Showbiz Prejudice

"Xiao Cheng, come quickly and move the props!"

Hearing the shout, Cheng Anyi hurriedly ate the leftover boxed lunch, before wiping his mouth, he ran over to help the assistant director move the props.

This is a period play, the assistant director is very particular about the placement of props, and the placement of many things has to be carefully considered. Cheng Anyi took the props and walked back and forth for several times before the assistant director determined the final position. After a while, it was half an afternoon when everything was finished, and after so much tossing around, the hall was finally arranged.The assistant director looked at the neatly arranged hall in front of him, and nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad!"

Hearing these words, Cheng Anyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to find a nearby chair to take a rest, he heard the assistant director express his thoughts again: "The tea table is a bit empty...Xiao Cheng, why don't you go to Yulanxuan to buy some special features? Come back with snacks."

Yulanxuan... This place is five streets away from the crew.But the assistant director has already spoken, and you can only follow suit. Cheng Anyi walked out of the set, and the director's worried voice came from behind him: "Yulan Xuan, remember to go to Yu Lan Xuan! Other places are not authentic!"

Having no money to take the subway, Cheng Anyi came to the nearest bus stop nearby. This place was very remote, and there were no people waiting for the bus.Having stayed in the capital for five years, Cheng Anyi felt that this city was still unfamiliar to him.He started working in the entertainment industry after graduating from university. At the beginning, he thought about being able to play small roles or something, but when people heard that he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, they either ridiculed him or blatantly wanted unspoken rules. So far he has I met more than [-] bosses who expressed that they wanted to sleep with him, and more than half of them were actually men.Later, he really gave up hope for acting, so he began to look for other jobs in the crew. At first, he was a field manager, and then he changed to other jobs one after another. Now five years have passed, and the jobs in the crew He basically fucked, but never acted.But at least he got acquainted with some contacts. Now he usually makes props, and if he has nothing to do, he can pick up a trick or something to help others fight and fall. He thinks that even if he can't show his face on camera, it's good to show his back.

Take the bus to Yulanxuan.This small pastry shop is already full of long queues at the moment.Cheng Anyi stood at the end of the line and followed the line moving bit by bit.Everyone was shopping very fast, and he quickly arrived at the counter, picked out a few snacks and turned around to leave, but was stopped by a person.

"Brother Cheng...? Is that you, Brother Cheng?"

Cheng Anyi turned his head and saw a noble lady in a mink coat in front of him, holding a child by her hand. She looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he could only ask tentatively: "Excuse me Who are you?"

"I'm Xiaoyu! My classmate from college!"

The woman in front of her was spitting and her tone was exaggerated. This familiar scene made Cheng Anyi quickly recall her face in his memory.In his impression, Xiaoyu was very thin, but he didn't expect to be so exaggeratedly fat now, and his clothes looked very fashionable, so he must have lived a good life.He was thinking in his heart, and began to greet the other party: "I remembered, we haven't seen each other for several years, how are you doing recently?"

"It's pretty good. Married to a small boss, and can be a housewife at home with peace of mind. How about you? Are you still in the entertainment circle recently?"

"Well, I'm still following the group."

"Really? It's not easy..." Xiaoyu looked at him in surprise, with a sad expression on his face: "You can really persevere. With so many people in our class, you are probably the only one still in the entertainment industry... "

After hearing these words, Cheng Anyi fell silent.After graduation, he once organized his classmates to run around to try to get interview opportunities.However, as long as the crew heard that they graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, they would be rejected even if they did not give their resumes.In the end, some people switched careers to other jobs, some returned to their hometowns, and some even gave up on themselves and found a benefactor to be taken care of. Cheng Anyi was the only one left, struggling on the fringes of the entertainment industry.

He doesn't know how long he can hold on, or even if he has a chance to be popular, but he doesn't want to give up.

Thinking of this, he stopped answering, gave the few chocolate milk candies left in his pocket to the cute little boy who was being held by the other party, and then turned and left.

After returning to the crew, he carefully arranged the snacks according to the assistant director's request, and the assistant director finally let him get off work.Taking off his dirty work clothes, he walked slowly towards the rental house with a tired body.It was already dark now, and there were a few stars in the sky, but the light of these stars was too dim to illuminate the way forward.

Soon he walked to the place where he lived.This is a very remote community, but the law and order is not bad.He looked up at the window of the room where he lived, and it was pitch black.

Going upstairs, he opened the door lightly, but when he was about to change his shoes, he was pulled to the bed by a huge force, and then he was hugged by the bear: "Xiao Chengcheng, you are back, I want to You're dead..."

"What's the matter?" Cheng Anyi pushed away the people behind him, got up and pressed the light switch, but the room was still dark, he was a little helpless: "The power went out again?"

"Well, it just stopped today, I don't have money to pay the electricity bill..."

"I'll get paid right away." Cheng Anyi said, then turned around and took out an emergency light from the bedside table, turned it on, and the light illuminated the handsome face of the boy on the bed: "Didn't I charge this up? Why don't you use it?" ?”

"I forgot where it was." The other party had an idiotic makeup on his face, and Cheng Anyi had long been used to his virtue.This person's name is Cheng Chen, and he is his roommate.At the beginning, I found a roommate to share the rent to save money, but I didn't expect to live here for five years.Cheng Chen is also in the entertainment industry, but what is different from him is that he used to be a little famous, participated in a talent show, and became popular for a while.Later, a few albums were released, but they did not become popular, and gradually they were forgotten by everyone.However, he was still very diligent in updating Weibo. He told Cheng Anyi that he believed that one day, fans would remember him.

