The first top lady

"Li, Zheng, Xi?" Meng Fan read out Li Zhengxi's WeChat nickname.

"Correct."

This is her name - Li Zhengxi.

"I'll be in Hanjing these two days. You can talk to the casting director first. If you have anything you're embarrassed to ask, you can ask me." Meng Fan was about 27 or 28 years old, five or six years older than Li Zhengxi. His voice was full of youthful energy, but he was sophisticated and mature in his work. It can only be said that his business ability was really strong. "If you've decided, let me know and I'll take you to the group to meet them. Okay, keep in touch. I'm leaving first."

"Hey, I'll leave this advertisement for you to look at." Meng Fan took two steps and then stepped back. "Okay, I'm leaving now."

Li Zhengxi lowered his eyes and looked at the recruitment information above with an indifferent expression.

She felt that she probably didn't like this job, but she couldn't say she hated it either. It was just that her major was not suitable for her, but she did need some money.

Perhaps, this can also be considered a kind of fate.

She put the advertising paper into her bag, went to the nearest bank, deposited some money, and then immediately transferred the money via WeChat to the people with the notes "Class Teacher Mr. Wang" and "Class Teacher Ms. Yang".

[Li Zhengxi: Teacher Wang, the 1500 yuan above is Li Zhengxu's tuition, and the 800 yuan below is his living expenses. Please convert it into cash and give it to him. Thank you, Teacher Wang! ]

[Teacher Wang, the head teacher: OK, Sister Zhengxu, I have received the tuition fee and I will also give him the living expenses. Zhengxu is doing well in his studies and life, you don’t have to worry.]

【Li Zhengxi: OK, thank you for your hard work, Teacher Wang.】

[Li Zhengxi: Teacher Yang, the 1,200 yuan above is Li Zhengkang's tuition, and the 800 yuan below is his living expenses. Please convert it into cash and give it to him. Thank you, Teacher Yang! ]

[Teacher Yang: Got it/Hold your fist/Hold your fist/]

【Li Zhengxi: OK, thank you Teacher Yang! 】

Li Zhengxi is from Dingliang, but he studied at Hanjing University. He just graduated with a master's degree last month and found a job in Hanjing.

But just before graduation, a great change suddenly happened in his family. His mother died of a sudden illness, and his father quickly asked a matchmaker to introduce him to a new person.

A few days ago, her neighbor Uncle Heizi called her and told her that her father Li Zhiyong had brought that woman home. He didn't know whether they would have a wedding banquet, but they were living together.

After hearing this, Li Zhengxi felt very upset, but he just kept it to himself.

She felt sorry for her mother Feng Lanye. She worked hard all her life, but what did she get in the end?

A serious illness, a lover’s change of heart…

Actually, it can't be said that he changed his heart. After all, Li Zhiyong only mocked Feng Lanye. Although he never cheated on Feng Lanye during her lifetime, he also never respected or loved her.

At that time, Li Zhengxi had already secured a job in Hanjing, so he returned to Hanjing after finishing Feng Lanye's funeral.

I originally thought that no matter how unreliable Li Zhiyong was, he would not ignore his two biological sons.

Until the neighbor Uncle Heizi couldn't stand it anymore, he called her and told her that Li Zhiyong was not home every day, leaving Li Zhengxu and Li Zhengkang at home without caring, "The two children ate all the food at home, and they had no money, so they could only drink cold water when they were hungry. The family owed electricity bills, and they couldn't even have a sip of hot water. Oh! It's a sin."

Li Zhengxi's face suddenly darkened, his chest heaving violently, full of hatred towards Li Zhiyong, "Uncle Heizi, I still have some money in my hand. I'll transfer it to you now. Please give the money to Zhengxu."

"I'm not looking for you for money. I just want your aunt to cook a few more meals." Uncle Heizi is not tall and has a dark complexion, but he has a good heart. He sighed and said, "School is about to start, isn't it? Zhengxu refused to go. He said that he had already agreed with the son of the butcher in the back street that they would go to Guangting to work together in a few days. I tried to persuade him but he wouldn't. You said he is such a good student and will take the college entrance examination next year. How could he drop out of school to work? I told him that I would take the tuition and living expenses and he just had to study, but he still insisted on going to work. I want you to talk to him and persuade him. It's not that he is a bad student, so he can just work, don't you think? His grades are so good, it would be a pity if he didn't study. Zhengkang, who is now my tutor, also said that he doesn't want to study anymore. You should talk to them as soon as possible."

"it is good……"

"Money, Uncle Heizi knows that you just started working and don't have much money." Uncle Heizi interrupted, "Tuition fees, food, drinks, and clothes, Uncle Heizi can advance the money for you. Just let them go to school and bring back a certificate of merit, and Uncle Heizi will be happy."

