CH 4

In the evening, Wen Jianing still went to Su Shan’s bar to sing a few songs.

He was sitting on a high stool, holding the microphone stand. His voice was a bit lazy and inattentive. A beam of light above his head hit his side face, making his face look clean and pure.

After singing the song and stepping down, someone ordered him a drink. Wen Jianing thanked him, but did not drink the wine, and pushed it aside slightly. His psychological trauma over alcohol has not passed, and he doesn’t intend to touch it again in the near time.

Su Shan asked him: “How’s the preparations?”

Wen Jianing didn’t answer, he didn’t even decide whether he should go or not.

In fact, before this accident, Wen Jianing once jokingly told his friends if he had a chance to have a new life, he would still choose to become an actor and continue acting because he loves this job.

But when he really faced this day, he hesitated. The reason for his hesitation was because of his body’s condition. He is not Ke Xinhang in his naive and fearless age. He understands the horror of this circle, so he will be more cautious.

Su Shan thought he was getting stage fright, and said, “It doesn’t matter. Go and try it. Don’t mind it too much, you’re only 20 years old and still very young.”

Twenty years old. Wen Jianing suddenly felt a little dazed. He was only twenty years old. His years were still very long, and his life had just begun.

After that, Su Shan lit himself a cigarette.

Wen Jianing wanted to ask him for one. “Can you give me one?” He is not addicted to smoking, but occasionally he smokes one when he is upset.

Su Shan looked at him and said, “You shouldn’t smoke. You should cherish your voice.”

Wen Jianing smiled, but did not insist.

Su Shan then said, “I’ve contacted my friend and said that he’ll let you go to the TV station to find a director surnamed Chen for an interview the day after tomorrow. I’ll give you his number and then you can go by yourself.”

With that, Su Shan asked Wen Jianing to take out his mobile phone and write down a phone number. Then he said, “The director’s surname is Chen. Remember clearly.”

Wen Jianing nodded. He looked at the phone number on his mobile phone and said, “I know.”

At the time appointed by Su Shan to help him, Wen Jianing chose to go to the TV station.

In addition to his strength and luck, Wen Jianing is also a person who knows how to seize opportunities. Before he really made up his mind, he felt that he should not miss any opportunity to block a possible future.

Starlight is now the most influential TV station in China, mainly focusing on entertainment and variety shows. Almost all stars’ new albums and new films promote promotions will appear in the Starlight’s entertainment programs. Wen Jianing naturally came here more than once in order to cooperate with the promotion of the film.

When he got out of the taxi, he saw a lot of media reporters guarding the door of the TV station. Subconsciously, he wanted to avoid them. However, at the same time, he remembered that these people did not recognize him now. He was just an ordinary young man.

Putting the backpack on one of his shoulders, Wen Jianing walked towards the TV station. When he entered the gate, he was stopped by a security guard who questioned him about who he was looking for.

Wen Jianing didn’t know Director Chen’s full name, so he had to take his mobile phone from his bag and call Director Chen.

Just then, a car stopped in front of the TV station.

Wen Jianing saw all the reporters crowded up in an instant, completely blocking the door of the entire TV station, and he himself was pushed aside forcibly.

Then he saw Lu Jinlang coming down from the car’s back door. The security guard rushed up to help him stop the reporters and reminded them to be in order. He walked towards the TV station without expression.

A reporter asked loudly: “Mr. Lu, is it rumoured that you have taken the role of “October Fireworks”. Is it true?”

Lu Jinlang didn’t answer. He had already walked through the door of the TV station, and all the reporters were stopped outside.

Wen Jianing looked at Lu Jinlang’s back and was stunned. “October Fireworks” was the last movie he was going to shoot before his accident. It was planned to officially start after the Academy award ceremony, but it was put on hold because of his accident.

Wen Jianing likes the script of “October Fireworks” very much and is confident that he can perfectly perform the role of the main character, but he didn’t expect that it would be like this now.

Wen Jianing just stood there for a long time, until the security started to urge him to call Director Chen again. After asking the security to answer the call, he was brought in.

After entering the TV station building, Wen Jianing learned from the comments of the surrounding employees that Lu Jinlang came today to shoot the last promotional video for the “Voice of The Soul.”

Wen Jianing was called by Director Chen to a small recording studio on the seventh floor.

Director Chen’s full name is Chen Kong. He is just an associate director of the program. He may have accepted a friend’s recommendation and promised to let people try, but he is not very optimistic about this young man named Ke Xinhang. After all, there are too many young people with star dreams now.

But when Wen Jianing pushed the door in, Chen Kong was surprised.

It’s a singing competition, but people with excellent appearance are more popular wherever they go.

Chen Kong asked someone to set up a camera to shoot Wen Jianing and let him sing two songs.

