《Superstar Aspirations》 Chapter 1 SA: CHAPTER 1 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem The zing sun hung high in the vast boundless sky, scattering a brilliant light on ground. The hot, arid air let the row of Chinese Ash trees next to the hospital gate look to be seemingly still, their leaves spiritless and listless, withering away. Rong Xu came out from the hospital. The steward was already waiting at the side. The elderly steward directly reached out his hands to take the luggage out of the teenager''s hands but Rong Xu quietly evaded the hand, softly saying: "It''s fine if I carry it myself, Uncle Duan." Steward Duan frozen in surprise and stared nkly but didn''t object. Rong Xu quickly entered the car, the two departed from the hospital, leaving towards the Rong family mansion. The Rong family lived in B City and can be considered a new wealthy, influential second ss family that rose quickly with a quite fierce momentum. Unfortunately, once it came to Rong Xu''s generation, don''t know because of what kind of back luck but there was only one offspring, Rong Xu. In a regr household, they would certainly spoil this only junior. But the Rong family is different. Rong Xu''s parents died in a car ident ten years ago, five yearster, his grandfather also died because of illness. Rong family''s only remnant is Rong Xu and his aunt and uncle. "Young Masterit is still quite hot outside, it would be better to close the windows." The old steward calmly said. The voice wasposed, without any excess feeling. Rong Xu let out a soft "En" in agreement before pulling the window up, but he could still see the outside through the dark tinted windows of the car. A handsome, pale face reflected on the brown tinted window. A pair of long, narrow phoenix eyes that were bright and alluring, seemingly as if it has been immersed in years old wine as a ripple of light fluttered across the surface. His prominent eyebrows slightly knitted together, appearing to be thinking about something. Three months ago, Rong family''s Young Master and his friends drank too much and while they were driving home, fell into the river. Because it was in the middle of the night, the ident didn''t cause any other casualties but the Rong family had to spent much effort to cover up this matter. Naturally, Rong Xu had to stay in the hospital for three months, and was only officially discharged today. However, everyone doesn''t know that when Rong Xu opened his eyes again, he was no longer the same Young Master of the Rong family. He is also called Rong Xu, with a much simr face, but he was from a different world, and led apletely different life. In his previous life, both of Rong Xu''s parents passed away and he was adopted by rtives. When he was about to reach adulthood, his adoptive parents also went in turn due to illness. When Rong Xu, who just became an adult was suddenly throw into society with mortgages his adoptive parents owed, his was scouted. Everything afterwards was acting, singing, gaining support, received a huge awardand finally, became a well-deserved superstar. With an outstanding appearance and natural talent, Rong Xu obtained what most can not get in their whole lifetime at merely the age of thirty. He originally thought his life would always be so brilliant, and peacefully y out. But who would have expected that when he was returning home after attending an award ceremony, he would experience an airne crash. The flight attendant, with reddening eyes, passed out pieces of paper and pens to everyone, to let them write down theirst words. At this kind of time, the people sitting on the ne already have no other significance. Everyone cried as their wrote theirst words. It just happens that some of his fans were also on the ne so Rong Xu went to gentlyfort them. Knowing the crash would be difficult to avoid, a little girl asked him while crying: "Ah Rong, did you wrote yourst words?" Rong Xu slightly curved his lips, showing an exceptionally dazzling smile: "I wrote it, no need to worry about me." While waiting for the final moment to arrive, only Rong Xu knew that note close to his heart is nk. What kind of regrets does he have that he wants to say? His parents and adoptive parents have all long since passed away, and there were also not many intimate friends. He also had setted up a will long ago beforehand to donate all of his money to charity organizations to help orphans that lost their parents. He had tasted what it is like to lose your family in this lifetime, but also tasted the warmth of an adoptive family. He has reached the top summit of the world, and has also finished all preparations for after he dies. But did this really mean that he didn''t have any regrets? The sunlight shone on a skyscrapers ss curtain walls, and the re reflected on the young man''s beautiful pair of eyes, causing them to sting. He squinted his eyes and slowly shifted his gaze. After a while, when the car entered the Rong family mansion, however, both the aunt and uncle were not home. Steward Duan made a face and said: "The Master is on a business trip in the United States and the Madame is on a holiday in France." Rong Xu slowly nodded in understanding, then carried his luggage back to his room. Their own nephew is still in the hospital with his condition uncertain yet one was busy on a business trip, one was even busier on a holiday. From this, he can already see theplex rtionship between Rong family''s uncle and nephew. While Rong Xu was in the hospital these three months, only the second uncle, Rong Heng, came to see him once. At that time, Rong Xu still had notpletely epted all of this body''s memory, so when the other party saw him, it was all a continuous session of angry scolding and cursing. "Drunk driving? You brats dare to go drunk driving? Why did you not die already, yet still need I, you father to help you settle the aftermath! Thepany has been extremely busy fighting a case recently, if you let them get a hold against us because of this, I, your father will chase you out of the family! A useless thing like you is better off dead! Don''t even think that I, your father will give you even a pennyter!" Afterwards, several of Rong Xu''s credit cards were frozen. The friends around Rong Xu originally didn''t have much moneypared to him, so this time around, it seems he really is penniless. *** The next day, steward Duan was watering the flowers in the garden but expectedly saw his house''s own disappointing Young Master actually dressed neatly before going out the door. A simple and casual white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, along with a ck baseball cap, the wide brim covering the young man''s beautiful facial features. The sun shone down from the top of the head, casting a light shadow to only reveal a small exquisite chin. Steward Duan couldn''t help but stay still for a moment and only reacted after half a day: "YoungYoung Master?" Rong Xu turned to look at him before smiling and said: "Uncle Duan, I''ll being going out for a while ande back in the evening." Steward Duan: " Of course." Rong Xu left quite fast, his figure quickly disappearing like smoke, leaving behind a stunned Steward Duan. After a long time, Steward Duan was suddenly startled: " Ah! The flowers! " The cluster of dense, thriving roses was flooded with water seeping out between the petals. The excessive amount of water caused Steward Duan to anxiously change the soil quickly, causing him to be busy for awhile. Only waiting till he was done to distractedly think about what happened: "Was the one beforereally the Young Master? How can it be so normal, it''s not a hallucination right?" *** At the moment, Rong Xu already got off the taxi, arriving in front a towering building. Probably because he was too used to using credit cards, but the original owner didn''t leave behind much money. The Rong family mansion was also ced in an estate area without any public transportation, so Rong Xu can only take a taxi over. This trip already costed him 100 RMB, a few more times and he''s afraid he can only squat at home. If he wants to go out, he can only rely on his own two feet. Everywhere was surrounded by rows of high-rise buildings with workers wearing white-cored shirts walking around busily. A young and beautiful teen amongst them is indeed quite eye-catching. Many people casted an awestruck look towards him, but when they discovered which building he was looking at, they all nodded as if it was a matter of course. No wonder he looks so handsome, so he was a celebrity! After a long time, Rong Xu entered Huaxia Entertainment. *** Luo Zhentao has been very anxioustely, the few smaller actors under his management hasn''t been able to produce any results, and his uing actor wants to go independent. Having to advising the upstart actor to renew his contract with thepany, speaking till his lips cracked on one side, then having to win over some resources for the smaller actors to quickly bring them up on another; this kind of not yellow nor greenstate was suffocating him. When Luo Zhentao heard there was actually someone looking for him at the reception counter, he first became stunned then subconsciously said: "Looking for me? Who''s looking for me that couldn''te up and can only ask the front desk?" By the time when Luo Zhentao came downstairs and the moment he saw the other party, he became startled for a second, suddenly realizing who the other was, then He turned around to run! But just as Luo Zhentao turned around, he heard an elegant and leisurely voice behind him: "Luo ge." LuoLuo ge?! What''s with this address?! Luo Zhentao''s whole body trembled and started getting a bad feeling in his