The Ultimate Development Plan Chapter 2

Duan Hanyi covered his front teeth with one hand, and Ryan Mitchell held his other hand. Alex Dawson respectfully pushed open the door of the bar: "Director Duan, are you really okay? Do you want me to call an ambulance for you?"

Ethan Bennett said: "Get lost."

Liam Foster was stunned in the bar for a while, and suddenly chased out: "Han Zhi..."

Ethan Bennett added: "You get out too."

...

Liam Foster looked gloomily at the two Cheng Yaojins on the left and right of Ethan Bennett, his expression chilling: "New rising star Alex Dawson, and this little boyfriend, I will remember you."

Ryan Mitchell was a little flattered and couldn't help but say, "Actually, I've always liked watching you act in movies. I've watched your movie "The Thousand Miles Pursuit" several times. I didn't expect that I would be remembered by my idol. It's really..."

Ethan Bennett stared at Ryan Mitchell angrily: "Do you think you can be stupid if I don't scold you? Shut up and talk less!"

Ryan Mitchell turned his face away silently. Seeing the two of them supporting each other in a very intimate posture, Liam Foster couldn't help but get jealous and snorted: "Boyfriend? I want to see how long you can be proud of being a boyfriend. Boy, I have a piece of advice for you, new people become old people very quickly, don't think you can be arrogant now, after you are kicked away, be careful not to run into me on the street!"

Ryan Mitchell was about to say something, but Ethan Bennett said calmly: "How long can he be so proud? This is something I have the final say on, not you."

Liam Foster choked up for a moment.

"Liam Foster, you've been doing so well these past few years that you're even trying to piggyback on me. Do you have any say in which kid I like and which kid I raise?"

Ethan Bennett spoke lightly and nonchalantly, but Liam Foster's expression became uglier than anything else.

"I supported you because you were obedient enough. Don't think that you can interfere in my affairs now that you are strong enough. I can promote you to the top, and I can also pull you down. Maybe tomorrow---" Ethan Bennett patted Ryan Mitchell's hand, "this unknown little supporting actor can replace your status as a superstar."

Liam Foster said: "Just him?"

Ethan Bennett sneered: "Just wait and see if you don't believe me."

The four looked at each other, sparks flew, and at that moment, the flash lights suddenly flickered on and off. Ethan Bennett immediately raised his hands to cover his face: "Hurry up, the reporters are coming."

Ryan Mitchell was still looking around: "Where are the reporters?" But he was kicked hard by Alex Dawson, and he jumped down the stairs. Alex Dawson had saved money to buy a Mercedes-Benz some time ago, and parked it in front of the bar. Now the three of them squeezed in like fleeing, and even when they closed the car door, they could still see the flashing lights behind them.

Ryan Mitchell sat in the car, looking out the window worriedly: "Will King An be surrounded by reporters?"

Alex Dawson secretly glanced at Director Duan's face in the rearview mirror, and immediately said righteously: "Ryan Mitchell, do you have any concept of enemies or friends? You actually sympathize with this pervert who is obsessed with homoS3xuals. You are really unprincipled! Right, Director Duan?"

Ethan Bennett said leisurely: "When Liam Foster was still a newcomer, I seduced him."

... Alex Dawson humbly asked: "Why do you hate me so much when I show a little bit of affection?"

"Because I like to take the initiative and don't like to be forced."

Alex Dawson turned back to drive silently. Ethan Bennett turned to Ryan Mitchell and looked at him with interest: "Your last name is Wei, and you played a gangster in "Broken Heart Water", right?"

Ryan Mitchell was surprised: "Director Duan, how did you know?"

"That day I went to visit the crew of Heartbroken Water and saw you reciting your lines to the wall. It took me half an hour to hear you reciting the line 'What do you want to do to my girl?'. I kept repeating this line in my head like a tape recorder every time I closed my eyes at night." Ethan Bennett elegantly took out a tissue and wiped the blood from the corner of his lips bit by bit. "Although it's only one line, your acting is not bad. It's passable."

Ryan Mitchell blushed for no apparent reason: "I've only played that one role with lines, so..."

"You look good," Ethan Bennett twisted his chin and looked him over and over, "You look thick and simple, like a brick, tall and strong, and you look energetic. Why aren't you as popular as that kid driving over there?"

The guy driving the car burst into tears: "Director Duan, my name is Alex Dawson. After all, I was once chosen by you to be the leading actor."

Ethan Bennett said: "It's the former male number one. You have been kicked out by me."

"...Is there no room for maneuver?"

"No," Ethan Bennett said calmly, "In fact, I have wanted to cast you for a long time. I felt okay during the audition. You have been very famous recently, and your teacher was once a senior whom I respected very much, so the producer decided on you. But when filming started, I found that you didn't feel good enough and couldn't get into the role. You see, the protagonist is a very contradictory person. On the one hand, he has a beloved fiancée, and on the other hand, he has a crush on his boss of the same S3x. Although he has been harassed by his mean, poisonous, and twisted boss for a long time, he never fights back. The depressed mood accumulated over a long period of time, and finally one day he couldn't help but overwhelm his boss. This is the first climax of the film... So, the character of this protagonist should be a little face, a little honest, likes to silently criticize in his heart, but is very kind."

