Chapter 53:

Having been waiting downstairs in the hotel for almost an hour, Lu Ji was finally late.
The airport expressway was too congested. It was the weekend again. Lu Ji hurried to get out of the car and found Zhou Chenxi squatting on the side of the road downstairs in the hotel. He saw him coming and stood up, before opening his mouth. sneeze.
Lu Ji quickly asked him: "Is it cold?"
It was late autumn. Although Nanshi did not cool down as fast as City H, the temperature difference between day and night was also great. Fortunately, Lu Ji rushed over after the meeting, before he had time to change his autumn clothes.
Lu Ji took off his short trench coat and put it on Zhou Chenxi's body.
Lu Ji's coat was warm and warm, with his body temperature, and his unique faint fragrance.
Zhou Chenxi sniffed, feeling that the temperature on his body had returned to the right place, shook his head, and said, "It's not cold."
Lu Ji watched his face gradually return to the blood color, and then relaxed, "Why don't you sit inside and wait outside, fool."
Zhou Chenxi was not ashamed to say that he was too impatient, and wanted to see Lu Ji soon, so he had to smile at him silly.
Lu Ji had no choice but to ask him, "Is there any place I want to go? My car is still outside."
Zhou Chenxi didn't really want to go, so Lu Ji took him directly to the hotel he had booked.
He has specially prepared a birthday present for Zhou Chenxi.
The hotel is next to the hot air balloon park. Although it is not particularly high-end, it was specially chosen by Lu Ji. When recording "The Carp", Zhou Chenxi liked the hot air balloon very much and kept looking up at the sky.
At night the hot air balloon park could not be opened, but he could find a way to make the hot air balloon into the sky.
The driver drove them to the direction of the hot air balloon park. Zhou Chenxi saw the hot air balloon shining in the night sky at a glance, and leaned on the side of the car window excitedly and said: "Wow! Lu Ji! The last time I came here. It seems to hear them say that the park does not open at night, why is it so beautiful today!"
"Yeah," Lu Ji said, looking at him, "the park is specially opened for you."
Zhou Chenxi was dumbfounded, turned his head to look at him, and then looked out the window seriously, with the light of a hot air balloon reflected in his eyes, paying special attention.
When he arrived at the hotel, he knew that the hot air balloon park was not really open. It was just that Lu Ji and the staff negotiated to close the show and asked them to lift the hot air balloon into the sky.
Half of the night sky of Nanshi City was illuminated, like being put on huge lanterns. Zhou Chenxi was so happy, cheering and cheering while going to the restaurant on the top floor of the hotel.
The restaurant has panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, you can directly see the night view outside.
Although Zhou Chenxi had eaten enough, he thoughtfully did not make it difficult for Lu Ji to do it, and sat down at the table with him.
Instead of ordering food first, Lu Ji asked the waiter to serve a small birthday cake.
A candle was inserted on the cake and the light dimmed. Lu Ji said, "Make a wish."
The waiter quietly retired, only then did Zhou Chenxi remember that he was absent-minded before and didn't even remember what he had made.
Birthdays are only celebrated once a year, so you can't waste the opportunity to make a wish.
Zhou Chenxi quickly closed his eyes and thought seriously: I hope Lu Ji's career goes smoothly! Mom and Dad are healthy! Brother found the other half early! Everything goes well by yourself!
Putting him and the people he followed into the same wish, Zhou Chenxi was satisfied, opened his eyes and blew out the candle.
The light of the restaurant near them turned on again, and Lu Ji asked him, "What wish?"
Of course I can't say it!
Zhou Chenxi smiled and said, "Secret!"
Lu Ji only ate an in-flight meal on the plane, so he asked the waiter to have a simple dinner. Zhou Chenxi watched him finish, and the simple birthday party was over.
Zhou Chenxi could have stayed in Nanshi for a few more days, but he has a job later, and his brother didn't have that long time with him.
My brother's intention was to ask Zhou Chenxi to call all his friends over, and have fun after the hotel opens, but obviously the ideal is full, and the reality is very skinny. Zhou Chenxi doesn't have so many friends that he wants to see. The only thing he wants to see most is Lu Ji.
