Chapter 31 The Fallen Child Star 31

The moment Xu Weiheng closed his eyes, tears filled his face.

He didn't know why he was crying, but at this moment, he felt something in his heart: it seemed that some kind of destiny had been completely rewritten.

Blowing out the candles, the lights in the yard lit up again. Xu Weiheng waved to the camera, smiled and thanked everyone in the live broadcast room, and closed the live broadcast room.

Yao Rong handed him a tissue: "Go wash your face and come cut the cake. Ping An can't wait."

When making the cake, Yao Rong made two cakes, one for her and Xu Weiheng, and the other one was made with special ingredients for Ping An.

Ping An "woofed" as if responding to Yao Rong.

After eating the cake, Yao Rong dragged Xu Weiheng to the yard to watch variety shows because they were not sleepy yet.

The variety show they were watching was the fifth season of "Dear Family".

Two years had passed, and even this variety show had been filmed from the third season to the fourth and fifth seasons.

If there was any difference between the three seasons, it was that the chief director of the variety show had become Director Zhou, whom Yao Rong and Xu Weiheng knew.

Halfway through the variety show, the time came to 11:59, and it passed by second by second from 11:59.

Finally, a new day finally arrived.

Shortly after the coming-of-age ceremony, Xu Weiheng was promoted to the third year of high school and began to busy himself with art exams.

He had a good plan for the art exams, and Yao Rong saw that he was at ease, so she let him do it himself, and told her to come back if there was anything she needed to do.

She is busy preparing for her new book recently, so she is inevitably too busy to do anything.

Xu Weiheng assured her, "Don't worry, I can handle it myself. You can just focus on your work."

In February of the following year, the spring was still chilly, and the crew of "Starry Sky" was set up and began to shoot intensively. Yao Rong joined the crew as a screenwriter, and the art exam of Huaxi Opera also began.

Xu Weiheng refused Yao Rong's company and went to City A alone to take the art exam.

The first day of the exam went very smoothly.

It was just that the weather changed suddenly.

There was almost no time for people to react. Dark clouds covered the sky and heavy rain poured down.

Because the weather forecast said there would be no rain today, Xu Weiheng did not bring an umbrella at all. He stood under the eaves on the first floor of the examination room, watching the students accompanied by their parents leave with their parents holding umbrellas, helplessly waiting for the rain to stop.

On such a cold day, if he got caught in the rain, he would definitely catch a cold.

He had an exam tomorrow, and he couldn't risk getting cold.

But when he looked around the corridor, he was not the only one leaning against the wall waiting for the rain to stop.

At least he had company. Xu Weiheng was trying to make the best of a difficult situation.

Suddenly, in the distance, a familiar figure came walking against the flow with an umbrella.

When he got closer, the edge of the umbrella lifted up slightly, revealing a face that Xu Weiheng was extremely familiar with.

"Mom, why are you here!"

Xu Weiheng took a step forward, unable to suppress his surprise.

"How can I not come to pick you up on such an important day?"

Yao Rong walked up the stairs and handed the other umbrella in his hand to Xu Weiheng.

"Let's go, your Aunt Zhang and the others are waiting outside, and they said they would take you to dinner."

Xu Weiheng looked at the umbrella in Yao Rong's hand - the umbrella was very large, more than enough to support two people.

"Wait for me for a while."

Holding the umbrella, Xu Weiheng walked to the baby-faced boy closest to him.

He had nothing to do just now, so he carefully observed: when he just got here, the boy was already standing here. In addition, the boy's exam number on his chest was ahead of his, and he finished the exam at least half an hour earlier than him. The other party didn't leave, and it was estimated that no one came to pick him up.

"Classmate, this is for you."

The boy lowered his head, as if he was in a daze. When he heard Xu Weiheng's voice, he stared at him blankly, apparently not reacting.

"I'm leaving. Good luck on the exam tomorrow." Xu Weiheng stuffed the umbrella into his hand, waved and left.

In April, Xu Weiheng's art exam results came out.

He ranked first.

Although he was confident in himself, Xu Weiheng was relieved only after seeing the results.

The rest of the breath would have to wait until the college entrance examination was over before he could relax.

In June, Xu Weiheng took the college entrance examination.

After the exam, he walked out of the examination room. As expected, he saw a familiar figure outside the examination room again.

"Let's go home." Xu Weiheng trotted forward and took Yao Rong's arm.

