Never Meeting Again In Our Next Life (Living Life Over) - Volume 2 (19)
Chapter 19 Past
”It’s time to eat.” Li Mo’s voice came from the dining table, pulling Ji Qin out of his thoughts. “What are you thinking about, so absorbed?” Li Mo asked casually.
”It’s nothing.” Ji Qin twitched the corner of his mouth unnaturally. He suddenly felt sorry for Li Mo, but Li Mo never mentioned the past, so he couldn’t ask more questions.
As soon as the two of them sat down around the dining table, Ji Qin’s cell phone rang.
”Xiao Ji,” the hesitant voice of his director brother came from the other end of the phone, “I’m really sorry. The producer called me this morning and said that the male lead has been confirmed, so…”
Ji Qin’s heart sank and he asked: “Senior brother, can I ask…who is determined?”
The director hesitated for a moment, but told the truth: “You will know sooner or later anyway, Gu Yuexuan is the one chosen.” “”It’s him? “Ji Qin was a little surprised and glanced at Li Mo consciously.
Li Mo originally didn’t pay attention to who he was calling, but after noticing Ji Qin’s gaze, he raised his head and gave the other party a questioning look.
Ji Qin didn’t think about giving him a response for the time being. He only listened to the director talking on the phone: “To be honest, I didn’t believe it at first, but the producer said it was Gu Yuexuan’s assistant who took the initiative to call him. It’s absolutely true. .so……”
”It’s okay, I understand.” Ji Qin took a deep breath and concealed his disappointment, “Just pretend that I have no connection with the crew. Senior brother, don’t take it too seriously…”
”Who says it’s not fate,” the director changed the topic, “I’m calling you because I want to ask you if you are interested in trying out the second male lead in this drama again? I haven’t decided on the second lead role yet.”
When Ji Qin heard that there was still a chance of improvement, he hurriedly agreed with a smile. The two made an appointment for another audition and hung up the phone. Li Mo then asked aloud: “What’s wrong? The crew changed their mind? Ji Qin didn’t intend to hide it from him, so he simply relayed what the director said.”
Li Mo was silent for a while and didn’t speak. After a moment, he suppressed his voice and said: “Snatching people, resources, and half-way interceptions are such dirty tricks. Gu Yuexuan has done it many times before.” It’s the same this time, I feel like he came just for me, but for some reason, he ended up grabbing your role. ”
”Perhaps he hates Wu Jiwu, and by the way, he doesn’t like me either?” Ji Qin seemed a little unconcerned, shrugging his shoulders and saying, “But I’m really curious about what kind of grudge he has against you. You actually want to compete for resources with little-known actors like us, even at the cost of lowering yourself?”
Li Mo shook his head: “I haven’t been able to figure it out. He and I used to be classmates in the same class. We had a good relationship when we were studying at the Film and Television Academy. In the year we graduated, a director was recruiting film actors. , I got the news first, and out of good intentions I took him to the audition. As a result, the director liked his appearance and asked him to be the leading actor. I only managed to win one male supporting actor who didn’t even have a serious name. ”
”I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time. I regarded him as a good friend. He has developed better than me, and I was very happy for him. After the movie was released, the box office was not high, but it gained a good reputation in the circle. Soon He was signed by a good agency. At that time, he would often call me and complain to me about the difficulty of working in the entertainment industry, and I would comfort him and encourage him as much as possible.”
”Later on, I don’t know when. I felt that he gradually changed, and his mentality towards acting was not as simple as before. In order to gain exposure and better resources, he did all kinds of shameful means. At that time, I I tried my best to persuade him several times, but he wouldn’t listen and even had several arguments with me over this.”
”Gradually, I became more and more disappointed with him, and he felt that he had nothing to say to me. After a year, we gradually became estranged. Later, I also signed a contract with a small company, and my agent took over a dozen of us. , I simply don’t care about everything. I am a slow-tempered person, and I don’t take the initiative to please and fight for it. Although I have had several opportunities to appear, they are all small roles with little room for performance.”
”At that time, Gu Yuexuan gradually got involved in my life and work. He asked me to quit the entertainment industry several times. I asked him why but he refused to tell me. I ignored him and continued to film my own drama. He treated me His attitude became more and more tough, and when his persuasion failed, he began to threaten me, saying that if I didn’t want to quit the circle, he would use various methods to force me to quit.”
”I didn’t pay attention at the time. I just thought there was something wrong with his brain. He was already a star, but he kept coming to argue with me, an 18th-tier actor. But what happened later proved that he was not kidding. He started going around If you try to stumbling upon me, you will either spoil my audition or steal my resources at a low price.”
”I couldn’t bear it anymore and ran to him and had a big fight. After that, he rarely calmed down for a while, and I also took the second male lead in an idol drama. I followed the crew attentively for several months. I thought I could finally make a comeback with this drama, but I didn’t expect that after the filming was completed, my agency suddenly changed my agent.”
”When the idol drama was on the air, several of the main actors participating in the show traveled around with the crew to promote and increase their exposure, but I was the only one who didn’t receive any notification. The agent who took care of me was even more unreliable than the previous one. I couldn’t get through a single phone call for a week. Only later did I realize that I had been hidden by the company in disguise.”
Ji Qin felt very depressed when he heard this, and couldn’t help but interrupt and asked: “Is it Gu Yuexuan who is behind this again?”
Li Mo nodded slowly: “At that time, I didn’t expect that he would be so powerful. I just thought that I had accidentally offended a leader in the company. Later, I really had no choice but to offer to terminate the contract, but the company kept the contract I want to pay the full amount of liquidated damages.”
”I was forced into desperation. Fortunately, Xia Liang reached out to help me in time. He originally wanted to help me win this lawsuit, but this kind of lawsuits in the entertainment industry often drag on for several years. A fight would be very detrimental to me, and Xia Liang himself happens to be at a critical moment in the transformation of his family business, and he really has little ability to do all the work.”
”In the end, I gave up the appeal and asked Xia Liang to help me advance the liquidated damages. As soon as the lawsuit was settled, I went abroad. To put it nicely, it was for further study. To put it worse, it was to escape reality. I just hope that out of sight is out of mind. Get out of this quagmire as soon as possible.”
”A year later, I learned that my previous brokerage company had been acquired by Gu Yuexuan’s brokerage company at a high price, and Gu Yuexuan also participated in it.” When Li Mo said this, he paused. After a pause, a tired and bitter smile appeared on his face, “The only condition for his participation in the stock market is that the company forces me to terminate the contract.
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