Chapter 8

Intercity Park is quite a long way from where Lu Zixi lives now. After comprehensively considering his current financial situation, Lu Zixi decided to take the bus.

Unlike other children of high-ranking officials, Lu Zixi believed that his lifestyle was quite simple. This was mainly because his father firmly believed that good conduct could lead to victory, and he never spoiled his children. Not to mention providing a special car to pick him up, he didn't let Lu Zixi run to school to exercise because the study schedule in high school was tight. So after being reborn in this body, although the economic conditions were very different, to be honest, Lu Zixi was not too uncomfortable.

But getting used to it and not missing it are two different things.

When he was sitting on the bus and looking out, he still missed his father a little.

Although his father would glare at him when he saw him, and thought he had "no integrity".

The Lu family is a military family. They have been in the army for generations since ancient times. All the men in the family have connections with the military and police, but this lineage has been broken in their generation.

Needless to say, although Lu Zixi was given high hopes since childhood because of his cleverness, he really liked acting. Even if he didn't become a star, he would be willing to act in a theater for the rest of his life. In the end, he signed a contract with Yuanhong Media and entered the entertainment industry. However, Lu Zixi's eldest brother was an absolute bastard. He had only done things like fooling around since he was a child. His father beat him so hard that several sticks were broken, but it was still of no use. However, his son was his own after all, and his father still did not give up his reform plan. Until the police received a report from the masses, they caught Lu Ziyi and a group of degenerate men and women who were taking drugs.

At that time, Lu Zixi had already gained some fame, and the police had cracked a major drug manufacturing case. Naturally, no media was willing to let go of such a scandal as a celebrity brother taking drugs. Some people even boldly speculated whether Lu Zixi had been involved in something he shouldn't have been involved in. Yuanhong Media not only released the negative result of Lu Zixi's urine test, but also sent a lawyer's letter to warn the media that slandered him, and only then did they completely suppress the matter.

After this incident, his father seemed to have aged ten years and vowed never to care about his brother's affairs again.

After that, he actually did what he said. No matter how much his brother knelt and begged, and no matter how much he banged his head on the ground and bled, his father still sent his brother to a drug rehabilitation center. After he came out, he ignored him and treated him as if he had never had this son. He also did not allow Lu Zixi to take care of his elder brother.

Although Lu Zixi and his older brother had a difficult relationship due to their differing values and social circles, he still felt his father's approach was problematic. The most vulnerable part of someone recovering from drug addiction is their psychological state. While the physical addiction may be broken, the psychological state remains intact. If even their family members can't accept them at this point, they will question their lives and become desperate, significantly increasing their relapse rate.

However, what happened afterwards made him feel that his sympathy was a joke.

His brother actually got some hallucinogens and drugged him.

If Yan Yunzhen had not keenly discovered that there was something wrong with Lu Zixi's wine, the consequences would have been disastrous.

However, why Yan Yunzhen appeared beside him in time at the banquet and stopped him from drinking the glass of wine has always been a mystery lingering in Lu Zixi's mind.

But he didn't have the chance to verify it, because after that, he kept his distance from his elder brother, and Yan Yunzhen continued to film his own dramas with him without interfering with each other. It was considered lucky to be able to walk the same red carpet with him. What happened that day was as if it had never happened, and no one mentioned it.

Not long after, he heard that his elder brother was in jail again. This time, he didn't know why or who did it.

After that, he rarely saw this person.

While Lu Zixi was reminiscing about the past, he lowered his head and played with the prophet card in his hand.

He was in such a hurry when he went out that he forgot to put the card down and just took it with him.

He was thinking, if he had this card at that time, he wouldn't have to rely on Yan Yunzhen to escape the disaster.

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The Intercity Park was built very early, being one of the earliest man-made garden parks in the country. As such, it possesses a distinct sense of age. Perhaps due to its unique character, it has remained unrenovated for many years, remaining largely untouched. Precisely because of its age, it has been the setting for numerous film and television dramas. Lu Zixi has walked along the Golden Corridor, covered in falling sycamore leaves in autumn, no fewer than five times during his various assignments.

However, no one is stupid. Everyone knows that it is easy to encounter film and television crews here, so many tourists and paparazzi are lurking here. There are even fans who set up camp in the park and were driven out by the management. It is as crazy as it can be. If accurate news happens to be leaked that a star is going to film a movie here, there will definitely be a large number of fans rushing over, blocking the road.

