The Quiet Rise of Entertainment Superstars

At Shanghai Airport, a 30-something dandy gentleman walked out of the VIP channel. He was wearing a tailor-made suit, with his tie hanging lightly and the buttons at his collar unbuttoned, revealing his casual and uninhibited demeanor.

His facial features are deep, his eyes carry an elusive cunning, elegant yet playful. His lips are slightly raised, as if he is smiling, like a charming and elegant gentleman.

If there were any paparazzi around, they would definitely know who he is.

He is Cai Zekai, a first-class arranger who has been studying abroad for three years.

He is not only gifted in arranging music, but also has profound attainments in piano.

In the past three years, he gave up his comfortable and luxurious life in China and went to Roma, the piano capital, to study piano.

Just then, a twenty-something urban beauty came up to Cai Zekai with two bodyguards in black.

"Brother Zekai, welcome back."

Cai Zekai kept smiling as he looked the urban beauty up and down, and said, "Sister Mu Jin has really changed a lot since she grew up. I'm sorry to bother you to pick me up this time. Where's Wang Zhou? Is this guy chasing after another girl?"

Ye Mujin got angry whenever he mentioned his brother Ye Wangzhou. He used to chase after young girls, but this time he was chasing after an old woman who was eight years older than him.

"Don't mention it. This time he might find me a sister-in-law who is eight years older than him. I can also become a father and have a 21-year-old daughter. Humph..."

Cai Zekai's unchanging smile froze, and he almost broke through.

I haven't been back to China for three years, and Ye Wangzhou has become so idle?

"Okay, take me home first! I haven't been back home for a long time, and I don't even recognize the way home."

"Brother Zekai, someone cleaned up your villa last night, so shall we go directly there?" Ye Mujin looked at Cai Zekai with admiring little stars in her eyes.

"Okay, thank you!"

The four of them got into a luxury car and drove towards Pinghu Community.

"I forgot to ask, is Zhu Jun about to graduate from college? When I left, he seemed to be about to take the college entrance examination!" Cai Zekai was very pleased when he thought of his beloved disciple!

"He's amazing, a famous piano prince from a music university, but he ignores me when he sees me."

Thinking of this, Ye Mujin was filled with anger. If Brother Zekai had not asked him to take care of him when he left, he would not have gone to look for him.

Zhu Jun, apart from being handsome and able to play the piano, is like a blockhead.

"Don't take it personally, he's just a piano fanatic. Fortunately, Mr. Huang can take care of him at school, otherwise I'm afraid he would offend everyone."

"Hey, okay. Brother Zekai, if he had learned even a little bit from you, he wouldn't be unable to chase girls now."

Ye Mujin seemed to remember what others had told him about Zhu Jun's experience in college, and felt a little gloating.

"What? He has a girl he likes?"

Cai Zekai felt that as soon as he returned to China, the people he met were becoming more and more outrageous. Even Zhu Jun started to like girls?

"Brother Zekai, I knew you would be surprised. I was surprised too! I heard that the girl he likes is also from a music college. She plays the piano better than him. It seems that she has written a few piano pieces. It was Teacher Huang who helped register the copyright..."

Cai Zekai suddenly asked excitedly: "Are those piano pieces "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations", "A Girl's Prayer" and "Memories of Childhood"? "

"Ah? Oh, it seems so. You'd better ask Mr. Huang!"

Ye Mujin didn't expect Cai Zekai to be so excited. The smile on his face disappeared and he became serious, which was unusual for him.

"Yes, I'll call him when I get to the villa and get my phone."

Cai Zekai seemed to have thought of something and complained: "I don't know when China will be able to relax its control over foreign countries. We only allow people to leave but not enter. As soon as I leave the country, I lose contact with China. It's ok to not bring any electronic products, but I'm not allowed to contact China either."

"Brother Zekai, I heard that it seems to be soon. I have a friend whose boyfriend seems to be a third-generation Beijinger. I heard from him that the Chinese government is already considering this matter."

"Oh? Really? That's great! Although foreign countries are not as technologically advanced as our country, the culture of some countries is still worth learning from."

"You're talking about the piano, right?" Ye Mujin covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Uh, yeah,"

Cai Zekai didn't want to talk anymore.

In fact, what Chinese people don’t know is that due to China’s territorial expansion a hundred years ago, some foreign countries were very passive. At that time, many small countries were annexed, and finally eight countries were formed. Several of these eight countries still maintain a constitutional monarchy, just like the Middle Kingdom that Cai Zekai visited, which has a king and the political power is also controlled by the king.

Emperor Qian a hundred years ago was so tyrannical that he expelled all the locals after the territory was expanded, on the grounds that they were not Chinese and their hearts must be different. He also issued a strict iron rule that only allowed people to leave but not enter, and that they could only bring personal clothing and other things.

Therefore, very few Chinese have gone abroad in recent years, let alone travel abroad! Besides, China is vast and rich in resources, isn't that enough for you to be free and easy?

So in the end, it developed into a situation where people could go abroad to learn some musical instruments or some other technical skills such as breeding. And the time limit was calculated in years. If they did not come back after the time limit, their Chinese nationality would be revoked and they would never be allowed to come back. Cai Zekai listened to people who came back from Midea and Germany saying that the development of piano there was higher than that in China, so he applied to go for three years.

In fact, unless it is necessary, Chinese people don’t want to go out. Foreign technology is not as developed as China’s, and it takes two hours to drive to a market to buy things.

Not to mention contacting my family, I can’t even go online.

But it was precisely because of China's cultural blockade that the eight countries established a United Nations Parliament to discuss important matters together, and even proposed the idea of ​​cultural exchange to the Chinese authorities in the name of the United Nations.

