Chapter 33 The Fallen Child Star 33

The finale of "Forbidden City" just finished airing, and March has arrived.

Not long after, "Starry Sky" began to work hard for this year's summer season.

Lan Zhiying's expectation for "Starry Sky" is naturally to break the record of "Heaven and Earth", and the advantage of the summer season is that it is longer than the Spring Festival season.

After two long months of release, "Starry Sky" finally closed with a score of 7.12 billion, failing to surpass "Heaven and Earth".

This has nothing to do with quality, but mainly because "Heaven and Earth" has the bonus of naked-eye 3D technology. Now that two full years have passed, the audience's novelty of naked-eye 3D technology has faded.

However, the second-highest box office performance in Chinese film history is also very satisfying.

When the cicadas outside the window stop chirping, the summer heat gradually fades, and it is September autumn again.

In the second year, the Chinese Academy of Drama no longer prohibited students from taking acting jobs.

Many of Xu Weiheng's classmates began to find ways to join the crew. By the second semester of the second year, the classmates in the class began to film one after another. Although the roles varied, this step was relatively smooth.

In the dormitory, Shan Hongle and Ruan Jianbai also received acting invitations.

Shan Hongle is a rare martial artist in the entertainment industry. He joined a martial arts crew and played the loyal dog and secret guard of the heroine.

Ruan Jianbai joined a youth campus TV series and played the fourth male who had a crush on the heroine.

They were not famous, so the crew would not specially adjust the shooting time for them. Therefore, except for some important exams that they could not be absent, they stayed in the crew at other times.

On this day, Xu Weiheng was walking back to the dormitory with a bag of fruit.

When he passed by the window, he heard a voice coming from the dormitory.

——It was Tang Lu reciting the lines.

And Xu Weiheng was very familiar with this line.

When he was practicing the lines, he had dubbed this movie clip more than once.

After Tang Lu finished reciting the lines, Xu Weiheng pushed the door and walked in: "Are you also using the materials that Teacher Shan gave you?"

Tang Lu then realized that he was back and took off his headphones: "Yes."

"Why haven't I seen you practice before?"

"I rarely practice in the dormitory."

They were the only two people left in the dormitory. Xu Weiheng had just returned from the library and pulled a chair to chat with Tang Lu: "Why didn't you go to act?"

Tang Lu pursed his lips: "I... am still trying to get a role."

Xu Weiheng was surprised. With Tang Lu's appearance, he shouldn't have no role offers...

There must be some hidden story.

"Sorry, I just asked casually."

"Nothing." Tang Lu didn't want to continue the topic, and turned to ask Xu Weiheng, "What about you, why didn't you go to film?"

Xu Weiheng: "The crew hasn't prepared yet."

He recently took on a Republican TV series, in which he plays the male lead.

This is also his first time to play the leading role in a TV series.

It's also fate that the director of this Republican TV series is the director of "In the Prime of Life". At that time, Xu Weiheng left a deep impression on the director in the variety show. It just so happened that the image of the new drama's male lead was very consistent with Xu Weiheng, so the director immediately called to invite Xu Weiheng.

Tang Lu congratulated him, "It looks like a big production."

"Then you continue practicing. I won't bother you anymore. I'm going to memorize my lines."

Listening to the sound of shuffling papers coming from the opposite side, Tang Lu put on his headphones again.

But this time, he didn't practice his lines. Instead, he opened the web and the school group to look for news about the crew.

If he came across a crew that was recruiting, he would write it down.

After one night, he had written down the information of more than a dozen crews in his notebook.

***

Since that chat, Tang Lu disappeared after class every day, and only returned to the dormitory exhausted at night.

Xu Weiheng was equally busy. He was about to join the crew to film a play, and he had to prepare a character biography and memorize the lines before joining the crew.

There were still two days left before joining the crew. The moonlight disappeared into the clouds, the air gradually became sultry, and the flowing wind seemed dull and stagnant.

