ATAMMDO 17

Chapter 17- It’s All About Love

 

Cheng Qinghua’s new movie has just started, and the photo was taken by the crew, so no one doubts his motive for posting this photo.

 

Zhou Wenbin has been with the group, and he knows how Cheng Qinghua is. If it was just appreciation, the other party would not have posted this on his circle of friends. Besides, he was somewhat resistant to blind dates before.

 

Making movies is Cheng Qinghua’s lifelong dream; coupled with his pursuit of art, he will put 120% of seriousness and energy into each film.

 

In fact, at the beginning of this year, the film Paradise can already be shot, but he had not found the male lead in his mind. He knows the film will be perfect, and it ought to be. But because the leads that came up were not as suitable or not perfect as his ideals, it caused a delay in the production for almost half a year.

 

It shows that he is stubborn in certain matters. So it is also because of Qin Lu that he promised to have a blind date with Jiang Liu Cheng.

 

Zhou Wenbin didn’t have to think about it to know that when Cheng Qinghua was making a movie, it was impossible to spend time and energy falling in love with the actor he chose for a role in his film, which was a big taboo in the workplace.

 

He didn’t expect him to change so quickly, and it wasn’t for the direction he thought.

 

Cheng Qinghua’s circle of friends is not only praising Jiang Liu Cheng, but Cheng Qinghua is also implying to them that he has accepted the existence of Jiang Liu Cheng as his blind date and intends to be serious.

 

“It’s strange. Director Cheng Qinghua still showed a little resistance this morning. I wonder why he suddenly accepted it.” Zhou Wenbin was a little puzzled.

 

“It’s not surprising.” Qin Lu returned his phone to him and sat down again, “Jiang Liu Cheng is so good. He won’t look down on him unless he is blind.”

 

Zhou Wenbin thought about it too. If he is a straight man and is on a blind date with someone as good-looking as Jiang Liu Cheng, he would probably want to bend. Not to mention a man like Cheng Qinghua, who was already one.

 

“Director Cheng accepted it. It’s a good thing. If they make it work, then you can retire with success, Brother Qin.”

 

Retire after winning merit.

 

Qin Lu thought of Jiang Liu Cheng’s one-year blind date experience. He is afraid it is not so easy.

 

Cheng Qinghua is the director, so he is destined to be very busy with the crew. But Qin Lu forced him to send a message before. After seeing the right eye this time, he will take the initiative to send a message without Qin Lu mentioning it.

 

Cheng Qinghua is also very fortunate. If Jiang Liu Cheng was not on the set and Jiang Liu Cheng was not an actor, he might not know what to talk about. However, directors and actors are different. If they want to speak, there are still various topics for them to cover. It’ll be a long way road ahead.

 

Cheng Qinghua: [It is very late. If there is anything you don’t understand, you can come to me at any time.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [Director Cheng]

 

Cheng Qinghua: [You don’t have to call me Director Cheng next time. I am older than you, so you can call me brother. Better yet, just call me by my name. You don’t need to call me Director Cheng in the future. I’m older than you. You can call me brother, or just call me by my name.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [I’ll call you Director Cheng around the crew and while working.]

 

Cheng Qinghua wanted to get closer to Jiang Liu Cheng, so he wanted him to address him casually. But he is right; it’s really not suitable to be called like this around the crew.

 

Cheng Qinghua: [It is fine; you can call me by my name in private. I still have something to do. You should  go to bed first. There are a few important scenes tomorrow.]

 

After chatting with him, Jiang Liu Cheng cut it out and left their conversation, only to see the message Guo Qifan sent him.

 

They have a small group of four, and since his blind date with a man was known by only two of his friends, the last one of them could not be shocked. Especially because of the fact that Jiang Liu Cheng is not even hiding it.

 

Of course, the one who was most shocked here was Qiao Mei, who was far away from his hometown and didn’t know about it.

 

When Guo Qifan said it in the group at first, Qiao Mei thought he was joking, but after Zheng Kailin confirmed it, Qiao Mei finally believed it.

