China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 602 Many years ago, you and I were simple teenagers~

Beijing, Starry Artists Dormitory

Anze got up in the morning, made himself some breakfast, and then hurried downstairs with his bag.

Downstairs is a second-hand Jetta that he bought by himself. As a newcomer, he has not started to take on the show. He has not yet had an assistant, let alone a driver, so he can only support himself.

After driving for half an hour, Anze came to a martial arts training institution, greeted the coach and students, and began to warm up.

After these newcomers joined Fanxing, due to their lack of foundation, the company did not let them start acting directly, but began to charge for half a year.

For example, Di Li Rouba, because she is a student at the theater school, so she returned to the theater class, and the company also arranged private etiquette and acting courses for her.

Needless to say about acting skills, etiquette is also a must-have training for every star newcomer.

In particular, most of them are amateurs and group performers, especially the latter, who unconsciously develop some loose habits, and their posture is sometimes prone to submissiveness, which is very undesirable for artists.

Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate their self-confidence in manners and get rid of those bad habits. In addition, it can be regarded as an entry test for further screening.

If the performance is good, the company will increase the training, and the standard will also give resources. If the performance is not good, then there is no need to waste too many resources.

The same is true for others, in addition to etiquette and acting, there are miscellaneous lessons.

Due to his tough looks, Anze himself is still very popular in the entertainment circle nowadays. For example, Huang Xiaoming is actually following this route, and Cao Xuan is also half of them.

Therefore, the company arranged martial arts and fitness courses for him, and later thought about finding two works with fighting scenes for him to test the waters.

After warming up, Anze followed the coach to practice steadily.

Different from the other newcomers, there are two or three newcomers who are a little bit critical of the half-year training. After all, they think that joining Fanxing can take over the show and become famous along the way.

As a result, it is now directly thrown into the major training classes and stayed for half a year, and the gap in my heart is relatively large.

But Anze thinks that the more Fanxing is not in a hurry to cash out their newcomers, but spends money to recharge them, which is a sign of importance.

Sharpening knives does not mistake woodworking!
Anze knew the strength of the newcomers, except for Sun Yanyan, who was good at acting, the others were half-baked, even comparable to those freshly graduated Chinese opera students from Nortel.

If such ability is not honed, they will not be able to grasp the opportunity.

Therefore, Anze is one of the few newcomers who has no objection to the company's arrangements, but instead works hard to enrich himself.

There are so many skills that don't weigh you down, not to mention the company pays for training, Anze likes the benefits of such free prostitution.

As for income, Fanxing includes accommodation and a guaranteed minimum salary every month. Life is not good, but life is basically nothing to worry about.

Besides, it's not that they have no work at all, and they can still receive small announcements occasionally.

Especially Sun Yanyan and Di Lirouba, who are already somewhat famous, some announcement fees are quite considerable, and they can even get in touch with some good variety show resources.

An Ze and Sun Yanyan have a good relationship, and I heard from the other party that he participated in a variety show interview on Penguin Star, and he directly took 5 yuan for the announcement fee.

Of course, the contract for newcomers starts in August and 80th, and the company takes 1% of the money, but they still have [-] yuan in their hands.

For Sun Yanyan, who had to borrow money to take a taxi, it was not a huge sum, but it was still very considerable.

In fact, the company has been suppressing Sun Yanyan, otherwise, with her name of "Underwater Girl" and millions of fans on Weibo, all kinds of miscellaneous jobs can make hundreds of thousands of dollars, at least.

The main reason is that she has a good image and a good temperament, like Sister Feng, but there are not so many jobs she can take on.

With such suppression, the income will definitely be greatly reduced, but its word-of-mouth image is well maintained.

Being an Internet celebrity these days is not a good thing for an actor, and Sun Yanyan is popular again, and the tree is very popular. As long as there are stars and resources, there is enough confidence to fight steadily.

No matter what, that conversation made Anze very excited.

He is from a small town in Jin Province, and he has a better rural household registration than Cao Xuan, but the benefits are limited.

My father works as a construction worker on a construction site, my mother works as a streamline in a shoe factory, and there is a younger brother who is also not suitable for studying, or even worse than him. At least he has attended a private college. He dropped out of junior high school. Now he has a haircut for a month Hundreds of dollars fooling around.