Not long after, heavy rain began to fall.

Xu Weiheng closed the window, stuffed a maple leaf bookmark into the unfinished script, and went to bed.

In the middle of the night, he vaguely heard some noise. At first the noise was not loud, but it seemed that something was knocked to the ground, mixed with the violent wind and rain in the middle of the night, it was particularly sharp and piercing.

Xu Weiheng groped for his mobile phone in a daze, picked up the phone and checked the time: two o'clock in the morning.

As his sleepiness dissipated a little, Xu Weiheng leaned out of the bed, only to see a person standing in front of Tang Lu's desk diagonally opposite, and the air was filled with a strong smell of alcohol.

The last trace of sleepiness disappeared from Xu Weiheng: Why did you come back at this time? Just

when he was about to speak, he heard the deliberately suppressed sobbing.

As if worried about disturbing him, or as if wanting to change the clothes soaked by the rain, the drunken Tang Lu hugged a clean set of sleeping bags, covered his forehead, walked out to the balcony, and locked himself in the toilet.

Alas.

Xu Weiheng sighed, climbed out of bed, and turned on the table lamp.

After drinking so much, his stomach must be uncomfortable.

He had a hangover once and knew this very well.

After searching in his junk box for a while, Xu Weiheng found a bag of egg noodles.

Oh, and two halved eggs.

He took out the small pot from the dormitory, picked up the kettle, added half of the water into the pot, and when the water boiled, Xu Weiheng began to cook and add seasonings.

The noodles were cooked quickly.

Xu Weiheng walked out to the balcony.

"I cooked noodles for you, eat them and then go to sleep."

Some people are upset and need to be comforted.

Some people are upset and need a quiet space.

In Xu Weiheng's opinion, Tang Lu is a very proud person and probably doesn't want to be seen in such a wolfish state.

So after saying this, regardless of Tang Lu's reaction, Xu Weiheng returned to the dormitory and continued to sleep.

About five minutes later, the closed toilet door was opened from the inside. Tang Lu's face was covered with tear marks, and his usually smooth green hair looked messy.

He wiped his face with cold water, slowed down his movements, and opened the glass door leading to the dormitory from the balcony.

The desk lamp on Xu Weiheng's desk was not turned off.

The warm yellow light was not glaring, but it was particularly bright in the dark night, illuminating the path under Tang Lu's feet so that he would not knock over things like he did when he just came back.

Tang Lu glanced at Xu Weiheng's bed: he should have fallen asleep.

Walking back to his desk, Tang Lu saw a bowl of noodles on the table.

The noodles exuded a warm heat.

Two peeled halved eggs were placed on the noodles.

He stood there for a while, picked up his bowl and chopsticks silently, walked out of the dormitory and came to the balcony.

The noodles were just the most common egg noodles, and the halved eggs were also the most common halved eggs, but with the heavy rain outside the window, this bowl of noodles became a delicacy.

Tang Lu ate slowly

, bite by bite. Those collapsed emotions finally became calm.

After eating the noodles and drinking the noodle soup, his emotions gradually calmed down. After

a simple tidying up, Tang Lu returned to the dormitory and sat quietly at the head of the bed for a while. Although he knew that Xu Weiheng could not hear him, Tang Lu still said softly: "Thank you."

The next day, it was already ten o'clock in the morning when Tang Lu woke up.

There were two small loaves of bread and a carton of milk on his desk, with a note on the milk: [I asked for leave for your morning class]

Xu Weiheng didn't come back until noon.

As soon as he saw him, Tang Lu said quickly: "Thank you for what happened last night, and I'm sorry for disturbing your rest."

"No problem."

"You didn't have lunch, I'll treat you to dinner, you decide the place."

Knowing that Tang Lu would be embarrassed if he didn't agree, Xu Weiheng nodded and said: "Okay."

The place where Xu Weiheng took Tang Lu was exactly that private restaurant.

