During the past six months as a celebrity, although I am not very popular, the income from commercial performances and various activities is not small.
But in this industry, you have to keep your appearance bright and beautiful. If you don’t have a good outfit when attending events, airport photos, or street photos, you will always be ridiculed. Apart from some classic styles, out-of-season styles should never be worn in public.
Regularly purchasing seasonal clothing every month, adding some fashion items from time to time, plus other expenses, all add up to a considerable amount.
Other stars have endorsements and their clothes and jewelry are often sponsored. However, Xu Qiao has not been in the industry for long and his reputation and popularity are not good, so naturally he does not have many endorsements and there is no sponsorship in this regard.
Everything had to be deducted from the salary paid by the company, so Xu Qiao felt a little headache when he saw that the balance on his card was less than six figures.
I have to move out of the apartment provided by SSE before next month. I have to find a community with better security in this city and pay a deposit of one-third of the rent. This will be enough to use up most of the savings.
When "Liao Jiang" starts airing and the remuneration is paid, it will be able to alleviate the current embarrassment. However, it will take some time for the crew to finish filming, plus post-production editing, review, and various publicity. It will take until after the new year for the official broadcast on the platform.
Xu Qiao moved the mouse and was dazzled by the variety of job information on the recruitment website.
When Xu Qiao sees a job that seems reliable, he will click the "I'm interested" button next to it and then choose from these potential jobs later.
Seeing that Xu Qiao was really looking at it seriously, Li Feifei couldn't help but sit over and put her head in front of his computer, wanting to see what kind of jobs he was interested in.
After seeing clearly what was on the screen, Fei-Fei Li was stunned.
"Java development engineer, original artist, conference translator, welding... welding?" When she said the last one, Fei-Fei Li's voice was distorted.
Xu Qiao glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"No, brother, is it so easy to find a job? You have to see if you can do it first, don't just look at it randomly!"
Li Feifei felt a little annoyed. Xu Qiao's job search was like that of a student with unbelievable fantasies. Although you don't have to be in the right profession to find a job, you should at least find an industry with low barriers to entry and you can get started right
He is also a development engineer, a restoration artist, and a translator. Fei-Fei Li was almost amused by Xu Qiao.
Developer, please write me two lines of code.
Original painting, maybe you could draw a stickman and it would be similar.
Xu Qiao was too lazy to explain and just replied casually: "Just take a look." He knew it anyway.
Li Feifei muttered, "That's really casual."
He was just about to persuade Xu Qiao to give up these unrealistic ideas and contact more other economic companies when Xu Qiao's cell phone, which he had put aside, rang.
Xu Qiao took the phone and his body stiffened when he saw the caller ID clearly.
Li Feifei stole a glance and saw the caller ID showed "Mom". Li Feifei hesitated and looked at Xu Qiao who lowered her eyes.
His eyelashes were long, casting a small shadow under his eyes, his soft lips were slightly pursed, and the lines from his jaw to his neck were elegant and smooth, but the slightly tense muscles on the sides of his neck revealed that his heart was not as calm as he appeared.
The room was warm, Xu Qiao took off his down jacket and wore only a thin shallow V-neck sweater, which showed off his beautiful shoulder and neck lines, making him look a little thin. Especially with his head slightly lowered, his slightly protruding spine made him look even more weak and stubborn.
After a while, Xu Qiao picked up the phone and answered: "Hello, hello."
He didn't deliberately avoid Li Feifei, so Li Feifei also heard the kind female voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Qiao Qiao, Mom, did you terminate your contract with that company?"
Xu Qiao said "hmm".
"Then you, see if you can sign a contract with another company?" Xu's mother said cautiously, "I don't know how to do this, but people say that celebrities earn a lot..."
Xu Qiao tightened his grip on the phone: "I see, I'll take another look. If it doesn't work, I'll look for another part-time job, don't worry."
Mother Xu uttered an "ah", and both ends of the phone fell into silence for a while.
Xu Qiao sighed inwardly. How could he not know the purpose of her call? Knowing that Xu's mother was shy, he took the initiative to say, "I'll send the money back later."
Even through the phone, Xu Qiao knew that she was relieved.
Xu's mother's voice was a little choked: "Thank you Qiao Qiao..."
Xu Qiao held the phone and didn't answer. Xu's mother told him to take care of his health. After taking the money, she expressed her concern. This sequence of events always made people feel uncomfortable.
"Qiao Qiao, don't fall behind in your studies." After saying this, Xu's mother hung up the phone.
Xu Qiao put down his phone and transferred half of the small amount of savings in the card back.
This was the first time he had called home since returning from the book. He put his phone aside, leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes. He looked a little fragile, like a homeless kitten.
Xu's mother and father divorced when Xu Qiao was thirteen years old. Xu's mother married an honest and loyal man with Xu Qiao. The man was also divorced and had a son with paralyzed lower body.
