cannon fodder queen

Chapter 34 The entertainment industry is a battlefield where you will retreat if you don’t fight, the war is far from over (2)
As an investor, Zhuo Hao also attended the celebration banquet, but the difference was that this time he appeared alone.After Zhou Tingting's incident, Zhuo Hao kept a low profile, almost no longer appearing in public with Xu Jingying at the same time. Ah Mo guessed that it was Zhuo's elders who put him under a lot of pressure. "My uncle cheated on my nephew's girlfriend, it's a big scandal!"

When Ah Mo said this, Zhuo Hao had already stepped onto the red carpet, and the crackling lights and fans' shouts around him were no less than Lu Qi's.I stood on the stage, with a sweet smile on my face, watching Zhuo Hao in blue clothes and white trousers on the red carpet coming in a graceful manner, and the feeling in my heart was like that of Bibi Douwei in "Harry Potter", it was still special Especially sour plum flavor.

Zhuo Hao walked on the stage after walking the red carpet, and stood beside me under the guidance of the host.

"Mr. Zhuo and Xia Wei, please stand closer?" A photographer shouted in the audience, "Xia Wei leaned closer to Mr. Zhuo and smiled sweeter!" Almost always on such occasions, I would be asked to take pictures next to the leading actor director or investors, but I was extremely embarrassed, and my smile was a little stiff when I leaned over to Zhuo Hao.

"Sorry." I lowered my voice and said to Zhuo Hao.

Zhuo Hao faced the camera without changing his smile, moved his lips slightly and said lightly: "It's just for publicity, don't be sorry." I was a little inexplicably depressed, but I could only pretend to have a bright smile in front of the camera.

"Oh, Mr. Zhuo and Xia Wei are a good match, they are talented and beautiful!" A reporter made a joke without knowing what the intention was, but fortunately the director changed the topic away: "Hey, don't say that, our Chen Jiahe is standing by the side, why did you assign Su Huazheng to someone else?" These words worked well, everyone on and off the stage smiled heartily, and stopped trying to create a hot spot between me and Young Master Zhuo.

After being devastated by the flashing lights for a few minutes, the press conference began, and several main creative personnel took their seats.After a few opening remarks, it was time for reporters to ask questions. The reporter who was trying to create a hot spot between me and Zhuo Hao first asked me: "Did the movie's box office be so high this time, was it expected in advance?"

"This is not true. Originally, my expectation in my heart was to break through 3.6 million. I didn't expect it to reach [-] million. This is thanks to the excellent performances of our leading actors, the cooperation of the staff, and the ingenuity of the original author. Oh , of course, as well as Zhuo Shao's smart eye investment." The director's answer was very official.

"Then who do you think is the best actor in this movie? Lu Qi or Xia Wei?" The reporter asked again.

The director thought for a while: "It should be Xia Wei. Lu Qi's acting skills have been recognized before, but it is Xia Wei, because she is a newcomer. Although I thought she was very talented during the audition before, but she is really filming. It was still a little bit of a surprise.”

So the reporter threw the topic to me: "After the film was released, it received great praise. Many fans love the combination of Xia Wei and Lu Qi, but why didn't they cooperate after this film? The relationship between the two Is there something wrong?"

This issue has always been speculated by the outside world. After all, the image of this on-screen couple we have created is very successful, and most companies will be happy to use this shareholder style to make us both appear popular.Ah Mo predicted it early in the morning, and we have already drawn up an official statement, so I calmly replied: "Of course not. The main reason is that we haven't encountered any works suitable for cooperation. Lu Qi and I are very good partners at work. , is also a very good friend in private, but work matters still have to be arranged by the company."

"If there is a chance to cooperate, will we cooperate again? For example, "I'm Waiting for You 2"?"

"If the director has this plan, he also intends to use the two of us again. If the schedule allows, I will definitely shoot. After all, the director is my bole, so I want to repay the favor!" I smiled and answered impeccably.The reporter didn't seem to be able to find any openings, so he handed the microphone to the next person.

The reporter took the microphone and asked, "Is Zhuo Shao and Xia Wei still satisfied with her performance?"

Zhuo Hao took the microphone: "I'm a businessman and I don't want to perform. Since the director is satisfied, of course I am also satisfied. Besides, there is still a box office of 3.6 million. If I say that I am not satisfied, you will probably say that I am too harsh. Bar!"