Ethan Bennett's voice suddenly got stuck in his throat. Alex Dawson slowly turned his head, and they both stared at Ryan Mitchell with strange eyes.

Ryan Mitchell was horrified: "Why are you looking at me?"

"Director Duan, this character..." Alex Dawson pointed at Ryan Mitchell with trembling fingers, "Is it created based on this kid?!"

Ryan Mitchell stood in front of the door of the hotel room, his short hair, which had been half-sprayed with hairspray, sticking up into the air, like a nervous hedgehog.

Ethan Bennett asked him to audition, on the one hand because Alex Dawson stood up for his brother and fought hard to get the opportunity; on the other hand, he probably wanted to take the opportunity to teach Liam Foster a lesson. Although An Tianwang has been crowned the king, Ethan Bennett has long been a god in the film industry, and he will never allow someone he has trained to challenge him.

Before leaving that day, Ethan Bennett patted Ryan Mitchell's shoulder meaningfully and said, "Young man, you look OK, you are hardworking and willing to endure hardships, and you are a graduate of a specialized school. There is no reason why you can't become famous no matter what. What you lack is just an opportunity. Alex Dawson debuted because of his teacher's support. As for whether you can become famous, it depends on whether you are willing to seize the opportunity."

Ryan Mitchell thought about this for a long time, and Alex Dawson kept encouraging him: "Seize the opportunity! Ethan Bennett is an internationally renowned director after all, and others can't even ask for his favor. You must not give up easily!"

... Ryan Mitchell said: "My ideal is just to be a bar singer. You suddenly gave me the pie that fell from the sky. I can't eat it."

Alex Dawson spread his hands and said, "My dream is to be a flower shop owner. God knows why I would go to act in TV shows."

Ryan Mitchell sighed heavily: "Tell me, could it be that Ethan Bennett fell in love with me at first sight in the bar that day and wanted to take advantage of me?"

Alex Dawson spit out a mouthful of water: "Who do you think is more photogenic, you or Liam Foster?"

"...An Tianwang."

"An Tianwang is cool and handsome. The media calls him a girl killer. He can kill women from eight to eighty years old. Even such a talent was kicked out by Ethan Bennett. What makes you attractive to Ethan Bennett?"

Ryan Mitchell thought about it and agreed. After returning home, he received a phone call. A flat male voice asked on the other end of the phone: "You are Mr. Ryan Mitchell, right? I am Ethan Bennett's assistant. Director Duan plans to interview you at 308 Room of Jinsha Hotel at 17:00 on Friday afternoon. Please don't be late, Mr. Wei."

Ryan Mitchell nodded: "Okay, okay." After hanging up the phone, he looked around. This was a single room he rented in this city where every inch of land is valuable. It was dark, damp, and cluttered. There was just a bed and a table placed there casually, and there was only enough space to turn around.

Ryan Mitchell slammed his fist on the table, causing the instant noodle soup left over from last night to slosh. He then roared at the top of his lungs, "I want to make money!!"

For those who are in desperate need of making money, rich people are the boss.

Ryan Mitchell waited in front of the old man's hotel room for half an hour, watching the clock pass five o'clock, and then five o'clock again. Only a tall and strong bodyguard-like assistant came out of the door and told him in the same calm and flat voice as yesterday's call: "Director Duan is accepting a telephone interview, please come in later."

At about 5:30, the assistant pushed the door open again: "Mr. Wei, it's ok, go in and wait."

Ryan Mitchell walked into the room, and the door closed silently behind him. As expected of one of the top hotels in the city, the room was brightly lit and magnificent, and the air was slowly filled with the light fragrance of some unknown flower, making people feel dizzy.

Facing the door was a row of long sofas, and against the wall was a crystal wine cabinet. Ethan Bennett leaned against the cabinet, his waist gently against the wall, shaking a glass of red wine as bright as a ruby   in his hand: "Have you read the newspaper these two days?"

Ryan Mitchell shook his head subconsciously: "No." He glanced at Ethan Bennett, and it was a little hard to look away. Ethan Bennett was wearing an Armani smoky fine-grained shirt with two buttons open at the collar, which deeply sank his collarbone. He was wearing a pair of low-waisted jeans underneath, which made his waist look thin, his legs long, and his shoulders broad. It was no exaggeration to say that he had a model figure.

Ethan Bennett had been in the industry for quite a while, and Ryan Mitchell estimated that he must be already in his thirties, but he looked almost as young as Ryan Mitchell himself. This man had very good-looking facial features, slanted upturned phoenix eyes, a straight nose, and thin lips. He had a very cold and unfeeling look.

Ryan Mitchell remembered that the newspaper said Ethan Bennett had been a substitute for actors. It was probably true. With such looks, even if he didn't become a director, he could be an idol or a model. The only drawback was that artists had to be friendly at all times. They had to look handsome and cool and make people want to get close to them. However, Ethan Bennett's eyebrows were too oppressive. Because he was too beautiful, he looked stern and cold, which made people feel scared.

