why the stars never die

Chapter 4 Suffering
Susan Wang mentioned at the beginning of the interview that Jiayu became Song Zhuoxi's manager, which is actually a fulfillment of the content of the cooperation. This is also an exclusive news, and she exclusively broke the news.

There were audiences at the recording site, and her carefully made-up face looked friendly.

Song Zhuoxi wore a simple white shirt and a black casual suit, and sat cross-legged on the sofa opposite her. Such a simple dress made it easier for people to focus on his face.

After warming up, Susan Wang started the normal interview process with Song Zhuoxi, talking about Song Zhuoxi's career in acting, his previous schooling experience, and the environment in which he grew up.

"I noticed one thing, you almost never have any fancy dress, does it have something to do with your childhood education?"

"Yes, my family is very strict, and boys should look like boys, so I have never dyed my hair or worn earrings since I was a child."

"What about the rebellious period? Fighting, drinking, smoking, etc., have you ever had it?"

"When I was in high school, I secretly tasted smoking. For a while, I was obsessed with smoking, and I thought I was handsome. Later, I felt that indulging in this habit was not a good thing, so I forced myself to quit."

Susan Wang smiled and said, "You're very self-controlled, so I'm even more curious about your 'thumping your face' incident."

Jiayu frowned upon hearing this, and immediately gestured a "stop" gesture to the director. The director sent a message to the director, and Wang Susan quickly received it. She glanced in Jiayu's direction and didn't ask any more questions.

"It is said that your father is Mr. Song Qiyun, a famous industrialist. The Song family has a high social status in the south. Will there be any restrictions on your choice of spouse in the future?"

Song Zhuoxi tidied up his suit, took the time to adjust his sitting posture, thought about it, and said with a smile: "It is not necessary to find out what a hen looks like to find an egg delicious. I hope that everyone will pay more attention to my acting works, not me personally. family background. As for the issue of spouse selection, my parents have not imposed restrictions.”

This is true, and Jia Yu also admitted that his parents did not have any concept of family status, but were too old-fashioned and had strong personal preferences.She couldn't help curling her lips.

Susan Wang laughed: "But everyone will be more or less curious, such as your love life. Let me ask a few questions for the female fans. When did your first kiss happen?"

Song Zhuoxi smiled and waved his hands: "I dare not answer, because after I answered, you will definitely ask Chu Ye."

Susan Wang pretended to be surprised: "How do you know?"

The audience applauded and laughed, and the atmosphere reached a small climax.Song Zhuoxi glanced down: "In the summer of the second year of high school, on the way to send her back."

"How do you feel?"

Song Zhuoxi actually thought about it seriously: "She should have eaten honey that day, it's very sweet."

Jia Yu couldn't help but twitched the corner of her lips, idiot, she just put on lip gloss that day.

She withdrew her eyes and leaned against the wall, her thoughts drifted back and forth in the summer of that year.Back then they walked side by side, but from now on, this is where they are with each other.She could only stand in the dark corner and try her best to push him to the bright and shining peak.

But it's all her own choice.

It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when the recording of the program ended. Susan Wang proposed to treat guests to dinner, but Jia Yu politely declined.

Han Zuzhe went to buy a boxed lunch and waited in the car. Jia Yu and Song Zhuoxi went downstairs together. In the elevator, Song Zhuoxi suddenly asked, "Did you eat honey that day?"

Jia Yu froze for a moment: "What?"

"I asked if you had honey when I kissed you for the first time."

"...Don't be so childish, can you?" Jia Yu turned her head to hide the slight redness on her face.

Song Zhuoxi's face was reflected on the mirror wall, she was startled, and he pulled her over.

"What are you doing..."

Song Zhuoxi pressed her lips, grinding them hard, Jiayu couldn't push him away, and didn't dare to bite him - how could she be on camera if her lips were broken.She could only beat him, but even then he kept kissing until the elevator was almost on the first floor.

"I... I remember that we are now in a working relationship!" Jia Yu panted and glared at him.

"It's just hype, you can say what you like." Song Zhuoxi held her chin: "Don't you just want money? I'll cover you and make a price."

Jia Yu looked at him in disbelief, but soon calmed down.Song Zhuoxi knew her thoughts too well, he must be using this method to force her to show her body.

She pursed her lips, as if thinking, put her arms around his waist and said, "One hundred thousand, once."

Song Zhuoxi's face was not as scary as expected, it could even be considered calm, but his chest heaved violently.He pushed her away: "You really think highly of yourself, and it's worth the price."

