soul collector

"Changing surname?" Jiang Qiao said in shock, "His father is so terrific? Forcing him to change his surname?"

Tang Xiu hummed. Through the front windshield of the car, he watched the young man in the distance stand up after slumping for a long time, and got into a dilapidated small car next to him in a daze.Half a minute later, the car started to leave.

Jiang Qiao was so disgusted that he couldn't remember it. It took him a long time before he slapped the steering wheel suddenly, "Even a general can't bully others like this, let alone bully his own son? Change surname? There are countless people with the surname Shen, it's not him Son's have to be changed? Fuck!"

The old ancestor licked his lips and paused, "It's not good to swear."

"Oh." Jiang Qiao froze all of a sudden, "I'm sorry, I forgot you were by my side."

Tang Xiu didn't speak for a long time. After thinking for a while, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at Jiang Qiao, "You have a strong sense of justice."

Jiang Qiao was inexplicably guilty, "It's not that I have any feelings for the students, it's just..."

"I know." Tang Xiu couldn't help laughing softly, "What are you thinking about?"

"In your eyes, do you think that the sense of justice of us mortals is trivial, and you look down on it?" Jiang Qiao looked at the front and said lightly, and sighed, "You and your friends can live ten million lives. Over the years, I have seen many things in the world, and I only have what to do and what not to do in my heart, and I will no longer be as hot-blooded as I am, and easily filled with anger."

Tang Xiu was silent for a while when he heard the words. He put his arm on the window, squinted his eyes as if remembering for a while, and then said: "No. I should have been like this in the first two or three hundred years of cultivation. Maybe... A little more flesh and blood than you."

"Flesh and blood?"

"Well. I have great enthusiasm for good, great hatred for evil, and my emotions fluctuate violently when punishing evil and promoting good. It's just that the more you do, the more you see. As you said, I just know When to help and when to punish, my emotions have faded a lot. After all...Human nature is three-dimensional, it is difficult to say who is completely good or evil."

"Oh." Jiang Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Tang Xiu would feel that he was not steady enough at the age of almost thirty.

That night Jiang Qiao came out of the shower and was about to go to bed when he suddenly received a message from Tang Xiu on his phone.

- "If you want to help Shen Simo, you can do your best to help. I will just watch this matter and not interfere."

Jiang Qiao was a little surprised when he saw the news. He really wanted to take care of Shen Simo's affairs. He was as strict as his father, and that was his favorite child.But Tang Xiu was not a person who should be afraid of things, so it was unimaginable for him to let go like this.

Jiang Qiao put a question mark, and was about to send it out, when he suddenly realized that Tang Xiu's rootlessness really couldn't help him, so after thinking about it, he replied with a good word.

There was no talking over there, and after a while, Jiang Qiao couldn't help but send again: "Go to bed early, good night."

-"Good night."

A week later, Li Ziping brought good news. The production team of CCTV's "Wan Juan Shu" program sent out an interview today. Tang Xiu was the first on the interview list. A total of ten artists were selected, and only five were left in the end. .

Li Ziping was so excited that he spun around on the ground, "Did you know, our company has already signed up, do you know how many famous people you lost in PK?"

Tang Xiu glanced at him, "How much?"

"At least this number." Li Ziping clenched his fists, the small eyes on his fat face almost cracked into a smile.Tang Xiu didn't know whether he was comparing five, ten, or a hundred, but he didn't bother to know.

Li Ziping said again: "I think your two letters of recommendation played a role. Director Jiang's letter was written in a very eloquent and sincere way, and he invited you to be a master of Chinese studies. I don't know." I thought you had a big background."

Seeing that Tang Xiu was silent, Li Ziping stepped forward and bumped him with his arm, and said in a low voice, "Hey, thank you very much Director Jiang, did you know that you will repay your kindness?"

Tang Xiu glanced at him, suddenly found it interesting, and simply joked: "Isn't it enough to cook him breakfast every morning? How else do you want me to repay him?"

"This..." Li Ziping was stunned for a moment, gulped, and quickly waved his hands, "Enough is enough, repay in moderation, in moderation."

On the way Tang Xiu went to the day of the interview, he was sitting in the nanny's car, holding a copy of "Summary of the Lives of Ancient Famous Masters" that Li Ziping forcibly forced him.It is said that today's interviewers have studied the biographies of various historical figures very well. The artists who can be shortlisted have similar appearance, public image, and voice conditions. It is likely that the final decision to stay is cultural heritage.This show is also considered a clean stream, unlike those coquettish variety shows that show off traffic and connections.