"I invited my roommates to this restaurant for dinner on the first day of school, but you didn't come, so now it's your turn to treat me. One bowl of noodles for one meal, you feel like you're losing out if you don't eat

." "Did you forget that there's also breakfast?"

Xu Weiheng smiled and said, "So, it seems like I'm losing out. Two meals for one meal of yours."

Tang Lu handed the menu to Xu Weiheng.

After ordering the dishes, the waiter left. Xu Weiheng poured water into the cup: "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Ah?" Tang Lu was stunned, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't have many friends. If you don't mind, you can listen to my story."

Xu Weiheng pushed the lemonade to Tang Lu: "I'm all ears."

"Have you heard about my story..."

Xu Weiheng said: "I've heard a little."

He didn't deliberately ask, but after being classmates for two years, he would sometimes be careful to hear other people talking about Tang Lu.

"Then I'll tell you from the beginning."

Tang Lu calmly outlined his own story as if he was telling someone else's story.

He made his debut with a TV series.

In that TV series, Tang Lu played the male protagonist's teenage years, and the male protagonist in the play was played by a popular idol.

After all, one played a teenager and the other played an adult, and their facial shapes and features are somewhat similar after makeup.

But the bad thing is...

Tang Lu's acting skills and looks are better than that idol.

This is nothing, but the idol has a large number of fans and a large number of black fans. Many black fans used this as an excuse to mock the idol crazily, and finally triggered a fierce fan-black war, so that the idol's fans even put the TV series on their blacklist.

Xu Weiheng: "..."

Damn.

This is really a disaster.

"Do you feel like it's an unprovoked disaster? There's something even worse. Because I took on that TV series, that idol and I signed a contract with the same management company, and he is the nephew of the company's chairman. Later, the company talked to me and said that they wanted me to be his stand-in."

Xu Weiheng whispered, "You don't want to, right?"

Who would be willing to be a stand-in actor who can't show his face when they can make a name for themselves.

Tang Lu spread his hands: "Yes, I rejected the company's arrangement and slammed the door on the spot. There was a surveillance camera in the office, which took a picture of me slamming the door and put some ambiguous photos. There were also fans of that idol behind the scenes, anyway, my reputation was quite bad when I first entered college."

Xu Weiheng thought of Ruan Jianbai's attitude towards Tang Lu at the beginning of the school year, and nodded in understanding: "Then you don't have any acting offers, is it because the agency doesn't allow you to take on a role?"

All the dishes were ready, and Tang Lu ate a mango pancake: "Yes, the agency didn't fight for resources for me, and then I thought about fighting for it myself, so I went out early and came back late to run to the crew during this period.

" "Then last night..."

"Yesterday I contacted a crew, it's the second male lead in a web drama. That was the best role I got."

"In fact, we have already come to the stage of signing the contract. As long as the agency stamps it, the role will belong to me..."

Tang Lu showed a smile that looked like crying.

"But after I contacted the agency, not only did they not agree, they also let other artists in the company take the role."

He made a fuss at the agency for an entire afternoon. He was exhausted and in a really bad mood, so he drank a lot of wine at a barbecue stall near the school.

At the beginning, Tang Lu was very confident.

He was confident that he could break the blockade of capital on him and get out of the predicament with his own strength.

Even if that male idol targeted him, he would definitely find an opportunity.

But it has been three years.

In these three years, he has not had any chance.

Even though he was in the first class of the acting department, his theoretical and practical performances were among the top three, and his appearance was also one of the best, but he could only watch his classmates busying around while he remained standing still.

Xu Weiheng looked at Tang Lu quietly, expressing his understanding.

After all, his previous agency was not much better than Tang Lu's.

"Have you ever thought about changing an agency?"

"I have. But the agency I'm in is one of the best in the industry." Tang Lu lowered his eyes, "The agencies I contacted are not willing to offend them for a newcomer like me. I can't afford the penalty myself."

After letting out all the anger in one breath, Tang Lu's expression was obviously relieved.

