Chapter 163 Class Reunion
Tomorrow, October 10th, is the 17th anniversary of the Yanjing Film Academy. Lin Feng also agreed to have a gathering with Li Xian, Zhang Yishan and others in advance.
This was originally a matter between just a few of them, but as more and more people were invited, it finally became a class reunion, and a reunion of two classes in the same grade.

Lin Feng and his classmates were from the 2010 class of the Acting Department of the Yanjing Film Academy. There were two undergraduate acting classes. Lin Feng and Li Xian were from Class One, while Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan were from Class Two.

There are only about 40 of us in total. We just graduated last year in 2014. Now it is 2015, and it has only been over a year since graduation. It is a bit too early to have a class reunion.

The main reason was that the timing was perfect, it was the school anniversary, and with Lin Feng as the leader, teacher Wang Jinsong also agreed to participate.

Everyone knew what it meant, and most of them came because of Lin Feng, so in the end it became bigger and bigger, and turned into a so-called class reunion, with people from both classes coming.

The gathering was held in a relatively hidden small restaurant near the Film Academy, and almost all the classmates came.

After more than a year of real social beatings, everyone has personally experienced that it is not so easy to mix in the entertainment industry and it is too difficult to make a name for themselves. This also makes them realize how powerful Lin Feng is.
One person, alone, without relying on luck or connections, accomplished something that no one else could do, or even imagine!
After graduation, in just over a year, several TV series and movies became big hits, and he is still the most popular man in the entertainment industry.

Moreover, he was already far ahead of everyone else, including Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan, who were the absolute celebrities in the class before and could only look up to him.

However, on the day of the party, Lin Feng was delayed for some time due to a business interview, so he called his mentor Wang Jinsong in advance to ask for leave.
During the dinner, Li Xian also said to Teacher Wang Jinsong: "Teacher Wang, Lin Feng has asked for leave from you. He was delayed by something and will be here a little later. Let's eat first and he will be here soon."

In order to attend this party and the school anniversary tomorrow, Li Xian also asked for leave from the crew in advance, mainly because he was very interested in the drama "Descendants of the Sun".
After all, he is the second male lead. If “Descendants of the Sun” can be as popular as Lin Feng’s previous dramas, then his resources will definitely take off in the future.

In fact, this gathering was initiated by Li Xian and Zhang Yishan. They originally wanted to organize an activity among a small team of people.

Unexpectedly, all the classmates came. Although they were a little helpless, they could understand it. After all, they both had been supported by Lin Feng.

"Well, his TV series Nirvana in Fire has just ended, and the movie Charlotte's Troubles is currently being released. He should be very busy, which is understandable. So how much time does he need?"

"He's on the way. It will probably take about half an hour." Li Xian just contacted Lin Feng.

"Oh, it will be soon. Let's wait for him for a while. We can chat first." Wang Jinsong said.

Although Lin Feng was not there, the party was full of discussions about Lin Feng, mainly because Lin Feng's achievements were so high that he had already become a top celebrity in the circle.

During college, Lin Feng was a very low-key person with little presence. Although he was very handsome, how many people who could be admitted to the Acting Department of Yanjing Film Academy would not be handsome!
Well, Huang Bo is an exception. Besides, Huang Bo is from the dubbing department of a vocational college, a real acting department. How many ugly people can there be among them?

"The box office of 'Charlotte's Troubles' has now exceeded 15 billion, which is amazing! Its fraction is higher than other movies!"

"Your guess is no longer accurate. The box office of Charlotte's Troubles has reached 15.9 billion yuan, and it will soon exceed 16 billion yuan. It may even challenge Monster Hunt's 24 billion yuan. I can't believe it!"

"And I heard that Lin Feng's pay for "Charlotte's Troubles" was a share of the box office. He really made a lot of money this time!"

"Lin Feng is so popular now, and he has so many fans, what else does he need from the box office dividends?"

"Hey, I didn't see how amazing Lin Feng was when he was in college. How come he's like a rocket after graduation? It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others. How can Lin Feng be so amazing!"

"Just accept everything calmly. Some people are born to be the protagonist. Apart from anything else, every year there are at least a thousand people graduating from major film and television schools, but how many of them can really make it out there?"