Li Ziping chattered in the co-pilot: "Hurry up and look again, what if you happen to be asked later?"

Tang Xiu was amused, the old ancestor didn't bother to look at this kind of thing, not to mention that he just flipped through it casually, some of which were not historical facts at all... I don't know where Li Ziping got this thing.

The old ancestor threw the book aside in a bit of boredom, and looked back casually, only to see a silver-gray bread behind the car.This kind of car is relatively rare, Tang Xiu frowned and said, "Did the car in the back follow you for a while?"

Li Ziping glanced in the rearview mirror, frowned, and said, "Yes, I guess it's another tabloid paparazzi who couldn't dump him on the highway."

"Oh. Then let him go." Tang Xiu thought that he had nothing to fear being photographed.

Li Ziping sighed, and said in a complicated tone: "You are really popular now, there are paparazzi waiting for you at the gate of the company 24 hours a day, and the front desk can receive small gifts of love from fans every day."

Tang Xiu murmured when he heard the words.

Indeed, this time he returned to the imperial capital from the film crew, especially after the finale ceremony of "Zhan Hu Tai", he could clearly feel the difference in being popular.In the past, he used to browse through private messages on Weibo as much as possible, but now it is full every 2 minutes, and he can't see it at all.There are countless fans who write letters and send gifts to the company's front desk.

Now he seldom goes to the company, because there are a large number of people who he doesn't know at all and who have been in the circle for many years to make friends with, and even call each other, which is really uncomfortable.

The old ancestor didn't expect everyone to respectfully call him "ancestor", but he also found it a little annoying when strangers came up to him and called his brother to be close to him.

Now there are still a small group of idiots on the Internet who think they are absurd and amuse themselves, but don't know that they have hit the truth, writing various jokes to YY him and Jiang Qiao.They didn't know that the mille-feuille cakes given to Aidou basically went into Jiang Qiao's stomach.When Tang Xiu was too lazy to make breakfast, he would cut a big piece and use it for the pig that was raised at the opposite door.

Speaking of which... I haven't seen Jiang Qiao approaching him much in the past few days.

Tang Xiu couldn't help asking, "Do you know what Director Jiang has been up to lately?"

Li Ziping was stunned for a moment, "Shouldn't I ask you?"

Tang Xiu shook his head, "He hasn't come for breakfast for a few days, he doesn't seem to touch the ground."

"Hmm." Li Ziping said, "I don't even know. But the last time I saw him in the company cafeteria, he was on the phone, as if asking a friend who was an official to help him arrange to meet someone... Hey, Jiang The director has quite a wide network. You don’t know, he is the only representative of the National People’s Congress in the mainland director circle.”

"Oh?" Tang Xiu had already guessed who Jiang Qiao was going to meet, so he didn't say anything, just smiled, "So he's still a petty official."

"It's not counted as an official, but the right to speak politically is stronger than that of ordinary petty officials."

Tang Xiu just smiled.

The CCTV interview was different from the previous "Zhanhutai" interview. The people here are very serious, and the rooms on both sides of the corridor are also made of solid wood doors, giving them an inexplicable sense of coercion.The dad-level program team would not consider the interview experience of the candidates at all. Everyone waited in a small room, and then called a few people and went to the next door together.

As soon as Tang Xiu entered the interview room, he was surrounded by people waiting inside. He had never dealt with people here, but most of them could name them, and almost all of them were older artists.

A "little fresh meat" like him is still very unique in this room.

Li Ziping winked at the side, so the old ancestor sighed inwardly, and smiled politely: "Seniors."

The responses received were also different, some were enthusiastic, while others just nodded.

Tang Xiu didn't care, picked up a small stool next to him and sat down.Almost everyone in the room was looking at the prepared materials, and some were memorizing them.The gold content of this program is self-evident, making money is second, but it is to improve the grade if it is on.These big stars have no burden at all, they are chanting words, very similar to the several imperial examinations that Tang Xiu experienced hundreds of years ago.

The ancestor thought it was a little funny, so he silently lowered his head and sent a message to Jiang Qiao.

-"where?"

- "Watching the film cut of "Zhan Hu Tai", shouldn't you be interviewing?"

- "Well, I'm waiting. Are you going to see Shen Liguo recently?"

- "It's hard to make an appointment. I made an appointment for a week, and finally made an appointment until tomorrow afternoon, give me 10 minutes."

