After all, Gu Bei sold the house in Guangdong Province, and exchanged the hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale for a community house in Chaoyang, Beiping, 120 square meters, with a kitchen, bedroom, living room, bathroom, and study, but Gu Bei lived here alone and seemed very lonely.

After coming to Beiping, Gu Bei entered a middle school under the introduction of Zhang Jiayi, preparing for the college entrance examination in June 98, as well as the art examination in November and the self-examination in January, and Virgo Gu Bei also spent his 19th birthday in school, September 21.

Gu Bei's academic performance was originally very good, but he gave up his studies because of family changes, and a few months after returning to school, Gu Bei gradually kept up with the school's curriculum......

The unified examination is the first hurdle, then the school examination, and finally the college entrance examination for cultural courses.

The unified examination is mainly theoretical knowledge, Gu Bei usually reads a lot of relevant books, and the review at this moment is just for the sake of insurance.

As for the school examination, Gu Bei determined the direction of his art examination in the film and television performance department of the two professional colleges of Beiping Film Academy and Beiping Drama Academy, Zhang Jiayi's suggestion to Gu Bei is Bei Opera, and there are many such sayings in the circle, Beiying produces directors, Beiping Opera actors, or rather, directors like to use actors from Bei Opera, Gu Bei naturally put his main goal on Bei Opera, but at the same time, he also applied for Beiying's school examination and made two preparations.

The content of the school examinations of the two schools is similar, basically revolving around the body, improvisation, vocal music, recitation, Zhang Jiayi came out of the Peking Film Academy, and also gave Gu Bei a lot of relevant suggestions.

Gu Bei is very confident in his improvisation, body and line recitation, and in the past two years, Gu Bei has basically been preparing for these items, but vocal music is a difficult problem for Gu Bei.

Gu Bei has studied piano with his mother for more than ten years, and naturally understands music theory, but he often can't control his tone when singing, so Gu Bei is mainly doing vocal practice during this time.

Gu Bei knew that he had no talent for singing, so he worked hard, fortunately, Gu Bei's voice was very magnetic, although he sang averagely, it was also quite pleasant, and the vocal teacher who taught Gu Bei also felt a pity for Gu Bei's voice, but it was a pity that he was not born in a person with musical talent, and it was a pity that Gu Bei did not learn to sing since he was a child.

And Gu Bei, who returned to Beiping, often went to the old man's house, and occasionally stayed for a day or two, arguing with the old man, and because Gu Bei often went, there was also an extra desk exclusive to Gu Bei next to Xiao Lori's desk.

On the day of the National Day, Gu Bei also habitually came to the old man's house, but Gu Bei was too lonely in his own home.

"Xiaobei, come, drink some chicken soup, I just boiled it." Nangong Xiaokong walked in with two bowls of chicken soup.

Gu Bei hurriedly put down the book in his hand and took it with a smile: "Thank you, sister!" ”

At the beginning, Gu Bei was called Aunt Nangong Xiaokong, after all, Master Liu was called Brother Gu Bei, but as Gu Bei and the old man's family became more and more familiar, Nangong Xiaokong, who was a woman, also made this request, and Gu Bei began to call her sister.

"Master, after drinking chicken soup, read a book well, don't disturb my brother." Nangong Xiaokong glanced at Xiao Lori and instructed, "My brother has an exam in two days." ”

"Got it, Mom!" Liu Shishi, who had just turned ten, glanced at Gu Bei angrily, and waited for Nangong Xiaokong to go out before saying to Gu Bei, "You promised to take me out to play." ”

"Your mother won't let ......" Gu Bei spread his hands helplessly, "Tomorrow, do you have any dance class?" ”

"Nope." Master Liu's beautiful big eyes suddenly lit up, "The villain will take me out to play tomorrow?" ”

"Shhhh Don't let your mom hear me. Gu Bei put his finger in front of his lips and said cautiously, his eyes widened again, and he pretended to be angry, "Don't call me a villain!" ”

"Grandpa says you're a badass, hehe."