The newly formed family was not rich, but they had no worries about food, clothing and daily expenses. After Xu's mother married, she took great care of her husband and stepson, and inevitably she neglected Xu Qiao.
Xu Qiao found it difficult to fit into the new family. He was polite but not close enough to his stepfather and younger brother. In addition, his mother's obvious attitude of neglect made him feel depressed, resentful and confused. Xu Qiao and her mother gradually became distant, and he became more and more like an invisible person in this family.
Later, less than a year after Xu Ma married her stepfather, this honest and simple man lost his ability to work in a car accident. The family fell into a sharp turn for the worse overnight, and the burden of the family fell on Xu Ma.
After much difficulty, Xu Qiao was admitted to university and relieved the pressure of his family by working part-time. Then, Xu Qiao was discovered by SSE on the street because of his good looks and signed a contract to enter the entertainment industry.
The reason for deciding to enter this circle is simple, just as Xu Ma said, "stars earn a lot."
Since then, the only conversations between mother and son have been about not having enough money, having to pay for treatment, and having run out of money…
Xu Qiao rubbed his temples. Apart from feeling a little depressed, the uncomfortable feeling that had made him feel breathless before was rarely felt anymore.
After traveling through the book world time and time again, he had already learned how to close his emotions. If he treated himself as an outsider, he wouldn't get too deeply involved. No matter what kind of emotion he had, as long as he learned to restrain himself, he wouldn't have to worry about getting hurt.
The so-called indifference and lack of emotion are effective means for the brain mechanism to protect itself.
Li Feifei vaguely knew about the situation at Xu Qiao's home, and was afraid that Xu Qiao would feel bad if she told him too much. She greeted him, told him to eat well, and left.
After the others left, Xu Qiao turned his attention back to the recruitment website. There was a game company in the corner looking for artists, and the compensation was pretty good.
Xu Qiao wrote down the game company's submission email address and turned off the computer.
Recalling the "doomsday scene", "magnificent and bizarre worldview", and "novel setting with both rational beauty" written in the commissioned work requirements, Xu Qiao thought for a moment and took out a few sheets of A4 paper and a multi-colored ballpoint pen.
He painted the true apocalyptic scene that he had experienced.
The magnificent world that is absolutely unimaginable before seeing it with your own eyes gradually comes to life on paper through Xu Qiao's excellent painting skills.
The shattered sky, the turquoise light flowing across the sky, and the strange creatures descending from another world...
The worldview in the book world, which has been perfected by world consciousness, is full of the beauty of science and rationality.
The alien creatures that descended, the mutated plants and animals, the moving earth's crust... Obviously, they are incredible, but if you think about it, you can give a scientific explanation. For example, those strange-looking creatures have strange appearances, but after careful study, you can find that their body structures are extremely consistent with biological laws.
Including those celestial bodies moving in the sky and magma gushing out from the ground, if physicists study them carefully, they will find that the angles of movement of celestial bodies, the resulting gravitational influence, and so on are all shown in these pictures.
The rational beauty conforms to the laws of science, every corner conforms to the laws of physics and mathematics, and the painting skills are so free and easy that it makes people feel excited, and the world is presented with just a few strokes.
Those who understand will naturally immerse themselves in this painting that seems to be from the real world.
Signing the word "Xu" in the corner of the paper, Xu Qiao scanned and uploaded the drafts, sent them to the other party's email address, and then turned off the computer.
Among the meticulously drawn drawings on digital tablets that filled the game company's mailbox, Xu Qiao's drawings with ballpoint pens, with sloppy lines and random colors, looked like a mess in comparison. They stayed in the corner of the mailbox, and no one knew when they would be seen.
In the next two days, several entertainment and media companies contacted Xu Qiao and wanted to sign him.
No matter what, Xu Qiao's face is still popular. With some packaging, there is still hope for her to become popular. This is what these companies think.
Xu Qiao looked at the resources and strength of these companies and their usual style of promoting people, and declined them one by one. They were all small companies, and perhaps they thought they had figured out Xu Qiao's mentality of just terminating his contract and wanting to sign another one, so the treatment conditions they offered were not sincere and were far from impressing Xu Qiao.
When Li Feifei learned about this, she became anxious, worried that Xu Qiao would sign her out without knowing it clearly.
I was relieved when I heard Xu Qiao didn't agree to any of them.
"Brother, they all think you are not famous now, and they lowered the conditions to sign you. You must not agree. You have to wait until "Liao Jiang" is broadcast."
Xu Qiao hummed.
"So what are you going to do now?"
Thinking of what Xu's mother had said before, "Don't fall behind in your studies," Xu Qiao yawned and said lazily, "Go to school."
Li Feifei: “???” He almost forgot that his brother was still a college student.