The elevator doors opened and he walked out.Jia Yu checked the elevator. On the surface, Susan Wang still protected the artist's privacy and didn't have a camera.

The next day, Song Zhuoxi's work schedule was temporarily cancelled, and Jia Yu rarely had a good night's sleep. After waking up, she wanted to go out to get her hair cut. As soon as she reached the entrance, Xiao Jia trotted up to her with a note in her mouth. .

Jia Yu took it over and took a look, it was Song Zhuoxi's handwriting: Have breakfast before going out.

Walking into the kitchen, there was indeed porridge in the pot.

They have all been in Beijing for so many years, and they are still not used to eating.Song Zhuoxi only learned to cook for her.When they were in college, the two of them rented a house and lived outside. He cooked every day, and only what he cooked was to her liking.As a result, after the breakup, Jia Yu would rather eat instant noodles than eat in the cafeteria, and her mouth was spoiled.

Once she casually said that she missed the soup dumplings in her hometown, and he called back to say that she wanted to eat them. The Song family actually asked someone to deliver them to him, and they were still hot.From then on, Jia Yu never dared to say what she wanted to eat casually.

She rubbed her forehead, Song Zhuoxi is like a powerful sorcerer, she has not jumped out of his palm for so many years, she thought that she is qualified to be a fairy now, if this continues, she may still show her original shape .

In the end, she still served a bowl of porridge and drank it, not for gratitude, but to stop the stalemate. After all, she was his manager and came to work for him, not to make him unhappy.

After cutting her hair, Jiayu went to Juxing. Wu Cuishan, dressed in a women's suit, walked over to greet her handsomely from the other side of the hall: "Hey, are you still used to working with Zhuo Xi?"

"Very good." Jia Yu said with a smile.

"That's good." Wu Cuishan patted her on the shoulder, and whispered as she passed by, "Pay attention to safety measures."

"..." Jia Yu sighed deeply.It seemed that the whole world could see Song Zhuoxi's intentions towards her, only she forced herself to ignore it.

Sun Ya has been away from Beijing for some time, and Jia Yu has been busy, and has not been able to contact her.But unexpectedly, on the way home from Juxing, Jiayu actually received a call from her boyfriend Daming.

Daming is a graduate student from another school, and he has been in love with Sun Ya for two years, and he heard that he will soon go to Sun Ya's hometown for urban development.

"Hello? Daming, you called me suddenly, are you going to leave?"

"Yeah, it's been two days."

"Then I'll give you a farewell."

"Haha, that's not necessary." Daming smiled very brightly: "I have something to tell you. I met a college classmate at the class reunion two days ago. He just returned from studying abroad. He is a young talent. Are you still single? , do you want to get to know each other?"

Jia Yu is funny, Daming and Sun Ya used to like to match her, and they persevered, they almost have a sense of social responsibility to eliminate single pollution for the country.

"Forget it, I don't like blind dates..."

"Don't, why don't you refuse every time? It won't matter if we meet each other, so just make more friends." Daming paused on the phone and asked gossipingly, "Would you still miss you?" That ex-boyfriend named Song?"

Sun Ya has such a big mouth.

But when he reminded him like this, Jia Yu felt that this was a solution to the problem.

"Okay, you can arrange it."

Back at the residence, Song Zhuoxi was feeding Xiaojia. He was wearing a cotton shirt and jeans, and his hair was probably just washed and blow-dried, so it was a little fluffy.The balcony was open, and the sun shone in. It hit half of his face, and his whole body seemed to be soaked in a halo, making people more and more addicted to his face.

Jia Yu had to admit that the reason why he fell in love with him at first was because of love for beauty.

"Are you back?" Song Zhuoxi teased Xiao Jia with the dog food, without looking at Jia's words, as if he was asking Xiao Jia.

Jia Yu simply sat on the sofa and ignored him.

Only then did Song Zhuoxi turn his head to look over, and was taken aback for a moment: "Did you cut your hair short?"

"Ah."

He sat across from her, with a half-smile: "The burden on your head is too heavy, isn't it?"

"..."

Song Zhuoxi didn't continue to tease her, and suddenly said: "Min Yi has arrived in Beijing, let's have dinner together tonight."

Jia Yu was about to refuse immediately, but he stood up straight away and said, "I'm going to change clothes. There will definitely be traffic jams on the road later, so let's leave early."

When he didn't let people refuse, he would issue orders first, and Jia Yu could only sigh helplessly.

