Chapter 138(1/2)
I made an appointment with him in a coffee shop, and we sat face to face. I looked at her and the makeup on her face had been taken off. She looked quite pretty. Now he reminded me of the four words "a beauty without makeup".
She was wearing a gray dress, which made her skin look even whiter. After I chatted with him briefly, she took out a contract from her bag and handed it to me. After reading all the words in the paper, I nodded and said to him: "This is my ID card, do you need to print one?"
The woman looked at the ID card in my hand and said, "No hurry now, I will tell you the basic situation of our company so that you can understand what you need to do in the future."
I nodded and listened carefully to this woman finishing her words.
Everything that followed went on to be natural. From the moment I signed my name with a black water pen on the contract, I walked into this place called the entertainment industry.
This company is also a very famous person in the circle. The woman is my agent. I call her Ms. Chen. I am very glad that I did not meet a liar.
Although this company is very famous, I am always on guard against anyone around me. After learning about the university I graduated, Ms. Chen showed a pretty good expression. The company has drawn up a form for my current situation. I have read this form and know that this is the direction I need to develop.
I started as a little model. In a strange field, I always had some hard work when I first started, but I was not afraid, because my memory had been lost, so I treated this job as a game. The game will definitely end when it starts. Since my father just wants me to experience life, I will definitely have a day to end this game.
I can still remember the words written on the contract. I feel that I am actually quite lucky because that contract is not considered a slave contract.
In this new field, I have met many people, including makeup artists, photographers, dressmakers, agents, and of course some senior management of the company.
Ms. Chen is a special existence in my heart. She taught me the rules of how to make a good job in this industry. In addition to being my agent, she is also a first-line star and a second-line actor agent.
Ms. Chen asked me to take a job at first to be a fashion model for a famous magazine. She gave me a lot of encouragement. Of course, before continuing this job, he also arranged for me to study a series of courses. I have to say that when I was studying these courses, I felt very tired because I was not a college student who graduated from the film school. Before I learned these courses, I was completely out of my way of being a good model and being a good actor. I think I am just a layman, but Ms. Chen gave me a devilish training and learning. I really don’t want to recall that feeling because I feel it’s really hard, even though I am a big man.
Since I took some photos for that magazine, the sales of that issue have greatly improved. Gradually, many fashion magazines have contacted Ms. Chen and asked me to appear on their magazines.
Although I know that my figure and face are all very good, I never thought I would become so popular.
On the day I signed the contract, I told Hua Lianqiao about this. Hua Lianqiao was not too surprised. He just stretched out his small hand and patted my shoulder and said, "Cousin, come on, I'm optimistic about you. When you become a star in the future, you will give me a few more autographs. I want to keep your autograph in the future, which is very valuable."
I was a little unhappy when I heard that she wanted to take out my signature to sell. I deliberately put on an angry expression and said to him, "Look at what you are all about to be content with. I actually want to use my signature to exchange for money, so I will not give it to you. What do you want to do to me?"
Hua Nianqiao laughed, it wasn't great, you can't sign me, I have a cell phone and a camera, and I can take photos of your daily life. At that time, I will post those photos online and sell them for money.
When I heard him say this, I was speechless. I could only stretch out the index finger of my right hand and scrape her little nose, sighing, "You, even your cousin is going to cheat?"
Hua Nianqiao smiled faintly and said nothing.
My father and mother have never appeared. Of course, I have never seen Hua Nianqiao's parents before. I am becoming more and more curious about my other family members. I can't help but drive away from the villa on a rest day. Before leaving the villa, I had already used my tablet to check some private detective offices in the city. I chose the one with the highest praise. According to the address, I finally found this private detective office. After getting off the car, I looked up at the sign of the private detective office. The font of the sign was golden: Jiujiang Private Detective Office.
I walked into the gate and asked the lady at the front desk. After taking the elevator to the second floor, I walked into an office and saw a man with glasses sitting at the desk staring at the computer. I said to him: "Hello, I came here through the lady at the front desk on the first floor. Are you Mr. Li?" After I asked, I took a look at the brand on his desk: Li Jiujiang.
He took his eyes away from the computer screen, nodded to me and said, "I am Mr. Li, sir, what are you doing and I need to investigate for you?"
I have become a little famous now. When I go out, I will habitually wear a baseball cap, sunglasses, and mask. I took off my sunglasses and mask and looked at Li Jiujiang and said, "I want you to help me check something."
Li Jiujiang nodded and signaled me to continue.
I stared at his single eyelids with some concern. He pulled out a very kind smile and said, "Sir, please rest assured, our private detective firm will keep the client absolutely confidential. We will write this clearly in the contract. If our firm leaks your certificate, you can sue us with the contract. Of course, I can guarantee you 100% that our firm will not disclose your certificate. If you have any questions, if our firm needs to investigate for you, just tell me, of course, you can tell me first, what content do you want us to check for you? Only if I know what you want to investigate can you offer a reasonable price and then draw a contract for you to sign.