Ethan Bennett seemed not to notice Ryan Mitchell's gaze. He just raised his chin and motioned him to look at the coffee table. "Go and take a look."

There was a newspaper on the coffee table, which was spread out and turned to the entertainment section. The bold black headline read: Internationally renowned director Ethan Bennett was beaten in a bar. Is the suspect the top popular star Liam Foster or the new rising star Alex Dawson? ! There was a huge picture below. Ethan Bennett was covering his mouth with blood all over his hands. On the steps stood the angry Liam Foster, and below stood the servile Alex Dawson. Ryan Mitchell stood sideways beside Ethan Bennett, and was probably mistaken by the media as the bodyguard of the great director Duan.

Ryan Mitchell grabbed the newspaper and saw that the report was full of absurd speculations. First, he thought of the news that Ethan Bennett had terminated Alex Dawson's contract for no reason, and then he speculated that Alex Dawson had deliberately retaliated and broke the director's front teeth in the bar; there were also reports speculating that the murderer was the popular superstar Liam Foster. Liam Foster was promoted to the top by Ethan Bennett, and he was loyal to him in recent years, but Ethan Bennett made him famous and then threw him into the cold palace. Although Director Duan always liked new things and disliked old things, the speed at which he liked new things and disliked old things was not very respectful to Superstar An.

"An innocent person was blamed, while the real murderer is at large," Ethan Bennett looked at Ryan Mitchell sarcastically, "but maybe it's because you look too much like a large dog, so in such a dark night, no one recognized you as a human."

Ryan Mitchell silently put down the newspaper. When he was in college, he was 1.8 meters tall. When his hair was not cut, it was a little curly, and he really looked like a big curly-haired dog.

Ethan Bennett finished his sarcasm and felt relieved: "Hey, have you read the script I asked Alex Dawson to give you?"

"Watch... watch a little..." Ryan Mitchell didn't leave the room for the whole day, lying on the bed reciting the lines. He looks good and has a good appearance, but he is not smart enough in front of the camera, so he is not as popular as Alex Dawson. In order to make up for this shortcoming, he can only spend ten or a hundred times more effort than others to memorize the lines and figure out the script.

Ethan Bennett put down the wine glass elegantly, and the crystals clinked with a slight ding sound. "Then let me see if you are really better than Liam Foster. In the 486th scene of the indoor play, the boss occasionally helped the protagonist's fiancée with a small favor. The fiancée secretly admired the boss. After the protagonist discovered this, he came to question the boss, and the two of them had a conversation. There are only a few lines, and more of the shots are about eyes, gestures and atmosphere. You try to show me, starting with the protagonist asking the boss, 'Have you ever had a woman?'"

"...Ahem." Ryan Mitchell cleared his throat. He had been treating himself as the leading actor from yesterday till now. He was so immersed in the role that he felt a little absent-minded on the way here just now.

Ethan Bennett crossed his long legs, folded his arms and leaned against the wall with a half-smile on his face.

Ryan Mitchell looked straight at him, his tone low, his eyes dim under the bright lights: "Have you ever had a woman?"

Ethan Bennett found that this simple, honest and silly boy suddenly changed his aura and looked like a leading actor in a movie, so he took over the line: "Yes, I did. Why do you ask?"

Ryan Mitchell avoided answering and took a step forward: "Have you ever loved them?"

Ethan Bennett was silent for a moment, "I have loved you."

"What kind of love is it?"

The boss looked up and found that the protagonist had walked in front of him and looked directly into his eyes. The camera was focused on the moment when the two people's eyes met. If there was a camera that faithfully recorded all this, it would have seen that Ethan Bennett's slender eyes were raised, and his long eyelashes seemed to be sprinkled with broken diamonds, which were so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at them under the light.

"No matter what kind of love it is," Ethan Bennett said softly, "it has nothing to do with you anymore."

Ryan Mitchell blinked, scratched his hair, and took a step back: "...Director, that's not what the script says. You should say 'I regard every relationship as the only one'."

Ethan Bennett suddenly woke up and kicked him hard: "None of your business! Do you think I'm the kind of person who gives 100% in every relationship?"

Ryan Mitchell hissed, holding his stomach, and squatted on the carpet: "No, no, absolutely not."

"Are you the director or am I the director? If I want to change the lines, I will change them. If you have any objections, either shut up or get out!"

"Yes Yes!"

Although the kick just now was very solid, Ethan Bennett's somewhat embarrassed and frustrated look at the moment made people laugh for no reason. Ryan Mitchell lay on the carpet meekly, suppressing a smile on his face, and nodded like pounding garlic: "You are the director, I will listen to you, everything."

Ethan Bennett stared at him coldly for a long time. That docile and honest look, that submissive and indulgent attitude, and that hateful aura and gaze when he was reciting the lines just now, everything overlapped with the fragments of memory and made him feel hatefully familiar.

Ethan Bennett suddenly half-knelt down, grabbed Ryan Mitchell by the collar, and forced the young man to look up at him, "Hey."

Ryan Mitchell grinned: "Yes!"

Ethan Bennett stared at him for a long time before slowly showing a smile that was so gorgeous that it made people's heart palpitate: "...Have you heard of the so-called unspoken rules?"