Chapter 595: An Unexpected Opponent
Nowadays, there are more and more ways to get around.
As long as you come to the street, whether it is a traditional taxi, an online car-hailing, or a shared bicycle...... Almost all kinds of tricks, the choice is yours.
Although He Xiao has not been out of touch with society, in the past few years, he has always had a special car to pick him up whenever he travels, or he drives himself, so whether it is a taxi or an online car-hailing, he has not taken it for a long time.
It seems to be far from the life of ordinary people.
And this time, He Xiao chose to follow the trend and called an online car-hailing with his mobile phone.
It's been two or three years since this thing came out, but He Xiao hasn't used it much, not because he doesn't want to, but because he really doesn't have a chance.
Today, I want to catch the trend and experience the most popular way of travel for young people at the moment.
Placed an order, soon someone took the order, from the mobile phone map navigation can be seen, is a neon country brand car, in He Xiao this world is a more common style, the price is about eighty or ninety, very fuel-efficient and easy to drive.
The other party was only a kilometer away from him, and he didn't wait long before He Xiao saw a black sedan slowly driving near him and stopping on the side of the road.
After confirming the license plate number, it was correct, He Xiao put on a mask and walked up quickly.
"Hello buddy, is it a customer with the tail number 0833?"
"It's me. ”
After He Xiao got into the car, he chose the back row and gently closed the door, and the driver glanced at him from the rearview mirror, although he saw that he covered himself tightly, but he didn't care, probably not worried that someone would rob an online car-hailing car in broad daylight, so he greeted him very friendly.
"Our destination is Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV stations?"
"Yes. ”
"Okay, please bring your seatbelts, let's go!"
Simple conversation, the vehicle has been started, very stable, and the route is also very familiar, it can be seen that this driver master is a veteran, and there is no feeling that he can't drive without more than three years of driving experience.
"Dude, it's not cold this day, you cover yourself tightly, aren't you afraid of prickly heat?"
After passing a traffic light, the driver frequently looked in the rearview mirror, and added at the end: "You shouldn't be a star, right?"
Although he is not afraid that someone will rob him in broad daylight, He Xiao's outfit is indeed too weird, there is no shortage of sunglasses, hats and masks, and it is very mysterious, just like how unsightly his face is.
In addition, this destination is still located by a TV station, is it still a star?
"What a star. He Xiao saw that the driver's eyes were like torches, and his guess was quite accurate, but he didn't admit it when he was killed, and opened his mouth to make up a nonsense: "Dude, I'm not afraid of your jokes, in fact, I just came out of plastic surgery, this face is swollen, and I can't see the light." ”
"Hey, it's abrupt, I'm sorry. When the driver heard this, he immediately showed a sudden realization expression, and then apologized again and again.
"It's okay, it's okay. He Xiao smiled disapprerovingly, he came out this time to observe the living conditions of people from all walks of life, so after he opened the conversation with the driver, he immediately asked: "Master, how many years have you been running here?"
"I've only been running for a year, but I've been driving a traditional taxi for three years. The driver laughed twice and laughed at himself: "I don't have any ability, I can't do anything when I live a long time, so I have to support myself by driving." ”
"Master, there is no distinction between high and low work, I think no matter what kind of work, as long as we do it with our hearts, we are worthy of our hearts. He Xiao followed the driver to chat, and the two sighed with emotion along the way.
The driver is actually not big this year, he looks like he is in his early thirties, at most three or five years older than He Xiao, and there is no generation gap between the two of them, and many things can be matched.
"Dude, what kind of work do you do, you still have to have plastic surgery, to be honest, I have done so much work, and I have seen a lot of girls who do medical beauty, but boys, you should be the first. ”
The driver turned on the turn signal, crossed the road, glanced sideways in the rearview mirror, and asked.
He Xiao raised his eyebrows and sighed: "Dry bar singing, you also know that people like us who sing and dance on stage have very high requirements for image." ”
This is not a nonsense, time back to six or seven years ago, he was indeed an obscure bar singer, if he went back another year, then he would be even more miserable, he was not even a resident singer, and he was still performing on the flyover.
"Actually, I envy you, drive a car every day, earn money, go home to your wife and children hot kang, how beautiful. He Xiao said and couldn't help but feel something.
However, when the driver heard the words, he smiled bitterly, "I still have a wife and children on the hot kang, and I don't have a girlfriend." ”
This time it was He Xiao's turn to be stunned, after all, it was the time for a man to start a family in his thirties, but this master didn't have a girlfriend yet, which was inevitably a little surprising.
The master sighed and said, "Actually, I also talked about a girlfriend for five years before, and then we broke up." ”
"Why? That's a five-year relationship. He Xiao was puzzled.
