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"Emerald Hotel?"
Sitting in the car, Yu Siyang took a blue
plastic folder from Luo Peng. Turning over the first page, he saw the panoramic
view of the Emerald Hotel on the cover of the brochure.
He couldn't be more familiar with this
building. After he finished junior high school, he started working there,
starting from a small kitchen handyman, and stayed there for ten years.
Luo Peng nodded and said: "They want you
to be their spokesperson, but the price is not too high."
"Oh." The wages they pay to
employees were not high as well, and the same is true now.
Yu Siyang felt a little complicated, closed
the folder, and said, "I’ll think about it... when will we reach the
studio?"
Luo Peng keenly felt that Yu Siyang was a
little irritable, and he glanced at the folder that was placed aside. He didn’t
talk about the Emerald Hotel anymore and changed the subject and talked about that
day’s shooting.
There are two commercials that P&H and
Wei Xiaofeng have finalized, one is the "daily life" and the other is
a "concept" commercial. The one being shot today is the "daily
life" one.
The shooting location was first in a
high-end apartment, and then moved to other locations. He only had one day to
shoot the commercial, so the timing was very tight.
When they arrived at the designated filming
location, brand representatives and advertising agencies had already arrived,
and even P&H’s owner Philip Hill had also arrived.
When Philip Hill saw Yu Siyang, he
immediately pulled a bearded man who was playing with the camera, and said
triumphantly: "Aude come see, this is the person I chose. Don’t I have a
good vision?"
The bearded man turned towards Yu Siyang.
After a few more looks, he said to Philip Hill: "Those clothes will suit him
very well."
Philip Hill smiled like a flower and said
in strange Chinese language to Yu Siyang: "The pictures will be taken
later. At that time, you only need to be handsome."
"Hey, friend, this is what I should
say." Aude said dissatisfied.
Before Yu Siyang could say anything, he was
taken away by the makeup artist to change. Tang Hang followed him to watch,
leaving Luo Peng to communicate with the two.
Because the endorsement was a full series
of men's clothing, including suits, casual wear and home wear, the shooting
theme of "Daily Life" is a man's life for one day. The shooting scene
included three parts: home, business and entertainment. The main designs of the
series are displayed through the commercial.
Both home and business shoots have indoor
sceneries. The advertising agency directly set up the scenes in the borrowed
high-end apartments, while for the entertainment part they borrowed an outdoor
tennis court in the suburbs.
After shooting the indoor scene, a group of
people drove to the tennis court mightily, passing by the Emerald Hotel along
the way. Yu Siyang leaned on the back seat and looked straight ahead without
moving his eyes.
Luo Peng was surprised at his appearance showing-
"for fear that the corners of his eyes would sweep out things that shouldn't
be seen"[1].
He glanced out the window and saw the gate of the Emerald Hotel. On second
thought, it was probably because of his friend who died here. He was afraid of
seeing things and thinking about people.
If this is the case, then he had to
consider whether he should let Xiaoyu take over the endorsement of the Emerald
Hotel.
Yu Siyang remembered a sentence in a book
he once read—a ghost who died in vain and couldn't reincarnate, was afraid to
return to the place where he died, because he would be sad, but ghosts have no
tears, and they can't even cry.
That book was actually not a supernatural
novel, but a painful young adult novel with a strong temperament set in high
school.
The book was bought by a big brother in the
same dormitory for three dollars and he bought it to show that he has culture.
After that elder brother wrote his name on the title page of the book, he never
read it again. Yu Siyang, who could not afford to buy books, borrowed them to
read.
After reading less than ten pages, he was
critically hit. He really couldn't muster the courage to read the book, but he
accidentally remembered such a pretentious sentence.
But Yu Siyang looked back now, this
sentence that was unintentionally remembered was like his truest portrayal.
He was afraid to see the place where he
died.
Since he officially accepted living as this
teenager, he went to sweep the tomb for himself, the parents of the teenager,
and the tomb of his master. He bade farewell to his past self in a
tomb-sweeping ceremony and accepted his new identity. The fact was that the
body and the young soul died, but he still did not dare set foot in the Emerald
Hotel.
