Accept the fact of rebirth

It is still a bit cold in March in the north, and some ice and snow have not melted in the cold and sunny places.

Li Li stood at the gate of Mingzhu Garden Community holding two boxes of fruit gifts, watching luxury cars coming in and out, her eyes fixed on the license plates, and the cell phone in her coat pocket vibrating from time to time.

When the screen opened, all she saw was the troupe leader humbly requesting her to meet Lan Yan during this visit.

Li Lai stared at the dialog box on his phone in a daze, but still tried to convince himself that he had been reborn.

Now I am reborn, at the age of 29, a low point in my life.

She didn't know why she was reborn. She was woken up by the alarm clock after a nap. She picked up her phone and found that the screen saver had been changed.

I got up and washed up, and found that the furnishings in my room had also been changed.

I looked at myself in the mirror for a long time, then suddenly slapped myself. If it hurt, I wasn't dreaming.

Deliberately checking her phone and the morning news, she began to believe that she was reborn, reborn at the age of twenty-nine.

Grab your phone and search online for "rebirth."

There is a philosophical version: "Every day the sun rises is a rebirth."

There's an ad online recommending: "Reborn at 18, I'll Save the Earth."

Yes, why not be reborn at the age of 18, why be reborn at the age of 29.

Just as she was planning to hide at home and digest this magical fact, the troupe leader called and reminded Li Lai that she must go meet Lan Yan.

Now I am 29 years old and still working in a theater troupe.

It was really cold outside. I just took out my phone to look at it for a while, and the palms and backs of my hands were hit by the cold wind, and they felt numb and painful. I quickly put them in my pockets to keep warm.

The security guard at the security booth was already used to people coming to Mingzhu Garden to give gifts. He did not take the initiative to ask Li Li to go to the security booth to warm up, nor did he ask who she was looking for. He just stood there and continued to do his job.

After standing outdoors for too long, the mask felt cold on his face. Li Lai was thinking about whether to change to a disposable mask or not wear a mask at all.

The strap of the fruit gift box hanging on the wrist could not withstand the pressure and broke with a snap, and the raffia and fine fruits inside fell to the ground immediately.

Embarrassed and flustered, he hurried to pick up the orange on the ground. He saw that several grapes were broken and not suitable for gifts. He decided to buy another gift box as soon as possible.

As he was leaving, he saw a black car driving slowly towards him. He lowered his head and took a quick look at the license plate. It was exactly the one he was looking for. For a moment, he didn't know how to stop the car.

He swayed awkwardly and tried to stop a car, but he glanced at the security booth guiltily and saw several security guards looking at him and muttering to each other, so he gave up.

Fortunately, the car stopped steadily in front of Li Li. The black window rolled down, and a woman wearing a high-end suit and rimless glasses looked at her seriously.

Unsure, he asked, "Li Li?"

After meeting each other for many years, Li Li didn't know how to address the woman in front of him and could only nod implicitly.

"Get in the car."

The car door opened, and Li Li got in carrying a box of intact fruits and a box of broken fruits. She sat stiffly in the car, thinking about how to start the conversation. Lan Yan took the initiative to speak.

"I just saw someone who looked like you at the intersection. The problem was that you were covering yourself up too tightly, and I wasn't sure."

"It's too cold."

"How are you doing lately? I heard that after you returned from your studies, you're now working in your sister's theater troupe. Why don't you act anymore?"

"It's OK. Right now, I'm mainly doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work."

“What a pity.”

This "what a pity" is so similar to what Lan Yan said in the office when I went abroad.

"fine."

Lan Yan turned his head to glance at Li Li. Her appearance had not changed much. Her skin was slightly flawed and the flesh was close to her bones. Her eyes looked at people seriously and had stories in them, but when she was empty, they were distant and indifferent.

I couldn't help but sigh again that I had such a good eye at that time that I chose her at first sight.

The entertainment industry is updating and iterating very quickly. If you don’t have any works and traffic for four years, you will soon fade into obscurity, become an amateur, and be judged by the outside world to have retired.

But Li Li is different.

I have been with her since her debut, and her five years of experience in the industry have made her well-known in the circle.

After returning to China, I contacted her as soon as possible and handed her an excellent script for her to choose from. However, she declined my invitation, saying that she was in poor health and could not adapt to the fast-paced life in the circle. She turned around and returned to work in the theater troupe she used to be in.

This wait lasted for four years.

"Why did you think of looking for me?"

"Apologize."

Li Li laughed dryly and patted the fruit gift box in her hand: "A very sincere apology."

Lan Yan couldn't figure out Li Li's thoughts for a moment. He drove the car slowly to the last single-family villa area, opened the garage door, drove the car into the garage, and the two got out. Li Li was afraid that something might happen to the other fruit gift box, so she simply held both boxes.

"The elevator is this way." Lan Yan also had several large boxes in his hands.

It would have been really awkward not to say something as the elevator slowly ascended.

"There will be a program recording in a few days, and these are sponsored products for the artists." Lan Yan explained.

"I remember you used to take us everywhere to borrow dresses." Li Li agreed.

"It was so hard before, but luckily I got through it."

As an ace agent in the circle, Lan Yan's residence is in line with her status. The villa has three floors above ground and one floor below ground. She doesn't like to be disturbed when she is working, so she goes straight to the third floor when she has work.

"I'll tell Auntie what you want to drink."

"Black tea is fine." Li Li put the fruit gift box in a place where it would not get in the way.

Lan Yan took off his suit jacket, picked up the phone and told the other party to bring the black tea and desserts, then changed into a pair of home slippers and sat in front of Li Li.