"I can't afford it. ”
The driver was silent for a while, and then opened his mouth to say these four words, his tone was very calm, but He Xiao heard full of bitterness and unwillingness.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, the housing prices in Hangzhou are not in the five-digit starting area? You say that I am a sports car, and I am not in danger, and I will give other girls happiness, she is very good to me, but I can't bear her to suffer with me." ”
"This city is too cruel, and adult life is too hard, and I myself am living a living, so I don't want to pull other people with me. ”
The corners of his mouth showed a touch of self-deprecation, the accelerator under his feet unconsciously stepped deeper, the speed accelerated, and the pointer on the speedometer began to tilt downward.
He Xiao heard the story told by the driver, and his heart was also stunned.
Some people say that the bigger the city, the later the age of marriage for young people, because everyone is overwhelmed by life and has no energy to run a home and put more pressure on themselves.
This driver master is one of these sentient beings, his non-stop work is only enough for his own expenses, and the remaining money saved every month is less than a fraction of the house price.
With such a precarious life, how can he bear to "scourge" other girls.
He Xiao was silent, he looked at the traffic outside the window, and suddenly thought, if he hadn't become popular, would he be twenty-eight years old today, just like the driver's eldest brother, or would he be alone in the cold society?
"After the breakup, you never contacted each other again? Don't you regret it?" he asked.
When the driver heard this, the self-deprecation at the corner of his mouth became even worse, and he shook his head and said: "What is the contact, the more you contact, the more you will give up, let's boil it yourself." ”
After he finished speaking, he paused slightly, and added: "In fact, in the past three years of breaking up, we have also met once, just a few days ago on New Year's Eve, she took a taxi to hit me, I recognized her as soon as she got in the car, she was still as lively as before, and the smell on her body was still so good, I didn't dare to look at her at the time, and there was no communication throughout the whole process." ”
"Even though it was dark that day, I think she should have recognized me. ”
He Xiao couldn't help but be curious: "Why do you say that?"
“...... She gave me a bad review. The driver hesitated for a moment, and his words were astonishing.
The corners of He Xiao's mouth twitched, and he didn't even know what to say comforting words now.
In this way, the two talked a lot along the way, the driver master sports car for so many years, it can be said that he has seen all the faces of the world, the cold and warm of the world, met too many things, and met too many people.
He gave He Xiao a lot of understanding of life and inspiration for acting.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the vehicle stopped on the side of the road.
"Dude, here, thirty meters in front is the TV station, it's not good to park over there, I'll put it here for you." ”
The driver turned his head and said to He Xiaole, not far in front of him, the landmark building of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV was already standing in front of him.
Of course, He Xiao didn't count the thirty or fifty meters, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll sweep you and transfer the money." ”
"No, after my order is delivered, the system will automatically deduct it. The driver smiled, "Remember to give a five-star review!"
"Good. ”
He Xiao was also happy, and after getting out of the car, he watched the driver with a story go away, and he also had a lot of insights into life in his heart.
All performances are based on life and then done artistic processing, rather than relying on imagination and using acting skills to pile up randomly.
A good actor, when he gets a script, will never make it up out of thin air, only if he has experienced it in person and experienced it, can he perform the most real feeling.
This is also an experiential way of acting.
I walked straight into the TV station, walked through the corridor, and came to the recording site.
As soon as I entered the hall, the noisy voices filled my ears, and there were many people around, spectators, staff, all sorts, hundreds of people.
He Xiao didn't have a sledgehammer with him today, and everyone didn't recognize him, he was wearing a hat, taking off his mask, and walked towards the lounge.
When I opened the door, the room was already full.
Li Shengxian , Tang Xiaoxiao , Yang Hao , Meng Haitao and another group of actors, as well as three mentors and performance instructor Han Xiulan are all on the list.
"He Xiao, you're here. ”
Everyone looked up and saw He Xiao coming in, and they all got up and welcomed.
"I'm all here today, are you waiting for me with the co-authorship?" He Xiao was also surprised when he came in, and joked.
Li Shengxian smiled elegantly and said, "Today is a heads-up match, everyone gets together to chat and enhance the relationship." ”
"Alas, it's too stressful, if I get to He Xiao, then I should say goodbye to the stage in advance. A young actor from Yi Guangyuan's group next to him interjected at this time, and he sold miserably.
He Xiao couldn't show weakness, and immediately cried and said: "Brother Wu, don't take you to bully people like this, you have nominated the Golden Horse actor six times, let alone the award nomination, I haven't even entered the house where the Golden Horse Awards were awarded!"
"Hahahaha!"
Han Xiulan said with a smile, "Today's heads-up match, I hope everyone has fun, don't worry too much about winning or losing, we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the circle in the future." ”
She began to turn her words back on the subject.
