The second man is dedicated to his career
Chapter 200 Schizophrenic Male 2: Killing the Lord...
Lin Xicheng entered the entertainment industry by accident.
He won the first place in the draft competition. He thought it was just the beginning, but he didn't expect that this would be his peak in the entertainment industry.
After Lin Xicheng signed the contract, it was as if he had been hidden in the snow, and he would never get any good resources.
Although he worked hard to improve himself, after three years in the entertainment circle, he didn't make any name.
At this time, he also graduated from college for two years.
Although his girlfriend had always supported him before, but seeing that Lin Xicheng had accomplished nothing in the past three years, his girlfriend finally couldn't help but speak up.
The girlfriend told her what she expects of him, and she should quit the entertainment industry after the three-year contract expires.
In fact, the girlfriend felt that Lin Xicheng had never entered that circle either.
Instead of wasting time in the entertainment industry, it is better to find a job down-to-earth.
But Lin Xicheng is not reconciled. In the past three years, he has been working hard to improve himself and polish his acting skills. He wants to be a good actor, and he doesn't want to leave the entertainment industry in such a dismal manner.So he promised his girlfriend that as long as he is given some more time, he will definitely be able to stand out and let his girlfriend live a good life.
Lin Xicheng also knew that after his girlfriend was with him, she was not like other girls, there would be surprises and romance from time to time, and he also felt very sorry for his girlfriend, but...he still didn't want to give up his dream.
Efforts may be useful.
Lin Xicheng worked hard for a long time, and finally succeeded in auditioning for the role of the second male lead.
He was very happy that day, and when he got home, he told his girlfriend the good news. He hugged her in circles and said that he would marry her after he became popular.
The girlfriend laughed and was also happy for him, but at that time Lin Xicheng didn't notice the loneliness in his girlfriend's eyes.
Lin Xicheng is under pressure, and his girlfriend also has pressure from life and family.
She gave him chances again and again, but was disappointed again and again.
My girlfriend really doesn't think it's necessary to hang out in the entertainment industry, but she can't bear to pour cold water on him at this time.
However, this time, Lin Xicheng will be disappointed after all.Not long after he was happy, when he went to the crew to report, he got a bad news.
The original male number two became the male N number. The character who used to have a lot of roles and had a lot of scenes with the protagonist suddenly became an insignificant cannon fodder role. There are people behind.
So the role he had worked so hard to win was replaced so easily.
This was an opportunity he had exchanged countless times with great difficulty.
Lin Xicheng was in a bad mood. He drank a lot of wine that day and went home drunk.
Originally thought that telling his girlfriend would comfort him, but... his girlfriend broke up with him.
My girlfriend's family couldn't wait any longer and urged her to get married, but now Lin Xicheng is struggling to support himself, so where can I get the gift money?
The girlfriend knew about his situation and didn't want to embarrass him, so she simply broke up.
It's not that I haven't loved, it's just that it can't match the reality.
One must be realistic in life.
The girlfriend thinks that Lin Xicheng is too unrealistic, he is too idealistic, maybe it can be called naive, she... can't afford it.
The role that he had worked so hard for for a long time was gone, and his girlfriend broke up with him, but at this moment, Lin Xicheng's father who ran away with Xiaosan came back, and he became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
That man, when he was young, liked to flirt with each other and didn't take responsibility, and he didn't get better at all when he got older, and even became more disgusting.
He saw Lin Xicheng on a TV show. Although Lin Xicheng only appeared for a few minutes in that show, Father Lin felt that since he could be on TV, he was a big star. How could a big star have no money?
Father Lin's money had already been cheated out by Xiao San, and he was going to ask his "big star" son to give him the money.
Lin's father approached him and asked for 100 million.
Where does Lin Xicheng have money?
Lin Xicheng didn't give the money, so Lin's father followed him to the production crew, the farce crew, saying that now that Lin Xicheng became a star, he didn't want his old father anymore. He accused Lin Xicheng while crying.
Generally, people always sympathize with the weak. Father Lin has not been doing well in the past few years, and he looks very down and out.
As for Lin Xicheng's life, no matter how difficult it is, he always tidies himself up and down outside. After all, he is also an entertainer.
