Deep in the Act - Chapter 41

[Chapter 41]

Zhang Zhun took a bath, lying on the bed and changing channels boredly. It was almost midnight and Zhen Xin hadn’t come back yet. He didn’t know why, but he was very confused. He became timid, as if he was walking on a tightrope, or standing on the edge of a cliff. If he made an inconspicuous mistake, he would fall down and be lost forever.

The phone rang, and he rang. The caller ID was Xiao Deng. He felt guilty and didn’t dare to answer it. The phone was disconnected, and it rang again soon. When he picked it up for the third time, he immediately yelled: “Brother, you Where is it!”

“I…” Zhang Zhun thought for a while: “I’m not in the hotel.” The

other end was very quiet, without a single sound, and slowly, I heard Xiao Deng’s disordered breathing: “Brother,” he said Said: “If you are in Grand Hyatt, don’t come out, and don’t answer unfamiliar phone numbers.”

Zhang Zhun’s strings immediately tensed: “What’s wrong?”

“Zhen Xin…” Before he finished speaking, someone shouted Xiao Deng’s name, the surroundings seemed to be noisy, and the phone was cut off.

Zhang Zhun knew that he couldn’t call back, his first reaction was to call Zhen Xin, but no one answered after calling several times, something happened.

This situation forced him to think the worst, he grabbed the remote control, frantically changed the channel from beginning to end, maybe because it was midnight, there was no instant entertainment program, he sat in a daze for a while, got out of bed clothing.

After getting dressed, he still didn’t know what to do. The phone rang again, and it turned out to be an unknown number. He held his head and waited for the ring to pass. It lasted for about an hour before it gradually subsided.

He thought a lot in an hour, the biggest possibility was that Zhen Xin had slipped his mouth, but he knew Zhen Xin, she was a person who couldn’t say wrong things… came out publicly?

When the word entered his mind, he really broke out in a cold sweat. “It’s over” was his only thought. His career, family, and hard-working life were all ruined.

He unlocked the phone, opened the browser, typed “Zhen Xin” with shaking fingers, did not press search, and then typed “Zhang Zhun”. This was the first time he connected two people’s names together. The result was shocking: “Actor Zhen Xin’s feelings changed on set, and the third party is actually the same sex?”

“Zhen Xin and Zhang Zhun got married because of the drama? The left ear wears couple earrings together!”

After a few hot searches, Baidu knows, and the latest question is “Who can tell me which green onion Zhang Zhun is? “, “Isn’t Zhen Xin gay, oh my god, my sky is gray”, “It’s fucking disgusting for a man to spread rumors about being gay and gossip about him, it’s fucking disgusting, begging for human flesh is definitely a thing!”

Zhang Zhun covered his mouth, his throat was fishy Feeling disgusted, he resisted sliding his fingers. The source of the news was Weibo, the poster was a certified member, and his ID was Sun Entertainment. He suddenly remembered that it was those people in the hotel restaurant that day.

There are only a few short words in the Weibo text, and nine chapters of pictures are attached below. Zhen Xin’s is obviously just taken with a mobile phone at the scene, and Zhang Zhun’s is an old picture. There are TV series press conferences and some attending events. The same point They are both wearing the small fish earrings, and the last one is an enlarged comparison picture of their left ears.

Zhang Zhun couldn’t remember whether he was wearing Xiaoyu earrings in the restaurant that day, or whether it was too late. The paparazzi’s powers of observation, association, and action were completely beyond his imagination. An actor will not be a big star.

Under the relevant topic, tonight’s interview clips have already flowed out, he just clicked on one, and Zhen Xin’s face appeared.

“Feng Yunting is not telling the truth,” he tilted his head slightly, looking at the reporter from under his curly hair: “I have come to face the media, and I only have one explanation, that is, I brought up the breakup, not her.” The

reporter was in an uproar, Immediately someone

asked

: “Mr. Zhen, are you protecting Feng Yunting?” Intentionally or not, he provided Zhen Xin with an opportunity to portray a good man: “Actually, do you still have feelings?”