This time, we are getting together, in fact, we are giving everyone a vaccination, because today's game is different from the past, this is an individual heads-up competition, and the place to enter the finals in the next phase will be determined.
The program team is afraid that everyone will stop making trouble because of this kind of event, so let's talk about it first.
There is everyone in the back, don't be childish, everyone is mixed in the circle, you don't see you when you look up, if you want to hurt and get angry, you can think about it.
"Don't worry, Mr. Han, I was taught by you, and you still don't know me?" a group of people snorted haha.
"Everyone is almost done, let's get ready, and the show is about to start. At this time, an assistant director looked at his watch, stood up and said, "He Xiao, you come with me to touch up your makeup." ”
"Good. He Xiao got up, he arrived late today, although he also knew how to put on makeup, but he didn't think so much when he went out, so he didn't appear with makeup, pure makeup.
After a lot of busyness, the time has come to the time of official recording.
The entire studio hall was busy inside and out.
Hundreds of audience members, under the guidance of the staff, began to enter and take their seats in an orderly manner, and everyone was full of expectations for today's show.
"It's the penultimate installment!"
"Yes, today is a heads-up match, a game to advance to the top three. ”
"In the next phase of the top three, you can tell the winner!"
"In this competition, there are a few dark horses, they are really strong, I didn't pay attention to them in movies and TV series before, but after coming to this stage, their acting skills really surprised me. ”
"Just kidding, they are all actors, how can they not surprise you!"
"I feel that in this competition, the champion is either Tang Xiaoxiao or Christian Lee. ”
"Li Shengxian is good, a national first-class actor, pure strength, but not popular. ”
"If Angela Lee really performs with full firepower, then no one on this stage can stop her. ”
"Yes, it depends on whether the old fairy is here to join in the fun, or if she really wants to play. ”
"Tang Xiaoxiao can also do it, but I like He Xiao the most!"
"Ahaha, my master's ten-year-old fan came uninvited!"
He Xiao has not debuted for ten years. ”
"Ahem, anyway, judging from the past performance, the young master is stable today, and he is waiting for tomorrow's championship match!"
“......”
The crowd was excited and waiting for the game to begin.
Recording live.
Zheng Xia began to command the overall situation, holding the walkie-talkie to notify the staff in the field and do the final inspection.
"Attention departments, the eleventh issue of "The Birth of an Actor" has three seconds to start. ”
"Three, two, one, power on!"
"Backstage, notify Mr. Zhang Ming to appear, Lao Zhao, give the light!"
The scene was instantly busy!
This show has started to be recorded vigorously!
"Audience friends, good evening, everyone! I'm actor Zhang Ming!"
"Audience friends, good evening! I'm the host Chu Shengsheng!"
Under the dazzling lights, on the small stage, Zhang Ming walked out with Chu Shengsheng, one of the leading hosts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Taiwan.
Then, three star-studded mentors, in the midst of the super popular crowd, stepped onto the mentor stage step by step.
"After ten phases of experience competition, we finally gave birth to several actors with excellent acting skills, who appeared on today's stage to compete, they are national first-class actor Li Shengxian, the new generation of powerful young actress Tang Xiaoxiao, Meng Haitao, who is known as a gold medal supporting actor, and He Xiao, a cross-industry acting genius......"
"And today, these powerful people in today's entertainment industry will compete on the entire stage, in the eyes of five hundred pairs of audiences, and under the gaze of the three mentors!"
Zhang Ming was wearing an elegant dress, with a dignified appearance, holding a teleprompter card, and said politely to the camera.
After all, he is an actor who has changed careers, and his hosting skills are not very skilled, unlike Chu Shengsheng, who doesn't need a teleprompter, even if he plays freely, he hosts very well.
"Now that the cast is in place and the draw is underway, let's hand the camera backstage. ”
Chu Shengsheng smiled, turned around and spread his hands, and the big screen behind the stage began to change.
As soon as the camera was given, everyone was sitting around in the backstage lounge at this time.
In front of them, is an assistant director.
"Guys, here's a lottery, let's start choosing your opponent. The assistant director sat there like a Maitreya Buddha and said with a smile.
"Angkor, you take it first. ”
"Brother, it's better for you to go first. ”
"Sister Shengxian, you smoke first. ”
"Hehe, okay. ”
"I'm done drawing, number three!"
"Huh, I'm Six!"
"Two, who is Two!"
A group of people first gave in to each other, and when the lottery was drawn, they began to match each other's numbers again.
Tang Xiaoxiao sat opposite He Xiao, glanced at him with a strong sense of competitiveness, then took out a lot, looked at it fixedly, couldn't help frowning, and turned a little disappointed.
When He Xiao saw this, he probably didn't draw himself, and he couldn't help but be a little funny.
He waited for everyone to finish signing before reaching for the last one.
