I'm not a drama freak, I can really see through the script

Chapter 19, Desolation and Hope
Carrying more than 3,000 yuan, two letters, and some attribute points.

Li Xuan returned to his single room. The small room could not even accommodate a toilet. An iron lunch box and a few empty large water bottles were all that was in the room.

Having not been back for a few days, Li Xuan picked up the broom and mop and started cleaning.

Although we are poor, we are not dirty.
Although it is small, it is our hideout, so we still have to keep it in good hygiene.

These more than three thousand yuan, plus my own savings, should be four thousand yuan.

After paying rent, utilities, phone bills, and some miscellaneous expenses, I'm going to pay my uncle back, so I'll probably deduct about 300 yuan.
That’s two thousand seven hundred yuan!
However, when Li Xuan was about to pay the rent, the landlord came to find Li Xuan.

I didn’t say anything else, except that we won’t renew the lease.

Li Xuan was a little stunned.

"Landlord, I have prepared the rent."

The landlady took a look at the cash Li Xuan had prepared and said slowly, "This isn't a question of rent or not. I don't want to rent anymore."

I don't want to rent anymore.

There is no other reason.

It seems that there is no need for any other reason. This is someone else's house. If they don't want to rent it to you, then they won't rent it to you. As for a reason, can I make one up for you?

They just don't even want to make up the story, which is honest, but they just won't rent it to you.

Ok.

Li Xuan didn't dwell on it. After all, he was the owner of the house. Renting and selling had different rights, so renting meant he had no human rights.
However, when Li Xuan returned to the room and was about to pack up and leave, he found the girl who moved in next door. She was wearing heavy makeup. Li Xuan wanted to tell her that the landlord was starting to evict people, so she should find a house quickly.

As a result, this new girl from Hengdian gave herself a business card first.

Kiki's Hair Salon, Xiaolan.

"Handsome guy, come spend some money when you have time. I'm really good at washing hair."

The pretty girl gave Li Xuan a wink. What a guy, she changed her career from being a Hengpiao actress to a clam. It had only been a short time since he started filming The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and she had already changed her career so easily.

The address on the business card of Kiki Hair Salon is right here. It turns out that the landlord kicked people out for no other reason than to start a business specializing in hair washing, for both big and small heads.

"Wow, that's a quick career change!"

Li Xuan sighed, picked up the old snakeskin bag and carried the faded backpack, and called his uncle.

"Why are you so down and out just after coming back?"

"I don't want to be so miserable, I just got kicked out by the landlord."

"No money to pay rent?"

"See? Bills! Three thousand in total!"

"Fuck, three thousand dollars!"

At the food stall, Li Xuan ate some unrefined, sticky dry-fried beef noodles and said, "I finally got some money this time from The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

Wei Ming was stunned. Li Xuan showed him his role as Guo Jing's martial arts stunt double, along with letters of introduction for "The Knight's Tale" and "Young Zhang Sanfeng," which were signed by Zhang Jizhong.
Zhang Jizhong's letter of recommendation!
Wei Ming almost fell off his chair - who is Zhang Jizhong?

If ordinary directors are people that Wei Ming cannot reach, then Zhang Jizhong is the big boss that ordinary directors cannot reach.

He has a great experience and has participated in two of the four great classics. He is an absolute gold medal producer. His crew is the richest in the new martial arts films.
Write you a letter of recommendation?

Wei Ming slammed the table.

"You're flying!" "What the hell, it's just a recommendation letter. 'The Knight's Tale' asked me to be the stunt double for 'God of Gamblers,' and 'Young Zhang Sanfeng' was already halfway through filming, and they just asked me to go. Whether they'll use me or not is still a question." Li Xuan paused and said, "But I should be able to get a role in his 'The Return of the Condor Heroes' and 'Tian Long Wu'."

However, the reason why Li Xuan was asked to join the crew of "Young Zhang Sanfeng" when the filming was halfway through was actually due to special reasons. In this era, if a TV series wants to be broadcast in mainland China, half of it must have mainland actors.

So there are two versions of "Young Zhang Sanfeng". One is the version that has been almost completed and screened in Taiwan, and the other is the mainland version. The one I should shoot is the role of the mainland special version.

This is a collaborative work between the Beijing and Taiwan circles. Director Liang Delong has only one well-known work, but this work also features many big names.

Emperor Ama, Zhang Weijian, Li Shuibing, Su Youpeng, Lin Xinru.
"Are you selling your ass?"

"Why do you always think of me selling my ass?"

"Well, in the entertainment industry, selling one's butt isn't a strange thing. You know Li Yapeng, the male lead in your film The Legend of the Condor Heroes? He's a big bird that's popular among the wealthy women in Beijing."

Damn, uncle, you are quite well-informed.

"I didn't sell my ass. I just saw my talent and recommended me to the position."

Li Xuan chuckled, and then his face fell.

"But I'm such a talented person, but now I've been kicked out."

"Oh, isn't this normal? I was kicked out early today. My place is going to be converted into a hair salon."

I didn’t expect that hair salons are such a hot spot for entrepreneurship in this area.

It's really a laughable thing.

But I'm used to it. It's like this for us tenants, so I'll just find another house.

"But you did surprise me a little."

Wei Ming was indeed very surprised.

Wei Ming himself knows the difficulty of making the transition from an extra to an actor. From a probability perspective, the chances of this happening are infinitely close to impossible.

But Li Xuan found a tiny opportunity in this tiny possibility. This kid had poor health and had to drop out of technical secondary school early to make a living because he had no money to go to school. Although Wei Ming tried his best to take care of him and give him food to eat, his future was actually just that.

Ten years later, there were thirty-year-old extras and myself, an old pervert.

Twenty years ago, there were a lot of extras in their forties, plus myself, the even older one.

Nothing should change.

Originally, Wei Ming didn't think he would have any future, but this young man who he thought had no future actually got a letter of introduction from Zhang Jizhong.

This is somewhat surprising.
It seemed to be different from what he imagined.

The trajectory of the future has changed in his mind.
Although now.

The two of them still looked very down and out. One was kicked out of the rental house, and the other seemed to be in the same situation.

Both of them are in a very bad state.

Although Li Xuan does not look decadent despite his downfall, he is full of energy and hope.

This made Wei Ming feel infected and he waved to his boss.

"Boss, a pound of white!"

(End of this chapter)