Chapter 27 The Fallen Child Star 27

The Xu family almost did not sleep all night.

Early in the morning, Xu Ji, Xu Yiyuan and Xu Yiyuan's mother were packed up and sent away by the program crew.

Xu Weiheng and Wen Qiu happened to see the car going away when they were jogging in the morning.

"The program crew is really efficient this time." Wen Qiu wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and muttered.

"It's really fast." Xu Weiheng agreed.

Wen Qiu was concerned about Ping An.

After Ping An was sent to the hospital last night, she was also asked to go back to the room by the program crew. She could only vaguely guess the follow-up from the long Weibo posted by the program crew.

Knowing that Ping An was no longer in serious trouble, Wen Qiu was relieved and continued to run.

Without the Xu family, the recording atmosphere of the variety show was indeed much better.

Today is the last day of the second episode of the variety show. The three groups of guests went surfing together outdoors and learned to drive a speedboat. They had fun until the afternoon.

Unlike the three groups of guests who left G City after having a great time, Xu Ji and others did not speak on the way to G City by plane.

Back home, Xu Yiyuan's mother sat in the living room wiping her tears.

Seeing her like that, neither Xu Yiyuan nor Xu Ji went to comfort her.

Xu Yiyuan walked straight into his room and locked himself in the room, and Xu Ji also returned to his study.

The three of them stayed in different places until dusk fell outside the window, and then the sun set in the west, and the whole city was lit up, and Xu Ji walked out of his study.

Xu Yiyuan's mother heard the noise, raised her head, and her eyes were red and swollen.

Xu Ji looked at the empty restaurant, touched his belly, frowned and said, "You didn't cook?"

Xu Yiyuan's mother, who still didn't wait for comfort, choked up and said, "I don't want to cook today."

"Okay, stop crying!" Xu Ji was really impatient to listen to her crying, and shouted in a low voice.

He really had enough in the past few days. Everything went wrong. Yao Rong repeatedly mocked him and was scolded to death by the public.

"Why are you yelling at me? What did I do wrong!" Xu Yiyuan's mother couldn't stand it anymore.

She could feel that both Xu Yiyuan and Xu Ji were blaming her and felt that she was not doing a good job.

But the idea was not hers. She had already tried her best. Who would have thought that the program crew did not try to smooth things over, but cooperated with Yao Rong to investigate the matter.

"Okay, okay, you did nothing wrong. I was the one who made a mistake. OK."

Xu Ji gave in, but Xu Yiyuan's mother felt more and more aggrieved.

In the past, Xu Ji would never treat her like this.

Whenever she showed an expression of wanting to cry, Xu Ji would comfort her at the first time.

Seeing Xu Yiyuan's mother like this, Xu Ji became more and more irritated.

He simply turned around and went back to the study.

Anyway, he would not die of hunger if he did not eat a meal.

At this moment, Xu Ji's phone rang.

He looked down at the phone, his face changed slightly, and he answered the call.

"Yes, yes, leader... What, how can you fire me, I..."

Xu Ji wanted to argue again, but there was only a series of busy tones on the phone.

He clenched the phone and was about to call back, but Xu Yiyuan's mother suddenly grabbed his arm and spoke incoherently.

"What, your leader wants to fire you... How can he do this? No, we will go to him immediately... The amount of compensation Yiyuan wants to pay is very large, and the money he made in the past two years since his debut may not be enough to compensate. If you lose this job again, what will our family do in the future..."

She has never worked since she met Xu Ji, and later married Xu Ji and became a full-time wife with a luxurious life.

The situation at home is already very bad. If Xu Ji really loses his job, it will be even worse.

"Yes, we can do labor arbitration!" Xu Yiyuan's mother's eyes suddenly lit up, "You have made great contributions to the company. If he dares to fire you casually, we will sue them!"

"Don't you think things are not chaotic enough!" Xu Ji yelled, shook off Xu Yiyuan's mother's hand, threw her back to the sofa, and said without thinking, "If I hadn't divorced..." At

this point, Xu Ji knew that he had said the wrong thing.

Sure enough, Xu Yiyuan's mother's mood was completely crushed by this sentence.

"Okay, Xu Ji, you finally told me the truth! Why, you abandoned Yao Rong when she was young, and now that you see that Yao Rong has taken better care of herself than me, you want to go back to her?"

Xu Yiyuan's mother sneered and cried: "What a pity, she doesn't like you anymore."