As early as when she decided to go back to Song Zhuoxi's side, Jiayu knew that one day she would meet Zhuang Minyi again.To be honest, the situation between the two of them is not filled with gunpowder.Zhuang Minyi's father seemed to have been kind to Song Zhuoxi's father before, but later he became seriously ill and entrusted his daughter to the Song family to take care of when he was dying, so Zhuang Minyi was considered to have grown up in the Song family.

Without Jiayu, they should develop into a couple naturally.

Of course, this sentence was said by Zhuang Minyi, and Jia Yu did not agree with it.

Song Zhuoxi was actually very lonely when he was a teenager. If Jiayu hadn't rushed to grab him by the collar and say "be my boyfriend" in a flash of lust, he might not have looked at her in the eye.

Zhuang Minyi's appearance is so dignified, she can't do this kind of thing, it's no wonder Song Zhuoxi would notice her.

On the way to the restaurant, he kept thinking about messy things, Jiayu smiled at the window glass, why was he so stupid back then.

"What are you laughing at?" Song Zhuoxi asked from the side.

"It's nothing."

"With an uncooperative manager like you, my career will end sooner or later." Song Zhuoxi snorted coldly.

The restaurant is on the eleventh floor. Zhuang Minyi reserved a seat by the window in advance so that she could watch the night view, but when she met her, she complained to Song Zhuoxi, "What else is there to see in Beijing other than the crowds."

Song Zhuoxi smiled: "Then why are you still here?"

"It's time for me to go back to school. I'm flying from Beijing to Australia this time, so I can see you." She was talking enthusiastically to Song Zhuoxi, as if she didn't notice Jiayu next to her.

While chatting, Song Zhuoxi dragged the chair away for Jiayu to sit, and sat next to her, so Zhuang Minyi had to focus on Jiayu: "Hi, Jiayu, long time no see."

Jia Yu smiled and nodded: "Long time no see, you are getting more and more beautiful."

It's this line every time, it's really monotonous.

Zhuang Minyi is very thin, her skin is as white as delicate porcelain, and she has a graceful temperament. When we first met, Jia Yu said that she would definitely be a poetess or something in ancient times.

She is indeed very talented. She published modern poetry and prose in the school magazine very early on. She also said that she wanted to learn Chinese to become a scholar. Unexpectedly, she followed Song Qiyun's arrangement and went to Australia to study.

"How come, you are getting more and more beautiful. Changing short hair is especially suitable for you, capable and easy." Zhuang Minyi turned to ask Song Zhuoxi with crooked eyes, "Are you busy with work recently?"

"Fortunately."

"How can it be okay, you are so popular now! Some of my classmates found out about our relationship and asked me for your autograph."

Jia Yu got up suddenly and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

Seeing her walk away, Zhuang Minyi asked Song Zhuoxi again: "I heard that she became your manager, why are you still willing to keep her?"

"The company's decision has nothing to do with me." Song Zhuoxi took a sip of water and said with a smile: "Besides, if I want to keep her, I won't use the name of work."

Zhuang Minyi smiled dryly, got up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom too."

Jia Yu was washing her hands by the sink, and suddenly Zhuang Minyi's figure was reflected in the mirror. She squeezed the hand sanitizer to wash her hands, and asked casually, "Jia Yu, have you visited your father in prison in the past two years?"

Jia Yu turned on the faucet, his movements were coherent, without any pause: "Thank you for your greeting, I don't need to worry about it."

Back at the dinner table, they were able to get along with each other naturally, and Zhuang Minyi even gave Jiayu a piece of food with chopsticks.

Song Zhuoxi and Zhuang Minyi were chatting and laughing, but Jiayu was thinking of her father in their laughter.He was imprisoned for the past two years, charged with attempted murder.

It's not that she doesn't want to see him, but her father doesn't let her see him.What he said before he went to prison was, live your own life, it is best to erase me from your life.

"What are you thinking?" Song Zhuoxi stared at her.

"It's nothing." Jia Yu glanced at Zhuang Minyi, then suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "Let's go back, okay, I'm a little uncomfortable."

The surprise in Song Zhuoxi's eyes disappeared in a flash, and he held her hand instead: "Okay."

Zhuang Minyi was wiping the corners of her lips with a napkin, as if she hadn't seen this scene at all.

In June, Beijing began to enter the rainy season. It started to rain on the way back, and the air that used to feel dry gradually became humid.

Song Zhuoxi drove the car well, and suddenly asked: "What's the matter with you and Min Yi?"

Jia Yu froze for a moment: "What's wrong?"

"Why do you want to leave all of a sudden?"

"You don't feel well." Jia Yu finally understood what he meant, and said with a twitch of the corner of his mouth, "Of course, you don't have to leave."