heart. Having already been called out by the other party, Luo Zhentao can no longer pretend he didn''t see them and can only thicken his face to walk over. Waiting till he is in front him, Luo Zhentao''s line of sight could not help but look askance at the other''s face. Looking over once then twice, and after the second time, he still could not help but look over once again. Strange, why did this Young Master Rong suddenly became normal?! Before wasn''t it multi-colored hair and clothes covered in holes? And also that killer matte smokey-eyed makeup that''s darker than a third-rate model''s. Why did he suddenlybe so strange?! That''s right, this kind of white t-shirt and jeans when worn by others would look extremely ordinary, but when it is worn by Rong Xu, Steward Duan and Luo Zhentao can only think:did you eat the wrong medicine? Luo Zhentao''s suspicious gaze constantly looked up and down his body, sizing it up. Rong Xu faintly smiled, not caring at all. In hisst life, he had fans all over the world paying attention to him and has long been ustomed to being looked at. This Luo Zhentao seems to have not wanted to see him so Rong Xu went straight to the point: " I asked for you to arrange a role for me three months ago, and now the drama filming is about to start. Luo ge, when are you going to give me the role? " Luo Zhentao only heard loud buzzing "hum" in his head and his whole body acted as if he was struck by lighting. Sure enough it was for the sake of the role! Luo Zhentao unintentionally swallowed his saliva, but his face was extremely calm. He looked at this kid in front of him who''s still underage, his face showing an awkward expression, but had already thought of many ways to reject him in his heart. "That role is indeed not bad, however Rong Xu, you originally wanted this role for Zhong Yi but I''m afraid you don''t know that during the period you were in the hospital, Zhong Yi was injured while filmingst month and essentially can not enter the cast. Young Master Rong, looking at this situation, what do you want to do?" Zhong Yi was a new actor in the industry. He was rtively handsome and just became famous, earning a bit of poprity. Don''t know from where he got associated with Rong family''s Young Master, but it just so happens that Luo Zhentao coincidentally owes Rong Xu something from before, so Rong Xu went to ambush Luo Zhentao to let him arrange a role, intending to get Zhong Yi into the cast. At first, in order to get this role, Luo Zhentao also spend a lot of time thinking of every means to get it. Now that this kind of situation happened, the only thing Luo Zhentao can think of is: first, ensures he keeps the role to leave for his own small time actors then find other opportunities to pay back Rong Xu. Thinking till here, Luo Zhentao''s heart could not help but feel relieved. On his face also appeared a faint smile: "Young master Rong, lets do it this way, I will arrange another role for Zhong Yi after he gets better. The role this time isn''t particrly good, just a small supporting role. I''ll do my best to arrange better role for him afterward, you see" "That''s even better." Luo Zhentao thought Rong Xu agreed and couldn''t help smiling a bit bigger: "Then lets do it like that. Young master Rong, afterwards I" "I''ll y this role." The teenager slightly raised the corners of his lips, his limpid, light colored pupils shing with a touch of bright color. It was as if the true appearance of a fine jade was shown after the dirt was brushed away, everything became tranquil and serene at this moment. The sense of inexperience that belongs only to a youth and his handsome appearance perfectly blended together, creating a splendor glow. Even Luo Zhentao who has seen countless celebrities before can not help but stare foolishly. After waiting for a long time, Luo Zhentao finally sobered up: " #$#$!!!" What the hell?! Who will y? I dare you to say it again!!!
I, you father C Laozi, arrogant way to refer to one''s self squat at home C Home squatter, hikikomori, a shut in not yellow nor greenstate C Not ripe, uncertain state Luo Ge C Means Brother Luo but they''re not rted. Just a close form of address.
Chapter 2 SA: CHAPTER 2 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Only after Luo Zhentao repeatedly confirmed it, did he believe that he didn''t hear it wrongly. Rong Xu wanted to act? That Rong family''s Young master, that prodigal rebel with killer matte smokey-eyed makeup wanted to act?! Luo Zhentao''s first reaction was: Are you ying with me? He quietly looked at the boy in front of him with suspicion. The teen''s handsome and distinct facial features with his red lips and white teeth were as if they were from a painting; indeedpletely from that killer matte smokey-eyed look in Luo Zhentao''s memory. He would have never thought Rong Xu''s regr appearance would actually look like this. To have such an outstanding appearance, he would definitely be first-ss goods even among all the attractive stars in the entertainment circle. There was star potential. But having good looks was one thing, being an actor was another matter. So to say, could that easily gullible, brain-dead, killer matte smokey-eyed makeup young master act? Not to mention acting, could he swallow all the hardships thates with it? Luo Zhentao had on a difficult expression as he tried to persuade Rong Xu. He cleverly used excuses such as "being an actor is very tiring" and "filming often requires you to stand out in the sun, getting dirty, and being battered by the weather" to persuade Rong Xu. This way at least, he wouldn''t be attacking the other''s pride, after all, even if Rong Xu wasn''t favored, he was still someone from the Rong family, there was no need to offend him. However, in the face of Luo Zhentao''s advice, Rong Xu''s lips just hooked up in a smile and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Lou ge, but I have already been prepared. May I know when you can give me the script?" Luo Zhentao was surprised for a moment and thought for awhile before saying: "But it can be very dangerous when filming. Rong Xu, didn''t you see that Zhong Yi was injured while filming?" Rong Xu didn''t answer his question and slightly inclined his head. Loose strands of ck hair on his forehead fell to the side, revealing a pair of clear, bright eyes. "Since it happened that I''m already here at Huaxia Entertainments today, why not Luo ge and I go upstairs and just directly get the script now?" Luo Zhentao became speechless and was unable to refuse. Soon, Luo Zhentao reluctantly brought Rong Xu up to Huaxia Entertainments and walked towards his office. While this role was only a minor supporting character, its image was very lovable. The crew were also a top-notch within the country. The director, screenwriter, and two main leads were all famous figures in the industry. It wasn''t easy for Luo Zhentao to be able to win this role. He even secretly used Rong Xu''s name, pulling along a bit of Rong family''s banner. Ever since he heard the news of Rong Xu''s car ident and Zhong Yi being injured, Luo Zhentao had already long thought of giving this role to a small time actor under his management. If that actor executed it well, this role will definitely let him turn the salted fish over ?and at least bing a B-list actor. Luo Zhentao''s heart turned over countless reasons and excuses. He would rather find Rong Xu any other main supporting character instead of handing over this minor supporting character today. And so Luo Zhentao naturally didn''t realize that while he was deep in thought, the handsome and leisurely elegant youth following behind him calmly swept his eyes over everything in Huaxia Entertainments, quietly taking in this world''srgest entertainmentpany. Huaxia Entertainments, from their daring used of this name "Huaxia?", you could see that this domesticated entertainmentpany was full of confidence. There were many differences between this world''s history and that in Rong Xu''s memory. For example, starting from the Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty gained fifty more years in history. Later on, there was still a Ming Dynasty, but no Yuan Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty also only had a short history of a few hundred years, which afterwards, China entered a new period. At the beginning of thest century, China officially established an entertainment association. By mid-century, several veterans in the association found Huaxia Entertainment Culture Company. Huaxia Entertainment''s main building was located in China''s capital, B-city''s 3rd Ring Road,? with three tall buildings that have more than 50 floors connected together. They also have a branchpany in S-city. Within China, Huaxia Entertainment was a well-deserved leading giant; Looking around the world, probably only the American''s Hollywood Unions couldpete with it. Huaxia Entertainment had hundreds of managers and a numerous amount more artists. One such as Luo Zhentao who could only be regarded as a second-ss manager, if he could keep that actor under his management who wanted to go independent, he might still have a chance to be promoted as a first-ss manager. Rong Xu''s elegant and fair face held on a meaningful smile as he looked at Huaxia Entertainments'' busy and orderly scene this whole time. *** The two people soon arrived at Luo Zhentao''s office. Luo Zhentao took out the script, but before giving it to Rong Xu, he hesitantly said: "Young master Rong, acting is really hard and the director''s request is also very high. This director''s temper is quite bad, I''m worried you" Luo Zhentao stopped there and didn''t say any more. Rong Xu took the script and