number one idol

Chapter 597 An Unexpected Opponent

There are more and more ways to travel now.

As long as you come to the street, whether it is a traditional taxi, an online car-hailing car, or a shared bicycle... there are almost a variety of tricks for you to choose.

Although He Xiao is not out of touch with the society yet, in the past few years, whenever he travels, he must have a special car to pick him up, or drive himself, so whether it is a taxi or an online car-hailing car, he has not taken it for a long time.

It seems to be far from the life of ordinary people.

But this time, He Xiao chose to follow the trend and called an online car-hailing car with his mobile phone.

This thing has been out for two or three years, but He Xiao has never used it much, not because he doesn't want to, but because he really has no chance.

Today, I want to catch up with the trend and experience the most popular way of travel among young people.

I placed an order, and soon someone took the order. From the map navigation on the mobile phone, I can see that it is a neon country brand car. It is a relatively common style in the world of He Xiao. The price is in Around [-] to [-], very fuel-efficient and easy to drive.

The other party was only 1000 meters away from him. He Xiao didn't have to wait long when he saw a black car driving slowly near him and stopped on the side of the road.

After confirming the license plate number, it was correct. He Xiao put on his mask and walked up quickly.

"Hello buddy, are you a customer with tail number 0833?"

"it's me."

After He Xiao got into the car, he chose the back row, and closed the door gently. The driver glanced at him from the rearview mirror. Although he saw him covering himself tightly, he didn't care. He probably wasn't worried. Someone will rob an online car-hailing car in broad daylight, so I greeted him friendly.

"Our destination is Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV stations?"

"Correct."

"Okay, please put on your seat belt, let's go!"

After a simple conversation, the vehicle has started, is very stable, and is very familiar with the route. It can be seen that the driver is a veteran, and there is no such feeling that he cannot drive without more than three years of driving experience.

"Brother, it's not cold today, you cover yourself tightly, aren't you afraid of getting prickly heat?"

After passing a traffic light, the driver frequently looked in the rearview mirror, and finally added: "You are not a celebrity, are you?"

Although he wasn't afraid that someone would try to rob him in broad daylight, He Xiao's attire was indeed too weird. He didn't lack sunglasses, a hat, and a mask. He was very mysterious, just like how shameful his face was.

In addition, this destination is still a TV station, so is it still a celebrity?
"What kind of star?" Seeing the driver's sharp eyes, He Xiao guessed quite accurately, but he refused to admit it. He opened his mouth and made up a nonsense, "I'm not afraid of your jokes anymore, buddy. In fact, I'm Just after finishing the facelift, this face is swollen and can't see the light."

"Hey, I'm so abrupt, I'm sorry." When the driver heard this, he immediately showed an expression of enlightenment, and then apologized repeatedly.

"It's okay, it's okay." He Xiao smiled disapprovingly. He came out this time because he wanted to observe more about the living conditions of people from all walks of life, so after he started chatting with the driver, he immediately asked: "Master, How many years have you been running this? "

"You mean online car-hailing? I have only been running for a year, but I have been driving a traditional taxi for three years." The driver master laughed twice and laughed at himself: "I don't have any skills. I'm old enough to know nothing. , and have to rely on driving to support themselves.”

"Master, there is no distinction between high and low jobs. I think no matter what the job is, as long as we do it with our heart, it's fine." He Xiao chatted with the driver, and the two were full of emotion along the way.

The driver master is actually not very old this year, he looks in his early thirties, at most three or five years older than He Xiao, there is no generation gap between the two of them when they chat, and many things can be matched.

"Dude, what do you do? You have to have plastic surgery. To be honest, I have done so much work. I have seen many girls who do medical beauty, but boys, you should be the first."

The master driver turned on the turn signal, crossed a circle, glanced sideways at the rearview mirror, and asked.

He Xiao raised his eyebrows and sighed: "You know that those who are resident singers in bars, like us who sing and dance on stage, have high requirements for their image."

This is not a nonsense anymore, back in time six or seven years ago, he was indeed a resident singer in an unknown bar, if he went back a year, it would be even worse, he was not even a resident singer, he was still performing on the overpass Woolen cloth.

"Actually, I'm quite envious of you guys. You earn money by driving a small car every day, and it's so beautiful to go home with your wife and children warm on the kang." He Xiao said, and couldn't help feeling it.

However, when the driver heard the words, he smiled wryly, "I can't even return my wife and children to my girlfriend."

This time it was He Xiao's turn to be stunned. After all, men in their thirties are the time to start a family and start a business, but this master doesn't have a girlfriend yet, which is a bit surprising.

The master sighed: "Actually, I also had a girlfriend for five years before, but we broke up later."

"Why? That was a five-year relationship." He Xiao was puzzled.

"I can't afford it."