"Then your wishful thinking is not impossible to succeed."

"Hehe..." Jia Yu smiled perfunctorily. She knew that she couldn't hide what she had done from him, but she made up her mind never to tell him.

Song Zhuoxi didn't ask further, he was unexpectedly considerate today, maybe he really believed that Jia Yu was not feeling well.

In the next period of time, work suddenly became busy. Song Zhuoxi had a movie to shoot, and he had to go to the set every day. On the day Zhuang Minyi left, he couldn't deliver it. Jiayu even answered the parting phone call.

"Jia Yu, take good care of Zhuo Xi for me, and we will have dinner together when we come back." Zhuang Minyi's tone was as kind as a close friend in a boudoir: "Take care, goodbye."

Jia Yu also smiled: "Goodbye."

Not long after hanging up the phone, his cell phone rang, and it was Daming.

"Hello? Jiayu, are you busy?"

"It's okay, you say."

"Do you still remember what I told you? I made an appointment with the other party, at Block 58A of Shuiyue Restaurant at seven o'clock in the evening, remember to go."

Jia Yu was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was talking about a blind date: "Okay, thank you."

"Hey, thank you, remember to give me a red envelope when you two are married, haha."

Song Zhuoxi finished the work, took a sip of the water in Han Zuzhe's hand, walked over and asked, "Who called just now?"

"Min Yi, she has gone to Australia, she called to say goodbye to you."

Song Zhuoxi nodded, not enthusiastically.

Jia Yu was actually a little strange in her heart, the last time she had dinner together, she noticed that there was almost no ambiguity between the two of them, maybe he and Zhuang Minyi were not dating at all.

But what does this have to do with her?
"By the way, I still have a night scene to shoot tonight, you can eat by yourself." Song Zhuoxi changed his costume and walked over, thought for a while and added: "You should order takeaway, otherwise I'm afraid the first thing I will do when I go back To take you to the hospital."

The things she made weren't that poisonous... Jia Yu quietly puffed up her cheeks.

When Song Zhuoxi saw it, his heart moved, and he leaned over and hugged her waist: "Are you dissatisfied?"

Jia Yu immediately pushed him away, looked at Han Zuzhe who was pretending to tidy up his clothes, and said intentionally, "I'm going out to eat at night, and I have a blind date."

Song Zhuoxi's face suddenly darkened: "Are you going on a blind date?"

"Ah."

"Just like you?" He looked her up and down and snorted, "I'm so confident."

Jia Yu said calmly, "Appearance is second, and the most important thing in living together is personality compatibility. I believe there will always be people who will see my inner self."

Song Zhuoxi glanced at her again: "That person's eyes must be X-rays."

"..."

When the nanny's car arrived, he suddenly waved his hand and walked back to the set: "I'm resting on the set, you guys go."

Jiayu looked at the time, asked Han Zuzhe to accompany him, and left by himself in the car, ignoring his mood at all.

As soon as Song Zhuoxi walked to the entrance, he heard the sound of a car driving away. He kicked the gate fiercely in anger, and Han Zuzhe was so frightened that he hurried over to stop him: "Mr. Song, be careful not to get hurt, you are still filming!"

The blind date is called Zhang Han, who is less than [-] years old and has just returned from studying in the United States.

Sun Ya once told Jiayu that all older unmarried men and women have their own reasons more or less, and the reason is definitely not as simple as having a small social circle or only being around people of the same sex.Generally speaking, either the heart belongs to them, or the eyes are above the top, or there are defects-most of these defects come from personality, not very good at communication or too egotistical.

Jia Yu didn't agree with this point, but Sun Ya felt that she had experienced many battles and had seen more scumbags than she had eaten. She emphasized several times that what she said was a wise saying, so she couldn't argue.

The reason why she suddenly thought of this theory was because when Jiayu arrived at Shuiyue Restaurant, she found that Zhang Han was really in such good condition, so good that she couldn't help but want to use Sun Ya's theory to speculate on the reason why he was still single.

He was wearing a white shirt and black trousers, and sat quietly in his seat. When he saw her appear, he stood up politely to say hello, being polite.The only thing that can be criticized is the ordinary appearance, but that is also because Jiayu's aesthetics has been spoiled by Song Zhuoxi. In fact, his looks are already worthy of the audience.

When eating, they ordered some home-cooked dishes, but the taste was good. The important thing was to make Jiayu feel at ease, and not have the feeling of distance from another world when she was with Song Zhuoxi.

At the dinner table, Zhang Han was basically looking for topics, and in the end it turned into a question and answer.

"What kind of work does Miss Du do now?"