He called Xu Weiheng: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about those sad things. Come and eat the food, otherwise it will get cold soon."

"Okay."

Xu Weiheng picked up his chopsticks and didn't continue the previous topic.

After

finishing his meal with Tang Lu, Xu Weiheng went back home.

He went to the crew to film this time, and he would have to stay there for at least three months before coming back, so he went home today to see Yao Rong.

Yao Rong was on the phone with the person in charge of Blue Film.

After the two movies "Sinking" and "Starry Sky", Blue Film has become a well-deserved industry giant.

So after consideration, Blue Film plans to expand several more businesses.

For this reason, the person in charge of Blue Film called Yao Rong several times, wanting to invite Yao Rong to join.

Yao Rong was not interested in this, but Xu Weiheng listened to it.

After Yao Rong hung up the phone, Xu Weiheng asked: "Blue Film plans to develop artist business?"

Generally speaking, giant companies like this will not develop artist business, they are mainly responsible for the production of TV series and movies.

"Yes, Blue Shadow plans to make a science fiction series, and it needs to use regular actors. But I think, even if it develops the artist business, the scale will not be very large." Yao Rong asked curiously, "Do you want to sign a contract with Blue Shadow?"

Xu Weiheng shook his head. He planned to set up a studio after graduation, and then the whole team would serve him alone.

His mother invested 10 million in Tiangong Vision at that time, and 7.5 million were his money! This 7.5 million is simply a typical example of low investment and high return. It is not difficult for him to set up a studio!

"I have a classmate who was controlled by the agency with a contract. If he can join Blue Shadow, with Blue Shadow's strength, it will be easy to help him solve the contract."

Yao Rong raised her eyebrows slightly: being controlled by the agency with a contract.

This made her easily associate with the unpleasant things that happened to Xu Weiheng before.

"If you need a connection, I can help."

"I'll give him a call."

Without further ado, Xu Weiheng took out his cell phone.

As the class monitor, he had the phone numbers of all the classmates in the class, so it was very convenient

for him to contact Tang Lu. When the call was connected, Tang Lu was obviously confused and didn't know why he called.

After listening to Xu Weiheng's words, Tang Lu was obviously even more confused: "This...you..."

"I have explained the pros and cons of this matter to you, you should think about it carefully."

"Okay! Thank you and Auntie!" Tang Lu came back to his senses, his voice full of excitement.

"It's okay." Xu Weiheng didn't take credit for it. "I just bought you an opportunity. Whether you can convince Lan Zhiying in the end, whether Lan Zhiying is willing to help you solve the contract, and what kind of treatment he will offer you, all depends on you."

As the saying goes, a good wind can help me soar to the sky.

But if there is no accumulation of power before the wind rises, how can I rise to 90,000 miles with the wind.

Tang Lu smiled: "It's enough."

He was already very satisfied

. Xu Weiheng helped him out of kindness, and not helping him was his duty.

Xu Weiheng also laughed: "I'm not just helping you." He was also fulfilling himself.

He saw himself in Tang Lu.

When his mother didn't show up, he had thought more than once that it would be great if someone was willing to lend a hand to help him, just help him.

Later he met his mother, but he will always remember that feeling.

He no longer needs others to "help him", but he is willing to be the one who "helps the other person".

***

Xu Weiheng officially joined the crew to film.

Because this is his first time to play the leading role, Xu Weiheng attaches great importance to this play. He is busy every day, either filming or reciting lines. It was not until Tang Lu sent him a message that he remembered to ask about Tang Lu's progress.

Knowing that Tang Lu and Lan Zhiying had almost reached an agreement and Lan Zhiying was willing to solve the contract problem for him, Xu Weiheng congratulated him and then devoted himself to acting seriously.

Time flies by, and they are busy with filming, studying, and taking exams. Although the sycamore tree next to the gate of the Huaxi Opera House remains the same, Xu Weiheng, Tang Lu, and Ruan Jianbai are about to graduate.