Just like now, after he finished the day of
shooting, he stood alone at the gate of the Emerald Hotel, his steps seemed to
be heavy, and he couldn't lift them up and step in.
"Sorry, sir, please move. There is a
car coming in here."
Yu Siyang, who was in a daze, was patted by
the doorman in uniform. After regaining his senses, he stepped back and stood
in front of the hotel by the fountain. When he was about to leave, he glanced
at the hotel door unconsciously, and when he saw the doorman who helped people
pull the car door, he froze in place.
"Xiowu." Yu Siyang murmured in a
low voice; his voice so small that only he could hear it.
The doorman helped the guests to open the
car door, and after the guests passed through the door, he stood upright
outside the door again.
Yu Siyang watched the doorman's face
seriously, and he was indeed Bu Shouwu. His friend who grew up in the orphanage
with him, and who studied and worked together with him. He used to protect him
when he was young, but the person who framed him and almost sent him to the
police station was also him.
But since that incident, hadn't he resigned
and left the Emerald Hotel? Why was he working as a doorman here again?
For Xiaowu, Yu Siyang couldn't say whether
he was grateful to him more or resented him more.
When he was in the orphanage, Bu Shouwu guarded
him, preventing the older children from bullying him and snatching his food.
But this one happened to be the one who stole the hotel’s valuables and planted
them on him. He couldn’t dispute it. If it weren’t for his master who hadn’t
accepted him as a disciple at the time, coming forward to protect him, he was afraid
he would have been sent to the police station.
This person, who left the hotel in high
spirits, was now a doorman in the hotel again. Upon closer inspection, there
are traces of life and years on this person’s face. After he left the hotel, he
did not have his own expectations and looked forward to having a good time.
"Xiaowu" Yu Siyang called out
loudly.
Bu Shouwu passed by and saw that it was the
person standing in the driveway just now, blocking the car, but he could not
see his face clearly.
"Do you know me?" He asked
suspiciously, even if he couldn't see his face, he was sure he didn't know this
person.
"Why did you come to the Emerald Hotel
as a doorman again?" Yu Siyang didn't answer him and said what he wanted
to say. "Weren't you in the kitchen before?"
Bu Shouwu was taken aback at this moment.
This person who he didn’t recognise, how could he know so much about him,
"Who are you? How do you know me?"
"Why have you come to the Emerald
Hotel again, why are you not embarrassed to come to the Emerald Hotel?" Yu
Siyang thought, he still carried resentment for this person, the one he trusted
the most at that time harmed him like that. He couldn't figure out, "You
have harmed Yu Siyang, don't you feel guilty at all?"
Bu Shouwu was really nervous at the moment,
if not that he couldn't leave his post, he would go over and ask this person how
he knew he had harmed Yu Siyang.
"Are you not guilty at all?" Yu
Siyang asked loudly.
He also knew that he had already died, and Bu
Shouwu was just a stranger to him now. Knowing the other party's reason and
whether the other party is guilty was meaningless to him now.
But this is one of his obsessions, because
of this person, he was more cautious about making friends, such that others
feel that he was arrogant and were unwilling to deal with him more.
It was really lonely at that time,
especially after his master passed away, everyone around was watching him as a
joke, waiting to see what else he could do without a master.
He didn’t even have a person to talk to,
and all the pressure was accumulated in his heart. He hadn’t said a word for a
whole month. He even thought he might have a psychological problem, so he went
to see a psychologist secretly. The psychologist suggested that he needed to communicate
more with others.
He didn't want to communicate with the
people in the hotel. He couldn't think of a better way, so he went to register
for a foreign language class-because he saw elementary school students studying
foreign languages on the street reading words and texts aloud.
"What does it have to do with
you?" Bu Shouwu also said loudly. If he hadn't known that he was still at
work, the word "fuck off" would be blurted out.
Yu Siyang was stunned.
——So, it has nothing to do with me anymore.
The related person has become a piece of waste,
so the evil can person live his life with peace of mind?!
But looking at him like this, it seems that
his life is not very good.
"I feel relieved to see that you are
not doing well." Yu Siyang said viciously and loudly.