Anze really wanted to change his family's situation. Before, he could only rely on fantasies. Now that he has the opportunity to change his destiny, he naturally has to grasp it firmly and not let it go.

Thinking of this, An Ze, who was tired and sweating profusely, picked up the spear in his hand and practiced the routine.

The agent has already told him, because he performed well among the few newcomers, the company is quite satisfied and intends to train him.

After the Spring Festival, the agent will help him pay attention to the script. If there is a suitable role, he may be able to enter the group in advance.

Anze knows the route arranged for him by the company. He dare not relax in martial arts and fitness. These two items are likely to become his foundation in the short term.

A long spear was dancing lively, and the trainees who were training with him suddenly shouted.

"Anze, Anze, the phone is ringing."

Anze stopped his movements, wiped his sweat and turned to go into the dressing room next to him. Sure enough, there was a mobile phone ringing in the locker.

Opening the cabinet, inside was the Nokia C5-03 he had just bought. It was a new model that cost over a thousand dollars. It could take pictures, surf the Internet, and most importantly, WeChat.

In January 2011, Penguin officially launched WeChat, which began to compete with China Mobile's Fetion.

And Cao Xuan is the spokesperson of WeChat.

This is also the first endorsement of Cao Xuan after the official announcement in 2008 as the spokesperson of Rolex in Asia.

Compared with previous years, Cao Xuan's current endorsements are really pitiful.

Samsung's endorsement expired at the end of 2008, and Samsung was going to offer a sky-high price to renew the contract, but Cao Xuan didn't accept it.

It was not because of a certain eldest princess, but because Cao Xuan had consciously given up endorsement at that time.

Not only Samsung, but Cao Xuan did not renew after the M-Zone of BMW and China Mobile expired.

At that time, Cao Xuan became popular all over the world and approached many international endorsements, but in the end, Cao Xuan only accepted one Rolex, which offered a sky-high price.

Strictly speaking, Cao Xuan only has Pepsi, Septwolves and Rolex as endorsements.

Among them, the seven wolves are regarded as shareholders + bosses + lifelong spokespersons, and cannot be completely regarded as commercial endorsements.

In fact, Cao Xuan mentioned that Pepsi would not renew when it expired, but Pepsi was afraid that Cao Xuan would be taken down by Coca-Cola, so he would not let go. In addition, the cooperation between the two companies was good, and Cao Xuan did not want to do too much.

Therefore, a 1+1 contract was made, that is, one signing per year, and the two parties agreed that when Cao Xuan quit the music scene, the contract would be officially terminated.

Rolex is similar, signed a 5-year contract, which will end in 2013, and there is a high probability that it will not be renewed later.

The reason why Cao Xuan chose to give up the endorsement is not complicated.

The first is that he is about to quit the music industry. If he has too many endorsements on his back, there will be a lot of interference.

Second, he is not short of money now, he is terrified by the changes in assets every year, and has little interest in endorsement income.

Thirdly, Cao Xuan used to choose big brands to endorse. In fact, apart from money, he was more concerned about the promotion ability of those brands, which could help him improve his reputation. Now that he is famous all over the world, there is not much demand for this aspect.

Since Cao Xuan didn't care much about the benefits of endorsement, on the contrary, he was worried about his personal image being affected by the company or its products.

The risk outweighs the benefit, so Cao Xuan's choice is not difficult to understand.

The WeChat endorsement this time is not actually a commercial endorsement, but rather a promotional ambassador.

Cao Xuan received a symbolic 1 million yuan from Penguin to help Penguin promote WeChat domestically and internationally. When the momentum picks up, he will retire.

It is worth mentioning that the cartoonish back of Cao Xuan was chosen for the photo of the earth when we started WeChat.

Cao Xuan also shot an advertisement for this, standing on the moon and looking at the earth, and using WeChat to communicate with himself all over the world, and finally evolved into the classic photo of WeChat booting up.

Driven by the popularity of Cao Xuan and the terror of Penguin, WeChat is rising at an alarming rate.