I nodded and said to him that it was like this. I forgot some of the previous things. Five months ago, when I woke up from the bed at home, I found that I didn’t remember anything. Of course, I can still solve many common sense problems by myself like an adult man. My IQ was not affected at all, but I couldn’t remember them at all. In my past, I wanted to know how I grew up, which schools did I go to, and which friends did I make? I really want to know, well, actually, what I want to know the most is my parents. I live with my cousin now. I have never seen his parents and my parents, and there is no other contact information on my mobile phone and computer.
I closed my mouth and looked at Li Jiujiang. Li Jiujiang pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, I have already learned about your situation. It will take some time for you to sign a contract that suits you. Let's do this. You come here to sign the contract at 3 pm tomorrow. I'll tell you again what we are my private detective office, how will we investigate what you need to know..."
After hearing what he said, I pulled out my ID card from my wallet, and he quickly asked another female staff member to copy my ID card.
Li Jiujiang smiled and said to me, "Sir, you can go back first. You can come to my office at 3 pm tomorrow. I will hand over the contract you have prepared to check."
I nodded and didn't want to sit down in this office anymore. I walked out of the office and took the elevator to the first floor.
When I walked out of the office, I had already put on my mask and sunglasses.
The three front desk ladies did not look up at me. Most of the people in big cities were very cold, at least that's what I think.
When I drove back to the villa and got out of the car, I was thinking: the private detective firm had such a high praise rate, so many celebrities in the city were likely to go there and let private detectives find out what they wanted to know.
I remembered what Hua Nianqiao said to me before, and of course I did not forget the content of the letter in the drawer.
I shook my head and forced myself to throw a mess of thread out of my head.
Since the praise rate is so high, those private detectives are definitely not just a waste of time. They will definitely be able to find out what I want to know.
At 3 pm the next day, I took the elevator to the office on Li Jiujiang on the second floor, wearing a mask, sunglasses, and a baseball cap.
The moment Li Jiujiang saw me take off my mask and sunglasses, he took out a contract from the drawer and pushed it in front of me. He carefully placed a black pen next to my right hand.
I ignored the black pen and carefully read every word in the contract before nodding at him and signed his name on the contract.
The moment I signed my name, Li Jiujiang smiled and said to me: "Mr. Chu, the investigation time in this contract is clearly written. If our private detective firm does not find useful things within the investigation time, then our firm will return the money to you according to the percentage proposed in the contract."
I nodded and took out my bank card.
He smiled and said to me, Mr. Chu, if you use your bank card to check out, you should not be in my office, you can just go to the front desk on the second floor to pay the money.
I nodded, picked up the contract and walked out of the office. I soon found the front desk on the second floor.
The front desk on the second floor and the front desk on the first floor are both on the same floor.
Finding the front desk on the second floor is not difficult.
After paying the money with a bank card, the big stone in my heart fell to the ground, and I felt a little relaxed. During this period, I made a lot of money through work. I finally understood why so many actors are eager to become famous, because being famous can make them feel the taste of making a lot of money. If an actor or model becomes famous, it means that he can make more money.
Advertising, magazines, and TV series will come to you.
Ms. Chen has formulated many plans for me and asked me to develop according to the company's decisions.
Of course I have no objection. Although I am a little famous now, after all, I am just a model working for the company. I am not an actor now. Although Ms. Chen promised me that I will be able to star in the first TV series in my life in a short time, and I will be the leading actor.
The entertainment industry is very dark, like a black lake. The tastes that people experience when they jump from the lakeside into the lake cannot be described in words.
I have tasted the tastes of dirty, evil, and disgusting. I don’t know what my parents are, what they look like, or what they work. I can’t be sure if I have a family like an ordinary person.
I can only tell from the things in the villa that my family conditions are definitely not bad.
That day finally came, and I walked into the crew. I learned that it is not a simple thing to make a good TV series. The entertainment industry is just a place of right and wrong. People are intrigue and I feel very tired of living.
Ms. Chen always reminded me of what my personality is like? I was told not to break my personality, so I had to put on a false face and fiddle with the ridiculous personality in front of those people. I felt like I had become a clown.
When a person becomes famous, although he can get a lot of money, he will be famous for his success and is also watched by many people.
People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong.
I am now standing in the position of the male protagonist, and I have to memorize lines every day. When facing the camera, I have to control my expression. This is a TV series about love. I need to kiss and hug a woman and make some very intimate actions. My heart is disgusted.
I hate doing these things in front of the camera, and I began to miss the days when I was a model.
Although I was very tired at that time, I didn’t need to kiss, hug, or caress a woman as required by the director.
When filming this TV series, I felt that there was darkness in front of me and nothing could be seen. Ms. Chen's face, director's face, writer's face, heroine's face, and the faces of those extras seemed to have lost their facial features. Each of them stood in front of me with a white face and played their role.
The entertainment industry is a place where you are prone to lose yourself. In front of the camera and in front of those people, I have to wear a mask. How I hope to go back to the days when I just woke up from bed, because I can chat with Hua Nianqiao.
He is a qualified listener. Whenever I see her beautiful eyes, I can't help but tell her some of the thoughts in my heart, although I know he won't tell me what he is thinking about.