He didn't want to find out the reason why Bu
Shouwu framed him years ago. It was nothing more than money. He wanted to know
whether he was ashamed, but this person didn't seem to be ashamed.
Yu Siyang didn't know how to quarrel with
others, he could only think of such a cruel sentence after thinking a long time
about it.
After the ruthless words were said, he
still felt a little bit uncomfortable, but unfortunately, here was not as good
as the last time in the crew, and he can't beat Bu Shouwu to vent his anger.
——Well, I feel that my violent tendency is
a bit serious recently, which is not good.
After thinking about it, he felt that only
one ruthless remark was not too imposing, so he said: "A person like you should
be impoverished and hopeless all your life."
Bu Shouwu almost exploded, but then a car arrived
at the hotel door, so he had to open the door for the person inside. He felt
that if it weren’t for this, he would ignore the discipline of the post and would
run to punch the masked weird man on the opposite side.
Xue Chengxiu got out of the car through the
door opened by Bu Shouwu but didn't rush into the hotel. Instead, he turned and
walked towards the "masked weirdo" by the fountain, and shouted with
a smile: "Yang Yang, why are you here alone? And why are you also quarrelling
with the doorman of the hotel?”
"Mr. Xue?!" Yu Siyang was
slightly surprised and tore off the mask and scarf covering his face a little
bit. He was covered in this way, and Mr. Xue could still recognize him at a
glance. This skill was a bit awkward.
"Why are you alone? What about your
assistant?" Xue Chengxiu helped him adjust his scarf and actively
explained: "I'm here to meet people. Let’s go in and say hello
together."
"Don't want to, I'll go back
now." Yu Siyang shook his head hurriedly, thinking that he would not see
any ordinary people when Mr. Xue came to the hotel so formally, so he would feel
uncomfortable meeting them.
Before the car came in, Xue Chengxiu saw
his child standing by the fountain alone, without the agent or assistant beside
him. He opened the window of the car and heard the child say: "I will feel
relieved when I see you having a bad time." Then he looked around and
found that the child was actually arguing with the doorman of the hotel. He
couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, and he didn't know how the doorman had
offended him, that his voice was so full of anger.
"You ran out alone, the assistant
didn't follow?"
Seeing his wandering eyes with guilty conscience,
Xue Chengxiu knew that he did run out alone.
This child is so bold that despite being
besieged once, he still has not learned his lesson.
"I took the subway, it's very
convenient." Yu Siyang didn't know why he had to say such a sentence. He
always felt that he should justify, but this only made the other party’s
expression darker.
Looking around, Mr. Xue's face turned dark.
Xue Chengxiu said: "Let Lao Lin take
you back."
"You don't have to bother Uncle Lin,
it's really convenient to take the subway."
"Do you want to be blocked by fans
again?"
"..."
Yu Siyang remembered the time when he was
besieged, the fan’s sturdy combat power, and couldn’t help but shudder, so he immediately
said obediently: “Then I’ll trouble Uncle Lin.”
Xue Chengxiu patted the young man’s head
through his hat and took the person to the car and was about to help him open
the door, but the boy held his hand.
Yu Siyang held down Mr. Xue's hand with one
hand, and pointed at Bu Shouwu, arrogantly and said: "That doorman, come
over and pull the car door for me."
Bu Shouwu almost exploded again, but he was
under orders. And so, he could only obediently bypass the front of the car and
help Yu Siyang open the car door.
Yu Siyang got into the car and played an
arrogant second-generation rich teenager to the fullest. After thinking about
it, he felt that before he left, he had to say something ruthless, and said the
important ruthless words, "Remember to spray more perfume when you go out.
"
Bu Shouwu with a distorted face:
"..."
Xue Chengxiu with a distorted smile on his
face: "...
"Yu Siyang, the "Second-generation
Rich Boy" was in a better mood, so he briskly called Luo Peng: "Luo
Brother, let's take the endorsement of the Emerald Hotel, but the hotel will
have to pay a little more, that little amount of money will not be able to
invite Yu Siyang, the hot famous young meat."
Luo Peng: "..."
This kid didn't suffer some excitement, did he?!
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[1] He will inadvertently see things that he shouldn’t see.
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