Chapter 40

  If meeting a stupid master isn't the worst thing in this world, then the worst thing is probably that this guy thinks his hamster just simply likes to play with pens - every day, Hamster Ah Fei's entertainment besides gnawing on fruits is that its considerate master will bring over that pen which has been delaying its important matters and give it to play with, and after handing it over, he'll sit aside with a expectant face, as if expecting it to come give itself another flying steel pipe dance of fatty flesh.

  The most outrageous thing is that he even opened a video to share this pleasant experience with others.

  That so-called "other person" should also be a very young guy, unlike Jiang Chuan. He had a head of bright red hair that was particularly eye-catching. Although the video opened with him facing away from the light and his appearance couldn't be seen clearly, only a blurry outline sitting in an armchair could be made out. However, he saw that person's eyes were a deep blue color that was almost identical to Jiang Chuan's.

  "I'm busy." The person on the other end said in less fluent German, "What's up?"

  Jiang Chuan, who had never been fond of interacting with others, surprisingly changed his usual demeanor. He moved the computer from the desk and placed it in front of Jin Yan, adjusting the video camera to focus on his fluffy face, saying "Let me show you something."

  The person on the other end of the video stopped talking, and he vaguely saw him sit up a bit - then, he felt his round belly being poked by Jiang Chuan. He turned his head to look at his owner with triangular eyes, only to find that the other party was staring at him, and handed over the broken pen, saying: "Ah Fei, come and twist."

  Jian Ran: "......"

  Damn it!!!!!

  The hamster took the pen, inhaled and puffed out his chest, then with a "slap" he threw the pen at Jiang Chuan's face in a standard javelin-throwing pose - at the same time, he heard a sigh of emotion from the other end of the video, as well as applause. When Jiang Chuan removed the pen from his face, the person on the other end spoke in a tone full of sarcasm: "A truly brilliant performance."

  The voice sounds pretty good, and I guess he should have a face that's on par with Jiang Chuan.

  "It's less acidic." At this time, Jiang Chuan, who was being teased, not only didn't get angry but also quickly grabbed the hamster that was squatting on the table and preparing to make a run for it, "I have a pet, you don't."

  "There will be."

  "You don't have it, you're going there right away."

  "That's possible too." The man thought for a moment and said, "We'll raise some fish, maybe even have a dog."

  "You've become less naive, you're going to prison, did you think you were going on vacation?"

  Jiang Chuan seemed to be too lazy to bother with that person anymore - as if the person who had insisted on opening a video call earlier was not him. His purpose of showing off had been achieved, and he almost didn't hesitate before directly cutting off the video. When the computer screen went dark, the man took two caramels and gave one each to Xiao Hei and Jing Ran, then ran to sit on the sofa on the side to watch TV - Jiang Chuan was watching a special kind of TV, at this moment the TV was playing "The Sound of Years Flowing", on the screen Jing Ran's lively face wearing a middle school uniform didn't look out of place. When he smiled and waved at Xu Qianqian, who played the female lead, his smile almost merged with the sunlight.

  A hamster sat on the table, gnawing on a sunflower seed with its mouth full of red juice, admiring its handsome face with its hind legs raised. Just as it was enjoying itself, someone picked it up and scratched its chin. The hamster turned its head to look at Jiang Chuan, only to find him staring intently at the TV screen, seemingly deep in thought about the movie itself...

  These days, Jiang Chuan has almost read through all of Jiang Luocheng's works. It is unknown whether this behavior was suggested by Fang Yu or thought of by Jiang Chuan himself. Nowadays, many directors have different shooting styles. Some directors are more casual and think it's best to let actors improvise freely. Sometimes, even if an actor wants to add a sentence or two that they thought of themselves, it's no problem. However, Jiang Luocheng is different. He has always been a control freak, so when cooperating with him, actors must memorize the script like they would for a language class, and not make any mistakes - not even in their gaze, movements, or punctuation.

  The director's distinctiveness determines that the actor will take a look at his style before cooperating with him, and then think about it himself. It can indeed help the actor himself to avoid many detours and scoldings - although because of Jiang Luocheng, scolding is inevitable, but at least from now on, Jiang Chuan has been serious about this matter.

  He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and his movements of peeling the tangerine also slowed down.

  Then when he came to his senses, he suddenly realized that he had been subconsciously avoiding disturbing Jiang Chuan, and was very reassured by his behavior on the way - note that the appearance of "reassurance" means that he had been worried about him before.

  What's going on?

  He is just a hamster!

  Why are you worrying about Jiang Chuan like a father who is worried about his son entering the entertainment industry for the first time?

  ……

  Soon, the New Year's holiday was over, and the lazy atmosphere before the Spring Festival was swept away. After Jiang Chuan roughly read through the script from beginning to end, the crew of "Republic of China Strange News Record" chose a good day to officially start filming in H City.

  Jiang Chuan disregarded Fang Yu's strong opposition and directly put Zhen Ran and Xiao Hei in a pet carrier to board the plane. Under these circumstances, Zhen Ran had no choice but to endure not only Xiao Hei but also the curious Alaskan puppy in the adjacent cage, who kept stretching its big nose towards them and dripping dog slobber from the air vent like rain.

