we are not friends anymore

【3】

Lin Zining's birthday was spent at work.

He stood in the convenience store until after midnight before leaving get off work. The store manager knew that it was his birthday, so he gave him a small cake with simple packaging when he left.

"Happy birthday."

"Thank you." Lin Zining looked up and smiled, changed his uniform and went out with the cake.

He stood for a while under the huge light sign in the convenience store. The lights in the nearby residential buildings were all turned off, and there were only a few sporadic rooms with dim lights on. Maybe they were students who were about to take the college entrance examination, or maybe they just came home from overtime work. office workers.

Who knows, after all, it has nothing to do with Lin Zining.

A group of people came out crookedly from the ktv next to them to socialize. The capable woman in high heels sent her companions away, shook her head to wake herself up, turned around and staggered up the stairs to the convenience store.

She probably drank a little too much, Lin Zining glanced at her awl-like high heels, and couldn't help but give her a hand when she passed by.

The woman turned her head to look at him and smiled slightly: "Thank you."

Lin Zining shook his head, and the woman opened the door and went in.

She bought a bottle of mineral water and mints, Lin Zining was still standing there when she came out, she turned her head and smiled at him, and slowly went down the steps.

When she reached the last step, she stopped again, turned her head to take a closer look at the boy on the steps, and stepped up a few more steps.

"Hi, may I ask."

Lin Zining looked around to make sure the woman was talking to him.

"Do you want to enter the entertainment industry?"

Lin Ziyu looked very happy after learning that his brother was scouted by scouts on the side of the road.

"Then, do you want to go, brother? From now on, brother will be a big star?" He sat under the quilt, looking at Lin Zining with bright eyes.

Chen Lu next to him didn't believe it so easily: "Where can it be so easy to get lucky? It's all a lie."

In the past two years, Chen Lu has become more and more idle. He used to play the image of a steady neighbor who was eager to help, but now he is staying at Lin's house as Lin Ziyu's boyfriend. He always throws away a job after a few months. Not enough money for a couple of drinks.Invisibly, the pressure on Lin Zining was even greater than when he was taking care of Lin Ziyu alone.

Lin Zining did not speak, and took out the business card that the woman handed him just now from his pocket and put it on the table.

Chen Lu picked it up and took a look. It was printed with "Alian, Artist Management Department of Dongxing Entertainment"

Lin Ziyu also leaned over to take a look. He didn't understand what was behind, but he had seen the words Dongxing Entertainment on TV.

"Brother!" He turned to Lin Zining in surprise.

Lin Zining just rubbed his hair: "It's late, go to sleep."

Lin Ziyu and Chen Lu lived in the only room in the house, and Lin Zining usually slept on the old sofa in the living room.He watched Lin Ziyu obediently lay down on me, then turned around and left the room alone.

A ray of moonlight shone in from the dilapidated window in the distance, Lin Zining squatted in front of the low coffee table, and slowly ate the small cake sent by the store manager.

The voices of Lin Ziyu and Chen Lu could be faintly heard in the room.

"Will my brother become a star?"

"Of course, the entertainment industry makes a lot of money. As long as it becomes popular, it will be different?"

"But... it will be very hard."

"What's not hard to do now? How much does it cost a celebrity to shoot an advertisement? It's much better than other jobs."

……

Lin Ziyu's voice gradually faded, Lin Zining could not hear it, and finally only Chen Lu's voice was heard.

"Don't think about it so much. When your brother becomes popular and makes money, your good days will come."

Lin Zining didn't close his eyes almost all night, watching the moonlight gradually dissipate outside the window, and the sky brightened.

He sat up from the sofa and entered Lin Ziyu's room.

Both of them were still in a deep sleep. He stood at the door and scanned for a week, then went to the bedside table and bent down to pick up the business card on it.

"Brother?" Lin Ziyu called out in a daze.

"Go on to sleep." Lin Zining whispered, "I'm going to work."

"Be careful on the road..."

Lin Zining went out, lowered his head, and pressed a series of numbers on the old-fashioned mobile phone.

"Hello." When he got connected, he was silent for a while before continuing in a low voice, "If I come to sign the contract, can you guarantee to make me popular?"

【4】

Shaozhou couldn't stand the instructor Song next door for a while.

This bald man with a height of nearly two meters is holding the computer "our Ningbao" and "our Ningbao" all day long to brainwash Shaozhou and all the instructors around him. Uncle Shao, who does not change his face under the point of a knife or gun, almost sees him now. Instructor Song's expression changed.

Thanks to the other party, Shaozhou, who went to heaven and earth in the jungles of the southern hemisphere and whose only form of entertainment was drinking, was also able to name all the members of a group for the first time, and was forced to know the so-called support color, group soul , Responsibility... These terms are completely different from the painting style of this base.

