Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Another day without announcement.
Ji Wenxia lay sprawled on the sofa, happily playing the car speed game, and felt that his assistant Yu Dong was running around anxiously in front of him, so he immediately called out.
"Can you stop turning it baby, you make my eyes hurt when you turn it."
Yu Dong stopped in his tracks, with a bitter face.
"Brother Xia, why are you not in a hurry at all? Before Director Liu decided to let you play the second male lead, but halfway through, Gu Yu, who brought money into the group, took your role away. Do you know how long you have been?" Has there been no filming yet, it's been a year, bro."
"One year is enough for a rookie to become popular, but for an old man like you to boom!"
Ji Wenxia completed a beautiful drift between his "biu" and "boom" and whistled.
"Didn't I also participate in a singing show? Film and TV singers never put their eggs in one basket."
Yu Dong: "If you call a job that is eliminated after playing once a job."
Ji Wenxia lazily said: "Everything that has money is called work."
Yu Dong was speechless, looking around the small one-bedroom apartment he just moved into, and said heartbroken.
"You didn't just come here for the money, you wanted to be famous! Brother! On the first day I became your assistant, you wrote a thousand autographs and stuffed them into my hand, letting me sit and wait for the appreciation. Did you forget it?"
"Besides, even if it's just for money, look at you," Yu Dong couldn't bear to say that the house is too small, so he changed his words very tactfully, "... cute little house, don't you feel melancholy because of the poverty of life?"
Ji Wenxia remembered the balance on his card, and looked at the messy environment around him, and felt that he was a little tight.
He asked, "Should I move again?"
Yu Dong: "..."
If you have no movies, no variety shows, and even the record company won’t release an album for you, where do you get the money to move? !
After a speed game ended, manager Dai Li called.
Li Dai went straight to the point: "Wen Xia, the show "The King of Songs" you were on last year contacted me, saying that their show started a resurrection competition this year, and resurrected the players who were eliminated last year, and asked if you would like to participate."
Ji Wenxia swiped off the speeding car interface, and shouted into the microphone: "I don't want to! I was eliminated in the first round, and you still want me to go in, and you want to humiliate me? Tell them, I have a lot of things to do every day. , I don’t have time to participate in their crappy show!”
Yu Dong was overwhelmed by his imposing shouting, and when he recovered, he was about to clap his hands and applaud.
Dai Li said, "The appearance fee is six figures once."
Ji Wenxia paused with her fingers on the screen and cleared her throat: "When will the contract be signed? I'm free anytime."
Yu Dong: "..."
There is nothing wrong with Ji Wenxia's entry into the entertainment industry. He inherited his parents' excellent looks. He has outstanding facial features, clear eyebrows, straight nose, and his peachy eyes are curved when he speaks. Do not open your eyes.
But why is he not hot? !
Yu Dong's heart was cold, and he watched Ji Wenxia sign the contract of "The King of Songs", but there was nothing he could do.
Last year, "The King of Songs" invited 66 singers, including famous Chinese music stars all over the country, as well as unknown singers like Ji Wenxia.
In the first round of the competition, they adopted the promotion method of live audience voting. No matter how good Ji Wenxia's strength was, he couldn't compete with others in terms of fans and fame, so he was eliminated miserably.
The program team announced the rankings at that time, and sent all the contestants to the hot search, including Ji Wenxia. As a result, a bunch of netizens commented and asked: Who is this person.
Miserable, really miserable.
If you go to this kind of show, you just run with you.
After the program team left, Yu Dong was still depressed.
Ji Wenxia said slowly: "If you want to open it up, "Song of the King" can at least allow an old man like me to open a parachute before the boom hits the ground, so that I won't fall so embarrassingly."
Yu Dong felt uncomfortable, and pressed his eyes with the heels of his palms: "Damn it, Director Liu's drama was smashed for 8000 million, and the two-man set was tailor-made for you, shameless and skinless vagabond... If it wasn't for you If Gu Yu snatches your role, you will definitely be able to rely on that drama to become popular, and you will not dare to come out after the popularity, for fear of being blocked by fans."
How can I wrong myself to participate in this kind of show where I go on stage and I am eliminated.
Ji Wenxia was amused by Yu Dong.
