Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 146: Peter Pan

Guo Qiling gets up very early every day, but after washing up in the morning, he tells Bai Huimin that he wants to take Zhou Le out for breakfast.

Yu Siyang also clamored to go along.

"Brother, what do you want to eat this morning? Tofu pudding, wontons, soy milk, fried dough sticks, or something like that?"

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "How about hot pot? I haven't had hot pot this morning."

Guo Qiling: “???”

When Yu Siyang heard this, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Hot pot is good. I love hot pot! I love the frozen tofu the most."

But Guo Qiling thought about it and said, "There are no hot pot restaurants open in the morning. We have to wait until noon at least."

"What about barbecue? I haven't had barbecue in the morning either."

Guo Qiling sighed: "I guess there's no more barbecue. Otherwise, I'd better look at hot pot."

Finally, he searched for a long time on his mobile phone, made a few phone calls, and finally found a halal restaurant where he could eat hot pot.

The three of them arrived at the restaurant. Actually, there were already quite a few people sitting inside, but they arrived relatively early, so there happened to be an empty table.

Then the old Beijing uncles who were drinking mutton soup here watched the three of them sitting around a copper hot pot and eating mutton.

"Hey, young man, eating hot pot so early in the morning."

"Yeah, we are young after all, let's just drink some mutton soup."

Although Guo Qiling is an extrovert and loves making friends, he still feels a little uncomfortable being watched and talked about by everyone in the store. On the other hand, Zhou Le and Yu Siyang kept putting mutton in the food, ignoring all the stares.

"Brother Le, I actually admire your mentality. I have to learn from you."

"Haha, actually, sometimes being too shameless isn't a good thing either. You have to find the right balance. Otherwise, you might seem cool, but actually be too blunt, and end up looking tactless."

"That's true."

Zhou Le ate for a while, then took a tissue and wiped Yu Siyang's mouth.

"Eat slowly. No one's trying to steal it from you. It's your brother Qi Ling's treat today. Eat as much as you want, but don't eat like you have poop on your mouth."

Yu Siyang chewed with big mouthfuls and just laughed.

"Brother Le, I have something I don't know whether I should tell you."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"This includes our Deyun Club and the currently popular talk shows. Many of their jokes are sourced from your Weibo."

"That's copying."

“Yeah, it might not matter if I use similar jokes normally, but I’m in Deyun Club after all, and I interact with my seniors and juniors all day long. They often talk about looking for your jokes and using them.

Including our screenwriters, they have now taken this as normal.

The same goes for talk shows. After we first met, I went back and read all the jokes on your Weibo. A lot of what they said was actually copied from your Weibo."

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. If they want to copy, let them. After all, it's useless for me to pursue this kind of thing. The compensation won't be much. When the movie I invested in is released, I can ask them to help promote it."

"That's fine. I'll tell them when I get back that we can use it, but it shouldn't be wasted."

After eating hot pot in the morning, the two of them sent Yu Siyang back home.

"Brother Le, what have you been doing recently?"

"As for me, I'm going to film a movie at the end of the month, so I need to lose some weight. This morning's meal is just an indulgence."

"Workout? Then let's go together. I also want to work out more."

The two of them talked and went to the gym together again.

Guo Qiling talked about how he used to be fat and showed Zhou Le photos.

"You remind me of Peng Yuyan. When we were chatting, he showed me his old photos. He was also very fat, but look at his figure now."

"Alas, that's Peng Yuyan, how can I compare with him?"

Zhou Le nodded. Peng Yuyan's perseverance in self-discipline was indeed amazing.

"Brother Le, how about I just hang out with you for the next few days? Actually, I still have a lot of things I want to learn from you. You can teach me how to act, and then I'll be your driver for the next few days and treat you to a meal."

"Okay."

So in the next few days, Guo Qiling kept following Zhou Le, which made Yu Shuxin feel that she had nothing to do.

They could only wait for Tian Xiwei to arrive and then go find Yu Qian for an audition together.