However, in this situation now, it seems that Lin Xicheng himself is doing well, but he doesn't care about his old father.
As long as there is a way, most people will not spare their face to do such a thing, but Father Lin... is precisely the one who is shameless.
Father Lin is shameless and makes trouble in front of everyone, but Lin Xicheng still has face.
Everyone around looked at him with strange eyes, pointed at him, all kinds of insults, those eyes like sharp knives, and entertainment reporters mixed in, and spread this picture to the Internet in real time, and then It caused a lot of scolding.
The tense nerves in Lin Xicheng's mind seemed to be broken. He only felt that his mind was buzzing, and the surrounding voices were loud, but he couldn't hear a word clearly.There were people walking back and forth in front of him, but he couldn't see any of them clearly.
Lin Xicheng just wanted to escape, he felt that this world was too scary.
In the end, Lin Xicheng didn't know what he had done, and when he woke up, he had already been sent to a mental hospital.
Later, when he heard that he had injured someone unconsciously, everyone realized that something was wrong. Fortunately, the person was not seriously injured.
Later, he heard that Lin's father had died, but he didn't feel anything anymore, so he just died.
After being sent to the mental hospital, Lin Xicheng closed his heart for a long time, and when he was willing to face others again, he gained two more personalities.
One is girlfriend Xiaodie.
Perhaps it was because he couldn't accept Xiaodie breaking up with him. Subconsciously, he lied to himself that Xiaodie broke up with him because he disliked him for being poor and despised him. Therefore, Xiaodie's personality is more or less selfish. .
And as time goes on, this personality will bring out this characteristic to the fullest.
The other personality is the big guy personality, a powerful big guy in the entertainment industry can support anyone with just a word.
But it may also be influenced by Lin's father, and this personality is also mixed with many of Lin's father's characteristics.
Selfishness, abandoning his wife and children, and even the personality of mother hates this boss personality very much.
For these personalities that appeared later, Lin Xicheng was very clear when they occupied his body, and what they did with their bodies, Lin Xicheng was also very clear.
The only difference is Yuan Wuji's personality, the personality that has been with him since childhood.And other personalities, will not grow up or grow old.
Although they are all his sub-personalities, Lin Xicheng also knows that except Yuan Wuji's personality, other personalities want him to die.
In the psychiatric hospital, Lin Xicheng still encountered many bad things, perhaps because of his fear of the psychiatrist, he gained another personality.
The more personalities there are, the more dangerous Lin Xicheng is. These personalities are always fighting for the right to use the body.
They all felt that Lin Xicheng had used his body as the protagonist for too long, and they all wanted to... kill Lin Xicheng and become Lin Xicheng.
It's a strange thing, all the personalities only know the existence of Yuan Wuji, but what Yuan Wuji did with his body, including Lin Xicheng, all the personalities don't know.
Lin Xicheng's spiritual world tends to collapse more and more. Not only did he fail to cure his illness in the mental hospital, but he became more and more serious. All personalities except Yuan Wuji wanted to kill him, so he used only He communicated with Yuan Wuji in a way that Yuan Wuji knew, and was going to make a settlement.
Their plan was originally very successful, but at the last moment, not only did the other sub-personalities fail to be eliminated, but Lin Xicheng gave birth to another personality, and he himself was killed by the other sub-personalities.
The accident was... Lin Xicheng knew one thing, if all the sub-personalities were killed, Yuan Wuji's personality would also disappear, Lin Xicheng couldn't accept this.
He always thought that Yuan Wuji was different, that he would always be by his side like an older brother, but if Yuan Wuji would disappear if other personalities were eliminated... Lin Xicheng would rather be himself.
Thinking of this... Yuan Wuji rubbed his eyebrows.
He couldn't understand such brotherhood.
But he did understand why even if he was trapped in reincarnation, he would have the emotion of wanting to love his brother.
Because it was the emotion of the personality of the original body. In the original plot, Yuan Wuji did not realize that the real Lin Xicheng had disappeared at first. He regarded his "brother" as the real owner of Green Xicheng, so he was completely ignorant of the "brother". trust.
