Chapter 62: Asura Field
The day of the premiere.
In the morning, Sister An's studio delivered the modified handmade suits.
Xu Xizhou changed into his suit and was tying his tie in front of the mirror when Ren Duo pushed open the door and walked in.
She put on delicate makeup, and the advantages of her facial features were highlighted, and she looked forward to the flow of light.
Originally, with Ren Duo's coffee position, it was impossible to attend such a small premiere. In addition, she is not a starring role, just a special guest, there is no need to give such a big face to the crew.
However, since Xu Xizhou was going, it was naturally impossible for Ren Duo to be idle at home. The entertainment industry is full of guys with red tops and whites. If she doesn't accompany Xu Xizhou, maybe the scene from the last time in the crew will be repeated.
She dared not take the risk.
"Xiaozhou, do you think my dress is beautiful today?"
Ren Duo took the hem of his long dress and turned around in front of Xu Xizhou.
"Extremely beautiful! Sister, you look good in everything you wear."
"Your mouth is so sweet to my heart." Ren Duo's eyes narrowed with a smile, and he pinched his cheek in love, and smoothed the tiny folds on his suit for him.
"You look very handsome in this suit, as expected of my brother Ren Duo. If you don't drive a racing car one day, I will definitely take you into the entertainment industry and guarantee that you will become popular within three years!"
At this moment, the makeup artist knocked on the door and probed in.
"Sister Ren Duo, do you still need makeup?"
Ren Duo blinked, suddenly thought of something, reached out and grabbed Xu Xizhou's arm.
"I don't need it, let's put makeup on him too."
"Ah, do I still need makeup?"
"Of course, when you walk on the red carpet, those shots are so clear that even your pores are clearly photographed. How can you do it without makeup and concealer?"
Xu Xizhou scratched his hair and said distressedly, "But no one should photograph me, I'm not famous..."
"What are you thinking? You are the only F1 racer in China, and you are not famous enough. And you have such a handsome face, how could there be a camera that doesn't take you?"
"Annie, come in quickly and touch up my brother's makeup."
Three hours later, Xu Xizhou got into Ren Duo's nanny car and followed her to the convention and exhibition center where the premiere was held.
The racing movie "Dream Chaser" is not a big production, and it is a relatively unpopular racing theme. The market was not optimistic. However, after a small-scale screening a few days ago, the film's reputation among the audience was unexpectedly good, and the attendance rate was also quite high, and the theater chain also increased the number of films accordingly.
In addition, actress Ren Duo, as a special guest actor, also came to attend the premiere, and many media reporters rushed to crowd the red carpet.
Xu Xizhou and Ren Duo first went backstage to meet the director and producer, as well as a few leading actors.
"You two are really eye-catching when you stand together. You are so handsome, how can we people live?!" Bai Yue laughed and teased.
"Yeah, I don't think we have to walk the red carpet anymore, just stand behind them as a green leaf, let's set off." The actor who played his father in the movie also laughed.
There were also a few people who looked at the two from time to time, curious about the relationship between Xu Xizhou and Ren Duo.
"Sister, I always feel that some people seem to have misunderstood our relationship."
Before walking the red carpet, Xu Xizhou was a little worried.
"Wouldn't it be bad if it was photographed by the media?"
"We're upright, if they want to shoot, let them shoot." Ren Duo didn't care and took his arm tightly.
"The more they cover up, the more outrageous their guesses will be."Xu Xizhou sighed softly.
The black stretched Lincoln stopped in front of the red carpet.
A special driver helped them open the door. Xu Xizhou got off first, then walked to the other side and helped Ren Duo to get off.
As soon as the two walked on the red carpet, countless cameras turned to them, and the sound of the flash was heard. It was also mixed with cheers from fans and fans.
"Ren Duo, look here!"
"Sister, don't worry, the clouds will always be with you!"
"Ado, we love you! Aaaaaaaa!"
Xu Xizhou was extremely nervous when Ren Duo held his arm. For the first time he attended this kind of occasion, there was a slight sweat on his forehead, and his walking posture was a little stiff. And Ren Duo beside him was calm, with a decent smile on his bright face, and waved to his fans gracefully.
After finally walking the red carpet, Xu Xizhou let out a long breath.
Next was the audience meeting. Xu Xizhou was not the lead actor, and he didn't know how to deal with this kind of occasion. He didn't participate, so he went to the screening room of the theater upstairs.
Also coming to the premiere were some VIP guests invited by the crew, who were lining up in the theater, waiting to be admitted.
Xu Xizhou was about to stand in line when someone tapped his shoulder.