Lu Ji has come today, and the birthday he thought about is over.
The hour hand moved every minute, and it was almost twelve o'clock. Zhou Chenxi asked Lu Ji, "Lu Ji, what gift do you want?"
Lu Ji curled his eyes and smiled: "It is the best gift you can give me to let me spend my birthday with you."
Zhou Chenxi opened his mouth, unable to speak.
Lu Ji glanced at his soft and moist lips and said, "You can owe the others first, and I will ask you if I find a suitable time later."
Zhou Chenxi: "Um..."
Also, since Lu Ji said that he has received the best gift, he doesn't need to bother so deliberately!
After twelve o'clock, Zhou Chenxi's actual birthday arrived, and Lu Ji said "Happy Birthday" to him and sent him back to the hotel.
Because Lu Ji didn't have much time, Zhou Chenxi thoughtfully cancelled the follow-up trip, and planned to go home with his parents and brother tomorrow.
Zhou Mingxuan finished the video conference that night, and recalled that he didn’t seem to have time to accompany his younger brother to the birthday cake, and quickly wanted to find him, but after looking around for a while, the security guard downstairs in the hotel told him, "Little master a few hours ago. He was picked up by Mr. Lu's Lu."
"..." Zhou Mingxuan squeezed his knuckles with a loud voice.
Lu Ji didn't say hello when he arrived in Nanshi. He sneaked into his brother and tricked him away.
Zhou Mingxuan sighed that his younger brother was unwilling to stay, and decided that Zhou Chenxi would let him go on a rare birthday and continue to work on the company.
After returning from Nanshi after his birthday, Zhou Chenxi began to turn around. He rushed to several announcements, including advertising endorsements, follow-up media interviews related to "Xianyou Ji", and several variety shows that Zhuang Jingle participated in calling him to be Temporary guest, he went loyally to support Zhuang Jingle, and moved Zhuang Jingle to call him a little angel.
Actually, it’s because Zhou Chenxi is currently in an awkward period. The scripts that are not very good are not suitable for accepting, and the scripts that are too good are not suitable for him, so he can only carefully select the ones that don’t seem mediocre. I couldn't be idle, so I went to participate in those temporary variety shows.
Until one day, Zhi Qi suddenly said to him: "Some time ago, Director Cabot sent an assistant to contact me. It seems that he intends to let you appear in his new movie."
"What new movie?"
When Zhou Chenxi heard the name "Cabot", his heart was shaken, and he blurted out: "It won't be "War of the Peak", right?!"
Zhi Qi said in surprise: "How do you know? Few people in the industry have heard of this news."
Chenxi is too familiar this week. In "Koi Carp Conquer the Entertainment Circle", Luo Xinghe won the domestic Golden Flower Award for Best Actor in one fell swoop, relying on the actor who starred in this movie.
Because this film is a Sino-foreign joint venture, it was later sent by Cabot to the Rose International Film Festival in Country J. Luo Xinghe, as the new face of the film festival, won the best newcomer award that year.
These two awards are no less than double Grand Slams in China.
The Golden Flower Award is the top film award in the circle. Both the judges and the judging process are very professional. As a Sino-foreign joint venture film, "The Battle of the Peak" can break the siege at the award ceremony and let Luo Xinghe have a group of powerful seniors. It is not easy to come out from the middle.
In addition to the koi luck blessing, it also proves that this movie is really good.
Zhou Chenxi talked to Lu Ji on the phone while resting.
He has no confidence in some things recently and always likes to chat with Lu Ji.
After hearing what he said, Lu Ji said, "The Battle of the Peak? I haven't watched it, but I have heard it."
"You haven't watched it..." Zhou Chenxi was a little disappointed, "I also thought that you might be the only person in the world who has watched this movie besides Luo Xinghe. I hope you can give me a spoiler. ."
Lu Ji explained: "At that time, many things in the company caused me to be overwhelmed. I didn't have time to watch movies at all. I was not interested in Luo Xinghe's movies. Are you going to audition?"