"Entertainment industry, star agent."

"Is that busy?"

"good."

"What I'm doing now is the media, and I can't go anywhere easily."

Jia Yu glanced at him unexpectedly: "You are in the media? I majored in journalism in college."

"Really?" He became interested: "Then why did you change careers?"

"Well... for some personal reasons."

Zhang Han smiled and didn't ask any further questions.

When we parted, Jiayu's mood was the same as when he came here, but Zhang Han obviously showed good feelings for her: "Is there any chance to invite you out for dinner next time?"

Jia Yu thought for a while, then smiled and said, "As long as you're not busy."

Zhang Han kept a gentleman's smile all the time, and opened the taxi door for her.

When I got back to the residence, I found that the room was very deserted. As soon as Xiao Jia saw her, she rushed over, wagging her tail and whimpering. I don't know how long she had been hungry. It seemed that Song Zhuoxi hadn't come back yet.

Jiayu fed Xiaojia, after thinking about it, she decided to go to the set to find Song Zhuoxi.

It was already midnight, and when Jiayu went, Song Zhuoxi had just finished filming a scene. He was sitting next to him in a cumbersome ancient costume, reciting his lines, frowning all the time, probably because he was not reciting smoothly.

Han Zuzhe called Jiayu, he looked up, asked Han Zuzhe the time, and said with a sneer, "I just came back now, it seems that his eyes are really X-rays."

Jia Yu sat beside him and asked routinely, "Is everything going well?"

"It's going well. I should be able to finish filming the scene in Beijing today, and shoot a daytime scene tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, the crew will transfer to the film and television base in Wuxi."

Jiayu was a little surprised, how could it be so fast?It happened that the assistant director was talking to the actors over there, so she walked over to ask about the situation.

"Miss Du, don't say that we are oppressing the actors. Mr. Song cooperates so much. We have no reason not to agree. In fact, the rest of the crew are so tired that they are about to go on strike. Only the director has enthusiasm with him."

Jia Yu understood that Song Zhuoxi did it on purpose.

"Actors sometimes have personal emotions. You don't need to be too accommodating to him. Only by saving your energy can you make a good work. Please go talk to the director."

The assistant director himself was exhausted, so he nodded and went to find the director.Jia Yu walked back and told Han Zuzhe, "Pack up your things and prepare to go back. We will delay starting work by an hour tomorrow."

Song Zhuoxi frowned: "You've been promoted to be a director? What orders are you giving out!"

The complaints were not finished here, but the director held up the microphone and shouted "let's go!", and the cast and crew even cheered as if they had been pardoned.

An actor passed behind Jiayu and whispered, "Now that I'm popular, I still work so hard. I'm really full."

Jia Yu really wanted to say "well said" in agreement.

Being a star is no different from being a staff member. You have to work hard, and the investors are desperate for it. After all, the shorter the shooting period, the less investment you will make.The important duty of being a manager is to protect the artist, but Song Zhuoxi wanted to go against her.

When returning home, Song Zhuoxi didn't speak, and he didn't feel tired, he just stared at the street outside the car window in a daze.

Jia Yu didn't make a sound, only Han Zuzhe dozed off in front, nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice.She simply asked the driver to take him back first, anyway, Song Zhuoxi still had energy and didn't need to rest.

Han Zuzhe woke up and was flattered: "Sister Jiayu, isn't this appropriate?"

"It's okay, go back and rest early."

Han Zuzhe got out of the car and looked at her worriedly, always feeling that there was something wrong between her and Song Zhuoxi.

Jia Yu was also tired from running around, and had already used up all the food she ate during the previous blind date.She followed Song Zhuoxi into the door, and he didn't turn on the light, but suddenly turned around and pressed her against the door, so startled that Xiao Jia, who was sleeping, stood up.

"The blind date went well?"

Jia Yu turned her head to avoid his breath: "Not bad."

"Do you mean to develop?"

"Already developing."

Song Zhuoxi was quiet for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I knew I would come to this point, why bother to provoke me?"

Jia Yu was silent, indeed, everything seemed to be her own doing.

Probably because of changes after the breakup, Song Zhuoxi's temper became more and more unpredictable for Jiayu.He imprisoned Jiayu in the dark for a long time, but in the end he did nothing, let go of her and went back to the room, not forgetting to turn on the light for her.

But Jia Yu kept thinking about his words, there was no anger but disappointment, which made her feel faintly distressed.

In her world, Song Zhuoxi was like a creator god, and there was such a moment, which made her feel more uncomfortable than scolding her and humiliating her.

(End of this chapter)