Traitor

However, ruin was only the beginning.The public really likes the phrase "the wall falls and everyone pushes it", and life is always so boring, it's just a dream to think that Liu Hengche's play will end with him bowing down!

Since the end of the press conference, the topics in the entertainment industry that have lasted for a month have all revolved around the drug-related case of former artist Liu XX. Newspapers, magazines, the Internet, TV stations... Various forms of media communication have poured in, and the seniors feel regretful. , The younger generation is alert, the master makes comments, and even psychologists have to intervene a few times.Liu Hengche's resignation has created a gluttonous feast for the two industries of entertainment and media, which is spectacular and spectacular!

Liu Hengche, who was at the center of the storm, neither responded nor cared about responding.Of course, in TV dramas, such an unlucky male lead should hide somewhere, drink away his sorrows, and be unhappy. Unfortunately, Liu Hengche doesn't even have the capital to do so.The contract with Xinliying was signed six years ago. If Party B does something illegal and causes a major impact on Party A's image and direct economic losses, Party B must compensate Party A for twice the amount of direct losses.

Liu Hengche was involved in the drug incident, and lost two TV series and three commercials. Fortunately, two fifths of them have not signed a contract, two fifths have only paid a deposit, and the remaining one commercial is even worse, not only has it been produced, The final payment has also been fully allocated, plus the expenses spent on training and packaging Liu Hengche for many years, calculated in sevens and eights, Liu Hengche lost his job, and Xinliying still needs to pay more than 270 million in compensation.

Whether it's good to be intimate or pretend to be polite when they meet each other on weekdays, they all turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone, with contempt written on their smiling faces, and graceful gestures to hand over the notice of disposition, the contract in black and white, Liu Hengche consulted a lawyer But, no win.

You can't win, you can only lose!

Over the years, Liu Hengche has been half popular and not black, and he can make some money. After all, the company is taking the big money. It is also because he has investment acumen, and he doesn't like whoring and gambling. Part of the remuneration is invested in real estate, part of it is for financial management, and part of it In the catering business with friends in the circle, after all, you can still spend some capital.Liu Hengche sold the house, took over the funds, transferred the cooperation shares at a low price, and entrusted others to resell the branded backpacks, clothes, skin care products, and watches sponsored by advertisers in the past. In one month, he collected a total of nearly 1000 million. Adding, subtracting, and subtracting, there is still a shortfall of 230 million.

At this time, it can be seen that the human relationship is warm and cold.Liu Hengche knew early on that "the icing on the cake is easy, but it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow". Now the so-called friends in the entertainment circle are too late to avoid him, and even his business shares have to be swallowed at a low price, let alone borrowing money for emergency?

At this time, he had nothing to sell, and his property was empty, so it was inevitable that he would rack his brains and think about it. He would stop and watch any profitable advertisements he saw on the road.However, those media still refused to let him go, and took pictures of him with unkempt hair and face, frowning and thinking, and posted them on the front page, with a still photo of him in the past attached to the side. A poor and poor beggar", trying his best to ridicule.

But things in the world are often strange because when you thought you were going to despair, there was a turning point where you didn't remember!

Rich and acquainted entertainers were unwilling to lend Liu Hengche one yuan or fifty cents, but those people whom Liu Hengche hardly remembered usually sent warm charcoal over after reading the report.A young mother whom Liu Hengche could not remember for a long time sent 3 yuan, saying that Liu Hengche had saved his mother and child. Liu Hengche thought for a long time before remembering where a few years ago when he was filming, there was a woman with a big belly who was about to give birth. He couldn't get a taxi, so he just sat in the middle of the road. His car couldn't pass and he took advantage of the artist's image to take a ride. Another employee secretly gave him [-], saying that when he had a stomachache, Liu Hengche once I bought hot tea and stomach medicine as a gift.

It's all very small and trivial things, and most of them are not intentional by Liu Hengche, or it's just a coincidence, or it's a little selfish to maintain his public image and win over the public, but people still remember such insignificant things, Once they saw him swimming in the shallows, they all came to help him.Inexplicably, I made up more than [-] yuan, after all, it was still a big shortfall!

Sister Ping also sent 50 yuan for emergency relief. Liu Hengche knew that her elders were sick and the burden was heavy, so she only received 20 yuan. Xiao Yang secretly gave Liu Hengche [-] yuan. Liu Hengche wanted to write an IOU , he shook his head like a rattle, and fled quickly.The most bizarre is Liu Hengche's fan forum!After the accident, Liu Hengche expected that there would be a lot of scolding there, so he didn't visit it again.One day I sat down by chance, opened the page, and found that most of the forums were indeed closed, and the fan IDs were almost deleted, but there was still a small chat area with five people.He thought it was full of words scolding him, but when he clicked in, he found that the five were helping him raise money.

