Starting from Taohuawu, kilometers away

The lights in the hotel conference room were soft and focused, illuminating the script spread out on the table and the actors' focused faces. The air was filled with a faint aroma of coffee, but the tense atmosphere made the aroma seem a little pungent. From time to time, there was the sound of pen tips touching paper, accompanied by the subtle sound of deep breaths.

Director Zhang, who was sitting at the end of the long table, frowned, his eyes moving back and forth between the script and the actors, as if looking for the best way to express himself. Every time he proposed a new idea, the air seemed to freeze, and the actors' expressions changed from concentration to surprise, and then to deep thought.

Guan Xiaotong looked doubtful, her fingers gently supporting her chin, and her eyes occasionally meeting the director's, as if challenging the rationality of a certain creative idea. Jiang Xin next to her was much calmer, her eyes were deep, and she nodded from time to time to show her understanding, but when there was a disagreement, her face, which was marked by the traces of time, would reveal a firm and even refuting look.

The discussion gradually escalated into an argument, and the voices began to rise, but they always maintained a restrained politeness. At one point, Li Cheng stood up in desperation, waving his hands in the air, trying to reinforce his point with body language. His cheeks flushed slightly, showing his inner excitement.

The screenwriter Da Mi next to Director Zhang was much quieter. He sometimes lowered his head to think, and sometimes looked up to observe, with a thoughtful light flashing in his sharp eyes. Whenever someone proposed to revise the script, he would listen carefully, and occasionally quickly write it down in his notebook, as if he was building a new version.

Laughter would occasionally break out during the argument, easing the tense nerves. Their collisions were like sparks blooming in the night sky, both beautiful and short-lived. Such scenes, in the conference room of this hotel, were playing out the wonderful moments of the future drama.

"Then we'll stop here for today."

Director Zhang glanced at his wrist and realized that they had come to the conference room to discuss after the dinner. It was already very late and they couldn’t delay tomorrow’s filming.

"Okay Director Zhang."

When everyone was getting up, Director Zhang stopped two people and said, "Li Cheng, you and Guan Xiaotong don't have any filming tasks these two days, you two should spend more time together and cultivate your tacit understanding."

"Director Zhang, can we not go to the set? I..."

Li Cheng looked embarrassed at this moment, after all, his current identity was not just an actor.

"what happened?"

When Director Zhang saw Li Cheng's hesitation, his eyes became very sharp.

"It's just that I rented a gym nearby. Can I train with Xiaotong at the same time?"

Li Cheng blinked. He was actually quite panicked. After all, his way of joining the crew was different from that of the others. He was parachuted in. Unlike Fan Chengcheng and the others, he did not have any audition at all.

"Of course, I thought it was something else. You don't have to worry about this kind of thing in the future. Filming is the most important thing, but we all know that you have other tasks."

Director Zhang thought it was something else, but it turned out to be this matter. When Li Cheng was parachuted in, the higher-ups had given instructions. Li Cheng needed to train every day to prepare for the Olympics, because Li Cheng was 100% sure to be on the Olympic roster and the higher-ups took it very seriously.

"Okay, thank you, Director Zhang."

Li Cheng immediately bowed 90 degrees. He thought he would be scolded or humiliated, but he didn't expect Director Zhang to agree directly.

Guan Xiaotong didn't dare to say a word. She was a little tipsy, but she was much more sober when the director called her.

The two of them left the meeting room one after the other. Zhang Kaizhou and Director Zhang took off their glasses and rubbed their eyes.

The author and screenwriter Da Mi looked at what had just been discussed and thought about it for a long time. He felt that some parts still needed to be modified. After all, novels and film and television dramas are different, and some parts cannot be presented directly, otherwise they will not pass the review.

"Hey!"

Rice sighed.

"With Li Cheng here, you don't have to worry about not passing the trial."

Zhang Kaizhou put on his glasses and patted Da Mi's shoulder.

"?"

When Dami heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand why Li Cheng wasn't afraid of not passing the review?

"The finished film may not be as detailed as in your novel, but I will try my best to restore it. With Li Cheng in our drama, you don't have to worry about it not being approved. He's famous in it, so with him in it, it will be approved quickly."

This is also the main reason why Zhang Kaizhou is not disgusted by Li Cheng's sudden appearance, because many people in the circle asked Li Cheng to act but he refused. Li Cheng's current film and television works are mainly dramas and period dramas. His sudden appearance is not only because Li Bingbing is trying to force him to act, but also has the above meaning.

"But I feel that he is very suitable for the role of Pengfei, and it fits his life experience very well."