On the second day after the college entrance examination, Xu Weiheng packed his luggage and immediately joined the crew of "Starry Sky" to guest-star as a supporting role in it.

Just after finishing the filming of "Starry Sky", the college entrance examination results came out.

- According to the division of the college entrance examination line in this province, Xu Weiheng's college entrance examination score just passed the first-tier line.

Although it is not particularly high, this score is already a very eye-catching result for art candidates.

Xu Weiheng has a clear positioning of himself.

He dropped out of school for two years to enter the entertainment industry, and later returned to campus. He had a hard time learning, and only with the help of many classmates and teachers did he slowly catch up. So he was already satisfied with such a result.

Anyway, he will definitely go to Huaxi Academy of Drama!

After posting a Weibo to share the good news with fans, Xu Weiheng and Yao Rong started a half-month global trip.

Just after returning to China, Xu Weiheng first received the admission notice sent by Huaxi Academy of Drama, and then received a call from Wen Qiu.

On the other end of the phone, Wen Qiu congratulated him first.

After reminiscing about the past, Wen Qiu asked, "Do you have any schedule recently? Are you interested in guest starring in the TV series I star in?"

"What role?"

"My son."

Xu Weiheng: "..."

Wen Qiu laughed and said, "You play the prince and I play the emperor's concubine. This is the right division, right?"

Xu Weiheng: "..."

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. I'll send you the script later. If you think it's suitable, take it."

Based on the relationship between the two, Wen Qiu really wouldn't let Xu Weiheng down.

Although the character generation is a bit of a rip-off, this drama is a costume power drama "

Forbidden City" shot by Wen Qiu's film and television company to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

The script has been polished for several years, the crew has gathered a group of old actors to compete with each other, and the younger generation of actors are also famous for their acting skills. If Xu Weiheng can join such a crew, he will definitely learn a lot from it.

And the role that Wen Qiu recommended to Xu Weiheng, although the role is not a lot, it is indeed one of the most outstanding roles in the whole play.

If something hadn't happened to the actor who was previously scheduled, Xu Weiheng really couldn't find a better script than this for a while.

After reading the script, Xu Weiheng didn't care about the issue of seniority anymore and immediately called Wen Qiu.

"I like this role very much."

"That's great! I'll give you the address and you can fly directly to the crew tomorrow!"

"Don't you need an audition?"

Wen Qiu was so straightforward that Xu Weiheng was caught off guard.

"What audition? You don't know that the director originally wanted you for this role, but you were preparing for the college entrance examination at that time, so the casting director didn't contact you. Now that actor has something to do and can't come, the director immediately asked me to contact you."

Wen Qiu complained and exposed the director's past.

"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow."

Yao Rong was tending to her Epiphyllum, and when she heard Xu Weiheng talk about "Forbidden City", she put down the sprinkler.

"I'll go to the airport with you."

"Will you take me off?"

"No. You go to the crew and I'll go to City A. I plan to buy a house in City A. It depends on my mood. If you want to live in a city of steel and concrete, I'll go to City A; if you miss the countryside, I'll come back here. And after buying a house, you'll have another place to go besides living in school." It

was the first time Xu Weiheng knew about her plan: "Where are you going to buy it?"

"Just in the same community as your Aunt Zhang, how does that feel?"

"No problem."

He will become busier and busier in the future. He will study hard in college and may have to join the crew to film during the winter and summer vacations. His mother and Aunt Zhang live close to each other. When they are bored, they can go shopping, travel, and go outings together. They can also go to the beauty salon and the gym together.

What a wonderful life this is.

He didn't need his mother to revolve around him alone, nor did he want his mother to stay in this quiet but deserted B&B.

She should go out and see the wider world, rather than being restricted by the identity of "mother" to the living room, bedroom and kitchen.

The next day, Yao Rong and Xu Weiheng went to the airport together, and then parted ways at the airport.

In the afternoon, Xu Weiheng arrived at the crew. Wen

Qiu had to shoot a night scene tonight, and when he heard that he had arrived, he happily went out to greet him.

It has been more than a year since the two of them parted at the celebration party for "Sunken". After

Xu Weiheng greeted Wen Qiu, he went to meet the director with her.

The director was a middle-aged man with a friendly face. He smiled when he saw him, pointed at him and said to the veteran actor Shan Xueming who played the emperor: "Our Crown Prince is here."

