Rebirth of a Movie Star

Chapter 1-2

Extra 1

"Between heaven and earth, Rong Air treats its customers first, piloting with heart."

This advertisement slogan, which was used by Rong Air for many years to cement their place in the hearts of the people, first appeared in the short clip that Bai Lang first shot for Rong Air.

The short clip told a short story about an eight year old little boy. He was happily taking the plane to go overseas to find his father (don't ask why there wasn't any guardian travelling with him). He stood in front of the tall floor-length windows in the airport terminal, gazing with excitement at the many planes landing and taking off, waiting for his boarding call. At this time, his father who was far away overseas called him. The little boy was overjoyed and didn't want to hang up for a long time, they talked about many things, however he didn't expect that because of this he missed his plane.

Thus the little boy was panicked and afraid, so anxious that his eyes went red. He didn't know what to do.

Then Bai Lang, who was wearing the uniform of a flight attendant, appeared.

Rong Air strongly stressed that in the air, they treated their customers as though they were their family. Taking Rong Air was like returning home. The flight attendant Bai Lang thus comforted the little boy for a while, and helped him contact his parents. He ordered lunch for him and accompanied the little boy to count how many planes there were outside. He even made the gift of a small plane model to the little boy as they waited for Rong Air to arrange for the little boy to be on the next flight.

After that, Bai Lang accompanied the little boy to fly over half of the pacific.

When he personally held the little boy's hand and delivered him into the arms of his father waiting at the foreign airport, the boy gazed at him with gratitude. Bai Lang smiled and waved his hand to say goodbye. Then multiple crew members appeared in the background, and along with the company's slogan, it became the short clip's designated image representation for Rong Air.

***

So when this promotional clip was broadcasted on various large television channels and online, there were immediately many sharp-tongued netizens who gave the opinion that this ad was not just one of, but the most "foolish smile" commercial of the year.

Because the story was completely illogical, however it still at the ability to make people unable to help themselves from feeling warm in their hearts and smiling foolishly while staring at the screen. It was so foolish, but so made you smile, so if it wasn't a "foolish smile" commercial then what was?

Within it, Bai Lang who played the role of the flight attendant was praised greatly. His performance was natural and didn't feel awkward or artificial, he had a clean crisp white uniform paired with a light gray pants, underneath his officer-style cap he showed a sunny smile. The entire feeling that Bai Lang gave off was beautiful and clean, friendly and intimate. It was as though he had returned to his clean image when he first debuted.

It had to be said that after experiencing many different types of styles, this type of appearance still suited Bai Lang's aura the most. Even Qiu Qian, when he first saw Bai Lang wearing his uniform, was unable to control himself from dragging this person into his arms and furiously touching him up. So don't even talk about the female crew members when Bai Lang finally came out of his dressing room. They couldn't help surrounding him and using their mobiles to furiously take photos for their personal collection.

However, the short clip also had another star, and that was the meng little boy who had missed his flight. The boy who played him couldn't be said to be exquisitely handsome, however his thick brows and large eyes were extremely spirited and cute. His excitement in the short clip, as well as his look of trust and dependence, all his emotions appeared genuine and moving.

When this ad was broadcast, it ignited an immediate firestorm of chatter. Other than capturing the hearts of many middle-aged women, it was also very popular with many fathers. The download of this clip from Rong Air's website reached several million in its first week, pushing the reach of this commercial even further.

Following that, people naturally asked the question, who is the little boy in the clip?

Not long after, Bai Lang's fans immediately took out their precious small and large photos from three years ago.

It was impossible to hide, it was Qiu XiaoHai and his Ah Bai.

***

That Qiu XiaoHai would film Rong Air's commercial, actually arose out of a coincidence.

The day of the filming happened to be a holiday. Qiu Qian didn't have any set plans and Qiu XiaoHai also didn't have school. Originally this family of three's rare day off together was disrupted by Bai Lang's job. So the family of three decided simply to go together to the film set at the airport and treat it as a family outing. Anyway Qiu XiaoHai also liked the airport, and the large and modern airport had many facilities for shopping, entertainment and etc. So they weren't scared of him getting bored.