Da Mi felt that Li Cheng was very suitable for the role of Pengfei, but he didn't have many scenes. With Li Cheng's status, he could have played the protagonist Zhuang Tunan, but he didn't know why he played Lin Dongzhe.

"We don't have the right to do this. We just do what the higher-ups say."

How could Director Zhang not know this? He even discussed it with his superiors for a long time. But if Li Cheng was allowed to play Pengfei, they might agree, but Li Bingbing would not agree because her status would not allow it. This was also what bothered him the most.

Guan Xiaotong and Li Cheng left the meeting room and walked side by side towards the elevator.

"Hey, what did the director leave you two to talk about?"

Fan Chengcheng, who had been waiting in the elevator for a long time, finally saw the two of them and immediately stood up and ran towards them.

"Nothing, just let us develop some feelings for each other."

Li Cheng shook his head slightly.

"But thanks to you, I don't have to shoot or go to the set these days."

Guan Xiaotong also wants to sleep in.

"That's not bad."

After Fan Chengcheng finished speaking, he came to a girl and said, "By the way, this is my teacher, Zhou Jieqiong. Xiaotong should know her."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Guan Xiaotong stretched out her hand. She and Zhou Jieqiong were not very familiar with each other. They had just appeared in variety shows together, but they did not communicate much.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Zhou Jieqiong was a little embarrassed because she came late today and arrived when everyone was discussing.

"Hello."

Li Cheng stretched out his hand with a smile.

"Hello."

When Zhou Jieqiong took her hand back, she looked at Fan Chengcheng and asked, "Have I met him before?"

"Yes, he was the one who went there on the day I formed the group."

Fan Chengcheng nodded. Li Chengke was present on the day of the live broadcast.

"Yes, when I saw his variety show, I felt like I had seen him somewhere before."

Zhou Jieqiong felt like she had seen Li Cheng somewhere before. After all, Li Cheng's face was a face you would never forget once you had seen it; it left such a deep impression.

"The elevator is here, let's go."

Li Cheng saw the elevator stopped at their floor and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to get on.

Guan Xiaotong and Zhou Jieqiong smiled slightly.

Fan Chengcheng squeezed Li Cheng's arm and said, "You know what, I can't tell you're that strong on TV."

"Huh? Is he strong?"

Zhou Jieqiong felt that Li Cheng was not strong, but much stronger than the idols she knew, but he was the same as a normal person.

"He's tall!"

Guan Xiaotong sighed when she heard what Fan Chengcheng said.

"you"

Zhou Jieqiong looked up.

"Oh, I'm over 1.9 meters tall with shoes on, over 170."

Li Cheng did not hide it. His height has been announced by the Basketball Association, so why should he hide it?

"You can't really tell. It looks very thin."

Zhou Jieqiong didn't expect Li Cheng to be so heavy. He thought he was over 150 pounds. After all, Li Cheng looked very thin in his coat.

"I can't show you his body shape. You can go back and look at Wei Sicheng. But his arms are not as thick as his. His chest muscles and abdominal muscles are very similar."

Fan Chengcheng really envied Li Cheng's figure. He was not a muscular guy, but he had everything he should have, fat but not greasy.

Li Cheng was shocked when he heard Fan Chengcheng's words. "Ah? Is this true?"

Guan Xiaotong was stunned for a moment after hearing this. She knew Wei Sicheng because he had been on Running Man.

"Really? Wei Sicheng is an arm wrestler, and Li Cheng is a basketball player. His arms aren't as thick as an arm wrestler's."

At this time, the elevator arrived at the floor where several people lived. Fan Chengcheng looked at the two girls walking away and said.

"That's great!"

Guan Xiaotong immediately gave Li Cheng a thumbs up. His figure was really good. He was different from many skinny people in the circle. She felt that Xiaotian ate really well.

"Then I'll go back first. See you tomorrow."

Zhou Jieqiong wanted to go back and check it immediately, as it would be socially disastrous if she checked it in public.

"See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

At this moment at the elevator door, several people split into two groups, one group going left and the other group going right.

Li Cheng looked back and found that Zhou Jieqiong and Guan Xiaotong disappeared around the corner, and immediately locked Fan Chengcheng's neck.

Fan Chengcheng quickly smiled, patted Li Cheng's arm, and begged for mercy, "Brother, I was wrong, I was wrong. I was really wrong."

"If you tell me nonsense again, I will beat you up!"

Li Cheng let go of Fan Chengcheng. He was speechless. He really said everything.

"Don't hide your good figure. Your video of Hua Shao has gone viral online and everyone can see it! Tsk tsk tsk tsk."