Turning around, there was a tall young man wearing a peaked cap and a mask in front of him.
"May I ask who you are?" Xu Xizhou looked confused.
"You don't know me anymore?"
Su Fan smiled and took off his mask and winked at him. He has the appearance of a typical oriental beauty, with a pair of long and narrow phoenix eyes and a small brown mole on the eyelid. The complexion is porcelain white, like a fine jade.
"Why did you come to the premiere?" Xu Xizhou was a little surprised to see him, and he was worried about the embarrassment of sitting alone among a bunch of strangers.
"I worked with the director in the early years, and he invited me to come here." Su Fan looked at him and smiled, and said, "Besides, I also want to see what the movie you are in will look like."
Hearing his words, Xu Xizhou was a little embarrassed for a while.
"I don't have any acting skills either. I rely on the director's guidance. I'm going to let you see jokes by then."
"Of course not. I read some movie reviews online, and they all said that the role you played was brilliant."
"Really?" Xu Xizhou scratched his hair embarrassedly.
"Stop standing outside, let's go in and talk." Su Fan naturally put his hand on his shoulder and smiled.
Not far away, a figure wearing a mask and a black coat stood there, quietly watching the backs of the two walking side by side.
Zhuang Jingchun squeezed the invitation letter in her hand, her long eyelashes drooped, her green eyes full of obscure emotions.
Who is that man standing beside Xiaozhou?
Before entering the cinema, Xu Xizhou took a popcorn and coke on the long table by the door. This is his habit of watching movies, and he feels uncomfortable without food in his hands.
He sat with Su Fan in the best viewing area, Su Fan sat on his left, and on his right was an elderly couple he didn't know. As soon as he sat down, Su Fan took the popcorn from his hand.
"Let me carry it for you, it's not convenient for you to carry things with both hands."
Xu Xizhou thanked him, adjusted the height of the seat, leaned back comfortably, and stared at the screen.
"You can eat together if you want."
"Okay."
The theater lights go out, the screen lights up, and the dragon logo appears. Xu Xizhou was suddenly a little nervous, and unconsciously clenched the Coke in his hand.
The film tells the story of how a struggling father raised his son into an internationally renowned rally driver. Many details and clips are very touching. In the middle and late stages of the film, after my son grew up, he started to gallop on the track. As his son's best friend, Xu Xizhou's role naturally appeared.
When the handsome and tall figure in the racing suit walked down from the orange-gold racing car with a smile, there were exclamations one after another in the theater.
"Fuck, this little brother is so handsome!"
"My God, who played this handsome guy, it's amazing!"
Seeing his face on the big screen, Xu Xizhou felt very strange, a little happy, but also a little nervous and apprehensive, hoping to be recognized.
Suddenly, the man next to him came over and whispered in his ear.
"You look really handsome in a racing suit."
Su Fan was too close to him, his lips almost pressed against his ears, and the heat from his words brushed against his cheeks. Xu Xizhou was a little uncomfortable and leaned to the side.
Su Fan didn't want to scare him, so he chuckled and sat upright in his seat.
Just as he was about to ask Xu Xizhou if he wanted to eat popcorn, the back of the seat suddenly shook, as if someone kicked his chair in the back.
The popcorn in my hand didn't hold tightly, it was thrown to one side, and most of it was spilled.
Su Fan Junxiu frowned slightly, turned around and glanced back.
A man in a black mask sat there, staring at the screen in front of him, as if nothing had happened.
"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Xu Xizhou saw that the popcorn in his hand had been scattered, and thought something had happened.
"It's okay, just watch a movie, I'll get a new one."
Su Fan didn't want to affect Xu Xizhou's mood when he watched the movie, so he didn't even care about the man behind him kicking his seat. The other party probably didn't intend to.
As soon as Su Fan left, Xu Xizhou sighed softly.
Su Fan was too close to him just now, and the aura on his body enveloped him overwhelmingly, making Xu Xizhou a little repulsive. They only met for the second time, but Su Fan seemed to be a little too close to him...
Xu Xizhou didn't understand either, so he drank a Coke and continued watching the movie. After a while, Su Fan came back with a new popcorn in his hand.
"Xiaozhou, take it and eat it."
"Well, thank you."
Xu Xizhou took the popcorn, stuffed one into his mouth, and watched the movie again. Just looking at it, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a gaze staring at him behind him.This feeling continued until the end of the movie, the ending song began to play, and the lights all around turned on. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Xizhou turned his head to take a look.
There was only one young girl in the back row, and the seat next to the girl was empty.
"Xiaozhou, what are you looking at?"
"Nothing, let's go."
