161. Hu Bin

Listening to the vibrant voice of Hu Bin, Qi Le’an’s anger from being interrupted faded.

Like the stranger he had never met in his previous life, Hu Bin was not in the least defeated by the crowning calamity two years ago. After a month of silence, he cooperated with the police and strove for his innocence!

Although he was abroad, Qi Le’an had known that Hu Bin had almost lost half of his assets in the divorce. After paying all kinds of compensation, he was penniless and in debt. Although his company didn’t say it clearly, Hu Bin took the initiative to terminate the contract because he didn’t want to be a drag.

Assistant He, who was loyal and devoted, accompanied Hu Bin to face these things.

It was at the beginning of the year that Qi Le’an and Hu Bin started to contact each other again. One day, a message was suddenly sent from Hu Bin’s WeChat account that had been silent for a long time; it said, Le’an, I’m back.

The next day, Qi Le’an saw the press release, which cleared Hu Bin’s grievances for a year.

How could a disgraced star get the press to issue a press release? Of course, there was endless bitterness in it.

It was very easy to fall to the bottom, but it was much harder to climb up the mountain. Hu Bin was still affected by this incident quite a bit. Although Hu Bin had the intention of returning to the entertainment industry in the past six months, he was never as popular as he had been two years ago.

That’s the way it is in this industry. New people come out one after another. You’ve been disappeared for only a month, and your fans had already gone.

After hanging up, Qi Le’an couldn’t help but sigh with emotion and tell Wei Changfeng about Hu Bin.

Wei Changfeng knew that Hu Bin was one of the few friends of Qi Le’an in this circle and asked, “Are you going to meet him at the airport the day after tomorrow?”

Hu Bin would take off tomorrow, but he couldn’t arrive until the day after tomorrow.

Qi Le’an nodded and said, “That’s what I was thinking. He’ll arrive at noon and we can have lunch together then. Perfect!”

Wei Changfeng smiled and said, “Okay.”

Qi Le’an turned his eyes and stared at Wei Changfeng again.

He was mostly forced to leave the country two years ago. After the official document was released, he had no choice but to go abroad. Qi Le’an used Weibo a lot and liked to share everything with his fans. After he disappeared for three months, his fans realized something was wrong.

At that time, Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng were on vacation in America. They were photographed leaving the airport together. This made Qi Le’an, the banned person, on the hot search list.

After all, the last piece of news of Qi Le’an when he left was about “Blue”, plus “being banned”, the netizens were shocked and they seemed to realize something.

Some influential bloggers have pointed out that Qi Le’an went abroad because he starred in gay films and got banned in China. And some of the netizens were not happy about this. They said that it was a kind of discrimination against homosexuals and was degrading. They had even launched a vigorous anti-discrimination campaign on Weibo.

In the end, Qi Le’an had to explain on Weibo that he would live abroad for a while because of his studies. But he said nothing about the banning and Wei Changfeng.

Later, he and Wei Changfeng studied in Tisch and never tried to conceal their relationship. There were thousands of Chinese living in New York and pictures of the two holding hands at a supermarket were sent back to China. Then, his relationship with Wei Changfeng was assured.

However, neither of them had admitted it publicly. After all, Qi Le’an would come back and develop his career in China one day.

Seeing that Qi Le’an looked naughty again, Wei Changfeng asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Qi Le’an threw himself at Wei Changfeng and smiled, “You’re going to meet my friend with me. What do you call it?”

Wei Changfeng knew what Qi Le’an meant, so he pretended to be serious, “Well… accompany my junior to meet his friend?”

Qi Le’an, “…”

He pounded Wei Changfeng on the shoulder angrily and said, “What junior… It’s a wife!”

Wei Changfeng suddenly understood and said, “Accompany my wife to meet a friend.”

Qi Le’an was speechless. He could not beat Wei Changfeng, nor could he win the argument.

Qi Le’an, who was full of helplessness, finally rested in Wei Changfeng’s arms and had a peaceful sleep.

In the afternoon of the next day, the two of them packed up and went to the opera house. The theatre was performing “Othello”, a story of the misunderstanding that led to eternal separation. Qi Le’an had also rehearsed the play in his acting classes. He played Casio, the second male lead.

Such things as opera used to be far away from Qi Le’an’s life, but when they came to America, he would go to the opera house with Wei Changfeng from time to time.

After four scenes had ended, the actors came out for a curtain call, and the audience burst into applause. It could be seen that young as it was, the troupe was full of energy.

By the time people in the theater were almost gone, Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng went backstage together.

The person who gave the tickets to them was the person in charge of the troupe and also one of the actors in “Othello”. The beauty, who grew up on the streets of New York, gave Qi Le’an a big hug and said, “An! I didn’t expect you to come!”