However the family of three had only just reached the waiting lounge which had been cleared for the purposes of filming the commercial, when they were informed that the young actor who had been contracted to play the part of the little boy, as well as his mother, were going to be late. They had called and said that they were stuck in a serious traffic jam and so the entire crew had no choice but to wait.

As for the traffic jam, it was the result of a last-minute car accident which had happened on the highway leading to the airport. It wouldn't be able to be cleared easily. Since this was a misfortunate incident outside of anyone's control, everyone had no choice but to cooperate and wait.

During this time, Bai Lang had already changed into his uniform and in this guise of a flight attendant was teased and played with by Qiu Qian for some time. After that the little actor still had not arrived. So the Qiu family father and son naturally accompanied Bai Lang to pass the time.

However they waited and waited, an hour passed, and then a second hour…. The little actor and his mother were still stuck on the road. The crew members called them furiously and repeatedly, the producer was so stressed his head was full of sweat, the set crew was also very anxious and jumpy. After all they were making the two big gods Bai Lang and Boss Qiu sit around and wait aimlessly, this was a big impediment to their health!

At this time, the director Chen Bing secretly pointed at the screen next to the camera. He said to the producer, "Xiao Fu, actually just then I filmed quite a lot. Almost one quarter of the important scenes are done."

The producer Fu Yu was staring vainly at the entrance, he completely didn't pay much attention and said, "The people haven't arrived yet, how can you film?"

Chen Bing whispered in a low voice, "Bai Lang and that little Qiu boy ah. Several scenes can be used… no, actually it's a case of if you didn't use it it would be a real shame. What do you think, should we just…"

Fu Yu's heart jumped. He immediately huddled in front of the screen and carefully reviewed the footage that had been taken secretly just before. When he saw it, it really fulfilled the parameters of the script. There was a little boy jumping up and down excitedly in front of the floor length window, and also one where Bai Lang was accompanying him to count the number of planes…. Each scene was natural and moving, every angle looked great. Chen Bing also was very careful and meticulous and avoided Boss Qiu appearing in any of the footage. This this this, really was using a dog's huge courage..

So Fu Yu's eyes glowed with light but his heart felt very conflicted. "Who is going to ask ah. That's Boss Qiu's son after all. Today we already forced them to wait aimlessly, now we're even plotting to use their kid. You might want to die, but I still want to live ah."

Chen Bing also had some reservations which was why he had filmed secretly. "But this might be a good opportunity ah. I was filming secretly for a long time. This little Qiu boy seems very clingy towards Bai Lang. Maybe he might agree?"

Fu Yu heard it and his heart also moved. "But the main decider is Boss Qiu ah. Do you really think so?"

Chen Bing looked again at Qiu XiaoHai and Bai Lang on the screen. Suddenly he was overwhelmed with the impulsive feeling that this short clip was meant to be filmed by these two people. His heart went hot, and he straightened his back and said, "If you're too scared to ask then I'll do it! This is an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime, I need to grab it firmly!"

Fu Yu didn't even have time to think it through clearly when he saw Chen Bing grab his director's hat, place it squarely on his head, then stood up as straight as he could and march towards these three people.

Fu Yu's jaw fell open for some time. After fighting internally with himself for a while, he didn't call Chen Bing back. At the same time he comforted himself by thinking that it definitely wasn't hanging back because of cowardice. If the director really angered Boss Qiu then he would be able to go up and try to calm the proceedings. So right now he had an important responsibility. He needed to endure for the sake of the big picture. It was what he should do…..

However when he saw Chen Bing go over and say a few words, it was actually Bai Lang who shook his head first. He didn't need to hear their conversation, just from their body language it was clear that Chen Bing was being immediately rejected. Fu Yu who was observing couldn't help feeling crestfallen. However he didn't forget to look at Boss Qiu and feel relieved that they hadn't made Boss Qiu lose his temper.

