[R18] I only like your personality [Entertainment Circle] – “I Only Like Your Character [Entertainment Circle]” Chapter 52 [English]

Chapter 52 Not to your liking

Ever since the day he promised Xu Qichen to consider auditioning, Xia Xiqing had nightmares all night long, dreaming about things that happened when he was a child. He thought that he had forgotten all about it after so many years.

But the moment he opened his eyes in a cold sweat, Xia Xiqing realized that he had never forgotten it. These dark memories were dormant in a secret corner of his heart, always waiting for the opportunity to surface and hit his nerves.

Xia Xiqing hated being embarrassed, and even more hated himself for being in such an embarrassing state that he didn’t dare to face it.

I woke up and couldn’t sleep anymore, so I turned on my phone at three o’clock in the middle of the night and refreshed my circle of friends.What a coincidence, the latest post turned out to be Zhou Ziheng’s WeChat Moments post at 2:45 in the morning.

There is only one photo, which is a mosaic of his script and various notes, and a cup of coffee.

Really hard work.

Xia Xi counted the likes and received a message from Zhou Ziheng the next second.

[Moral pacesetter: Why haven’t you slept yet?]

[Terrorist: Follow your lead.]

Holding the phone in hand, Xia Xiqing looked at the ceiling and thought of the information he saw last time in the bay window of Zhou Ziheng’s bedroom.It seems that he really wants to perform this drama well, that’s why he put so much effort into it.

I don’t know why, but a picture suddenly popped up in my mind.Zhou Ziheng, who was wearing a suit and leather tie, stood on the stage to receive the award, and he, who was also dressed like a dog, sat in the audience and applauded he.

Xia Xiqing felt that he must be sick.

What if one of the creators celebrating he in the audience was someone else.

[Terrorist: If you have any new friends, please send them to me for a taste.]

It was just a joke, but who would have thought that Zhou Ziheng actually sent him a few photos.

[Moral pacesetters: The director went to the film school to find them. Currently, I think these three are pretty good. They are pretty good-looking. They all have a professional background and their business abilities are pretty good.]

In fact, what Zhou Ziheng said is quite to the point, “not bad”, “quite pretty”, “not bad”, these descriptions are not enough [appreciation] in any case, they can only be regarded as above the passing line.But Xia Xiqing just felt uncomfortable after seeing it. He, who was used to looking for excuses, attributed this emotional abnormality to his old habit of overestimating himself.

But I didn’t even understand why he should be compared with the three newcomers mentioned by Zhou Ziheng.

Perhaps Xia Xiqing didn’t reply for too long, so Zhou Ziheng sent another one.

[Moral pacesetter: What’s wrong, I asked this suddenly.]

[Terrorist: Just ask, which newcomer is so lucky to have a scene with handsome guy Zhou for the first time.]

He clicked on the first picture. It was a little boy who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old. He had delicate facial features and fair skin, and he looked very innocent.The one in the second picture is almost the same style, with longer hair.

The boy in the last picture is a little bit special. His eyes are very light in color, he has round eyes and a palm-shaped face, and his hair is brown. He is the type that girls nowadays will like, cute and pure.

[Terrorist: The third kid is very cute and seems to match you well.]

When it was time to send it, Xia Xiqing deleted the second half of the sentence, leaving only the first half of the compliment.

It turned out that Zhou Ziheng was editing the reply to Xia Xiqing’s last WeChat message. He was hesitant to tell Xia Xiqing that he only wanted to act in this drama with him. He deleted and changed a few words, but then he saw the new message sent by the other party.

The three words “kid” touched his back almost instantly, not to mention the sentence “quite cute” after it. He deleted the previously edited text in one breath.

[Moral pacesetter: What, to your taste?]

Seeing this sentence, Xia Xiqing couldn’t help but laugh out loud. How come this guy still can’t figure out what his taste is? If he doesn’t know, just look in the mirror.

He took another look at the photo. The boy in it had a bright smile and the shape of his eyes made him smile very beautifully.

Like a little angel.

[Terrorist: Isn’t this kind of innocent appearance to your taste? I don’t know if it’s the same on the outside as on the outside.]

Don’t make it like me.

Zhou Ziheng was already angry, but he became even more angry when he saw this sentence. It turned out that Xia Xiqing always thought that he was fooling around with him just because of his innocent-looking face.He knew who Xia Xiqing was from the beginning, and it was not because of his face that he was deceived.Not sure if it was out of anger or something else, Zhou Ziheng typed a few words at the end and turned off his phone.

[Moral pacesetter: Yes, it’s my taste.]

As soon as Xia Xiqing saw this WeChat message, he sat up from the bed.

When did Xia Xiqing not come and go when others were called? There were countless people waiting in line to get on he, but Zhou Ziheng actually dared to say that other men were his taste in front of him.He is really embarrassed these days.