It was also because of this love and trust that Yuan Wuji couldn't figure it out at first, almost stuck in the endless cycle of reincarnation and couldn't get out.
In the original plot, Yuan Wuji didn't know that Lin Xicheng had changed. He just felt that the plan had failed. Lin Xicheng didn't need him less and less, and he came out less and less frequently.
Yuan Wuji thought that the "master personality" was the real Lin Xicheng, so he was willing to be used, but in the end he found out that it was not the younger brother he protected and grew up at all, that's why he had this task.
He doesn't fight or grab because the main character is Lin Xicheng.
And now these personalities...
Rather than being possessed by these sub-personalities, it would be better for him to come by himself.
The most important thing is...these personalities teamed up to kill Lin Xicheng.
Not just the "master personality", all personalities, he doesn't want to let them out anymore.
This is the original wish, and also the mission of Yuan Wuji.
The "Psychiatrist" personality has been eliminated by violence, and the other sub-personalities are trapped in the reincarnation dream, and the one in front of me...
Yuan Wuji looked at his "brother" and said what he feared most in his heart.
Since the birth of the "brother" personality, he has always firmly believed that he is the master personality. He deceived himself and believed that he was the master personality.Now Yuan Wuji denies him so bluntly, denies his existence, his meaning, "brother" cannot accept it.
"You are not the main character, you should not even exist, you are just a thought in that moment. There is only a moment, so you should disappear now."
Yuan Wuji approached step by step, two seemingly simple sentences, but under the blessing of "mantra" and the assistance of mental attack, the expression of "brother" became more and more painful.
He squatted down with his head in his arms, and muttered in his mouth: "No, it's not like this...it's not..."
Yuan Wuji's words are undoubtedly completely denying his existence, which makes the "brother" unacceptable.
"Admit it, you're just an idea, you shouldn't exist."
"Brother" felt as if his brain was being squeezed to the point of exploding. He looked at Yuan Wuji in horror, but was instantly attracted by his golden eyes, and even his own consciousness began to blur.
"I, I shouldn't..."
"Brother" suddenly stood up halfway through his words, his eyes became clear for an instant, and he was afraid for a while.
If he said that sentence just now, there is really no chance of redemption.
There are always two special personalities, Yuan Wuji is a special existence, and so is the "brother".
Yuan Wuji's personality is firmly suppressed by the master personality. As long as he believes that the master personality is still there, he will not do anything to harm the master personality, and even prefers to dissipate by himself, because the appearance of his personality is the master personality. Self-help, the main personality was born in order to protect itself.
And the personality of "brother" cannot deny its existence.
From the beginning, he firmly believed that he was the master personality. Once this idea began to waver, once he felt that he should not exist, then he would be completely finished.
"Brother" shook his head desperately, he wanted to get rid of that terrible thought in his mind, but...
Yuan Wuji's voice rang in his ears over and over again, and the "brother" felt that he shouldn't exist was getting stronger and stronger.
"what--"
"Brother" let out a scream of pain, the feeling as if someone had rounded and flattened his brain and then stepped on the ground, making him wish he didn't exist.
He looked at Yuan Wuji with more and more fear.
"Since you look exactly like the main character, I didn't want to treat you like this, but you can't blame me for asking for trouble."
What Yuan Wuji said was an understatement, but the real situation is naturally that he could not have such kindness. The resistance of "brother" is a good thing for Yuan Wuji, it just allows him to exercise his mental attack.
This attack method is much more difficult than direct use of force. He needs to precisely control each of his spiritual power.
Yuan Wuji is not very proficient in using it now, "brother" is like a laboratory mouse, Yuan Wuji greeted him well.In the end, he couldn't bear to say that sentence himself: "I, I shouldn't exist."
When "brother" said that sentence, Yuan Wuji knew that everything was over.
"Brother" turned into pieces and disappeared in front of Yuan Wuji.
When Yuan Wuji opened his eyes again, he saw the worried eyes of the psychiatrist.
The sunlight outside the window was shining on her body, very warm.
everything is over.
It is also a new beginning.
The task was completed, and Yuan Wuji returned to the system space.