Tang Xiu raised his eyebrows, and actually made an appointment with Jiang Qiao.A person of Shen Liguo's status was willing to meet Jiang Qiao... Maybe this person was not as determined in his heart as he showed.

He was thinking about it when the compartment door opened, and a middle-aged woman came out and called out, "Group one, Tang Xiu, Zhao Yu, and Li Renxiu."

Tang Xiu was in a group with a man and a woman, both of whom were veteran actors. Zhao Yu started out as a child star, and now he is nearly 35 years old. He is one of the four major actresses in the mainland.Li Renxiu, [-], is a capable actor who is not much different from Zhang Kaixing in the mainland.

There was a man and a woman sitting in the interview room, their status was clear at a glance.That man was the biography lover that Li Ziping had nagged countless times, and he also had the most say in the interview.

The prepared self-introduction was useless. Everyone was randomly sent a note, some with the name of the person, and some with the name of the bibliography, so that they could prepare a 2-minute introduction impromptu.Tang Xiu could feel Zhao Yu's tension beside him, and he glanced at the note in Zhao Yu's hand, which said "Zhang Juzheng".

This man was the chief assistant minister during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. He was loyal all his life and could be called the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty through the ages, but his ending was miserable.Tang Xiu actually thought that Zhao Yu was a good smoker, and talking about such a legendary character was very easy to arouse emotions, but if Zhao Yu didn't know this person himself, there was nothing he could do.

Tang Xiu unfolded his note and smiled helplessly at the word "Li Bai" on it.

Sure enough, there is an endless fate with this guy. How many years have passed, I am afraid that he has lost his soul long ago, and he can still be drawn by him.

The female examiner said: "Everyone should know this show well, and we won't let you unprepared to play in advance. What we want to see is whether you can tell a piece of official history or the life of a historical figure, like in your film and television works. The emotions of the audience are aroused between the sentences. If the selected topic is not familiar, you can discuss and change it, but you must have something to say."

Zhao Yu beside him breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced left and right at the two men beside him.

Li Renxiu got a dream of Red Mansions. He glanced at Zhao Yu's note with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Sorry, I don't know this person either."

"I'll trade it with you." Tang Xiu said calmly, and casually took Zhang Juzheng from Zhao Yu's hand, and gave Li Bai to her.Zhao Yu was stunned when he saw Li Bai's words, as if he couldn't believe that such a big pie fell on his head, and quickly said gratefully: "Thank you."

The examiner arranged for Tang Xiu to be the last one, so he listened to Li Renxiu and Zhao Yu first.

Li Renxiu talked about the classic scene of Daiyu's burial of flowers in Dream of the Red Chamber. This man has some strength, he pauses and sighs, and clearly shows Daiyu's anxiety and confusion between life and death, love and hatred.Although he recited the burial poem with a deep and full male voice, there was no sense of disobedience.The stipulated time of 2 minutes is said to have doubled, but it doesn't hurt too much. You can feel that the judges have been brought in.

Zhao Yu was probably inspired by Li Renxiu, and she also started with the works. To be conservative, she chose Li Bai's "Thoughts in a Quiet Night".Her voice is clean and soft, and reading this poem has a special charm, which makes people feel peaceful.Tang Xiu thought it was pretty good at first, but when she heard "the bright moon shines on the bed", he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, feeling a little pity.

Zhao Yu got stuck within 2 minutes, and then Tang Xiu.Tang Xiu talked about the experience of Zhang Juzheng, in order to carry out reforms, to fight against the Manchu court and the people with his own power, and after the situation subsided, he became notorious for the sake of the country and the country.He didn't bring in subjective feelings, he pronounced his words very accurately, and narrated objectively, but his serious and solemn expression was particularly fascinating.

When Tang Xiu talked about Zhang Juzheng's cruel stick and blamed the officials for laying blood on the ground, he could feel the breathing of the two artists around him stagnate for a moment, and after he finally said that Zhang Juzheng had finally ended up with the reputation of "greedy and unfilial", the examiner sighed He took a breath and said, "This person is really bitter."

Tang Xiu's position or not, he just smiled, "It's just a historical figure."

"Okay, let's call the next group." The examiner waved his hand, but called Tang Xiu before he was the last one to go out.

"Did you hear what Zhao Yu said just now?"

Tang Xiu was not surprised to be asked this, he just said: "The explanation is very beautiful, but the bed in this poem is not a bed, but a well. Back then Li Taibai sighed by the well."

The examiner hummed, "Go out."