FIMA Ch39: Movie

Gu Siyuan’s first reaction was to put his phone away, and only then did he look up at the newcomer.

As a result, at a glance, he immediately met the sight of Xie Jinzhao’s loosely worn bathrobe. Because he was half-bent over, his pale, exquisite collarbones and a large expanse of tender skin at the neckline were directly exposed.

For some reason, the dirty little pictures he had just seen floated into Gu Siyuan’s mind again. He couldn’t help but frown: “Why aren’t you wearing your clothes properly? Aren’t you cold?”

Xie Jinzhao narrowed his eyes, instantly becoming even more curious.

It was late June, almost July now; during this great furnace of a season, what was there to be cold about? This didn’t sound like something Gu Siyuan would say at all.

He rolled his eyes and suddenly pressed his shoulder and back, letting out an “Ouch,” muttering: “I was hung on wires for a long time today. I feel like my whole body hurts. I don’t know where I’m bruised or if the skin is broken. Help me check…”

Hearing this, how could Gu Siyuan have the mind to think of anything else? He hurriedly pulled the person onto his lap to sit down and reached out to untie the bathrobe.

The bathrobe slipped off, revealing a smooth, pristine back and elegant, beautiful butterfly wing shoulder blades.

Gu Siyuan carefully inspected him a few times and didn’t see any injuries anywhere. Suddenly, a realization flashed in his mind: Today was only the first day of filming. Where were there any wires? It was entirely indoor dialogue scenes.

He lowered his head and sure enough, saw a certain someone holding his phone, looking utterly miserable…

He lowered his eyes and chuckled lightly: “Can you unlock it?”

Xie Jinzhao glared at him angrily: “You actually set a password. A grown man being so petty.”

Gu Siyuan was just about to tease him a few more times when the doorbell outside rang.

He first draped the bathrobe back over the person, and then stood up to open the door. It should be the dinner delivery arriving at this time.

Gu Siyuan walked to the door and took a look; it was indeed a hotel attendant.

He took the food, paid the bill, and was just about to close the door.

Suddenly, the elevator doors not far away opened, and three people walked out—two women and one man.

The two girls looking down at their phones were the female lead of Brocade Robes and Jade Capital, Lu Ruowen, and her assistant. Gu Siyuan had seen them on set today.

The other male was pulling a cart stacked high with electrical appliance cardboard boxes. There were three in total; looking at the diagrams, they seemed to be washing machines and the like, probably just bought by Lu Ruowen.

However, being stacked too high all at once without the ropes tied securely, the topmost box was already tilted more than halfway, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Gu Siyuan’s brows furrowed deeply. He hurriedly dropped the food bags in his hands, his long legs taking two quick strides. Right before the cardboard box fell and smashed into Lu Ruowen and her assistant, he caught it with one hand.

Seeing him, Lu Ruowen’s eyes lit up: “Mr. Gu!”

Gu Siyuan nodded.

At this time, the young man delivering the appliances hurried forward. While reaching out to straighten the box, he apologized profusely: “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry! Thank you so much, sir!”

Gu Siyuan looked at his young face and instructed: “For safety’s sake, carry a little less next time!”

The young man nodded repeatedly.

Looking at the shadow above her head, Lu Ruowen’s face turned pale as she finally realized what had happened.

Seeing the boxes set right, Gu Siyuan turned around, ready to go back.

Lu Ruowen hurriedly grabbed him and bowed gratefully: “Mr. Gu, thank you so much for just now!”

“It was no trouble,” Gu Siyuan shook his head. Looking at the hand tugging his sleeve, he frowned: “Is there anything else?”

Lu Ruowen awkwardly let go.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind. She handed over the milk tea in her hand with one hand, holding up her phone with the other, and said: “I don’t know how to thank you, so let me treat you to this milk tea! Also, I really love your variety show.”

Gu Siyuan looked at her phone screen; it was indeed playing the variety show Who is the Adventure King.

He nodded, took the milk tea, and said: “No matter how good it is, don’t watch it while walking.”

“Okay, Mr. Gu,” Lu Ruowen smiled radiantly.

Gu Siyuan gave a “Mn” and walked back holding the milk tea.