"I've decided to come back." Lan Yan said confidently, "You told me before that the work pressure in the troupe isn't that great, and you don't like being overly exposed. So, I tell you, you were born to be on the big screen."

"Hmm? No."

Shocked, Lan Yan suddenly looked up, stared at Li Li, and asked, "Then why did you come to me with a fruit gift box and ask for an apology?"

Li Li stood up with a wry smile. "A few days ago, Xiao He from our troupe, the childhood friend who plays the male lead in the web drama you invested in, had some conflicts with the assistant director."

Reminded by this, Lan Yan remembered that a few days ago, the producer called him and said that a young actor in the crew beat up the assistant director of Group B, and was photographed by paparazzi. The impact was very big at the time, and the assistant director even threatened to fire him as a punishment.

The fact that Li Li came to apologize today with some fruits had something to do with Xiao He.

"He's an actor in our troupe. He's young and full of youthful energy, so it's inevitable that he might act rashly."

Lan Yan laughed angrily: "You came to me specifically for this little actor."

Li Li nodded, her tone slightly pleading, "You know, in the industry, if a young actor is fired by a production, it won't just affect him, it will also affect the rest of the troupe."

Lan Yan thought for three or four seconds and said straightforwardly, "It's a matter of friendship. Since you, Li Li, came here in person, it would be unreasonable for me, Lan Yan, to not give you face."

Lan Yan simply considered it as a favor to Li Li, hoping to use this opportunity to contact Li Li.

Although she is not a person who cherishes the past, Li Li is indeed a rare talent. Her comeback to filming a drama will bring a big surprise to the film industry.

I deliberately asked: "If you have the chance, will you come back to film?"

Li Li's eyes were innocent, and she half-jokingly said, "Now that we have a group of bad artists, they are strictly controlling us. Who would take the risk?"

"You simply stopped an indecent assault on the street. It was your opponent who bribed their marketing account, so you were being branded as a malicious tycoon. As long as we hold a press conference to clarify the facts, we will still receive tons of scripts."

The aunt knocked gently on the door three times and brought black tea and cakes. Lan Yan picked up a cup and sipped it carefully, as if recalling the past: "When I accompanied you to work late at night on the crew, you always drank coffee, espresso in one sip."

"Black tea nourishes the stomach. Now that I'm older, if I continue to toss and turn, my body won't be able to handle it."

"You're only 29."

"I'm 29."

Even if Li Li didn't say it, Lan Yan also understood that the golden period for an actress is only a few years. If she breaks through, she will be a movie queen who will be remembered in the film and television industry. If she can't, she will just be an actress.

After coming out of Lan Yan's house, Li Liyou took out a new mask and put it on. There was still some distance from here to the highway. She lowered her head and walked slowly. She saw the leather shoes on her feet that she had bought for 200 yuan during the Double Eleven discount.

The shoes are very beautiful. I liked them as soon as they were recommended on the page. Because I wear them frequently, there are a few scratches on the toe, but you can't see them at all if you don't look carefully.

When Li Li was young, her family was poor, and she often picked up old clothes from her cousins ​​to wear. Only during the Chinese New Year would her mother buy her a new set of clothes.

When she was little, she had an inexplicable obsession with new clothes. When she first debuted, her agent Lan Yan took her everywhere to borrow brand-name clothes, which caused her to be looked down upon. When her career got on track, she had no time to go shopping and relied entirely on online shopping. Sometimes she didn't even wear the clothes she bought, but was hung in the closet by Jing Shengxi, who would then half-coquettishly and half-complainingly say on WeChat that the express deliveries at home were piled up like a mountain, and she didn't even know to come back.

Jing Shengxi?

Li Li paused, feeling a little excited, but soon calmed down.

Now when Jing Shengxi is mentioned, she doesn't react as much as before, as if he has nothing to do with her. When she sees his huge advertising poster, she can just walk by calmly, just like those passers-by.

No one knows the relationship between her and Jing Shengxi. At most, people will remember that the two of them once co-starred in a debut reality variety show. Jing Shengxi made his debut successfully, while Li Li continued to play supporting roles.

Li Li played supporting roles for two years before she was discovered by Lan Yan. After being brought into the team, she began auditioning, filming, auditioning, and filming. For five years, she lived under the camera.

If it had not been exposed, no one would have known that she had been secretly with the top star at the time for three years, and even her agent did not know about her and Jing Shengxi.

"drop--"

The sharp sound of a car horn interrupted Li Li's memories. She then realized that she was blocking the car behind her and quickly stepped aside. She remembered that Lan Yan had just readily agreed to persuade the assistant director.

She knows Lan Yan too well.

She is a broker who will mark the price of each type of person in her mind and make equal exchanges.

I was not willing to go abroad for further studies, and she asked me to film several times after returning to China. I hope she will take advantage of the opportunity to ask me to do something this time.

If I had known this earlier, I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to agree to the troupe leader's request.

Li Li was worried for just two days when Lan Yan called her on her cell phone while the troupe was rehearsing.

"Xiao He from your troupe got into an argument with the second male lead on the set, and I temporarily suppressed it with the assistant director. Please come over quickly."

The troupe leader went to the city for a meeting and his cell phone was temporarily unreachable, so Li Li was the only one who could take care of things.

He probably knew in his heart that Lan Yan was looking for him on purpose, and he could either avoid him like before, or find an excuse to get away with it.

But he thought that if he didn't go and solve the problem, the crew might really fire Xiao He.

He is only twenty years old and has a bright future. It is wrong for him to let such a small thing ruin his future.

After much thought, Li Li still had the nerve to meet Lan Yan.