The wooden signature, slightly heavy in the hand, after tearing off the sticker on it, revealed the number inside, number five.
"Who's Five?"
Before He Xiao could ask first, a weak female voice next to her already sounded, but it was not Tang Xiaoxiao, He Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then raised his hand to respond.
I saw a girl sitting on the edge of the sofa, looking thin and small, looking at He Xiao a little timidly.
This is a member of Yi Guangyuan's group, a new generation of actors with the title of queen of literary films in China, Chen Shangwen.
Don't look at people who look weak and weak, they look like a little sister next door, but in fact, they have been nominated for three foreign awards and have been very popular in China.
If it weren't for the fact that five years ago, the media broke the news that she had intervened in the relationship between a married star and became the junior who was scolded by thousands of people, then her current popularity may have surpassed that of the four little flowers like Shu Tingting and became a super first-line actress in China.
It's just a pity that there is no if in this world, five years ago, a revelation made her fall from the peak of her career to the trough and was tragically blocked, and now a full five years have passed, she dares to slowly reappear in front of the audience and try to return to the big screen.
But the ending is obviously unsatisfactory, the metabolism of the behemoth of the entertainment industry is too fast, in five years, various rookies have emerged one after another, and artists like her with a bad past have long been forgotten.
It's even harder to make a comeback.
This time, I participated in "The Birth of an Actor", and I also came here thanks to a lot of relationships.
However, no one expected that she relied on her acting skills to seize this opportunity and come to this point, not only entering Yi Guangyuan's team, but also entering the heads-up match.
Like personal feelings, He Xiao is not interested in asking, he just debuted five years ago, although he has also heard of that thing, but he doesn't know the truth of the facts.
So he doesn't evaluate these things, and he won't have any prejudice against Chen Shangwen, so if he comes to this stage, then don't think about anything else, just a simple competition.
"It's Shang Wen and you. ”
Li Shengxian also stood up and spoke at this time, and the words were very affectionate, as if the relationship was very good.
In fact, the two only met this time because of the show, and the reason why they talked like this was that Li Shengxian felt a little sorry for Chen Shangwen, because she had already seen that this kid had been indifferent since he came to this program group.
"He Xiao, it seems that the two of us are opponents, please advise. Chen Shangwen looked at He Xiao and nodded slightly.
He Xiao responded: "Sister Chen, you are polite, you are a senior." ”
Chen Shangwen debuted early, when she was at the peak of her time in China, He Xiao had just finished "The Voice of Dreams" and got rid of her amateur status.
"Don't say that, you're more popular than I am right now. Chen Shangwen was in a trance for a moment, then shook her head with a wry smile.
Loving someone who shouldn't be loved, committing a moral taboo that shouldn't be violated, she was pointed out by thousands of people, scolded by thousands of people, and over the years, she tossed and turned more than once, remorseful.
Participating in "The Birth of an Actor" this time was also a decision that she had struggled for a long time, and she finally decided to take this step bravely, restart her life, act seriously, and be a down-to-earth person.
She imagined the audience to prove that after five years, she is still an excellent actor.
For He Xiao and Tang Xiaoxiao, this stage is a whetstone, a place to test herself, and for Chen Shangwen, it is an opportunity for her to take off again.
She has to grasp it, grasp it.
This time she drew He Xiao, to be honest, she was under a lot of pressure, because of He Xiao's previous performance, she saw it very clearly, this is a very strong opponent.
The music industry is strong, and the film industry is also strong, and many people already feel that the future entertainment industry is likely to become He Xiao's one-man show, ushering in the era of He Xiao.
So she was very distressed to be ranked with such an opponent.
She didn't know that He Xiao's pressure was not much less than hers.
Behind the seemingly scenery, in fact, He Xiao is frightened step by step, to put it bluntly, it seems to be a stable comparison, but in fact, he is panicked.
Not to mention that today's topic is improvisation, whether it is Chen Shangwen or Tang Xiaoxiao, they have all been exposed to and learned.
But He Xiao didn't know at all, he could only cross the river by feeling the stones and find experience by himself.
At the same time, in the foreground.
Looking at the broadcast on the big screen, the audience also exploded.
"I'll go, this lottery is really exciting!"
"He Xiao is actually in a group with Chen Shangwen!"
"I'm dizzy, why hasn't Chen Shangwen, the junior, been eliminated!"
"Alas, don't say that, I think she is quite sincere in her return this time, give her a chance. ”
"The actor's personal emotional problems have nothing to do with me, I am only responsible for watching the play!"
"That's right, this woman's acting skills are really good. ”
"Although I look down on her character a little, but the master plays with her, I'm still worried about the master, after all, no matter what, she is also the former queen of literary films, the person nominated for three awards!"
"Today's show is interesting!"
“......”
The scene is discussed!