When he reached the door of his room, he found that the food bags he had dropped earlier were actually gone. Frowning, he poked his head in and looked. Sure enough, Xie Jinzhao had taken them and was currently holding bowls and plates, setting them out on the table.

He closed the door, walked over, and sat on the stool next to Xie Jinzhao.

After putting things away, Xie Jinzhao also sat down. Turning his head, he immediately saw the milk tea in his hand. Instantly, his voice turned extremely cold: “How come I never noticed that you like drinking milk tea?”

“It’s alright, I don’t really like it that much,” Gu Siyuan replied.

Xie Jinzhao: “Then why did you bring it back?”

Placing the milk tea on the table, Gu Siyuan said casually: “Didn’t you see when you went out to grab the food just now? Someone else gave it to me.”

Of course he saw it.

It was precisely because he saw it that he was angry.

Xie Jinzhao bit his lower lip, looking at the tall and upright figure of the person beside him, his deep and handsome face, and most importantly, his calm and compelling aura.

Hmph, he is indeed a bit eye-catching…

It wasn’t enough that people online were calling him ‘hubby’, now there were people liking him in real life too.

The more Xie Jinzhao thought about it, the angrier he got. Taking the two portions of steak he had just divided, he stabbed them all with a fork in each hand, taking a bite from the left and a bite from the right.

His cheeks were stuffed full, like a little squirrel.

Raising his eyes to look at him, Gu Siyuan said, amused: “If you’re like this, what am I supposed to eat with? My hands?”

Xie Jinzhao chewed vigorously and swallowed the steak in his mouth.

Only then did he glare at him coldly, giving a mocking smile: “Isn’t drinking milk tea enough to fill you up? My Western food isn’t worthy of Mr. Gu.”

Looking at the innocent milk tea on the table, Gu Siyuan seemed to finally realize the emotions of the person in front of him.

He let out a low chuckle, reached out his large hand to pinch the person’s cheek, and turned his face toward him: “Jealous?”

Giving an angry hmph, Xie Jinzhao deliberately pinched the muscles on his own arm: “What am I jealous of? With my physique, could I possibly be jealous over a National Hubby like you?”

These were the words Gu Siyuan had said when they watched the Who is the Adventure King variety show live broadcast together earlier.

He helplessly shook his head. What a grudge-holding little thing.

Reaching out, Gu Siyuan scooped the person up onto his lap, lowered his head to kiss his beautiful eyes, and said in a low voice: “I got it. From now on, I’ll only take milk tea given by you! Be good!”

“…” Xie Jinzhao.

What does that mean?
What does that mean?
Is it what I think it means?

Xie Jinzhao took a deep breath. Regardless of whether it means that or not, anyway, I can’t wait any longer.

In a rare display of initiative, he jumped off Gu Siyuan’s lap, ran back to sit at the dining table, piled all the steak, ham, and everything he had just divided onto one large plate, pushed it in front of Gu Siyuan, and said in a rather urgent tone: “Eat, eat quickly!”

“…” Gu Siyuan frowned.

Just now he wouldn’t let me eat a single bite, and now he’s not eating himself and wants to give it all to me.
Is this ‘when you love someone, you want them to live; when you hate someone, you want them to die’?

The corners of Gu Siyuan’s lips hooked into a light smile. Picking up the knife and fork, he ate some himself while feeding Xie Jinzhao a few bites.

This Western food was specially ordered by Xie Jinzhao; it wasn’t the hotel’s standard meal, and the portion was large enough to feed four people.

Gu Siyuan had always been moderate and never overate. He stopped when he was about full.

Looking at the half that was still left, Xie Jinzhao knitted his good-looking brows: “Why aren’t you eating anymore?”

After rinsing his mouth, Gu Siyuan wiped his hands: “I’m about full.”

However, Xie Jinzhao gave a dissatisfied grunt: “Eating so little, what if you can’t get it up later?”

Hearing this, Gu Siyuan seemed to finally realize what little scheme this guy was plotting.

His sword-like eyebrows slanted slightly as he fixed an oppressive gaze on Xie Jinzhao: “What did you say can’t get it up? Who can’t get it up?”

Xie Jinzhao simply dropped all pretenses.

He abruptly stood up. While reaching out to untie the belt of his bathrobe, he said brazenly: “I’m talking about you! What if halfway through the deed later, you run out of energy and can’t get it up?”