Maybe this is what is called family affection. Some of the same blood flows inside our bodies, which makes me and Hua Nianqiao closer, and we become much closer, like an ordinary pair of brothers and sisters.
The 11th holiday has arrived. The 11th Golden Week has given Hua Nianqiao a short time to relax. She returned to the villa. I have become busier and busier during this period, but I still take a short time to contact and chat with her every day.
Every once in a while, the staff of Jiujiang Private Detective Firm will call me and tell me about the progress of their firm's investigation.
After answering the phone call from their firm several times, I have to say that I was really disappointed. Maybe I really told Hua Nianqiao that even if I asked a private detective to investigate for me, everything I wanted to know would be of no use.
Until one day, Li Jiujiang called me personally and he said to me: "Mr. Chu is sorry. I want to tell you that your ID card is fake. No matter the date of birth and the address, it is all forged. Mr. Chu, please rest assured that I have signed a contract with you before, so your ID card will not be fake. This matter was revealed. Of course, you also know that because your ID card is fake, so young, the words on the contract are invalid. I would like to say sorry to you so much.
For a while, our firm has tried its best, but we really can't find out what you want to know. Your cousin Hua Nianqiao has also investigated it from his perspective, but unfortunately, we can't find out what you want to know from his direction. Look, because your ID card is fake, we can't find out what you want to know from your cousin. Then we will return part of the money to your account according to the percentage mentioned in the contract. Do you think this is OK?"
I stretched out my right hand, covered my head, sat on the sofa, sighed, and said to Li Jiujiang on my phone, "Okay, you can refund the money."
Li Jiujiang's voice came from there again. He said that Mr. Chu's contract said very clearly that our firm needs to charge fees. Of course, according to the amount on the contract, I promised that I would transfer the money to your account on time. I am sorry that I didn't find out what you want to know...
I narrowed my eyes and looked at the ceiling and said, "It's okay."
Then I hung up the phone.
This TV series was finally finished and I was liberated. During this period, I was both happy and painful. I gradually became popular. The pain was that I was getting less and less. Many paparazzi and fans would not let go of my private life. I had to leave that villa. I had a lot of money in my account. I chose a relatively remote place to buy a new villa. Although it was remote, it was very safe. Although it was remote, there were still residents next to me. These residents were some celebrities, celebrities, or rich people in the city.
After the TV series was broadcast, the ratings were very impressive. Ms. Chen was very happy. She and me and the crew members went to a private club to celebrate the great success. After getting drunk, he said to me drunk: "Xiao Chu, thank you for your hard work during this period. Have a good time to celebrate. It was a very good thing that I met you in the bar. Hahahaha, look at what I said. I bit my tongue just now. In short, I wish you more and more red. Cheers!" She held a glass of light pink wine and touched me with a glass, then poured the wine in the cup. I drank a sip of Sprite in my stomach. This is my habit. I am not used to drinking in front of outsiders because I have not forgotten that I am an actor and a slowly turning red. I can't expose my ugly side to the camera.
Scandals can ruin an actor who has just become popular.
I always thought I was just an actor, not the big star that Ms. Chen mentioned.
Because I always remember what Hua Nianqiao said to me.
My father asked me to find a job, just to let me experience life. As for what he really wanted to do after I recovered my memory, I didn't know.
All I can do now is wait. When I am a qualified actor, I must maintain a good schedule, because I know that only by having good living habits can I be able to condition my body and face everything I need to take after restoring my memory.
Men's shoulders are wide because they need to bear everything women cannot bear.
I don’t know what I carried and experienced before I lost my memory. I worked hard to live every day. The entertainment industry is a very dark place for me, but I know that there is darkness and light. I have done it very hard, keep myself clean and go back to the villa to rest every day.
I finally became popular as Ms. Chen expected, and I became popular, but I felt getting tired because the company had long allowed me to play such a role, and every actor had his character, and I was no exception. Maybe I could really be called a little star.
Before going to bed at night, I always have an illusion that I felt like I was dragged into the dark abyss by countless hands. In the dark abyss, I struggled to stand up, but there was no way. No one, no one reached out to pull me and help me. I have never told Hua Nianqiao that this idea has been told to Hua Nianqiao is just my cousin. She is still a high school student. She doesn’t need to know what I am thinking about now. He is my relative, I am his cousin, and I can satisfy her cousin materially.
Hua Nianqiao is my relative and my friend. I like to call her Xiaohua very much because she is very petite.
Time passed slowly, she didn't grow much taller, and the top of her head was not yet on my chest.
Although he told me before that he wanted to take my photo with his mobile phone and upload it to the Internet, I knew he would not do such a stupid thing, because I believed him and thought he was a good girl.
I became famous. In addition to filming TV series, I also had to participate in variety shows and reality shows. For the sake of that damn character, I had to act in front of the camera. Many times I couldn't tell whether I was acting or not.
When a person stays in a mask for a long time, he may not be able to take it off in the end. The moment he walked into the villa, I felt a short relaxation because I could become much cheerful in front of Hua Nianqiao. Perhaps because I miss Joe younger than me, when I talk to him, I always feel that I have become much younger.
To be continued...