Chapter 60: Tourists and Stars

I wanted to have a good time at home, spend a pleasant vacation, and relax the nerves that had been tense for a season, but I didn't expect to ruin a class reunion.

Chu Zhongtian simply didn't go anywhere, just stayed at home.

When I came back from playing football at school, my mother was busy making lunch, my father went to work, and Chu Zhongtian turned on the computer and surfed the Internet.

First look at the news in international football, then go to the "We All Love Eggs" website to see the posts and water it.

And then?

Chu Zhongtian, who had done all this, looked at the computer screen in a daze. He's not a networm who spends his days on the Internet, he doesn't play much games, and he can't think of anything else to do other than watch the news and browse posts on websites that fans have built for him.

After staring at the computer screen for a while, a name popped into his mind: Emily. Stan!

The name hasn't been around for half a year. Since returning from Wimbledon, he has never thought about Emily again, focusing on playing football and fighting for his main position. After finally stabilizing his main position, he is facing the important task of league relegation. When all this was done and the season was over, he went home.

Until now, after the whole person is idle, I remember the name of the girl who has been away from me for a year.

He had read the newspaper clippings at the Wimbledon pub and knew that Emily had her own personal website and blog. He doesn't remember the URL, but it doesn't matter, there are search engines and everything is fine.

He opens the webpage and types Emily into google. Stan's English name, start searching.

At the top of the search results is Emily. Stan's personal website, "Angel Emily".

Chu Zhongtian clicked in.

In terms of the exquisiteness of the production, "Angel Emily" is obviously much better than "We All Love Lin Danda", and at first glance it is from the hands of a professional team, unlike his personal website, which was spontaneously made by fans and slightly rough.

The page is in English, which is not a problem for him, and he can read it smoothly. But he noticed that there was a "Select Language" tab at the top right of the page, and when you hovered the mouse, a drop-down menu would appear that listed several other languages - English, French and ...... Chinese!

The five-star red flag representing the "Chinese language" stands out under the British rice flag and the French tricolor flag. It means that this Chinese is definitely not a Chinese Traditional in Taiwan, but a Chinese Simplified...... This website has English and French Chu Zhongtian can understand, after all, English and French are very popular in the United States and Canada, and France is a country with a strong artistic atmosphere, so it is normal for a movie star to want to open up the French market. But what is this lonely Chinese Simplified Chinese? Without Japanese and Korean, and Chinese Traditional to accompany it, could it be that Emily's fans are already all over Chinese mainland? Or are Emily's agents and sponsors looking to open up the Chinese market? That's too early...... Chu Zhongtian didn't understand, and when he clicked on the Chinese flag, he wanted to see what kind of words this Chinese Simplified version of the website was - although some star websites had Chinese versions, the Chinese version looked like a shoddy product, and he didn't care at all.

The Chinese website in front of me is different, and the English station is exactly the same consultation, and the Chinese translation is also very in line with the habits of Chinese mainland, without using Taiwanese words such as "server" and "software". It can be seen that it is a very pure Chinese Simplified Chinese version.

In order to further confirm whether it is really the same, he also opened the English station, randomly clicked on a news article to read, and then constantly compared, and found that the content of Chinese and English is exactly the same - that is, the English news is translated into Chinese, and the translation is very correct, not like using machine translation.

Why bother reading English when there are websites in your native language? Chu Zhongtian decided to browse the Chinese station.

The message board of this Chinese version is very deserted, and there are not many messages. It seems that although Emily. Stan is well-known in the United States, and for Chinese fans, he is still unknown.

I don't know if Emily usually looks at these messages that she can't understand at all...... News about Emily is recorded in great detail on the website, and it was last updated yesterday. It can also be seen from this that Emily takes this website very seriously. Some celebrities' personal websites are more like decorations, which are poorly managed after they are established, and the news updates are slow or even not updated at all, and the barren land is like an overgrown yard.

But Emily. Stan's personal website is different, it is very carefully managed, it is not like the personal website of a small star who has just become famous, but like the website of a world-class movie star.

In the friendly link of the website, Chu Zhongtian saw Emily's personal blog link, and the website is mostly news, if you want to know more about Emily's personal life, you should obviously read the blog.

He followed the link to Emily's blog, but this time there was no Chinese version for him to read.

Blog posts are obviously updated much less frequently than personal websites, with the most recent blog post being on May 31, 2005, and today being June 14. For almost half a month, Emily didn't update her blog posts.

In a blog post on May 31, Emily said she was happy because she had made a cameo appearance in two episodes of a TV series, the filming went well, and everyone took good care of her. Then she posted a few photos of herself in the theater with her mobile phone.

Chu Zhongtian carefully looked at the girl in the photo and found that she was a little thinner than when he last saw her.