smiled as he said: "Thank you." Coming to here, Luo Zhentao was thoroughly defeated. Luo Zhentao originally thought that everything would be over when Rong Xu got the script, who would have thought that before Rong Xu left, he would also ask for his number. The beautiful and elegant teenager carefully exined: "In the car ident before, my phone broke and all the numbers recorded inside disappeared too." With this, Luo Zhentao finally understood why the young master of the Rong family personally came to thepany to find him instead of directly making a phone call. However, it was precisely this that Luo Zhentao secretly felt that the Rong Xu who was in front of him and the one in his memory had too big of a difference. As if he saw through his confusion, Rong Xu smiled again and said: "The impact of the car ident on me was quite big and also resulted in me losing some memories. The doctor said that it may cause some personality changes." Luo Zhentao suddenly realized. *** After Rong Xu left, Luo Zhentao depressingly sat on his chair and sighed: "Memory loss? Personality change? Why didn''t you forget about the role? That was Director Guo Long''s Vie for Supremacy! I''m willing to go find you a supporting character in an idol drama or even a second male lead to exchange" Be that as it may, but since he already gave away the role, Luo Zhentao also couldn''t be so irresponsible once it was all said and done. He immediately called the production team to confirm that Rong Xu would be entering the cast in a few days. This cast was also quite odd: "Wasn''t Zhong Yi injured? How was he able to enter the cast? Director Guo has very high standards, Zhong Yi was barely adequate enough to enter his eyes. Xiao Luo?, if the person you rmended isn''t up to standards, I can''t guarantee that Director Guo will give me, this assistant director any face." Luo Zhentao bitterly smiled: "Wang ge, please tolerate it for me. ?I will also go visit the crew in two days." In many film castings, the director essentially only choose who will y the leads. As for those who would be ying minor supporting roles, they would often leave such opportunities to their own people. Their men then could rmend candidates to bring the quota up and if the director agreed, they could directly join in. That was why some well-connected managers have plenty of resources on hand. Early in the morning, not knowing what to feel, Luo Zhentao also went to Film City Studio with curious coincidence and found his old friend Wang Zhao. Wang Zhao had followed Director Duo for six years already and was now the team''s assistant director as well as the director''s assistant. This time, it was specifically because Luo Zhentao relied on this rtionship that he was able to get the role. Seeing Luo Zhentaoe, Assistant director Wang was surprised: "You''re asking about Rong Xu? He came long ago, he called three days ago to confirm the time the shooting starts. This little fe is really handsome and quite amiable, Director Guo already agrees to have him as Zhong Yi''s recement. We''re taking the character posters first today and if there aren''t any problems, we can start the shooting in seven days. But you should know we never even heard of the name Rong Xu, so before we take the character posters, Director Guo wants him to do an audition first." Once he heard these words, Luo Zhentao was startled: "Audition?" Wang Zhao waved his hand: "It''s nothing big, it''s just an obligatory thing. If his acting is too poor, Director Guo probably would not agree to it but Director Guo doesn''t really ce much value on this role. While the character setup is quite good, it has very few scenes. Of course, if he acts well, it would be great, but even if he acts only so-so it wouldn''t cause much of any impact on the main story. An actor with no formal training would also suffice." Luo Zhentao gave a dryugh: " Wang ge, do you really not recognize Rong Xu?" Wang Zhao asked back in puzzlement: " Why would I recognize him? This guy''s looks are quite outstanding, if I really did know him, how can I forget that face? Oh yeah, there''s something I have to tell you about. Xiao Luo, my daughter-inw today practically dragged people into the dressing room for makeup and didn''t even spare me a nce! She''s been at it for an hour already! " Just as he finished talking, assistant director Wang was called away by a staff, only leaving behind Luo Zhentao who didn''t know whether tough or cry. Don''t recognize Rong Xu? How can you not recognize Rong Xu! When he and Wang Zhao went drinking together before, they also talked about Rong Xu! Why did Wang Zhao said he doesn''t know? *** "That Rong family''s prodigal killer matte makeup young master? Of course I know him, I even met him oncest year. Isn''t he still chasing after Zhong Yi? My friend told me that Zhong Yi just needed two tries before that young master took the bait and is now harassing around to give him the role so that he can please him. Eh, wait wait wait, you''re not finding me this time because of him, right? What was that young master called again RongRong what again?" *** This is called not recognizing? This is called not forgetting his face?! The other''s just dressed a bit more normally and makeup wasn''t soshocking. Just like that and you wouldn''t recognize him? Luo Zhentao wandered around the crew for a while before he saw the female lead and second male lead. The actress was an A-list celebrity in China called Tang Menn. By relying on an ancient china drama to debut, she became an instant hit. Afterwards, she sessively starred in a few idol dramas butst year she switched to starring in a bourgeois tragedy? with impressive results and even received an award. This was Director Guo''s much acimed "Vie for Supremacy" heroine, the industry''s famous Miracle Rating''s Star?. As for the second male lead, he was the same as Rong Xu who entered through personal connections. This second male lead was also starred in a few TV series as the male lead before. Pretty good acting skills with formal training, it''s just that his face didn''t have much of a presence, causing him to lose out on a few opportunities. Although Rong Xu obviously wasn''t his own artist, perhaps it was out of the nature of a manager, Luo Zhentao silently observed the crew. As a qualified manager, Luo Zhentao needs to understand the temperament of each individual in the team, especially for the more important people, those who you could not offend and those who you should get along with. That big time actor under his management longer need to pay attention to these things and although that man was far from Tang Menn''s level, he still had a certain amount of status in the industry. But other smaller actors still have to be very cautious. Those small time actors didn''t have much experience, so Luo Zhentao could only remind them: You could not ignore anyone in the team, even if it''s the catering person you still have to treat them seriously. Like this, Luo Zhentao wandered around till he reached the props area where he bumped into a props person he knew and they started conversing happily. The two were talking about when they should hold a get together again when Luo Zhentao saw this big and rough Manchurian man suddenly fixed his eyes on something and pped his thigh, eximing: "Oh damn! That guy is very good-looking! A true beauty!" Luo Zhentao immediately turned to follow his friend''s line of sight to look but when his eyesnded on that young boy, he suddenly paused! He only saw within the bright and ring lighting a handsome and elegant young man in a gorgeous white brocade lift up the curtains,ing from the dressing room. A white as jade hand was first revealed, showing his lean joints and slender fingers. His movement caused the wide sleeves to slipped down his arm, exposing a fair wrist. His eyebrows seemed as if it would bring in the world''s most profound and rich scenery, clear and unfeeling phoenix eyes, slender eyebrows like a painting, and thin lips slightly pursed up. His long inky back hair dangled from behind, bing even more dazzling against the jade white brocade. He was obviously surrounded by misceneous and messy props but when he stood there it seemed as if he was standing in a great river under the golden glow of the sunset. Red clouds dyed the sky, afterglows of dusk reflected upon the river, the water and sky bing one color. And when the cool breeze blew, one could hear the gentle tickling of the water. This man seemed as if he was someoneing out of a painting, his elegant and refined temperament differentiating him from the people around him. He cidly touched his eye, not knowing what the people beside him said to him, his lips faintly curved up and gave a gentleugh. At that moment, it was as if the winter snow had melted and came a warm spring breeze that caressed one''s cheek, making one feel refreshed and at ease. Luo Zhentao stiffened, looking till he turned silly and was only able to hear his heart beating violently. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. This person..this person This person was actually Rong Xu!
Turn the salted fish over ?- idiom, to experience a reversal of fortune Huaxia ?- China 3rd Ring Road C a 48-kilometers city ring road that encircles the center of the city of Beijing. Beijing have multiples of ring roads, this one is apparently famous for its bad traffic since it runs through Beijings central business district. A ring road is basically a belt line, beltway, circumferential highway, loop or orbital and is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town or city. (via. Wiki) Miracle Rating''s Star ?- [ҕ`ˎ] best I coulde up with, someone else take a crack it.