Fan Chengcheng has been spotted more than once. Although Li Cheng was wearing a vest when he was diving, the moment he got ashore, the white vest was no different from nothing, it was completely transparent. Later on, Li Cheng even stopped wearing a vest and jumped with his upper body naked!
"roll roll roll."

Seeing that they had arrived at his room, Li Cheng immediately pushed Fan Chengcheng.

"Come on, bye."

Fan Chengcheng found it amusing to see Li Cheng's angry and embarrassed look. It was the first time he saw Li Cheng being humiliated, and he was very happy.

'boom'

Li Cheng didn't close the door too hard. After all, there were other people around and he didn't want to disturb them from resting.

'buzz buzz'

'buzz buzz'

Li Cheng was washing up in the bathroom. When he heard the music stop, he rinsed the foam off his hands, answered the call, and said, "Are you home?"

The man on the other end of the line took the phone from his ear, glanced at the name, and found that he had dialed the right number. He said, "Hello, is this Cheng Cheng?"

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the plastic Mandarin. He squinted at the name on the screen and immediately said, "Brother Chao, I thought it was Xiaotian."

"I was wondering, why are you asking me if I'm home yet?"

Brother Chao was shocked.

"What's up, Brother Chao? Do you have any instructions?"

Li Cheng didn't expect that the director of "Flowers in the Sky" Brother Chao would call him at this time.

"Do you have time recently?"

"I'm on the set, I can take a leave."

"Then I'll make a long story short."

"Ok"

"It's like this. This season of Flower Boys was very successful. We plan to do a season of Friends. Because Flower Boys is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, we want to invite guests from previous seasons to return to the stage, but the show will still mainly revolve around you, the Big Dipper Seven."

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard what Chao said, and said, "I want to apologize to Chao first. I can go to record one or two episodes, but it is impossible to record the whole season. I have other work now, and I may prepare for the Olympics in a while. I don't have enough time to follow the production team all the time."

Chao originally wanted to argue with Li Cheng, but when he heard about the Olympics, he didn't dare to do so. Everything had to give way to national affairs. Can you stop Li Cheng from going to the Olympics? Are you kidding!

"Sure, when are you free?"

"I'll finish filming this drama at the end of December."

"Okay, then I'll send the contract to your studio."

"okay."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Li Cheng was actually looking forward to traveling with Beidou Qixing again, but his schedule had already been arranged, and he had to find time to record this friends diary. However, he was also looking forward to meeting the other guests. There was one person he particularly wanted to meet, but unfortunately he couldn't see him!

The first idol drama he watched was starred by that sister. Now there is no such person on the Internet, otherwise he would not have gone against Zhang Han in the early stage of the first season of Taohuawu. He had a resentment in his heart.

'buzz buzz'

'buzz buzz'

Li Cheng had just put on a facial mask when he saw a familiar profile picture and said, "Hello~"

"Why was the line busy just now?"

Oda on the other end of the phone was unpacking a package.

"Oh, Brother Chao just called me. This year is the 10th anniversary of Flower Boys. They are planning to do a special season and asked if I have time."

Li Cheng did not hide it.

"Hmm? Do you have time to go?"

Xiaotian knew that Li Cheng’s schedule was very tight after the end of "Little Flowers" and now he didn’t even have time to promote Tian Gengji.

"It seems to be in December, not recently."

"That's fine. You can rest for a while and go traveling."

Xiaotian opened a package, put it in front of the camera, and said, "I bought this for you. Do you like it?"

"Why did you buy this for me?"

Li Cheng was stunned when he saw the peripheral in Xiaotian's hand. He had planned to buy it in the next two days, but he didn't expect that Xiaotian had already bought it for him.

"I saw it in your shopping cart, so I bought it for you. Do you like it?"

Xiaotian can log in to Li Cheng's JD, Taobao and other shopping platforms at any time, and she knows exactly what is in Li Cheng's shopping cart.

"I like it, I like it so much."

"nice! You love it."

Xiaotian then stood up, went to the cloakroom, and said, "This thing you bought for me has also arrived~"

"Like it?"

"Like it~"

Xiaotian immediately took it out from the watch drawer, put it on his wrist, and said, "Does it look good?"

"It looks good, but maybe we arrived a little late."

"It's not too late. The main thing is that you don't know either. Don't always feel guilty."

Xiaotian knew what Li Cheng meant. After all, it was the result of a discussion between her parents and Li Bingbing. Since the two were busy with work, the elders of both sides arranged the marriage for them. Not only did Li Cheng not know, she herself only found out later. (End of this chapter)