Chapter 19: happy hour

Chapter Nineteen
Formation of the game was a practice in their rich second-generation circle years ago.
These people wander outside all year round, and they still have to go home obediently during the New Year, pretending to be obedient in front of the elders, and visiting relatives and friends.
Therefore, in the previous game, it means "the last happy hour of the year", and it is generally crazy to play.
Xie Ning first visited once and drank a lot of alcohol, but didn't feel any joy, and then stopped.
Wei Lang didn't have a deep friendship with him. Two years after being rejected, he saved the invitation step. I don't know why he invited him again this year.
Yan Xi was also surprised: "They used to rent high-end clubs for a night, and they called a few female celebrities and internet celebrities. This year they are very generous, and they directly signed Lanzhai."
Lanzhai is a private club built in the suburbs. The surrounding environment is elegant and membership-based consumption. It is said that the boss has an unusual background and belongs to a place where rich people may not be able to enter.
Today they ate Sichuan food. Yan Xi's ability to eat spicy food was average, but Xie Ning liked it, so he chose this restaurant. At the moment, he was so spicy that he was panting and sticking his tongue out.
While sticking his tongue out, he said, "Wei Lang is going to celebrate the Chinese New Year ahead of schedule? Lanzhai has already signed up, and there are more people invited than in previous years. All the queues in the city have received invitations, even me."
Xie Ning raised his head: "Even you invited?"
Yan Xi raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Yes, but I guess I was invited only by the way. The main thing I still want is to invite you, and I'm afraid you won't go alone."
Xie Ning frowned: "Why is he doing so much trouble?"
Yan Xi: "What else..." I want to watch the show.
Halfway through, I don't know whose cell phone rang.
Yan Xi touched his pocket, and the phone turned black quietly.
It's Xie Ning's call.
Yang Rui called, it was difficult to hang up, and Xie Ning didn't avoid Yan Xi, so he picked it up.
Yan Xi was a little embarrassed when he was eating the food alone, just when he found out his cell phone, he asked a friend to find out how many people Wei Lang had invited.
What Yang Rui wanted to talk about happened to be about Zhuang Yan's movie.
Xie Ning was very happy to hear that, the serious and reliable big crew is still making movies. Inviting him to take the lead is not to let him start as a young assistant.
As for the hard work with the team, Xie Ning had been mentally prepared for this and felt that he could bear it.
When Yang Rui said that the director was Zhuang Delay, he was taken aback: "Zhuang Yan?"
When he said this, Yan Xi who was opposite raised his head and looked over.
Yang Rui didn't know anything about him and Zhuang Yan, and asked, "Do you know him?"
Xie Ning: "...I don't know."
Putting aside the little relationship that Xu Qing had mixed in, he and Zhuang Yan really didn't know each other. To really talk about the relationship, it is also the relationship between the director and the fans.
"But I've seen his movie, it's pretty good."
"You've seen it too." Yang Rui smiled, "Zhuang Yan... is really talented, but he is too aloof and has a high vision. I have a student who worked with him before, but in the end it didn't make much noise. happy."
"I didn't want to recommend you to such a person, but this opportunity is really rare. His films have always been excellent in art design. In your case, too high to reach, too low to be buried, his crew is just right. And I think your temperament is not as strong and unforgiving like my student, and it is not easy to make trouble with others."
Xie Ning was grateful: "Teacher Labor troubles so much for me."
Yang Rui: "Since you call my teacher, of course I have to help you. If you want to go to his crew, I will find a time to ask Zhuang Yan to come out and meet you."
Xie Ning thought for a while, and agreed: "Then make an appointment to talk."
"Okay." Yang Rui was also happy to see him so refreshed, and chatted about Xie Ning's paintings on the phone.
After Yang Rui's guidance, Xie Ning's paintings are much more "real" than before. The fantasy of Tianma and the starry sky is removed, but the artistic conception is not reduced.
Yang Rui was very pleased with this, and felt that he knew everything.
After hanging up the phone, Xie Ning suddenly met Yan Xi's stern eyes.
Yan Xi has extracted the key points from his short words: "Are you going to see Zhuang Yan?"
Seeing his ugly look, Xie Ning explained: "It's work."
He relayed what Yang Rui had said, but Yan Xi still frowned.
Xie Ning said: "I'll see you first, and it's still two different things. Teacher Yang Rui also said that he has a picky eye, maybe he doesn't like my paintings at all."
Yan Xi snorted: "He dare not look down on your painting! That is his blindness!"
In his heart, Xie Ning is naturally good, everything is good.
Xie Ning knew that he was worried about himself: "Zhuang Yan and I have no grievances and no grudges. You can't commit such an enemy, and... I like his movies very much. If you have the opportunity to join his crew, you should be happy for me. Yes."
Yan Xi sighed: "Knowing that you are his fan, I'm afraid he will embarrass you."
Xie Ning smiled: "I don't think he is such a person."
After eating, the two of them had planned to go shopping nearby, but when they left the house, they were taken aback by the wind and snow, and they stopped shopping.
Yan Xi sent Xie Ning to the lakeside villa and asked when he got off the car: "Xu Qing, this stupid guy hasn't bothered you recently, right?"
Xie Ning shook his head: "He should not find this."