Chapter 3 SA: Chapter 3 C Someone withoutpare~ Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem When Rong Xu came out of the dressing room, several staff members in the vicinity all made a very loud mor of surprise. Regardless of whether it was men or women, everyone''s attention was on what could only be described as handsome and charming. The white adorned young man''s elegant and refined temperament were what all of those people''s heart yearned for and could not help but focus all their attention on him. Not to mention, this young man carried aparatively warm atmosphere that makes one want to get close to him, nothing like the cold and arrogant attitudes of many big celebrities, instantly gaining the good wills of many. Generally speaking, people were still a species who judged by looks. Luo Zhentao deeply felt that if the one he first met was the Rong Xu in front of him now, he probably couldnt but have helped but treat the other as a friend and not like before whereas it was a purely beneficial rtionship, simply never putting the other in his eyes. As far as it was of any concerns to Rong Xu, since the makeup and costume was already done, it was time for the audition. "Vie for Supremacy" was Huaxia Entertainment''s major project investment of the year. The director was the country''s top drama Director Gou Long, the lead actress was the ''Miracle Rating''s Star'' Tang Menn, the male lead was also a currently popr young actor with bunch of crazy fans. The crew and cast investment were nearly 300 million, just spending more than 100 million on the costumes alone, it couldn''t not be said to be gorgeous and meticulous. "Vie for Supremacy" was about when the world was in chaos with heroes in all directions, vying for thend under heaven, that kind of story. In this world, Liang Province, Wei Country, and Chu State, these three bnce of powers held everything when the heaven and earth benefited the people. The main story line take ce in Chu State, the male lead Xie Jingxian was Chu State''s Crown Prince. However, ever since the great war between Chu State and Liang Province nine years ago, Chu State was defeated and steadily deteriorated from the three major powers, their strength gradually bing inferior to the remaining two countries. The Crown Prince was young and had a wild ambition to dominate the whole world, and so began Chu State''s long and endless resistance conquest battle. And unlike other turbulent times plotlines usually found in these dramas, the difference in this one was that Tang Menn, acting as Xiao Xiang, was not the traditional soap opera love factor. Instead, she took on more than just being the love interest in the film, she was the main plotline of the story Chu State''s famous and outstanding female general, Xiao Xiang! The Xiao family for many generations had been loyal and devoted. During the war nine years ago, her four brothers as well as General Xiao all died on the battlefield. Xiao Xiang who was only 13 years old at the time had to take on the burden of upholding the Xiao family''s banner andmanding Xiao family army. Henceforth, there was no longer a young miss from the Xiao family in the world, only General Xiao. As a result, the plotline and romance came naturally. Xie Jingxian and Xiao Xiang slowly formed mutual feelings but neither of them ever showed it. For them, the most important thing now was Chu State. Chu State''s position was in a precarious situation, only by dominating could it avoid the possibility of being annexed by the two other major powers. The character Rong Xu was going to y, Wanqi Yao, was to appear in this kind of situation. There was a hearsay in the world; who ever gets Wanqi, gets the world. Teacher Wanqi has lived on Yun Meng Lake for a long time and setted up three chess boards. Chess yers could enter the pavilion to see, however, no one in the world had ever yet manage to solve the second chessboard, let alone the legendary third chessboard. Chu State''s military power was waning but it had fertilends and the wealth it had umted over a hundred years. Compared to those smaller countries, Liang Province paid it much more care. Even if Xie Jingxian was however wise and full of stratagems, however Xiao Xiang was brave and skilled at warfare, with only their strengths alone, it could not change this precarious plight of Chu State''s in a short amount of time. Ergo on this day, a small ship sailed up to Yun Meng Lake, stopping before Wang Qiu Pavilion. The heroic and valiant female general lead more than 20 of Chu State''s chess masters toe before Wang Qiu Pavilion. It just happened that Tang Menn was also there today, so the drama audition was set for when Wanqi Yaos and Xiao Xiangs first meet. Director Guo Long came in while the assistant director was doing the final check on the characters makeup. When he heard a loud gasping sound, Director Guo turned to look and suddenly saw the white dressed boy. Director Guo''s eyes brightened and repeatedly nodded in satisfaction. Waiting till Rong Xu walked up to him, he studied him up and down a few times then beckoned to Tang Menn: "Menn, do you mind being his partner?" Tang Menn smiled and nodded: "No problem." In the end after all, this was for taking the character posters so Tang Menn also changed into a robust attire and makeup. It was at this time that Rong Xu saw Luo Zhentao. He smiled and nodded at him, his eyes shed with a meaningful understanding before it was quickly covered up, without Luo Zhentao ever detecting it. However, at this moment Luo Zhentao was absent-minded, where did he have the time to notice Rong Xu? It seems Rong Xu''s image was even more fitting than Zhong Yi''s, getting Director Guo''s approval. If he was Rong Xu''s manager, he would have already thought of several ways to promote this teen and at least within half a year he would rise up to be a second-tier actor! "Dont worry, he already changed into costume, had his makeup done, and Tang Menn is also there. That Rong Xu will definitely be able to do well." Don''t know when assistant director Wang came over and carelessly said: "The audition this time is really too easy, it looks like Director Guo is extremely satisfied with Rong Xu''s appearance." Once he heard these words, Luo Zhentao''s originally overactive mind suddenly pulled to a stop. Luo Zhentao gave a bitter smile: "I hope" Let Rong Xu be an actor? The premise is that he can act! I''m afraid after about five minutes, Director Guo would be furious enough to let Rong Xu beat it. While Luo Zhentao was thinking this, the audition has already started over on the other side. *** It was almost time to take the character posters yet they were starting the auditions now, it was indeed a bit strange odd. Many members of the crew all gathered around, even the second male lead came over to watch from the sidelines. Director Guo casually sat in the director''s chair, his eyes focused, gleaming with a certain light and was intently staring at Tang Menn and Rong Xu at the center of the scene. Appearing as if she brought along a chilly gale, the austere and formidable female general took big strides, quickly arriving before the low table. Her back never once bending when she sat down cross-legged. An ice-cold and somber atmosphere instantly swept across everyone present. They then heard Tang Menn solemnly began with aposed look: "Teacher, the second chess board has already been solved down below, may I ask where the third chess board is at?" It obviously was just an upright back, yet it let everyones presence feel the grandeur of the young female general. Tang Menn really deserves to be Tang Menn, to be able to earn the name "Miracle Rating''s Star", it was definitely not an undeserved reputation. Guo Long smiled with satisfaction. On the other side, Luo Zhentao was also somewhat rx: Tang Menn''s acting was superb, definitely belongs to the upper elites of female actors within the industry. Presumably, with such a person as his partner, perhapsRong Xu could also show a better performance? Thinking like this, Luo Zhentao turned his head over to look at Rong Xu. The moment his line of sight saw the other''s impressive stillness, Luo Zhentao involuntarily stared at the handparable to a jade sculpture, only seeing Rong Xu gently pouring tea. His action of pouring tea was very steady, a clear viridescent tea color flowed out from the spout of emerald jade teapot, drawing a beautiful arc in the air. He seemed to have not heard the words of the other, his white figure isted from the rest of the world. His handsome mien that was like an immortal caused people to not dare to have any offensive thoughts and could only look on at this refined and unhurried young man lightly smiling as he steeps the tea. A faint intangible auraing from Rong Xu''s person spread out, causing everyone in the studio to tremble. This didn''t belong to the cold and stern countenance of the female general, but a kind that was seemed far from the secr world, a tranquility that came from rejecting worldly affairs. It was as if everyone was looking at a deeply hidden and dignified hermit of the immortal realm rather than a young boy. To described it as perfect was not at all an exaggeration! Director Guo was startled at first, then his eyes widened in surprise. Tang Menn also didn''t expect that she would be so intimidated by the other''s aura, but she was, after all, Tang Menn. In merely a second, she already recovered. Composed and suave brows, Tang Menn ced down her sword on the tea table and said in a neither loud nor soft voice. "Teacher, may I dare to ask where is the third chess board?" At this point, Rong Xu had already finished steeping the tea. He gently pushed the white porcin teacup in front of Tang Menn and when she was ready to ask for the third time, he raised his head to look at this female general. In that instant, that pair of abstruse, inky ck eyes attracted the attention of everyone. Differing from his young appearance, this pair of eyes shows that he had walked through all the vicissitudes of life, making Luo Zhentao stupefied from the shock. Rong Xu was obviously just a child that has yet to mature, how could he have such deep profound eyes? Could it becould it be that his acting has excelled to this level?! He really is someone favored by the Heavens?! "To have 20 people solve the board together, does the General feel that it is rather improper?" A clear and piercing cold voice sounded out like a trickling stream that seeps through. After