Cannes in May is like a bright and dazzling pure girl, which makes people indulge and revure. The blue coastline and the palm trees in the bright sun of the south of France are the gauze skirts and flower crowns on the girl's body, revealing a kind of elegance in her enthusiasm.

As night fell, crowds poured into the luxurious halls, and the long red carpet in front of the Festival Palace looked a little sparse. Neon flickered, and huge movie posters loomed on the croisette boulevard in the distance. There are still many fans wandering on the road, but compared to the hustle and bustle of the day, it is finally much quieter at this time. The night is mixed with the sound of waves and whistles, and the wind blows through the palm trees, marking beautiful notes.

In the Palais des Fréses, the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival is underway.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next award is this year's Best Actress Award, let's see that this year's Best Actress is shortlisted: the heroine of "Summer Elegy" from France......" With the host's voice, film clips continue to appear on the big screen.

“…… The winner of the Best Actress at the 66th Cannes Film Festival is "Wind Chimes", Lu Ke! ”

In the applause and cheers, Lu Ke, who was wearing a white evening dress, walked up to the stage and took the trophy from the award presenters. She held the trophy high, burst into tears with excitement, and said incoherently: "To unexpectedly get this glory, first of all, I want to thank the director and thank him for ......"

"Smack!" Wang Zijun, who was wearing only a pair of red pants, turned off the TV, picked up the hot instant noodles, and sat down on the computer chair.

After swallowing the instant noodles, Wang Zijun walked into the bathroom happily.

"Whoa......

Letting the hot water wash over his body, Wang Zijun looked at the gradually dense face in the glass mirror.

It was a face that would scare the living, with hideous scars covering the entire head. Who would have thought that the owner of this face was an idol star who drove countless girls crazy two years ago.

The shower gel was rubbed on his face over and over again, and Wang Zijun rubbed it vigorously, as if he wanted to wash off all those scars.

Wang Zijun was wearing a pair of pants, looking at the lights outside, and suddenly had the urge to jump from the seventh floor.

Suicide, he didn't try it, took sleeping pills twice, and cut his wrists once, but he was rescued inexplicably.

Therefore, Wang Zijun is not only tired of living, but even tired of dying.

Back in the bedroom, Wang Zijun clicked on a few web pages, and Lu Ke's award-winning photos were eye-catching. Looking at the innocent face full of tears, he couldn't help but burst out in disgust: "Slut pretending to be b!" ”

Eight years ago, Wang Zijun graduated from the directing department, and he was ambitious enough to shoot small advertisements for two years. Later, he begged people everywhere with a dead face, and even paid money, so that he finally had the opportunity to become an assistant director. After another three years, Wang Zijun, who became an assistant director, was accidentally pulled to be the second male lead in a TV series, and the handsome man became an instant hit.

From the small screen to the big screen, from film and television to the music world, Wang Zijun has become a popular idol star in half of Asia with his own efforts.

Just the year before last, Wang Zijun regained his dream of directing and directing and acting in a literary film. The heroine is Lu Ke, who is also his girlfriend who has been filming for a year, and he was praised as a second-tier star before he stepped out of school.

In the second month of filming, a fire suddenly broke out in the villa used for filming, and Wang Zijun desperately rescued Lu Ke, but he suffered 60% third-degree burns all over his body, and his face could not be restored even if he was grafted.

In the first few months of hospitalization, there were many reporters and celebrities in the hospital, which moved Wang Zijun to tears. Gradually, visitors were no longer visible in the ward, and the long-term loneliness and depression made Wang Zijun choose to commit suicide by cutting his wrists, but he was finally rescued.

More than half a year later, Wang Zijun moved out of the mansion, and there were only a few hundred yuan left in the bank account. He was not the only one who was injured in that fire, but the cast and crew died a total of three. And what made him most angry was that Lu Ke actually swallowed the money he used to buy insurance for the crew without permission, and those insurance contracts were all fake.

Three people were killed, several people were injured, as well as burnt shooting equipment, luxury furniture, artworks, and the pre-investment in the film, and Wang Zijun's savings were lost only in compensation.

Especially when he knew that he was broken, the woman who had sworn to love him all his life, Lu Ke, never came to visit him in the hospital again. It wasn't until Wang Zijun was discharged from the hospital and asked a friend that he knew that this woman had fallen in love with an internationally renowned director and was making a movie called "Wind Chimes".

Taking a deep breath of Hongtashan, which cost 10 yuan a pack, Wang Zijun tried hard to calm his emotions. He shut down entertainment websites and began to publish information on Taiwanese film history on Baidu to facilitate his own writing of novels.

Yes, that's what he does now, a web writer.

Although he was penniless at the beginning, Wang Zijun was bold and generous and made many friends. After knowing what happened to Wang Zijun, many friends offered to help him introduce jobs and provide shelter, but he was disheartened at the time and refused all, only borrowed some money from a few confidants and friends, threw away all his contact information, and came to this strange city to rent a house to live.

