Party

“I rarely starred then in romantic series. This project about the team of princes was liked by the audience and became a landmark. Sometimes I am unsure of myself. And when I was offered this project, there was just a period of doubt and search in my life. I loaded myself with work from morning to evening, without days off and holidays. However, more and more doubts took over me. I have a lot of respect for my viewers and would like them to consider me a unique artist. But romantic series is not really my thing, that's exactly what I thought at the time. The problem is that when such a series comes to an end, it leaves a very strong aftertaste. For a very long time after the end of the series, I can not get into the usual rut. My passions, my love, everything that sleeps or slumbers under the bushel of ordinary life, begins to splash out and sprout when the film is being shot day after day. Maybe that's why I try to avoid romantic series, because they give the illusion of love, but love comes to a person to last forever, and the series once ends, and emptiness remains in the soul.
From the author's interview with the actor
The party was planned for a narrow circle of friends, but this time the narrow circle turned out to be suddenly wide. Many more people came than planned, several friends arrived from America whom the artist had not seen for a long time, and at the last moment the list of invitees suddenly expanded. The party went great, Kunqiu rested his mind and body
Uk, also an artist and a close friend of Kunqu, wanted to be a DJ, and this person knew how to have fun. Jokes sparkled in the air, and the lawn shook with bursts of laughter from satisfied guests. A team of waiters was invited to the party, but the manager Kim refused the services of an administrator. It was decided that May would be in charge of the housekeeping part of the party. And the girl did an excellent job with the role assigned to her. The waiters and attendants were placed in such a way that no guest was left without attention. The party was already coming to an end when one of the American friends, who was pretty drunk and trying to swim in an ornamental lake with fish, was inflamed with passion for Mei. He suddenly pulled the girl to him and tried to kiss. The girl at that moment leaned over the table trying to fix the stand with starched napkins. The table stood on the outskirts, almost in the shade, and only the artist saw further events, who from time to time glanced in the direction where the girl was.
So, at that moment, when a friend from America tried to give May his kiss, the girl twitched and tried to pull away, but she didn’t succeed. The drunken man dug into the girl's lips. Kunqiu rushed to Mei's aid, but he only made it towards the end of the action. There were still twenty steps to the scene of action, he did not hear what the girl said, but he saw that the man was sitting on the ground and his nose was bleeding. Having reached the battle arena, the artist heard that the girl was laughing and saying something in English. The guest sat with a red face, probably the girl's words touched him even more than a blow to the nose, he began to rise, his expression left no hope for a successful outcome of the conversation. At that moment, Kunqiu finally ran to the scene of the conflict. The guest was eager to fight and promised to teach the arrogant waitress a lesson. The artist tried to explain to a friend that the girl was not a waitress, but the guest was already in such a state that he simply did not hear what they were saying to him. He rushed at May, but the girl, instead of fleeing, again said something mocking in English. The situation was getting out of control, the American friend was the same height as Kunqiu, but obviously weighed seventy kilograms more than the owner. Despite this, Kunqiu would certainly have covered Mei with his body, but this was not necessary. Manager Kim finally saw that things were not right and the drunken man was first calmed down and then taken home.
Mei took the napkin, stroked it furiously over her lips several times, and then smiled at the owner and, as if nothing had happened, went on to manage the party.
When the guests left, it was time for the waiters. Mei seemed to be in several places at the same time, she moved so quickly from one end of the terrace to the other. When everything was finally cleaned up and the team of waiters left Kunqiu's house, the artist decided it was time to rest. As he poured coffee, he suddenly remembered the note that one of the waiters had given him. The waiter found this note under the tablecloth where the artist was sitting with his friends. The note was obviously addressed to the artist, because it was lying under the tablecloth, exactly in the place where the dishes from which Kunqiu ate stood.
The note was found at the moment when the tablecloths were being removed from the tables. The artist did not immediately have time to read it, but now that time has come.
I wrote it so solemnly, but to be more precise, the note was given to the artist five minutes ago. So, the artist poured himself some coffee, stretched out his tired legs and unfolded the note. The note read:
"Credit or cash?Who will pay?
It doesn't matter who pays. Both of you will pay a high price for this!"
At first, the artist thought that someone wanted money from him, and the extortionist left his demand in such an original way. But after thinking, he suddenly became confused, and remembered that such words were spoken by one of the heroines in the film in which he played the main role.
Oh, it was one of the key moments in the film, it was a little plot to the action, where, by the way, his close friend played the angel of death, the one who was at the party today. I mean Uka.
The hero and heroine meet on a bridge, their hands simultaneously reaching for a ring that is being sold by a costume jewelry vendor. The heroine and the hero, once, several centuries ago, held this ring in their hands. The jewelry trader is also a difficult woman, she is a deity who can take on, when necessary, the appearance of a beautiful and mysterious woman.
In general, the phrase that was written in the note and that, at first glance, looked so menacing, was just a phrase from the movie that the screenwriter once came up with. But, nevertheless, the situation remained unclear, the artist did not understand what this note means, if it is a threat, then what is the extortionist asking for? And if it's a joke, what's the point of it? The party ended, the extortionist did not show up, and so the artist finally decided that the note was just a stupid joke.
May was crying, the artist heard this, the girl was in her room, but she was about to go home. After the party, Kunqu apologized for the drunk guest, and then asked what the girl said to the guest in such an offensive way?
Mei said she accepted the apology, but had absolutely no memory of her words. The words were spoken from evil, and as soon as the guest left, the girl immediately forgot them.
But it turns out that the girl lied to him, she did not forget anything, and now she was crying from the fear and humiliation she experienced. In order not to embarrass Mei even more, Kunqiu hurriedly grabbed his coffee mug and went up to the second floor.
http://proza.ru/2021/06/28/148