predecessor evolution

Who has never been blind in his youth?

Who didn't do so many stupid things when they were young that people regret later?

If you have never been blind or stupid, you cannot be called youth at all.

Du Heqi squatted in the gap between the dark red sofa and the bedside table in the hotel, smoking a cigarette, frowning at the copy of the contract in front of him.

"It can be rejected." Qu Yingying snatched the cigarette from his hand and complained, "How many times have I told you that if you want to sing, you can't always smoke."

"I don't always smoke." Du Heqi looked up pitifully at him as sister Yingying dimmed the cigarette butt and threw it away, protesting softly, "I don't want to sing either."

"Singing or not, let's talk about it separately, what are you going to do about it?" Qu Yingying said while packing his things, "You guys still signed for such a low salary, what are you thinking?"

"Poor!" It's all because of poverty, not to mention five buckets of rice. Back then, Du Heqi and Wen Huai were very happy to bend their waists for a bucket of rice.

He looked at the film contract that he signed with Wen Huai, and suddenly felt lost. It has been so many years, and if the other party hadn't approached him, he would not have remembered it at all.

Of course, this director, who is still unknown until now, reminded him not only of this film contract, but also the time when he and Wen Huai were struggling.

The graduates of the famous drama academy failed to make the 23-year-old Du Heqi and Wen Huai on their way to stardom. During their school days, they took on several small-production movies and TV series, and took two commercials that only showed their faces. Besides, nothing else.

Just as their teacher said, there are 70 billion people in the world according to incomplete statistics. Among these 70 billion people, there are not a few who have the dream of being a star. Regardless of whether they are old or fledgling, they all like to dream, but among them, the ones who stand out after all are Few, so what about the rest?

Du Heqi and Wen Huai were two of the remaining group of people. When they got their diplomas, they both squatted in the toilet in their bachelor uniforms while smoking a cigarette while secretly swearing: five years, within five years, they must be popular. , If you don’t become popular, go back to your hometown!

But in fact, after they have all come out, who wants to go back to their hometown.

At that time, Du Heqi and Wen Huai, a young couple who had no ambitions, ran to the fifth ring road and rented a bedroom with a window so small that they couldn't get out even if they wanted to jump off the building. The two big boys nested in the 10-square-meter room. A bed, a table, and a simple wardrobe that was only half assembled to save space.

That room can only be exposed to direct sunlight between 25:[-] and [-]:[-] in the morning. At other times, if you want to keep it bright, you must turn on the light.

But they wanted to save on electricity bills, so they put up with it and didn't turn on the lights until they couldn't take it anymore.

It was only later that Wen Huai found out that the six families living in this house had to share the electricity bill equally, that is, although they themselves were very economical, they still had to pay more.

The two of them collapsed when they found out about this. In order to punish themselves for being stupid, they didn't eat that night.

In the middle of the night, Wen Huai was so hungry that he couldn't sleep, he hugged Du Heqi and moaned, and finally cooked a pack of instant noodles by himself.

It was really hard at that time, Du Heqi thought, after experiencing Wen Huai, he finally understood why some couples can share troubles but cannot share happiness.

At that time, a young director approached them, took a movie script with a same-sex theme, and asked them if they would act.

The pay is low, the script is rough, and the director is tender.

But the two of them still signed after calling their agents separately, because they hadn't worked for a long time.

Gotta make money, they thought.

However, there was no news about this matter afterwards, and after a long time, they all forgot about it.

The second year they drank porridge and ate pickles outside the North Fifth Ring Road, Wen Huaihong became famous.

At that time, none of them thought that it was just a small production web drama, and the leading actors in the whole movie were so popular.Wen Huai, who is the third male lead, doesn't have many lines and doesn't make many appearances, but some of the scenes were screenshotted, and the company took advantage of the situation and became a "side-faced male god".Immediately afterwards, various film appointments were announced, Wen Huai started to make money, and Du Heqi was left alone at home and kept asking his agent if there was any film that could be used as a trick.

In fact, those from their professional schools are not willing to play tricks. In their eyes, the acting skills of many big-name stars are simply ridiculous, or they have no acting skills at all. It is too aggrieved to play them as supporting roles.

But after all, you still have to eat. No matter how hard your bones are, you have to kneel down in front of survival.

During that whole year, Wen Huai was so busy that he could hardly see his face, and he never came back to this room where there was basically no sunlight. When he called, he said: "The company arranged a new apartment for me, saying it was a living room. It’s not good to be known in a group rental house.”

Du Heqi felt extremely uncomfortable at the time, but he still had to pretend to be relaxed and said, "Well, the company is right."

Wen Huai also said: "Well... there was an interview today, and the host asked me if I've ever been in a relationship..."

Du Heqi felt even more sour: "You said no?"

"It's the company that asked me to say that. Why, don't be angry."

"I'm not angry, the company is right."

After hanging up the phone, Du Heqi received several messages from Wen Huai, all apologizing and saying that he missed him.

It was at that time that Du Heqi discovered that there was a real gap between the two, one was praised to the sky, as long as the computer was turned on, the entertainment pages of various portals could see news about Wen Huai, and the other was eating steamed buns and mustard at home , Look for part-time jobs everywhere on the Internet.

Today I fly to Shanghai, tomorrow I fly to Australia, today I attend a press conference, and tomorrow I go to an award ceremony to hold a trophy.

Everyone seemed to know about Wen Huai's itinerary, except Du Heqi.

The three words "let's break up" are already in the input box, but I can't press the send button for a long time.

They are each other's first love, and they have agreed not to separate since they were together.

Just endured it like this, after all, I still couldn't bear it.