getting surprised the first time, Tang Menn was already on guard and would not forget herself again. She released an icyugh and asked back: "Could it be that Teacher has said the it need to be only one person to solve the board before?" Rong Xu smiled: "By no means." Tang Menn replied as it was a matter of course: "Then this humble one can naturally invite my Chu State''s many chess masters toe battle together." As her voice just faded, Tang Menn pped her hands and said: "May I request my Chu State''s chess masters to enter!" This time, since they already made such preparations in front of Teacher Wanqi''s face, she called in those 20 or so cheating chess masters to continue swindling for her till they solve the third chess board. In the script, General Xiao Xiang was exactly this type of domineering and solemn person. She had already left behind her identity as a woman to lead the hundred thousand soldiers of the Xiao family army. If she didn''t go to this extent, she wouldnt have the power to shake all four corners of the world. She was Xiao Xiang, even more so she was General Xiao, the loyal Xiao family''sst bloodline. In the script, after Xiao Xiang pped, there should be 20 chess masters entering Wang Qiu Pavilion. Tang Menns back was facing all these masters yet it still remained upright, Rong Xu who was facing her seemed to have seen something amusing. His gaze swept through the air and appeared to have indeed seen those 20 chess masters. When he looked back at Tang Menn, he gently shook his head and said: "Does the General believes that these 20 people can solve my third chess board?" Tang Menn held out her hand: "Please try me!" Rong Xu remained motionless, using an indifferent and dispassionate look to scrutinize her, only a long time after did he speak: "Thend under Heaven divided in three, who divided it so." Tang Menn was slightly startled, then said: "Kinship copsed, so it approached separation." Rong Xu tepidly replied: "When it is long divided, must unite; when it is long united, must divide. Yet it is all no more than an illusion." Tang Menn hesitated for a moment before saying: "The blue sea will turn into mulberry fields, the affairs of life vacites. Yun Meng Lake presently have Wang Qiu Pavilion, a millennium years following it also does not have Wang Qiu Pavilion. Yet Wang Qiu Pavilion inevitably existed, and would likewise leave an evesting mark in history. Wherefore does Wang Qiu Pavilion not directly fade away, in any which way, millennium after it cease to be." Rong Xu paused. Suddenly, he raised his right hand, picking up a ck stone and gently ced it on the chessboard in front of him. Ta The piece settled onto the board, unexpectedly, it was actually ced on the Tianyuan position! Tang Menn was agitated but could only stare nkly at Rong Xu, merely looking at this white clothed hermit faintly smiling and said: "You solved my two chessgames, now, for the third game there will be a komi of seven and a half. The third game will be with me and take ce here. General can now start." Starting with Tianyuan and a komi of seven and a half! This is already a losing position! Arriving here, the 20 chess masters and Wanqi Yao had been continuously at it for day and night before finally winning over this favorite of the Heavens. Xiao Xiang left Wang Qiu Pavilion first, Wanqi Yao remained there for three days before also leaving. Within the glisteningke, Wang Qiu Pavilion was casted behind him. He had nothing with him, only bringing along a small child into this chaotic chess game with warlords vying for supremacy. In the script it went like this but of course, it would be impossible for Rong Xu to act it out down to that particr detail right now. However, when he ced down the stone, everyone who read the script before seemed to have saw that scene. Perhaps only with an unmatched peerless talent could they bring out Wanqi Yao''s distinct and cold stance. The audition ended and an absolute silence reigned in the studio. Only a few secondster did the crowd broke out in hushed fervent discussion. At first Director Guo couldnt help but smile but then suddenly released a few heavy sighs. Rong Xu and Tang Menn were still sitting at the low table, when they heard the Director''s sigh, they simultaneously turned to look at him. They only saw Director Guo''s face full of grievance before he solemnly urged: "Rong Xu, Menn, when it is the actual filming, you guys have to maintain this state and cannot make any mistakes, got it?!" So he was worried that the two''s performance in the official filming would be inferior to the audition''s! Tang Menn gave a light smile: "Director Guo, please rest assure." Director Guo looked towards Rong Xu: "And you, Rong Xu?" Rong Xu''s lip curved up and asked in reply: "Director Guo, I take it that I passed the audition?" Director Guo raised his eyebrow: "Still asking me? You say if you passed or not." After he finished saying that, without waiting for Rong Xu''s reply, he suddenlyughed out loud by himself. Luo Zhentao had followed Director Guo''s team twice before and had rarely seen himugh so happily. Guo Long had always been serious, never one to speak much or smile and even had a history of scolding actors till they cry within the studio. Now for him to be so happyit looks like he was very satisfied with the audition! Luo Zhentao heart quivered, suddenly filled with a surprising idea: PerhapsRong Xu could really be a good actor? What came next, no one gave Luo Zhentao any thinking time before a few actors at the scene started the photoshoot. As long as Rong Xu stood in front of the camera, he could capture the whole audience''s attention. Whether it was a solo shoot or a double shoot with Tang Menn or even with the second male lead, Wanqi Yao''s shixiong in the drama, he was still that elegant and distinct Teacher Wanqi Yao who was praised as someone withoutpare. Luo Zhentao quietly waited at the side, taking in every scene. *** The photoshoot finally finished by evening, Rong Xu also officially signed the contract and could join the cast in ten days to start shooting his own scenes. The opening ceremony would take ce in seven days. Rong Xu''s role didn''t have many scenes and he wasn''t famous so the director let him choose for himself whether to came or not as it didn''t matter much either way. In the evening, Rong Xu and the crew all said goodbye, several makeup artists that helped him even smiled and said: "See youter in ten days." He just stepped out of the studio door when he saw Luo Zhentao who had been waiting at the side for who knows how long. Rong Xu calmly said: "Luo ge." When Luo Zhentao heard his voice, he immediately snapped back from his daze and said: "Hey! Rong Xu, youyou''re also here, ah?" Rong Xu didn''t expose his lie. The two walked out of the Film City Studio together. As they walked, Luo Zhentao tried to find some kind of topic to talk about: " "Vie for Supremacy" is a very good drama, it''s this winter''s biggest blockbuster film and its copyrights have already been brought by three satellite TVpanies. The selling price was quite high, thework broadcasting of a single episode costed over ten million." Rong Xu lightly nodded: "It''s quite good." Luo Zhentao continued: "I saw your audition today. It was amazing, I didn''t expect your acting skills would be so good. I remember that the first month of filming can bepleted in the studio but for the filming two monthster, it seems they need to go to Hengdian and Xiangshan. And they still have to go to some scenic spots too. That..Rong Xu, does your scenes also need you to go to Hengdian or a scenic area?" Rong Xu made noment and only lifted his gaze to look at Luo Zhentao with a smile. "To follow the crew by yourself, it doesn''t seem suitable" Luo Zhentao grew a bit bolder: "Have you ever thought aboutgenuinely entering the entertainment circle?" Rong Xu, for a time, didn''t answer Luo Zhentao''s question but also didn''t reject it. As they came out of Film City Studio, Steward Duan had already been waiting with the car at the gate for awhile now. Rong Xu quickly got on the car and offered Luo Zhentao a lift but he actually drove over in his own car so could only smile awkwardly to decline Rong Xu''s good intentions. As he watched the car leave, Luo Zhentao still felt it was somewhat unreal. He subconsciously went to push up his sses but realized that he was wearing contact lenses today. "Rong XuRong Xu ah, it''s really like two different peoplepared to before " *** After getting in the car, Rong Xu slowly closed his eyes, the smile that had been hanging on his lips also disappeared. B city''s night slowly fell and the city started lighting up. Ten thousand house lights passed through the brown window tint and reflected upon the teenager''s delicate and exquisite face, making it look even more of an obscure beauty. What Luo Zhentao wanted to say, Rong Xu naturally understood but he wouldnt immediately give the other a reply. ording to the original owner''s memory, Luo Zhentao seems to have been recently busy trying to persuade that big time actor of his to not quit. Although Huaxia Entertainment was certainly good, there were many bright stars there. There, if you were not an unique kind of peerless talent with absolute strength, you could never be number one nor would the best resources ever reach your hands. On the other hand, if you started up a studio as a boss you could still be a big fish in a small pond instead of a small fish in a big pond and get more room for development. Rong wasn''t worried that he would be like the other newbies, hidden underneath Huaxia Entertainment''s many artists. But he still had to wait a bit longer. He wanted to observe whether or not Luo Zhentao could serve as a qualified manager and to also wait for that star to officially leave Huaxia Entertainment so that Luo Zhentao could wholeheartedly focus on being his manager. In order to be a famous star, a good manager was essential. After a while, the car left Film City Studio and entered the highway. Rong Xu recalled a certain matter he saw in the morning when he suddenly heard Steward Duan softly reminding him: "Young Master, the Second Madame returned." Rong Xu slightly paused and after a moment, smiled: "Okay." The Master and Madame were Rong Xu''s parents and that Second Master and Second Madame were his uncle and aunt. This aunt who went traveling to Europe for three months and didn''te back even once while her nephew was hospitalized finally decided toe back today.
