A Fleeting Moment [Entertainment Industry]

"The stars lie at the edge, resting in the depths of night. The darkness plays on without end, and you are a fleeting moment lost within it." A short story, with about two chapters left before it's finished. [Upcoming story, To Gaze Upon the Vast Sea. Add it to your collection if you're interested~] Xu Rui switched careers midway through and became a reporter. He thought he could uphold justice and expose society's dark side and humanity's ugliness, but instead he became a low-level entertainment gossip reporter, picking up celebrities at the airport, hanging around film sets, staking out locations, and even learning to make merchandise so he could save up for retirement. One night, he went to a public restroom to relieve himself. Whistling as he looked up, he spotted current superstar Ni Yuezhou, hundreds of meters away through a gap in the window, with one arm around a young man a head shorter than him. His left hand hung at his side, long, slender fingers holding a cigarette that glowed red in the dim light. Just as the blushing young man in Ni Yuezhou's arms was about to kiss the superstar, Xu Rui hurriedly pulled up his pants, grabbed the camera hanging around his neck, and snapped away. Now this was a juicy scoop with a certain smell to it. He planned to use it to make his fortune, make his company famous in the industry, and secure his livelihood for the rest of his life. But on the day of the negotiations, Ni Yuezhou turned the tables on him. To get five times the hush money, Xu Rui promptly became Ni Yuezhou's devoted lackey, serving him tirelessly until his dying breath. Later, Xu Rui discovered that Ni Yuezhou only pretended to be a celebrity. What he really wanted was to become an actor of both virtue and skill! *Moody, obsessive acting-obsessed gong x half-baked, goofy little reporter shou Weibo: @ZhaoCaiMaoDeXiaoLingDang / Come find me and hang out. Entertainment industry story, with no real-life inspiration. Theme: Become an actor of both virtue and skill, and be a rational, respectful fan