 

Guo Qifan: [Jiang Liu Cheng, how did it feel to be filming with the crew on the first day today?]

 

Guo Qifan: [How did you and Qin Lu get on the hot search? Have you seen it? His fans are so amazing, you have gained a lot of fans because of it.]

 

Guo Qifan: [What does Qin Lu look like in real person? You two are both eye-catching when you stand together. You are amazing. Everyone looks at the two of you in admiration. And on top of that, no one is comparing you to him.]

 

Maybe Guo Qifan had said a lot of nonsense already that Qiao Mei, who was full of doubts, finally couldn’t stand it any longer.

 

Qiao Mei: [How are you getting along with that director, and how is the progress of your blind date?

 

Zheng Kailin: [I’m serious. Do you think that director is suitable for you?]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng directly ignored Guo Qifan’s questions and replied to the other two instead.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [He is very serious about his work and is very responsible. We are still in the stage of getting to know each other. Thus, I am still not that sure whether he is suitable or not for me yet.]

 

Qiao Mei: [That’s good, but why did you suddenly want to have a blind date with a man? I didn’t notice that you have this tendency before. You rejected all of our seniors and juniors that confessed to you before.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [When I’m serious about studying, I just want to focus on studying, so I don’t want to fall in love.]

 

Qiao Mei: [Are you being serious?] 

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [Look at my name then.]

 

Qiao Mei: [Okay. I got it.]

 

Guo Qifan: [I told you earlier, Jiang Liu Cheng really felt that way.]

 

Guo Qifan: [To the people who confessed to Jiang Liu Cheng, they would’ve never imagined that if they confessed to him after graduation, they would end up having a chance.]

 

Qiao Mei: [But now Jiang Liu Cheng has gone to be an actor. If he falls in love, it will be bad for his publicity. Fans don’t like their idols falling in love.]

 

Guo Qifan: [That is right. This will pose as a problem. Seeing that Jiang Liu Cheng’s career is getting better and better. If his relationship with a man ought to be revealed, will it affect his career?]

 

Zheng Kailin: [Jiang Liu Cheng, what do you think?] 

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [It’s all about falling in love.]

 

Guo Qifan: […..]

 

Qiao Mei: […..]

 

Zheng Kailin: […..]

 

Qiao Mei: [You are still the Jiang Liu Cheng that I know. Do what you want and let other people die out of jealousy!]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [If you have something to do, I’ll still help you first.]

 

Qiao Mei: [I better go. I don’t want to verify this matter.]

 

Guo Qifan: [Hahahahaha]

 

The next morning, when Jiang Liu Cheng got up to wash, there was a sudden knock on the door.

 

He went out to open the door and saw Liu Yangxi standing outside with a hot breakfast in his hand.

 

Upon seeing him, Liu Yangxi said with a smile, “Mr. Jiang, this is the breakfast that Director Cheng Qinghua asked me to bring you. He said that he is busy now, and he has to arrange a lot of work in person before he can rest assured. Otherwise, he would’ve delivered it himself. “

 

“Okay, thank Director Cheng Qinghua for me.” Jiang Liu Cheng took the breakfast from him.

 

Liu Yangxi’s eyes stayed on his face for two seconds, and he didn’t seem surprised at all, but he didn’t dare to inquire at will. The most taboo thing to do is to inquire about the boss.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng sent a message to Cheng Qinghua after breakfast, saying thank you for the delicious meal. Unfortunately, Cheng Qinghua did not reply.

 

After he went all the way down to the ground floor, Jiang Liu Cheng saw that the entire crew was busy. Cheng Qinghua was talking to the field manager, and he would roar in anger every now and then because someone was too slow.

 

Because he was too focused, he didn’t notice Jiang Liu Cheng walking past him, so Liu Yangxi reminded him.

 

Director Cheng Qinghua glanced at him lightly, “I don’t like people who think they are too smart.”

 

Liu Yangxi’s expression froze, “Yes.”

 

He knows that many directors don’t like others to speculate on his mind, and neither does Director Cheng Qinghua. He prefers people who focus on their work.