Picking up the phone, Sun Entertainment’s adhesive tape was stuck on his sleeve: “Teacher Zhen!”

Zhang Zhun’s heart twitched. Only at this moment did he realize that compared to his own fear just now, letting Zhen Xin face doubts in public is the most satisfying thing. His heart hurts.

“Everyone, please take a look at Weibo, the latest news from Sun Entertainment, the inside story of Zhen Xin and Feng Yunting’s breakup, the great actor is deeply in homosexual lust and cannot extricate himself!”

The camera of the video started to shake. Apparently, all the media were looking at Weibo on their phones. No one paid attention to Zhen Xin on stage. Only Zhang Zhun was staring at him, so blurry and trembling. He knew that he was afraid.

Zhen Xin couldn’t look at his phone, he was very sober, and if he saw it, he would admit that he was guilty. The reporter group became commotion, and there was a short silence in the middle, like the abnormal ebb tide before the tsunami. Zhen Xin recalled calmly, probably because he was The photo was taken, is it that involuntary kiss in the alley?

It was just a still photo accidentally leaked by the production crew… Questions exploded: “Mr. Zhen, is it true! We broke up because of making a gay movie? Is Feng Yunting a victim!”

Zhen Xin smiled innocently, with a hint of sarcasm: ” I don’t even know what you’re talking about.” The

reporters showed him the screens of their mobile phones one after another, but in a flash, Zhou Zheng came with the crew, blocked the media, and sent Zhen Xin to the elevator at the same time, the news screen It ends here.

Before Zhang Zhun had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the video was switched by the incoming call interface, and the word “Zhen Xin” was displayed in big words, and he quickly picked it up: “Hello!”

There was no sound over there for a long time, so Zhang Zhun didn’t speak, so After more than three minutes, a sigh came from the receiver, and Zhen Xin said wearily, “I have something to do here…”

“How are you?” Zhang Zhun asked eagerly.

Zhen Xin seemed surprised by this question: “I…it’s fine,” he sounded more refreshed: “Xiao Deng said he called you,” he seemed to be walking around, probably in the room: “The problem is the earrings Come

on, I’m too proud.”

Hearing his voice, Zhang Zhun relaxed, and lay back on the big bed, the chandelier above his head was so dazzling for some reason, tears blurred his vision, and he wiped it angrily.

“It’s okay,” Zhen Xin said, and he seemed to have climbed onto the bed, and could hear the creaking sound of the mattress: “My manager will be arriving tomorrow, so I’ll go directly to Grand Hyatt.” He seemed to be covering his head with a quilt, muffled Yes, whispered: “Xiao Deng and I will go there later.”

Zhang Zhun turned over and got under the quilt as well, just like Zhen Xin on the 38th floor two blocks away, lowered his voice in the darkness: “Can the phone…can you not disconnect it?

” Then he said awkwardly: “Actually… I downloaded a WeChat account, but I don’t know how to use it.”

“I’ll teach you,” Zhang Zhun said with his feet poking out of the quilt, like a shrunken fool, “I’m looking for someone There, enter my phone number.”

Sure enough, Zhen Xin’s agent arrived early, surnamed Li, a woman in her forties, wearing glasses, with rigid short hair, modest clothes, but a very stern demeanor. I must have checked my watch. It was not yet five o’clock, so I should have flown over from Taiwan overnight.

After shaking hands, she said nothing, and sat on the small sofa to answer the phone. After about half an hour, Xiao Deng and Zhen Xin arrived.

Zhang Zhun welcomed them in as if he had been rescued. Xiao Deng bought breakfast, but no one could eat it. He simply said hello, like a negotiation or a confrontation. The four of them sat on the sofa and the bed respectively. Sit down.

“Revealing the news itself is not a big deal,” Ms. Li said straight to the point: “There is no real evidence, just cover it up with any reason, but we can’t swallow things

like same-sex scandals.”