The regret that had just risen in Xu Ji's heart disappeared because of Xu Yiyuan's mother's words.

He was furious and slapped Xu Yiyuan's mother. The slap

was crisp and Xu Yiyuan's mother screamed.

Xu Yiyuan had heard the noise outside a long time ago. He couldn't bear it anymore. He opened the door and walked out. He looked at Xu Yiyuan's mother who was covering her face and wailing.

"Mom, the house is already chaotic enough, can you please stop making trouble?"

"Why am I making trouble..." Xu Yiyuan's mother widened her eyes.

Xu Yiyuan bit her lip.

Xu Yiyuan's mother stood up and grabbed Xu Yiyuan. Her tone was low and gentle at first: "Tell me, what did mom make a fuss about..."

Xu Yiyuan was startled by his mother's tone and took a step back subconsciously: "...If it weren't for your encouragement, how could my father and I agree to continue recording "Dear Family"?"

Hearing Xu Yiyuan's inner thoughts, Xu Yiyuan's mother couldn't believe it and found it ridiculous: "Do you think the fault is all mine?"

Xu Yiyuan didn't say anything, but Xu Yiyuan's mother knew her son well. She covered her heart and almost fainted on the spot.

Yao Rong and Xu Weiheng had no idea about the Xu family's farce, nor did they care.

They had returned to the B&B from the beach in G City.

Looking at the familiar plants and trees in the B&B, Xu Weiheng took a deep breath and stretched: "It's still comfortable at home."

Although he slept well during the few days he stayed in the seaside villa, living under the same roof with someone he disliked was in itself very uncomfortable.

After taking a sip of water, Xu Weiheng ran to the corner of the yard to get a broom.

The weather was getting colder, and the flowers, plants, and trees in the yard were all withered and yellow. After just a few days of being away from home, a lot of dead branches and leaves had piled up in the yard.

Just as he picked up the broom, the cheerful accompaniment of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" sounded.

It was Xu Weiheng's cell phone ringing.

Xu Weiheng picked up the phone and scanned it, and the smile on his face froze slightly.

After thinking for a while, he still answered the phone.

The moment Xu Weiheng picked up the phone, Youbai on the other end of the phone couldn't wait: "Weiheng! I'm glad you're still willing to answer my call!"

"What's the matter?"

Youbai's voice suddenly deflated: "Can I take up a few minutes of your time?"

"Not really, I'm busy."

"...What are you busy with?"

Xu Weiheng leaned on the broom and looked at the mess in the yard: "Sweeping the floor."

Youbai was choked and spoke quickly: "I know you are blaming me for what happened before. But considering that we have known each other for many years, are you willing to give me a chance to explain?"

"Because of what I said on the show, your announcement was affected, right? Youbai, if you had used all your acting skills just now for acting, you wouldn't have to come to me for help today."

"..." Youbai was silent for a moment, then forced a smile, "Weiheng, aren't we good friends? I can apologize to you on Weibo. I was wrong before."

"Then apologize. Also, I used to treat you as a friend because I didn't know what a true friend was like, but now I know. That's all I have to say, take care of yourself." After that

, Xu Weiheng hung up the phone.

When he was halfway through sweeping, his cell phone rang with a "ding" sound.

It was Youbai who sent an apology on Weibo, and at the end of the Weibo, @许伟衡.

Xu Weiheng didn't have a regular meeting.

Just after he finished sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard, the familiar ringtone rang again.

Xu Weiheng thought that this call was from Youbai again, until he picked up the phone and glanced at the screen.

It clearly said -

Director Chen.

"Wei Heng, besides recording variety shows, do you have any other announcements recently?" Director Chen laughed heartily and got straight to the point.

"No."

"Young people should be busy. By the way, I'm busy promoting my new movie recently. You know about this, right?"

"I've heard about it."

"The new movie is about to be released. I'm busy planning the next one recently. It's expected to invest 300 million yuan. The leading actor hasn't been decided yet. I wonder if you are interested in participating?"

What surprised Xu Wei Heng was that Director Chen actually extended an olive branch to him.

But after a moment of surprise, Xu Wei Heng returned to his normal state.

He refused without hesitation.

"Thank you for your kindness, Director Chen, but I think it's not necessary."

Director Chen sighed with regret: "Well, since you are not interested, forget it. But Wei Heng, I sincerely hope to invite you to participate in this project. I hope you can think about it. It would be a pity to miss such a good opportunity."

