After Waking up Beside the Villain

In the evening, Yin Zheng’s fever subsided and he had mostly recovered. There was nothing wrong on the outside, so Chu Yunsheng went downstairs to send him off.

The fact that Yin Zheng came to visit in the morning was seen by many people, so it would be troublesome if he didn’t leave before it got dark.

After his fever subsided, Yin Zheng seemed to have finally regained his sanity. With a cold face that kept others at a distance, he faced Chu Yunsheng with a smile on his face, but as long as anyone had eyes, they could see that they were at odds. Their relationship was so bad that they almost broke into a fight on the spot.

“I’ve bothered Senior Chu today, goodbye.”

Yin Zheng waved his hand perfunctorily and got into the car without even looking at Chu Yunsheng. He slammed on the accelerator and drove away, spraying Chu Yunsheng’s face with car exhaust.

Chu Yunsheng didn’t care about Yin Zheng’s retaliation.

When he was sorting out the plot of the original novel, he roughly analyzed Yin Zheng’s character.

Yin Zheng’s appearance was bright and flamboyant, the kind with aggressive beauty which was highly recognizable. It was a face that was recognisable at a glance and unforgettable.

Similarly, his character was flamboyant, just like the dazzling scorching sun at noon. No matter where he stood, he was at the center of attention, a very typical star material.

Yin Zheng made his debut at the age of sixteen and became an instant hit. The influence of his youth and fame on him was unimaginable.

On the one hand, he had talent. He had been praised by millions of fans and coaxed by his manager for the past ten years, thus developing an arrogant and willful temper.

On the other hand, because he entered the circle and rose to fame too early, he was exposed to all kinds of turbidity in the entertainment circle before he had matured. The young man’s mind was very sensitive, and when he encountered danger from the outside world, he would instinctively erect spikes to protect himself.

As a result, Yin Zheng gave most people the impression of being aloof and arrogant.

But that’s just his appearance.

After a brief analysis of the plot, Chu Yunsheng believed that Yin Zheng was actually a sensitive, timid, and somewhat innocent young man.

He was placed on a very high pedestal, and as a result, fell hard.

But Yin Zheng did not lose his strength because of this. Instead, he took the initiative to seek change. His heart was firm and brave, much stronger than many idols who succumbed to a single blow. Most importantly, he had self-awareness.

In the face of the fact that Chu Yunsheng had slept with him, Yin Zheng’s performance was contradictory, both tough and weak. He showed subtle signs of softening and doubts under Chu Yunsheng’s mild and neurotic performance.

This showed that he was very sensitive to people’s emotions. A little shaken by Chu Yunsheng’s contradictory intentions, he still remained innocent.

The fact that Yin Zheng was very trusting of others was also clearly reflected in the original plot.

Under such circumstances, Chu Yunsheng was willing to let him go and pull him up precisely because of his naivety.

Moreover, Chu Yunsheng knew that whether it was Yin Zheng who was naive, or Yin Zheng who had the upper hand after his fever subsided, he would not refuse his help.

Because he wants to get up, and this was his best chance at the moment.

After seeing Yin Zheng off, Chu Yunsheng returned to the study and called the director.

The director’s surname was Zhang and his name was Zhang Feifan.

When he heard that Chu Yunsheng was willing to take on this drama, Director Zhang was overjoyed and kept laughing: “No problem, no problem! Teacher Chu hasn’t accepted the movie for a long time, so I didn’t really have much hope. Now it’s like a pie falling from the sky, isn’t it just bringing more people into the group? No problem, newcomers are fine, most of my crew are newcomers, just bring them together…”

“Not a newcomer.”

Chu Yunsheng’s voice was low as he smiled, completely different from when he faced Yin Zheng. “You should also know Yin Zheng, he just terminated his contract with Hanhai Entertainment. He has a good relationship with my mentor and came to me today. I want to take him with me.”

Director Zhang was surprised: “Yin Zheng?”

His tone was hesitant: “Mr. Chu, it’s not that I don’t want to give you face, but Yin Zheng’s rate is sky-high. Even if he is involved in a scandal now, if my crew hires you, I’m afraid I can’t afford him…”

Chu Yunsheng smiled: “Director Zhang, don’t be nervous, Yin Zheng and I are willing to act for free.”

“Free?!”

Chu Yunsheng said: “Yes. But I hope that when making this film, Director Zhang can put more attention on Yin Zheng, teach him, and hone his acting skills. To be honest with Director Zhang, the reason I chose his film. One, is that I like the script very much, and the other is that I like Director Zhang’s ability to train actors. As long as Director Zhang doesn’t mind the recent news…”

Director Zhang held the phone and almost thought he was dreaming.

He quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and gritted his teeth. He made a decision, and said with a smile, “Since Teacher Chu trusts me… Okay, since I am someone that Teacher Chu values, I will grind him hard!”

Chu Yunsheng: “Thank you Director Zhang. But I hope this matter is kept confidential to avoid any unnecessary trouble.”

“No problem, Mr. Chu, I am very strict.” Director Zhang agreed simply.