The reporter in the audience laughed, and the reporter continued to ask me: "I heard that Xia Wei broke her foot while filming in Shangri-La? What's going on? There doesn't seem to be any dangerous moves in this movie!"

I nodded: "Yeah, that's because I was careless. I couldn't sleep at night and wanted to go downstairs to watch the night. I didn't expect the stairs to be slippery, so I stepped on the air. At that time, the big yellow dog in the inn was woken up crazily by me. Shouting, shouting the whole inn to see how ugly I fell on my back, I feel so ashamed!"

In my opinion, I have practiced these words before, and when I said them, I made a little fuss, and the effect was really good. The reporters in the audience all laughed, obviously very pleased with my way.

But when he asked me this question, I suddenly remembered that night when I broke my foot and was sent to the hospital, Zhuo Hao peeled the apple for me while sitting by the hospital bed.That seemed to be the most intimate moment between me and him. He just sat quietly by my hospital bed and carefully peeled an apple for me. He even patted my head with his hand, half jokingly. Half-seriously told me that he would mind my kiss scene with Lu Qi.

Everything is going very well in line with the development of a romance novel, isn't everything heading towards the happy ending of "the prince and Cinderella live happily ever after"?Why is the beautiful fairy tale broken, there is not even an evil witch, at least there must be a plot where the heroine's mother comes out to express objection or throws the check in the heroine's face and asks her to leave, isn't it?

It's a pity that these vulgar plots are based on the hero's love for the heroine.But Zhuo Hao doesn't love me, he said that he will have someone he loves, but it definitely won't be me.Everything is just my wishful thinking and my unrequited love. It is not a story about Cinderella and the prince at all.

A Mo is right, Cinderella still has the good quality of being rich and not being promiscuous, and I, Lin Xiawei, have nothing.

I looked at Zhuo Hao who was beside me, he was sitting there with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be unresponsive.Next, the reporters didn't make things difficult for me. After all, the news about Lu Qi and Ye Fei was the latest breaking point, and I was innocent. Therefore, the reporters only asked me a few questions about the movie and began to specialize in it. Lu Qi and Ye Fei are gone.

I was happy and relaxed, sitting on the side watching Lu Qi and Ye Fei show off their sweetness in front of the reporters, watching Ye Fei laughing and shouting "Senior brother save me" frequently, Lu Qi's various princely performances and the excitement of fans in the audience Screaming, I just feel that all this is extremely hypocritical.

After the press conference, there was a celebration party.The party is considered private, not only our leading actors, but also some other artists in the circle, even Zhao Zi, the first sister of China Entertainment, came.

Zhao Zi is the first sister of China Entertainment, one of the four major actresses in the film industry, and her network and influence are higher than Zhou Tingting. Mo said that this is a good time for me to build a good relationship with the first sister, and we must perform well to impress her. I am deeply impressed, maybe I can be recommended to play a supporting role in some big-budget movie. After all, although the company plans to support me now, it is still very dangerous for me to have no backing, so I am also extra cautious.

"This is Lin Xiawei, right? I've seen your performance on 'Blossoms and Branches', and it's very good." Under Ah Mo's introduction, Zhao Zi greeted me first.Zhao Zi was born to eat movies, his face is the size of a palm, and his facial features are exquisite and majestic.Although Ah Mo once told me that he suspected that Zhao Zi must be over 35 years old, but if this is true, I really admire Zhao Zi. After all, a woman who is over 50 years old can still maintain her current beauty. It is also really rare.

"Yes," I nodded quickly, accepting the senior's praise, "I remember that sister Ann, you were also one of the judges, and you gave me a very high score. Thank you, Miss Ann."

Zhao Zi smiled "haha" and said, "It's because you dance really well. By the way," she turned her head and said to her agent, "The script that Director Lin sent over a few days ago did not have a ballerina in it." Can you recommend Xia Wei to Director Lin to give it a try?" This made Ah Mo thank you again and again, and after Zhao Zi left, he pulled me into a corner: "Look what I said! If If you can be in Director Lin's play, then you will go international directly, Xia Wei, take advantage of this opportunity and perform well at night."

I said how can I behave well, if Zhao Zi is a man, I can probably sacrifice my looks to let him eat some tofu, but she is a real straight daughter, and I am also very embarrassed that my parents did not give me a boy what.Ah Mo gave me a blank look: "Come on, look at your own hue from the beginning to the end, you didn't handle that person before."

