That day, Lu Xingmian, her friend who was still stuck playing bit parts, cornered her at the subway station. “My assistant ran off with the money. Cover for me, will you? I’ll pay the rent and keep you supplied with instant noodles!”
How could she have known that this friend, who used to stammer whenever she went onstage in high school, would one day become a top-tier star?
More unbelievable still:
In private, the star was a good-for-nothing when it came to everyday life. She was so afraid of the dark she had to sleep holding on to her, and so hopeless at finding her way that she got lost in their own neighborhood. When a director yelled at her, she hid in a corner and nibbled on bread until her friend kicked the door open and shoved an ice-cold soda at her. “What are you crying for? The terror in your eyes when you played a kidnapping victim was more convincing than me spotting a cockroach!”
As for her own daily routine:
She stood up to Lu Xingmian’s obsessive fans, then turned around and exposed them on the fan forum; acted as a human GPS for her directionally challenged friend; and even used her office-worker skills to negotiate her fee from one million to three million...
Then one day, the star won Best Actress and choked up at the awards ceremony. “Thank you, He He. You’ve seen me at my worst, and you never left me by the roadside.”
In the audience, He He was being offered a tissue by an award-winning actor: Gu Huai, the very man she had once scolded for using a stunt double in a rain scene.
Gu Huai smiled softly. “You’re so fiercely protective of her. How about considering being protective of me for the rest of my life?”
Lu Xingmian suddenly leaned out from the stage. “Actor Gu, you want to date my best friend? You’ll have to get past me first! You put way too much salt in your soup. You fail!”
From a tiny 15-square-meter rental to a glittering awards ceremony, from gnawing on expired ham to sharing a Best Actress trophy...
She stayed by her side as she went from bit player to top-tier star, and her friend helped her go from unemployed office worker to star business partner.
The spotlight may fade, but the road they walked side by side will always burn bright.
The dual male and female protagonists are mainly an observation of "the growth of ordinary people" and "true friendship": with the entertainment industry as the background, it focuses on two ordinary girls - unemployed social worker He He and supporting actor Lu Xingmian, from sharing expired spicy noodles in a rented house. , To stand side by side under the stars at the award ceremony, and use their frantic daily life (quarreling with each other, defending each other's shortcomings, and dealing with bad things in the entertainment industry together) to deconstruct the prejudice that "one person can achieve enlightenment" and show that "real growth is to support each other." The core of inspiration is "realism": there are no bloody entertainment industry dramas, only the struggles of ordinary people under the pressure of reality (being laid off, being scolded as a walk-in, being questioned by family members); there is no plastic sisterhood, only the tacit understanding of "you get into trouble, I will take care of it" ( He He changed the script for Lu Xingmian to criticize others, and Lu Xingmian refused to sign for a big company to protect He He. He also used Northeastern humor to dilute the bitterness of growing up, allowing readers to see through laughter and tears: the best time is when someone accompanies you to rise from the dust, and then walk together into the starlight.
If you like to watch the growth process of ordinary poor people, you can watch it, but I have read too many cool articles, and this kind of thing is not suitable for me 🤦 🤦 🤦