Yan Xi: "That's good. He didn't know what axis he had committed recently. He went around asking about your residence and found my company, but I was blasted out."
The two entered the door, Yan Xi glanced across the living room, frowned suddenly, and noticed something was wrong.
Compared with the time when we moved, the current living room can be said to be a big change. There are a set of cups for hospitality on the coffee table and a few fruits and small oranges on the plate next to it.
There are also a few more vases and pots in the other corners. Flowers and plants are planted. They are not expensive varieties, but they are obviously not bought by Xie Ning.
He has never bothered to decorate these.
Xie Ning very skillfully poured him a glass of Coke, and Yan Xi sat on the sofa in a daze.
Is this still Xie Ning's home?
In the past where Xie Ning lived, except for the necessary furniture, other redundant things were invisible.
It was cold, not like a home at all.
Just like Xie Ning, he looked meek, but he was ruthless, and he seemed to be separated from the world.
But now, this gap in him has faded a lot, and the smell of fireworks has increased a bit.
Yan Xi held the Coke in a trance for a while, then turned his attention to the scarf hung on the back of the sofa, picked it up, and asked, "This is your new purchase? I haven't seen it before."
Xie Ning was taken aback and pursed her lips: "This is not mine."
The scarf was the one that Zhuang Yan hung around Snow Bunny's neck. Later, when Snow Bunny melted, Xie Ning took the scarf back, thinking about the opportunity to return it to Zhuang Yan.
Yan Xi frowned: "...is your neighbor's?"
"Ok."
Yan Xi pointed at the flowers and plants again and asked, "He also gave this?"
Xie Ning nodded: "...Yes."
Zhuang Yan disliked that his house was too deserted. Every time he came to Cengfan, he would bring some decorations. Sometimes it was flowers and sometimes potted plants. The price was not high, but the ornamentation was good, and it was very popular in the living room.
Yan Xi was even more curious about his neighbor, and before leaving, he looked at the villa in front of Xie Ning.
But the villa is too big, only dark railings can be seen outside, and the garden scenery is leaked from the gap.
As for the figures, of course none of them were seen.
Xie Ning went to the studio.
The meeting with Zhuang Yan this time was a bit of an interview. The manuscript must be taken with him. Xie Ning took the opportunity to sort out his recent drawings.
He has a lot of highly completed paintings, but the original design of the film and television is a little less. He has too little time to enter the industry, and most of them are drafts and not many finished products.
He tidied up the drawings one by one, and he hesitated a little when he saw the scene of the "Monologue".
This is the work he has just completed, and it is also the one that satisfies him the most. If you bring this one, it might make Zhuang Yan's eyes shine.
Moreover, he painted "Monologue". As a director, Zhuang Yan will definitely have a deeper impression of this painting.
But this is what he painted for Mr. Blue Whale.
It was supposed to be shown to Mr. Blue Whale when the painting was finished, but recently Mr. Blue Whale was too busy to see anyone, so this painting has remained with him.
Xie Ning struggled for a long time, and finally picked this painting out and put it aside.
He wanted Mr. Blue Whale to be the first person to see this painting.
After sorting out the remaining manuscripts, Xie Ning sat at the table for a long time, staring at the "Monologue" scene in a daze.
Mr. Blue Whale hadn't appeared for several days. Xie Ning remembered the professional cameras he had seen in his home. At that time, he guessed that Mr. Blue Whale might be a photographer.
I don't know if he is holding the camera and shooting beautiful and colorful scenery.
Xie Ning suddenly wanted to see Mr. Blue Whale's camera.
He thought it would be a very good work.
Thinking back to the time he spent with Mr. Blue Whale now, it felt like a dream.
Warm and beautiful, but also mixed with a little romance like a fairy tale.
It seems that the years he has been stumbling and struggling for so many years are to set off the beauty of this gentle time.
Xie Ning started to remember the rabbit doll he received when he first met, and when he thought about it, he blushed suddenly and buried his head in his arm.
Mr. Blue Whale is really... so sultry!
...
The sultry Mr. Blue Whale is so busy.
He contacted Yang Rui a few more times, and set the meeting time with Xie Ning in the next year-the year before was too busy, and he was not too keen on Xie Ning.
As the Chinese New Year approached, the staff naturally had to take the annual vacation, so many items for the new movie had to be decided before the year before. Zhuang Yan flew out of the country twice, and the night he came back, it happened to hit the Wei Lang team.
Qi Rui sighed: "You are really busy with valuables, but Wei Lang's time is also coincidental. If you change the time, you may not be able to come."
Zhuang Yan glanced at him: "How did I hear the taste of gloating in your mouth?"
Qi Rui looked innocent: "Your illusion."
"Don't pretend in front of me." Zhuang Yan frowned as he looked at him snickering, "I advise you to explain to me in advance, the Wei Lang team's game tonight... Hongmen Banquet?"
Qi Rui shook his head hurriedly: "Well, how can Wei Lang set a banquet for anyone, and he dare not put it at you. If he angers you, he can have any good fruits."
Zhuang Yan looked at him coldly.
Qi Rui quickly explained: "Well, let me be honest, Xu Qing is also in this game today."
"I know that."
"Wei Lang also called Xie Ning." Qi Rui said.
"..."
Zhuang Yan: "You are not gloating, but are you ready to watch a good show?" Fupin Chinese