 

He really wouldn’t do this normally. If he hadn’t seen Director Cheng Qinghua send Jiang Liu Cheng’s photo to his circle of friends last night, and asked him to deliver breakfast to Jiang Liu Cheng in the morning, he wouldn’t have misunderstood.

 

He thought that Director Cheng Qinghua liked Jiang Liu Cheng very much, so he especially reminded others to come. Who ought to know that it is still made taboo inside the studio? Alas, it is complicated to be an assistant.

 

Meanwhile, Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t know what was going on here. Seeing that everyone was busy, he didn’t go to say hello to anyone and went directly to the dressing room.

 

However, the dressing room was also very noisy. There were a lot of people in it. The makeup artist was busy doing makeup and styling other actors too.

 

He glanced inside and saw that the makeup artist who had done his makeup yesterday was applying makeup to another actor and not noticing his arrival.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t bother then. He turned around and walked out of the dressing room, unexpectedly bumping into Zhou Wenbin.

 

“Why are you still here?” Zhou Wenbin asked in surprise.

 

“Everyone is busy.”

 

Zhou Wenbin understood, “There are a lot of people playing roles today, so it’s quite busy.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded, “Brother Zhou, go ahead. I’ll wait here.”

 

Zhou Wenbin returned to Qin Lu’s dressing room after taking his things, which is the only treatment for leading actors.

 

“I just saw Jiang Liu Cheng outside. He really doesn’t look like he is in the entertainment industry. There is no one around to take care of him. I remember that he seems to have an agent, but according to his current situation, the agent It is estimated to be busy and running errands him outside, which has no time to follow the group.”

 

Qin Lu, who was putting on makeup, opened his eyes slightly when he heard this, “What’s wrong with him?”

 

Zhou Wenbin told him that he had just met Jiang Liu Cheng outside, “Speaking of which, he doesn’t have a contracted brokerage company now, and it is estimated that it will be more difficult.”

 

Qin Lu: “Let him come over.”

 

As soon as Zhou Wenbin heard it, he knew that Brother Qin was going to lend him the dressing room, so he went out and called someone in.

 

“Brother Qin, you’re almost finished. Just wait for him. Don’t go to the dressing room I was talking about earlier. If it’s your turn and you haven’t put on your makeup, the director will scold you.”

 

“Director Cheng Qinghua is really scolding people?” Jiang Liu Cheng said to himself, which Zhou Wenbin heard.

 

Most of the people who will ask this kind of question have little experience with the group.

 

Zhou Wenbin explained, “As an actor, you need to have some discernment when you come to filming movies. When it comes to your role, no matter what happens, if you are not ready, you will delay the progress of the entire crew. Some directors don’t care whatever it takes, so to not cause any delay is your problem.”

 

“This is not that bad, to be honest. Some directors will scold you in front of everyone when they get angry. When you get to have more experience, you will see it.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded.

 

After a while, Qin Lu’s shape was ready.

 

Qin Lu got up and said to him, “Come and sit down.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng walked to the place he was instructed to be. He sat down on the chair that Qin Lu was formerly sitting upon. The chair still had the heat left from Qin Lu’s body temperature.

 

“Thank you, Qin Lu.”

 

“You’re welcome. But don’t always thank me.” Qin Lu walked behind him before looking at the young man in the mirror to say, “I’ll be going out first. Tell the makeup artist what you need to do today.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded obediently, “Okay.”

 

After leaving the dressing room, Qin Lu stopped and looked back at the young man, who straightened his waist and raised his face to let the makeup artist do his makeup.

 

“Let him come to my dressing room in the future.”

 

Zhou Wenbin was stunned for a moment but replied nonetheless: “Okay, Brother Qin.”

 

……….

 

The author has something to say:

 

Qin Lu: I have indeed been blinded.

 

Translator’s Note:

 

From Lao Zheng, it will be changed into Zheng Kailin in the proceeding chapters. He is Jiang Liu Cheng’s friend. Thank you.