Little Deng immediately answered, “Senior, it’s the same here.”

“Now, the script has been written,” Ms. Li ignored him, but glanced at Zhang Zhun curiously. One glance: “Our crisis public relations team is already messing things up behind the scenes, you just need to stand up and clarify.”

Xiao

Deng frowned: “Why are we clarifying?”

Is it?”

Zhang Zhun was humiliated by her words, his jaw muscles twitched in pain, Zhen Xin sat opposite him and saw it: “Actually, it doesn’t matter who clarifies, I…”

“Take off the earring!” Ms. Li tilted her head and said to him, Zhang Zhun noticed that Zhen Xin was still wearing that little fish earring, he looked over obsessively, Zhen Xin also boldly looked back, They were so close that they couldn’t say a thoughtful word.

They looked at each other for only a moment, but they were still too emotional and explicit. Ms. Li was sitting next to her, so how could she not see her? Zhang Zhun hurriedly lowered his head when his phone rang.

“I just saw the news in the morning,” she said calmly over there, and she could hear that she was trying to be calm: “How are you?”

Ms. Li and Xiao Deng were arguing fiercely. Listening to the

radio hole: “We are discussing who will come forward.”

Xie Danyi had heard such a loud quarrel: “Zhen Xin’s manager is Li Lingli, you give her the phone.”

“I’m fine, don’t worry about this matter. Zhang Zhun hung up the phone and sat back on the bed, Zhen Xin looked at him questioningly, but he dodged him.

After a while, Li Lingli’s phone rang. She didn’t want to hear it at first, but the tug-of-war with Xiao Deng was at an impasse. It was also to disrupt the rhythm. She answered: “Oh, Danyi, yes, I saw it at Tracy’s party. , “After listening for a while, she looked at Zhang Zhun unexpectedly: “That’s it, okay, of course it’s no problem, and we hope to solve it as soon as possible.”

Putting down the phone, she smiled with satisfaction: “Xiao Zhang,” she said to Zhang Zhun said: “Your girlfriend is willing to come out and clarify. It’s good for you and us.”

Zhang Zhun immediately wanted to refute, why did Xie Danyi come forward in such a matter, before he could open his mouth, Zhen Xin spoke first, with laziness Lazy nasal voice: “This kind of thing, why let her stand out?”

They had a tacit understanding, what one said was the same as the other thought, Zhang Zhun stared at him in disbelief, watching him continue to say calmly: “She is an outsider. , My question, I will clarify it myself.”

Li Lingli dropped something, and dropped the landline phone: “Clarification? You will be stamped as soon as you show up!” The phone fell to the ground, the receiver was turned over, and a hurried busy tone could be heard: “I took you to debut when you were a teenager, not to let you fall down when you were in your thirties!”

Her aura was so strong that no one dared to speak out for a while, Zhen Xin lowered her head aggrievedly, Zhang Zhun stared at him blankly, Li Lingli stood up: “Xiao Deng,” she took out a card: “Help me!” Open a

room, Zhen Xin won’t go back to live for the time being, I’ll call the crew.”

“Senior,” Xiao Deng took over, “I’ll open a room for you too?”

“No,” Li Lingli sighed, and finally got her This age should be beyond what one would like: “Taiwan still has something to do, I’ll leave at noon.” The

two rooms next door are fully booked, Xiao Deng’s is diagonally opposite, Zhen Xin and Li Lingli leave, the big room looks empty, even plastic bags The rustling sounds sounded very lonely: “Brother, do you have something to eat?” Xiao Deng said.

Zhang Zhun shook his head and picked up his phone feebly. For one night, fake news was flying all over the sky. Xiao Deng didn’t want him to read: “Brother, you sleep for a while.”