Under the influence of Cao Xuan, a large number of Fanxing employees started using WeChat, and so did Anze.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t need it, Cao Xuan has created a WeChat group for artists, all the artists in the company are there, and he still makes a fuss from time to time.

Anze didn't dare to be a prick at this time, so he spent money to buy a smartphone.

In addition to being able to play on WeChat, he can also log on to Weibo, read novels, and listen to music. It is much easier to use than his previous push-button phone. Although he feels sorry for the money, it is still worth it overall.

After connecting to the phone, his younger brother An Yuan yelled: "Brother, you are on the trending list, you are popular."

"???"

Anze was in a daze. If he got angry, it would be impossible for his younger brother to inform him. Fanxing's agency department is much more sensitive than the outside world.

"Don't worry, speak slowly."

Anze calmed down and asked his younger brother to speak slowly, only then did he understand what was going on.

Cao Xuan's new album was released on January 1st, and the MVs of several new songs were also released one after another, including "You Were a Boy" starring An Ze.

This is not an issue in Fanxing, and Cao Xuan's various statistics are the priority.

But for An Yuan, putting the new song aside, he must be very excited to see his brother in the MV.

"I told my daughter-in-law that you are my brother, but she still doesn't believe it. You can watch a video for me tonight, and I'll let her watch it too."

An Yuan was particularly shy, and he had already thought about showing off to all his friends, and even wished that An Ze would come back for the Chinese New Year, so that he could show off more weight.

"No, when did you talk about your girlfriend?"

An Ze grasped the key point keenly, An Yuan said nonchalantly: "It's just chatting on the Internet, just shake the WeChat you told me, it's just been a few days."

An Yuan is just seventeen this year, and he is not busy at work. Every day after work, he either hangs out in Internet cafes or chats with netizens about sex. His friends have changed twice a year.

"be careful."

Anze felt a little ashamed when he thought about being a bachelor at the age of 25, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only ask his younger brother to pay attention.

But in his heart, he planned to turn around and get out, quickly get his younger brother to the capital to find a serious job, and if he continued to play like this, he might be useless.

After hanging up the phone, Anze remembered the hot search that his younger brother said, and felt a little itchy in his heart. He talked to the coach, took an hour's lunch break in advance, drove to find an Internet cafe, and swiped his card to turn on the phone.

Opened Weibo, before reaching the trending search, he was dazzled by the overwhelming notifications from the background.

As company artists, they have all opened accounts, some are new ones, and some are using old accounts.

However, the latter has been reviewed by the company. If there are any inappropriate comments in the previous Weibo, all the comments will be deleted and a warning will be issued depending on the situation. The company will take measures next time.

The accounts of the few of them are not too sensitive. At most, they will post some small complaints, complain about a certain celebrity artist or director, or express their opinions on a certain current event.

There must be something inappropriate, but it is not off the line. In the current microblog environment, it doesn't matter whether you delete it or not.

However, Fanxing was deleted to prevent people from looking back on old accounts, after all, there are many people who have stumbled because of this matter.

They were lucky. It is said that there was a signed singer who made extremely inappropriate remarks about something, which directly touched the bottom line of the company.

All star artists will repeatedly hear warnings and pointers from managers and staff before engaging with social media.

That is to share more about daily life, and less mixing with other things, especially those related to politics, and don't feel like you have two or two oils in your stomach and just go crazy.

Anze's account is an old account. He didn't post much on Weibo before, mainly because he was miserable and embarrassed to post.

After being reviewed by Fanxing, he was officially certified by Penguin Weibo, but he didn't have many fans. Anze vaguely remembered that he had about 121 fans, and more than 90% of them were advertisements or friendship.

However, looking at it again today, there are already 6.7 Weibo fans, and there are a lot of private messages and comments, which dazzled him.

No need to think about it, Anze understood what was going on, it must be the Cao Xuan MV drainage.

Click on the trending search, and it turns out that this is indeed the case. The MV "You Were a Boy" starring him ranked No. 11 on the trending search list.

Anze clicked on the video. Although he was the leading actor, the script he got was very fragmented. He could only roughly know what the story was, but he didn't know the finished product. He had never heard the song "You Were a Boy".