“Heh…” Gu Siyuan’s long, narrow eagle eyes narrowed, taking a deep look at the person in front of him.

Truly quite audacious.

Xie Jinzhao glared back; he was in the wrong but still acting self-righteous.

At this time, the bathrobe on his body completely fell open, his pale, slender body shivering slightly from the cold air conditioning.

“Hmph, if you were so capable, how could I still be pure until now… mm…”

Xie Jinzhao didn’t have the chance to let out the final bit of sound, completely drowned out in a vague, warm kiss.

Subsequently, he profoundly learned whether Gu Siyuan could get it up or not.

Even halfway through, Gu Siyuan, with evil taste, asked Xie Jinzhao if he wanted to know what he was looking at on his phone earlier. He could directly demonstrate it for him right now.

In a completely dazed state, under the enticement of his gentle voice, Xie Jinzhao said he wanted to know.

Then, his whole being was filled with regret—capital-letter REGRET…

After that night, Gu Siyuan stayed with Xie Jinzhao in Hengdian for another three days before directly leaving.

Xie Jinzhao suddenly felt like he had been tricked into bed.

Mr. Gu knew he was leaving, so he pacified me in advance, right? Just like how he went online to post on Weibo to pander to his fans before?

Hehe…

Gu Siyuan returned to B City because he received a call from Cheng Ou. There had been a new breakthrough in Yuanzhi Technology’s research, and he was needed back to take charge of the overall situation.

Actually, the timing was just about right.

Previously, Yuanzhi Technology’s dynamic holographic research results were mainly applied to special effects in film, television, variety shows, and gaming.

Especially after Who is the Adventure King became a hit broadcast, various collaborations came pouring in.

People often said that when watching certain blockbusters from a certain country, every frame was burning money. Yuanzhi Company’s special effects far exceeded current standards, so naturally, the prices were even higher.

However, for Yuanzhi, making special effects was merely the beginning. Everything now was just laying the foundation for the future.

Whether it was Gu Siyuan or Cheng Ou, their ultimate goal was to create a platform—a chat software platform capable of holographic projection. This was the trend of the future.

But merely having a software platform wasn’t enough; the platform needed hardware support.

This time, returning from the film studio city, he was going to discuss technological cooperation and development matters with a major domestic mobile phone brand.

For the following period, both were immersed in their respective careers.

On Gu Siyuan’s side, it was practically day and night, as if he had returned to his days of running a laboratory in his original life—busy and fulfilling.

Xie Jinzhao called him several times, but they all went unanswered.

Thus, he became even more convinced that he had probably been tricked into bed.

…

Just like that, three months flew by swiftly.

Large projects had their advantages, and small projects had theirs too.

From the moment it was launched, a large project would attract the attention of millions. Even before it aired, the producers would be stuffed full of various commercial deals, recouping their costs. However, because of this, it was inevitable that various investors would want to shoehorn their people in. Being in the same circle, no one could afford to offend anyone. In the end, the final product was often mediocre, resembling nothing of the original intent, and would be completely crushed by some dark horse works.

As for a small project like Brocade Robes and Jade Capital, there was only a single company behind the scenes, at most two. The staff was basically Director Wang’s original crew, and the other actors mostly came through auditions.

In the entire crew, no one dared to act like a diva or cause trouble, so there were no temporary scene additions or script alterations. The crew’s progress was unusually fast. The originally scheduled three-month shooting period wasn’t delayed in the slightest, wrapping up perfectly on time. The crew’s coordination could simply be called perfect.

On the morning of the wrap day, under Xie Jinzhao’s instructions, his executive manager Tu Ning specially ordered a KFC family bucket for the cast and crew.

And at this time, the long-lost Gu Siyuan finally reestablished contact and specially came over to pick Xie Jinzhao up to leave.

Upon seeing the familiar tall figure, Xie Jinzhao’s first reaction was to jump up and rush over.

Gu Siyuan also smiled and opened his arms.

But halfway through his dash, Xie Jinzhao suddenly stopped, stood there, and glared angrily at Gu Siyuan, feeling deeply that he was truly too useless.

Gu Siyuan rubbed his nose, also knowing that he had indeed been too busy lately.