In the film preparation team of "Hello Teacher", Yu Qian is the producer and the director is Zhang Luan.

There is also Zhang Luan, who is actually also a disciple of Deyun Club, and of the He generation.

So this movie can actually be considered as a production of Deyun Club.

However, having learned from the previous failed cases, they decided to do it seriously this time. They didn't need the apprentices in Deyun Club, and all the actors were recruited from outside.

Therefore, the auditions of Tian Xiwei and Yu Shuxin were actually just a formality. Otherwise, with their budget, they could only discover newcomers by looking for actors from outside.

But even so, they still gave Yu Shuxin and Tian Xiwei a salary of one million each.

However, taking this opportunity, Zhou Le called Yin Zheng and Meng Ziyi over and held a serious meeting in the company's conference room.

Although Guo Qiling is not a member of the company, he has been hanging out with Zhou Le recently. Zhou Le thought about it and called him in.

But in the meeting of more than an hour, only about ten minutes were spent talking about work. We talked about everyone's next work arrangements, but the rest of the time was spent laughing and joking.

After the meeting, Guo Qiling pulled Zhou Le aside.

"Brother Le, I feel like the atmosphere in your company is really great. Can you sign me up as well?"

Zhou Le: "???"

"That's not good. After all, you are the prince of Deyun Club. It doesn't feel right for me to sign you over."

"It's okay. I've been planning to leave that place for a long time. Crosstalk doesn't have much of a future, so I want to start my own business while I'm still young. Otherwise, if I really have to go back and become the legal representative, then I'm done for, right?"

"That's fine with me, it's mainly about your family."

"It's okay. I'll talk to my family. As long as you agree, Brother Le, it'll be fine. You can handle the contract. I'm not that fond of spending money anyway."

Zhou Le knew in his heart that if Guo Qiling really wanted to come, he would definitely not give him the same salary as Xiao Tianer. Even though Guo Qiling was still a newcomer in the film and television industry, given their relationship, he would definitely be criticized if he gave him less.

"Qi Ling, if you come, I can give you 64 at most, because the artist contracts here are currently 64 at most."

"Six or four is fine, I have no problem with that. Brother Le, don't give me all the money. If it doesn't work out, I can take four. I can increase it when I can really make money in the future."

"It's okay, just let it be June 4th. As long as you can accept it."

"Hey, thank you, big brother. Why don't I go home and tell him first."

"Okay, just go slowly."

Guo Qiling went home to discuss something, but then Meng Ziyi found Zhou Le again.

"Brother Le, do you have time recently? I want to treat you to a meal, and by the way, I want to introduce you to a close friend."

"As for eating, that'll have to wait a few days. I've already finished my indulgent meal for the week."

"Then in a few days."

Zhou Le looked at Meng Ziyi. It was through Meng Ziyi that he met Yu Shuxin before. Thinking about it this way, Meng Ziyi seemed to be his lucky star.

"Is your best friend your classmate?"

"Actually, we're not classmates. We go to the same school, but we're closer. Plus, she's younger, only turning twenty this year."

"It's really small. What's it called?"

"Her name is Zhou Ye, and she's also a student at the Beijing Film Academy." "Okay, let's have dinner together later, but can she sign with our company?"

"Of course, I've told her before, and she's willing to come. After all, being able to act in a production sooner will make things easier for her after graduation."

"That's true."

After chatting with Meng Ziyi, Yu Shuxin and the others also came over.

"Brother Le, I'm about to go filming, and Sister Su just said that since we've just joined the crew, she'll be there to guide us for a while until we can find assistants. But what are you going to do during this time?"

Zhou Le thought that it was okay for him to not have an assistant. After all, the filming location of "My People, My Country" was in BJ, and it was convenient to do anything at his doorstep, and he was familiar with it.

“If there is no one, then there is no one.”

But before he could finish his words, Meng Ziyi suddenly asked, "By the way, Brother Le, can our company stamp the internship certificate?"