I'm upset, is this Mo my manager? Why does he always like to destroy my ambition?I glanced around, and not far away, Zhuo was having a lively conversation with Zhao Zi, and my chest felt even more stuffy, so I ran to the dining table, took a glass of red wine, and leaned against the window to drink it by myself.

The location of this window is ingenious, and it is a good place to observe the audience.While sipping red wine, I looked at the people in the venue.Lu Qi and Ye Fei held hands sweetly throughout the night. Although Xu Jingying did not have Master Zhuo as the flower protector, there were still many bees and butterflies around her. Master Zhuo was chatting happily with Zhao Zi, and there were several fresh Faces were looking at him from time to time, waiting for the best time to strike, even Ah Mo was chatting happily with someone on the other side of the venue.

I'm in a bad mood.What are you doing, I am obviously the heroine of this movie, but my name is ranked first on the poster!Why now, instead, I end up hiding in a corner and spying on others. I should be the protagonist!Hey, look, look, the fresh face in the corner seized the gap and rushed towards the one surnamed Zhuo.Tsk tsk, there must have been a lot of knives on that face.Heh, the one with the surname Zhuo is really not picky. After dumping Xu Jingying, his taste has really gone from bad to worse.

I drank a glass of wine in boredom, and Ah Mo walked over with a well-dressed man.Of course I know this famous person, he is Ah Jo, the lead singer of the most popular Taiwanese rock idol band MD. MD has been in the limelight since his debut ten years ago, Ah Jo is the most popular among them as the lead singer and lyricist.

"Xia Wei, let's get acquainted. Ah Jo, this is Xia Wei." Then she turned to me and said, "Ah Jo saw your performance in the movie and liked it very much. He just told me that he wanted to invite you to be his new girlfriend. The heroine of the title song MV of the album."

This is undoubtedly good news, I was a little surprised.You must know that my idol in student days was also MD, and Ah Jo was once my dream lover. I was a little excited: "Really? That's great! I also love listening to MD's songs. I can sing many of them. I am Where are your fans!"

Ah Jo smiled brightly. Although he is not a handsome guy, he is quite good-looking: "Then I am really honored, and I hope our cooperation can be successful." He raised his glass and motioned to me, and I hurriedly I picked up the glass and touched him, then drank it down—fortunately, there was only a little left in it.

Ah Mo smiled happily: "Then Xia Wei, you can chat with Ah Jo for a while, I'll go over there first." Then he pulled me aside, and whispered: "You should try your best to seize this opportunity, if If you can play this MV, you can open the Taiwan market by the way. Let me tell you, Tianlan Media is also fighting for this opportunity, they are promoting Ye Fei, she is also very popular recently, you have to grasp it!"

I quickly nodded my head like a chicken pecking at rice, thinking that Tianlan Media and I were probably enemies in the previous life, so why are we always entangled in this life.

Ah Jo and I were sitting on the edge of the venue with a glass of red wine each, chatting about things.Although Ah Jo is from Taiwan, but because he debuted for many years and is very popular, he is also very familiar with most of the mainland artists. I don’t need to introduce more. Only occasionally one or two people I don’t know are newcomers. Let me introduce briefly. That's it.But fortunately, the two of us had a good chat. We talked for about 10 minutes and there was no silence. On the contrary, we had a very happy conversation. I vaguely felt that I should be able to complete the task that Mo gave me, so I was in a good mood and smiled. It was as bright as the sun flooding it.

"Ah Jo, you are here." A voice suddenly came from behind, I looked back, it was actually Zhao Zi, and Zhuo Hao, who stood up in fright and called out "Sister Ann", After a second of awkwardness, he called out "Master Zhuo" again.But Zhao Zi's target is not me, but Ah Jo. "Master Zhuo, this is Ah Jo."

"Hello." Ah Jo stood up and extended his hand politely.Zhuo Hao also extended his hand, and the two men shook hands gracefully.Zhao Zi on the side introduced Zhuo Hao courteously: "Ah Jo is the lead singer of MD. I don't know Mr. Zhuo, do you listen to MD's songs?" Zhuo Hao smiled: "I went to study abroad when I was a teenager. I’m really not very familiar with the music industry in China.” These words sound harsh, and there’s no need to be honest in this kind of situation, and if you haven’t heard of this kind of situation, at least you have to say a few words. Zhuo Hao's attitude is really annoying, but the wealthy young master is still different.

