Before Xing Shi could hear the company’s arrangement, he received his father’s call first.
He looked at the caller ID, picked up the cup, and took a sip of water. Then he pressed the answer button.
On the other end, Director He said very cautiously, “Sui Sui, I saw you were on the hot search.”
Xing Shi listened to the other person’s voice and hummed.
Director He asked, “Are you a trainee?”
Xing Shi hummed again.
Director He tried to savor the two sounds before asking more cautiously, “Are you tired from training?”
“I’m okay.”
“Pay more attention to rest, and don’t stay up late.”
“Hmm.”
Director He paused. “I’m going to Z City for the promotional show this Saturday. Shall I save a seat for you?”
“Okay.”
Director He added, “if you want to bring friends, tell me in advance and I’ll arrange it for you.”
Xing Shi heard the system remind him to pay attention to his character setting, and said, “I got it. I’ll hang up.”
Director He quickly said okay. He hung up and stood there without moving.
The assistant director had known him for many years and knew that his son wasn’t an easy person to deal with. He ran off to be a trainee without anyone watching him.
With his connections, why would his child bother becoming a trainee if he wanted to enter the entertainment industry?
This person was really tough. He said he didn’t want any money from his father, so he never asked for a penny. He entered the entertainment industry without saying anything until his father found out about it on the hot search.
He stepped forward and asked, “What did he say?”
Director He didn’t say anything.
The assistant director walked around to him and saw that he looked a bit confused. His heart skipped a beat. “What’s wrong?”
Director He felt like he was dreaming. “He didn’t sneer or make sarcastic remarks. His tone was very normal.”
The assistant director hissed. He looked at him for a few seconds before guessing, “Is it possible… that he has matured after being exposed to society more?”
Director He was skeptical. He returned to his seat with his phone and started to look at the trending searches.
The assistant was particularly attracted by Xing Shi’s looks, so she came over and asked, “Director He, is this your son?”
Director He said, “Yes. He is handsome, isn’t he?”
The assistant was excited. “He is so handsome. Can you give me an autographed photo?”
Director He felt relieved. “I’ll ask for you.”
The assistant went back satisfied and found that Qi Changyi was still awake and watching the hot search. She said, “This is the video.”
Qi Changyi nodded. He looked at Xing Shi’s straight shot and smiled.
This kid was actually in the entertainment industry and signed with his company. God must be watching over him.
After eating, Xing Shi went to the leisure area on the third floor.
He skillfully collapsed on the sofa and took out his mobile phone.
The trainees were overjoyed and walked with confidence.
Some of them also came here while the rest went to the practice room. However, their actions were basically the same i.e. they continued to browse Weibo. Every time they saw comments praising themselves, they happily took screenshots and saved them.
Their strength wasn’t a problem in participating in the school anniversary, but they were just so-so from the perspective of people in the circle.
Originally, they thought that even if someone took a video and posted it online, it would be amazing if they could get over a thousand forwards. After all, the shooting effect was average and there was no camera movement. It was just an ordinary program, but it ended up on the hot search.
Of course, they also knew that this popularity had nothing to do with their dancing. It was supported by their looks, especially Xing Shi. Most people on the Internet were obsessed with his looks.
They were envious, expectant, and anxiously waiting for the company’s decision.
Fortunately, it didn’t take long before people from the training department, artist management department, and public relations department all came.
The afternoon class was canceled, and everyone registered their personal accounts.
They had to put on makeup, take photos, and post their first status.
The company’s official account would post a summary on Weibo, and would also make a separate Weibo post for the top five most popular people in the hot search. This way, fans could find people accurately.
Everyone was busy for a while.
Xing Shi’s hair color changed back after washing yesterday, so he had to dye it again before starting to put on makeup.
But he had a good foundation and could transform quickly.
The hairstylist stared at his face and said, “Come and bleach it in two days. I will dye it a beige gold or a light pink. It would definitely look good, so you don’t have to use disposable hair dye all the time. This thing won’t be obvious when dyeing light colors.”
Xing Shi wasn’t obsessed with the hair color, so he said okay and went to the studio to take photos.
He had just finished taking this set of photos when Fu Xiuning came over.
Xing Shi saw him and greeted him with a smile. “Boss.”