However at this time the little boy became unhappy. He hugged Bai Lang's waist and argued for a little while, he seemed to be expressing that he was willing. Hope appeared in Fu Yu's heart again however Bai Lang continued to wave his hand at Chen Bing. he appeared resolute in his rejection. Chen Bing looked slightly hesitant and Fu Yu thought whether or not he should go over to help him.

However at this time the situation changed. The little boy Qiu actually got angry. He stamped his feet and suddenly yelled loudly, "Ah Bai is a dummy!!" Then he ran over to a corner by himself and squatted down angrily.

This yell, alone with the echoing effect of the large and spacious waiting hall, naturally drew all the gazes of the crew members over.

It was also ignited a buzz of conversation. Because everyone now had reached the conclusion that since Bai Lang and Qiu Qian were together, then wasn't he the little boy Qiu's "stepmother"? When the stepmother wanted to discipline the son but the son wasn't willing, then whose side would Boss Qiu stand on? No wonder the whole time Boss Qiu had sat by silently and not expressed his opinion, tsk tsk, wasn't this the scene of a domestic drama ah….

A firestorm of gossip was igniting and swirling around everyone's stomach.

This time Fu Yu's heart really jumped in terror. He glared viciously at the Chen Bing who was standing nearby holding his hat in his hands helplessly. Did he want him to go up to save him? Right now he had even caused a domestic dispute?! How was he supposed to save him under this situation?! From the ancient days, it was very difficult for a civil officer to judge family affairs wasn't it!?

Suddenly during this stiff atmosphere, the angry Qiu XIaoHai suddenly turned his head around and yelled again.

"Who cares if other people know! I'm daddy's son, but I'm also Ah Bai's son oh! What's wrong with that!?"

Bai Lang, who was some distance away, suddenly shook.

At this time Qiu Qian finally patted Bai Lang's back. "He's been prepared since ages ago to stand by your side."

Bai Lang seemed to be still frozen with shock. However he was pushed from behind and stepped forward one step.

Qiu XiaoHai's eyes went red. He gazed at Bai Lang in a bullied manner. He said in a somewhat weak voice, "…. or does Ah Bai not want me?"

This sentence made Bai Lang's face change. He rushed quickly towards Qiu XiaoHai and with one motion picked up the little boy who was not light anymore. He was also clung to by Qiu XiaoHai who wrapped all his four limbs around him.

At this time, watching the tightly embracing big and small person, the entire audience could approximately guess what kind of promises and answers Bai Lang saying into Qiu XiaoHai's ears. However they still felt disappointed at being unable to hear Bai Lang's words of confession.

However Qiu XiaoHai afterwards sniffed his nose a few times, and then loudly helped answer the curiosity in people's hearts.

"En. I want to be Ah Bai's son, always and forever."

"Even if Ah Bai doesn't want daddy anymore, that won't change oh."

It was Qiu Qian's turn to go black in the face. He walked towards the two people, "Hey you rascal, are you dismantling the bridge now that you've crossed it ah."

Then he put his arm around the two people and enveloped them in his embrace.

Thus the family was reunited.

***

In the end, not only did Qiu XIaoHai enter the filming but even Qiu Qian appeared briefly.

In the original script, the parent waiting for the little boy at the airport was his "mother". Qiu Qian made a request and the director immediately changed the character to a "father". In the short clip, Qiu Qian only showed a pair of hands and a scene from the back hugging the little boy. But this still can be considered taking part in the filming of the clip, and he wasn't excluded from this family activity.

So can this be considered Qiu XiaoHai's debut production?

Well this was perhaps thinking too far into the future. After all, right now Qiu XiaoHai was still a simple-minded child.

Rong Zan couldn't be more sure about that.



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Extra 2

The first time Rong Zan spoke to Qiu XiaoHai was on the first day of school.

The reason was very simple, because they sat at the same table in kindergarten.