But this was reluctant, and after another year, there was almost nothing left.

In the second year of Wen Huaihong's success, Du Heqi finally got his start.

At that time, Du Heqi didn't see Wen Huai once in several months. The house was due, and he couldn't afford the monthly rent of [-] yuan. When Wen Huai gave him the money, he just felt upset and transferred the money unchanged. gone back.

After hesitating again and again, Du Heqi did not discuss with Wen Huai, and planned to change to a cheaper one.

But in this place, it would be nice if the rent didn't rise. When he was looking for a house, he couldn't rent any decent bedroom for [-] yuan.

He was introduced to live in a youth hostel, and every day when he was not working, he helped to work in the hostel, washing sheets and quilts, cleaning tables, chairs and benches, so as to make a living and find a place to live.

At that time, Du Heqi was extremely pessimistic, thinking that maybe he should pack up and go home as soon as possible, and then open a training class for art students in his hometown, and the monthly income can be good, so there is no need to suffer this kind of hardship here.

Just when he was about to give up, Du Heqi met Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan is the second boss of this youth hostel, a rich second generation who focuses on eating, drinking and having fun. He hits off with Du Heqi because only Du Heqi is willing to play backgammon with him.

The two of them squatted in the corner of the yard while playing chess and listening to Du Heqi vomit bitterness, and then Shen Yuan said: "Hey, my girlfriend is a manager, you follow her."

To be honest, Shen Yuan is white and tender, not tall, and he pretends to be playing in his heart. Du Heqi always thought that he was a subject, but he didn't expect to have a girlfriend.

That night Du Heqi met Shen Yuan's girlfriend, the tall sister Yu, Qu Yingying.

Qu Yingying and Shen Yuan stood together, like a sister leading a younger brother, but in fact Qu Yingying was indeed older than Shen Yuan, seven years older.

When he took Qu Yingying's business card, Du Heqi was stunned for a long time. He thought it was just the same name, but he didn't expect that this Qu Yingying was really Shengjing's gold medal agent. He always thought that the legendary Qu Yingying should be in her forties. big sister head.

"Shengjing belongs to my family." Shen Yuan said with a smile, "How is it, do you suddenly want to hug my thigh tightly?"

There was an excellent opportunity in front of him, which no one could ask for, but Du Heqi flinched.

He didn't want to take shortcuts, not only would he look down on himself, but even Wen Huai would look down on him.

"Shen Yuan, you're just making trouble for me!" Qu Yingying beat Shen Yuan with her hands, then poured a glass of wine for Du Heqi and said, "Don't bother with him, think about finding something to do for me every day!"

After the small dinner that night, no one mentioned this matter again. Du Heqi still called his agent every day to ask if there was any job he could go for. The answer was three words every time: Wait for news.

Wait for the news, this is the deadliest thing for an actor.

The great youth was wasted on waiting, and the strength of the whole body wanted to be used but there was nowhere to use it.

Du Heqi called Wen Huai, wanting to ask his opinion, but his assistant answered the call. The boy knew Du Heqi, and said politely: "Brother He Qi, Brother Huai is recording a program now, when he finishes I will Let him call you back?"

"No need." Du Heqi said, "It's late after the recording, let him have a good rest."

After hanging up the phone, Du Heqi went out to buy some beer and came back.

After drinking six cans of Budweiser, I felt dizzy.

He called Qu Yingying and said with the help of wine: "Sister Yingying, can I follow you? But, I want to borrow some money first to terminate the contract with my current company."

Later, Du Heqi became really popular. The first play Qu Yingying gave him was the lead actor of a well-known director. At that time, Du Heqi asked her: "Aren't you afraid that I can't act well?"

"I've seen your previous works. Although there are few scenes and few lines, you should have strength. But I only give you the opportunity. It's up to you whether you can grasp it. Moreover, I need you to hurry up and make money back. I."

After Du Heqi became popular, there will inevitably be a lot of press releases. There are media reports on what kind of hard dormancy he experienced before he became popular, from living in a small room of ten square meters to working in a youth hostel to save money. However, All the information about Wen Huai has been hidden here, just like Wen Huai said to the camera a year ago that he had never been in love.

They all walked into the life they had most yearned for, but found that they were not accompanied by each other.

Du Heqi stood on the stage and received the first award in his life, Best Supporting Actor.

He didn't know whether this award was based on his strength or the company bought it for him, but he was still extremely excited to be able to stand here, because Wen Huai was sitting below, and that person was looking up at him.

After going back that day, he called Wen Huai to break up.

In fact, the relationship between the two of them has long existed in name only. For more than a year, they met only a handful of times, without kissing or hugging, and they were as polite as strangers to each other.

Du Heqi said, "Let's break up, anyway, you don't love me anymore."

Wen Huai was silent for a long time, and then said: "Okay, good night, sweet dreams."

The moment they hung up the phone, they covered their eyes in unison. Wen Huai stood on the balcony of the hotel with an unopened cake in hand.

That day was Du Heqi's birthday, because the staff of the police station accidentally entered the wrong date when he registered, and his family members were also careless and didn't find out until a long time later. Later, Du Heqi had two birthdays.

What outsiders remember is the day on his information, but the family members will celebrate his real birthday.

Wen Huai sat on the ground and opened the cake.

He was out of town at the moment and couldn't go back, so he asked his assistant to buy a cake. He wanted to have a video chat with Du Heqi, but he didn't expect that person to break up.

Du Heqi said, "You don't love me anymore anyway." Wen Huai looked at the cake and muttered, "Yeah, who would love an idiot like you."

He cut a piece of cake for himself, and when the clock struck twelve, he ate and thought: I am really a fool.