Although this kind of thing would seem like a gimmick, it could attract the attention of all parties. But in general, the harm outweighs the benefit, as Director Zhang prefered to film in a quiet and low key manner rather than a bloody storm. Otherwise, he would not have been tepid for so many years.

Zhang Feifan had a good reputation in the industry, and he was not a person who goes back on his word, so this matter was settled.

The two exchanged a few more words, and hung up after confirming that they would join the group a week later.

After making the decision, Chu Yunsheng dug out Yin Zheng’s number, sent him a message, and informed him.

Yin Zheng naturally did not reply.

Chu Yunsheng didn’t care either. After dinner, he sat back at the table and began to read the complete script sent by Zhang Feifan.

He decided to take advantage of the week before joining the group to learn to use the acting buff on the original host body, and strive to reach a normal level.

In addition, he checked the deposit in the original card. Between acting to make money and continuing to develop his medical career, he hesitated and chose to start a business.

If you want to change Yin Zheng’s fate, it was not enough to teach Yin Zheng to act.

Zhou Ziyan’s status as the president of Zhou’s was destined to be much higher than that of ordinary stars. Under the dual attack of power and money, his famous acting skills could not last even a minute.

Zhou Ziyan would definitely be angry when the news that Chu Yunsheng helped Yin Zheng spread out.

Whether it was for Yin Zheng or himself, Chu Yunsheng had to have the ability to deal with Zhou Ziyan.

Moreover, starting a company was not difficult for Chu Yunsheng, who used to start from scratch. He had a lot of experience. It was just starting from scratch, nothing much.

Recalling some experimental inventions that he had done in his spare time, Chu Yunsheng turned on the computer and made a few calls.

In the next week, Chu Yunsheng was completely busy working like a spinning top, starting a company, applying for patents, and taking time to travel abroad.

During this time, Yin Zheng didn’t look for him, and he didn’t have time to contact Yin Zheng. Until the day before entering the group, sitting on the plane, the two did not meet at all.

Yin Zheng was alone.

He had just terminated the contract with Hanhai Entertainment and paid a large amount of liquidated damages. His agent left, and he didn’t hire another assistant. He just carried a small suitcase and boarded the plane. Before taking off, he sat in his seat and played with his mobile phone.

When Chu Yunsheng saw him, Yuan Mengzheng, the agent next to him, whispered in a low voice, his tone full of resentment: “My word, you are too casual. I know that sometimes you can do nothing for acting, but such a big thing… you are still so casual. We have been friends for so many years, that is why I’m the only one who can put up with you…”

Yuan Meng was angrily berating him, full of anger.

From his manager’s point of view, he didn’t want to let Chu Yunsheng get caught in Yin Zheng’s muddy waters. But he chose to star in a small production movie with zero pay, and only asked the director to guide Yin Zheng. Coupled with Yin Zheng’s recent reputation of dealing with unspoken rules and homos*xuality, Yuan Meng was very clear about what will happen when the news spreads.

But from a friend’s point of view, Yuan Meng had read the script and had to admit that this male protagonist was indeed different from all the previous roles of Chu Yunsheng. It was an opportunity to seek breakthroughs in acting skills.

Developing and tempering his acting skills had always been Chu Yunsheng’s paranoid goal.

Although with Chu Yunsheng’s status, there were plenty of good characters, and he could pick any at will, Chu Yunsheng also had shortcomings as an actor. Most of the characters he played were villains with a gentle appearance but was not very psychologically sound. It wasn’t that he had never played other roles, but the roles that helped win awards and were outstanding were all such roles.

His image also somewhat solidified because of this, and most directors prefer him to continue to play such roles, so most of the scripts he received were like this.

It was normal for Chu Yunsheng to want to break away from this situation and seek change.

Moreover, Chu Yunsheng’s decision was not something he could easily change.

Yuan Meng sighed resignedly, found a seat, and was about to sit down and continue talking. When he turned his head, he saw Chu Yunsheng actually pass his seat and walked forward.

Chu Yunsheng stopped behind Yin Zheng and glanced at Yin Zheng’s phone screen.

Yin Zheng was scrolling through Weibo.

The trend on the Internet was completely one-sided. All the netizens were scolding Yin Zheng frantically, and all kinds of vicious words filled the screen.

Marketing accounts and some 18th-tier stars were also reposting, some implying that Yin Zheng’s character was not good, and harassed male stars in private. There were also those who stepped on Yin Zheng to display their innocence in comparison.

Yin Zheng glanced at those comments, his fingers swiping on the screen trembled with anger.

“Don’t look if you don’t want to.”

Chu Yunsheng swiped Yin Zheng’s phone, turned it off neatly and took out the phone card, before throwing it to Yin Zheng: “I’ll keep the phone for you.”

Yin Zheng didn’t seem to have expected that Chu Yunsheng would be on the same flight as him. He was robbed of his mobile phone, and was stunned for a moment before he realized it. He glanced around, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he suppressed his anger and said, “What about you? Hey! Give me my phone, you’re violating my privacy right now, you know?”

Saying that, he reached out and grabbed it.