When the heaven and earth benefited the people C When the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable, a good time to go to war The blue sea will turn into mulberry fields C The world is always changing Yun Meng Lake C Cloud Dream Lake Wang Qiu Pavilion C Expecting Autumn Pavilion Tianyuan C Center point on the chess board Komi C A komi is a handicap is where the ck yer add points to the white yers score in the beginning. Shixiong C Senior brother
Chess C While it could and usually is tranted as chess, a more correct term would be Weiqi which you guys most likely would have no idea what it is since its not really a term thats used often, so I changed it to chess so you guys wouldnt be having any idea whats going for half the chapter even thought I actually prefer weiqi . <.< Though, if you guys dont have any objections or really care about this tiny detail, Ill be using weiqi in the future. Also, you guys might be more familiar with the more poprized Japanese term for it, Igo or just Go When it is long divided, must unite; when it is long united, must divide C A modified (or in trantion anyway) opening sentence from The Romance of Three Kingdoms. The original begin: after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide. When the country is fractured into multiple states for too long, eventually, one of these states will manage to getrge enough to take over the other states and that state is now strong enough to take over the rest of the country, and the other states no longer having the ability to oppose but eventually, after staying together for too long, even under the most sessful emperors, someone else is going to take over, and the provinces will take the opportunity to rebel, so divide. Its really a statement on Chinas unique geographical situation, as the country is too big to control altogether and even the most sessful dynasty cantst for more than 300 years. (Thank you to the people on NUF for this!) Now, you guys must be tired of this long footnote but theres only two left-! Tianyuan C There is a debate about starting in this position about werent or not this is a good position to start with. In weiqi, the objective is to surround arger total area or territory of the board with your stones than your opponent. You are to attack the opponents weak strings (a group of connected stones) by surrounding them on all sides which is how you can expand your territories, and to be careful not to let your opponent capture your strings instead. Now, while this might look simple, its can actually be more difficult than actual chess. Reasoning being that its on arger board with more scope for y and longer games with many more alternatives to consider per move as one careless move canpletely kill off a string. You have to consider the formation of all stone cements, have an overall view of where the board is going and keep in mind the territory count plus captured stones since both are count at the end to determine the winner (for Territoryscoring anyway, this way counts the number of empty points the yer in surrounding along with the amount of stones they captured) For why Tianyuan is considered a bad starting position, its because weiqi is a game where its hard to urately determine which stones and strings would be important in the beginning and could only be told after many moves. It hard too tell whether or not starting with the center position is good or bad, just because you started there doesnt mean you can keep it, you are open and can be surrounded on all sides and it would be extremely obvious the longer the game goes on and could result in a losing position. Komi C In China, the standard komi for weiqi is 7.5 because of their counting system (they use Area scoring, this way counts the number of points the yers stones upy and surround, Japan and Korea both use Territory scoring so their std, komi is 6.5). The reason for this handicap is because ck always start first and would have a natural advantage in ying first with records of ck having a higher winning percentage so this would usually happen between equal level yers. Years of research shows thats it with 7.5 (for China) where both yers would have more of an equal footing. 7.5 is to avoid a draw. ^Hence, why they said it was a losing position when Rong Rong pulled that move~ *Sucks in breathe* Actually , weiqi isC *looks up* lets stop there \\0v0; Chapter 4 SA: Chapter 4 C Who is Qin Cheng? Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem The car slowly parked in the garage. Rong Xu first got off to enter the house but he didn''t even move more than a few steps and suddenly heard a sharp female voice. "How do you handle things?! WangMa, be careful with my vase, don''t drop it. Ah! I told you to be careful! Be gentler, got it?!" The screeching voice was high pitch and somewhat harsh to the ears. When Rong Xu went in, that richly dressed middle-aged woman turned around and saw him at once. The womans appearance was rather attractive, wearing a green jade bracelet and a big pearl ne, her wrists being twice as thick as Rong Xu''s. Probably because she didn''t expect to suddenly see the boy or perhaps his current appearance shocked her, it took her a long time before she quickly blinked her eyes and said sarcastically: "Yo, the big shot celebrity came finally back? Why didn''t you find someone to receive you? Steward Duan, what do you think we are paying you for? How can you let our Xiao Xu walk back on his own?" Rong Xu''s heart suddenly felt it was a bitughable and softly called out, "Second Aunt," then turned around to go upstairs. He didn''t even take a few steps before hearing that women again: "Dinner was left for you in the kitchen. You can''t say that Auntie is bullying you, you''re still in the development stage so make sure to eat a bit more okay?" As soon as this remark dropped, Steward Duan who just came in with a cold face looked at Wang Ma: "Why haven''t you gone to heat up the dishes to serve for the young master?" To let the owner eat in the kitchen, it would definitely be seen as no discipline by any other big well-off family. Wang Ma who was holding the vase faltered but didn''t dare to move and cautiously looked at Second Madame''s sharp countenance. This Second Madame seemed to have not understand Steward Duan''s meaning and even grandiosely said: "Just eat in the kitchen, it''ll also save the servants the trouble of cleaning up the table afterwards. Our family''s Xiao Xu know how to be sensible now and is going to be a big superstar, right?" Rong Xu calmly stood there in the living room, the bright light shined down from his head, casting a dimyer of shadow on his whiteplexion. His eyes were hidden by the shadow, quietly looking at the second madame not far away. His face didn''t show any other expressions but it also didn''t seem to be angry, just wearing a nk expression like an old well with no ripples. Rong Xu never hid the matter of filming from home, after all, he wants to travel back and forth by himself. It was just that it''s too expensive so he needed Steward Duan to pick him up and drop him off. His credit card was frozen and this body was still underage, either would he drive illegally so he could only pull this move. Rong Xu had long known that his filming matter will be known by his aunt and uncle sooner orter. It''s just that he never thought this second aunt would give such a peculiar response. After thinking for a moment, Rong Xu looked across Wang Ma''s awkward face and said: "There''s no need, Wang Ma. I''ve already eaten with the crew. I''ll be going upstairs first, Second Aunt. " Again, not waiting till Rong Xu took a few steps, Second Madame sneered: "Your elders are still downstairs yet you''re already going upstairs by yourself? Is that how you act? Comee, let your Second Aunt care a bit about you, how are your injuries, ah? I heard you hit your head, how bad was it? It couldn''t be that you were hit and became stupid now, right?" As she spoke, Second Madame walked behind Rong Xu, nning to stretch out her hand to touch his hair. Just don''t know whether or not Rong Xu grew eyes in the back of his head but he suddenly moved to the side, causing Second Madame to touch the air instead. Seeing this, the Second Madame''s expression sank and wanted to take this opportunity to get angry but who would have expected that just as she turned around, her line of sight would fall on a pair of deep jet-ck eyes. The pair of eyes were dark with no luster, profound and unfathomable as if endless was firmly ced on Second Madame''s body, so biting-cold that she couldn''t help but shudder. It was just like a hunter staring down on a gazelle, being stared at with this kind of gaze made Second Madame''s blood run cold, numbing her scalp. She somehow managed to embarrassingly take back her hand. Rong Xu quietly stared at this noble madame in front of him for a long time before slightly raising the corners of his lips, revealing a smile without any warmth, his voice coldly saying: "Second aunt, I will be going upstairs first now." He stressed the two word "Second aunt" then turned around without