Tan Yiming never thought that he would encounter "unspoken rules".
"How can this be an unspoken rule?" Yao Yin was inexplicable, "In nature, when a male animal is courting, the first step is to defeat other competitors, and the second step is to show his prey. I'm not watching you. For other competitors, the first step is omitted; as for this letter of recommendation, it is the prey I prepared for you - you can't take the prey that I worked so hard to hunt, but you won't even give the right to mate me?"
"… "
But Tan Yiming is not an animal after all, he does covet that piece of fat that is brought to his mouth, but he doesn't want to sacrifice his love for it.
Yao Yin is bound to win Tan Yiming. He gave Tan Yiming a month to consider—it's February, and the audition for Rainstorm will be in April. As long as the recommendation letter is submitted before mid-March, then Tan Yiming will be able to do so. Ming has the qualifications to participate in the selection.
…
This Spring Festival, Tan Yiming feels that every day is very long.
On weekdays, he has to attend classes, go to work, strive to be an elite investment banker, pay attention to the graphs on the big screen, and survive on the financial battlefield. On the weekends, he has to go to the recording studio again, and use his own voice to inject soul into one small character after another, interpreting different lives.
Only at night, in the short period of time before falling asleep, does it belong to him, so that he can think about the "deal" proposed by Yao Yin.
But he was unwilling to use the sacred thing of love as a bargaining chip.
After thinking about it, he decided to try to "hunt" by himself.
Between recording sessions, he and his colleagues in his studio talked about Rainstorm's new game.
The bearded recording engineer said: "I did hear the wind about this matter, but I don't know anyone from the Rainstorm Company. Even if I do, my level is too low to help you match up - why don't you ask Yao directly? You are friends, didn’t he introduce you to work before? He has a very wide network, you ask him for help, he will definitely help you.”
"...Thank you, but I don't want to bother him about this." Tan Yiming smiled bitterly, but in the eyes of his colleagues, he and Yao Yin were already bound to each other.
This road didn't work, so Tan Yiming had a second plan in his heart.
He went to twitter, facebook and other foreign SNS platforms to find those who were certified as employees of Torrential Rain, and he had the cheek to send them a portfolio of self-recommendations one by one, hoping to impress them.
Helpless, the big talkers basically turned off the stranger's private message function; and although the small employees were very enthusiastic, they really couldn't help him recommend...
This road was also blocked.
There is really no way, he can only ask for help from friends in China.
He made a cross-ocean call to the second president of the Radio Theater Company, and told her about the upcoming recruitment of voice actors for Rainstorm Company's new work.
"Fuck you, Xiao Yunyun!!" The second child was very excited, "That's a torrential rain!! If you get on this big boat, you won't care whether you stay in the United States or return to China in the future, you will definitely be in the business and distribution circle. a place!!"
"The problem is that I can't catch up now." Tan Yiming stated his real purpose, "I listen... I heard from a friend that five domestic business distribution companies have received invitation letters. Can you help me find out? Which five are they? If possible, I would like to spend money to buy a place."
"Okay, this matter is covered by me." The second child agreed very readily. She is the first batch of "old people" in the network distribution circle. She entered the circle many years earlier than Wang Qingyun. Some of her peers have withdrawn from the circle, and some have stepped into the business distribution field.
After a few days, the second child found out the result.
"Xiao Yunyun, this matter... is a bit troublesome." The second child said embarrassingly on the phone, "Three of these five families are subordinate to the national prefix, even if you want to buy it, they can't sell the Shanghai translation and the northern translation. what."
"What about the other two?"
"There are also two purely private business distribution companies, which are full of great gods, not only the appointed male protagonist of Daddy's Disney, but also the queen's dubbing of the Hong Kong actor... They have all been robbed and bloody, where can they get it out? quota."
As a result, this last road is also blocked.
Tan Yiming didn't want to miss this precious opportunity. He has been trying to find a way out, but after searching, he returned to the place like a ghost hitting a wall.
Only the golden shortcut still stopped in front of him.
The second child added: "In the hands of those business distribution companies, in addition to the invitation letter, there is also a basic background introduction to the story. I heard that the game is codenamed "Q", and the background is in the future. The male Chinese character is a 30-year-old. Many-year-old astronauts got lost in space when they landed on Mars! With such a magnificent setting, it is no wonder that the big businessmen will be moved."
Just like actors hope to meet good scripts; as voice actors, every cv sincerely hopes to challenge a unique role.
Even though the second child can provide little information, the more he listens to Tan Yiming, the more fascinated he becomes.
The old second asked with a pity: "I really can't help you here... How about you, can you hug the big guy's thigh and give you a resume or something?"