He stretched out his hand to hook Yu Dong's shoulder, and the two brothers seemed to embrace him, and the corners of their lips curled up slyly: "Don't be sad baby, if this play can't be performed, there will be another one, think about something happy, brother will invite you tomorrow Watching a movie, I showed my face in that movie, and it lasted half a minute."
Yu Dong couldn't help thinking about the movies Ji Wenxia had acted in in the past two years, but there were too many movies in which he only showed his face: "Which movie, it's only half a minute..."
"Just half a minute," Ji Wenxia repeated, "Do you know who I acted with for that half minute?"
Yu Dong's face was full of confusion.
Ji Wenxia: "Shen Tinghe."
Yu Dong: "Fuck me."
"Brother Xia, you are awesome! You actually acted with the best actor in Cannes!"
Ji Wenxia's role in this movie was so small that no one would notice him at all, but it was this movie that made Shen Tinghe the Best Actor in Cannes in one fell swoop.
Inexplicable, and proud.
Yu Dong really felt that he had been bragging for a long time, and Ji Wenxia's whole body was floating, so he decided to spend money to invite him to Jinxuan Restaurant for a good meal.
"Jin Xuan, let's go. I'll call Brother Dai and ask if he's free."
Li Dai was not the only artist in his hands, and he was often overwhelmed by his busy schedule, but he was so busy every day that he didn't get popular, and he was deeply hit by this.
He used to be optimistic about Ji Wenxia, but unfortunately Ji Wenxia told him that his dream is still long and he can continue to do it with the painful reality of three years of debut without any splash.
After Dai Li answered the phone, he replied that he was free.
Soon, when everyone arrived, Ji Wenxia snapped his fingers at the waiter and told them that the food was ready.
Dai Li glanced at the two of them: "What a happy event, suddenly invited us to such a good restaurant for a big meal."
"It's nothing." Ji Wenxia shrugged and said, "Eat it if you want."
Yu Dong laughed and said, "Brother Xia invited us to dinner because he showed his face for half a minute in the award-winning film of Cannes Best Actor, and was so smug!"
Ji Wenxia let out a "tsk".
Upon hearing this, Dai Li was a little surprised: "Where is Shen Tinghe?"
Ji Wenxia nodded: "Yes."
Dai Li said, "I thought you wanted to compete with Director Liu."
Ji Wenxia was taken aback: "Why fight with Director Liu?"
"Don't you know?" Dai Li asked in surprise, "I sent you a message."
Ji Wenxia was stunned: "What information, I really don't know."
He took out his phone and looked through WeChat, but he didn't see that Dai Li had sent him a message.
"I don't have anything here, Brother Dai, do you remember wrongly?"
Dai Li slapped his head: "Remember, I was halfway typing when I suddenly received a call from my wife and forgot about it."
"..."
Dai Li said: "Hey, let me tell you directly. Director Liu contacted me in the afternoon and said that the investor suddenly felt that you have potential after watching your audition, and wanted to invite you to have dinner at Jinxuan."
Ji Wenxia didn't believe that there would be pie in the sky, so he asked casually: "Which investor, wouldn't it be the one who put Gu Yu in to replace me?"
Dai Li was silent for a while, and finally said, "Yes."
"Forget it then." Ji Wenxia poked a beef ball with his chopsticks, and waved his hands freely, "I can't play the trick that Gu Yu played."
After drinking and eating, Ji Wenxia went to the toilet.
As soon as Ji Wenxia left, Yu Dong couldn't help but lower his volume, pouring out his bitterness to Dai Li.
"How can this circle be so unfair? Brother Xia is almost done with the roles he auditioned for based on his ability, and he can still be replaced by others. This happened not once or twice. If this continues, will he be able to make it through the years? "
"No way," Li Dai sighed, "This circle is like this. Wen Xia has no family background and background, and he refuses to give in. He hasn't had the luck to become popular. It must be difficult to get ahead. All we can do is do our best. Go help him."
Yu Dong pursed his lips: "Speaking of which, what does Brother Xia's family do? I have been working as his assistant for two years, and I haven't heard him mention it."
Dai Li raised his head and took a sip of his wine: "I don't know, it should be an ordinary family. It's been 10 minutes, why hasn't he come back yet, maybe he fell into a trap."
Yu Dong glanced in the direction of the men's toilet: "I'll go get him...?"
Although Ji Wenxia has been unlucky all year round, he still doesn't fall into the pit every time he goes to the toilet.
