Chapter 255 Be Careful with the Journalists
On Sunday morning, Li Changhe was strolling and preparing to buy breakfast. Not long after he went out, he saw a girl jogging towards him.

"Xiaoxue?"

The one coming this way was Gong Xue.

It was already late autumn, and Gong Xue was wearing a long plush coat. Because she had jogged over, there were beads of sweat on her forehead.

Li Changhe saw her and called out to her.

At this time, Gong Xue also quickly came to Li Changhe.

"Why did you come here so early in the morning?"

Looking at the girl who was slightly out of breath, Li Changhe asked curiously.

"I was afraid you would go out today, so I thought I would come earlier!"

Gong Xue said softly at this time.

She had lived in Li Changhe's house for a few days and knew the time when Li Changhe got up.

She was afraid that if she arrived late there would be no one at home and it would be a wasted trip, so she came early in the morning.

After hearing this, Li Changhe smiled and nodded.

"You guessed right. If it was a little later, I probably wouldn't be home."

"You haven't had breakfast so early? It's just right. Sister Linlin hasn't gotten up yet. I'm going to buy breakfast."

"You can come with me, and I'll buy you one too."

"it is good!"

Gong Xue did not refuse, as she also had something she wanted to ask Li Changhe.

Two people walked on the road, heading towards the morning market not far away.

After walking a few steps, Gong Xue asked curiously, "Brother-in-law, how did you transfer me from the drama troupe?"

It was called a transfer, but in fact it was just a change of career, because Gong Xue was a cultural and art soldier.

There are two ways for them to transfer to other jobs: one is to allocate household registration, which is the conventional policy of returning to where you came from. Under normal circumstances, Gong Xue would be resettled back to Shanghai after she retires from the army.

The other type is like her current situation, where the receiving unit has approved it in advance and she can go directly to the receiving unit.

Generally speaking, this kind of thing requires connections, so find a good unit in advance.

"One of my classmates was also in the General Political Department. He wrote an article to your chief, and they released him obediently."

Li Changhe said with a smile.

"Is it a classmate named Kou?"

Gong Xue continued to ask curiously.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"When I left, our Director Tian asked me if I knew someone named Kou from Peking University. When I heard Peking University, I knew he was your classmate, but I really didn't know him, so I just said I didn't know him."

"Brother-in-law, Director Tian won't cause you any trouble, right?"

Gong Xue asked with some concern at this time.

"No, it's over now. He should thank me for letting him go. You don't have to worry."

"By the way, how is it at the Beijing Film Studio?"

Li Changhe asked casually.

"It's OK. I just arrived and I don't know anyone here. Director Wang arranged a dormitory for me to live with an actress from Chengdu."

"But she has a lot of drama and is often not in the dormitory, so I basically live alone."

Gong Xue said softly at this time.

Li Changhe nodded: "Xiaoxue, for you, going to the Beijing Film Studio is an opportunity, but also a challenge."

"The Beijing Film Studio is certainly much better at making movies than the Cultural Troupe, but at the same time, it cannot match the flourishing of the Cultural Troupe."

"Brother-in-law, I don't quite understand what you mean?"

Gong Xue was a little confused.

"I went to Hong Kong Island and found that in the film industry there, there is a type of journalist who specializes in entertainment journalists."

"What these entertainment reporters do every day is to film the lives of celebrities and then publish some unfounded articles in newspapers."

"These articles include but are not limited to personal attacks, ridicule, insults, and even rumors and outright lies."

"For example, if an actress has a meal with someone, they will say that the actress committed adultery with someone, had an extramarital affair, interfered with other people's marriages, etc."

"This kind of news can be true or false, but those entertainment reporters don't care about truth or falsehood. They just want gimmicks and sales."

Li Changhe gave Gong Xue a heads-up in advance. No matter what, she still had to be on guard against future gossip and entertainment reporters, and not let her mentality get her into a state of collapse.

Gong Xue was a little surprised: "Brother-in-law, are the reporters in Hong Kong so unreal?"

In this era, being a journalist is a very prestigious job among the masses and is highly respected wherever they go.

Gong Xue found it hard to imagine that someone would be a reporter like this.

"Overseas is different from us. You are in Shanghai, so you must have heard a lot of stories about foreigners in the past."

"With the current reform and opening up in China, I think some things will be relaxed about the entertainment journalist model, and it's possible that others will learn from it."

"You are in the General Political Department, which is a military department. I'm afraid similar entertainment reporters would not dare to write gossip about you."

"If they don't dare to go to the Beijing Film Studio, they will just be ordinary actors. Who knows, they may become bolder in the future."

"So this is what I said. Compared with the Beijing Film Studio, the General Political Department is a towering tree. It is not a good or bad thing for you to leave."

Li Changhe said with emotion.

In the future, gossip tabloids in the entertainment industry will also be based on the person's character. This is why many actors work so hard to take exams such as the National Academy of Chinese Studies.

It's not just for the so-called improvement of acting skills, but more importantly, to find an official organization to affiliate with so that gossip reporters will be cautious about their identities in the future.