In the face of inquiries from old friends for many years, Tan Yiming couldn't help but let out all the troubles that had been in his heart during this period of time.
He never mentioned this matter to anyone else, not even George and Xiao Rui knew about the deal Yao Yin privately proposed.
For a long time, Tan Yiming has been under the pressure alone, but sometimes, he also wants to unload the burden and take a breath.
The second child was stunned, suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "Damn, isn't this my favorite crispy duck setting! There are young actors who have talent and appearance but don't have a good script. In order to get the upper hand, I can only accept the unspoken rules of the sponsor with tears!"
"..." Tan Yiming said, "I'm hanging up."
"Don't, don't, don't!" The second child quickly stopped, "I'm joking! I don't know you yet. If you can accept this condition, why do you need to discuss with me?"
Tan Yiming made a low "um".
"But let's be honest... Are you really, really, really really not interested at all?" the second child whispered, "We are not children anymore, the society of adults, unspoken rules, transparent ceilings and such things , has always existed.”
"… "
"According to your description, I feel that Yao Yin is an excellent person in all aspects. A person like him must have never suffered any setbacks. The more you refuse, the more interested he will be in you." The second persuaded He said, "If you want me to tell you, you should talk to him and take a look. After all, if you are dating him, you won't suffer, but you will take advantage of it. If you show affection, everyone will be happy; if you don't show affection, then you will break up. , it doesn't matter."
Tan Yiming was dumbfounded, he did not expect that the other party would actually say such a piece of exhortation.
This is like a black chicken soup for the soul that he has seen before - there are no fairy tales in the adult world, only the truth. It is precisely because the second child regards Tan Yiming as a true friend that he will tell the truth that "interests come first".
After all, from the moment Tan Yiming stepped into society, he should learn to choose. Family, career, love... are all things that can be chosen.
In fact, during these days, whenever the road in front of Tan Yiming was blocked, the moral stone in his heart loosened a bit.
He thought, it seems that he is just an ordinary person struggling among all the living beings.
…
Because of this incident, Tan Yiming's working condition is very bad. He often gets distracted in meetings, and makes frequent mistakes while standing in the recording studio.
Later, he simply asked for a day off and slept in a dizzy day in the dormitory.
It was almost dusk after waking up. George had just finished class and was surprised to see that he was actually in the dormitory.
"You didn't go to work today?" George, a straight man, didn't notice that he was in a bad mood recently, Le Taotao said, "Just so, we have issued two tickets for tonight's musical, and Xiaorui has no time. , do you want to watch it with me?"
"What are you talking about?" Tan Yiming asked cheerily.
"Let me take a look at the introduction..." George took out the brochure and flipped through it, "Oh, it's about: After graduating from a prestigious school, the male protagonist who could not find his dream or a job moved to a low-cost shared house, and then met a man. Like him, he can't find friends who can't find a dream or a job."
Tan Yiming has every reason to suspect that everything in this world is against him.
"...Why do you want to issue such a ticket?"
"Who knows." George shrugged, "Maybe we're afraid we can't find a job after graduation, so give us a shot first?"
Tan Yiming raised his eyebrows: "You are a top doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science, how can you possibly find a job."
"It can't be said that, after all, there is always a gap between dreams and reality." George said, "Not all PhD students in the Department of Computer Science can enter Google FB as soon as they graduate. Most people are busy living their lives and lose their dreams. , forgetting the ambitions of the past, and working in one small company after another. If you are lucky, you can get options in a unicorn company; if you are unlucky, you will go back to China after a few years to eat... Life is so short, there are many opportunities. Even if it is fleeting, you really can’t hold it if you can’t hold it.”
"..." Tan Yiming licked his dry lips and asked, "What time?"
"what?"
"What time is the musical you're talking about, and what is it called?"
"At seven o'clock in the evening, it's called "Q Avenue"."
Tan Yiming's heart moved.
He asked: "In this play, is there a famous episode called "If You Are Gay"?"
Half a month ago, he sang this song with Little Swan at the Spring Festival Song Festival. It's only been fifteen days, but the relaxed and happy mood at that time can't be recalled at all now.
"Hey! I really don't know that." Joe Cosmic Iron and Steel Big Straight Man Zhi replied, "But there is a song in this show called "The Internet is Full of Raw Movies"!"
"… "
Tan Yiming thought, what kind of musical is this tm...
The author has something to say: Tan Yiming and Gu Guai have different ages and face different difficulties.
Guess is still in adolescence, his main predicament is himself, the fourth act "Out of My World" focuses on how he re-understands himself and re-learns to run.
Tan Yiming is already an adult who has stepped into society. The dilemma he will face is external, it is the self-realization of life value, and how to face temptation.
And Yao Yin represents this "temptation".