At five o'clock in the evening of December 17, when the dim street lights in Nanshan District, Changlu City, were lit up, it was difficult to find pedestrians on the streets. The dim lights flickered between the low buildings, looking like a little flame about to be extinguished from a distance. At this moment, He Gui drove his black Passat sedan from the highway into the edge of the city. He was greeted by an old rusty billboard standing in the middle of an elm forest.

As a professional star agent, He Gui does not have the unique temperament of an agent. His cheeks were sunken, his body was extremely thin, his hair was meticulously combed to the side, and he looked like a teacher. He Gui drove while holding the loose black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose from time to time, this was his first time in Changlu City, and he was a strange existence to the city. Near the ramp that went around the highway, He Gui cast a surprised look at the billboard not far in front of him. The lights hanging on the billboard illuminate the road into the city as bright as day, but the huge iron shelf does not have a familiar celebrity face printed on it. The blank iron sheet made He Gui frown, thinking: What's going on in this city? He took a sharp puff of the cigarette in his left hand that was about to burn out, and slammed the accelerator to the bottom. As he got closer and closer to the end of this journey, He Gui felt more and more pressure in his heart.

After following the electronic map for more than half an hour, the headlights of He Gui's car burst out of the dusty path and pierced into the main road of Changlu City. The heart of Changlu City is already close at hand. Advertisements for high-end cosmetics and Western restaurants dance together on electronic screens tens of meters high. Beautiful office buildings line from the street to the end of the street, and there is no end in sight. He Gui relaxed the accelerator and drove at a low speed on the road, for fear that he would get lost in this reinforced concrete forest if he was not careful.

It is worth noting that due to the impact of the upcoming annual Christmas Film Week, nearly half of the electronic advertisements in Changlu City are used to promote the films that will be released during the film week. People who are familiar with Changlu City will not feel that there is anything wrong with this, but for He Gui, who has just arrived, the brilliant scene in front of him shocked his whole person. In his eyes, there is no reason why the proportion of a city's TV and film industry will show such a large scale. After all, compared to other entertainment industries, whether it is TV or movies, it is a high-risk investment. According to the theory that all eggs are not in the same basket, investors should also inject the same attention into other industries in order to diversify risks and improve returns.

He Gui has liked to watch movies since he was a child, watching the stories in the movies, watching the characters in the movies, and watching the sets in the movies. However, He Gui does not have the ability and conditions to become an actor or a director. So, with admiration for film and television workers, he decided to find another way to become a professional star agent. I thought I could learn from this industry and one day become a real filmmaker.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed in a flash. But He Gui is still struggling to survive in the agent industry, not only is the dream of becoming a filmmaker still out of reach, but even the competition for his own job has become bigger and bigger, and even made him on the verge of being fired several times.

The only thing to be thankful for is that these years of celebrity agent career have gradually broadened He Gui's horizons. After stepping into the boundary of Changlu City, he was able to understand what an incredible existence the city in front of him was faster than ordinary people. This city, which has a GDP of more than 400 billion yuan with the entertainment industry alone, is undoubtedly the best choice for every artist with good conditions and willing to work hard.

He Gui looked at the prosperous scene in front of him, thinking about a lot of things in his heart, but he never bypassed the artist in his hands. He touched his pocket, took out his mobile phone, and then dialed the phone of Liu Ruhong, the only artist under his banner.

The "beep-......" phone rang and was connected.

"Ruhong, I've arrived."

"Where have you been?"

"Changlu City! Where else could it be? It's this day, and the star who can be on the billboard hasn't been decided yet, it's really worthy of Changlu City, and the competition is really fierce. He Gui said excitedly, "As long as you make good use of this opportunity and show your strength in Changlu City, the day of becoming a big star is really not far away!" ”

After listening to this, Liu Ruhong's breathing suddenly became heavy, and she looked at the wall calendar on the wall, there was only one week left before Christmas. Why now? What is he thinking......

"He Economy, I've thought about it for a long time, or forget it, I really don't have any bottom in my heart. If Liu Ruhong, who was on the other end of the ......" phone, bit her lip and wanted to stop talking, He Gui's rash trip to Changlu made her panic.

He Gui is too familiar with Liu Ruhong, so familiar that he knows exactly what she wants to say. But He Gui still suppressed his anger and said, "Do you know Zhao Ruque of our company? ”

"Know...... You know, what's wrong? ”

"If you continue like this, sooner or later you will have to follow her old path, don't you understand?" He Gui punched the steering wheel, and the horn sound of the car really startled Liu Ruhong.

Zhao Ruque is an artist of Liu Ruhong's company, and she is still Liu Ruhong's predecessor. But since the last time she finished filming the TV series "Her Face", Zhao Ruque has been idle at home for nearly a year, according to the rules of the entertainment industry, this can be said to be no different from retirement.

Liu Ruhong naturally doesn't want to be like her, but even with such a lesson from the past, she is still unwilling to make the necessary changes for herself. Liu Ruhong is afraid of the city of Changlu from the bottom of her heart.

"Ho Economy, Christmas is coming! It's easy to be on the cusp of doing our actions now, and I also asked Agent Xu, and he also ......," Liu Ruhong said softly.

"Xu Shangjin? He's talking nonsense to you again! He Gui suddenly jumped like thunder when he heard this name, no matter whose name Liu Ruhong said, how could it be his sworn enemy?