Xu Xizhou thought that it was probably his illusion.
The two went to the lounge to wait for Ren Duo.
Not long after sitting down, Ren Duo's phone called.
"Xiaozhou, I have a few more interviews. You can ask Su Fan to take you back. He has a car, and he will drop by."
"Sister, this is too troublesome for others. How long do you have to end it? Otherwise, I'll wait for you. I'm not in a hurry to go home anyway."
"No, it's going to be late at night after my interview, you'll be very boring. Listen to me, let Su Fan take you back, I said hello to him. Let's do this for now, let's not talk about it."
Xu Xizhou wanted to say something, but the phone had already been hung up.
"Is it your sister who asked me to take you back?" Su Fan asked with a smile.
"Well, but I can go back by myself. It's very convenient to take a taxi here."
"That's not good. If you make a mistake on the road, Ren Duo will come to me to settle the account."
Su Fan came over and squeezed his shoulder gently, his voice soft.
"Let's go, I'll take you."
The two had just left the lounge and were about to enter the elevator when two figures suddenly walked out of the corridor on the other side.
The person walking in front was wearing a suit and his hair was meticulously groomed. It was Bai Yue, and the person behind him...
Xu Xizhou narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the tall figure, very surprised.
Why did this guy come to City B?
"Su Fan, Xiaozhou, it's such a coincidence. Are you two leaving now? There's a celebration party." Bai Yue said with a smile.
"Well, I'm going to take the boat home."
"I don't know what the relationship between the two is?" A cold male voice sounded abruptly.
Su Fan was stunned for a moment, and met the eyes of the man beside Bai Yue. At first he thought it was a foreigner and didn't pay much attention, but when the man opened his mouth, he realized that the other party was speaking standard Chinese.
"I don't know who your Excellency is?" He stared at the man's handsome and deep face, feeling a trace of invisible hostility.
Bai Yueqian laughed twice, tugged at Zhuang Jingchun's sleeve, calmed him down in a low voice, and explained to Su Fan.
"This is a college classmate of mine. I happened to be on a business trip in City B these two days. I asked him to attend the premiere and relax. By the way, he was the boss of Xu Xizhou's team before, and they are all acquaintances."
He didn't dare to say that Zhuang Jingchun was Xi Zhou's ex-boyfriend, otherwise, they would have to fight because they looked at each other in an unpleasant manner.
"Xiaozhou, is that so?" Su Fan looked at Xu Xizhou with some doubts.
Xu Xizhou was silent for a few seconds, then nodded.
The alert on Su Fan's face receded immediately, he stepped forward with a smile, and shook hands with Zhuang Jingchun.
"It turns out that you are also a friend of Xiaozhou. I have long heard that Xiaozhou is a racing driver, and I have always wanted to go to the track to see his style."
Zhuang Jingchun twitched the corners of his mouth with a smile.
Bai Yue looked at the scene where the two shook hands and couldn't help but smile.
"Meeting is fate, so let's do it, why don't the four of us get together for a late night snack? It's just a chat."
Su Fan strongly agreed, "Okay, let me be the host. Mr. Zhuang came all the way from Wancheng, it must be very hard."
Before Xu Xizhou could raise his objections, the three had already entered the elevator, and Bai Yue waved to him.
"Xiaozhou, what are you still doing? Come in quickly."
Xu Xizhou: ...
He regrets it now. If he had known that he would meet Zhuang Jingchun, he should not have come to the premiere at all!
Half an hour later, the four arrived at a private restaurant in the suburbs.
The shop's signature is teppanyaki, mainly in the form of self-service. Xu Xizhou had no interest when he entered the door, but as soon as he sat down and smelled the aroma of barbecue, the greedy worms in his stomach were hooked.
The waiter brought two menus, Su Fan sat by the door, took the menu, and was about to hand it to Xu Xizhou next to him. At the other end, Zhuang Jingchun had already reached out and put the menu beside Xu Xizhou.
"Whatever you want to eat, order it yourself."
Xu Xizhou glanced at Zhuang Jingchun, and the other side was calm, as if the meeting with him in City B was really a chance encounter.
He ordered a few signature dishes of tender beef and fat sheep, and handed the menu to Bai Yue.
Waiting for the ordered meat and dishes to arrive, Xu Xizhou couldn't wait to put a piece of beef on the iron plate.
The red and tender beef is rolled up under the charcoal fire, the color gradually turns yellow, and it makes a sizzling crisp sound.
Xu Xizhou stared intently at the beef on the iron plate, and suddenly thought of Su Fan's voice in his ears.
"Xiaozhou, when you are driving a car, is it like in the movie just now that the co-pilot has to be a navigator or something?"