The veteran actor Shan Xueming was a professional emperor, and he had a kind of majestic temperament. But when he smiled, the seriousness was instantly replaced by friendliness.

Shan Xueming patted Xu Weiheng on the shoulder: "This is still my student. You have an elective course in your freshman year, and I am your teacher."

"Come and report to Teacher Shan in advance."

Shan Xueming was immediately happy.

After introducing each other, the director said kindly: "How are you? Do you need to rest for a few days to get a feel for it?"

Xu Weiheng shook his head: "No. Director, I can start working tomorrow."

The actor was temporarily replaced, and his role must have accumulated a lot of scenes, and many of the previous scenes had to be re-shot.

It is always better to start earlier, so as not to miss the start of school.

The director was more and more satisfied with him: "Then come to do the styling and makeup photos tomorrow morning, and start arranging your part the day after tomorrow."

Afterwards, Wen Qiu and Shan Xueming left first and began to prepare for tonight's scenes.

Xu Weiheng was not in a hurry to return to the hotel, and found a corner to watch them act.

There are not many opportunities to observe veteran actors at close range, and they can only be encountered in such large productions.

When the director took a break, he caught a glimpse of Xu Weiheng sitting on a small stool and studying seriously, and nodded: It is rare for someone to be so humble and not arrogant after becoming famous at a young age.

Xu Weiheng did not think that there was anything rare about what he did.

He was used to doing these things.

It's just that he used to learn by watching TV dramas and movies, but now he can watch directly on the spot. After all ,

this is his first time filming a costume drama, and in such a large crew, if he wants to perform well, no matter how hard he tries, it will not be too much.

In the first two days, Xu Weiheng still had some difficulty, but after he shamelessly asked Wen Qiu and Shan Xueming, the two people who had the most scenes with him, he got into the state at a rapid speed.

With such talent, even Shan Xueming felt a little bit of appreciation for his talent, and couldn't help but say a few more words when Xu Weiheng asked for advice - after all, he was also his student.

With the help of Wen Qiu and Shan Xueming, and Xu Weiheng occasionally giving everyone desserts to cool down, he felt like a fish in water in the crew.

In just half a month, he finished filming most of the scenes.

But then, Xu Weiheng encountered a real test - he was about to start filming the two most exciting scenes of this role.

The first scene was to scold the Confucian scholars in front of the Xuanwu Gate.

These Confucian scholars were the spears to maintain his orthodox status, and also the shields to hinder his drastic reforms.

He wanted to use them, but also to scold them.

For this scene, Xu Weiheng prepared for a whole week.

Before filming, he thought he would be nervous, but when he really stood in front of the camera, he forgot all the distractions.

Snow covered the capital.

Hundreds of Confucian scholars knelt in front of the Xuanwu Gate to petition.

The young prince came in green clothes, black hair, a cloak and an umbrella.

He slightly lifted the edge of the umbrella, from the initial calmness, to a faint question, and then to the anger of letting go of the umbrella and the snowflakes splashing on the hem of his clothes, and then returning to indifference with anger in his smile.

"Sir, please don't catch a cold."

Finally, the young prince slowly untied his cloak and draped the heavy cloak over the Imperial College's chief priest who was kneeling in the front. He gently patted off the snow that had just fallen on the Imperial College's chief priest's shoulder, bent down to pick up the oil-paper umbrella he had just thrown away, closed the umbrella and shook off the snow, with a blank expression.

In just one and a half minutes of the play, he almost perfectly grasped all the changes in emotions.

When the director said "passed" the crowd around applauded.

"Amazing, amazing." Wen Qiu praised quite frankly.

"The emotions are very accurate, and the handling of various small movements is also very good." Shan Xueming also followed suit.

To say that Xu Weiheng's previous performances were indeed very good, but because those plays did not require him to be too awesome, he acted more restrainedly. Now, this kind of big play that requires him to let go completely gives people a very amazing feeling.

Shan Xueming affirmed: "Compared to filming TV series, you are more suitable for filming movies."

A TV series of dozens of episodes often takes several months to shoot, and the director will not be particularly good at grasping details. On the contrary, movies need to be presented on the big screen, which makes it easier to magnify the acting skills in the details.

Xu Weiheng is particularly good at handling details.

This is a natural talent.

Xu Weiheng took Shan Xueming's words to heart: "Thank you, Mr. Shan."