"I didn't say anything, it's just that Xu Economy wasn't ...... last time," Liu Ruhong quickly denied.

He Gui rudely interrupted Liu Ruhong's words and said angrily: "He Xu Shangjin knows what entertainment economy. Let me tell you the truth, Zhao Ruque is not the first artist planted in his hands. If you can't maintain exposure, you'll soon be just as angry as her, and have you ever thought that continuous appointments will be a problem by then. ”

Liu Ruhong was a little annoyed by He Gui's alarmism: "But I still have an announcement to issue now, you are gambling with my future." ”

"Not just your future, it's ours! For your sake, my performance in the past two years has dropped by as much as 20%, and if you drag me back at this critical juncture, I won't have a way to live! Even if I beg you, will you come for a trip? He Gui pleaded.

He Gui's last sentence made Liu Ruhong even more uneasy, she suddenly thought of something, and asked softly: "Is it your mother, she ...... again"

"You...... What have you heard again? He Gui's voice was very unconfident.

Liu Ruhong played with her hair, she has never been assertive in the face of problems, and it is always difficult to make a decision when faced with such a problem in front of her. This time, He Guiren had already arrived in Changlu City before he called to tell him his plan, and this way of cutting first and then playing made the pressure all tilted to her side. In the past, He Gui helped her make decisions, but this time there was no one to help her.

After weighing it again and again, Liu Ruhong finally relented, and she replied helplessly: "This time, I'll listen to you......"

"Really? That's great! Trust me, I'm sure I'll make you red! Hearing this answer, He Gui finally breathed a sigh of relief. He grabbed his hair, a rare smile on his thin face. He Gui knew that Liu Ruhong still had a lot of concerns, but he secretly told himself in his heart that as long as he could successfully persuade her to come to this city, then everything would be under his control.

Maybe in the future, Liu Ruhong will regret agreeing to He Gui's request countless times today, but in this phone call tonight, she really agreed to He Gui, and she must be responsible for her choice. Liu Ruhong knew in her heart that the city of Changlu was not something she could easily set foot in. She may just be unaccustomed to disobeying He Gui's words, and Liu Ruhong on the other end of the phone secretly said to herself in her heart: This is the last time I will listen to you.

"Have you solved the matter over there? She said that money needs cash......"

"I'll get the money later." Liu Ruhong said.

"Okay......" He Gui pinched his eyebrows, he felt irritable when he thought of Zhou Xi's woman, if it weren't for the fact that he was almost exhausted, he really didn't want to beg her, "You come to Changlu as soon as possible, there are some things that you can see more clearly." After speaking, He Gui hung up the phone.

After He Gui solved the problem on Liu Ruhong's side, a big stone falling in his heart finally slowly fell to the ground, and at the same time, his addiction to smoking rose again. He thought to himself, let's find a hotel to stay in first, He Gui lit the last Shuanglu cigarette in the cigarette case, and drove along the street towards the center of the city.

That night, He Gui stayed at a hotel named Jin Rumeng. When checking in, He Gui saw many couples wearing cheap clothes walking into the hotel lobby shoulder to shoulder, as if this was not a five-star hotel, but an ordinary love hotel.

The irony is that He Gui is not accompanied by anyone, but he does not need the company of others. Having carnal desire in He Gui's heart is a symbol of weak self-control of adults, and his goal is to call the wind and rain in the entertainment industry, but the chess pieces he has now are only Liu Ruhong. This kind of bad feeling of not being able to grasp his future has been tasted by He Gui at the beginning of entering the broker industry, he did not expect that he who is nearly forty years old, after ten years in the industry, seems to have returned to the original starting point.

In this strange city, it is never easy to fall asleep to the lingering voices of men and women next door, and what is even worse is that not long after midnight, He Gui heard the sound of bargaining quarrels. And the slurred howls of the drunkard downstairs and the unplayed electronic music in the distance made him even more uneasy.

The noise made He Gui's already restless heart even more irritable, he got up and lit the lamp, turned on his portable computer, and once again logged on to the website he was familiar with. Shaokov's avatar was unexpectedly gray, and He Gui's mind was inextricably linked, he touched his pocket to light a cigarette, but forgot that the last cigarette had been smoked before staying in the hotel.

He Gui threw the lighter on the table and wiped his face with his hand, trying to cheer himself up. He looked at the "200,000 yuan in cash" in the chat record and thought: Just at this price, you can get the favor of a director, such an opportunity may have never been before since the birth of the entertainment industry.

Just when He Gui was deep in thought, his mobile phone rang at this time, and he glanced at the caller ID, which was a text message from his hometown: Qinli.

"Are you here to pay for the medicine again?" He Gui looked at the word "hospital" on the mobile phone screen and was worried. The huge medical expenses not only dragged down his finances, but also dragged down his spirit. His mother had told him more than once to let him go back to the basket to spend his last days with her, but He Gui did not agree. He Gui himself couldn't tell why he disobeyed his mother's will at that time, maybe he always believed that his mother would always recover one day, but even he didn't believe in this expectation.

As long as Liu Ruhong is praised as a star, I will have enough money to transfer her to a big hospital in a big city. In this night in a strange city, He Gui silently recited this sentence over and over again in his heart, and only he could hear it.