This time, Yuan Wuji was not in a hurry to see the results of his mission, but asked the system to locate him for the first time. He left something on his father.
He won the first place in the draft competition. He thought it was just the beginning, but he didn't expect that this would be his peak in the entertainment industry.
After Lin Xicheng signed the contract, it was as if he had been hidden in the snow, and he would never get any good resources.
Although he worked hard to improve himself, after three years in the entertainment circle, he didn't make any name.
At this time, he also graduated from college for two years.
Although his girlfriend had always supported him before, but seeing that Lin Xicheng had accomplished nothing in the past three years, his girlfriend finally couldn't help but speak up.
The girlfriend told her what she expects of him, and she should quit the entertainment industry after the three-year contract expires.
In fact, the girlfriend felt that Lin Xicheng had never entered that circle either.
Instead of wasting time in the entertainment industry, it is better to find a job down-to-earth.
But Lin Xicheng is not reconciled. In the past three years, he has been working hard to improve himself and polish his acting skills. He wants to be a good actor, and he doesn't want to leave the entertainment industry in such a dismal manner.So he promised his girlfriend that as long as he is given some more time, he will definitely be able to stand out and let his girlfriend live a good life.
Lin Xicheng also knew that after his girlfriend was with him, she was not like other girls, there would be surprises and romance from time to time, and he also felt very sorry for his girlfriend, but...he still didn't want to give up his dream.
Efforts may be useful.
Lin Xicheng worked hard for a long time, and finally succeeded in auditioning for the role of the second male lead.
He was very happy that day, and when he got home, he told his girlfriend the good news. He hugged her in circles and said that he would marry her after he became popular.
The girlfriend laughed and was also happy for him, but at that time Lin Xicheng didn't notice the loneliness in his girlfriend's eyes.
Lin Xicheng is under pressure, and his girlfriend also has pressure from life and family.
She gave him chances again and again, but was disappointed again and again.
My girlfriend really doesn't think it's necessary to hang out in the entertainment industry, but she can't bear to pour cold water on him at this time.
However, this time, Lin Xicheng will be disappointed after all.Not long after he was happy, when he went to the crew to report, he got a bad news.
The original male number two became the male N number. The character who used to have a lot of roles and had a lot of scenes with the protagonist suddenly became an insignificant cannon fodder role. There are people behind.
So the role he had worked so hard to win was replaced so easily.
This was an opportunity he had exchanged countless times with great difficulty.
Lin Xicheng was in a bad mood. He drank a lot of wine that day and went home drunk.
Originally thought that telling his girlfriend would comfort him, but... his girlfriend broke up with him.
My girlfriend's family couldn't wait any longer and urged her to get married, but now Lin Xicheng is struggling to support himself, so where can I get the gift money?
The girlfriend knew about his situation and didn't want to embarrass him, so she simply broke up.
It's not that I haven't loved, it's just that it can't match the reality.
One must be realistic in life.
The girlfriend thinks that Lin Xicheng is too unrealistic, he is too idealistic, maybe it can be called naive, she... can't afford it.
The role that he had worked so hard for for a long time was gone, and his girlfriend broke up with him, but at this moment, Lin Xicheng's father who ran away with Xiaosan came back, and he became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
That man, when he was young, liked to flirt with each other and didn't take responsibility, and he didn't get better at all when he got older, and even became more disgusting.
He saw Lin Xicheng on a TV show. Although Lin Xicheng only appeared for a few minutes in that show, Father Lin felt that since he could be on TV, he was a big star. How could a big star have no money?
Father Lin's money had already been cheated out by Xiao San, and he was going to ask his "big star" son to give him the money.
Lin's father approached him and asked for 100 million.
Where does Lin Xicheng have money?
Lin Xicheng didn't give the money, so Lin's father followed him to the production crew, the farce crew, saying that now that Lin Xicheng became a star, he didn't want his old father anymore. He accused Lin Xicheng while crying.
Generally, people always sympathize with the weak. Father Lin has not been doing well in the past few years, and he looks very down and out.
As for Lin Xicheng's life, no matter how difficult it is, he always tidies himself up and down outside. After all, he is also an entertainer.
