Ch203 - The revolution hasn’t succeeded ye (2/2)

Su Liunian took a look at the suitcase in Xue Ling’s hand, and made an ‘oh’ sound that seemed to say, elder brother, you’re really failing. You’ve already moved in for so long, but still haven’t accomplished what you set out to do.

Xue Ling turned around and went to the boarding gate. He didn’t want to deal with these bastards at all.

After boarding the plane, Su Liunian finally begged Xue Ling for mercy. His expression was helpless as he said, “I didn’t know that you haven’t agreed to be with my eldest brother yet. Are you unhappy because we talked like that earlier?”

Xue Ling said strangely, “Not unhappy… I just feel a little embarrassed…”

“I feel embarrassed too.” Although he wasn’t sitting in the right seat, they had booked out the entire first class cabin, so it didn’t matter where he sat. Su Liunian sat down next to Xue Ling and continued, “Although I’ve always wanted to see what elder brother would be like when he found someone he liked, I was still a little caught off guard when you really appeared.”

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Xue Ling nodded and motioned him to continue explaining why he was caught off guard.

“Eldest brother has always been very stable. Other than disappearing for a year this time to who knows where, in front of me he always maintains the image of a gentle elder brother. Now that he’s fallen in love, it seems like he’s in another state. You guys haven’t even known each other for long, but he’s already moved into your house. He’s not forcing you, right?” Su Liunian should be forgiven for his anxiety; after all, after seeing those photos from before, he had constantly felt that his eldest brother was too extreme in his courtship. He was worried that Su Xuanyan might accidentally do something to Xue Ling.

The corners of Xue Ling’s lips twitched, and he shook his head.

Su Xuanyan was indeed a very gentle person, and he didn’t have any bad habits that rich children tended to have. Sometimes, when he had a lot of work to deal with, he would even spend the night in the study or living room out of concern that he might disturb Xue Ling’s rest. At first, Xue Ling hadn’t even realized because Su Xuanyan tended to wake up early, and by the time he woke up, he basically didn’t even know where Su Xuanyan had spent the night. Later on, there was one night where he had gotten up in the middle of the night to pour himself some water, and discovered that Su Xuanyan was sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

From then on, Xue Ling would leave a lamp on for the other party before going to bed, indicating that he should still come back to bed no matter how late it was.

In fact, the two of them get along very naturally. Although Xue Ling couldn’t remember many things between them, very often, some of their actions revealed how familiar they were with each other. Over time, Xue Ling could feel himself turning into someone as gentle as Su Xuanyan, learning to compromise and sympathize with other people. So in fact, living together with Su Xuanyan was not a problem for him.

He didn’t know what Su Xuanyan had done to make Su Liunian misunderstand. How come Su Liunian would feel that his eldest brother would do something to him?

“That’s good…” Su Liunian looked like he wanted to have a heart-to-heart conversation, and leaned close to whisper to Xue Ling, “It’s been really hard on my eldest brother. Me and our second brother’s affairs always make his head ache, so I’ve always wanted him to find someone he likes. But he was always indifferent to everyone until you appeared. It makes me really happy.”

Xue Ling: “…” Hey, don’t be so casual about revealing your family’s little secrets to people you don’t know. Xue Ling didn’t want to know anything about Su Liunian and his second brother at all! Even if Su Xuanyan had brought it up before! Even if he could more or less guess, there was no need to say it like this!

“But, I won’t force you to accept him. I believe that my eldest brother is such a good person that he’ll definitely be able to win you by virtue of his personal charm!”

Xue Ling turned his head and was too lazy to concern himself with the film emperor who was trying to sell him his eldest brother. “Probably. Perhaps that day isn’t so far off.”