Zhang Zhun still opened Weibo, and all kinds of revelations were overwhelming. , a certain gentleman who is said to be a senior media person in Taiwan vowed to reveal that Zhen Xin is bisexual, and made a list of so-called “ex-boyfriends”. Turn over, the next is his news, from a certified fitness instructor: Zhang Zhun and I are in a martial arts team. He was interested in boys at that time. When we went to the bathroom and took a bath together, his eyes often glanced down. It’s the kind that is very eager and very tempting, you know it!

He and I are not in the same dormitory. I heard from his roommates, but I have never seen him. He messes with men and women in the dormitory. Anyway, he is a very messy person!

At the end of the microblog is the blogger’s mobile phone number and gym information, and there is a sentence “Welcome to call/store inquiries”. The profile picture is a photo of himself, showing off his muscles in boxer pants. Zhang Zhun looks around, but he doesn’t recognize him.

“It’s all made up, look at what those are for!” Xiao Deng said in a complaining tone, but Zhang Zhun knew that he felt sorry for himself: “Oh, Deng Zicheng, here’s an article saying that Zhen Xin and I have been in love for many years !”

He sounded like he was joking, and Xiao Deng also understood that his brother was forcing a smile: “What’s the matter?” He grabbed the bread and came over and sat next to Zhang Zhun: “I answered a call in the middle of the night last night, asking for an endorsement. I was still wondering, but it turned out to be Danlanwang.”

“What is Danlan.com?”

Xiao Deng’s cheeks were bulging, and he was chewing hard: “China’s largest gay website.”

Zhang Zhun seemed to be choking, and digested it for a long time before turning back to read the post. The false news was beautifully edited, saying that he and Zhen Xin fell in love when they were in “Walking Horse”, and the words used in the post were “Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire”. The two deliberately avoided each other, which is why the media didn’t even have a group photo. The blogger carefully provided the photo. It was a long-time photo of the set. Zhang Zhun saw the umbrella on Zhen Xin’s head at a glance.

It was such a beautiful lie, so beautiful that Zhang Zhun wanted to believe it. At this moment, Xiao Deng’s cell phone dinged. It was a text message from Xie Danyi, saying that the interview clip had been posted online.

He clicked on the link, and it was a Youku video, posted by Tiandu Entertainment. Xie Danyi had loose hair and was wearing a simple white T-shirt. It could be seen that the weather in Guangdong was still very hot: “Hello everyone.” She greeted gently.

I don’t know why, seeing her again, Zhang Zhun had the urge to cry. She clarified the whole thing in the video, explaining Zhang Zhun’s sexual orientation, and explaining that the earrings are just the crew’s behavior. When asked about Zhang Zhun and When talking about Zhen Xin

‘s

relationship, she said: “They can’t talk about any relationship. I know that during the filming of “Northern Peak”, they didn’t even talk. At most… they are colleagues.” What Zhang

Zhun

said, she laughed embarrassedly, and said in Cantonese: “Mr. Zhang, come back after filming, I will wait for you at home.”

When he got off, Xiao Deng wanted to distract him, shaking his phone: “Look, brother, the sailors on Zhen Xin’s side are very powerful, and now more and more people are scolding the crew for hype!” The

doorbell suddenly rang, and then it rang. He knocked on the door once, and Xiao Deng saw through the cat’s eyes that it really was Zhen Xin.

“Crazy!” He opened the door, Zhen Xin pushed in, and rushed to Zhang Zhun who was sitting by the bed.

“Hey!” Xiao Deng wanted to stop him, but he rushed to Zhang Zhun and hugged Zhang Zhun without saying anything, as if hugging something that was about to disappear, so tight and so hard.

“I’ll go!” Xiao Deng was so frightened that he hurriedly closed the door. When he closed the door and looked back, Zhang Zhun’s two slender arms had already wrapped around Zhen Xin’s back.

They are kissing.

Xiao Deng didn’t know whether it was fear or disgust, he quickly turned his head to face the door, stared at the door panel hatefully, punched it on the head, and cursed: “Fuck!”