The smile is still there, but it's just because he wants to hide the tiredness between his eyebrows.

Chu Zhongtian wondered why he was able to see what was behind her smile, and he didn't know if he was right.

He looked at the fan comments under the blog post, and they were all "The princess is so good!" "I'll always have your back, Emily!" "I love you, Amy!" …… Messages like that.

He thought for a moment, put his hand on the keyboard, and left a message below as a tourist: "Are you really happy?" If it's true, it's fine. Take a break and don't get too tired. ”

These words came from the heart, like greeting an old friend who had not seen him for a long time.

Then he flipped through Emily's other blog posts to see the photos she had posted. There are a lot of enthusiastic messages from fans under each one, praising their princess for being so beautiful.

But he always felt that Emily in the photo was indeed more like a princess with makeup, but he couldn't find that kind of intimacy anyway.

The wide Pacific Ocean and the sixteen-hour time difference between the two people seem to be the reason for this sense of distance...... "Every day, let's eat!" Mom called in the living room.

Chu Zhongtian answered, stood up and walked out.

He didn't turn off the computer, and Emily was smiling sweetly in a gorgeous dress on the screen, her eyes looking at the direction Chu Zhongtian left.

β€»β€»β€»β€œok! ”

The click of the shutter is over, and the smiling British princess Emily. Stan puts away the smile on his face, covers his mouth and yawns.

"You've been fantastic, Emily!" The photographer gave Emily a thumbs up. "This set of photos works great!"

Emily, who was still yawning just now, had a smile on her face again: "Thank you, Mr. JosΓ©. ”

Her agent's mother handed over a bottle of Red Bull to her daughter to refuel.

"Do you still have a job, Mom?" Seeing this bottle of Red Bull, Emily didn't take it, but looked up and asked.

"No, my daughter."

Emily shrugged: "Then I won't drink it, I hate Red Bull." When she wanted to sleep, her mother always handed her a bottle of Red Bull, but instead of Red Bull, she wanted a pillow and a bed.

She turned her back and ignored her mother. Instead, he picked up the small laptop next to him and started tapping on it.

Ms. Miranda, a mother, didn't care about her daughter's kindness to her, she put her drink aside: "Writing your blog post again? ”

My daughter always carries such a thin and small laptop that does not take up space, and whenever she has time, she picks it up to write, writes in a journal, and writes blog posts. And then post it to her blog when she has the Internet. I hired someone to take care of her personal website for her, but she still insisted on getting a thankless Chinese version...... I also have to write my own blog, and I don't want to leave it to my own mother. I'm so tired every day, and I have to yawn and blog at the same time, I really don't understand why. I had persuaded her not to waste her energy on inconsequential things before, but just like she once persuaded her daughter not to be obsessed with football, she hit the nail again and once again saw how stubborn her daughter was. So now, she doesn't persuade anything, as long as she does this and doesn't delay her work.

Emily nodded, "Yes." ”

"Stop writing, go change your clothes, we're ready to go home."

Emily finished typing a sentence before replying, "Okay, Mom, wait until I'm done with this." I don't want to turn on the computer anymore when I get home, I just want to sleep. ”

Seeing that her daughter continued to type without raising her head, Miranda shrugged helplessly. "Okay, but don't delay too long, this isn't going to give you time to finish a book of Harry. Potter. ”

Emily didn't answer and continued to fight. Beside her, staff are removing backgrounds, reflectors, lights, cameras, and other props.

Emily turned a deaf ear to these distractions, in fact she had fully cultivated, and once she was in the state, no one could interfere with her.

As she typed the last word, the lights above the studio went out.

Once she had saved it, she closed her notebook, stood up and walked to the locker room.

She didn't upload the post because there is no internet here, and she doesn't know how long it will take for the newly written post to meet her supporters. It's half past eleven now, and she'll go to bed after a simple shower when she gets home, and tomorrow there's a busy new job waiting for her.

β€»β€»β€»Three days later, Emily had the opportunity to post her blog post on the studio. Then she browsed the messages of the supporters by the way, and did not read them in detail, but just quickly scanned them as if they were watching the lights. She didn't see Chu Zhongtian's message, because it had already been swiped several pages after the messages of other enthusiastic fans.

After updating the article, I put a few more photos I took at that time. She refreshed the page and found that the first message had already appeared below.

One person who is a tourist left a saying: "It looks beautiful." In fact, I know that it is useless to ask you to pay attention to rest, and the nature of your work is destined for you to not be able to rest. But in any case, the body is the most important thing. I wish you good health and a good mood every day. ”

It looks ordinary, like a message from any normal fan.

But Emily thought about it, since she left a message for herself so quickly, it means that she is a fan who is here waiting for her to update her blog post, or thank him or her for your concern.