hesitation. Just as Rong Xu was about to reach the corner of the stairs, he heard Second Madame quietly say: "How unruly, may have been born from a mother but doesn''t have the teachings of one." Rong Xu''s pace suddenly stopped and turned his head. His frigid gaze stabbed at Second Madame''s body, causing it to tremble. At this moment, the young boy seemed to have be a cold-blooded Asura, appearing like a dead man. Rong Xu first turned to look at Wang Ma: "Wang Ma, that vase is quite good, can you show it to me?" Wang Ma was surprised for a moment and unconsciously turned around to look at Second Madame. Seeing thetter was showing an uninterested look, she slowly walked up front and handed over the vase. The vase was an artifact from thete Qing Dynasty, however it actually wasn''t much of a quality goods. In Rong Xu''sst life, after he became famous he participated in many charity auctions and had a bit of knowledge of historical artifacts. At most, this vase was just a second-rate product that had an appearance of a guan kiln and was most likely unable to enter any officials home at the time. Don''t know where this second madame got this fake goods from but to even treat it as a precious treasure, as long as more than three hundred thousand was spent on this vase, it would definitely be considered a loss. Thinking this in his heart, Rong Xu opened his mouth and said: "Not bad." Second Madame looked at him strangely and smiled mockingly: "This vase is a guan kiln I just spent 500,000 to bring back, what do you know? Wang Ma, go get the vase and properly put it back for me. Certain things should only be for certain people" Peng! Second Madame''s whole body went stiff. Her lips could only open and close as all her words got stuck in her throat. Her face went pale, her whole body trembled as she broke out in a cold sweat. Just half a meter away from her was the broken fragments that seemed to imply she just avoided a bloody disaster! If Rong Xu had thrown it a bit further to the side, the vase would have absolutely hit her in the head and make it blossom! Second Madame finally recovered and went up the stairs as she furiously shrieked: "You parentless little bastard, you stop right there! Haven''t you gotten brave ah, you dare to touched my things and smashed it!" "Get lost!" Rong Xu flipped his hand over to grasp the bronze ding on the corner of the staircase railing and directly threw it towards the Second Madame. Second Madame jerked to the side and crashed onto the handrail and almost rolled down the stairs. Rong Xu coldly stared at her before smiling all of a sudden and said in an even voice: "Did you forget how I used to be when you saw me like this? Second Aunt, I am a man. Are you such you want to move against me right now? Oh yes, what happened to Second uncle''s study six months ago? Who was the one that smashed all your jewelry a year ago" Pausing for a bit, Rong Xu''s smile became gentler by a few degrees: "Do you want me to remind you?" All at once, the rest of the room all recalled. Steward Duan and Wang Ma had the most reaction while Second Madame who just recovered from the shock still didn''t understand what Rong Xu meant but Steward Duan and the rest had been living with Rong Xu for a long time already. These past few days, their master seems to have switched with someone else. His temperament when treated people became milder and had also cut off his rtions with those bad friends of his. He even got up early in the morning to go to Film City Studio today. It was as if he really changed, bing warmer and pleasant. The change in appearance seemed to have numbed the Second Madame''s heart. She heard from Wang Ma, that Rong Xu''s changes can even make one lower their guards, but after being reminded like this, one really sobered up. Yes, how could she forget that this little bastard is a shameless thing that would even hit a woman! Second Madame didn''t dare to say anymore and Rong Xu just coldly stabbed at her with his gaze once then turned around to go upstairs. This time, Second Madame didn''t say anymore nonsense, only waiting till Rong Xu was about to reach his room did she said in a loud voice: "You sure have grown up ah, really have grown up ah! Very well, just wait till Rong Henges back, I''ll see how longer you can be arrogant! " Rong Xu couldn''t help butugh: Was it necessary for this ''not dare to face but dare to act mighty behind someone more powerful'' kind of thing? Not paying any attention to the rude and brainless Second Madame, Rong Xu opened the door and entered before intentionally mming the door close with a loud ''bang''. After entering the room, Second Madame''s swearing and cursing still could be heard from downstairs. Rong Xu leaned against the door and used his fingers to gently knead against his temples. The rtionships of this family is honestly tooplicated. When the Old Master, Rong Xus grandfather, was still alive, while the original owner was still defiant and wasn''t particrly bright, he would still normally attend ss. After his death, however, the aunt and uncle''s ugly faces were revealed. The Second Uncle Rong Heng would show various indifferent discrimination against ''Rong Xu'', while the Second Aunt would make sarcastic remarks everyday. When the original was younger, they would rely on their status as elders to frequently hit him as well. It was originally already a sensitive period for teenagers yet his parents and grandfather died one after another and coupled with the aunt and uncle''s horrible treatment, the original Rong Xu quickly became an ignorant and ipetent goth teen who would follow those bad friends everyday in a life of debauchery, getting in fights, causing troubles when drunk, and finally, drunk driving. "They can all me you, but I am the least qualified to me you" Rong Xu gently shook his head, faintly smiling. In any case, the original gave him a new life. Even if he did many wrong things, he had no qualifications to rebuke. So much so that if it was something that originally belonged to the original, he would certainly take it back for him. Like just now, ording to Rong Xu''s own character, it would have been impossible for him to move against that Second Madame but there was a kind of hidden instinct inside his body. You can scold me, but you cannot scold my mom! So in ce of the original ''Rong Xu'', he threw out that vase. "It looks like I have to first find an opportunity to leave this ce" Settling on this move, Rong Xu opened his one thousand RMB phone and began checking out some information on houses he could rent while quietly calcting the money he had left. However, he never expected that this Second Aunt of his could really endure for so long, to actually continuously scold him for two whole hours without any need to gasp for breath, Waiting till the other was done, Rong Xu opened the door to go downstairs then that Second Aunt''s voice would suddenly stopped. When he went upstairs again, she would continue her cursing. However, the next day, when she got up all ready to continue her session, she found that her throat was sore, causing it to be swollen and painful. *** At this time, Rong Xu was already sitting downstairs about to eat, acting as if he didn''t hear her roar that sounded like a pig being ughtered. Just a sore throat? Her vigor can be said to be quite persistent, he deliberately adjusted the air conditioner to 16 degrees yesterday and used the highest venttion to continuously blow in Second Madame''s direction. For the next few days, Rong Xu took some medicine to nurse his body while working out to strength his body. For the first few days, Second Madame lost her voice and couldn''t speak to Rong Xu so she could only narrow her eyes and ignore him as if he didn''t exist. Later, when she could finally start cursing again, Rong Xu had already started his shooting and had to leave early and returnte so she would always miss him. "Vie for Supremacy" had already started its filming. Rong Xu officially entered the cast on the third day and started filming his own scenes. The scenes that would be shot in B City were all indoor scenes that could be regarded as the most rxing parts. Right now, during such hot summer days, they would still turn on the air conditioner in the studio for them but starting next month, they would have to go to Hengdian in southern China and start shooting the outdoor scenes where they''d have to stand under the scorching sun. Just a few days before the filming, the cast constantly NG and was still in an awkward period with each other. By the time Rong Xu came, they''ve already broken the ice and got along quite well. Rong Xu was rmended by assistant director Wang, so on the first day Rong Xu came in, he especially went to his dressing room and quietly said: "After all, this is your first scene, Director Guo arranged for a scene between you and Tang jie. Rong Xu, it''s best not to NG. Director Guo is particr superstitious about these things, if you NG in your first scene, he will think that you will frequently NGter on." Rong Xu smiled and nodded: "Okay, I understand. Thank you, Wang ge." Wang Zhao still