The driver master was silent for a while, then opened his mouth and said these four words, his tone was very calm, but He Xiao could hear the bitterness and unwillingness.

He smiled wryly and said, "Brother, is there any residential area in Hangzhou that doesn't start at five figures? You say I'm just a sports car, and I'm in danger. What can I do to make the girl happy? She treats me very well, but I can't bear her Come and suffer with me."

"This city is too cruel, and adult life is too hard. I'm just trying to survive, so don't drag other people along."

There was a self-mockery at the corner of his mouth, he unconsciously stepped on the accelerator a little deeper, the speed increased, and the pointer on the speedometer began to tilt downward.

He Xiao felt very sad when he heard the story told by the driver.

Some people say that the bigger the city, the later the age of marriage for young people, because everyone is overwhelmed by life and has no energy to run a family and put more pressure on themselves.

This master driver is one of these mortal beings. His non-stop work can only cover his own expenses, and the money left over from frugality every month is less than a fraction of the house price.

How could such a precarious life make him have the heart to "harm" other girls.

He Xiao was silent. He looked at the traffic outside the window, and suddenly thought, if he hadn't become popular, would the 28-year-old him be like this big brother driver, still alone, wandering in the cold society?

"After breaking up, have you never been in touch again? Don't you regret it?" he asked.

When the driver heard this, the self-mockery on the corner of his mouth became even worse, and he shook his head and said, "What are you in contact with? The more you are in contact, the more you will let go. Let's make it up."

After he finished speaking, he paused slightly, and added: "Actually, we have met once in the three years since we broke up. Just a few days ago, during the New Year's Eve, she took a taxi and hit me. I recognized her as soon as I got in the car." , she was still as lively as before, and she still smelled so good, I didn't dare to look at her at the time, and I didn't communicate with her during the whole process."

"Although it was dark that day, I think she recognized me."

He Xiao couldn't help being curious: "Why do you say that?"

"...She gave me a bad review." The driver hesitated for a moment, and spoke surprisingly.

The corner of He Xiao's mouth twitched, and now he didn't even know what to say to comfort him.

In this way, the two chatted a lot along the way. The driver, the master, has been racing cars for so many years. It can be said that he has seen thousands of people in the world.

He gave He Xiao a lot of understanding of life and inspiration for acting.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the vehicle stopped on the side of the road.

"Dude, here we are. The TV station is 30 meters ahead. It's not easy to park there, so I'll leave it here for you."

The driver turned his head and said cheerfully to He Xiao, not far in front of him, the landmark building of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV was already standing in front of him.

Of course He Xiao didn't care about the 50 meters, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll sweep you and transfer the money over."

"No, the system automatically deducts it after my order is delivered." The driver master smiled, "Remember to give a five-star praise!"

"it is good."

He Xiao was also happy. After getting off the car and watching the driver with a story go away, he also had a lot of insights about life in his heart.

All the performances are based on life and then processed artistically, instead of relying on imagination and using acting skills to pile up randomly.

When a good actor gets a script, he will never fabricate it out of thin air. Only by experiencing it in person can he perform with the most realistic feeling.

This is also an experiential way of acting.

He walked straight into the TV station, walked through the corridor, and came to the recording site.

As soon as I entered the hall, the noisy voices filled my ears. There were many people around, audiences, staff, all kinds of people, hundreds of people.

He Xiao was not accompanied by Shi Dahui today, and everyone didn't recognize him. He was wearing a hat and took off his mask while walking towards the lounge.

Pushing open the door, the room was already full of people.

Li Shengxian, Tang Xiaoxiao, Yang Hao, Meng Haitao, and another group of actors, as well as three mentors and acting instructor Han Xiulan, were all on the list.

"He Xiao, you are here."

Everyone looked up and saw He Xiao coming in, they all got up and welcomed him.

"Everyone is here today, co-authors are waiting for me?" He Xiao was also surprised when he came in, and teased jokingly.

Li Shengxian smiled gracefully, and said, "Today is a one-on-one match, everyone gathers together to chat and enhance our relationship."

"Oh, it's too stressful. If He Xiao is in line, then I should bid farewell to the stage early." A young actor from Yi Guangyuan's group next to him interjected at this time, and he sold his mouth out.

How could He Xiao show weakness, and immediately cried poorly: "Brother Wu, I don't want you to be such a bully. You nominated the Golden Horse Best Actor six times. Let alone the award nominations, I haven't even been in the room where the Golden Horse Awards are awarded!"

"Hahahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Han Xiulan smiled and said, "Today's heads-up competition, I hope everyone will have a good time, and don't care too much about winning or losing. We will have more opportunities to cooperate in the circle in the future."

She began to direct the conversation to the topic this time.

Bringing everyone together this time is actually an inoculation for everyone, because today's game is different from the past. This is a single-handed match, which determines the quota for the next round of finals.