She replied as a blogger under the message: "Thank you for your concern. I'll take care of the rest and I won't let you down! "The exclamation point is used to look scrappy.

β€»β€»β€» Chu Zhongtian has developed a habit in the past few days, staying at home and surfing the Internet after playing football, browsing Emily's blog and personal website, and searching for other news about Emily on the Internet. He looked for both Chinese and foreign.

Especially Emily's personal blog, which has accumulated a lot of articles in the past year, is enough for him to read for a long time. Judging from the timing of blog posts, they were initially frequent, and the closer you get to the present, the longer the interval between updates. This is also related to the growth of her fame, when she becomes more and more famous and her work becomes busier and busier, she naturally does not care about updating her blog posts. He also found a pattern, Emily wrote the blog post first, and then found the time to update it, because there are several articles that are obviously not updated every day, and this happens many times.

Today, when he looked at Emily's blog again, he found that Emily had just updated a new blog post.

It's about her working in the studio late at night, very tired and wanting to sleep, but despite this, after hearing the photographer praise the shooting effect is very good, she still feels very happy, and the hard work is finally worth it. After seeing the photos, I was even more convinced of this idea.

Chu Zhongtian went to see the photo she posted. found that like the last time, the princess under the lens light was radiant, but the tiredness in the corners of her eyes could not be concealed.

To be honest, although he already felt that there was no chance for the two of them to meet again, Chu Zhongtian was still a little distressed when he saw such a tired Emily again. So he put his hand on the keyboard and left his words: "It's beautiful to get up." In fact, I know that it is useless to ask you to pay attention to rest, and the nature of your work is destined for you to not be able to rest. But in any case, the body is the most important thing. I wish you good health and a good mood every day. ”

After he finished writing, he refreshed it, and there was an extra blogger reply below: "Thank you for your concern." I'll take care of the rest and I won't let you down! ”

Chu Zhongtian looked at this extra "blogger reply", and suddenly realized that the person who wrote those words was Emily. Stan!

Some celebrities' blogs are actually written by their assistants or even website editors, but from the blog posts he has read, he knows that Emily's blog must have been updated by herself.

This may be the closest she and Emily have come to in more than a year...... Chu Zhongtian hesitated for a moment, and then replied below: "It's great to see you so energetic. Go for it! I'm a big fan of yours! You did a great job in Santa Boy. ”

β€»β€»β€» Emily didn't expect that after she replied, the other party immediately replied to herself.

This is the first time she has chatted directly with fans on a blog. Anyway, she is resting, and there is nothing to do, so let's talk.

"Thank you for your support. "Santa Boy" was just my first electrocution, and it wasn't as good as you think it is......"

"No, maybe you're better at acting now, but your performance in "Christmas Boy" is more real, natural, and intimate. I like that kind of intimate feeling, like ...... Like one of my classmates, the girl next door, I like you like that. ”

Emily didn't expect to meet a fan who knew her so well, and it seemed that she was really a loyal fan.

She didn't know who was sitting across from the computer, but she just wanted to talk to him or her.

"You're right, but when you want to make two movies, three TV series, countless commercials and MTVs in a year, you will also feel that relying on real emotions is no longer enough, and you must make up for it with acting skills."

"Honestly, that's because you're so tired."

"Yes, it's really tiring...... There are times when I want to quit, but how can it be? Hehe, it's just a momentary breath. Hey, you're not a journalist, are you? At this point, Emily remembered to ask the question.

Seeing her ask this, Chu Zhongtian laughed, he suddenly liked the feeling of hiding his true identity and chatting with Emily freely, he didn't treat Emily as a big star, and Emily didn't treat him as an ordinary supporter, just like in school, they could chat very casually, without having to think about what the other party was before saying every word, and what his identity was.

"No, I'm not a journalist. Actually, I hate journalists, they are always staring at you, and they don't want to leave you a second of personal time. And they're used to distorting your speech and actions, and I don't think there's anything more annoying in the world than a journalist! As a public figure, Chu Zhongtian also deeply understands the dislike of the media.

"Haha, that's right! The thing that shouldn't exist in this world is a journalist! Emily agrees.

The two then moved from the topic of reporters to Emily's personal hobbies.

"My favorite thing is football! Wouldn't you think it was strange? ”

Chu Zhongtian thought to himself, I don't think it's strange, if you say that your favorite is not football, I will find it strange...... "No, I don't think." Football is the number one sport in the world, and it's normal for you to like it. Besides, aren't there many stars in the entertainment industry who are fans? ”

"That's right. But here in the U.S., one of the annoying things is that when I say I love football, they always talk to me about the Super Bowl enthusiastically...... Hey, you're not American, are you? ”

The Super Bowl (super_bowl) is the annual championship game of the National Football League (also known as the National Football League), and the winner is called the "World Champion." The participating teams are the American Football League Champion and the National Football League Champion for the season. The Super Bowl is generally held on the last Sunday of January or February every year, and that day is called Super Bowl Sunday (super_bowl_sunday). In the United States, the Super Bowl is more influential than the NBA, baseball, and ice hockey, and being able to perform at halftime in the Super Bowl is something that countless stars dream of.