Wen Jianing’s singing is not very good. His voice and intonation are good, but he is not a professional singer after all. He is inevitably lacks in skills.

However, Director Chen seems to think that these can be substituted by his appearance. After asking him to sing two songs, he said that after communicating with the director team, he would call Wen Jianing.

Wen Jianing thanked him and left with his bag on his back.

He doesn’t care too much about the result now. What he cares about is the fact that Lu Jinlang took over the filming of “October Fireworks.” Somehow, a feeling of sadness arose in his heart.

If Wen Jianing really died, he would no longer exist in this world. Now it is too cruel to let him see all this with his own eyes.

Coming down from the upper floor, Wen Jianing did not leave immediately, but walked around the television station’s studio on the first floor.

At this time, Lu Jinlang was shooting a promotional video there.

There were many staff around the scene, so Wen Jianing didn’t get too close. He didn’t want to attract other people’s attention. He stood at the corner of the door and watched Lu Jinlang’s filming.

The shooting of this small promotional video is very simple for Lu Jinlang. Basically, it can be done at one time, and the director does not dare criticize him too much.

Wen Jianing was very confused and thought about October fireworks.

“October Fireworks” is a literary romance film. The story is set in the 1990s. The hero and the heroine fell in love with each other but missed each other because they were young. It is a twist of fate to meet again 20 years later.

The script is very meticulous, and the Director Fang Wei is also a famous director who is good at shooting literary and artistic films.

After Wen Jianing got the script, he communicate with the screenwriter and director in detail. He had a lot of views on how to play this role and made sufficient preparations, but now he lost this opportunity.

This feeling is really bad, especially after hearing that Lu Jinlang took over the role, it seems that his precious things have been robbed by Lu Jinlang again.

He feels it’s a little difficult to accept.

Perhaps it was the successive defeats that made him care too much about Lu Jinlang. Even if he won against Lu Jinlang this time and got the Film Emperor title, it did not completely calm his reluctance.

When he came back to his senses, Wen Jianing found that the shooting was over.

Lu Jinlang put on the coat handed by his assistant, and walked outside the studio while drinking water.

Wen Jianing stood in the corner and wanted to wait until Lu Jinlang left. As a result, when Lu Jinlang passed him, he turned his head and looked at him.

“Mr. Lu,” Wen Jianing didn’t hold back and cried out. He couldn’t help but regret his irrationality.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jinlang stopped and stood there waiting for Wen Jianing to speak.

Wen Jianing politely asked: “Are you going to replace Wen Jianing in “October Fireworks”?”

“Are you a reporter?” Lu Jinlang asked. He was followed by a large group of people, including his assistant, agent, and the chief director of the program group. They respectfully waited for Lu Jinlang to talk to this unidentified young man.

Wen Jianing shook his head and found a suitable identity for himself, “No, I am a fan of Wen Jianing.”

Lu Jinlang heard the words and said solemnly: “Yes, I will be in the movie”

Wen Jianing refrained from asking why. He was not qualified to ask Lu Jinlang why.

But he did not expect Lu Jinlang to say: “I will create a Jiang Zixin who is completely different from Wen Jianing’s. I think you can look forward to it.”

Jiang Zixin is the name of the main character in “October Fireworks”.

When Lu Jinlang said these words, everyone was a little stunned. They didn’t understand why he would say such things to someone he didn’t know. However, Lu Jinlang didn’t give them time to be stunned. He already walked outside, and the others hurriedly followed.

Wen Jianing was the only one left to digest his words. He suddenly thought,does Lu Jinlang feel a little unwilling to lose to himself this time?

In the evening, Wen Jianing stood on the balcony in his pajamas to feel the wind blows.

The wind was strong, and his pajamas were tightly attached to his body, showing a thin outline. He propped his head with one hand and looked out. Although the floors where he stay were very high, there were all high-rise buildings around. He was blocked from seeing anything.

He missed his garden villa. There was a big balcony on the second floor. He would sit on the balcony at night, listening to music and reading scripts. It’s a pity that can never go back to kind of enjoyment of life.

The TV in the living room was on and it was broadcasting entertainment news. He heard the news that Lu Jinlang took over the movie “October Fireworks” again.

This time, however, the program host commented in a gossip tone that Fang Wei’s literary and artistic films have always earned a good reputation for actors. Wen Jianing took the role in “October Fireworks”, and aim for his second Film Emperor title with the movie. Now he can only hand it over to Lu Jinlang to see if he can get his third Film Emperor title.

The host said so confidently, as if he was Wen Jianing himself.

Wen Jianing lowered his head and smiled bitterly. Then he looked up and took a deep breath. There was still an embarrassment that was said to be on his mind. Yes, he was unwilling.