Yao Rong walked out of the kitchen with a plate of cherries in his hand: "Who called you?"

Xu Wei Heng suppressed his complicated mood and said to Yao Rong: "It was You Bai and Director Chen."

Yao Rong became interested: "What did they say?"

"Youbai played the emotional card with me, and as for Director Chen... he invited me to star in his next movie and promised to give me the leading role."

Yao Rong stuffed a plate of cherries to Xu Weiheng: "Director Chen is a smart man."

Youbai's emotional card was too crude. In comparison, Director Chen knew that playing the emotional card was useless.

He directly promised him benefits.

Everyone knew that Director Chen and Xu Weiheng had broken up. If Xu Weiheng agreed to star in Director Chen's new movie under such circumstances, the movie would definitely be a hot topic.

Director Chen did not need any whitewashing or clarification. With this move, he could wash away most of the insults on himself.

Xu Weiheng picked up a bright red cherry, put it into his mouth and swallowed it: "After the two phone calls just now, I have an idea."

"What idea?"

Xu Weiheng ate another cherry and smiled at Yao Rong like a cunning fox who stole food.

"When a person becomes powerful, his enemies will try their best to turn enemies into friends with him. Although I am not strong enough now, I have already deeply experienced this sentence."

"No, you are already very powerful." Yao Rong rubbed his head, "Now you already have the heart of a strong man."

Becoming powerful is just a matter of time.

She is already looking forward to him standing on the top of entertainment.

***

After eating cherries in the yard, Yao Rong and Xu Weiheng put the phone call behind them and went back to their rooms to rest.

After four days of recording variety shows, the two had a lot of things on their hands.

Xu Weiheng planned to visit the children at the Xiatian Orphanage. Yao Rong went to the market and met with Editor-in-Chief He of the publishing house to discuss the release of "Starry Sky".

"Starry Sky" is tentatively scheduled to go on sale in two days.

After the warm-up in the previous period, "Starry Sky" has received unprecedented attention. But who would complain about not getting enough attention? Editor-in-Chief He invited Yao Rong to come over in the hope that Yao Rong could cooperate with the publishing house to carry out certain publicity.

Two days later.

At twelve noon that day, "Starry Sky" went on sale.

In just five minutes, the sales of "Starry Sky" exceeded 40,000 copies.

This is a very impressive achievement for a new author with no reader base.

Xu Weiheng also successfully snatched two copies of Starry Sky.

When he showed off to Yao Rong, Yao Rong smiled and said, "I have unopened sample books, you don't have to buy them yourself."

Xu Weiheng: "How can that be the same?"

He must buy them to support her.

Xu Weiheng took a screenshot of his purchase page and opened Weibo.

He hadn't paid attention to his Weibo for a long time. The moment he opened Weibo, his phone froze.

He waited for half a minute before the phone was restored to normal operation.

Xu Weiheng casually clicked on the Weibo homepage, glanced at the number of his Weibo fans, and was stunned.

"Why has my Weibo fan number increased so much..."

He remembered that three months ago his Weibo fan number was still 5 million, and now it has successfully exceeded 10 million.

"Not surprising." Yao Rong smiled.

There is no doubt that Xu Weiheng is the most outstanding person in the second episode of "Dear Family".

During this period, he didn't know how many times he was on the hot search.

Xu Weiheng pursed his lips and edited a Weibo post:

[I grabbed "Starry Sky" as soon as possible, I wish Ms. Yao's new book a big hit]

Attached below was a screenshot of his purchase page.

After sending the Weibo post, Xu Weiheng said a few words to Yao Rong, lowered his head and refreshed the page, and saw that the number of comments under this new Weibo post had exceeded a thousand.

How long has it been...

Xu Weiheng knew that his reputation had been reversed, but it was not until this moment, when the real data was placed in front of him, that he clearly realized what this meant to him.

However, if it were the Xu Weiheng of the past, he would definitely be ecstatic about this situation, but now, Xu Weiheng can already face this gain and loss calmly.

In just one day, the sales of "Starry Sky" exceeded 100,000 copies.

Such gratifying data made Yao Rong feel the high spirits of Chief Editor He clearly through the mobile phone screen when she talked to him on the phone.

"Don't worry, our publishing house will complete the production of your second book "Light Years" as soon as possible."

Chief Editor He promised, and even took the initiative to propose to increase Yao Rong's royalties.