However the initial impression that Qiu XiaoHai gave Rong Zan wasn't very good. Because he didn't bring the crayons he needed for the morning's drawing class. When the teacher asked everyone to take our their crayons, Qiu XiaoHai's face was filled with confusion as he looked left and right.

At that time Rong Zan wasn't familiar with Qiu XiaoHai. So even though he noticed something wasn't quite right with him, he didn't pay any mind and just opened his own pencil case.

Not until the kindergarten teacher discovered the blankly staring Qiu XiaoHai. She walked over, bent down and asked, "Did your mommy not pack it for you? Teacher wrote it in the notification letter oh." At this time, Qiu XiaoHai only opened his eyes wide, shook his head and didn't say anything.

The teacher also didn't ask too many questions. She patted Qiu XiaoHai's head and told the neighbouring Rong Zan to share with him and for the two people to draw together.

It was the first day at school so Rong Zan wasn't used to sharing with others. He had been raised up by his family as a precious treasure; all the toys, books and drawings he had was his alone. Rong Zan frowned and felt a bit unhappy. He thought that this time Qiu XiaoHai's mommy forgot so next time it would be better to help remind him.

Rong Zan who had been very logical and methodical from childhood thought for a while then made up his mind. He then obediently and quietly continued his drawing.

It was only that when it came to the afternoon, after finishing lunch and when it was time for the midday nap, the teacher once again discovered that Qiu XiaoHai had also not brought a blanket.

This has been mentioned in the notifications. Because blankets were personal items, in the interest of maintaining hygiene, although the school provided blankets for sale however they were not responsible for taking care of them or cleaning them. So every Monday, the school required parents to bring to school a freshly cleaned blanket taken home the week before. And because it was the first day of school, the blanket was naturally new. But parents would still need to purchase it beforehand and bring it to school for safekeeping.

So the teacher bent over again and said in a coaxing voice, "Did you also not bring a blanket? Teacher wrote everything in the letter. Today when you go home you need to remind your mommy to look over it again oh." Since it was the first day, these types of small incidents were not uncommon.

Rong Zan, who was sitting next to Qiu XiaoHai and listening, immediately got a wooden face. Right now Rong Zan was already frowning inwardly, he thought it can't be that I have to share a blanket with him too? Other than mommy and daddy, he had never slept with another person before, could he tell the teacher that he didn't want to…..

Qiu XiaoHai scratched his face. He twisted and turned restlessly. "I don't know ah, I don't have a mommy oh."

When he said this, not only did the teacher's face slightly change but even Rong Zan's gaze also swept over.

The five year old Rong Zan already knew quite a lot of words. Because the Rong family looked highly upon education, Rong Zan had already commenced some extra-curricular reading. So Rong Zan knew that everyone was supposed to have a daddy and mommy, if they were missing one then it was something that very not good. When he tried to think about it, Rong Zan couldn't imagine what life would be like if either daddy or mommy wasn't there.

However Qiu XiaoHai actually didn't have a mommy…. Rong Zan looked at the restless looking Qiu XiaoHai, for some reason he had very apologetic feeling in his heart. When he thought about his secret unhappiness from before, this time he didn't wait for the teacher to open her mouth but suddenly said, "We can sleep together."

Qiu XiaoHai's face went slightly brighter. He nodded his head. "En!"

The teacher came over at this time and also gave Qiu XiaoHai a hug. She said comfortingly, "Don't worry, Teacher will get you a back-up blanket. Tonight Teacher will call your house and have a chat, there's nothing to worry about oh."

Qiu XiaoHai seemed relieved. He obediently nodded his head and smiled at the teacher. After the teacher left, he turned and smiled and Rong Zan.

"My, my name's Qiu XiaoHai. What are you called?"