"I don't know!" Zhou Chenxi said dejectedly, "Director Cabot only contacted Zhi Qi and didn't know what he meant. Maybe he just asked, if he really wants me to audition, I want do not go?"
Lu Ji said naturally, "Why not go?"
Zhou Chenxi touched the tip of his nose: "What if I am not as good as Luo Xinghe? What if I fail..."
"You have," Lu Ji took over his words, "Be confident in yourself, you are not that bad."
Zhou Chenxi paused.
He understood that Lu Ji actually knew what he was thinking.
For Zhou Chenxi, he has not faced Luo Xinghe directly since he was reborn.
From the very beginning, he retired from the show "Actress" and said he wanted to leave the entertainment circle. Later, he participated in "Carp" and contacted the crew of "Xianyou Ji" and Director Luo because he felt that it was not Luo Xinghe walked through. Lu, perhaps avoiding that story line, he can find some sense of security from it.
If he really replaced Luo Xinghe on the main line of the story, what kind of ending would he face?
That is not his originally...
Zhou Chenxi thought.
Lu Ji asked him, "Chenxi, why did you stay in the entertainment industry or decided to come to our company to audition and participate in the show "Carp"?"
Zhou Chenxi was startled, and said: "In order to want to turn over, in order to realize the dream, in order to prove... Destiny is not invincible?"
Lu Ji said, "Don't hesitate, yes, what else are you worried about?"
Zhou Chenxi wailed.
Lu Ji also said: "Efforts may not be successful, and if you don't work hard, you will not succeed."
Zhou Chenxi was shocked by Lu Ji's mouthful of chicken soup.
Lu Ji slowly said: "You have seen the second half of the story in the world. You should know that Luo Xinghe didn't want to get rid of Zhou Xin because of you, nor was it because I wanted to get rid of the Lu family."
"We are not that important, but our existence itself is something he doesn't want to see, or on the contrary, it is precisely because of your departure and failure that Luo Xinghe eradicated your Zhou family first, right?"
Zhou Chenxi's breathing was stagnant.
In that book, Zhou’s family really didn’t take up half a page, and even only a few lines about the older brother. In this small space of perhaps only a few hundred words, Zhou’s mansion was overthrown, and his elder brother worked hard and devoted his entire life to Zhou Xin. His hard work was ruined, his parents' health was deteriorating, his brother was depressed, and there was no more information in the book.
Because it is miserable enough, it is not worth wasting pen and ink for them.
But Zhou Chenxi knew that they were all alive. He didn't want to see this ending. It was because of this that he clamored that he didn't want to work hard and wanted to avoid Luo Xinghe blindly.
If escape is not the solution to the problem, maybe he can only protect his family from harm if he stands in the front?
Efforts will not necessarily succeed, but not hard work will definitely not succeed.
Lu Ji was right. He couldn't lose without fighting, and he couldn't voluntarily give up the qualification for the game before he stepped onto the battlefield.
Zhou Chenxi decided to say: "Okay, I will try."
Lu Ji smiled: "Some people can be successful casually, but which of us supporting actors hasn't come all the way steadily?"
Lu Ji is really good at stewing chicken soup, no wonder his cooking skills are so good.
Zhou Chenxi finished this bowl of chicken soup, he was proud, clenched his fists, and said, "Okay, Lu Ji, you wait for me to get a Rose Film Festival actor to show you!"
Who knows that Zhi Qi heard about Zhou Chenxi’s lofty ambitions, and said strangely: "When did I say that Director Cabot wanted you to play the leading role, and you wanted so beautifully! He took a few supporting role books? Come let you choose, and if you choose, you have to go to the audition. This time, not only the domestic celebrities, but also the foreign celebrities and queens are all eyeing you. Dozens of people will grab a role with you, and it’s hard to say whether you can win it. What are you doing in spring and autumn?"
Zhou Chenxi: "..."
The hardest thing is not to make up your mind to work hard, but to find that you have turned on the road before you even set off.
Lu Ji's golden chicken soup is not working well, Zhou Chenxi thought, I should change a bowl of poison chicken soup to dry it!
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