Xu Xizhou was startled, and before he had time to answer, a sneer sounded from the opposite side.
"He's a formula driver, not a rally driver, and only one person can sit in the driver's seat. Don't you even have such basic common sense?"
Su Fan's face stiffened.
Xu Xizhou didn't know what happened to Zhuang Jingchun, just like taking fire and medicine, he subconsciously held injustice for the other party.
"Zhuang Jingchun, can you stop talking like a gun! He's not in this professional field, and it's normal that he doesn't understand the difference between a formula car and a rally."
Su Fansheng was afraid that the two would quarrel, "Xiaozhou, it's alright, it's true that I'm ignorant and don't know enough about it. I'll definitely study some racing-related knowledge in the future."
Zhuang Jingchun snorted coldly.
Xu Xizhou glared at him and looked down at the beef on the iron plate, only Su Fan kept an eye on him, and when he saw him sighing, he hurriedly handed over a bunch of flesh and blood that had just been baked in his bowl.
"Xiaozhou, eat this I baked. I also added some seasonings."
"He doesn't like to eat flesh and blood."
Zhuang Jingchun opened his mouth coldly and handed over his plate, which was full of roasted tender beef, sprinkled with some chili noodles and cumin.
Looking at the plate of beef, Xu Xizhou couldn't help swallowing.
No, he had to have the backbone and couldn't bow his head to Zhuang Jingchun.
No, you can't bow your head to the other party's roast beef.
"Xiaozhou, if you don't eat it, can I eat it?"
Bai Yue just watched Zhuang Jingchun's barbecue, and his saliva came out long ago. He knew that this guy was good at cooking, but he never had a chance to taste his craft. Now he has given him a chance.
"Who said I wouldn't eat it?" Xu Xizhou quickly protected the plate, and under Zhuang Jingchun's expectant gaze, he picked up his chopsticks and distributed half of the beef in the plate to Su Fan next to him.
"Try it too, he's quite good at roasting meat."
Zhuang Jingchun: ...
After eating the barbecue, Xu Xizhou ignored Zhuang Jingchun and got into Su Fan's car after leaving the restaurant.
On the way, Xu Xizhou looked at the night scene outside the window and was a little silent.
Su Fan held the steering wheel and turned to look at him.
"Xiaozhou, I have a question I want to ask you. It may be a bit presumptuous."
Xu Xizhou turned to look at him, and said calmly, "If you have anything, just say it."
"You and Mr. Zhuang, shouldn't it be just the relationship between the boss and the driver?"
Is it still seen?
Xu Xizhou lowered his eyes and smiled somewhat lonely.
"You guessed it, he's not just my boss, I liked him before, but... he was rejected before he confessed."
Hearing this, Su Fan felt a little distressed in his eyes.
"It seems that Mr. Zhuang's vision is not very good. Xiaozhou, you don't have to be sad, you will definitely meet someone better than him."
Xu Xizhou smiled and said nothing.
Back at Ren's house, Xu Xizhou found that Ren Duo had gone home.
"Su Fan sent you back, right? Why didn't you ask him to come in and sit down?" Ren Duo took off her makeup, her face was refreshing, and she was sitting on the sofa in bear pajamas.
"It's so late, how can I be so embarrassed to call people in?"
"Xiaozhou, to be honest, you have met Su Fan twice, what do you think of him?"
"How about what?"
Ren Duo came over and looked at him gossip, "It's just character and character, is it worth continuing to communicate?"
"Su Fan's character and personality are very good, and he is very suitable to be a friend."
"Just being friends? You don't have any other ideas about him...?"
Xu Xizhou looked at Ren Duo's inquiring eyes, narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly understood something.
"Could it be that you deliberately arranged for Su Fan to appear in Sister An's studio that day?"
At this point, Ren Duo had nothing to hide, and simply nodded.
"Sister, how can you do this!"
Ren Duo blinked and said with a guilty conscience, "Didn't I see that you broke up with Zhuang Jingchun and wanted to help you? Don't blame sister, okay?"
Xu Xizhou was a little speechless. He didn't like the feeling of being kept secret in advance.
Back in the bedroom, he thought about it and sent a WeChat message to Su Fan.
——I know, it was my sister who asked you to approach me. You are so good, there should be no shortage of people around you who like you. There is no need to waste time on me because of favor.
There was a quick reply from there.
——Sorry, the first time I saw you was indeed arranged by Sister Ren Duo, but tonight, I took the initiative to ask the director for an invitation letter, because I wanted to see you.
- Xiaozhou, can you give me a chance to pursue you?