ATAMMDO 25

Chapter 25- The Second Blind Date

 

Zhou Wenbin and Zhang Ning got out of the car. The two looked at Qin Lu, to the person next to him, and then looked at each other as if they didn’t understand why he agreed to get out of the car. It was his RV.

 

Qin Lu looked at the RV with the door half-pulled. From his angle, he could see the looming figure of the young man. The lights were on in the car, and through the gap in the door, it seemed like a beam of light had fallen on the young man.

 

He looked calm.

 

“Let’s talk.” Cheng Qinghua originally wanted Jiang Liu Cheng to chat with him outside, but there were too many crew members, and Qin Lu’s RV was the safest. In there, there was no need to worry that someone would overhear and discover their relationship.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded cooperatively, “Okay.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng looked so refreshing, but Cheng Qinghua was a little anxious at the moment. “I think we can discuss the matters in our relationship again. A questionnaire can’t explain our differences thoroughly. Meanwhile, many problems can be solved by talking about them. What do you think? “

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded again, “You are right.”

 

Cheng Qinghua only felt that he was too cooperative and involuntarily changed his sitting position, “Then, do you mean that our relationship can continue?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng looked at him; his eyes were very transparent. This made Cheng Qinghua more anxious as if he had a feeling that Jiang Liu Cheng could see through him.

 

“Director Cheng, you only need to answer one question. Do you want to fall in love with me or get married?”

 

Cheng Qinghua hesitated for a second, “First of all, the purpose of this is to fall in love. As for marriage, the gay marriage law has not been passed in China. Even if we get married, it is unlikely not to be exposed. If you have to take the path of the entertainment industry in the future, hidden marriage would be more suitable.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “If I want to expose it…”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “… your career will definitely be affected.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “That is to say, you won’t openly fall in love or get married until your career is stabilized.”

 

When he said this, there was nothing strange on his face. He looks at peace as if he is just discussing an ordinary topic.

 

Cheng Qinghua hesitated for two seconds, “Homosexuality is difficult to be accepted by the public unless it is abroad.”

 

“I understand.” Jiang Liu Cheng already knew his answer, “This is as I said before, we are not suitable.”

 

Cheng Qinghua’s breathing stagnated.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng continued, “Director Cheng, career is not important to me. What I value more is family. If I had to choose between the two, I would choose the latter without hesitation.”

 

Cheng Qinghua was silent for a moment, then he suddenly believed Qin Lu’s love brain statement, “You really don’t care about your career. Your appearance is great; it’s just that you lack opportunities. As long as you are given a chance, it is entirely possible for you to become someone like Wang Ye or Han Qidong, people like that.”

 

The former is the top performer in the entertainment industry, with tens of millions of fans, while the latter is a movie star in the entertainment industry, and his acting skills are also recognized.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “So we may not be the same.”

 

Hearing this sentence, Cheng Qinghua did not refute anymore, he had already realized this.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng continued, “As you said if I really want to do something, no one can stop me.”

 

Conversely, when he doesn’t want to do something, no one else can stop him.

 

The car door opened again, and Cheng Qinghua came out from the inside. The expression on his face was no longer so unwilling, but the grim mood could not help but reflect on his face.

 

Seeing his appearance, Qin Lu was not surprised.

 

“Finished?”

 

Cheng Qinghua nodded with a sad face. He wanted to light a cigarette now. “You are right; we are really not suitable for each other. Our ambitions are different. He has the appearance of a popular idol, but he only wants to get married. I can’t understand it. He still has to take the road of the entertainment industry now, but he thinks about it too simply.”

 

Qin Lu said calmly, “Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean his decision is unreasonable. You just don’t understand some things.”

 

Since he knew that Jiang Liu Cheng’s parents had divorced early, he probably understood a little why the other party kept going on blind dates.

 

Cheng Qinghua complained, “If you know so well, why don’t you tell me? Aren’t you supposed to be a competent matchmaker?”

 

Qin Lu glanced at him, “I only learned about it during the time we spent together.”

 

Cheng Qinghua shut up as soon as he heard it. Jiang Liu Cheng has been in the crew all this time. If he wanted to know more, he would have known it long ago.

 

Qin Lu’s words just proved that although he likes Jiang Liu Cheng and occasionally does some caring actions, he never took the initiative to get to know him, and he always used the reason of being busy.

 

Cheng Qinghua couldn’t hold back this time and lit a cigarette, “I now know what the problem is between us. Having said that, I still like him very much.”

 

Before Qin Lu could speak, Jiang Liu Cheng also got out of the vehicle and called Cheng Qinghua to stop.

 

“Director Cheng, I don’t have scenes for next week. I want to take two days off.”

 

Cheng Qinghua still had a little anticipation when he heard him stop him. He thought maybe he had changed his mind. He didn’t expect that Jiang Liu Cheng would ask for leave and immediately thought of Qin Lu saying he would take him on a blind date next week.

 

“You guys are going too far. Take into account the mood of a person who you just broke up with.”