"Okay, what's wrong?"

"Why don't you let Zhou Ye be your assistant for a while? She's looking for an internship, and I was thinking of asking someone else to help her get a seal, but if she can be your assistant for a while, she can also learn something from you, Brother Le."

"Then her."

"She's fine. She even brought up the matter herself at the time. It's just that Shuxin was your assistant at the time. You can't let her take Shuxin's job away from you. After all, you're both good at it."

"Okay, then you can talk to her later. If she comes, we can contact her again."

"Good."

When Yu Shuxin heard that there was someone who could take over, she felt relieved.

"Then I'll tell her what she needs to pay attention to when she becomes Le Ge's assistant."

"Okay, otherwise I'll check everyone's schedule later. If we have time, we can have dinner together. We've been in the same company for so long, and I haven't taken the initiative to show my ability yet."

Yu Shuxin slapped her forehead and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that? Ziyi, after you've invited everyone, it's my turn."

Zhou Le didn't know what other companies were like, but he always felt that the atmosphere in his company was particularly good. Even when it came to treating guests, everyone was eager to pay for it. It was unlike his previous company where some people were unwilling to pay a cent themselves and were always urging others to treat them.

Zhou Ye is currently studying at the Beijing Film Academy. Although the school term has just started, the Beijing Film Academy will still let students go if they have movies to shoot.

After agreeing to have dinner together tomorrow night, Zhou Le went home first.

He originally planned to prepare peacefully for the next few days, but that evening, Su Yingxia suddenly called him.

"Hey, Brother Le, there are people online who are trying to hype you up. I've been researching for a while and I've found three groups of people. The first group is praising you, mainly for your hard work, and then they're also talking about your filming schedule this year.

The main comments under this part of the topic are that you are not filming well now and just want to make more money.

The second group of people talked about your private life, mainly with Nazha, Reba and Shuxin. The pace of this part was a little faster.

The third group of people said you might be going to star in "Joy of Life," and then a bunch of people below said you were not suitable for the role and wanted to boycott you. "

Zhou Le frowned when he heard this.

These three directions are all directed at myself, and seem to be talking about different things, but from my previous perspective, combined with each other, all the spearheads are directed at the role of Fan Xian in "Joy of Life" in the past few days.

"Who is sending it?" Zhou Le asked.

"What they did was quite covert, with a large portion of them being members of a "troll army." However, I could tell from some of their comments and accounts that they were all fans of Xiao Zhan."

"Xiao Zhan?"

Zhou Le thought about it and felt that he didn’t seem to have offended the other party.

Although he is quite popular now, he has just reached the passing line of first-line actors. Although Xiao Zhan is also an artist under Sony Media, the "Chen Qing Ling" he filmed with Meng Ziyi and others has not been released yet, so his current fame is just that.

"Could it be that he wants to rely on this BL drama to become popular, and then win the male lead in "Joy of Life" to make a comeback and get rid of the BL label?"

Zhou Le felt that this possibility was very high.

After all, Liu Ye and Huang Jingyu both filmed BL dramas, but they also filmed several high-quality normal dramas afterwards, and now they are on a very stable path.

"Is it large in scale?" Zhou Le asked again.

"It's okay. I just often search for terms related to you online, so I saw these. These topics have only just come up recently, so they don't have a large scope yet."

"Then it must be them." Zhou Le also came to a conclusion in his heart.

Although the director had said before when meeting with them that he had considered asking Zhang Ruoyun to play the role, but after Zhou Le was selected, he directly decided on Zhou Le.

However, considering that there were great benefits in collaborating with an actor like Zhang Ruoyun who had deep roots in the Beijing circle, they gave Zhang Ruoyun an adaptation of a TV series called "Snow Sword" and a spy film called "The Spy in the Deep Sea" from Penguin Pictures.

So now Zhou Le and Zhang Ruoyun are not in competition with each other.

However, Xiao Zhan needs to get a big IP and a TV series with a strong cast after "The Untamed" to put on a new label and then upgrade his status.