In the past two or three years, Xu Weiheng has filmed two TV series, one web series, and two movies. He is the lead actor in both TV series and web series, and his career in movies is also quite good. If Xu Weiheng only understood the theoretical knowledge in the textbooks before, now he has been able to integrate and apply the theoretical knowledge he has learned to acting.

After filming these dramas, Xu Weiheng deeply realized that he is indeed more suitable for filming movies.

As there were no acting offers recently, and their class was going to have a graduation performance, Xu Weiheng began to work on the performance.

With the concerted efforts of a group of classmates, the performance was prepared very smoothly.

After the performance, Xu Weiheng officially graduated.

Before leaving school, Ruan Jianbai took the initiative to suggest a group meal: "How about hot pot? I'll treat you, and you three must not compete with me."

Shan Hongle, who had the best relationship with Ruan Jianbai, hooked his neck: "Don't worry, I know you just got paid for the film."

Xu Weiheng smiled and asked everyone: "Do you want to eat near the school or go somewhere farther away? I know a good hot pot restaurant, which takes about half an hour by taxi."

"Let's go somewhere farther away. Is it expensive?" Tang Lu expressed his opinion.

"Not bad?"

Tang Lu: "It's better to make it more expensive, so that Ruan Jianbai can bleed a lot."

Ruan Jianbai widened his eyes. He didn't expect Tang Lu to play a joke on him.

After being surprised, Ruan Jianbai smiled and said, "I don't believe you can eat me out. Pack up and go."

The four of them packed up quickly and went out, taking a taxi to the hot pot restaurant.

The hot pot dishes were served, and while the bottom of the pot was not yet boiled, Ruan Jianbai opened a can of Sprite: "Come on, this cup is for everyone." He attracted everyone's contemptuous eyes.

After taking a big sip of Sprite, Ruan Jianbai coughed lightly: "Well, before we start eating, I have something important to say."

Shan Hongle obviously understood the inside story: "Go ahead and say it, don't waste your time and delay everyone's meal."

"Damn it." Ruan Jianbai rolled his eyes, then he said seriously, "That's right, when I was a freshman, didn't I have a bad relationship with Tang Lu?"

"That's because you have a bad relationship with Tang Lu unilaterally." Xu Weiheng guessed what Ruan Jianbai was going to do, and laughed and teased beside him.

Ruan Jianbai quickly climbed up Xu Weiheng's pole and nodded vigorously: "The monitor is right, it was one-sided. So I am apologizing to Tang Lu unilaterally now, I don't know if you are willing to forgive me."

Tang Lu raised a Coke to him: "If I disliked you, I would not come out to eat with you."

In fact, except for the first few days of school, Ruan Jianbai was a little bit rude to him, and there was nothing else afterwards.

They were roommates for four years in college, and after this farewell dinner, if they can't make a name for themselves in the entertainment industry, they may never see each other again in their lives.

At this time, some minor frictions in the past are nothing.

"Thank you, Tang Lu, for your kindness!" Ruan Jianbai clasped his hands together.

After the topic was over, the four of them started to eat, talking about interesting things that happened in the past. After they were full and drunk, the four of them went back to the dormitory together, and then left the dormitory and the school one by one.

Putting aside the sadness of parting, Xu Weiheng began to face a new task - it was time for him to set up a studio!

In the past few years, Xu Weiheng has met many people in the industry and easily brought in a team.

As for the position of agent, Xu Weiheng left it to his former assistant.

His former assistant was recruited for him by Xingyu Media. Unlike unscrupulous brokerage companies, the assistant was always nice to him.

After he left Xingyu Media, the assistant jumped to a small company as a broker, and over the past few years, he has done a good job.

So when Xu Weiheng needed an agent, he contacted the other party as soon as possible.

The two parties hit it off immediately.

Soon, the prototype of the studio was built. Xu Weiheng worked very hard and began to select scripts sent from various places.

Finally, his eyes were fixed on one of them -

"A Letter Home".