The next day, Xu Weiheng began filming the second big scene of his role, which was also the scene where his role entered the countdown of death.

The high-spirited prince was suspected and abandoned by the emperor, so he drank all day to drown his sorrows.

How could a young and energetic boy be willing to lie low and waste his days, even if he was accused of regicide and patricide?

In the end, he failed, and life and death were not decided by fate.

He drank poison, sat in his study in a single layer of clothes, and slowly flipped through the unfinished book in his hand. When he saw something interesting, he clapped his hands happily. When he saw something funny, he dipped his ink and criticized it fiercely. Until the end, he laughed and spit out a large mouthful of blood; he cursed and cursed, and the black ink melted into the dark red.

When the Yu Lin army surrounded the East Palace, the sky outside the house was already full of rosy clouds, the purple air faded to the west, and the snow fell silently.

...

In a hurry, before the Chinese Opera School started in September, Xu Weiheng finally finished all the scenes for this role and finished it smoothly.

"See you at Huaxi Opera then." Shan Xueming joked, "Remember to take my class."

Xu Weiheng nodded: "I certainly will. I want to learn more from Teacher Shan."

After bidding farewell to the crew of "Forbidden City", Xu Weiheng boarded a plane to City A.

During this time, Yao Rong had already bought a house and was busy decorating it.

She has a special passion for life, and she doesn't ask anyone to do even the smallest things like choosing wallpapers and window decorations.

So when Xu Weiheng arrived, he saw a brand new house.

Xu Weiheng looked up and down at the house.

This is his home in City A.

To be honest, he spent the first sixteen years of his life in City A. But his sense of belonging to this city has only arisen now.

Yao Rong said, "We still need to buy some more things. Since you have some free time before school starts, come shopping with me."

Xu Weiheng picked up the photo frame on the wall cabinet.

In the photo frame was a photo of the two of them.

Gently wiping off a corner of the stain with his thumb, Xu Weiheng smiled and said, "Okay."

After accompanying Yao Rong to the mall twice, it was the day for the new semester at Huaxi Academy.

Wearing headphones and dragging his luggage, Xu Weiheng went to report to the Performance Department of Huaxi Academy.

After completing a series of formalities, Xu Weiheng walked towards the dormitory building.

He is the most famous freshman of this year. Because he was not wearing a hat or a mask, many students recognized Xu Weiheng along the way. However, there is not much else at Huaxi Academy, but there are definitely many stars. Everyone just took a look at the novelty and did not go up to disturb him.

Just when Xu Weiheng was about to reach the dormitory building, a boy with green hair and a baby face walked out of the dormitory building.

Xu Weiheng felt vaguely that he looked familiar and couldn't help but take a second look at him.

The boy with green hair and a baby face noticed his gaze, stopped, and obviously recognized him: "Tang Lu, your roommate. Do you need help?"

"Didn't you just leave the dormitory?"

"No hurry." Tang Lu said briefly and stretched out his hand to Xu Weiheng.

Xu Weiheng handed the not-so-heavy bag in his hand to Tang Lu, and carried the suitcase himself: "Thank you."

Soon, Xu Weiheng met his other two roommates.

One was a muscular man named Shan Hongle.

The other was carefree, named Ruan Jianbai.

Shan Hongle and Ruan Jianbai were a little cold to Tang Lu, but very enthusiastic towards Xu Weiheng.

Tang Lu was not surprised and put Xu Weiheng's bag on the only empty bed.

Huaxi dormitory is a four-person room with a bed above and a desk below. Xu Weiheng climbed up on the iron frame to make the bed.

When he had almost made the bed, someone knocked on the edge of his bed.

Xu Weiheng lowered his head and first saw an umbrella, and then saw Tang Lu holding the umbrella.

"It's back to you. Thank you for that day." Tang Lu said.

A light bulb suddenly lit up his head, and Xu Weiheng finally knew why he felt that the person in front of him was familiar: "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that we became roommates."

Tang Lu nodded and walked out of the dormitory.

"Wait." Xu Weiheng called him, "Are you going to have lunch? I want to treat the whole dormitory to lunch together. Is it convenient for you?"

"I have something to do in the afternoon." Tang Lu turned his head to look at Xu Weiheng, and left without explaining.

"Do you know each other?" As soon as Tang Lu left, the other two roommates asked hurriedly.

