Me! A Legendary Movie Star! You’ve Got to Be Kidding!

Xu Yousi was a third-year student at a film academy, ranked last in his major's classes. Seeing his classmates running around auditioning and joining film crews ignited his ambition.

So he signed up to audition for the lead role in a famous director's new film.

Something strange happened on the day of the audition.

[Hello, everyone! Today we're here to explain the film career of Xu Yousi, a legendary top-tier actor in Chinese cinema.]

[According to his homeroom teacher, he had a handsome face and eyes that could tell a story, but he was extraordinarily lazy. What a waste of talent!]

[Who could have imagined that the student no one believed in would achieve the most? He would leave a vivid mark on film history and win more trophies than anyone could count.]

Who was talking?

The noisy room fell silent.

Everyone looked at Xu Yousi, their eyes full of doubt. Was this clear-eyed, foolish-looking college student really a legendary award-winning actor?

What a joke.

[To talk about his film career, we have to start with Classic of Mountains and Seas. In that movie, he played the fifth male lead, with only six minutes of screen time.]

[His debut was an instant hit. Clips of his character went viral, and from then on his acting career was smooth sailing. He's known for both critically acclaimed and high-grossing films.]

[The director later said that if he'd known how successful Xu Yousi would become, he would have pushed hard to make him the lead, and the box office wouldn't have been so dismal.]

Xu Yousi looked at the director's horrified expression.

He had no idea.

Don't look at him. He was just as confused. He had no great ambitions. His lifelong dream was to eat, drink, have fun, and coast through life. Ideally, his acting career wouldn't take off, so he could keep his freedom.

But...

[It's like this: every film Xu Yousi makes becomes a hit. He doesn't turn down any genre and can play any role. He's a true all-rounder.]

[But he's incredibly laid-back. Aside from filming and promoting his movies, he never shows up in public. People are extremely curious about his life and think of him as a mysterious, aloof beauty.]

[Actually, that's not the case. He's a huge foodie and is a total weirdo in private.]

Was this really okay?

Was this some kind of prank designed to humiliate him?

Xu Yousi didn't understand. Somehow, he became famous. Somehow, a ton of acting offers came his way. Somehow, he won a pile of awards.

But he was ranked last in his major!

Check out the upcoming novel: Me! A Legendary Idol! You Have to Be Kidding!

Yu Shixin was a left-behind child. One day, while he was in the city selling lotus seed pods with his cousin and grandmother, a strange woman who called herself a talent scout handed him a business card and asked if he wanted to become a trainee.

His grandmother thought she was a con artist, but his cousin told him that joining the company would set him up for life. He didn't understand, but he went along for the sake of his future.

Something strange happened on the day of the audition.

[Hello, everyone! Today we're here to explain the road to stardom of legendary idol Yu Shixin.]

[He grew up as a left-behind child in the countryside and had never learned to sing or dance. Yet this seemingly unremarkable boy stunned everyone when he opened his mouth at his first audition. With no experience, he improved at an incredible pace, overtaking his rivals time and again and climbing from the bottom to the top.]

[His stage presence is off the charts, and his musical talent is frighteningly strong. After debuting, he led his group from domestic fame to international success. Concert tickets are impossible to get, and his accomplishments earned him a page of his own in the history of entertainment.]

The interviewers stared at him in disbelief.

A legendary idol!

This shy little boy, so introverted he couldn't even meet people's eyes?

You've got to be kidding!

[Everyone knows that trainee programs full of industry connections and rich second-generation kids have lost all credibility. After one disappointment after another, fans have lost hope in this generation of trainees.]

[When the fan community was flagging and the market had written them off, Yu Shixin burst onto the scene and won everyone over with his talent, restoring everyone's faith in trainee programs.]

[And so he became known as the savior of trainee programs.]

Yu Shixin stared in shock.

He didn't understand any of this.

Was he really that amazing?

Theme: Life is full of possibilities.