“They are too bad.”

Gong Xue still found it hard to imagine how a journalist could spread rumors.
"Hey, we're here. Let's buy some fire-baked bread this morning, and some fried dough sticks. Do you want anything?"

Li Changhe asked with a smile.

"No, just eat fried dough sticks!"

"Okay, some more soy milk."

After buying breakfast, the two of them carried it back home. When they got home, Zhu Lin had already gotten up and was washing up in the bathroom.

After coming out of the bathroom, Zhu Lin's eyes flashed with surprise when she saw Gong Xue.

"Xiaoxue, why are you here so early in the morning?"

"I just ran into her at the door. She was afraid that we would leave early, so she didn't even have her meal and rushed over early in the morning."

"I just asked her to go with me to buy some breakfast so we can eat together."

"Okay, I'll get the bowl!"

Soon, Zhu Lin took out the tableware and Li Changhe placed it on the dining table.

Gong Xue was also very conscious and took the initiative to help Zhu Lin. After all, she was familiar with this.

"How is it, Xiaoxue, how do you feel about being in the Beijing Film Studio?"

After sitting down, Zhu Lin immediately asked Gong Xue curiously.

Gong Xue smiled and said, "I feel good. Director Wang told me to get familiar with the job for a while and not to assign me any work for the time being."

“So I’m actually quite free now.”

"It's not that we won't arrange it, I just think it's hard to arrange it!"

Li Changhe said with a smile at this time.

"Hmm? It's hard to arrange. What do you mean?"

Zhu Lin was a little curious.

Gong Xue also looked at Li Changhe in surprise.

Li Changhe said, "I've watched some movies from Beijing Film Studio recently. To put it simply, you don't match the style of their movies."

"The films produced by Beijing Film Studio are either about revolutionary battles or about life in the capital."

"But for both types of movies, the image of the heroine generally has one requirement: bright and grand."

"Well, that's you!"

"I heard that the two golden flowers at the Beijing Film Studio, Li Xiuming and Zhang Jinling, both have this style."

"By the way, there's Fang Shu in your acting department. I heard she's also been booked by Old Wang. Is she also a Beijing girl?"

"In comparison, with her weak and delicate image, do you think she can play a revolutionary woman?"

Li Changhe said with a smile.

Zhu Lin nodded at this moment: "Yes, Xiaoxue can play a role like a rich girl."

"She's so thin, it's too distracting for her to act in a revolutionary drama!"

After hearing this, Gong Xue felt a little nervous. So being an actor would have this kind of influence?

She used to think that all she had to do was act well in the movie.

"If she wants to find a role, she has to wait for those directors to find a script that suits her. Old Wang actually thinks highly of her, but it's hard to find a suitable script."

"I guess you'll have to wait for a while!"

Li Changhe said with a smile.

After listening to this, Gong Xue nodded and said, "It's okay. I'm not in a hurry. Even if you ask me to play a supporting role, I will do it."

"That Liu Xiaoqing in our dormitory is the one who gets all the roles the factory gives her."

"They just finished filming 'Little Flower' recently. I heard that she was originally supposed to be the lead, but someone else took her place and she became a supporting role."

"But she still tried very hard to act, and Director Wang admired her very much."

Gong Xue said seriously at this time.

After hearing this, Li Changhe looked at Gong Xue in surprise.

"Wait a minute, who is your roommate?"

"Liu Xiaoqing? Why, brother-in-law, do you know him?"

Gong Xue said puzzledly.

know?

That's so familiar. A grandmother in her forties can still play a young girl. This kind of acting style is unprecedented.

"It's quite a coincidence that Liu Xiaoqing's girlfriend is also from our General Political Department Art Troupe, and they are dating."

Gong Xue said with a smile.

Li Changhe shook his head: "I don't know him, I heard the wrong name."

He knew Liu Xiaoqing and he knew her, but Li Changhe didn't know much about this elder sister's past experiences.

He only remembered that this man had had an affair with Jiang Wen, and was then thrown into jail for tax evasion.

But that was more than ten years later.

He really didn't know much about Liu Xiaoqing's situation in the 1980s.

"Then I guess that Liu Xiaoqing must be ugly!"

Zhu Lin said with a smile at this time.

"Generally speaking, if she can play a supporting role, it means that her image is not particularly prominent. Otherwise, this kind of supporting role will steal the show from the main character, which is not good for the rhythm of the entire film's story."

"The audience will want to see the supporting roles more than the main characters."

Zhu Lin is now studying directing and can talk about many things in a coherent manner.

Hearing this, Gong Xue smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I think she is quite pretty."

Li Changhe glanced at his wife and thought this was a bit theoretical.

However, in a dozen years or so, this theory will no longer work.

In the popular Cinderella-themed TV series, the second female lead and the villain will be more cool and beautiful than the other.

On the contrary, the heroines are uglier than each other.

The most speechless thing is that even Xiaolongnu can be turned into a steamed bun. It's really a crazy insult to the public's aesthetic taste.

(End of this chapter)