The starlet that Instructor Song likes is indeed the most eye-catching in that group, his eyes are so bright that they seem to glow in every photo.When Shaozhou passed by Instructor Song's computer, he glanced unconsciously, and saw the boy with half-long hair dancing and turning his head in the video, with a proud expression in his movements, and the spirit of a teenager leaking from the corners of his brows and eyes.

"Our Ning Bao is the cutest cat family I've ever seen." Instructor Song said intoxicated while holding the computer.

Shao Zhou: "..."

What kind of cats have you seen, all you see here are bears.

After two years of being poisoned by instructor Song's pink uncle heart, Shaozhou was once used to the life of a groupie by his side. After all, in this jungle base more than 100 kilometers away from the nearest town, only this uncle can Talk to them about something new besides how to beat the recruits and when to go clubbing again.

It only occasionally causes a little dispute. The base is a place where male hormones gather. In their eyes, a neutral and beautiful appearance like a little star is almost equal to a woman. They will inevitably say some dirty words. In the past two years, Instructor Song has not known how to get along with him. How many times have colleagues fought.

"Although this place is supposed to do things when it doesn't agree with each other." Shao Zhou idly rolled his cigarette butts, "But you are always working for that little star..."

Seeing the expression on Instructor Song's face, he paused and changed his words, "Fighting next door for your own sake, isn't it nice to say it?"

In fact, he just didn't want to help the bruised and swollen Instructor Song with medicine anymore like a coolie.

"What do you know?" Instructor Song showed a look of being insulted by ordinary people, "We, Ning Bao, are super idols. You five big and three rough old men pick your feet every day. Why do you desecrate such a beautiful existence?"

Shao Zhou: "...Oh."

He looked at Instructor Song, who was a head taller than him, and thought about getting up and leaving.

"Hey, when will you be on vacation?" Instructor Song shook the bottle, his slender eyes showed a flamboyant light, "I really want to go back to China to watch our group's concert..."

"..." Shao Zhou threw the cigarette butt into the trash can, got up and left.

【5】

After giving the last few pieces of cash on his body to Chen Lu, Lin Zining didn't have any money in his pocket except for a bus card.

"Can't you get a job?" he asked coldly.

"I'm not looking for it." Chen Lu counted the money and put it in his pocket, then asked suddenly, "When are you leaving?"

Lin Zining was quiet for a while: "I'll go in the afternoon."

"Come on." Chen Lu patted him casually, "Become a big star early, and your brother can live a good life."

His appearance was really disturbing, Lin Zining waved his hand away, turned and left.

In fact, his feelings were very complicated, and he didn't quite understand why Chen Lu gradually became like this, but when he thought of the way his younger brother looked at him, he felt helpless.

The throbbing he felt when he was a teenager, and his fondness for Chen Lu at that time a long time ago, have all passed away in secret.

Lin Zining took only two changes of clothes and went out empty-handed. After three bus transfers, he arrived at the Dongxing office building in the new urban area.

The world around him seemed to be different in an instant. There were no crowded fruit stands on the side of the road and the roads dripping with sewage all day long. All the young people in fashionable clothes walked by, each of them had a delicate face and a proud expression.

But when Alian appeared on the first floor and walked towards him, seeing the astonishing eyes of the assistant next to him, Lin Zining understood that all the people here were not as good-looking as him.

Maybe here is his chance.he thinks.

But the reality is not as smooth as Lin Zining imagined.

Being spotted by Dongxing's gold medal manager does not mean that they can make their debut immediately. Before becoming a glamorous star, most people need a long learning period.

In Dongxing, this period is embodied in the company's trainee system.

Alian personally arranged accommodation for Lin Zining and issued a company pass. Compared with other newcomers, Alian has taken extra care of him. Therefore, on his first day, most of the trainees received the "Here comes a very promising person." Newcomer" news.

In fact, this is nothing special to Lin Zining. What awaits him in the future is still intensive study and practice, because his talent is better than ordinary people, and because there are still people in his family who need to take care of him, he needs to do more than any newcomer here. better.

Before he can become a big star, he needs to win the one-in-a-million debut opportunity.

When Lin Zining first arrived in Dongxing, he had a natural resistance to the people around him. In his opinion, these people were just passers-by who appeared around him for a short time during this period. In the world, they are not the same kind of people.

So over time, he naturally became the lone ranger among this group of trainees.

"Why is that Lin Zining so proud?"

He faintly heard someone mention his name.

"Alian brought it here in person, but it's just a process, can you not be arrogant." The speaker's tone was disdainful, but he didn't hide his jealousy.

Lin Zining stopped in his tracks, wanting to hear what the other party would say.

"But he is really good-looking." Another person said, "He is born with an advantage over us."

Immediately, some people were unconvinced: "What's the big deal? If I can find a plastic surgeon as good as him, I will look better than him."

Lin Zining was amused and couldn't help but said, "Then should I introduce you?"