Carrying a bouquet of fresh flowers, he walked over and said gently: “Congratulations on wrapping up filming.”

Xie Jinzhao wanted to be angry and ignore him, but looking at the flowers, he couldn’t bear to. This is the first time Gu Siyuan has given me flowers…

He hugged the flowers with both hands, gave a hmph at the person, and said: “You actually haven’t forgotten me, my busy great manager!”

Gu Siyuan didn’t tease him as usual. Instead, he stretched out his long arms and pulled the person, flowers and all, into his embrace. Pressing his chin against his shoulder, he sighed contentedly: “Missed you to death.”

Hearing the familiar, deep voice…

Xie Jinzhao’s heart instantly softened entirely, all his anger dissipating.

He just liked this person this much—liking him so much that the moment he saw him and heard his voice, he forgot everything else.

The two didn’t stay long at the film studio city.

After greeting Director Wang and the others and casually discussing the subsequent production and publicity issues, Gu Siyuan left with Xie Jinzhao on the earliest flight.

Upon returning this time, Xie Jinzhao also picked up Gu Siyuan’s flaw, remaining uncontactable for several days.

This morning, the phones of both men rang at the same time.

Bare-chested, Gu Siyuan grabbed his phone and took a look; it was a call from Cheng Ou. He said the efficiency at the phone factory was very high, and they planned to directly install the holographic function on their next flagship phone. The release conference would be held in a month, and he invited him to attend together.

Gu Siyuan asked a few key questions about software testing. Cheng Ou explained them one by one, indicating that the tests had resolved the issues and there wouldn’t be any problems.

He nodded, setting his mind at ease regarding his own side. Although Cheng Ou was a bit silly sometimes, he had never made a mistake in professional matters.

Just as he was about to ask about the situation at the phone factory again, he suddenly felt a tickle at his waist.

At some point, Xie Jinzhao had already hung up his phone. Right now, he was lying lazily on the bed, but one long, bare, pale leg arrogantly stretched over to his side, the toes occasionally rubbing mischievously against his waist.

Gu Siyuan’s breathing grew heavy.

He half-covered his phone with his large hand, bent down, and gently bit Xie Jinzhao’s cheek before continuing to discuss the issues with Cheng Ou on the other end.

This time, his words were as concise as possible. After about four minutes, he ended the call.

Throwing the phone aside, his gaze fell on the guy causing trouble.

The person on the bed lay spread-eagled, smiling at him like a little fox.

In an instant, a desire to dismantle and devour the person arose in Gu Siyuan. Although he had always been a very restrained person, he was never one to suppress his desires.

Thus, that cool, pale body was entirely engulfed in his embrace. Following that, every part of this body was marked heavily by him.

“Gu Siyuan…”

Xie Jinzhao’s lips trembled, his whole body trembling, yet he kept murmuring and repeating: “Gu Siyuan… Gu Siyuan…”

As if this name was his entire world.

The next day, the two completely sobered up from their debauched life.

Because Xie Jinzhao’s executive manager Tu Ning had directly come knocking on their door. She was the one who called Xie Jinzhao yesterday morning.

At that time, Xie Jinzhao had agreed perfectly well, saying he would quickly decide on his upcoming work schedule. But thinking of his prior record of going MIA over the past few days, Tu Ning was somewhat distrustful, so she simply came to his door to collect the debt.

“Sister Ning.” Seeing Tu Ning, Xie Jinzhao subconsciously tightened his collar, which was covered in marks.

Tu Ning didn’t notice this, getting straight to the point: “Have you read all those scripts I pushed to you? Did any catch your eye?”

“…” Xie Jinzhao.

Can I say I didn’t read any of them?

These past few days, I’ve had little sober time and mostly been sleeping deeply. Tsk, next time I can’t provoke Gu Siyuan like this anymore.

This guy is either as ascetic as a monk, or a gluttonous beast once he gets serious.

“Jinzhao?” Tu Ning called out again.

“Ah, oh…” Xie Jinzhao snapped back to reality.

“It’s already been decided. It will be the same as before; I will co-invest a certain share to jointly develop it.” Gu Siyuan, who had been working on the side all along, suddenly spoke up. He tossed over the tablet in his hand, rescuing Xie Jinzhao from his embarrassment.

