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Text: Northern Lights
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Preface
Have you ever felt angry at a friend's backsliding?
Or did your actions hurt your loved ones?
Friendships in the world are often fragile, and a single unintentional move can disintegrate.
So, how do we deal with our friendships when they are challenged?
Do you cling to your former feelings and continue to tolerate each other? or do you face the reality and make up your mind to break off your old suspicions? Go through the motions? Or do you repair it all over again?
Wang Zhiwen is in opposition to public opinion
Early one morning in April 2024, Wang Zhiwen was awakened by a piercing ringtone of his mobile phone.
Picking up the phone, it was an old friend Director Liu who shouted anxiously on the other end: "Brother, hurry up and watch the news, but your old scars have been lifted up!"
Wang Zhiwen turned on his mobile phone in a daze, only to see that none of the major news headlines were spared:
"Wang Zhiwenen took revenge and refused to help his old friend, and his ten-year friendship went down the drain?"
"The whirlpool caused by the 'chewing gum incident' has made waves again, and Wang Zhiwen's morality is worried?"
In the face of such aggressive questioning and abuse, Wang Zhiwen's mind suddenly appeared with many episodes of the past.
The past is troublesome
It turned out that in a crew more than ten years ago, the young and vigorous Wang Zhiwen discarded a female reporter's business card and chewing gum residue in the trash can due to a momentary negligence, which caused an uproar.
After the incident was exposed, about 30 media outlets expressed their intention to boycott and ban Wang Zhiwen, which had a huge impact on his acting career.
Poor mouth hurts friendship
And the friendship entanglement with Wang Baoqiang made Wang Zhiwen even more embarrassed.
Recalling that night a few years ago, Wang Baoqiang fell into the lowest point of his life after experiencing the blow of a divorce lawsuit, and Wang Zhiwen received a call for help from him begging for a turnover of 3 million yuan.
However, at that time, Wang Zhiwen was in financial difficulties and was really stretched, so he could only politely refuse this request.
Who knew that the good times would not last long, and in the following years, Wang Baoqiang turned over again with the autobiographical movie "In the Octagonal Cage", but it was another friend Chen Sicheng who helped him.
This experience invisibly abandoned the friendship between Wang Zhiwen and Wang Baoqiang, and the artillery fire of public opinion also came one after another, describing Wang Zhiwen as "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge" and "ungrateful".
The past is like a dream
In the face of such a fierce public opinion offensive, Wang Zhiwen felt powerless to return to the sky, so he could only choose to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry and temporarily live in seclusion in the countryside.
He understands that people tend to be particularly strict about what public figures say and do.
He recalled a scene many years ago: Wang Baoqiang stood in the spotlight, and spoke to the audience in an impassioned tone about Chen Sicheng's selfless support during his most difficult period, full of infinite gratitude to this close friend.
The audience was silent, only a thunderous applause.
Wang Zhiwen smiled self-deprecatingly, no wonder people called me "ungrateful" and "ruthless."
There was a mistake in the "chewing gum incident" before, and then he refused to fund his best friend, Wang Zhiwen was too indulgent and careless.
Reforge the road of friendship
With this cognition, Wang Zhiwen seems to have found hope and direction to reshape friendship.
He immediately took out his pen and sprinted down a detailed plan:
First of all, he will personally hold a press conference to clarify the ins and outs of the "chewing gum incident" and dispel the doubts in the minds of reporters.
Next, he is ready to visit the door one by one, apologize to the media involved one by one, and sincerely invite everyone to let go of their past suspicions and start again.
The most critical step is to take the initiative to find Wang Baoqiang and give him a satisfactory explanation.
In his long-hidden autobiography, Wang Zhiwen recorded the reasons for prevaricating Wang Baoqiang and his secret efforts for Wang Baoqiang.
As long as he explained and explained clearly, he firmly believed that his old friend would understand.
Wang Zhiwen ambitiously worked out the whole process of regaining friendship and devoted himself to it non-stop.
Wang Zhiwen joined hands with reporters to pave a new road
According to the plan, Wang Zhiwen held a huge press conference, and directly stated the cause of the "chewing gum incident" on the stage: In fact, he was young and vigorous at that time, and he did some unreasonable things, but it was definitely not out of malicious intent to humiliate reporters.