They are all just students or kids who just work, and they can't earn much a month. They rely on part-time jobs to save money. Five people actually helped Liu Hengche raise more than 6 yuan. I'm really Liu Hengche's brainless fan, and I still have to send a representative to Liu Hengche and say to his face: "We believe in you and hope you can survive!"

Liu Hengche couldn't tell what he was thinking at the time, he just felt as if in this arctic ocean, the sky was so cold, the water was so cold, he was almost drowning, but he still felt that he would climb ashore one day.

That afternoon, a phone call came from home asking him to go back.Since Liu Hengche's accident, he has never dared to disturb the family except to ask about his parents' safety. First, he doesn't want to worry the elders; Facing his younger brother.

Liu Hengche thought and thought, and finally went to Linshan Road to buy his mother's favorite walnut cake and obediently carried it home.It was only when he arrived at the door that he realized that the degree of harassment at home was beyond his imagination. The glass windows on the back street were smashed, and the doors, corridors, and spray paint were covered with abusive words.His mother came to pick him up calmly, saw him frowning and staring at the "traces" at the door, and laughed at him: "What are you looking at, when you were young, you used chalk to scribble everywhere. Uncle Zhang next door said you two In other words, you're still drawing a bastard on someone's door!" Liu Hengche was stunned for a while, and he didn't even remember that he had such a naughty time.

Liu Hengche was somewhat relieved that Liu Hengpei went to work at the university and was not at home, but what his mother said next surprised him. It was not his mother but his father who wanted to see him.

The father he hadn't seen in six years!

Liu Hengche went to look for his father on the balcony. Under the warm afternoon sun, his father, a retired university professor, was carefully pruning the camellias he planted one by one.The camellia was just about to bloom, but because of the high temperature and strong sunlight, it was withered and blackened before it took shape, so it had to be cut off.

Liu Hengche didn't know what his father wanted to do with him, and he remembered the quarrel between each other back then, so he just stood quietly.But his father didn't seem to know that he was coming, and he just kept playing with his flowers. He didn't put down the scissors until the last potted flower was trimmed, and said casually: "There is a passbook of 80 yuan on the table. Take it here." Bar."

Before Liu Hengche could react, his father had already stood up.Although he is nearly sixty years old, the old man still has the spirit of a middle-aged man. The brothers of the Liu family inherited his height. The 1.8-meter old man looked at his son and said, "That was originally prepared for you as a wife. You can spend it however you like." How to spend it. Also, look up, my son Liu Yuanxi will not admit to death if he has not done anything!"

Liu Hengche was so shocked that he only had time to shout: "Dad".

The old man waved his hand and asked him, "What are you going to do next?"

"First settle the debt to Xinliying, then find a job and pay back the money."

"What job are you looking for?"

Liu Hengche was silent for a long time, this was also a question he had been thinking about.What kind of ideals and firm beliefs did he have at the beginning, even at the expense of giving up his bright future, breaking up with his father, and being insulted by his younger brother to enter this circle, but now he is kicked out without knowing it. Want to keep struggling?Also... is there any chance for him to struggle?

"Let's find an ordinary job first. I have no work experience, but I still have a college degree. I have to pay back the money I owe to others first."

The old man nodded: "It's okay to pay back the money at work, and get up wherever you fall."

"dad?"

"If you cut off the broken branches, new shoots will come out. Don't you think these six years of hard work will be in vain?" The old man put his hands behind his back, "The next time you enter this house, it is best when you are successful and famous! Now, take the passbook and give it to me." I'm getting out."

In the end, the compensation for Xinliying was 230 million, the family gave 80, Sister Ping borrowed 20, movie fans collected 30, Xiao Yang 100, and others who had no intention of helping in the past collected more than [-]. The difference is almost [-] million.Liu Hengche's credit was bankrupt, and the bank refused to lend, so there was really no other way.Seeing that the deadline for compensation was coming, he even thought of borrowing usury.However, that morning, before he was about to go out to borrow money, someone rang the doorbell of the house he temporarily rented. Liu Hengche opened the door and saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face.

"I heard from Xiao Yang that you are still short of 100 million." Zhou Yuanzhi was dusty, and he didn't even care to wipe the sweat off his face. He carefully took out a book from the tattered bag he had been holding tightly in his arms, and pulled out the folder inside. A check: "I'll lend it to you."