"If I were a bad guy, how could your grandfather be so nice to me?" Gu Bei tried without giving up, "Come, call my brother, call my brother, I'll take you out to play." ”

The little girl pursed her mouth, and after a while, she shouted crisply: "Uncle! ”

Gu Bei was almost angry when he heard the word "uncle", and said very sadly: "My seniority with your mother, as well as your seniority, each has its own opinion, called brother." ”

"If you don't want me to call you uncle, then I'll call you a villain." The little girl raised her little head and swore that she was unwilling to call Gu Bei a brother.

"Yes, you're called a villain!"

Master Liu, who reacted, was stunned for a moment, and then retorted: "You are the villain!" ”

"Hey, hey, you're a badass!"

"You are!"

"You are!"

Gu Bei teased Master Liu with a smile, but he didn't want the door of the room to be opened suddenly, and Nangong Xiaokong appeared again.

Just as Gu Bei was about to meet Nangong Xiaokong's nagging, he saw Nangong Xiaokong take out a few dozen yuan and hand it to Gu Bei: "Xiaobei, tomorrow I will accompany my grandfather to the hospital for a physical examination, and my father will also go on a business trip, tomorrow you take this money to take your teacher out to eat." ”

Gu Bei didn't reach out to pick it up, but asked, "What's wrong with the old man?" ”

"No, it's just a regular physical check, don't worry."

"yes, I see." Gu Bei glanced at the little girl who was snickering, "I have the money here, so I don't need to take it." ”

"What's polite, I'll put it on the table for you, and review it well." After speaking, Nangong Xiaokong left the room.

The little girl finally couldn't hold back her laughter: "Great, Mom and Dad are not at home, villain, I have to eat a hot dog tomorrow, and I have to drink soda, you have to take me to the zoo, the water park, and take me to the movies." ”

"......" Gu Bei took a deep breath, ignored Master Liu, who liberated his nature, and buried his head in review.

Seeing that Gu Bei had started to review, Master Liu didn't bother him silently, stared at Gu Bei for a while, and then flipped out his brush and paper, and began to draw seriously according to Gu Bei's appearance.

Gu Bei naturally knew what the little girl was doing, and the corners of her mouth smiled slightly, so she didn't pay attention anymore and was completely immersed in the world of performing arts......

Unconsciously, it was already evening, and Gu Bei, who came back to his senses, found that the little girl had fallen asleep on the table, with a piece of drawing paper pressed under her arm, and Gu Bei gently pulled it out under curiosity.

The little girl is not funny, a very realistic sketch - Gu Bei is sitting on the desk in front of the windowsill, looking down at the book, the sun is lazily sprinkled on Gu Bei, as well as on the books.

"I didn't expect my teacher to draw so well." Gu Bei nodded secretly, and gently put it back on Master Liu's table.

Carrying his own things and quietly going out, Gu Bei said hello to the old man, went back to his home, and simply made a dinner, Gu Bei opened the high school textbook, and the cultural class could not be put down, although the college entrance examination score required by the art school was not very high, but Gu Bei had been away from the classroom for four or five years, and he still had to work hard to cross the enrollment line.

At ten o'clock, Gu Bei rubbed his eyes that were a little sour, got up and walked for a while, and then turned up the projector he bought from the second-hand market, as well as a few tapes from the boss, and some of them were bought by Gu Bei at the video store.

Watching movies is the only fun in Gu Bei's life, there are old films and new films, Gu Bei will watch them over and over again, every time he watches them, he can find something different, he really sees it through, Gu Bei will buy a new disc again, after all, now Gu Bei has no job, and he has no income, although he has a lot of money in his hand, he also needs to save some money, and things like tapes and discs are still very expensive.

Gu Bei also began to linger in various colorful worlds of light and shadow, the bumpy generation in "Alive", the fascinating narrative technique of "Rashomon", the unique cinematography in "Chongqing Forest", the climactic editing of "Jaws", the permanent philosophy brought by "The Shawshank Redemption", the anti-sky acting skills of Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" and the opening that went down in history, the humanistic morality of "Blue, White and Red Trilogy", and the peak soundtrack of "The Last Emperor......

Gu Bei indulged in textbook-like movies, tirelessly absorbed the nutrients from them, felt the charm of movies, and fell deeply in love with this art.