Fu Xiuning nodded and took a look. Seeing that his outfit and hairstyle were similar to yesterday, he guessed that other people also had the same style. This way, people outside could match them with the video one by one.
Xing Shi said, “Boss, why did you come here?”
Fu Xiuning said, “I saw the hot search and came down to take a look.”
He asked, “What are you going to do next?”
Xing Shi replied, “Wait to post on Weibo together.”
Fu Xiuning told him, “Take a walk with me.”
He was just going through the motions. He considered his task completed after looking around.
The surroundings were quite messy, so the two of them found a quiet place.
Fu Xiuning asked, “What do you think about being on the hot search?”
Xing Shi said seriously, “Thank you for the company’s training.”
Fu Xiuning looked at him. “What’s the truth?”
Xing Shi said, “I have no thoughts.”
Fu Xiuning asked knowingly, “Have you ever thought about making your debut while this popularity is still ongoing?”
Xing Shi sincerely replied, “No, I’ve only been training for a short time, and I still have a lot to learn. People can’t be arrogant. They shouldn’t be surprised by honor or disgrace.”
Fu Xiuning looked gentle and was about to praise him when someone ran over.
Yu Yi’s expression was excited, and his voice was cheerful. “Xing Shi!”
After shouting this, he suddenly saw Fu Xiuning’s face. He slammed the brakes, said hello politely, and glanced at Xing Shi.
Xing Shi waved. “What’s the matter?”
Yu Yi trotted over to him and shared the good news. “I heard from the teacher that after the company posts on Weibo, my idol will repost it.”
Xing Shi and he were in the same dormitory. He knew that Yu Yi’s idol was Qi Changyi, so he congratulated him. “Not bad. You are in the same frame as your idol.”
Yu Yi was happy. “Yeh!”
The system was worried. “What is supposed to come has finally come. Do you think Qi Changyi will click on the long pictures and look at them one by one?”
Xing Shi told it, “What does it matter if he sees it or not? I am on the hot search and my father knows about it too.”
The system sighed. “That’s right. You were on the hot search too suddenly.”
Fu Xiuning was surprised to hear this. Seeing that this person had stopped talking, he asked Yu Yi, “Is your idol Qi Changyi?”
Yu Yi didn’t dare to be presumptuous in front of him and honestly replied, “Yes.”
Fu Xiuning glanced at Xing Shi and put on the attitude of being a good boss. “Qi Changyi will come to Z City for a promotional show this weekend. I will ask him to come to the company to see you.”
Xing Shi: “……”
The system: “……”
Everyone was silent for a while before Xing Shi ordered the system, “Check.”
The system quickly checked and said sadly, “It is the movie your father filmed. He is the leading actor!”
Fu Xiuning looked calm.
Very good. It came without any effort.
He had been thinking about checking Xing Shi’s father recently. The original plan was that he would take Xing Shi to meet the main creative staff on the day of Qi Changyi’s promotional show. They would all be insiders. If he was lucky, maybe someone would know Xing Shi. If he was unlucky, it was still okay. Qi Changyi was very popular. Xing Shi and the system might chat about related topics when meeting and then talk about his father.
Now Fu Xiuning could make other plans after getting the answer.
He was a bit surprised that Xing Shi’s father was He Fengbo. This genius director was famous both at home and abroad. He had won numerous awards for his movies and produced several Best Actor and Best Actress winners.
As the system said, it would only take a few minutes to make Xing Shi famous.
Then the relationship between Xing Shi and Qi Changyi was clear at a glance.
Qi Changyi’s aunt was Director He’s wife and Xing Shi’s stepmother.
The system was regretting it. “I should’ve checked more.”
Its mechanism was: Only after coming to this world and binding the host could the body’s memory be obtained.
The original owner didn’t know the relationship between his stepmother and Qi Changyi at all, or he wouldn’t have signed with June Culture.
It and Xing Shi only found it by chance after reading the original owner’s information and Xing Shi wanted to sort out the social relationships of family members
The system wouldn’t take the initiative to check unfamiliar information. It would only check when the host ordered or it was needed.
At that time, the host asked it to check QI Changyi and learned that the latter was very busy every day, so it stopped paying attention. After all, one was a top star, and the other was a trainee who hadn’t debuted. The chances of them meeting were very small.