Li Zhengxi moved his lips but couldn't smile.

Is this why distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors?

wrong!

Close relatives are not as good as close neighbors.

My own father is not as good as my neighbor.

Li Zhengxi felt that she was caught in a dilemma. If she continued to work in Hanjing, she would not be able to take care of her two younger brothers, Li Zhengxu and Li Zhengkang. But she had only been working for less than a month and had not even received her salary. She had no extra money, so what could she do if she went back?

After much difficulty, he persuaded Li Zhengxu and Li Zhengkang to return to school. He quickly found a few part-time jobs and scraped together a few thousand yuan to pay the tuition for his two younger brothers.

Although Uncle Heizi said he could help, Li Zhengxi was too embarrassed to ask for it.

She suddenly felt that she had studied for so many years and was full of knowledge, but when she needed money, she couldn't give a penny.

After Li Zhengxu and Li Zhengkang moved into the school dormitory at the beginning of the school term, Li Zhiyong brought his second wife Huang Zhu back to live at home.

Li Zhengxi felt more and more that the family would no longer be her home. Or in other words, since Feng Lanye's death, the Li family could not tolerate her, and perhaps could not tolerate Li Zhengxi and Li Zhengkang either.

She was poor and could not take good care of Li Zhengxu and Li Zhengkang if she returned to Dingliang. However, Li Zhengxu and Li Zhengkang still had to go to school and could not come to Hanjing.

The best solution is that she now has some money, enough to support her to return to Dingliang and find another job.

The entertainment industry is indeed very attractive because the money there looks like a lot, sounds like a lot, and is a lot in hand.

"What I pursue is tranquility and few desires, and what I admire is integrity, but now I have to go with the flow just for a few dollars."

She doesn't like the hustle and bustle and impetuousness of the entertainment industry.

However, actors are not excluded from the 360 ​​professions. As long as they work hard, how can they be considered as going with the crowd?

Li Zhengxi directly raised her request with the casting director, and the production team agreed to give her half of the salary first, if she could perform and the director decided to let her perform.

That day, she resigned and flew to Shenhai with Meng Fan.

……

The official account of "Cang Ling" released a Weibo confirming the reshoot and decided that the scheduled broadcast date will remain unchanged, so the reshoot process will be accelerated.

For a time, fans of the original novel, the drama and the actors joined together to celebrate, praising the production team of "Cang Ling" as the most courageous production team in history.

The substitute female lead has not been officially announced. After all, even the production team doesn’t know who to choose yet, and netizens don’t seem to care about it.

Originally, most people came here for Xu Ze.

"Hello, Teacher Xu, this is Qi Jun. You said before that you are busy recently, so I want to ask you when you can meet me later. Any day is fine. Yes, hahaha..."

Xu Ze said politely: "I'm sorry, I really don't have time."

Assistant Director Qi Jun immediately gave in and said, "Half a day, half a day will do."

Xu Ze paused and asked, "Is the heroine confirmed?"

"Not yet." Qi Jun wanted to ask a question, and he did ask it, "If the female lead is decided, will you come over to shoot?"

"No." Xu Ze smiled, "I don't want to take a photo."

It means a bit of willfulness.

Qi Jun was very distressed and at a loss, so he went to the casting director to complain, saying, "It's over, Wang Yusheng, the top star Xu said he doesn't want to come, what should I do? Director Liang asked me to notify everyone who needs to participate in the reshoot. Director Liang has interviewed a lot of people recently, and the shooting should start soon. If Xu Ze really doesn't come, I will be scolded by Director Liang."

He was scratching his head anxiously.

"Your dandruff fell into my water cup!" Wang Yusheng had no intention of empathizing with him, nor did he plan to comfort him. He even wanted to show off, "Hey! I'm not in a hurry anyway, because I've already found the person, and Director Liang has been confirmed. There's nothing for me to do. I'm relaxed! I'm free! Hahahaha——"

"I'm so annoyed with you!" Qi Jun walked away cursing, and came to the wall to take out his cell phone, immediately showing a laughing expression, "Hello, Teacher Xu, it's Qi Jun again... The heroine has been confirmed... Who is it? I, I don't know yet... You still don't want to come..."

"I'm so annoyed, so annoyed..." He came again cursing.

"Anyway, the rivalry scenes between the heroine and the hero have been almost deleted. If Xu Ze doesn't come, let Director Liang delete those two shots as well." Wang Yusheng said without any hesitation.

"How dare I mention this? It's my fault that I can't find anyone..."