"Sometimes you miss the old days

But when naive left, you didn't say a word
You just wave your hand like throwing away waste paper
Said to be a must in life
......"

At the very beginning of the MV, it was Cao Xuan recording a song in the recording studio. After the first prelude, it was Anze's turn to appear.

There is a flashback in the front, and the speed is very fast. He is wearing a school uniform and studying in the classroom, preparing for the college entrance examination, entering the university, studying for four years, and finally graduating.

Anze was wearing a bachelor's uniform, hugged his classmates and laughed heartily at the school gate, threw his student hat high, and left the school gate in high spirits.

In the next shot, he walked into the company confidently in a suit and leather shoes, and was unceremoniously handed a stack of documents and ordered him to run errands.

After that, there was a series of hard working life.

On a sunny day, I ran business under the scorching sun, stuffed a mouthful of bread at noon, and then hurried on the phone on the road.

At the company meeting, the department manager pointed at his nose and scolded him, and the pen in his hand was almost crushed, but he didn't dare to say anything.

In the hotel box, with a smiling face, under the coaxing of customers, he kept pouring wine into his stomach, drank until he vomited in the toilet, and then drank with a smiling face after vomiting.

"Drinking to seven points but feeling lost
Seeing the end of life in the mirror

Maybe in a few years you'll have a hypocritical face

Is this why we came into this world?

I can't think of this

Every day for a year is always in a hurry
......"

Working day after day, the man gradually matures, and the sun is shining, at least he can take a taxi.

It is also remarkable in front of the leaders, and even became a person who reprimands others in front of everyone.

Although entertainment is unavoidable, at least the customer will not be at a loss when talking, his face will be flushed, but he will not drink and vomit.

But is this what he once wanted?

At night, Anze in the MV is walking on the bridge, looking at the busy traffic below and the bustling high-rise buildings in the distance, his eyes are confused.

"You and I come from small towns and villages in southern Hunan, northern Sichuan, northern Guangdong, western Hebei, eastern Yunnan, central Gansu
who swore to be great

However, one day in the middle of the night in Shencheng, Guangzhou City, the magic capital of the capital, he suddenly woke up and stood on a lonely balcony.

I just want to escape from this boundless loneliness

......"

Looking at "myself" in the camera, Anze couldn't help being infected.

At the age of 21, he graduated from college and went north to become Jingpiao. He wanted to learn from his idol Cao Xuan and aspired to become the next superstar in ensemble performances.

Even now, with a turning point in his career, he doesn't think about becoming famous and famous.

Instead, he thought about earning more money, buying a house in the capital, opening a small supermarket for his parents, avoiding fatigue, finding a job for his younger brother, marrying a wife and having children, and living a peaceful life.

It is said that a man is a teenager until he dies, but in many cases, this is just a beautiful saying.

99% of people will be forced to choose maturity at a certain moment after adulthood, transforming from a teenager into a man, becoming the self that they don't want to be, and at that moment, their dreams will be shattered.

"Many years ago, I was a simple boy

When you fall in love with someone, don't be afraid to sacrifice your life

Believe that love will last forever, believe every stranger
When I first met the world, when I was a boy
......"

After singing the song, Anze couldn't help raising his head, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

He had heard "Someone Like Me" and was deeply moved, and this song gave him the same feeling, even more emotionally than "Someone Like Me".

The theme of "Someone Like Me" is cognition, which cruelly makes you admit and understand that you are an ordinary person.

And "You Were a Boy" is more like nostalgia, nostalgia for the original self, and bid farewell to the original self.

After several years of group acting life, Anze has long understood his own weight. On the contrary, "You were a boy", the high spirits of the past and the helplessness of reality in the lyrics made him sigh.

Glancing at Weibo, Aite's own Weibo name was on it, and he understood why he had so many fans.

After thinking for a while, Anze reposted this Weibo, supplemented with an accompanying text.

[This is the first time I heard this song, I am very touched, and I am honored to be the leading actor in the MV. We were teenagers, I hope I can still be the person I want to be the most @曹轩]

Half an hour later, Cao Xuan personally replied on his Weibo.

[Come on, boy! 】

　Sorry, I forgot to turn on the timer

　　
　
(End of this chapter)