The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and the more useless I felt, so I sat up and smoked a cigarette.Xu Qichen didn’t dare to accept his book, and now he was being compared with this little yellow-haired kid who didn’t grow hair.

What’s your taste?My mother won’t let you play with your taste.

With this not-so-positive attitude.Two days later, Xia Xiqing finally agreed to Xu Qichen’s audition.Xu Qichen on the phone was extremely surprised, “I thought you were fooling me by saying you would consider it, but I didn’t expect you were really going to come.”

In fact, it was indeed a fooling around, if not for being angry with Zhou Ziheng.

“Well, please send me the time and place.”

“Huh? Didn’t Ziheng tell you? It’s tonight.”

“Tonight?” Xia Xiqing didn’t hold back, and felt a little regretful after saying it.He has not spoken to Zhou Ziheng since that night. Even though they live across the street, no one has contacted anyone. He has no idea that the audition for the second male lead is scheduled for tonight.

“Well, it’s half past seven tonight. I’ll send you the address. If you come here, don’t drive, just take a taxi. I’ll wait for you downstairs. There are a lot of reporters around here.”

Xia Xiqing hummed and hung up the phone only to realize that it was already seven o’clock.He didn’t bother to clean up, so he went out wearing the black one-piece overalls he used to paint at home.When Xia Xiqing was sitting in the taxi, she saw herself in the rearview mirror. Her hair was a little messy, so she tied it back with a hair tie.

As soon as he finished piercing, he was stunned for a moment. What was he doing in such a hurry? It seemed as if he wanted to act with him.

No, I don’t want him to succeed.Xia Xiqing felt angry when he thought about what happened that early morning.

The taxi driver sitting in front glanced at he several times and hesitated for a long time before speaking, “Are you that star?”

When Xia Xiqing meets a stranger, he will habitually use his fake smile, which has been around for 25 years, and say, “You admit your mistake.”

“No, my sister’s mobile phone screen saver is you.” The driver looked young, in his twenties and thirties, “It’s you and that actor, that…Zhou Ziheng, yes, a photo of the two of you.” He glanced at it again, “You and I will definitely not mistake you. You have long hair and a mole on your nose. My sister likes you.”

For some reason, Xia Xiqing felt a little proud.

When he got off the bus, the driver held his cell phone out of the window and wanted to take a picture of him. Xia Xiqing saw it and didn’t stop him. Who knew his sister was a self-study girl?

Xia Xiqing suddenly discovered that the pleasure brought by being a fan is actually two-way.

As soon as he got off the car, he saw Xu Qichen at the door of the hotel. He was wearing a pair of glasses today and looked more student-like than usual. Xia Xiqing jogged to his side.

“Have you been waiting for a long time?”

“No.” Xu Qichen pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, “You were quite handsome when you took those two steps just now.”

“I just realized now that your brother Xi Qing is so handsome.” Xia Xiqing twisted the corners of her mouth angrily, and put her hand on Xu Qichen’s shoulders unconsciously, “Why don’t you dump Xia Zhixu and my brother?”

Xu Qichen didn’t say anything, just smiled, and the two of them went upstairs.While riding in the elevator, he briefly talked about the audition with Xia Xiqing, then handed him the script in his hand. The folded page was the part he needed to prepare for.

“How many people came today?”

“Including you, that’s four.”

Xia Xiqing said oh, thinking of the photos Zhou Ziheng sent to him before, he guessed they were the three newcomers, “Aren’t there any other actors from he?”

Xu Qichen shook his head, “Well, we’ve already had an interview with him, and Director Kun is not particularly satisfied. Besides,” Xu Qichen’s voice lowered, “This drama is not a big production, and it doesn’t have the halo of a famous director. Many popular young actors are not willing to act.”

That’s right.In fact, Xia Xiqing has always felt that Director Kun hopes that he can star. On the one hand, he must feel that he is very similar to Jiang Tong, but he does not rule out the possibility that the combination of he and Zhou Ziheng will bring popularity. After all, for a director who has always made niche movies, it is also very important for his work to be seen by more people.

Just like an artist, he claims to be unique, but really, who doesn’t want his works to be widely known.No matter how valuable something is, it cannot shine if it is not discovered.

“We have just auditioned two actors.” Xu Qichen opened the door of the audition room, “Now everyone is taking a break and discussing. You can read the script. You will be the next one to finish.”

Xia Xiqing nodded.

Xu Qichen tugged on he’s baggy overalls, which were still stained with paint. He couldn’t help but smile, “You are dressed very casually today.”

Looking down, Xia Xiqing smiled nonchalantly, “Aren’t we going to play an autistic youth? Autistic youths don’t dress up.” They entered through the back door. The room was quite large, with a vacant space in front. The camera was still shining. A short man wearing a peaked cap sat in front, talking to a man in a suit next to him.

What made him feel strange was that there was a little girl sitting next to him.Whose child is it?Still a young actor.

By coincidence, he and he had finished their conversation. Director Kun looked back and saw Xia Xiqing with a surprised expression.