As she said this, she squeezed her eyes at Wei Changfeng again.

It was the first time for Qi Le’an to meet Jenny. He greeted her shyly, “Hello.”

Jenny laughed and quickly introduced someone beside her, “White, this is An.”

Qi Le’an recognized that White was the one who played Othello just now.

Because he had also played this role, Qi Le’an looked at White curiously.

He had flaxen hair and deep facial features. This handsome guy was tall enough and his skin was fine. No matter where he went, there must be a lot of people who liked him.

After the two of them got to know each other, Jenny told them why she invited Qi Le’an to watch the opera.

“An, there will be a performance of “Othello” a week later. But there was a very serious incident in White’s family and he can’t take part in it… And our substitute has broken his leg a while ago… I saw your presentation at Tisch and thought it was great! Can you please join the show in a week?”

After that, Jenny even put her hands together and said, “Please! It’s too urgent and we couldn’t find any experienced and suitable actors.”

Qi Le’an was shocked. He knew that Jenny’s team needed a role, but he never thought it would be such an important role as the second male lead!

Seeing that Qi Le’an was still hesitating, Jenny added, “And you’ll get paid a lot, of course! We will provide subsidies for every rehearsal, and you will be paid according to the official actors’ fees.”

Money wasn’t the key. The most important thing was, “I… can I do that?”

This was an opera house, not a school auditorium. What he was going to participate in was a formal performance, not a report at the end of the semester.

Seeing that Qi Le’an was interested, Jenny’s eyes brightened and she said, “Of course you can! I’ve seen your Casio, it’s awesome! Fynn thinks you’re awesome, too! ”

Qi Le’an glanced at Wei Changfeng beside him and Wei Changfeng smiled at him with encouraging eyes.

Why would he be afraid? He had also acted in movies and TV series in China! This was just to broaden the scope of acting!

Qi Le’an immediately figured it out and signed an agreement with Jenny. White, who had found a substitute, was also particularly happy. He invited Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng to the troupe’s celebration party.

The enthusiasm of Americans could often take you by surprise. That night, Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng played around until dawn before returning home.

As soon as they got home, Qi Le’an couldn’t help but say excitedly, “Wei Sama! Did you know that already?”

Wei Changfeng had already known that Jenny was going to ask Qi Le’an to play the role of the second male lead! Casio!

Wei Changfeng nodded without denying it.

Qi Le’an glanced at Wei Sama bitterly and said, “Wei Sama, why didn’t tell me in advance?”

“I want to give you a surprise,” said Wei Changfeng innocently.

Qi Le’an grinned. It was such a surprise! Because the standard of opera was much higher than that of movies and television! What an encouragement it was to him to be liked by the troupe!

If Qi Le’an was what he had been two years ago, no one would even look at him!

Of course, the glory must be accompanied by sweat. Time was pressing, while the task was heavy. The entire drama company had a day off tomorrow. From the day after tomorrow until the week after, they had to rehearse every day. Qi Le’an was a newcomer, so he would encounter more obstacles.

Therefore, Qi Le’an started to prepare for that. The next morning, when he woke up at home, he watched the classic opera show on TV. Qi Le’an watched as he ate breakfast and recalled last year’s presentation.

After breakfast and a short rest, the two of them drove to Kennedy International Airport.

The international airport was crowded with tourists from all over the world. There happened to be celebrities from China that day and a bunch of Chinese fans was waiting outside the airport. Qi Le’an had never seen the actress before. Probably she started to be popular in the past two years.

The two of them stood by the airport’s guard card and watched the grand situation not far away. Qi Le’an leaned over to Wei Changfeng and said, “Do you think that my shout will have this effect?”

Wei Changfeng answered with a straight face, “It is probably more severe than this. And the police will have to bring the riot shields over.”

Qi Le’an couldn’t help laughing. After that, he thought that he didn’t know what the situation was about if he shout here, but if Wei Changfeng shout at an airport, he must soon be crowded with fans as he probably still had a lot of fans.

After all, for the past year, no matter what WIIIn did, the domestic media mentioned Wei Changfeng every time.

Although there were no works, the image of the male idol had always been in the fans’ hearts!

The airport rush brought by the actress was over. The two of them waited for a while and finally saw Hu Bin at the exit.

Hu Bin casually wore a black t-shirt with a white hat on his head. He held a bunch of luggage in his hand, followed by Assistant He.

The two of them seemed to be arguing about something as they walked. It wasn’t until they saw Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng that Hu Bin waved his hand happily.

“Le’an! I’m here!”

Qi Le’an was silent for two or three seconds. Although he was happy to see such a vigorous Hu Bin, they were all celebrities and he should have paid more attention!