Chapter 52: Taxi Drivers
Xindu is a city with a permanent population of more than 10 million, and compared with the small Hengdian, artists have more opportunities and a broader space.
At the same time, the competitive pressure is not ordinary.
Maybe in Hengdian, Jiang Xin has a certain prestige. But when it came to Xindu, it all had to start all over again.
Jiang Xin pulled the luggage, and Lu Xiaoqing followed.
The two walked out of the flight building, the noisy voices, the crowd side by side.
There are also countless people at the entrance of the flight building, some holding flowers, some holding glow sticks, and some holding paper and pens in their hands, wanting to have their idols autographed.
Jiang Xin walked through the crowd, strode forward, and secretly said, "I don't know what year and month I can have such a fan group." ”
But after thinking about it, I am an actor, not a star, what's the use of having so many fans?
Jiang Xin is like this, in his mind, celebrities can have many, many fans, celebrities care about what fans think, and enhance their popularity through hype.
But actors are different, actors only care about their performance in the play, and only care about their own performance.
Only those who have high acting skills are called actors, and they have many fans, but if they have no acting skills, they can only be stars.
"Where are we going?" Lu Xiaoqing asked by tugging at Jiang Xin's sleeve.
Jiang Xin stopped, looked at the gray sky of the new capital, and clearly felt the oppression of the city.
Turning around, he said, "It's noon now, why don't we go to the Star Exploration Tower first, then book a hotel nearby, look for a brokerage company on the Internet in the afternoon, and go for an interview tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”
Lu Xiaoqing bent her thumb and forefinger and made an "ok" gesture.
Jiang Xin hooked the suitcase with his left hand, beckoned with his right hand, and a taxi stopped.
"Master, please open the trunk!" Jiang Xin pulled the trunk and drank.
"Click-"
There was a crack in the trunk, Jiang Xin's fingers were stuffed into the gap in the trunk, and the trunk was opened.
The trunk is padded with glow sticks, flowers, and some daily necessities for fans.
Secret agent, "Xindu is worthy of being a new capital, and even taxi drivers are chasing stars." ”
Jiang Xin grabbed the handle of the suitcase, just lifted it gently, and the heavy suitcase "swished" and lay flat in the trunk.
"Bang-"
Fingers grasp the top cover of the trunk and press it down, and it is firmly closed.
The two got into the car......
There are also two people in the back row, a man and a woman. Out of consideration for Lu Xiaoqing's safety, Jiang Xin let Lu Xiaoqing sit in the back row and sat in the front row himself.
On the side of the body, the whole body entered the car, closed the car door with a "bang", and inserted the seat belt, "Master, Exploring the Star Tower!"
The driver glanced sideways at Jiang Xin, "Okay, young man, you sit tight." ”
From the airport to the Exploration Tower, there are sixty or seventy kilometers, and it stands to reason that it will cost at least 100 yuan for two pieces of four per kilometer, Jiang Xin covered his pocket with his right hand, "Master...... Master, how much?"
The driver glanced at Jiang Xin again, not knowing what traces he was looking for, "Count the meter, and give you two a discount when the time comes." Almost seventy or eighty. ”
"So ......," Jiang Xin originally wanted to say, "so cheap." ”
But on second thought, taxi drivers are the best at pit outsiders' money, and if it is so cheap at this time, the taxi driver does not know how many detours he will take.
Money, that's it, but I have to find a brokerage company within three days, and the time is delayed.
So, as soon as the conversation changed, he spit out only one word, "...... you"
Lu Xiaoqing couldn't help laughing when she saw Jiang Xin like this.
The driver sneered, "Hmph, it's still too expensive?" Young man, you know, taxis never discounted, if you give you a meter, at least one hundred or two, I'll give you a discount, and charge you seventy or eighty yuan when the time comes, are you still too expensive?"
Jiang Xin didn't speak again, but there was indeed another thought in his mind.
"This driver is a bit interesting, if you don't cheat money, I'll just give me a discount?" Jiang Xin thought of those fan items in the trunk again, "Could it be that he wants something else?"
People are like this, expensive is too expensive, cheap is suspicious.
Just as Jiang Xin was pondering, the man sitting in the back row spoke, "Master, isn't it far to go to the Star Exploration Tower?"
Jiang Xin turned around and looked at the two people in the back row, only to see that the boy was extremely good-looking, but the clothes matched, which made people look a little uncomfortable.
The driver didn't answer the boy's words directly, but just asked, "Young man, which star are you looking for when you go to the Star Tower?"
"I'm not looking for stars. The man replied.
"And who are you?" the driver continued.
"I'm an actor. ”
As soon as this sentence came out, the driver turned his head and glanced at the man, and said tentatively: "It seems that you are a big actor, and there are agents around you." ”
After saying that, he turned around again and grabbed the steering wheel with both hands.
The man pointed to the girl next to him and said, "This is not my agent." ”
Jiang Xin listened to the man's answer, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Honest man, really honest man." ”
The driver said shyly: "Oh, it turned out that it wasn't your agent, I know, I know." ”
After saying that, the driver continued to add: "Young man, you are all acting, right?"
The man asked the driver, "How do you know?"
There was a hint of joy on the corner of the driver's mouth, "Hey, I won't tell you, Xindu was okay a few years ago, in the past few years, there have been more and more actors, and many crews have been regularized, but if you have a starring role or above, you must have an agent, you don't have an agent, which crew will want you?"
The man slapped his thigh and snapped, "You're really right, I'm going to audition right now, and I'm really worried about the agent." ”
Jiang Xin couldn't help but sneer in his heart again, "Hmph, these days, you dare to get yourself out completely, hey." ”
Jiang Xin shook his head and turned his head out of the car window.
The driver saw that the man had lost his guard, and continued: "This agent is not easy to find, sitting in my car every day, there are not a few people who come from the south and go north, I will send you to the Star Exploration Tower, there is definitely a group of people waiting to be sent back, all because there is no agent, and they can't mix in the new." Hey!"
When the man heard the driver say this, he couldn't help but be even more anxious, and moved forward, "It seems that you, a taxi driver, know a lot of things!"
The driver raised his right palm and pretended to be modest, "Hey, that's it, driving a taxi is my side job, and my main business is to introduce agents to actors." ”
When the man heard this, he lay his hand on the driver's seat pillow, "Master, can you introduce me to an agent?"
"Of course, but it's just a fee......" The driver rubbed his hands.
"How much?"
The driver stretched out two fingers, "Two hundred!"
The man took out two hundred sheets from his bag and handed them to the driver without hesitation.
The driver took the two red bills, Jiang Xin glanced at them, and did not say anything.
Because he wants to see whether this driver is really introduced, or fake introduction, if he can really be introduced, he can also pay two hundred, if it is a fake introduction, he will help this man again, and ask him to ask for the money back.