After checking his lines with Lu Xingyu, Fang Jing humbly asked for advice on the shortcomings in his performance. The other party was worthy of being a national second-level actor, and he benefited a lot from just a few words.
"Teacher Lu, the cast and crew are almost here. I'm going to invite you all to the bar tonight. I wonder if you are free?" After talking about the business, Fang Jing invited Lu Xingyu to go to the party with him in the evening.
"No! That's for you young people to play. Why am I, a bad old man, joining in the fun?"
"Okay, you can rest first and see you tomorrow."
Fang Jing didn't force him, and Lu Xingyu's refusal was what he expected. The older generation doesn't like the lively atmosphere of bars, and most of them like to relax. He just meant it when he said it, otherwise people would say later that the whole group had asked but he didn't.
He clearly doesn't give face.
Being a worldly person is more important than business ability. Fang Jing understood this decades earlier.
After coming out of Lu Xingyu's room, Fang Jing took out his mobile phone and sent a message to the cast group inviting everyone to go to the bar. Within a short time, he received more than a dozen replies.
Some Fang Jing who didn't reply simply came to invite him in person, such as Li Yifeng who lived next door to him.
"Brother Feng, are you there? I'm Fang Jing."
"Wait, right now."
"What's the matter?" Li Yifeng opened the door and asked in confusion.
"It's nothing, I just have a party tonight, do you have time?"
"No problem, where is the location?"
"It's a floating bar in town. It's not far, a few kilometers away. I'll call you when we get there."
"Sorry to trouble you."
"Little things!" Fang Jing smiled and didn't care.
Just after he left, Li Yifeng closed the door and picked up the phone on the table again. The page was the message sent in the group. He had seen it before, but he never responded.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. There are many rumors circulating in the company that Fang Jing is at odds with him, and the outside media are also making false claims. As a result, the relationship between the two is now very delicate.
Originally, it was good for one person to sing and the other to act, so they didn't interfere with each other, but Fang Jing wanted to get involved in film and television. The company's resources were limited, and there was only one leading role. Who to give it to was a problem.
Now that Fang Jing has become the second male lead, he will be the first male lead next year. He can't imagine whether he will have his own affairs in another two years. Maybe he will have to be someone else's match.
Fang Jingqun only sent one message, and he didn't call anyone by name. It would be embarrassing if he went to someone else's house without calling him, so he pretended not to know anything.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, more than 20 actors including Fang Jing, Zhao Liying, Wang Yuan, Yang Zi, Qin Junjie, Li Yifeng, Tang Yixin, Shen Hao, several assistant directors, and lighting and props team leaders went to the floating bar together.
The seven cars were all owned by the crew, which saved a fortune in taxi fares.
Early in the morning, Zhao Lei had already hung a sign saying "Closed Today" at the door, and all the drinks were ready.
"Brother Lei, who is booking the venue today? You can't afford thirty or forty thousand for so many things, right?"
Yue Xue is a part-time student who is in her first year of high school. She usually comes to work on Saturdays and weekends. Early this morning, Zhao Lei informed her to come early after school and double her salary.
Not only her, but several other people who usually work part-time were also called in, and the clothes they wore were all temporarily purchased.
Lao Xie leaned his elbow on the counter with a toothpick in his mouth, and said in a deep voice: "Xiaoxue, those who are coming here are all my friends. You should pay attention to the quality and don't yell, okay?"
Yue Xue pouted, turned to Zhao Lei and said, "Brother Lei, who is here?"
"A few young actors, you can do whatever you usually do, don't worry too much."
"Zhao Lei! Long time no see!"
A large group of people came in, and Shen Hao started to say hello a few meters away. It was the voice of dreams, and Shen Hao recognized it at a glance.
Fang Jing and Zhao Lei were both his business partners at the beginning, but it was a pity that Zhao Lei left suddenly, otherwise he wouldn't have bought Jing Jing, a vampire who suffered a thousand cuts.
"Fuck you!"
Yue Xue turned around and couldn't help but curse when she saw the people coming. Fang Jing, Zhao Liying, Li Yifeng, some of them looked familiar and couldn't remember their names, but they had seen them on TV occasionally. Is this the young actor Zhao Lei was talking about?
"Calm down!" Lao Xie spat the toothpick into the trash can at his feet, "If any of you dare to go up to ask for autographs or take photos today, your wages will not be paid."
"Uncle Xie! I want to take pictures, but you have to give me your phone back?" Yue Xue said pitifully.
When they came to work, Lao Xie confiscated all their mobile phones, saying that he was afraid that playing games at work would affect the appearance of the store, and that their feelings were waiting here.
No wonder it's okay for everyone to hang out together. It turns out that there are so many celebrities coming and I'm afraid they'll record videos and take photos randomly.
This is also what Fang Jing requested. There are not only one or two celebrities who have been tricked by recordings and photos at the dinner table. It is better to be careful, although they are not doing anything illegal.
But now the media will do anything for traffic, and they will scold you for drinking and smoking anyway.
"Sit wherever you want and order whatever you want to drink." Fang Jing asked everyone to sit down.
"Table No. 5 has a hundred skewers of meat and two beers."
"One hundred strings, are you feeding the cat? Five hundred strings."
Seeing the menu on the table, everyone ordered barbecue and appetizers.
The waiter wrote down the order and gave it to Lao Xie. Then a call was made, and three barbecue stalls on the street outside started operating, and they were served in a short time.
"Everyone, since Fang Jing is the host, shall we invite him to come up and sing a song? Everyone applauds." Shen Hao ran to the stage, picked up the microphone and shouted.
"Okay! One must come!"
"No problem! What do you want to hear?"
"run!"
"My future is not a dream."
"childhood!"
…
Everyone was talking about anything. Fang Jing waved his hand. "I won't brag about myself on this occasion. Let's play a song called Red Sun for everyone. Boss, play some music!"
"Ah!!! Even if your destiny is torn apart"
"Destiny is full of twists and turns"
"It's no fun even if fate threatens you."
"Don't cry and feel sad"
"It should not be given up."
…
Fang Jing sang the Cantonese version. Although his Cantonese is not very good, this song is so classic that he has sung it many times and has no problem handling it.
It's very exciting, and it's perfect as a warm-up song. The atmosphere heats up as soon as it starts.
In ten minutes, he sang three songs in total. Others came up to sing, and Li Yifeng, who didn't like to be in the limelight, showed off his singing voice.
He made his debut as a singer. Although he has been filming dramas over the years, he still has no problem singing a few songs.
After more than an hour, everyone got tired of singing, and the stage gradually became empty. Lao Xie winked at Zhao Lei, who was serving tea and water, and asked him to come up and sing.
After wiping his hand on his apron, Zhao Lei took off his apron, picked up his guitar and went on stage.
"Made me shed tears"
“More than last night’s wine”
"It makes me reluctant to leave"
"More than your tenderness"
“How long does it take to walk the rest of the way?”
"You hold my hand."
…
The originally noisy bar fell silent instantly, and everyone turned their heads to look at Zhao Lei, who was playing and singing on the stage.
There is something! After listening to a few words, Li Yifeng knew that this was another rare and good song. It was strange, why did he say it again?
"Shen Hao, what did you call him before? Do you know him?"
"Zhao Lei, I was with Dream Voice last year, but he left midway."
"That's it." Li Yifeng lowered his head and thought for a moment, but said nothing.
"In that rainy little town"
"I never forget you"
"Chengdu, the only thing I can't take away is you..."