"Yeah, I can't help but accept it. Our company invested hundreds of millions of dollars to play the leading role in a big drama, and the top artists in our company were almost going crazy for it. In the end, our boss handed it to Lin Feng, but he was rejected directly."

...

Class monitor Wei Jianlong sighed as he looked at the familiar scene in front of him. Once upon a time, he was the focus of the class gathering.
Although Li Xian and Zhang Yishan were the initiators of today's gathering, I was the one who organized it.

I decided the time and place myself, and I also gave the notice myself. In the end, I came here for Lin Feng.
The key point is that I came here because of Lin Feng. After more than a year of graduation, he also realized that he was nothing.

What made Wei Jianlong even more upset was that his girlfriend from college, Liu Xiyang, was also talking about Lin Feng.

"By the way, Wei Jianlong, we were friends in college, so we have some feelings for each other. During this gathering, please help me speak up for Lin Feng. When you were in college, didn't you have a good relationship with Lin Feng?"

When we broke up right after graduation, you were so determined. Now that you need me, you come to me again. Why should I help you?
However, Wei Jianlong still had feelings for Liu Xiyang and asked, "What do you mean? Do you want to pursue Lin Feng?"

"Who doesn't like Lin Feng? Of course I do, but I know myself well. Lin Feng definitely won't be attracted to me. I just want to find a backer so I can have a role to play."

"Well, I understand what you mean. Who doesn't want to have a role to play now? I will help you, but this is the last time I will help you!"

Wei Jianlong murmured, but in his heart, he had already put an end to this relationship. After all, love is never one-sided.

What's more, Wei Jianlong himself also wants to act, especially when he sees Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan, and Li Xian surrounded by people, who wouldn't be envious!

Who doesn’t want to be a star!

Putting aside other things, just look at why so many people came to this party. It was not easy to gather so many people in college before, but now they are all here.

When Lin Feng pushed the door open late, everyone in the room stood up. The protagonist of the night had finally appeared!
Although Lin Feng has not changed much, everyone feels that Lin Feng has become much more handsome, more confident, more handsome and more charming.

The main reason is that Lin Feng is too successful now. His success is a little unbelievable. With the blessing of his halo, he has achieved results that many people cannot achieve in their lifetime.

So when Lin Feng came in, everyone rushed to greet him:

"Brother Feng, how are you?"

"Brother Feng, you're here!"

"Brother Feng, long time no see!"

This made Lin Feng feel a little flattered. He also greeted the students nearby. He simply shook hands with those he was not familiar with, and hugged those he was familiar with.
After Lin Feng hugged Li Xian, Zhang Yishan and others, he had a good relationship with Wei Jianlong and gave him a big hug as well.

"You are rich now. When I organized an event before, no one showed up. But this time, when they heard that you were going to participate, almost everyone came!

You are really awesome! Yes, you are really awesome! I never thought you could be this awesome! "

Wei Jianlong said "Niubi" three times in one breath, just like what Quentin Tarantino said, "Niubi is the most awesome word in China!"

Wei Jianlong really didn't expect Lin Feng to be so amazing. When all his classmates were just starting their careers and just joining the crew to get by, Lin Feng had already entered the ranks of first-line actors.

It is already amazing if a class can produce one or two stars. Otherwise, why would there be a star class of 96? Isn't it because there are three stars in the class: Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, and Huang Xiaoming?

Now my class has already produced some young stars such as Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan, as well as the superstar Lin Feng. In the future, we will promote it to the 2010 star class.

"Haha, I've always been awesome, okay? Haha, I'm lucky, let's have a couple more drinks later!"

Lin Feng also greeted Wei Jianlong with a smile. Wei Jianlong was one of the few good friends in his class, and he was the class monitor who was very caring.

At this time, even the teacher Wang Jinsong stood up, pointed to the seat next to him and said to Lin Feng: "Lin Feng, let's sit down first and have a good chat!"

The seat reserved for Lin Feng was on the right side of Teacher Wang Jinsong, the seat next to Teacher Wang Jinsong.
In previous class reunions, Lin Feng was always the sideline, but he didn't expect that he would be the protagonist this time.

This made Lin Feng a little uncomfortable. He wanted to give in, but Teacher Wang Jinsong held Lin Feng down and said, "You, just sit down now. If you don't do it, who else will dare to sit down?"