"The phone is out of battery." Cheng Chen said aggrievedly, making bitter faces at the dead phone. Cheng Anyi glanced at him, then took out a power bank from under the mattress and threw it at him: "It's full of power." It's powered on, you use it first."

"Power bank~" Cheng Chen who got the power bank was very happy. He quickly charged up his phone, then immediately turned around and threw another bear hug at Cheng Anyi: "Little Cheng Cheng, it's so sweet to have you." , what would I do without you~"

"Okay, let me go, I'm going to take a shower."

He took a casual shower with cold water, and when he returned to his room, he found Cheng Chen was scrolling through Weibo. He picked up the towel and sat on the side of the bed, casually chatting: "Are you going to deliver the demo again today?"

Cheng Chen now earns some living expenses by running small variety show announcements. When he is free, he will go to major record companies to send the songs he wrote. Although there is basically no response, he still perseveres and is not discouraged at all. He always says It is gold that will shine sooner or later.Cheng Chen is a very optimistic person, and Cheng Anyi admires him in this regard.

"Well, I've been to a few. But still no one pays attention to me." Cheng Chen answered casually while scrolling through Weibo. After scrolling for a while, he suddenly seemed to see something. He suddenly lifted the quilt and stood up. He covered it back: "Did you get bloody?"

"Lin... Lin Lin Lin Lu! You see, it's Lin Lu, he's popular, look quickly! He's already on the trending list! He's still No.1!"

Lin Lu is the draft star of Cheng Chen's same year, and his ranking is not as high as Cheng Chen's. Cheng Anyi looked at Cheng Chen's phone screen, and sure enough, the name Lin Lu was No.1 in the hot search list. He was a little curious: "How did he become popular?"

"It seems to be acting in some kind of online drama. Ahhhhh, I can't do it anymore, I need a dog leash..." Cheng Chen roared, rolling over with his arms around the quilt, Cheng Anyi looked at him helplessly: "He's mad at you crazy?"

"No, little Cheng Cheng~" Cheng Chen leaned over pitifully, with a tearless expression on his face: "Lin Lu is on fire, what about me? What am I doing? I think his popularity was crushed by me back then Yeah, ahhh, I really want to hit the wall..."

"You're already crashing." Cheng Anyi stood aside, watching him go crazy with a blank expression.After rolling back and forth on the bed for several times, the other party finally calmed down, and collapsed on the bed. Unexpectedly, An Yi found that his whole body was listless, and he didn't seem to have any fighting spirit at all.Only then did Cheng An realize that he was really hit, and he really didn't know how to comfort him. He thought for a few seconds, then opened Weibo and logged into the trumpet.

Ten seconds later.Cheng Chen jumped up from the bed again.

"Ah, my true fan sent me a private message again! I'll read it to you!"

"to: my dear Chenchen

I saw the new song you wrote on Weibo today, it’s so good!I believe you will be popular!come on!Love you!

Signature: Love Chengcheng Cheng Chen"

"Well, your fans have said so, you can't be discouraged."

"Well, I will definitely work hard!"

Cheng Anyi looked at his face full of vitality in an instant, and couldn't help laughing.This account was created three years ago. At that time, Cheng Chen lost a large number of fans, and he became very negative. Cheng An couldn't think of any other way, so he had to register an account to encourage him by pretending to be a true fan. Today, Cheng Chen didn't even know that this true fan was actually him, and Cheng Anyi didn't dare to say it, he didn't want Cheng Chen to know that his true fan had actually disappeared two years ago.

Cheng Chen was excited with his mobile phone for a while, but his mood quickly fell down. Cheng Anyi saw him nestled in the quilt, looked at him sincerely and asked, "Little Cheng Cheng, do you think we will really be popular?"

"I don't know either." Cheng Anyi said as he got into bed.The heat inside made him feel warm.

"Sometimes I think about it, is it really meaningful for us to persist like this? What if we are not popular all the time?"

This question was too heavy for Cheng Anyi to answer, so he chose to remain silent.

The room was silent for a while, and when Cheng Anyi thought that the other party had fallen asleep, Cheng Chen spoke again: "Little Cheng Cheng, do you know why I want to be famous?"

Cheng Anyi closed her eyes. "Why?"

"For my parents." After he finished speaking, he paused, and then continued: "Our family is in a remote village, and everyone in the village thinks it is useless to study, let alone art, but my parents think I have a good Voice, suitable for singing, even if others laughed at me, they still sent me out."

"So I must be famous, and I want to let people in the village know that my parents' choice is right."

"Well, your parents are indeed very discerning."

"Haha, you think so too." Cheng Chen laughed loudly, feeling a little happier, and then he immediately started the next topic: "What about you? Why do you want to be famous?"

This sentence was asked out, but there was no reply for a long time.Cheng Chen waited for a long time, thinking that the other party had fallen asleep, so he fell asleep with him without interest.

But in fact, Cheng Anyi didn't fall asleep at all.He heard the familiar snoring sound of his roommate. He opened his eyes and looked at the dark night sky outside the window. The silent night made him feel extremely bored.Finally, he took out his mobile phone and turned on the screen. On the screen was the familiar face that he had seen countless times and had already engraved in his heart.

For... one person.