 

A question mark appeared on Jiang Liu Cheng’s head, “So I can’t?”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “Strictly speaking, if you don’t have a role in those two days, you don’t need to ask me for leave. Just say it.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “Okay, I’m telling you now.”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “…..”

 

Seeing that Cheng Qinghua was a little bit beaten as he left, Zhou Wenbin silently sympathized with him in his heart, but only for a moment.

 

Even an outsider like him could see that Director Cheng Qinghua and Jiang Liu Cheng were indeed not suitable for each other.

 

If you want to ask him why it probably started from the incompatibility of their physical feature.

 

Qin Lu looked at Jiang Liu Cheng and said, “It only takes one day for a blind date. You don’t need to take two days off.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded, “I know, but my agent helped me negotiate an endorsement. They asked me to shoot an advertisement next week.”

 

Qin Lu heard the words and said nothing.

 

Zhou Wenbin, who was on the side, was surprised, “You are not famous yet, but a company asked you to make an advertisement for their endorsement? Don’t be deceived.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said the name of the company, “My agent confirmed it and said it was not a lie.”

 

Zhou Wenbin raised his eyebrows, “If that’s the company, it is indeed possible. This is a very old food company. They rarely invite big-name celebrities to shoot advertisements, but I heard that this company is about to close down.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t know much about this. “That’s a pity. The food quality of this company is good. I have eaten their potato chips before.”

 

Qin Lu is not interested in snacks and rarely eats them, but he still asks, “Why did it go out of business?”

 

Zhou Wenbin said, “It is said that this company spends all its money on research and development, so it doesn’t do much promotion. Plus, there are cheaper alternatives for its products. If they can’t seize back the market, they will make less and less money. It’s a matter of time before it goes bankrupt.”

 

Qin Lu nodded.

 

The rain lasted a bit long today. After Cheng Qinghua realized that it would not stop in a short period of time, he simply moved some scenes of the rainy day ahead of schedule. It eventually took a few hours to finish filming the scenes. 

 

Qin Lu, who was forced to work overtime, also cooperated very well, trying to be as nonchalant as possible in every scene.

 

When it was almost ten o’clock, Zhou Wenbin and Zhang Ning came over with bags of supper.

 

He walked to Jiang Liu Cheng, who had soaked in the rain again, and handed him a bag.

 

“This is the supper that Brother Qin bought for everyone. After filming for several hours, let’s have some porridge and take a rest.”

 

Different from the drinks and fried chicken that Cai Ze brought to eat, Qin Lu invited everyone to drink porridge and pastries. Although the porridge was a bit hot, they took it even on a summer night. It was easy to sweat when sipping hot porridge, but it was very delicious.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng thought while eating; no wonder Zhang Tao and the others were obsessed with Qin Lu’s treat. It was really delicious, and the pastries were also delicious, sweet but not greasy.

 

“I’m right; Emperor Qin will invite the crew to eat.” Zhang Tao saw that Jiang Liu Cheng was happily eating, unlike the last time where in he only had it in his hand and didn’t eat much, so he came over and proudly said.

 

“Well, it’s delicious, and it won’t cause diarrhea.”

 

“Of course, this is Yunzhai’s porridge, and it’s costly.” Zhang Tao didn’t know whether he was measuring diarrhea or not, “The last time, when he shot Director Qinghua’s film, Emperor Qin treated us only after we finished shooting. I didn’t expect that he would treat us this early.”

 

Due to the addition of several scenes, the filming of group A did not end until one o’clock in the middle of the night.

 

This is a relatively smooth situation; most of it is Qin Lu’s play.

 

Cheng Qinghua decided to let Group A take a half-day off and allow them to begin work tomorrow afternoon as he arranged the scenes they would be taking later.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng stuffed his clothes into his backpack and prepared to return to the hotel.

 

“Mr. Jiang.” Zhang Ning suddenly came over, “Brother Qin said that this place is a little far from the hotel, so he will let you go back in his RV.”

 

Since the crew has changed to a new shooting location, the hotel is seven or eight kilometers away, and it will take an hour to run back.

 

Knowing that he didn’t have a car or an assistant, Qin Lu asked Zhang Ning to come over and call him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t refuse. When he got into the car, he saw Qin Lu sitting inside with his back against the seat, eyes closed, and his expression seeming a little tired. He didn’t make a sound and sat quietly beside him.

 

A minute later, Qin Lu opened his eyes. Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t wake him. A phone ringing did.

 

“Brother Qin, your phone.” Zhou Wenbin handed him the phone without looking at the caller ID.

 

This is Qin Lu’s personal mobile phone. Since he took over the family business, this personal mobile phone has frequently been ringing. Sometimes, suppose you glance at it casually. In that case, you will find names of particular political or business tycoons in its caller IDs and message notification so that for some time Zhou Wenbin formed a conditioned reflex.

 

Whenever the phone rang, he would take it out quickly for fear that if he took it to Qin Lu a second too late, it would delay a significant event.

 

“What did you mean by the message you sent me this afternoon?”

 

“I’ll send you an electronic document later, and then you can fill it out.”