Xing Shi agreed to go to the promotional show and didn’t ask the system to check the details of the movie. It was because he only planned to meet Director He and didn’t plan to tell his father that he was a trainee. Thus, this tragedy occurred.
“How could it be such a coincidence?” The system doubted life. “Isn’t Yu Yi a fanboy? Don’t Feng Zifan and the others like movies? There is no one to talk to. Have they become stupid from rehearsals recently?”
Xing Shi recalled, “It seems that someone said that Director He’s new movie will be released.”
The system said sadly, “But they didn’t say that Qi Changyi was in it.”
“It doesn’t matter. I’ll see him sooner or later.”
He added, “Remember to remind me at night to release Director He’s series of entries from the blocked words of various platforms.”
Otherwise, he should’ve been able to see some news when playing with his phone recently.
The system said okay and asked, “Is it possible that your stepmother never mentioned you in front of Qi Changyi?”
Xing Shi said, “I hope so.”
The original owner had no opinion on his stepmother. She and Director He met after his mother passed away and it was a normal relationship.
He mainly had conflicts with his father, and his tricks affected his stepmother.
The family wasn’t harmonious, and his stepmother was worried. Qi Changyi had a good relationship with his aunt. If he heard about this, he would definitely be unhappy.
The system comforted him. “It’s okay. If he tries to make things difficult for you, we still have Chairman Fu.”
Xing Shi said, “Just based on this -6?”
The system said, “Maybe once you are bullied, Chairman Fu will develop a desire to protect you. From then on, he will understand his feelings for you!”
Xing Shi ignored it, and Fu Xiuning pretended not to hear it.
Yu Yi didn’t dare to stay any longer and soon left. The remaining two people chatted casually and stayed here until the rest of the trainees finished filming. Then they separated.
The next day was Monday. Xing Shi had classes in the morning.
He met Lin Kecheng at school.
Lin Kecheng also saw yesterday’s hot search and saw that they had opened personal accounts, among which Xing Shi gained the most followers.
He wanted to take advantage of the popularity, so he suggested, “Let’s take a photo together. I’ll post on Weibo saying that I am the organizer of the school anniversary. Then I will @ you, and you will forward it.”
Xing Shi replied, “No, our account is under the control of the company. We aren’t allowed to post randomly.”
He didn’t want to hear the other person’s next idea, so he said, “Senior, I have a question.”
Lin Kecheng said, “Go ahead.”
Xing Shi looked puzzled. “Fu Xiuning still hasn’t given in, but your score is much higher than mine. Why doesn’t he hire you into the company? Is there something I don’t know about?”
He said bluntly, “We are allies. If you have offended him but always let me help you like this, you must be cheating me.”
Lin Kecheng sincerely thought, ‘Are our scores the same? You, -8, are definitely sick!’
He calmly stated, “…You are thinking too much.”
Xing Shi asked, “Why?”
Lin Kecheng told him, “Every company has its own plans. Maybe my style isn’t suitable.”
Xing Shi said as a matter of course, “In this case, it is useless for you to struggle!”
Lin Kecheng: “……”
This was why he hated fools.
Sometimes, their words were really unpleasant to hear.
He knew that today’s plan was going to fail. He watched the fool walk away and asked the system, “Qi Changyi will come to Z City this Saturday, right?”
The system said, “Yes.”
It checked the arrival time again to prevent flight changes and said, “They changed their tickets and will arrive on Friday evening!”
Xing Shi knew nothing about this.
They were already destined to meet, so he didn’t bother having the system paying attention.
He attended classes and trained as planned. Then he took time out on Wednesday to see a stylist. He bleached his hair and dyed it 48 hours on Friday.
Fu Xiuning’s message came at this time. [Have you eaten?]
Xing Shi took a look and replied: [Not yet.]
Fu Xiuning: [Come to the parking lot to find me. I’ll take you to pick someone up and have a meal.]
Xing Shi: [Okay!]
He hurriedly said goodbye to the stylist, got up and went downstairs. The moment he got out of the elevator, he saw Fu Xiuning and immediately smiled. “Boss~”
Fu Xiuning looked over and his pupils suddenly shrank.
[Ding.]
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