However, in this situation now, it seems that Lin Xicheng himself is doing well, but he doesn't care about his old father.
As long as there is a way, most people will not spare their face to do such a thing, but Father Lin... is precisely the one who is shameless.
Father Lin is shameless and makes trouble in front of everyone, but Lin Xicheng still has face.
Everyone around looked at him with strange eyes, pointed at him, all kinds of insults, those eyes like sharp knives, and entertainment reporters mixed in, and spread this picture to the Internet in real time, and then It caused a lot of scolding.
The tense nerves in Lin Xicheng's mind seemed to be broken. He only felt that his mind was buzzing, and the surrounding voices were loud, but he couldn't hear a word clearly.There were people walking back and forth in front of him, but he couldn't see any of them clearly.
Lin Xicheng just wanted to escape, he felt that this world was too scary.
In the end, Lin Xicheng didn't know what he had done, and when he woke up, he had already been sent to a mental hospital.
Later, when he heard that he had injured someone unconsciously, everyone realized that something was wrong. Fortunately, the person was not seriously injured.
Later, he heard that Lin's father had died, but he didn't feel anything anymore, so he just died.
After being sent to the mental hospital, Lin Xicheng closed his heart for a long time, and when he was willing to face others again, he gained two more personalities.
One is girlfriend Xiaodie.
Perhaps it was because he couldn't accept Xiaodie breaking up with him. Subconsciously, he lied to himself that Xiaodie broke up with him because he disliked him for being poor and despised him. Therefore, Xiaodie's personality is more or less selfish. .
And as time goes on, this personality will bring out this characteristic to the fullest.
The other personality is the big guy personality, a powerful big guy in the entertainment industry can support anyone with just a word.
But it may also be influenced by Lin's father, and this personality is also mixed with many of Lin's father's characteristics.
Selfishness, abandoning his wife and children, and even the personality of mother hates this boss personality very much.
For these personalities that appeared later, Lin Xicheng was very clear when they occupied his body, and what they did with their bodies, Lin Xicheng was also very clear.
The only difference is Yuan Wuji's personality, the personality that has been with him since childhood.And other personalities, will not grow up or grow old.
Although they are all his sub-personalities, Lin Xicheng also knows that except Yuan Wuji's personality, other personalities want him to die.
In the psychiatric hospital, Lin Xicheng still encountered many bad things, perhaps because of his fear of the psychiatrist, he gained another personality.
The more personalities there are, the more dangerous Lin Xicheng is. These personalities are always fighting for the right to use the body.
They all felt that Lin Xicheng had used his body as the protagonist for too long, and they all wanted to... kill Lin Xicheng and become Lin Xicheng.
It's a strange thing, all the personalities only know the existence of Yuan Wuji, but what Yuan Wuji did with his body, including Lin Xicheng, all the personalities don't know.
Lin Xicheng's spiritual world tends to collapse more and more. Not only did he fail to cure his illness in the mental hospital, but he became more and more serious. All personalities except Yuan Wuji wanted to kill him, so he used only He communicated with Yuan Wuji in a way that Yuan Wuji knew, and was going to make a settlement.
Their plan was originally very successful, but at the last moment, not only did the other sub-personalities fail to be eliminated, but Lin Xicheng gave birth to another personality, and he himself was killed by the other sub-personalities.
The accident was... Lin Xicheng knew one thing, if all the sub-personalities were killed, Yuan Wuji's personality would also disappear, Lin Xicheng couldn't accept this.
He always thought that Yuan Wuji was different, that he would always be by his side like an older brother, but if Yuan Wuji would disappear if other personalities were eliminated... Lin Xicheng would rather be himself.
Thinking of this... Yuan Wuji rubbed his eyebrows.
He couldn't understand such brotherhood.
But he did understand why even if he was trapped in reincarnation, he would have the emotion of wanting to love his brother.
Because it was the emotion of the personality of the original body. In the original plot, Yuan Wuji did not realize that the real Lin Xicheng had disappeared at first. He regarded his "brother" as the real owner of Green Xicheng, so he was completely ignorant of the "brother". trust.
It was also because of this love and trust that Yuan Wuji couldn't figure it out at first, almost stuck in the endless cycle of reincarnation and couldn't get out.