Chu Yunsheng stuffed the phone into his pocket, grabbed Yin Zheng’s hand, pressed it back, and added a bit of sternness to his tone: “You’ll join the group soon, concentrate on acting. Don’t worry about it. You didn’t bring an agent assistant. So, if you need anything during this time, you can look for Yuan Meng.”

Yin Zheng couldn’t understand what was stuffed in Chu Yunsheng’s brain.

He felt that as soon as he touched this person, he was like a lit gun barrel, ready to explode.

“Are you sick?”

Yin Zheng lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, “Why do you care about me? Don’t think that I agreed to come to the crew to compromise with you. If you dare to do anything to me again, I will…”

“Yeah, you’ll castrate me.”

Chu Yunsheng patted Yin Zheng’s head, “The dark circles under your eyes are very heavy, get some sleep.”

After he finished speaking, he ignored Yin Zheng’s reaction, turned around and left. He sat back in his seat.

Seated, Chu Yunsheng tilted his head and said a few words to Yuan Meng, then lowered his head to read the script, his expression as usual. Yuan Meng looked over with a probing glance, his eyes strange.

Yin Zheng looked back and was so angry that he almost jumped up to beat Chu Yunsheng to death.

But he didn’t move.

He froze in his seat for a few minutes, only to find that Chu Yunsheng didn’t look at him anymore, then he slowly relaxed his body. With a complicated expression on his face, he closed his eyes tiredly.

Framed, backstabbed, scandals, contract termination…

Brokers left, companies gave up on him, and the media threw dirty water.

During this time, Yin Zheng fell into an unprecedented low point. Everything in his life seemed to be full of malice towards him.

He didn’t dare to think about these things, for fear that the strength he had finally accumulated would completely collapse under this crazy blow. He had suffered from insomnia for such a long time with no one to care for him. Now, the only person who was willing to help him was a pervert.

Yin Zheng thought groggily, and fell asleep with his head tilted.

Soon after, the plane took off.

Chu Yunsheng noticed Yin Zheng’s silence. He thought for a while, put down the script and walked over. Sure enough, he saw Yin Zheng frowning and sleeping restlessly.

He was much thinner than a week ago, and he was quite haggard.

Chu Yunsheng took the blanket on the side and spread it over him. He asked the flight attendant in a low voice for a cup of hot milk, and put it on Yin Zheng’s table. When he wakes up, he could drink it, it should still be warm.

Chu Yunsheng didn’t quite understand this feeling of distress.

But Yin Zheng’s appearance made him a little unhappy.

Yuan Meng watched his series of actions from behind, and was surprised: “Old Chu, you have been single until now, you couldn’t have…”

“Don’t think about it.”

Chu Yunsheng glanced at him lightly, but did not explain much.

Although Yuan Meng had been friends with the original body for many years, Yuan Meng did not know much about the original body, at least with regards to the actor’s thoughts, Yuan Meng was not very clear.

Before the plane landed, Yin Zheng woke up. He didn’t seem to think much when he saw the blanket and the milk at the right temperature. After drinking the milk, he sat down and looked out the window.

Zhang Feifan’s play was titled “Sky Blue Murder”, set in the period of the Anti-Japanese War in the Republic of China.

The main shoot’s location was in a small town to the south where buildings of the Republic of China were quite well preserved. There was also a warlord’s mansion, which has a strong sense of history.

The story mainly unfolds at Shanghai Beach, but the poor crew in Shanghai was afraid that they couldn’t make it, so they could only settle for the next best thing and come to this small town to make do.

Although the architecture of this small town was not as good as that of Shanghai Beach, it was not worse than the original prototype, plus there were not many tourists. There was also a small film and television base nearby for the shooting of another Republic of China drama. For Zhang Feifan, it was already the perfect choice for its high quality and low cost.

When Chu Yunsheng and Yin Zheng arrived, almost all the crew members were already there.

The film crew was starting the production in five days. The reason why Chu Yunsheng chose to join the group at this time was to take Yin Zheng to participate in the script seminar these days. He also wanted to seize the time to let Zhang Feifan light a small matchstick for Yin Zheng and at the same time, he could eavesdrop and learn a thing or two.

[t/n: light a small matchstick(?) basically to give him the assistance he needed aka extra lessons]

After all, the original host was an actor, and the memories in his mind were also complete. Chu Yunsheng had gained some confidence in acting these days.

But imagination and practice were different. Besides, the original host had never taken this kind of role, so Chu Yunsheng could not take it lightly.

If he was determined to do something, he must go all out. Chu Yunsheng had always been such a person.

The broke crew of “Sky Blue Murder” rented a long-term homestay on their limited budget. Originally, only one suite was vacated for Chu Yunsheng, but now, Yin Zheng was here, so there was no extra room. Director Zhang Feifan also bunked with the screenwriter.

So Director Zhang made the decision. He replaced the big bed in Chu Yunsheng’s room with two single beds, and stuffed Yin Zheng into it.

In the bedroom, Yin Zheng looked at the two poor single beds that were less than one meter apart.