This was the situation Lu Zixi encountered when he got off the car. He was subconsciously stunned and was about to rummage through his pockets for his mask and sunglasses. When he reached out and touched the card, he realized that it was completely unnecessary.

No one recognizes him now. He is no longer the movie star who is the focus of everyone's attention whenever he appears. Under the current circumstances, unless he runs naked, the group of fans who are crazy about their idol will never divert any attention to him.

"Chang Yi—Chang Yi—"

"Look here—"

Suddenly, cheers broke out from the fan group. Lu Zixi looked towards the source of the sound and saw a fair-skinned handsome boy, holding an umbrella with his assistant, coming out of an extended nanny car. With a pure and shy smile on his face, he waved to the crowd.

"ah--"

"Chang Yi, we love you—"

Some fans had already begun to sob quietly, and the actor named Chang Yi just waved again, then hurriedly crossed the fenced path and left the scene as if fleeing.

Lu Zixi sighed in his heart, feeling a bit sorry for the fans.

Just by looking at the actor's twitching eyes, he knew that he was definitely not as gentle as he appeared.

He has seen many actors like this. They have a little fame and rely on fans for support. They are polite in front of others, but they may turn around and start scolding their agents and assistants, asking who leaked the news and told others the shooting location.

People who truly care about their fans wouldn’t have that kind of expression, nor would they rush off so quickly.

But come to think of it, the name Chang Yi seems familiar...

Lu Zixi pondered for a moment, and in a flash, he immediately remembered the gossip that the staff had told him when he was at Yuanhong.

Isn’t Chang Yi the white lotus actor who jumped to Tianhan?

Could it be that the two of them met here?

Lu Zixi felt a headache when he thought that although he had profited from this matter, he was still a pawn of Yuanhong to sanction its competitors.

He didn't particularly like this feeling, but he couldn't control his own destiny for now; even his livelihood depended on Zhao Zhiping. If possible, his best option would be to make Yuanhong realize his value and decide to dig him out of Changxing. Otherwise, he would forever be controlled by others and never achieve a bigger vision. Businessmen are profit-driven by nature, and he only sought win-win situations. Yuanhong Media, a company he'd been content with in his previous life and had always been protective of others, was his best choice.

After figuring this out, Lu Zixi felt much calmer. He even had the leisure to think about the previous rumors about Chang Yi. He heard that when Tianhan recruited him, he promised him a big production. Maybe this was the location for the filming of that big production. If he hadn't had other things to do, Lu Zixi would really like to see how good his acting skills were and what his background was who could play the same role as him and make the director quite satisfied.

He walked down the sycamore plank road that he had walked countless times. The sycamore leaves in summer were full and lush, casting a shade that blocked out the sun, like another world.

He walked while looking at the compass, studying the direction of the target, and suddenly remembered that when he was in high school, he secretly shot the cover of a campus youth magazine for the first time without telling his father. It was here, and it was Yan Yunzhen who introduced him to it. He remembered that he asked, why don’t you shoot it, and Yan Yunzhen said calmly, because they can’t afford it.

Lu Zixi had no clear concept of money at that time, and he didn't know how much money "can't afford" exactly meant. Anyway, he remembered that he boasted at the time that he would definitely repay this favor in the future, and then he also wanted to experience the feeling of "can't afford"!

Yan Yunzhen suddenly smiled, and he looked particularly good when he smiled. When he looked good, Lu Zixi was stunned. He was so stunned that he didn't react even when Yan Yunzhen took the initiative to ask to be in the camera. He took a group of photos with him in a daze, and the reward was in his hand, a stack of red bills three times more than the agreed price.

Later, the magazine sold out, and he became extremely popular among his peers by leveraging Yan Yunzhen's fame. Even in the entire entertainment industry, people began to ask him, who is the particularly smart kid next to Young Master Yan?

Afterwards, Lu Zixi was severely beaten and limped onto the road to the entertainment industry. However, it was not until much later that he realized that there was a clear hierarchy of activities that each artist could take on in the entertainment industry, and that the level could only rise and not fall. In other words, it was not until much later that he realized how much Yan Yunzhen's behavior of lowering his status to play with him affected his own development.

While Lu Zixi was thinking, he just lowered his head to look at the compass and didn't look at the road at all. The person opposite him seemed to be walking in a hurry as well. The two of them were almost unprepared and suddenly bumped into each other.

bite--

The compass rang!