Wang Jinsong said this in public, and no one thought there was anything wrong with it. They all thought that Lin Feng should sit there.

Lin Feng had no choice but to sit down. It happened that the person next to him was Li Xian on the other side, and on the other side were Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan and others. It seemed that the seating order had been arranged long ago, basically according to their current status in the entertainment industry.

After Lin Feng sat down, Li Xian, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously, "Brother Feng, is the news about the hype about Descendants of the Sun on the Internet true?

Our drama has a single episode worth tens of millions, and the first round plus the online copyright has a total of 4.2 million. Is this true?"

"That's about it. Why do you worry so much? You won't get any share even if you sell more. Why bother with so many things?" Lin Feng and Li Xian said straightforwardly without hiding anything.

“I know, I am concerned about this. Descendants of the Sun is my most promising work, how can I not care about it?

After all, the higher the price of "Descendants of the Sun" is, the more attention it will receive, and the subsequent publicity and promotion will definitely increase!" "Oh, so that's the case. I can guarantee that "Descendants of the Sun" will not disappoint you.

It’s just that it’s hard to say whether you can become popular or not. And what do you mean by ‘becoming popular again’? Do you mean you were popular before? "

"Uh... I was wrong. You still don't understand what I mean. Become famous. I also want to be a star. I can choose my roles in the future. Of course, my level is definitely not comparable to yours.

But I am very grateful now. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to get anything. You don’t know that even my current agency treats me differently since I took on your film “Descendants of the Sun”! How can I not care? "

"Don't worry, even without Descendants of the Sun, you will definitely succeed. It's just a matter of a few more years of hard work."

"Brother Feng, I want to be famous now. I don't want to wait even a day, let alone a few years!"

"You are so shameless."

"As long as I can be famous, I don't care about face! If I'm famous, I'll have face!"

"Forehead…"

The banquet began at this time.

Lin Feng felt a little embarrassed to have so many people waiting for him, so he stood up and expressed his opinion.
"Teacher, and classmates, I was delayed today by something. I am really sorry for making you wait for so long! I would like to apologize to everyone here."

After saying that, Lin Feng poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp. Fortunately, it was beer. If it was white wine, Lin Feng would have fallen to the ground.

However, after drinking all these drinks, Lin Feng's face had turned red. His alcohol tolerance was average, and he might not be able to drink more than Zhao Liying and the others!

Seeing Lin Feng being so humble, everyone felt that Lin Feng had not changed, but they themselves had become snobbish.

After Lin Feng made this statement, the atmosphere of the whole banquet became lively. Everyone asked each other to drink one drink.

Teacher Wang Jinsong also drank two cups with Lin Feng alone. "Lin Feng, I am proud of you. You are very successful now. I am very pleased. Come, I will drink one with you!"

"Teacher, you are so polite. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. I toast to you!" Lin Feng clinked his glass with Wang Jinsong's, holding it very low.

After two cups, Wang Jinsong did not forget to remind Lin Feng again about the school anniversary event tomorrow.
"Don't forget that you are the protagonist at the school celebration tomorrow. Not only will you be the representative of the outstanding graduates, you will also be speaking on behalf of all outstanding graduates!"

"Am I suitable to speak as a representative? I have just graduated for a year." Lin Feng has achieved some results, but his qualifications are still shallow after all!

"Why not? Is there anyone more suitable than you now? If someone is unwilling, then let them make several film and television dramas successful in succession!" said Wang Jinsong.

Since Teacher Wang Jinsong said so, Lin Feng nodded and said, "Okay, Teacher, I will listen to you in everything."

Wang Jinsong also persuaded: "Lin Feng, you are the first one in our class to make it. So many people came here today, all for you. I am also an experienced person.
Please help if you can, it's not easy for everyone, but don't pay attention to those who have ulterior motives, profit-seeking, and don't know how to be grateful. That's all I have to say, I'm leaving now."

After Wang Jinsong finished speaking, he was also ready to leave early. After all, he was a teacher. This time was mainly a class reunion. It would not be appropriate for him to stay all the time. Many classmates were also unable to let go. There was also a generation gap between him and Lin Feng.
After Teacher Wang Jinsong left, everyone became more relaxed, and Lin Feng's side was the most lively place. The seat left by Teacher Wang Jinsong became the most sought-after seat.