Initially, he was immersed in online games all day long, and occasionally couldn't help but watch some entertainment news. Until one day he came into contact with an entertainment novel called "The Legend of the Great Tycoon", Wang Zijun became as fascinated as if he was smoking opium. The dream he once had was shattered, and he could only immerse himself in a virtual dream.

Finally one day, he picked up his pen and wrote his first entertainment novel, and he actually rushed to the top of the rookie list in half a month. This novel is about to end, and Wang Zijun began to conceive of the next one.

The subject is still star entertainment, which is the circle that Wang Zijun is most familiar with. But after searching on the Internet, he found that this kind of subject matter is almost rotten, the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, South Korea, and the United States, which place has not been written? From silent black-and-white films to DV pseudo-documentaries, which era has not been written?

Wang Zijun doesn't like to follow the trend, so he searched over and over again, and finally found that no one seemed to have written about Taiwan's entertainment industry in the 70s.

He began to collect information, and after a lot of information, he finally understood why no one wrote: first, readers are familiar with stars after the 80s, and the stars of the 70s are very unfamiliar to them, and they are likely to hit the street when they write; Second, Taiwan's Cultural Bureau at that time had a fight with the current mainland budding gods, not to mention the 70s, and even in 83 there was a "apple peeling" incident; Third, the social environment was too poor, and I had to write black about Taiwanese entertainment at that time. In society, the famous film and television producer Wu Dun said in an interview that his first position in the entertainment industry was assistant to the director, and he was responsible for taking people back after the actors in his crew were snatched away; Fourth......

The more information, the cooler Wang Zijun's heart becomes, and writing this is likely to be miserable. I wrote about the entertainment industry again, and I wrote about black. society, the end result may be that both sides of the reader are not pleased.

After thinking about it for a few days, Wang Zijun finally decided to give it a try. Although there are many drawbacks, there are still many bright spots in that era: Taiwan has just entered a stage of rapid economic development, Taiwanese music is vibrant, Taiwanese films are dominating Asia, Lin Qingxia, Teresa Teng, Gu Long ...... It's a crazy time!

After writing the outline for two hours, it was already dark outside, and Wang Zijun couldn't help but stretch and prepare to go to bed.

"Smack!" Wang Zijun's hand accidentally hit the bucket of instant noodles with only noodle soup left.

The noodle soup kept flowing down, dripping on the keyboard, and Wang Zijun hurriedly reached out to hold it. In a panic, his fingers, full of noodle soup, pressed directly onto the electrical plug board of the computer desk.

"Zi ......" sparks flickered, and the last charred Wang Zijun fell to the ground.

Wang Zijun's body twitched and spasmed on the floor, his eyes stared blankly at the ceiling, and the corners of his mouth flashed a weird smile: "Fuck, I'm finally dead this time." ”

……

"What do you do to save him? Saved him and let him go out and cut people? Doctor Lin, don't treat it, this dog mongrel is dead. A pure Chinese language came into Wang Zijun's ears, Wang Zijun's head was a little confused, wasn't he electrocuted?

Wang Zijun slowly opened his eyes, and when he turned his head, he saw that there was still a hanging bottle hanging at the head of the bed.

Hospitals? Who sent me to the hospital.

"Dad, don't be angry. Zijun has already changed, and this time it was really someone else who came to provoke him. A crisp female voice sounded, and a woman in her twenties pulled in at the door with an old man in her fifties and sixties.

This woman has a delicate face, covering her face without makeup, and she will be very beautiful if she dresses up a little. However, although her clothes are very clean, she obviously looks old-fashioned, like a village girl who came to the city from the countryside in the nineties.

The woman put down the fruit in her hand, saw Wang Zijun competing for her eyes, and said happily: "Zijun, are you awake, do you feel uncomfortable?" ”

The look of concern on the old man's face flashed away, and then he snorted coldly: "What are you doing when you wake up, why don't you die!" ”

"Dad, Zijun just woke up, don't say these words." The woman took the old man by the hand and sat him down on a stool.

Wang Zijun looked at the father and daughter in front of him, he only felt very kind, but he didn't remember where he had seen them. He braced his arms and tried to sit up, but there was a cone pain in his hand, and he couldn't help but scream.

The woman hurriedly came over to help Wang Zijun up, sat on the hospital bed, and said softly: "Zijun, be careful of your hands, the doctor just picked it up." ”

Hand picked?

Could it be that the fracture caused by an electric shock?

"You haven't eaten in a long time, I'll peel you an apple." The woman smiled and took out the apple from the bag and peeled it.

The old man sat there with a cold face, silent.

