ye turned sideways, sneered, and said, "Be careful. If Director Xie hadn't come to save her, you would have been gang-raped by them."

The girl's shoulders trembled violently, she faced the room again, and said, "Thank you, sir."

Turning around again: "Thank you...you are..."

Xiaohong continued: "Mr. Xin, the boss of Deep Blue Pictures."

The girl seemed very shocked, but she still said, "Thank you, Mr. Xin."

Xin Ye has long been impatient: "Hurry up and go."

"Um……"

After the girl left the room, Xie Lansheng gritted his teeth and said to Zhou Jing, "The contract is void. Zhou Jing, transfer the deposit back to the production director."

"Why?!" Zhou Jing suddenly broke out at this moment, "This is my fucking private matter! I slept with the actor, what's wrong?! I really didn't lie to her! I said, I can strongly recommend her to play the role, and I will You can recommend her to the group, and she is willing to dedicate herself after listening to it! Director Xie, do you understand? That woman herself, herself, willing, willing! Can Xie Lansheng control the exchange of adult interests?"

"You know it's useless! Isn't this a lie? What is a lie?!" Xie Lansheng also broke out rarely.

"I didn't tell a lie? I didn't promise the result? I just didn't tell them the whole truth about this thing! Can this be called cheating? What about you? Isn't it all like this? Just choose the actors. ? Who is in charge of the other crew? Who is in charge? You are the one to push!"

Xie Lansheng's entire brain was numb from Zhou Jing's anger, and said, "Of course it's a lie! Also, you asked everyone who came to audition to pay a registration fee of 500 yuan, and you thought we wouldn't know? By the way, I almost forgot Yes, the collected money will also be transferred to the production director."

Hearing this, Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, but immediately said again: "Which production crew is not greedy for money? Those external producers, those looking for venues, looking for something, write 10 a day in black and white, and tell the crew 20 One day, everywhere! There are also those life producers who order boxed lunches for 5 yuan a box, and tell the crew 10 yuan a box, isn’t that much? I haven’t taken the crew’s money yet! I It’s someone else’s pocket! Not bad! Very considerate!”

At this point, Xie Lansheng knew very well that he couldn't make sense with this person, so he turned around and walked out without hesitation.

"You...!" Zhou Jing wanted to force something, but Xinye blocked him.

Zhou Jing was still very afraid of Shen Lan's Mr. Xin.

With sufficient funds and great power, it is said that he is also very good at beating people.Someone once tried to rob him, but he stripped his belt and whipped him violently with the belt buckle.

His voice gradually weakened, and he became silent with a gloomy face.

…………

After going downstairs again, Xie Lansheng returned to the audition site to personally take over the audition process, and at the same time, asked Xiaohong and others to return 500 yuan one by one with the list.Fortunately, they found out what was wrong in the morning, and Zhou Jing and others only had time to accept about [-] yuan from the actor.Most people are very surprised when they know that they will be refunded.

The new assistant director is not very easy to invite, Lan Sheng can only take the lead first.

In fact, he believed that Zhou Jing would not reject the really good actors and only tried those who could hide the rules, because Zhou Jing obviously believed that as long as he could select good actors very well, the director would definitely treat them well. He turned a blind eye to his greed for money and sex, and, I have to say, character is character, ability is ability, the two are not much related, because Zhou Jing only sees the results so far, which is really good.

Xie Lansheng was thinking wildly while watching the audition.When encountering some people who are not good at it, he is even more absent-minded, although he pretends to be attentive on the surface.

He thought that when he was in school, he always thought that directors were purely making movies, but later he realized that directors were responsible for too much.To manage, to check accounts, to recruit, to market, to... Moreover, because the team is temporary, every time it is temporary, it will be disbanded after filming, and a commercial film crew of 500 people is more expensive than a company of 500 people. Difficult to manage, it's a test of people's ability, I'm afraid there will be a lot of shit, it's hard to imagine that there are thousands or even tens of thousands of crews.

Of course, maybe other directors don't care as much as he does, they just finish the filming, they are more indulgent towards villains, and if they don't have funds, they just ask for more investment, anyway, it's not their own money, it's what they want.

As Zhou Jing said just now, Xie Lansheng has also encountered those greedy venue fees for outreach productions and lunch box fees for daily productions. They probably always succeed, and these phenomena are so common.Producers and directors are busy, and most of them will not pay tens of thousands.

In addition, this circle is impetuous, everyone keeps saying "want to be popular" and "want to make money", there are really too many interest exchanges that can be involved, Xie Lansheng once met parents who brought gifts, and even, parents brought Come to "be submerged".

Hey.

This day's audition was fast and slow.

…………

At night, Xie Lansheng thought about it, and asked his boss Xin to accompany him to call the police.

One is because Zhou Jing obviously has no regrets, and the other is because there are too many troubles after this incident. If word of the "paid audition" gets out, the film's reputation will be ruined.

He originally wanted to disband the crew and build a new one, changing the name of the movie and the crew to minimize the possible impact on "Love at First Sight", but immediately felt unrealistic. "Love at First Sight" will be released next year, and the crew is not a grassroots team. The name change needs the approval of the film review committee of the Film Bureau, and this will definitely take at least a month or even several months.Now, the crew has been set up, and the contracts have been signed. If the schedule is changed rashly, many people will not be able to arrange it-who hasn't had a next play yet?Besides, if the name is changed, the contract may have to be re-signed. This is another big project, and 500 people may not all be obedient, and there should be some who take the opportunity to make trouble.

Therefore, we can only keep evidence as much as possible to minimize the actual loss in case of being exposed.

The amount involved in the "Love at First Sight" case alone is not that big, [-] yuan, but Xie Lansheng told the police that Zhou Jing must have done it before, and hoped that the police would investigate carefully, but he didn't report his hope.

He is no longer an underground director, and now he can file a case with the police. Xie Lansheng is quite new.

Then, Lan Sheng told the directors Zhou Jing had worked with one by one about what happened today, and asked them to help tell other directors he hadn't made friends with, hoping that the other party would investigate and investigate, so that Zhou Jing would not continue to mess around. He also said that if he had any evidence, he could submit it to the police.

It was 12 o'clock after finishing all these, and Xie Lansheng was exhausted physically and mentally.

It's like fighting all the time, but he is 35 years old.

"Xin Ye..." Lan Sheng said a little tiredly, "Sometimes, I feel a little disappointed in this world."

Xinye just finished washing, in the corridor: "Huh?"

"In other words, the world sometimes disappoints people who live a good life."

"……Um."

"But it gave birth to you." Xie Lansheng put his arms around Xinye's waist and put his head on the other's chest, "There are also many beautiful things in it. Among them, the most incredible and amazing thing is you. It must be you. When I think of It gave birth to you, and I felt that those things are nothing, I still like this world. Just like the light of the sun and the light of other stars, when the sun is still in the sky, other stars cannot be seen. "

Xin Ye smiled: "You..." He held him tightly in his arms, and rubbed his chin against the other's hair.

Xie Lansheng is so hypocritical, Xinye really loves him to death.

They hugged like this for a while, then kissed again.

The author has something to say: I am so sour, Director Xie.