Such a potential author must be retained with high salaries to avoid being poached by other publishing houses.

"No problem, I trust Chief Editor He to do the job." Yao Rong smiled and forgot about it and began to pack her luggage.

Tomorrow they will set off to a new city to record a new episode of the variety show.

After Xu Ji and Xu Yiyuan's group left, the program team invited another group of guests, a singer and his father who returned from abroad.

Because this group of guests didn't speak Mandarin very well, didn't speak often in the variety show, and were easy to get along with, the atmosphere of the following variety shows was very peaceful.

Without the excitement, the popularity of the live broadcast room of "Dear Family" did drop a lot compared to the second season.

But this drop is compared with the peak data.

In general, the current data is much higher than the average data of the first season.

For a variety show like this that has been done for many seasons, it would be very satisfying if it could surpass the first season in popularity. At

the end of August, the four groups of guests finished recording in Xuexiang, and also finished the recording of the entire season of the variety show.

Before leaving, the other three guests exchanged contact information with Xu Weiheng.

However, after the exchange, Shi Qingqing and the others left first, and Wen Qiu stayed.

"Are you interested in applying for Huaxi Opera?"

"Apply for Huaxi Opera?" Xu Weiheng showed his surprise.

In fact, Xu Weiheng didn't think too far ahead about many things in the future.

He was also encouraged by Yao Rong to participate in this variety show.

It can be said that he is taking one step at a time now and has not considered his future in the long run.

"Yes, I can see that you want to be an actor rather than a star. In this regard, Huaxi Opera is very suitable for you. And I have seen your performance in "In the Prime of Life". To be honest, you are very talented. If you go through a certain systematic study, you will definitely make greater progress."

"You are still a minor now. Dropping out of school and entering the entertainment industry may not necessarily be a good choice."

Xu Weiheng could feel the sincerity in Wen Qiu's words.

She was really thinking about him.

Xu Weiheng nodded seriously: "I will consider this suggestion carefully."

Wen Qiu smiled and said goodbye to Xu Weiheng: "Then I'll go first, keep in touch in the future."

Yao Rong came back after buying two cups of coffee. Seeing Xu Weiheng sitting on a bench, she didn't know what he was thinking. She handed a cup of latte to Xu Weiheng and took a sip of the Americano.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

Xu Weiheng came back to his senses and subconsciously wanted to tell Yao Rong about Wen Qiu's suggestion.

The words came to his lips, but he swallowed them again.

There is no need to tell Ms. Yao in a hurry.

Wait until he has figured it out and made a decision before telling her, she will definitely be happier.

After returning home, Xu Weiheng often went to the Xiatian Orphanage again.

If you want to say which place in the orphanage is the most popular, it must be the reading corner that Xu Weiheng set up for the children.

Whenever it is the weekend, Qin's father or mother will bring Qin Lele to the Summer Orphanage. Every time Qin Lele is tired of playing with the children, she will read in the reading corner.

On this day, Qin Lele asked Xu Weiheng in a low voice: "Brother, are you good at studying?"

Xu Weiheng said honestly: "Not good."

Qin Lele said seriously: "Then you have to work hard. Let me tell you, my neighbor's brother has poor grades. In order to improve his grades, his family spent a lot of tuition fees. I must not let my parents spend so much money on me in the future."

Xu Weiheng's heart softened: "Lele is really a good child."

Qin Lele nodded and said crisply: "Yes, I will study hard in the future, and you, you."

Xu Weiheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly made up his mind.

He stretched out his hand: "Brother will do it too. Brother will try his best to be a role model for Lele."

Qin Lele put his left hand on his waist, grinned, and hooked his right little finger with Xu Weiheng: "Let's make a pinky promise and never change it for a hundred years. Whoever doesn't keep his word will turn into a puppy."

Xu Weiheng rubbed Qin Lele's hair: "Okay, whoever doesn't keep his word will turn into a puppy."

At this moment, Xu Weiheng suddenly couldn't wait to see Yao Rong and wanted to share the good news with Yao Rong as soon as possible.

So he said goodbye to Qin Lele and left Xia Tian Orphanage, running all the way back to the B&B.

Pushing open the deep wooden door, Xu Weiheng held the door and panted.

Yao Rong heard the movement and walked out of the house. Just as she was about to ask him why he ran so fast, she heard him say -

"I plan to go back to school and apply for Chinese Opera in three years."