Things are not much better than falling into a pit.
As soon as he stepped out of the men's toilet, he ran into Director Liu head-on.
Director Liu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he clasped his shoulders with a snap: "Xiao Xia, I sent a message to Dai Li this afternoon, but I didn't receive a reply from him, so I thought you weren't coming."
Ji Wenxia was choked heavily by the smell of alcohol all over his body, and before he took off the hand from his shoulder, he was led into the private room by him, staggering all the way.
There were a dozen or so people sitting in the private room, and Ji Wenxia recognized more than half of them. The director, assistant director, production investment... the most burning gaze came from a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes.
"Xiao Xia, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Qian."
I also know that Mr. Qian is the big benefactor who brought Gu Yu in to replace him.
Ji Wenxia's Taohua eyes narrowed, seeing that Qian always wanted to shake hands with him, he stretched out his hand without hitting the smiling person, and shook hands with the other party, without losing any superficial skills that should be done.
"Mr. Qian, long-awaited."
He was unhurried, and wanted to pull his hand out after speaking, but the other party held on tightly.
Ji Wenxia said slowly: "Mr. Qian, what do you mean?"
Director Liu knew that Ji Wenxia was upset, and was afraid of causing trouble, so he hurriedly smoothed things over, saying that Mr. Qian was drunk.
"Drunk." Mr. Qian made a drink break and laughed, "I'm a little drunk."
He touched the back of Ji Wenxia's hand, shaking his head, and picked up the empty wine glass on the dinner table.
The leading actress next to him immediately poured wine for him sensibly.
Mr. Qian: "Come on bro, I'll toast you."
Ji Wenxia pulled out a careless smile, wondering who is your brother, and under the hint of Director Liu's crazy eyes, took the wine glass and drank it down.
He put down his glass with a bang, trying to get away as soon as possible.But Director Liu was stunned and pressed his shoulders, forcing him to sit next to Mr. Qian.
"You're welcome, Xiao Xia, just sit here, and none of the people here are outsiders."
Ji Wenxia resisted the urge to frown, raised his eyelids, and took Director Liu's hand away from his shoulders. He smiled, and what he said was completely unreasonable.
"Director Liu, the outsider you're talking about is me. Since Gu Yu has given the role of second male lead, I have nothing to do with the crew now. Brother Dai and the others are still waiting for me outside, so I won't bother you for dinner. "
Director Liu's face froze, he didn't expect Ji Wenxia to dare to show him face in person.
In fact, Ji Wenxia originally didn't want to do this, but when Director Liu brought him in and wanted to introduce him to "get to know" Mr. Qian, he changed his mind.
Tsk, why should he show good looks to the person who pushed him into the fire pit.
When Mr. Qian heard him say that, instead of being angry, he greeted him with a smile, grabbed his hand, and asked him to sit down.
He thought to himself: It's not just the little star throwing a temper tantrum.
"There's no conclusion yet on this matter. Why are you in a hurry? It's not the end. The second male may belong to whom."
Ji Wenxia deliberately asked: "You mean there is still room for turning around this matter?"
"Of course, we can sit down and have a good talk." Mr. Qian reached out his hand, straightened his collar, and slowly slid it to the button of his collar, "Look at your clothes, the buttons are not fastened."
Ji Wenxia's Adam's apple was touched by him, his face turned cold, and he stood up suddenly, the top button was pulled off, and fell to the ground with a thud, the collarbone at the collar was sunken deep into his chest.
He seemed to be aggressive, his fists gradually clenched, and then loosened at the next moment, as if nothing happened, and he even smiled and said politely: "Sorry, I'm not interested in sleeping with ... Find Gu Yu, I will not accompany you."
After finishing speaking, without hesitation, he turned around and walked away.
It was the first time he saw an eighteenth-line male star so arrogant, Mr. Qian was so angry that he raised his hand and broke the wine glass, scaring the female stars at the dinner table to hide.
Director Liu hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him in a low voice: "Mr. Qian, Mr. Qian, we don't have the same knowledge as this kind of artist! It's not for nothing that he hasn't mixed anything for several years. If you get angry with him, the price will drop!"
After listening to Mr. Qian, he reluctantly calmed down: "Shame on me!"
Not long after Ji Wenxia walked out of the private room, Yu Dong pounced on him.