Xia Xiqing smiled politely at him.

“I’ll go to the front first.” Xu Qichen patted he on the shoulder, walked to the director and sat down.

Xia Xiqing nodded, then sat in the corner and read the script in his hand.The folded part is a small explosion scene. When Jiang Tong came home from the hospital, he saw a family abusing a little girl in the corridor. This family had lived downstairs in He’s house for two years, and it was common for them to beat their children if they did not go well.

But today, Jiang Tong had just come back from the hospital, feeling cold all over. He heard the girl’s hoarse cry from his hearing aid. Thinking of his former self, he knocked on the door, which turned into banging on the door, until the little girl’s father opened the door.He stepped forward to hug the child who had been subjected to domestic violence, and allowed the other party to beat him. He refused to let go, and even the hearing aid was knocked off.

It wasn’t until Gao Kun passed by when he came back later that he was saved.

It was such an intense climax scene from the beginning, which Xia Xiqing found a little difficult. Fortunately, Jiang Tong was a hearing-impaired person and had almost no lines, so there was no additional task of memorizing them.

I don’t know why, but just looking at the simplest description in the script, Xia Xiqing felt a little breathless. He tried to calm down his mood and try to be calmer.

One advantage of drawing since childhood is that he can construct concrete scenes in his mind all the time, and it is not difficult to restore the situations in the script.

The difficult thing is whether he can let go, or whether he dares to let go.

“Xu Zixi.”

He raised his head and saw a young man sitting aside who responded and walked to the front.

“Hello everyone, I am Xu Zixi, a third-year undergraduate student at XX Film School.”

Junior year?He and Zhou Ziheng are really peers.The distance was a bit far, so Xia Xiqing squinted his eyes and took a closer look. Isn’t this the boy Zhou Ziheng said “fits his taste”?She looks better in real life than in the photos, she is cute and delicate, not particularly tall, and her voice is quite tender.

Xia Xiqing watched Xu Zixi walk out of the room, and it seemed that he was going to start by knocking on the door.

“Are you ready?” Director Kun asked.

“Okay.” Xu Zixi answered at the door. Half a minute later, he heard the sound of he knocking on the door. It was weak at first, with no strength, and the sound was not loud. After knocking for a while, no one answered, he’s movements became louder and louder, and the knocking on the door became louder and louder, mixed with several shouts of “Ahhh”, acting like a deaf-mute.

he started banging on the door, getting louder and louder and more anxious.At this time, a co-actor strode forward and opened the door. Xu Zixi’s horrified expression appeared outside the door. He raised his hand and slowly lowered it.

The actor in the play was not responsible for saying the lines. At this time, the little girl was already standing in front of the camera. Acting took a lot of energy from the young actor, so she just stood there and did not need to cry. She helped the audition actor, which made Xia Xiqing feel even more pressure.

As soon as Xu Zixi came in, she stumbled quickly to the little girl, knelt down and hugged her.He’s arms were raised high, and he was still shouting. The lines were very simple, almost repeating the two words “Don’t… hit…”, but it was very difficult for him to say it, really like a disabled person who had been beaten.

Xia Xiqing had to admit that he did a good job.

At this time, another person walked in quickly from the door and pulled up Xu Zixi who was half kneeling on the ground.

It’s Zhou Ziheng.

It turns out that he is here, and he is also responsible for supporting the scene.

Zhou Ziheng pulled He to the other side, and as soon as he let go, Xu Zixi squatted down with the little actor in his arms. He’s tears fell almost instantly. While crying, he shouted the words “Don’t be afraid” with difficulty. His hands holding the little actor were shaking.The scene was quiet, no one spoke.

Just this crying scene made Xia Xiqing feel pressured. It seemed that his background was really different. He could burst into tears immediately when he cried.

“Okay. That’s it.”

Hearing the director speak, Xu Zixi quickly stepped out of the role, wiped her face and smiled shyly, holding the young actor’s hand, her voice gentle, “Did I scare you just now?”

The director didn’t say much, but the man in a suit sitting nearby had a satisfied smile on his face.Xu Zixi turned around and bowed to Zhou Ziheng. Zhou Ziheng also smiled at he very politely and praised, “The crying scene is great.”

If it had been anyone else, seeing such an audition at this time would have been canceled long ago. He is not a professional actor in the first place, and he has a good reputation. If he stayed here, he would be embarrassed.

But Xia Xiqing is a smart and strong person, especially after hearing Zhou Ziheng’s compliment.

If it were another character, he wouldn’t be sure.

But it was Jiang Tong who played the role.

Zhou Ziheng turned around and happened to see Xia Xiqing, who was wearing black overalls in the corner. The two met their eyes again after many days.

Seeing Zhou Ziheng’s surprised eyes, Xia Xiqing raised the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows.

No, it’s not Jiang Tong.

He is playing himself, how could he lose?