"Rong Zan." Because Rong Zan had been raised well, he responded formally, "The Rong from "Rong Qi" and the Zan from "Zan Mei". {T/N: Rong Zan used two common phrases to let Qiu XiaoHai know which exact two characters are in his name since multiple characters have same pronunciation.} 

Qiu XiaoHai paused, then hurried to say, "Then mine is the Qiu from Qiu XiaoHai, and the Xiao Hai from Qiu XiaoHai!" {T/N: Basically, zero information ^_^.}

"…… En."

***

After that perhaps because Qiu XiaoHai didn't have a mommy, it made Rong Zan more tolerant towards him.

After all Rong Zan had private tuition back home in the Rong family. Coming to the kindergarten was purely for the purpose of learning social skills. Compared to the other children, Rong Zan had a beautiful face and also knew a lot more things. Towards Qiu XiaoHai, Rong Zan already had  feeling of compassion and wanting to take care of him. He wasn't like the other children his age who with the attitude of innocent curiosity and suspicion kept chasing to ask things like, "Why didn't your mommy come to pick you up ah?".  

Otherwise, based on Rong Zan's prim personality, it was highly possible that he would become very disapproving of Qiu XiaoHai's attitude of constantly forgetting the teacher's instructions, eating food without wiping his hands, and napping without taking off his singlet.

However although Qiu XiaoHai was slow in certain aspects, his personality was innocent and straight-forward. Simply put, if someone treated him well, he would also treat that person very, very well. If someone treated him ill, he wouldn't pay any attention to the teacher, and if he needed to retaliate he definitely would.

On the first day, Rong Zan lent Qiu XiaoHai his crayon and blanket (the latter was unsuccessful). So the next day Qiu XiaoHai brought the toy car that his daddy gave him to share with Rong Zan to play with. Afterwards, when he realized that Rong Zan didn't like to sing songs Qiu XiaoHai would block in front of him and sing very loudly. Rong Zan disliked it when people said he looked like a little girl, so if someone made a comment like that Qiu XiaoHai would help him swear back at them. So slowly, Rong Zan lost his compassionate and pitiful feeling towards Qiu XiaoHai and only thought that the two people being together was very happy. And if Qiu XiaoHai forgot something again then it didn't matter. He would help him make up for it.

It didn't take long for Rong Zan and Qiu XiaoHai to become not one of, but the very best of friends.

All the way until "Jiang XinCheng" appeared on the television.

***

"Jiang XinCheng" was a name which only after Qiu XiaoHai had mentioned a few times, did Rong Zan go to look for on television. Otherwise the rules of the Rong household was that meal times were strictly for eating quietly. They couldn't leave the dinner table and so of course there wasn't any habits of eating whilst watching TV.

So one day, Rong Zan finished his dinner very early and waited by the television to see what the deal was with this "Jiang XinCheng". What he saw made him immediately realize by Qiu XiaoHai was so in love with this show.

Because the Jiang Le in the show was just like Qiu XiaoHai in that he didn't have a mommy. In the show he lived happily with his father Jiang XinCheng.

Rong Zan knew that this was what Qiu XiaoHai wanted from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to live together with his daddy.

So one day, when Rong Zan heard his young uncle mention that "Jiang XinCheng" was their neighbour, and also by coincidence a few days later Qiu XiaoHi saw the teacher who was monitoring their midday nap reading a newspaper which had a photo of "Jiang XinCheng" in his daddy's car and reported it excitedly to Rong Zan, Rong Zan thought for a little bit and easily stringed these two pieces of information together. Then that very afternoon, he delivered the excited to death Qiu XiaoHai to Jiang XinCheng's apartment door.

Originally Rong Zan wanted to come with him, but his family driver would not consent to him going anywhere prior to going home. So Rong Zan had no choice but to drop Qiu XiaoHai off, before going home to tell his family before coming out to find him again.

However he didn't expect that when he came over a little while later, Qiu XiaoHai was eating pancake with spring onion and enthusiastically told him how great "Jiang XinCheng" was. To be completely honest, other than feeling surprised, Rong Zan also felt a bit unhappy.

He didn't think this was only the beginning.