The program team is afraid that everyone will stop being awkward because of this kind of competition, so let's talk about it first.

He even pointed at everyone in the back, don't be childish, everyone is in the circle, you can't see them when you look up, if you want to hurt your peace, you can think about it before.

"Don't worry, Mr. Han, I was taught by you and you still don't know me?" A group of people laughed.

"Everyone is almost done chatting, let's get ready, the show is about to start." At this time, an assistant director looked at his watch, stood up and said, "He Xiao, you come with me to touch up your makeup."

"Okay." He Xiao got up, he was one of the later batches who arrived today, although he also knows how to put on makeup, but he didn't think about it so much when he went out, so he didn't come out with makeup on, and looked purely without makeup.

After a lot of busy work, the time has come to the moment of official recording.

The entire studio hall was busy inside and out.

Under the guidance of the staff, hundreds of spectators began to enter the venue in an orderly manner. Everyone was full of expectations for today's show.

"It's the second-to-last issue!"

"Yeah, today is a heads-up match, a match to advance to the top three."

"The top three will compete in the next round, and the winner will be determined!"

"This year's competition, there are a few dark horses. They are really strong. I didn't pay attention to them before in movies and TV shows. After coming to this stage, their acting skills really shocked me."

"Just kidding, they are all movie kings and queens, how could it not surprise you!"

"I feel that this competition, the champion is either Tang Xiaoxiao or Li Shengxian."

"Li Shengxian is not bad, a national first-class actor, pure talent, but not very popular."

"If Li Shengxian really performs with full firepower, then no one on this stage can stop her."

"Yeah, it depends on whether this old fairy is here to join in the fun, or if she really wants to play."

"Tang Xiaoxiao is fine too, but He Xiao is my favorite!"

"Ahaha, my ten-year-old fan came here uninvited!"

"? It hasn't been ten years since He Xiao debuted."

"Ahem, anyway, judging from past performances, the young master has stabilized today, and wait for tomorrow's championship competition!"

"..."

The spectators are excited and waiting for the game to start.

Record the scene.

Zheng Xia began to direct the overall situation, and took the walkie-talkie to notify the staff all over the venue to do the final inspection.

"Attention all departments, "The Birth of an Actor" No.11 issue, there are three seconds left to start."

"Three, two, one, power on!"

"Backstage, backstage, notify Teacher Zhang Ming to come out, Lao Zhao, give the lights!"

The scene was busy in an instant!
The recording of this show has started vigorously!

"Everyone in the audience, good evening! I'm Zhang Ming, the actor recommender!"

"Everyone in the audience, good evening! I'm the host, Chu Shengsheng!"

Under the dazzling lights, on a small stage, Zhang Ming walked out together with Chu Shengsheng, one of the leading hosts of Jiangsu-Zhejiang TV.

Then, the three star-studded mentors stepped up to the mentor stage step by step amidst the crowd of super-popular people.

"After ten episodes of experience competition, these actors with excellent acting skills were finally born. They appeared on today's stage to compete against each other. They are Li Shengxian, a national first-class actor, and Tang Xiaoxiao, a powerful young actress of the new generation. Meng Haitao, who is known as a gold medal supporting actor, and He Xiao, a cross-industry acting genius..."

"And today, these powerful factions in today's entertainment industry will compete on the entire stage, in the eyes of five hundred pairs of audiences, and under the watchful eyes of three instructors!"

Zhang Ming was wearing an elegant dress, with a dignified appearance, holding a reminder card, and said politely to the camera.

After all, he changed his career from an actor, and he is not very proficient in hosting. Unlike Chu Shengsheng, he doesn't need a prompt card, and he can host well even if he plays freely.

"Now that the actors are in place and the lottery is being drawn, let's turn the camera backstage."

Chu Shengsheng smiled, turned around and spread her hands, and the big screen behind the stage began to change.

As soon as the camera was shot, everyone was sitting together in the backstage lounge.

In front of them, is an assistant director.

"Everyone, here is a lottery. Let's start choosing our opponents." The assistant director sat there innocently like a Maitreya Buddha, and said with a smile.

"Angkor, take it first."

"Brother, you should go first."

"Sister Shengxian, you draw first."

"haha okay."

"I'm done, number three!"

"Huh? I'm number six!"

"Number two, who is number two!"

A group of people first gave in to each other, and after the lottery was drawn, they began to check each other's numbers again.

Sitting opposite He Xiao, Tang Xiaoxiao glanced at him with a strong desire to compete, then took out a lottery, looked intently, and couldn't help but frown, turning a little disappointed.

When He Xiao saw this appearance, he probably didn't draw himself, so he couldn't help being a little funny.

He waited for everyone to get their signatures before reaching for the last one.