"It's okay. Let's see how things develop first. Let things ferment and see. It won't be easy for him to get the role."

"Okay, but I'll get ready first."

"Well, hard work."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Le didn't take this matter to heart. After all, Yuewen had just reached an acquisition agreement with New Classics Media. But in comparison, among the three film and television giants under Tencent, namely Tencent Pictures, Penguin Pictures and New Classics Media, Tencent Pictures and Penguin Pictures can be said to be Tencent's own sons.

The people in charge above are all the most loyal of the loyal.

As long as there is no major problem with me, the role will not be replaced.

Otherwise, for Tencent's China Literature, New Classics' revenue would not be that high, and the subsequent acquisition price would be reduced accordingly.

But now the topic about Zhou Le is spreading very quickly.

In the early morning of that day, Zhou Le’s fans and real fans of the book "Joy of Life" discovered this topic, but when they saw it, the topic had already been discussed for a long time.

"Huh? Look what I found out. Brother Le is going to star in 'Joy of Life'? Is this true? If Brother Le is in the show, I won't be sleepy anymore."

"Is it finally going to film this year? Please don't make it like Ever Night. The roles must be carefully chosen. Besides Zhou Le, can you cast some more actors with amazing acting skills? Please, please."

"I'm not criticizing this. After all this time, have you actually read the book? Does Zhou Le's image or personality not fit the bill? If he doesn't fit, who else could it be?"

After the supporters expressed their opinions, another group of people who started the topic immediately responded with targeted responses.

"Who isn't better than Zhou Le? With such exaggerated acting skills, can he really play Fan Xian well? And do you really think Zhou Le is handsome? For this role, Wang Yibo and Xiao Zhan would be better than him, right? Well, if that doesn't work, find Hu Ge."

"Which one of Wu Lei, Liu Haoran, Xu Kai, or Xiao Zhan isn't more suitable than Zhou Le?"

"Anyway, if I were to recommend someone, I'd at least choose from Wang Hedi, Xiao Zhan, and Yi Yang Qianxi."

At the beginning, fans of the book, Zhou Le and even passers-by thought that this was just a normal role dispute. After all, everyone had their own opinion on the Fan Xian who they thought was more suitable.

But as they watched, they felt something was wrong.

If you list all the names mentioned by these people, you can see that although some people are mentioned repeatedly, the one who appears most frequently is Xiao Zhan.

And if you follow these people's Weibo, you can see that most of them are small accounts that were registered not long ago, while among some old accounts, most of them have posted things related to Xiao Zhan more than once.

The meaning of life is to pretend: "Oh, I see, you think Xiao Zhan is more suitable than Zhou Le, but who is Xiao Zhan?"

Peter Pan rushed, "Xiao Zhan is Peter Pan. He studied art since he was young, and he can draw and play musical instruments. Later, he debuted as a trainee, and then formed the X9 youth group with several other people. He is an extremely outstanding and hardworking person. Of course, I am a passerby, but I just think this kid is very good."

The netizen who was called "Zhuangbi" almost smiled crookedly after seeing this reply: "Oh, that's good."

Peter Pan rushed: "Yeah, I think he's pretty good too. Now I've decided to be his fan."

The meaning of life is to show off: "No, I mean you are pretty good and the photos you post are nice."

Following the sunset and drinking the spring breeze: "Hahaha, just an idol shouldn't even get involved, right? You're going through all this trouble just to grab a role? Don't you have any ability or works to compare with Zhou Le?"

However, the fans of this part of the other side are still very strong. When Zhou Le’s fans talk about reason, they talk about acting skills. After Zhou Le’s fans show his acting skills, they talk about academic qualifications.

As a result, Zhou Le's fans directly brought out Zhou Le's academic qualifications from Beijing Construction Engineering, and then they started talking about his professionalism, saying that Xiao Zhan had persisted even though he was injured during filming.

(End of this chapter)