  The entire crew arrived at the hotel in H city, and this was also a place he had been to many times. The main actors and directors lived in rooms on the upper floors, and when it came time to assign rooms, Jian Ran was also present. As a result, he ended up squatting in his room, admiring Xu Qianqian's discovery that her room was ten million eight thousand miles away from Jiang Luocheng's room, with an unhappy expression all over her face.

  But she didn't say anything.

  Since being exposed by Mr. Li for stealing things, she has also been quite honest recently. After being scolded for a while, she turned her head to chat with another girl who played a supporting role in the crew - that little girl is also a newcomer who brought capital into the group, named Ronnie, whose father is an investor, and she is a college student, still in her junior year, and has not graduated yet. She had previously shot some small commercials and magazines, and being able to appear on Jiang Luocheng's TV show is considered her official debut, and just this point is probably enough for her to show off to her classmates who are also starting to get in touch with the entertainment industry.

  But the key point is that when she saw Jiang Chuan, her eyes lit up, and her gaze was more enthusiastic than when she saw Wang Mo, a first-line star... It has to be said that this guy has a good eye for people. And at this moment, seeing Xu Qianqian turn around and take the initiative to talk to her, she also seemed a bit surprised and delighted, with an expression of uncontrollable surprise on her delicate face, asking Xu Qianqian questions left and right.

  She quietly heard her say to Xu Qianqian: "I heard that Director Jiang is very strict when directing, and I'm really afraid of being scolded to the point of losing face."

  "It's okay," Xu Qianqian smiled, "if you don't know something just ask me. When I was filming 'Years' before, I wasn't scolded a little, and some experience came out of it."

  The voice was not high or low, and the people around could hear it clearly. Even Jiang Luocheng, who was checking the actor's room with someone, raised his head and glanced at her, then said calmly: "Xu Qianqian, you'd better not teach new people to be naughty."

  "Oh no, Teacher Jiang is talking about me again." Xu Qianqian giggled.

  The people around them also followed suit, laughing along. They weren't blind, and from Xu Qianqian's usual attitude and the way she looked at Jiang Luocheng, they could tell that something was off. At this moment, most people probably thought that the two were just flirting or something... Everyone noisily divided up the rooms, and although he was a newcomer, as the main character, Jiang Chuan got his own single room, right next to Wang Mo's room.

  Two people took the key, Jiang Chuan picked up the hamster cage and walked shoulder to shoulder with him towards the elevator. When the people in the elevator got out one after another, only Jiang Chuan and Wang Mo were left inside. Suddenly, he saw Wang Mo reveal a hesitant expression, and at this moment, Jiang Chuan turned his head and looked at Wang Mo: "What's up?"

  Wang Mo: "...... How did you know I had something on?"

  "You've been staring at me," Jiang Chuan said, "what's up?"

  "There's nothing," Wang Mo thought for a moment and said, "After what happened to Jian Ran earlier, the reporters rushing into the hospital room was a big deal. I heard you were there so they didn't dare to behave even more outrageously - although it's not suitable for me to say this, many people must have already told you, but privately as a friend of Jian Ran's, I want to personally thank you."

  Wang Mo's voice was low and deep, with a slight frown on his face as he spoke - at this moment, the hamster in the cage above the swing had been moved to tears. In this entertainment circle where someone steps onto the stage every day and someone prepares to leave every day, he could calmly accept the occurrence of "people leaving and tea cooling". After all, everyone has their own work and life. Although many friends in the circle had posted Weibo or PR articles praising Jiang Chuan after his incident, only two people had privately thanked him seriously - one was Fang Yu, and the other was Wang Mo.

  Thinking of this, Jian Ran couldn't help but feel a sense of regret: How bad is my relationship with others after all?

  The hamster was secretly making a note in his little notebook for those fox friends, when he heard Jiang Chuan say: "Nothing, just happened to be there and did it by the way."

  "Oh, I was just about to ask you, what are you doing there?"

  "Go take a look," Jiang Chuan said. "He helped me during the audition, if it wasn't for him reminding me, I might not have passed the audition."

  "Oh, yeah?" Wang Mo smiled and said, "Jian Ran really likes to help his juniors. In the past when I was filming my first play, he was also in the crew as the lead actor. I just had a few lines of dialogue and a few scenes with a straight face as an extra. At that time, I hadn't even graduated from university yet and was very nervous, making mistake after mistake... Later on, I remember one day, he didn't need to come to the set at all, but he still showed up. During our break, he pulled me onto the prop car..."

  Jiang Chuan: “......”

  Jian Ran: "......"

  The hamster noticed that by this point in the story his foolish and slightly dim-witted owner's eyes were no longer quite right.

  "Then he took a script and faced me, telling me how to perform those lines - and it wasn't in an educational tone, he just performed it once for me to see, and then blinked his eyes and asked if I thought he did well..."

  Jian Ran: "......"

  What's with this sudden burst of shame and embarrassment, I didn't ask you such a stupid question!

  Wang Mo: "At that time, I was shocked. What the heck is this? It's Yuan Yanyan, and he actually acted with me personally and asked if I did well! How could he possibly do badly? The key is that his tone of asking questions is also very cute."

  Jiang Chuan: "...... Does he also want to make an exception for you?"

  Wang Mo's voice stopped abruptly, turned his head, and looked at Jiang Chuan with a shocked face.

  The scene is too beautiful, the hamster in the cage covers its face.