"Director Liang called me, I left first." Wang Yusheng was even happier when he came back. He stretched and said, "I said Director Liang would definitely be satisfied with this person this time."

Qi Jun's heart sank immediately, "Is it really decided?"

"It's settled." Wang Yu raised the last note, humming a song, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect it to be so fast."

Qi Jun cried, "Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so soon." Sob, "I better go make the call."

"Hello, Mr. Xu, I'm still Qi Jun. Do you suddenly want to come to film again?"

Xu Ze said simply: "No!"

"Haha, the female lead has been decided. As long as you come, we can shoot your scenes anytime." Qi Jun suddenly announced excitingly: "It won't take a day! It won't take half a day! It will only take ninety-nine minutes!"

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds.

"...I still don't want to." Xu Ze was unmoved, but before hanging up the phone he casually asked, "What's the name of the heroine?"

In fact, during the filming, he didn't like the scenes with the heroine, and always felt it was awkward. It might be because of the deletions and modifications, or it might be that the original work was just so awkward. Otherwise, readers wouldn't have so many opinions about the heroine.

So he didn't want to reshoot the scene that made him feel uncomfortable.

"I just heard about this, too. I'll go ask for his name..." Qi Jun ran up to Wang Yusheng, grabbed him and asked, "What's his name?"

"I, I didn't scream."

"Let me ask you what the new heroine's name is?"

"Oh, Li Zhengxi."

Qi Jun said politely to the phone, "Teacher Xu, the heroine's name is Li Zhengxi."

There was silence on the other end of the phone again.

"Hello? Teacher Xu? Are you still there?" Qi Jun was nervous, fearing that Xu Ze's next sentence would be one of the three: "No, I can't, I don't want to".

Xu Ze said, "Say it again." His tone was a little more rapid and lower than before, but he didn't sound angry.

Qi Jun repeated: "The heroine's name is Li Zhengxi."

Xu Ze spoke very quickly this time, and asked anxiously, "Li in dawn, Zheng in politics, Xi in morning dew waiting for the sun?"

"Ah..." Qi Jun was a little slow to react and turned to look at Wang Yusheng in confusion.

Wang Yusheng looked down at WeChat and confirmed Li Zhengxi's nickname, "...Uh, yes, it's Li from dawn, Zheng from politics, Xi from hope, and Xi next to the sun."

When he spoke the latter part, he deliberately raised his voice a little, just for Xu Ze to hear.

Qi Jun was puzzled. Why did he feel that Xu Ze seemed to know Li Zhengxi? But Li Zhengxi was really just "picked up" from the street and was not a member of the circle at all.

"Okay! I agree to reshoot."

"Ah...ah?" This was a pleasant surprise. "I, I'll arrange it right away. Which day do you think is suitable?"

"She's here already?"

"She?" Qi Jun was a little slow. "Yes, the heroine has arrived."

"No need to arrange it for me, I'll go there by myself." Xu Ze suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, I want to change the script. The screenwriter previously deleted a lot of the heroine's scenes, most of which were scenes against the hero. Since we have to reshoot, let's add back these scenes."

"Ah?" Qi Jun didn't understand but was greatly shocked.

Didn’t you say you didn’t want to shoot the film in the last call?

Why do you suddenly want to add more drama to yourself?

This change happened too quickly.

But, didn't he want him to pass on a message to the director?

As a worker, he has to work hard, endure a lot of anger, and get scolded a lot.

"But don't worry, I will tell Director Liang directly."

"That's good, that's good." Qi Jun breathed a sigh of relief and thought: He is worthy of being a top star, he still cares about us poor workers.

The next day, in a building in Shenhai Film and Television City, a dignified and elegant figure appeared in front of the vermilion gate. After stepping over the threshold, the shadow moved quickly on the red wall.

Xu Ze, who was usually calm, was now shrouded in a sense of urgency.

The shooting location was just ahead, and as it got closer, his heart beat faster and faster.

"Could it be you?"

Since he learned Li Zhengxi's name yesterday, he has asked himself this question countless times in his heart.

But when he really got there, his pace suddenly slowed down.

A slender figure stood on the steps under the eaves, quietly watching the hustle and bustle in the center of the yard.

Xu Ze couldn't tell whether the figure looked familiar or not, but it seemed more lonely, isolated and desolate than the figure in his memory.

He gradually approached and stood silently behind Li Zhengxi.

This back view is not as powerful as it was back then.

Li Zhengxi noticed the person behind him, turned around, stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Li Zhengxi."

Polite yet distant, full of distance.

Xu Ze's eyes fell on Li Zhengxi's face, and a faint smile gradually rose at the corner of his mouth. He imitated her sentence pattern and replied: "Hello, Xu Ze."