Wang Zijun felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, but he didn't know how to speak. And this ward seems to be too simple, even the health clinics in the countryside are better decorated than this ward.

The room was silent, save for the sound of a woman peeling an apple. Wang Zijun's eyes swept and he glanced at a newspaper under the apple bag, which was actually written in traditional Chinese.

Wang Zijun was very curious, and hesitated to say, "Well, can you show me the newspaper?" ”

The woman lifted the fruit and spread the newspaper on the hospital bed.

Sixty years of the Republic of China? China Times!

A few lines on the masthead made Wang Zijun dizzy, and when he carefully read the content of the newspaper, he fainted directly, and a thought suddenly rose: Lao Tzu, have you crossed over?

"Zijun, Zijun, what's wrong with you?" The woman shouted nervously, "Dr. Lin, come and see, my brother has fainted again." ”

……

A few days later, Wang Zijun finally figured out that he had indeed crossed over, traveling to Taipei in 1971, and his soul was possessed by an eighteen-year-old young man still named Wang Zijun.

He has an elder brother named Wang Zirong and an older sister Wang Ziyun in his family. His father, Wang Xianzhi, was a [***] junior officer who withdrew with Lao Jiang, and the family now lives in a military village in Yonghe Town, Taipei.

But what made Wang Zijun laugh the most was that in addition to being a high school student, he was actually the leader of the Bamboo Union Gang Battle Hall, nicknamed the colorful tiger. This hospitalization was due to being ambushed by more than 30 gang members, resulting in a fractured left arm, multiple bruises and knife wounds on his body, a few blows to his head by a baseball bat, and some minor concussions. (PS: This book will not be black. Gang-based, will involve film, television, music, business, black. gang, as well as some major historical events, such as the fishing sport, the beautiful island incident and so on. ）

What is the existence of the Bamboo Gang? At its peak, there were tens of thousands of formal members, and there were countless non-staff affiliated organizations, known as the world's No. 1 gang, and many branches were established in Ben, the United States, and Europe.

However, although the current Bamboo Union Gang has unified Taiwan's north and south. But the tragedy is that Chen Qili, the boss of the Bamboo Union Gang, was arrested in July last year and sent to Ludao Prison to be a "classmate" with Li Ao. Due to the loss of the backbone, the Bamboo Union Gang was suppressed by other gangs together.

This time, Wang Zijun was ambushed, also because he offended too many enemies, and took advantage of the loss of power of the Bamboo Union Gang to take revenge.

In the eyes of Wang Zijun's father, this youngest son, whom he kept saying wanted him to die, was not the most headache for him, and the eldest son Wang Zirong was even more ......

Wang Zijun's elder brother Wang Zirong, nicknamed Iron Leopard, one of the founding fathers of the Bamboo Union Gang, sat in the position of the master of the Leopard Hall, and once made the old mother alive and dead. Wang Zirong, who was 13 years old at the time, actually took his 4-year-old brother to attend the inaugural meeting of the Bamboo Union Gang when he was watching the children for adults at home during the summer vacation.

However, I heard that his brother had already been good last year, and after being picked on and breaking his hamstrings, he and his woman set up a stall to sell squid soup in the Ximending area.

After more than half a month, Wang Zijun's injuries were healed, but his left arm was still in a plaster, which was not very convenient. During this period, except for two or three former younger brothers who came to see him, there was no gang boss to greet him.

Combined with the remaining memories in his head, Wang Zijun later figured out that his brother's withdrawal from the gang was probably because the gang fell into infighting after Chen Qili was imprisoned, and Wang Zirong, who has always valued righteousness, did not want to see his brothers kill each other, so he took the initiative to let Xian. But when he "retired", he was already a cripple, and when he was the boss, he was so stupid that he didn't save a few dollars, and now he is reduced to selling snacks on the street, and his status in the rivers and lakes has been completely reduced.

The former eldest brother who has no power and no power will naturally have no one to talk to the eldest brother's younger brother.

And the famous battle hall of the Bamboo Union Gang, because there are too many people offended, has now become the main target, and everyone is even careful to go to the toilet, who is still in the mood to come to see him?

Wang Zijun stayed at home bored, and suffered the cold eyes of his cheap father Wang Xianzhi every time. The fact that he was besieged by more than 30 gang members was known to the school, and he was expelled from the school again after repeated truancy and fighting.

This is the fifth school he has changed in a few years.

One day, his father Wang Xianzhi returned home and suddenly said, "Tomorrow you go to Hengyi High School to study." ”

"Huh?" Wang Zijun was surprised and said, he has suffered from this father's ridicule these days, and it is rare to talk to him so politely.

"It's the Hengyi High School in Xinzhuang, do you like to go or not. You're like your brother, I can't control it, and I don't want to take care of it, so you can do it yourself. Wang Xianzhi looked old and depressed, sighed and entered the house, and there was no squeak.