The Super Bowl has been the most-watched television show in the nation for many years and has gradually become an unofficial national holiday.

In the United States, if you say you are a football fan, you will most likely be considered an "American football fan", except that American football is oval and can be held or kicked...... It's rugby, actually.

Chu Zhongtian laughed again, he could fully understand how depressed Emily should be when she talked to others over there about football but was thought it was rugby.

"No, I'm not American. Then you can't find any common speakers, right? ”

"I used to have friends who spoke the same language as me and we talked about football together, but ...... It's all now. In fact, I haven't watched a football match for a long time because I'm so busy with work, and I don't even know how my hometown team is doing now. ”

"They've been upgraded." Chu Zhongtian hit it out.

"Huh? How do you know which team I'm talking about? Emily was surprised.

Chu Zhongtian realized that he had made a mistake, but fortunately, he made amends. "Didn't you say your hometown team? You're from Wimbledon, so your hometown team should be Wimbledon, right? I just searched and they just managed to get promoted this season. ”

Emily accepted his explanation. "Do you know that team? If you didn't search, you must have never heard of that team, right? I'm a fan of that team, doesn't it sound weird, like an amateur team...... Actually, if you know the story of that team, you can understand. It was a team that was completely spontaneously formed by our fans, our own team. I had a lot of friends there and they were all great. One of them is a player from China, he is very good, very good, he is the number one star of the team! ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't expect Emily to talk about himself, he held his breath for a while, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to say.

The next thing I saw was Emily typing out and telling a stranger she thought of Chu Zhongtian's glorious achievements.

Chu Zhongtian was surprised that Emily still remembered so many details about herself. She actually hid a lot, but the part she hid was automatically filled in front of her.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Now he is a professional footballer, I say he played in Metz, France, and he has just led the team to relegation. ”

Chu Zhongtian suddenly asked, "Then have you watched his game?" ”

Chu Zhongtian, who had finished asking this sentence, suddenly regretted it a little, but unfortunately he had no way to delete the message that had been sent. So I could only wait for Emily's answer with some trepidation.

"No ......"

Chu Zhongtian exhaled and sat in front of the computer with a regretful "ah".

She didn't see it.

Emily, after typing "no", also felt that it was a pity. In fact, she really wanted to watch it, but first, she was too busy to watch it, and second, the United States did not broadcast Ligue 1 games at all, and even if she had time, she couldn't see it.

She can only find time to check the score on the Internet and see if the news report will mention Chu Zhongtian. At first, it was rarely mentioned, but then it gradually became more and more. Compared with his own speed of fame, Chu is slower.

What she wants most is to go to the scene to watch Chu's game and cheer for him. But it's a pity that she doesn't have that opportunity now.

When the "tourist" told Emily that he had to go to dinner, Emily realized that they had been talking for more than two hours.

It's crazy, it's the first time she's chatting for so long with someone on the Internet who she never knows before, doesn't know what his or her name is, and doesn't know who he or she is, and says a lot of things that she never usually says to others.

She didn't know why, why she could naturally start a conversation with him or her after seeing the person's message, and she didn't worry that it was the reporter who was trying to manipulate her.

It's like ...... It's like an old friend I haven't seen for many years suddenly reunite, and I have a lot to say.

Looking at the messages on several screens, Emily stretched, and suddenly felt more comfortable than ever, the depression accumulated from these days of non-stop work and work has disappeared with this chat that lasted for more than two hours, and she is full of fighting spirit and strength, and has the confidence to meet more busy work.

And when the pressure and dissatisfaction accumulate to a certain extent, she hopes to meet this mysterious "loyal fan" again, and then chat with him or her for two hours without interruption, and pour out all the negative emotions in her heart.

It's like the other person is a garbage can, but if you think about it, it's a good listener and regulates your emotions. It's not just a garbage can, it's simply a universal garbage can.

But when that time comes, who can guarantee that this "garbage can tourist" will still be able to appear in front of her on time?

This is a chance encounter, what is a chance encounter? This is the chance encounter, and the next time you will never see each other again. In the vast sea of people, where do you look?

Emily shook her head.

Forget it, being able to meet it once already shows that it is very fateful. Yes, as Chu said, there is fate. How can you force it?

Emily thought so, but still had some regret in her heart.

(To be continued)