Everyone took turns sitting down, sometimes you sit down, sometimes he sits down, and they all came over to toast Lin Feng and build a relationship with him.

It's nothing more than asking for a role or something, "Brother Feng, do you think there is a suitable role?" "A small role is fine, as long as there is a role to play!"...

I still want to apologize, "Brother Feng, I'm really sorry about what happened in sophomore year, please don't hold it in your heart!"

"No, what's the matter? If you don't tell me, I will forget it!"

Damn it, you are really bringing up things that are not related to the topic. I should have kept it a secret if I had known.

...

At this time, Wei Jianlong finally found a gap and intervened. At first, he complained a little, "You are really popular now, everyone loves you!"

"Okay, stop making fun of me. Let's have a couple of drinks first, and then I'll leave. I really can't drink any more. I just did some tricks!"

"Well, everyone saw it, but no one said anything. You drank two or three bottles of beer, it's not like we didn't know that."

"Oh, so you all pretended to be ignorant. I thought I did it so cleverly that no one noticed!" Lin Feng said awkwardly, "It's true that I drank with you!"

"I know!"

After two glasses of wine, Wei Jianlong asked directly: "Lin Feng, I don't want the role from you anymore, I just think you are very good.

I seldom admire people, but you are definitely the first one who can endure loneliness in college and seize opportunities as soon as they are available.

And now people in the industry speak highly of you. You can even develop your own projects now. I admire you very much.

So I want to ask you, from your perspective, looking at me, do you think I am still suitable to be an actor?"

After graduating for more than a year, Wei Jianlong has been hit hard. He has seen too much of the world's cruelty and too much hardship in life.

He only played two roles this year, both of which were small roles with only a few lines.

He didn't know how much effort he put in, he went through many interviews and auditions, and then he failed and went through more interviews and auditions.
His first film was paid only 1 yuan, and after deducting the taxi fare and other expenses, he didn't have much money left.

This is still good, at least there are still plays to perform and money to earn, which is a kind of happiness;
What is even more despairing is that when you have no job, no money to earn, no money to pay social security or rent, and you don’t know where your next meal will come from after eating this one, that is when you feel despair.

You have to know that he was among the best in the class in terms of appearance and acting skills!

As a result, he didn't make it after graduation. Not to mention compared with Lin Feng, even many of his classmates were better than him. Wei Jianlong began to doubt himself.

In his previous life, Wei Jianlong did not make it. He had no chances. The key was that his image was not distinctive and his acting skills were not outstanding.

They are the kind of "jack of all trades" who are dispensable. To put it bluntly, they know everything but are not excellent in anything. This kind of people are the most miserable.

"Wei Jianlong, we are brothers and there is no outsider. I'm telling you the truth. It will be very difficult for you to be an actor. You are very comprehensive in all aspects, but you are not proficient in any one.
But you can do something else, such as production, management, and other behind-the-scenes management of movies. You have always been the class monitor in college.
I think you are very talented in management. You can try this path and come to me when the time comes."

Lin Feng also gave his own advice. He felt that Wei Jianlong had talent in this area and just needed to learn from Jiang Lei for another two years.

Giving up the path of being an actor and switching to working behind the scenes of a movie, Wei Jianlong didn't know what to do for a while, "Then I'll think about it again!"

"Well, once you've thought about it, you can call me." Lin Feng said.

Wei Jianlong nodded, and also remembered Liu Xiyang's request, "By the way, Lin Feng, if you can help, please help Liu Xiyang."

"Why, didn't you break up? Why are you still so concerned about her?"

"She found me, and I couldn't say no!"

"Wei Jianlong, I don't know what to say to you. In terms of feelings, you are no match for her, and a woman like Liu Xiyang is not suitable for you.
She won't stay attached to you alone, so you should not put all your heart on her, and draw a clear line between you and her as soon as possible!"

"I know, but I just like her! I don't know what to do! When we first started school, I had such a good impression of her that I couldn't forget her from beginning to end."

He is a lovesick man, there is nothing we can do about it, we can only wait for him to wake up.

Besides, Lin Feng had no right to criticize others, because he spent the night after the class reunion with Liu Yifei.

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(End of this chapter)