The wooden signature was slightly sinking in the hand, and after tearing off the sticky paper on it, the number inside was revealed, number five.

"Who is number five?"

Before He Xiao could ask first, a weak female voice sounded beside her, but it wasn't Tang Xiaoxiao. He Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then raised his hand to respond.

I saw a thin and petite girl sitting on the edge of the sofa looking at He Xiao timidly.

This is a member of Yi Guangyuan's group, Chen Shangwen, a new-generation actor who is titled the Queen of Literary Films in China.

Don't look at her looks weak and weak, like the little sister next door, but in fact she has won three nominations for foreign awards, and she was once very popular in China.

If it hadn't been for five years ago when the media broke the news that she had meddled in the relationship of a certain married celebrity and became a mistress who was criticized by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people, then her popularity now might have surpassed that of four little girls like Shu Tingting. , has become a super first-line actress in China.

It's just a pity that there is no if in this world. A revelation five years ago made her fall from the pinnacle of her career to the trough, and she was banned. Now five full years have passed before she dared to reappear in front of the audience slowly, trying to return to the big screen.

But the ending was obviously unsatisfactory. The metabolism of this behemoth in the entertainment industry was too fast. In five years, all kinds of rookies emerged one after another, and artists with bad records like her had long been forgotten.

It is even more difficult to come back.

Participating in "The Birth of an Actor" this time is also thanks to a lot of connections.

However, no one expected that relying on her acting skills, she seized this opportunity and made it to where she is today. Not only did she enter Yi Guangyuan's team, she also entered the heads-up competition.

He Xiao is not interested in asking about things like personal feelings. He just debuted five years ago. Although he has heard about that matter, he doesn't know the truth about it.

So he doesn't comment on these things, and he doesn't have any prejudice against Chen Shangwen. If he comes to this stage, don't think about other things, just a simple competition.

"It's Shang Wen with you."

Li Shengxian also stood up to speak at this time, and his words were very affectionate, as if they had a good relationship.

In fact, the two only met because of the program this time. The reason why Li Shengxian spoke like this is that Chen Shangwen feels sorry for Chen Shangwen, because she has already seen that this child has been vague since he came to this program group. Be indifferent.

"He Xiao, it seems that we are rivals, please advise." Chen Shangwen looked at He Xiao and nodded slightly.

He Xiao responded: "Sister Chen, you are too polite, you are a senior."

Chen Shangwen debuted early, when she was at the peak in China, He Xiao had just finished "The Voice of Dreams" and got rid of her amateur status.

"Don't say that, you are more popular than me now." Chen Shangwen looked dazed for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.

Having fallen in love with someone who shouldn't be loved, committed a moral taboo that shouldn't be committed, she was accused by thousands of people and reviled by thousands of people. Over the years, she tossed and turned more than once, regretting endlessly.

Participating in "The Birth of an Actor" this time is also a decision that has been struggling for a long time. She finally decided to take this step bravely, restart her life, act seriously, and be a down-to-earth person.

She wanted to prove to the audience that after five years, she is still an excellent actor.

For He Xiao and Tang Xiaoxiao, this stage is a sharpening stone, a place to test themselves, while for Chen Shangwen, it is an opportunity for her to take off again.

She wants to hold on to it, hold on to it.

To be honest, she was under a lot of pressure when she got He Xiao this time, because of He Xiao's previous performance, she could see clearly that this is a very strong opponent.

The music industry is strong, and the film industry is also strong. Many people already feel that the entertainment industry in the future is very likely to become He Xiao's one-man show, ushering in the era of He Xiao.

So it was very distressing for her to be ranked as such an opponent.

She didn't know that He Xiao's pressure was not much less than hers.

Behind the seemingly beautiful scenery, He Xiao was actually startled every step of the way. To put it bluntly, the seemingly stable comparison was actually a lot of panic.

Not to mention that today's topic is impromptu performance. Whether it is Chen Shangwen or Tang Xiaoxiao, they have all been exposed to and learned about it.
But He Xiao doesn't know it at all, he can only cross the river by feeling the stones and finding experience by himself.

At the same time, in the foreground.

Watching the live broadcast on the big screen, the audience also exploded.

"I'll go, this lottery is drawn, it's really exciting!"

"He Xiao is actually in the same group as Chen Shangwen!"

"I'm dizzy, why hasn't Chen Shangwen, the mistress, been eliminated!"

"Oh, don't say that, I think she is very sincere in her comeback this time, give her a chance."

"I have nothing to do with the actors' personal emotional issues, I'm only in charge of watching the show!"

"That's right, this woman's acting skills are really good."

"Although I look down on her character a bit, I am still very worried about my young master acting with her. After all, she is also the queen of literary films and nominated for three awards!"

"Today's program is interesting!"

"..."

Discussions on the spot!

(End of this chapter)