"We just ran into each other downstairs in the dormitory." Xu Weiheng saw that they looked unhappy and there seemed to be something hidden. He had no intention of gossiping about others, and did not ask in detail, but just asked the two if they wanted to go out for dinner together, "There is a private restaurant nearby that cooks very good food, I have always wanted to try it."

This private restaurant is located in a deep alley, and was recommended to Xu Weiheng by Wen Qiu.

The environment is quiet, the dishes are complete, the taste is good, and the price is moderate. It is very popular among Chinese opera students.

After dinner, Shan Hongle and Ruan Jianbai wanted to walk around the school, but Xu Weiheng had some things to do, so he separated from them.

He went directly to the lecture hall.

Two days ago, the secretary of the Youth League Committee issued a notice to the freshmen group of the whole school, saying that two freshman representatives would be selected in the lecture hall this afternoon, and the freshman representatives would give a speech on behalf of all freshmen at the opening ceremony. After seeing this, Xu Weiheng signed up for the other party, and with his grades, he naturally got the interview spot smoothly.

Walking into the lecture hall, Xu Weiheng saw an acquaintance.

It was Tang Lu.

"Hey, it's Xu Weiheng!"

"I know he's from the same class as us, but I didn't expect to see him today."

"I feel like he looks better in real life than in "Sinking", he doesn't even wear makeup."

Tang Lu had headphones hanging around his neck and was checking messages on his phone. When he heard the noise in the quiet classroom, he raised his eyes and saw Xu Weiheng walking through the front row and heading straight to the back row. Finally, he walked to the empty seat next to him, pressed down the chair and sat down.

Tang Lu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Do you want it?" Xu Weiheng took out a row of Wangzai milk from his shoulder bag, tore open one of the boxes and threw it to Tang Lu.

Tang Lu took it subconsciously and stared at Xu Weiheng in a daze: "..."

Xu Weiheng said considerately: "Don't like to drink?"

Tang Lu lowered his eyes and looked at the Wangzai in his hand: "No. I just didn't expect you to carry this with you."

It was quite... unexpected.

Not long after, the time pointed to two o'clock in the afternoon, and the secretary of the Youth League Committee arrived.

There were nearly ten people sitting scattered in the huge classroom. The secretary of the Youth League Committee began to interview one by one according to the order of registration.

Xu Weiheng was the first.

He walked over calmly and answered all the questions of the secretary of the Youth League Committee calmly.

The serious-looking secretary of the Youth League Committee smiled and asked him to go back and wait for notification.

Xu Weiheng bowed to the other party and walked towards the door.

When he was about to walk out of the door, Xu Weiheng caught a glimpse of the second person who came up for an interview and it was Tang Lu.

After the interview, Xu Weiheng put the matter behind him for the time being and took a leisurely walk in the campus.

This is where he will live for the next four years.

If he encounters a beautiful scenery on the way, Xu Weiheng will stop to take a photo and send it to Yao Rong.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the candidates for the freshman representative were decided.

It was Xu Weiheng and a girl from the editing and directing department.

Tang Lu was not there.

Xu Weiheng bought some fresh fruits in the supermarket and carried them back to the dormitory.

Ruan Jianbai took the lead and said, "Xu Weiheng, I heard that you were selected as the freshman representative. Congratulations."

"You know?" Xu Weiheng distributed fruits to everyone.

"The secretary of the Youth League Committee announced the list in the freshman group, and praised you for not being nervous at all and having the demeanor of a general. But it's true, you have seen a lot of big scenes, this is nothing." Ruan Jianbai's praise was very straightforward.

Xu Weiheng did not respond, but just smiled.

Having found it boring, Ruan Jianbai put all his attention on the game.

After playing for a while, Ruan Jianbai couldn't help but said to Shan Hongle who was watching a movie: "I didn't expect Tang Lu to participate in the selection. Doesn't he know his own situation? The school will definitely not choose him as the representative of the freshmen. He has no self-awareness at all--"

The half-closed door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Tang Lu with green hair walked in from the outside. His lips, which were pale to the point of being almost bloodless, were slightly pursed, and his expression was tired.

Ruan Jianbai was at a loss and stood up subconsciously: "You... when did you come back..."

Tang Lu didn't answer, put down the tablet in his hand, glanced at the apple on the table, and his eyes turned and fell on Xu Weiheng.

But Xu Weiheng had already put on his headphones and was flipping through the "Light and Shadow Visual Imaging Analysis" in his hand.