Starting from the next day, Qiu XiaoHi actually stated happily holding "Jiang XinCheng's" hand to school. There was also no more missing crayons or blankets from his bag. Not only that but there also the daily addition of a lunchbox full of beautiful little white rabbit buns. He said he could eat it when he got hungry. And from his mouth there was endless Ah Bai, Ah Bai.

Also Rong Zan also didn't dislike that beautiful Uncle Bai, however Qiu XiaoHai's constant chatter to him about Ah Bai made him somewhat irritated. Because he really repeated himself too many times. At that time Rong Zan was still unfamiliar with the concept of "jealousy". He only thought that Qiu XiaoHai's joy was a bit over the top. During those days every time he looked at Qiu XiaoHai's hugely smiling face, Rong Zan felt a bit uncomfortable.

All the way until a particular day at school when Qiu XiaoHai suddenly came over and said, "Thank you."

He said right now he, daddy and Ah Bai were living together. It was all because of Ah Zan's help. He liked Ah Zan the most!

A few simple words completely eliminated the unhappy feelings in the bottom of Rong Zan's heart. 

From that day on, whenever Qiu XiaoHai felt happy, Rong Zan also felt happy with him.

Because after all, he was the person that Qiu XiaoHai liked the most.

He would even share his most favorite little rabbit steamed buns with him.

***

After that on a particular day, the teacher raised the question of "who do you like the most at home".

On that day Qiu XiaoHi said that Ah Bai would "kiss me, hug me, and sleep with daddy".

At the same time as Rong Zan heard the first part rather unhappily, Chen ZhenZhen suddenly said, "That's what a mommy does."

This sentence suddenly switched on a lightbulb in Rong Zan's mind.

If Ah Bai turned into Qiu XiaoHai's mommy, then in the future the person that Qiu XiaoHai like the most would definitely be himself ba.

Because daddy, mommy, and the person you liked the most couldn't be the same person.

Daddy and mommy were daddy and mommy, the person you liked the most was someone you would get married to. The day before the teacher had just taught them.

So…..

Rong Zan blinked his eyes and looked at the Qiu XiaoHai who was at the moment arguing with Chen ZhenZhen about "whether or not Ah Bai could be mommy".

He reached out and tugged Qiu XiaoHai's clothes. He spoke quietly into Qiu XiaoHai's ear.

When Qiu XiaoHai heard it he nodded his head vigorously. "En! Ah Bai will definitely agree oh!"

Rong Zan looked at Qiu XiaoHai and nodded his head quietly.

Right now he felt very happy in his heart.

***

It was only that life was unpredictable and Rong Zan never imagined that there was one day that he would be separated from Qiu XiaoHai.

But suddenly from a particular morning, the seat beside Rong Zan became empty.

There wasn't any warning or any information given to him.

It wasn't until many days later that Rong Zan was told that Qiu XiaoHai's daddy had gotten injured and that Qiu XiaoHai had gone overseas to visit him.

At that time he had thought that after a while, Qiu XiaoHai would reappear again.

Day after day, Rong Zan would watch the door of the classroom.

He was hoping that before class started, Qiu XiaoHai would come running and jumping over to him.

But his wait lasted over half a year.

Half a year later, on a particular evening, his mommy handed over the phone and said that Xiao Hai wanted to talk to him.

Rong Zan looked at the phone. At the same time as feeling surprised, he suddenly felt angry. He was actually so mad that he rejected the phone call.

However when his mommy really put down the phone, Rong Zan suddenly felt a feeling of deep regret and sadness.

That night, he cried secretly by himself under the bedcovers. He had never done that before.

Luckily a few days later, Xiao Hai called again.

This time, Rong Zan snatched the phone from his mother's hands.

He had only just said "Hello" when from the other end came the sound of Qiu XiaoHai's loud bawling.

Thus Rong Zan completely forgot to be angry.

From that day on, Rong Zan very rarely got angry with Qiu XiaoHai again.

Because he didn't want to be sad by himself again.



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