Subsequently, Wang Zhiwen took the initiative to go door-to-door to sincerely apologize to a number of media, hoping to rekindle the fire of friendship with reporters.
This effort has not been in vain.
Reporters who have experienced the ups and downs of the world have recognized Wang Zhiwen's sincere apology and expressed their heartfelt affirmation of his open and honest attitude.
The two sides not only completely abolished their previous suspicions, but also reached a consensus on long-term friendly coexistence.
In this way, the "chewing gum incident", which was once regarded as "infamy", turned out to be a new contract to friendship, witnessing Wang Zhiwen's transformation from the inside out.
And the gradual revival of interpersonal relationships also made Wang Zhiwen's determination to redeem Wang Baoqiang's friendship more and more firm.
Bury the hatchet
One day, while walking in the countryside, Wang Zhiwen met a group of acquaintances - it was the team of lawyers who handled Wang Baoqiang's divorce lawsuit back then.
Several people talked about the old things and cherished each other, Wang Zhiwen couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, recalling that difficult time.
At that time, Wang Baoqiang's wife Ma Rong racked her scheming in order to seek more divorce property.
She not only transferred Wang Baoqiang's huge amount of funds, but also froze all his bank accounts, causing the once glorious actor to fall into unprecedented financial difficulties.
Penniless, Wang Baoqiang had no choice but to reach out to relatives and friends for help, hoping to borrow a working capital to keep the lawsuit going.
After understanding his friend's predicament, Wang Zhiwen was suddenly tightly bound by the rope of guilt.
As an old friend, I avoided it at the time and let it fall into the quagmire, is this the so-called "brotherhood"?
Just when Wang Zhiwen was worried, the staff suddenly trotted over and reported: "Mr. Wang, it's Baoqiang's call."
Looking at the familiar number on the display, Wang Zhiwen took a deep breath and clenched his mobile phone, as if this was a good opportunity given by God.
After a few cheers, he finally pressed the answer button heavily, and said in the most sincere tone: "Baoqiang, I haven't seen you for a long time......"
友谊小径重启
On the other end of the phone, Wang Baoqiang was obviously a little flattered.
He lowered his voice and said slowly: "Zhiwen, it's been a long time since I got in touch.
I've had a bad time these past few years, you know?"
Wang Zhiwen nodded silently, with mixed feelings in his heart.
In mixed thoughts, he finally confessed what he had done back then: "When you needed funding, I did not agree to your request because of my own narrow-mindedness and greed.
It's just that I didn't give up and ran around secretly......"
Next, Wang Zhiwen talked about his efforts for Wang Baoqiang in the past few years, hoping to win the forgiveness of his old friends.
What he didn't expect was that Wang Baoqiang not only had no guilt, but expressed full understanding.
It turned out that in those troubled days, Wang Baoqiang had always regarded Wang Zhiwen as a close confidant.
It's just that his situation is too bad to take care of the efforts of his friends.
And Wang Zhiwen's sincere confession completely dispelled the doubts in his heart.
"Let the past pass, and from now on, let's start again. Wang Baoqiang said, his tone was full of touching warmth.
In this way, in the hours of telephone conversations, the two resolved old grievances and healed their psychological wounds little by little.
The friendship that was once eaten away by time slowly recovered, like a blooming flower, blooming with dazzling brilliance in the joy of reunion after a long absence.
epilogue
Whether a drop of water can penetrate a stone depends on perseverance.
Just as the reshaping of friendship requires both parties to have a persistent and tenacious heart in order to find a way out of the complicated entanglements and open up a new world.
Through unremitting efforts, Wang Zhiwen finally walked out of the haze of the past and rekindled the flame of sincere friendship with his relatives and friends.
This tried-and-tested friendship will surely be more precious and lasting than in the past.
There will always be stumbles along the way in life, but as long as you have a kind and humble heart, nothing cannot be solved.
Let's take Wang Zhiwen as a mirror, make more and more progress on the new journey, and strive to become an upright gentleman!