The Chinese government is no longer as afraid of foreign cultural invasion as it was a hundred years ago. After all, some of the cultures that were previously stolen have developed very well in China, such as the piano.

At this time, the car entered the residential area. When passing by Villa No. 1, Cai Zekai subconsciously took a look and saw the figures of several dogs running by.

"Is Villa No. 1 occupied?"

Ye Mujin glanced at Villa No. 1 which had already passed by and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

The car stopped at the gate of Villa No. 3, and the gate opened automatically. This showed that someone inside had seen the car coming.

After getting out of the car, Cai Zekai looked at the villa which had not changed in several years and felt really at home. China is still the best!

I picked up my phone and found that it was out of battery.

Ye Mujin looked at Cai Zekai's old phone and chuckled, "Brother Zekai, it's time for you to change your phone. How about I go with you to buy a new one?"

Cai Zekai looked at his old phone which was out of battery, then looked at the new phone in Ye Mujin's hand, and his mentality collapsed!

How did you spend your time abroad?

"Okay, thank you sister Mu Jin."

Teacher Huang didn't have class today, so he was playing "Star Variations" on the piano in his office. His ten fingers danced on the keys, turning into strings of notes.

"Ding Dong Ding Dong..." The cell phone on the piano stand rang. I looked at the number and it turned out to be my old friend Cai Zekai.

"Hey, you're finally back?"

"Old Huang, long time no see! I contacted you as soon as I got back today. Isn't that very loyal?"

"No one comes to visit you for no reason. What's the matter? Tell me now."

Teacher Huang obviously doesn't buy Cai Zekai's trick. They grew up together wearing open-crotch pants, so they know each other well.

"I heard that the person who composed "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations", "A Girl's Prayer" and "Memories of Childhood" is your student. Can you help introduce him to me?"

Cai Zekai directly stated the purpose.

"She's not free now, and she's not in school. She hasn't been to school for almost a month!"

Teacher Huang was telling the truth, he knew Xiaoyue was busy.

"What are you busy with?"

"filming."

“Where was it filmed?”

"Not sure, it could be a film and television city."

"I understand, bye."

Teacher Huang looked at the hung up phone angrily, extremely angry. Cai Zekai was a typical bridge-breaking guy. If he answered his call again in the future, he would be a dog.

It was a cool autumn day in the film and television city at the end of September. This is outside the studio.

The temperature inside the studio can reach 30 degrees, and there are big fans blowing, otherwise you might get heatstroke.

At this moment, Wu Hao was huddled together with Xiao Yue to watch the shots that had just been taken. Xue Ying'er didn't know if she was in a bad state, but when she took the photo of a leaping pose, it looked like a flapping duck, with no aesthetic appeal at all.

"Do you need a substitute?"

Wu Hao suggested that they had already shot it no less than ten times, but still couldn't find the necessary shots.

“Is it easy to find a female substitute?”

Wu Hao looked at Xue Ying'er's slender waist in the distance, sighed, and said: "It's a bit difficult, it's hard to find someone that thin!"

"Can I do it?"

Xiaoyue volunteered, not because she wanted to be an actor, but because she was interested in wire acting.

"You definitely can do it. Why have you lost so much weight recently?" Wu Hao took a closer look at Xiaoyue and found that she was really thin. Her originally round chin was now V-shaped.

“Maybe I didn’t eat enough.”

Xiaoyue knew that she was too busy, too worried and too tired.

She has made up her mind that after filming "Avatar", she will take a break for a while before deciding what to film next.

Xiaoyue changed into Xue Ying'er's clothes and put on makeup, which really amazed everyone.

With the wire hung around her waist, Xiaoyue tried it out and found that she could do the movements fairly well, so she made an OK gesture to Wu Hao.

Wu Hao shouted: "Start."

Xiaoyue leaped forward with graceful movements, just like she was dancing, so beautiful!

Everyone was stunned, especially Ma Teng in front of the camera.

Xue Ying'er looked at Xiaoyue's jump, and then thought about her own jump. It was too painful to watch!

"Card."

Xiaoyue just felt that it was all over in a flash. She didn't feel satisfied at all. It ended just like that.

Wu Hao watched the replay himself and was very satisfied.

"Okay, OK."

She really passed it in one go, and she wanted to do it a few more times.

Xiaoyue quickly watched the playback. It was filmed well and she was very satisfied. She knew she would have to try the wire act again next time, so she ran back to the locker room to change into her own clothes in disappointment.

"Why does Goddess Yue look unhappy? Am I too useless?" Xue Ying'er asked Wu Hao nervously.

"Really? Didn't you feel it?"

Xue Ying'er felt that she shouldn't have asked Director Wu Hao. He had been thinking about filming lately and seemed very dull.

Didn’t you see that Ma Li came to see him a few times, but he sent her away and even gave her chicken soup: “Ma Li, I believe in you, you are the best.”

Haha, anyone can see that they just came to visit him and wanted to stay with him for a while. Didn't you see that Ma Teng was as angry as a pufferfish?

During the subsequent filming, whenever Xiaoyue saw that Xue Ying'er was not doing well, she would offer to be her stand-in.

It’s true, Xiaoyue feels that hanging on wires can actually relieve stress.

Not only did it speed up the shooting progress, but I also had more fun.

The only one who was unhappy was Xue Ying'er, which made her feel very ashamed. Who would believe her if she told others that there was actually a boss who served as a stand-in for an employee? How could she be so worthy!

Wu Hao was also very happy. He didn't expect that President Cheng also had the skill of a stunt double. The filming progress was greatly improved. If she were to be a stunt double, I guess people would be vying for her, right? But this is her own movie, so she has the leisure time. If someone else comes to her, forget it. She is not someone you can afford.