Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Hello, who is it? Yes, it's me..."

After Tom picked up the phone, he started talking in the same tone as usual.

Wagner sat on the sofa, picked up a magazine and started reading.

Neither Tom nor Wagner had much thought about this phone call.

But the strange thing was that after Wagner read the magazine for a while, he found that Tom had not spoken, which made him feel very strange.

Then Wagner turned his gaze from the magazine to Tom.

It was a good thing that Wagner didn't look at it. He was shocked by this look.

Because Wagner found Tom standing there like this, holding the phone in his hand motionless, looking very strange.

"Tom, what's the matter? What happened?"

Wagner quickly put down the magazine. He thought something had happened to Tom, so he quickly stood up.

After Wagner finished asking this question, Tom still stood there motionless, still holding the phone in his previous posture.

Wagner quickly stood up and walked quickly towards Tom. He was very sure something had happened, otherwise Tom would never be so abnormal.

When Wagner walked up to Tom and pushed him with his hand, the other person seemed to suddenly wake up.

Just when Wagner was trying to figure out what happened, Tom suddenly hugged him and started yelling.

"Wagner, I succeeded, I really succeeded..."

Wagner hasn't figured out what happened yet, but looking at Tom's look, he knows that he must have encountered some great event, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited.

Let Tom calm down first, otherwise they won't be able to talk at all.

"Tom, please calm down first. What happened? Did you succeed? What did you do?"

Wagner looked at the other party with a puzzled face. He just wanted to know what happened to Tom.

After being asked by Wagner, Tom calmed down a little, and then he answered.

"Someone from Universal Pictures just called me and told me that I had entered the re-test of "Tomb Raider" and asked me to audition tomorrow, oh..."

After Tom finished speaking, he started jumping up and down in the room and couldn't stop.

As his agent, Wagner seems a lot calmer, but it is indeed a great joy for Tom to be able to enter the re-examination.

Although there is still a long way to go before I can successfully win this role, it is indeed something worth being happy about.

After shouting for a while, Tom calmed down. Now he just wants to know what he will do to win this role tomorrow.

Now the only person around him who can give him advice is Wagner, so Tom hopes that the other person can give him some advice.

"I'm sorry Tom, I don't know what advice to give you. "Tomb Raider" is Lin Daoqiu's original movie. Now I only know it is an action movie..."

If Lin Daoqiu was making a movie that had appeared before, there would still be traces to follow.

But for "Tomb Raider", let alone Wagner, even the people at Universal Pictures didn't know what the plot of this movie was.

Wagner didn't think it would be good for Tom to give this advice without knowing anything about "Tomb Raider".

After hearing what Wagner said, Tom looked very depressed, because he didn't know what to do at all.

If even Wagner couldn't give him advice, Tom was worried that he might be eliminated by the opponent tomorrow.

But compared to Tom's worries, Wagner seems a lot more optimistic.

"Tom, since you can pass the re-examination, it means that there is more or less something in you that they need or appreciate, so you don't need to worry too much."

Tom nodded while listening. Although Wagner didn't know what kind of movie "Tomb Raider" was.

However, he has been in the film industry for a long time and is not a rookie agent, so his advice is still very useful.

But what Tom didn't know was that he was selected not because of his outstanding performance, but because Lin Daoqiu accidentally saw his photo and name.

If Tom knew the reason why he entered the re-examination, he would definitely be more confused, but Lin Daoqiu would never let him know.

After receiving the notice to enter the re-examination, Tom couldn't sleep well all night. He tossed and turned in bed until three or four in the morning before he could fall asleep.

As soon as the alarm clock rang at nine o'clock in the morning, the bleary-eyed Tom had to get up quickly and prepare to go to the studio of Universal Pictures for the re-examination.

When Tom arrived at the Universal Studios studio, it was already eleven o'clock in the morning.

Under the guidance of the staff, he came to Studio No. 2. As soon as Tom entered, he found that dozens of actors participating in the re-test had gathered here.

After getting the number plate, Tom realized that he seemed to have arrived too late.

From time to time someone was called into a nearby room and then came out again.

Tom found that some of the people coming out looked happy with smiles on their faces, while others looked sad.

Judging from their expressions, it is easy to guess the outcome of their interview.

Sitting there and waiting was both exciting and torturous for Tom. He wanted to go in quickly, but was worried that he would be kicked out immediately after entering.

After maintaining this tangled mood for almost two hours, Tom finally heard someone calling his name.

"Mr. Tom Cruise, please come in."

When he heard the staff calling his name, Tom Cruise stood up from his chair.

Then he walked to the door, opened it carefully and walked in.

When Tom Cruise entered the room, he found that the room was not very big. There were three tables with six people sitting around them, and the one sitting in the middle was a Chinese.

Tom Cruise recognized the other person's identity at a glance. He was Lin Daoqiu, the screenwriter and producer of "Tomb Raider".

When Lin Daoqiu saw Tom Cruise coming in, although his face did not waver at all, he felt a very strange feeling in his heart.

Tom Cruise, the future international superstar, is just a 21-year-old boy at this time. He looks very immature and young, but I have to say that he is indeed very handsome.

Three years later, when he starred in "Top Gun", he skyrocketed.

But now, he is still just an unknown actor. The movie "A Virgin in Trouble" he just starred in was a mess, with a production fee of 7 million, but in the end it only took 1.25 million at the North American box office.

This is definitely a big blow to the fledgling Tom Cruise. It’s no wonder he wants to seize this opportunity so much.