In the original plot, Yuan Wuji didn't know that Lin Xicheng had changed. He just felt that the plan had failed. Lin Xicheng didn't need him less and less, and he came out less and less frequently.
Yuan Wuji thought that the "master personality" was the real Lin Xicheng, so he was willing to be used, but in the end he found out that it was not the younger brother he protected and grew up at all, that's why he had this task.
He doesn't fight or grab because the main character is Lin Xicheng.
And now these personalities...
Rather than being possessed by these sub-personalities, it would be better for him to come by himself.
The most important thing is...these personalities teamed up to kill Lin Xicheng.
Not just the "master personality", all personalities, he doesn't want to let them out anymore.
This is the original wish, and also the mission of Yuan Wuji.
The "Psychiatrist" personality has been eliminated by violence, and the other sub-personalities are trapped in the reincarnation dream, and the one in front of me...
Yuan Wuji looked at his "brother" and said what he feared most in his heart.
Since the birth of the "brother" personality, he has always firmly believed that he is the master personality. He deceived himself and believed that he was the master personality.Now Yuan Wuji denies him so bluntly, denies his existence, his meaning, "brother" cannot accept it.
"You are not the main character, you should not even exist, you are just a thought in that moment. There is only a moment, so you should disappear now."
Yuan Wuji approached step by step, two seemingly simple sentences, but under the blessing of "mantra" and the assistance of mental attack, the expression of "brother" became more and more painful.
He squatted down with his head in his arms, and muttered in his mouth: "No, it's not like this...it's not..."
Yuan Wuji's words are undoubtedly completely denying his existence, which makes the "brother" unacceptable.
"Admit it, you're just an idea, you shouldn't exist."
"Brother" felt as if his brain was being squeezed to the point of exploding. He looked at Yuan Wuji in horror, but was instantly attracted by his golden eyes, and even his own consciousness began to blur.
"I, I shouldn't..."
"Brother" suddenly stood up halfway through his words, his eyes became clear for an instant, and he was afraid for a while.
If he said that sentence just now, there is really no chance of redemption.
There are always two special personalities, Yuan Wuji is a special existence, and so is the "brother".
Yuan Wuji's personality is firmly suppressed by the master personality. As long as he believes that the master personality is still there, he will not do anything to harm the master personality, and even prefers to dissipate by himself, because the appearance of his personality is the master personality. Self-help, the main personality was born in order to protect itself.
And the personality of "brother" cannot deny its existence.
From the beginning, he firmly believed that he was the master personality. Once this idea began to waver, once he felt that he should not exist, then he would be completely finished.
"Brother" shook his head desperately, he wanted to get rid of that terrible thought in his mind, but...
Yuan Wuji's voice rang in his ears over and over again, and the "brother" felt that he shouldn't exist was getting stronger and stronger.
"what--"
"Brother" let out a scream of pain, the feeling as if someone had rounded and flattened his brain and then stepped on the ground, making him wish he didn't exist.
He looked at Yuan Wuji with more and more fear.
"Since you look exactly like the main character, I didn't want to treat you like this, but you can't blame me for asking for trouble."
What Yuan Wuji said was an understatement, but the real situation is naturally that he could not have such kindness. The resistance of "brother" is a good thing for Yuan Wuji, it just allows him to exercise his mental attack.
This attack method is much more difficult than direct use of force. He needs to precisely control each of his spiritual power.
Yuan Wuji is not very proficient in using it now, "brother" is like a laboratory mouse, Yuan Wuji greeted him well.In the end, he couldn't bear to say that sentence himself: "I, I shouldn't exist."
When "brother" said that sentence, Yuan Wuji knew that everything was over.
"Brother" turned into pieces and disappeared in front of Yuan Wuji.
When Yuan Wuji opened his eyes again, he saw the worried eyes of the psychiatrist.
The sunlight outside the window was shining on her body, very warm.
everything is over.
It is also a new beginning.
The task was completed, and Yuan Wuji returned to the system space.
This time, Yuan Wuji was not in a hurry to see the results of his mission, but asked the system to locate him for the first time. He left something on his father.
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