I kind of scoffed.Fortunately, Ah Jo didn't seem to take it seriously, but said naturally: "That's right. I heard that Zhuo Shao is the investor in the movie that Xia Wei acted in. Zhuo Shao should be familiar with Xia Wei."

I was taken aback, and quickly shook my head in denial: "No, no, Mr. Zhuo and I are okay, we just know each other!" Just kidding, I am now trying to win the MV heroine of Ah Jo, who knows what he said just now? It's not that I really don't mind, I don't want to lose this opportunity just because he thinks that I know Zhuo Hao very well.

Zhuo Hao nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, Miss Lin and I have very little personal relationship. It should not be as close as the relationship between the two of you."

Ah Jo quickly explained: "Where. Xia Wei and I just met. But we chatted very well and hit it off."

"Really?" Zhuo Hao glanced at me: "Then you guys have a good chat, I'll go over there." Then he left, Zhao Zi had a keen sense of smell, and seemed to have noticed something was wrong, and looked at me suspiciously. Hastily followed up.I felt a little guilty, and pursed my lips silently.That yin and yang monster surnamed Zhuo is so angry, maybe he is jealous?No, no, Lin Xiawei, stop thinking about it, how could he be jealous of you, at most it's the young master's possessiveness, it's not good to feel that the woman who used to be her is now being touched by other men.Tsk, what is it!

I was so engrossed in scolding Zhuo in my heart that I didn't realize that my eyes were following him all the time. "Are you looking at that Young Master Zhuo?" Ah Jo asked me suddenly.I was embarrassed and shook my head quickly: "No, I'm looking at Ah Mo!" Ah Jo nodded, with the original expression: "I thought you knew Mr. Zhuo very well. But I think he doesn't seem to I like me so much, what do you think?"

Hey, I didn't expect this rock guy to be very subtle and self-aware, but of course I won't admit it and say "Yeah, he seems to really hate you, probably because I am a woman he used to adopt And you are having a good time with me right now." He patted him on the shoulder without hesitation to comfort him: "It's nothing, he definitely won't hate you, he's gay!"

Ah Jo was a little surprised, but she was not surprised and didn't say anything.The second time I slandered the person surnamed Zhuo as a homosexual, I felt a bit guilty, so I quickly took a sip of red wine, and when I turned my head to look for Zhuo Hao again, he had already disappeared.

It’s been a while since Zhuo Hao disappeared, and as the heroine of a movie, I always get a lot of attention on this occasion, chatting with that big shot for a while, and then being dragged to get to know that rich businessman, I’m also very busy , Although I try to control my drinking as much as possible after one night, I guess I have already eaten a bottle of red wine.

Although I have been getting better at drinking recently, this amount is too much. I feel a little dizzy and my cheeks are very hot, so I slipped to the lounge on the second floor to have a rest.

There is a lounge on the second floor of the Bauhinia Hall. There is a balcony from the lounge. If you go out, you can see the sky garden on the first floor.Although it was the cold winter season, it was shockingly cold outside, but the heating in the lounge was too high, which made my chest throbbing. I needed some cold air to press, so I put on my coat and went out.

Suddenly there was a slight "da" behind me. I was startled and turned around to see a figure sitting there in the corner, lighting a cigarette with a lighter. The flame was faint, but I could still see the face clearly.

"Why are you here?" I blurted out.

Zhuo Hao lit a cigarette and took a puff: "Look at the stars." His voice was cold, just like a cold winter night.I turned my head to look at the dark clouds in the sky, and suddenly there were three slashes on my forehead, thinking that Master Zhuo's sense of humor has never been in the same dimension as mine. "What about you?" Just as I was slandering him, Young Master Zhuo asked.

"I drank a little too much, so I came out to blow the cold wind to sober up." I answered honestly.

In the darkness, Zhuo Hao seemed to smile slightly: "How is it? It feels good to be famous, right? The clothes are fragrant, the cups are intertwined, and there are countless pursuits and praises."

His voice was cold, and I couldn't tell whether his words were sincere or sarcastic, but I felt uncomfortable after all, so I countered coldly: "It's very good. But thank you, Young Master Zhuo, for your promotion."

(End of this chapter)