Su Liunian didn’t know what he was talking about, but couldn’t ask him to repeat himself. Seeing that he didn’t intend to continue the conversation, he opened his own nano-computer and discreetly reported to his eldest brother, saying that Xue Ling showed no interest in discussing anything related to him~

The two of them travelled together, and it indeed increased their understanding of each other. Xue Ling learned that although Su Liunian seemed to always be smiling like a spring breeze on the surface, in private, he was a little black-bellied. Despite being a film emperor, he didn’t put on airs, and was very easy to get along with, but he could be extraordinarily capricious and unwilling to pay attention to certain things.

They no longer discussed Su Xuanyan, and moved on to enthusiastically discuss various issues regarding the script all the way until they disembarked. They even arranged a time to properly discuss the other party’s fight scenes.

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Su Liunian was a very experienced actor. His understanding of the roles came from his perspective as both an actor and the author, whereas Xue Ling’s perspective was more from the angle of readers and fans. After their discussion, the characters of the two protagonists became even more well-rounded, and the scenes they had to cooperate together for also went very smoothly.

Both of them seemed to have been born for acting. They were very good at controlling the scene, and did not oppress each other with their strength. The interaction between the two was mixture of give and take; the assistant director had originally been worried that Xue Ling would be unable to keep up with Su Liunian, but later, he began to worry that the other actors would be unable to keep up with the two of them.

Fan Yueze’s mood was very good due to these two’s guaranteed performance. Even if some of the supporting actors needed to work hard and reshoot multiple times, he was quite tolerating of the situation. Other than his usual rushed attitude, the more the two of them cooperated, the less exacting Fan Yueze became.

With Su Liunian there, Xue Ling gradually became familiar with Director Fan. Fan Yueze’s private personality was rather cheap, and he dared to say anything. He would even flirt occasionally with Su Liunian, and even if he ended up beaten back, he never seemed to get bored of it. But once he started working, his entire temperament changed.

Su Liunian said before that Fan Yueze had devoted his life to movies, and Xue Ling had to agree.

Director Fan really ran at full tilt.

Because they were now familiar, Xue Ling received a recommendation. Even in the midst of filming, Director Fan still found time to tell Xue Ling about a film that he might be suited for, which surprised Xue Ling a bit.

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“The director is a good friend of mine. If you aren’t put off by the fact that he’s relatively new and hasn’t done many films, I really think you should give it a try. I’ve seen the script for his film, and considering his ability, there’s a high chance of winning an award with it.”

Xue Ling collected the small note that Fan Yueze handed over to him, and looked him up online.

Fan Yueze recommended him to a new director named Zhu Ruoqiu. He was not very famous in the entertainment circle right now, and had pitifully few works. The only things he could find were two MVs. Xue Ling watched them, and could tell that the director’s ideas and techniques were very good. However, due to the fact that they were MVs, and after going through some garbage editing, the director’s brilliance had been completely buried.

Fan Yueze had told him that the script was written by the director himself, and it was currently seeking funding. Xue Ling was very well suited for the role of the male protagonist, so Fan Yueze suggested that Xue Ling go to recommend himself for the role. Su Liunian overheard their conversation, and leaned over to look at what Xue Ling was watching.

“Does Little Ling plan to give it a try? If Fan Yueze says that it can win awards, then it definitely will~ If you want to give a try, I can have someone go over and obtain a copy of the script. I’ll invest in it if it’s good.”

Xue Ling shook his head, then felt that he wasn’t expressing himself clearly, and nodded. “No need. I’ll find some time to contact Director Zhu and give it a try. If it’s really doable, I’ll talk to Xuanyan about investment.”

Su Liunian noticed that he was willing to find his eldest brother, and was naturally delighted. In any case, it still involved his family, and he didn’t care if he wasn’t putting in a portion of the money.

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Half a month later, they finished filming abroad and returned to Hua Country to continue shooting. Xue Ling had two days of free time, and first contacted Zhu Ruoqiu. After setting a meeting time, he brought Su Xuanyan with him for a visit.

Xue Ling believed in Fan Yueze’s vision – his enthusiasm for film was obvious to all. Since he was making a recommendation for Xue Ling to take on a role, it should be a very good script.