"Brother, where have you been, bro, I went to the men's toilet but didn't find you in the pit, I thought you were accidentally washed away down the sewer!"
"..."
Ji Wenxia narrowed his eyes, stretched out his fingers to touch Yu Dong's head, and said softly, "Stay away from me, I'm afraid of men now."
As soon as Yu Dong heard the word "men-phobic", he got excited, and said sadly: "Brother Xia, am I not your most beloved baby? Are you unwilling to be responsible for me?"
Ji Wenxia was very ruthless, and lazily spit out the word "scroll": "There are too many people who are called babies by me. If everyone finds me responsible, wouldn't they have to wait until the day I was born? Before the coffin?"
Yu Dong grinned loudly, and said "Bah, Bah, Bah" several times: "Such kind of words are too unlucky, and my grandma won't let you say them...so where did you go just now, and you didn't even say hello."
Ji Wenxia said, "I didn't go anywhere."
He recounted the ins and outs of the matter to Yu Dong. After hearing this, Yu Dong opened his eyes wide and wanted to scold, but Ji Wenxia stopped him to save trouble.
"Where's Brother Dai?"
"His daughter has a fever and needs to be sent to the hospital. She just asked me to tell you and left."
Yu Dong caught a glimpse of his slightly open sexy neckline, and couldn't help reminding him to straighten the collar that was missing a button, otherwise he would look like he just got out of a hotel.
"Brother Xia, shall I drive you back now?"
"Okay."
The road near the apartment is not easy to drive, it is narrow and congested, Yu Dong sent Ji Wenxia to the alley and stopped: "Brother, the car can't go in, I'll stop here, the street light over there seems to be broken, It’s so dark, why don’t I get out of the car and take you in?”
Ji Wenxia said, "No, I'll pass by with a flashlight on my phone."
Yu Dong said, "Okay, then you should be careful and watch your way."
Yu Dong watched Ji Wenxia walk away, and felt deeply melancholy when he raised his foot to avoid the puddle.
Although this apartment is located in the city center, it is still a little too old. It is really a crime for a handsome guy like Ji Wenxia to live in such a place.
Money, it's all caused by lack of money!
When it comes to being such a poor star, Ji Wenxia is really the only one!
Ji Wenxia, who was sympathized by the little assistant, was walking in the alley at this time, when the phone screen flickered, and his mother called.
Ji Wenxia: "Hello, Mom."
His mother: "Son, do you still have enough money for this month? Your dad just sent you pocket money, oh yes, he still has something to tell you."
Ji Wenxia: "Then let him answer the phone."
After a while.
His father's angry voice came from the receiver: "Ji Wenxia! You didn't know to go home and have a look for a whole month. I raised you so much, it was nothing!"
Ji Wenxia picked out his ears.
The other party shouted hoarsely.
"I'll give you 20 this month, and see how you can survive with such a small amount of money!"
"20 is a bit small," Ji Wenxia said with a smile, "but it's not too bad to live on. I still have more than 2000 million in my card. Anyway, thank you dad, you have supported countless boys and girls' dream lovers. I'll be back to see you next week!"
His father said: "I know I'm poor. I went to drink tea at a friend's house in Yueshan Bay last night. I passed by your house and couldn't see any fireworks. Where do you live now?"
Ji Wenxia published the address of the apartment: "One bedroom and one living room, although it is a bit small, it is quite convenient."
His father laughed angrily: "You can't live in a villa, live in a small broken apartment, tell me what you think?"
Ji Wenxia said: "Dad, you let me enter the show business circle, don't wear the aura of the family anymore, then I will live in the house I bought with my ability, there is nothing wrong with it."
His father snorted coldly: "You can do whatever you like, just don't cause trouble for me."
Ji Wenxia said: "Understood, I will go home next week to accompany you to climb the mountain. I can't make calls while walking now, so I hung up."
After the call was hung up, the flashlight of the mobile phone did not light up, indicating that the battery was too low.
Ji Wenxia lowered his head, turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, and vaguely felt that his foot had stepped on something sunken.
He thought it was a puddle, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He took a big step and tried to step over it.
Suddenly he stepped on the ground with both feet, and his body fell rapidly!
At the same time, the flashlight of the mobile phone turned on, illuminating the environment around him.
Ji Wenxia's heart turned cold, and his eyes turned dark.
It's not a fucking puddle, it's an uncovered well!
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