Xie Jinzhao looked at his boyfriend pleasantly surprised, pouting his lips, wanting to give him a kiss to express his gratitude.

Gu Siyuan grabbed his lips and pushed his head away.

Xie Jinzhao didn’t mind, giggling.

On the other side, looking at the project Gu Siyuan pushed over, Tu Ning frowned slightly: “It’s a movie? From Qingtian Culture? It doesn’t seem to be in the projects I pushed over.”

Gu Siyuan nodded: “I bought this script. Qingtian Culture has rich experience in producing youth movies. We previously collaborated with them on animation special effects, so I casually invited them to participate in the production and joint development. Furthermore, Qingtian Culture is very familiar with theater chains, which will help with screen scheduling in the future.”

Hearing him say this, Xie Jinzhao knew it was a script Gu Siyuan had carefully selected, with many connections utilized behind it. He immediately stopped fooling around with him.

Taking the tablet from Tu Ning’s hands, he read it seriously.

This was a script for a youth movie, but it wasn’t the usual painful youth flick about skipping classes or getting abortions. The high school life depicted was very realistic, as if it was his own personal experience from back then. But it originated from life yet was elevated above it; within the realism, it didn’t lack youthful romance and hot-blooded spirit. The plot was very solid.

Xie Jinzhao’s eyes lit up instantly.

To be honest, with this script, if the director performed well, it could even become a classic youth movie.

He looked at Gu Siyuan: “I want to film this.”

Gu Siyuan patted his head: “This was chosen precisely for you.”

Xie Jinzhao’s heart became full again. It truly wasn’t that he loved Gu Siyuan too much, but because Gu Siyuan was truly too good and too charming.

Because it was a youth movie and they wanted a good box office return, Gu Siyuan and Qingtian Culture’s plan was to start filming as early as possible and release it during next year’s summer vacation around Qixi (Chinese Valentine’s Day).

It was already late October. Youth movies required a large number of young actors. The few leading roles could be auditioned by post-95s or post-00s within the circle, but the supporting roles still needed a massive talent search across major universities.

Thus, after confirming things here, Qingtian Culture immediately began the project establishment work, sending audition invitations to the email of every actor’s manager of the appropriate age.

On this day, the casting director of Qingtian Culture received a phone call.

He smiled politely: “It’s Great Manager Zhang! Your Qi Ran is right at the peak of his popularity. How do you have the time to call me?”

On the other end, Great Manager Zhang also smiled: “Don’t I have a favor to ask of you?”

The casting director hurriedly denied it: “Don’t dare say ‘ask a favor’. In the future, it’ll probably be me begging you.”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Manager Zhang got straight to the point: “In that case, I’ll be direct. I want to inquire about the script you’re about to start on, Taste of Midsummer.”

A look of understanding instantly flashed across the casting director’s eyes: “Ah, you’re interested too.”

A light chuckle came from the other end: “I saw the announcement you sent out didn’t recruit a male lead. Has the person already been decided, or will there be a small-scale casting later?”

The casting director immediately replied: “The person is already decided.”

He didn’t dare not actively confirm it. Everyone in the circle was smart; this script was indeed written very well, and the number of people coming to inquire recently wasn’t just one or two.

“Already decided, huh,” Manager Zhang pondered, then continued: “May I ask which young man it is? The top brother of your Qingtian, or that xxx you’ve been heavily promoting recently?”

The casting director denied them all, and then said: “You have connections; even if I wanted to hide it from you, I couldn’t. Plus, filming is about to start soon anyway. The choice for the male lead is Xie Jinzhao.”

“Okay. Still have to thank you, Old Li, for saving me some effort,” Manager Zhang said.

On this day, Xie Jinzhao was dieting and exercising at home because he had to play a high school student.

Although he was already thin enough, there was still a difference compared to the frail thinness of a student.

Right at this moment, he received a call from his executive manager.

Ever since last time, his phone had always remained unblocked.

“What…” Xie Jinzhao was bewildered and shocked: “How am I being blacked again? Ever since I went on Who is the Adventure King, haven’t I already become the nation’s cute little dead-weight?”

“…” Tu Ning.

Isn’t our artist a bit too narcissistic?

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