 

Even before the other side could say anything, Qin Lu hung up the phone and looked at Jiang Liu Cheng next to him, “Is there any electronic file for the questionnaire you wrote in the notebook earlier?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng was stunned and asked, “What do you want to do?”

 

Qin Lu: “I’ve found a new candidate for you. This time, he is not from the entertainment industry. In order to avoid a situation like this time, I think you should let the other party fill out your questionnaire first. If he meets your requirements, I will introduce him to you. This way is more efficient.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng agreed with this, “You’re right. I don’t have an electronic copy of the questionnaire yet. I’ll send them to you after I’ve sorted them out.”

 

Qin Lu nodded.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng didn’t wait until he returned to the hotel to sort it out. He typed out all the questions on his mobile phone, and when the car was approaching the hotel, he had just finished it.

 

“Okay, I’ve sent the questions to you on WeChat.”

 

It’s not that Qin Lu didn’t see what he was doing. At first, he thought he was just typing out what he had an impression of. He didn’t expect that after ten minutes, he said that he had sorted it out, “You still remember all the questions?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “Probably remembered them.”

 

Qin Lu didn’t think that this was something he could probably remember and write. His image of him as a scholar completely changed in Qin Lu’s eyes. He sent the electronic document to the person just now.

 

Zhou Beiwang: [What do you mean by the document you sent? I thought it was a multi-billion business project, so you would send me a copy in advance and let me know. But when I opened it, it was all about my preferences. Although we used to be Alumni, it’s been many years since graduation, so why did you suddenly want to update your classmates’ list?]

 

Qin Lu: [It is not like that. Take the time to fill it in, and I will tell you when the result is out.]

 

Zhou Beiwang: [You are making me feel weird.]

 

Qin Lu:  [I promised a little friend to find a partner for him.]

 

Zhou Beiwang: [Have you asked my opinion?]

 

Qin Lu: [If he doesn’t like you, your opinion doesn’t matter.]

 

Zhou Beiwang: [Wait and see.]

 

The next morning, a stranger knocked on Jiang Liu Cheng’s door. It was a young man who claimed to be Li Lei. He was a temporary assistant Director Cheng Qinghua arranged for him and was in charge of all his affairs in the crew.

 

After Li Lei finished speaking, he handed him a thermos cup with warm water in it, “I boiled this early in the morning. I made sure that the temperature was just right. Mr. Jiang, you can drink a little when you are thirsty. And since you have a play in the afternoon, it is best to go before crew makeup.”

 

Li Lei said a lot and also explained some precautions for the crew.

 

Many people didn’t say it, and Jiang Liu Cheng might not have noticed it. But he had obviously done his homework before coming here and even knew about the drama as if he had been here since day one.

 

“Does Mr. Jiang usually has any food he doesn’t eat or can’t eat?”

 

Li Lei took his mobile phone while talking and remembering.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said, “I don’t eat snacks very often. And I rarely eat food and drinks outside. I will have adverse reactions to food that is not up to the standard. That’s all. Overall, I am no picky eater.”

 

Li Lei was a little surprised, “Okay, I will make sure to pay attention to the food I’d bring you in the future.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng found that the other party was very serious and, for the first time, felt that it seemed reasonable to have an assistant by his side.

 

After leaving the hotel, he found that Li Lei was still coming by car. The car was borrowed from the crew. Today, he changed to a new filming location, but he only had one or two shots, so Li Lei said he could arrive before one point.

 

When Jiang Liu Cheng arrived on the set, Qin Lu played a scene again with the heroine.

 

It is said to be a heroine, but it is actually a female supporting role because this drama has no real heroine.

 

The female partner is Song Zhizhi, who is also a little-known actor, but has more debut time and experience than Jiang Liu Cheng.

 

After going through the play successfully, Song Zhizhi immediately thanked Qin Lu for taking him to the space.

 

Qin Lu said there was no need and walked towards Jiang Liu Cheng. He looked at Li Lei next to him. Jiang Liu Cheng immediately explained, “It’s the assistant that Director Cheng Qinghua arranged for me.”

 

“I know.” Qin Lu nodded.

 

Li Lei could see that there might be something to say between them, so he immediately made an excuse to leave. He has been working as a crew for a long time, so he still has some insight.

 

Qin Lu took out his mobile phone and operated it.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng’s cell phone rang at the same time.

 

Qin Lu: “The information has been filled out; you can take a look. If he is suitable, I will send his WeChat to you. Before meeting each other next week, you can chat with him first.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng opened the document Qin Lu sent and scanned it at a glance.

 

Compared to Cheng Qinghua, this future blind date has fewer scruples.

 

In fact, the questionnaire he gave yesterday was different from Cheng Qinghua’s. Several questions were changed because people with different occupations have other characteristics, so they can’t be asked the same set of questions.

 

“You can send me his contact.” Jiang Liu Cheng replied on the spot after reading it.

 

Qin Lu was also very straightforward and pushed Zhou Beiwang’s WeChat to him without saying a word.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng added him as a friend, and about a minute later, the other party accepted his friend request.

 

The next second, a voice message on his chat interface instantly pops up.