had a looked worried: "Your shixiong NG twice on his first scene and even now whenever Director Guo sees him, he would have a tight face." Rong Xu''s gaze moved to look not far away. At this moment, the second male lead, Ye Qiao, was standing in front of Director Guo and seems to be getting another tongueshing. Of course, when Wang Zhao said "your shixiong" he didn''t mean that Ye Qiao was Rong Xu''s actual shixiong but that the second male lead''s Dongli Lan is Wanqi Yao''s shixiong in "Vie for Supremacy". The two people were pupils under the same master, one was Liang Province''s crown prince, the other was a recluse who''ve drawn away from the secr world. However, in the wake of Wanqi Yao bing Chu State''s military adviser, the two could not avoid facing each other to fight. Dongli Lan extremely hated Wanqi Yao because during their tutge, he was inferior to this junior brother no matter what. In the very end, their Master also gave Wang Qiu Pavilion to this junior brother. Wang Qiu Pavilion had countless spies which was equal to having an information source so as early as eight years ago, he(WQY) knew when Dongli Lan rebelled against Master''s teachings and went back to Liang Province, he relied on the status ofing from Wang Qiu Pavilion School to win the crown prince position. Base on intelligences, Dongli Lan was far from Wanqi Yao; base on martial arts, even ten Wanqi Yao would not be as good as Dongli Lan. The enactment of the sentiments between senior and junior brother in "Vie for Supremacy" also made the show well worth seeing. The once profound feelings and apany of the toy bamboo stick horse in the end, when it came to the battlefield was either you die and I live or I die and you live, with no way to coexist. Looking at Ye Qiao from afar, Rong Xuposed himself and remembered a conversation between him and Luo Zhentao. There were some people whock an opportunity and a ssic character that could leave a sufficient enough impression to make people remember. Perhaps this time, this Ye Qiao could use this opportunity to stand out. Half an hourter, Rong Xu shot his first scene. Assistant director Wang broke out in a cold sweat, because of Ye Qiao''s mistake just now, Director Guo was wearing a cold face, silently watching Rong Xu and Tang Menn''s acting. The first trialsessfully passed! It passed exceptionally well, even exceedingly remarkable that even Director Guo could not help but show a trace of satisfaction. Just like this, the shooting went on for more than ten days. On the 15th day, the male lead Dong Zheng finally came in. Rong Xu didn''t have many scenes with him so he(RX) watched his(DZ) scenes with Tang Menn or his(DZ) asional scenes with Ye Qiao instead. This drama had very few female characters, besides Tang Menn, there was no one who could be counted as a second female lead nor do they have many scenes. ___ Everything appears to be going smoothly, Rong Xu ate the catering lunch boxes with the other actors and would be picked up in the morning and dropped off in the evening by Steward Duan. In less than a month, all the indoor shootings were finished and the staff started to prepare to fly over to Hengdian the next day. The actors still have to wait two more days for the staff to get everything all set up then fly over. Getting along for a month also let Tang Menn and Rong Xu grow a lot closer too. Tang Menn had already privately checked Rong Xu and know that this person was actually Rong family''s unfavored young master. Tang Menn didn''t expose this matter but instead continued to often chat with Rong Xu. With Tang Menn''s identity right now, not to mention that Rong Xu wasn''t favored, even if he was extremely favored, she had no need to please and tter him. The reason Tang Menn was close to Rong Xu was because she thinks he was very good-natured and easy to get along with but also because Rong Xu lost both of his parents since he was young so it aroused a maternal instinct in Tang Menn. "Pity, maybe we could''ve bump into "Disciple" crew if we continued shooting for two more days. My rtionship with the third female lead, Tan Wen, is quite good so maybe she could''ve brought us inside for a look. Maybe we could''ve even meet Xia Muyan." Tang Menn could be considered as the biggest actor among the cast in "Vie for Supremacy" so whether it''s the male lead Dong Zheng or second male lead Ye Qiao and much less Rong Xu, they all nodded together at her words. Dong Zheng asked with a smile: "It would be nice if we could meet Xia jie, the reason why I wanted to be an actor was because I saw Xia jie acting in "The Point Where the Staircase Intersect" as a child." Saying this, everyoneughed out loud. Whether it was true or false in the end, only Dong Zheng himself will know. After all is said and done, Rong Xu still had yet to enter the entertainment industry and he hasn''t heard of any news of "Disciple" but he did know about Xia Muyan. This Film Empress would be in her early thirties this year but had already taken three awards in China and an Oscar nomination in American. She could be regarded as many actors'' female idol and goddess. Ye Qiao suddenly asked: "I heard the "Disciple" protagonist was Qin Cheng? Will hee too?" This was the first time Rong Xu heard to the name "Qin Cheng". It was a nk space in his mind with only a few vague movie titles but he simply couldn''t recall the other''s appearance. Rong Xu suddenly realized that the original''s memory basically did not have any male actors, it was almost all images of actresses! This was his area of negligence, he should brush up on this today when he goes back. Tang Menn suddenlyughed when she heard Ye Qiao: "Of course Qin Cheng wille but it seems he will onlye back in a few more days. Unfortunately, we would have already left for Hengdian. I''m afraid just seeing Qin Cheng''s face would be harder than seeing Xia Muyan." Ye Qiao sighed: "It because I loved Qin Cheng''s "Evening Sound" that I entered the entertainment circle." Tang Menn and Dong Zheng bothughed, only Rong Xu looked strangely at Ye Qiao and thetter lowered his head shamefully in embarrassment. At this moment, Rong Xu suddenly inexplicably felt that what he said was true. In any case, Rong Xu followed the crew together to leave B city three dayster and settled into the hot and humid Hengdian.
The author has something to say: Luo Zhentao: How do I say this, this role poprity is very high! [Please pay attention] Rong Xu: If this role wasn''t good enough, did you think I still would had wanted it? [Smiling] The name of the little Gong that just appeared: When will I appear?
  • In Chinese, Guan means the government. The Guan Kiln was the government kiln that only produced fine porcins for the royal family and court
  • Ding () were prehistoric and ancient Chinese cauldrons, standing upon legs with a lid and two facing handles. They are one of the most important shapes used in Chinese ritual bronzes.
  • Jie(Jiejie) Chinese for older sister. Is often used by girls who consider themselves to be sisters. The younger girl would be called a Meimei.
The authors note was technically from chapter 5 but it makes more sense in this chapter. Probably because she released chapter 4 & 5 at the same time or something, thats why it was at 5. Thank you Shem for doing the footnotes here cuz I was tozy ^^ Chapter 5 SA: Chapter 5 C Everyone loves Wanqi Yao. Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Despite the difference in history, there were always some simrities. While this Hengdian and the Hengdian in Movie and Television City that Rong Xu often went to film in hisst life was indeed the same ce, but after he really entered the city, Rong Xu couldn''t help but be surprised at all the abundant and various filming facilities. The more diverse the filming venues were, the more vast the film and television area. This Movie and Television City was much more prosperous than the one in Rong Xu''sst life but it also made it more convenient with the filming for the crew. This was Rong Xu''s first timeing to this M&T City but for "Vie for Supremacy" crew, Tang Menn and Dong Zheng had long been here for filming countless dramas before. Everyone quickly got used to the atmosphere of filming here and the progress quickly advanced by leaps and bounds. Early in the morning, Rong Xu had already long got up, taking advantage of the still lightening sky to head over to the crew to start getting his makeup done. Tang Menn and Dong Zheng both have their own personal makeup artist, but Rong Xu did not have. He was shooting the first scene today so he had to get up early. The makeup artist Xu jie lightly applied the foundation to the face gently, making the originally white and smooth skin shine even more when the makeup was done. It looked like a white porcin, reflecting a brilliant gem-like luster with the little pores appearing almost invisible. Rong Xu has very good skin with thick long slender eyshes, but it doesn''t mean that he didnt need make-up. In front of the high-resolution camera, everyone''s shorings would be limitlessly amplified, causing most of their advantages to be ignored. If you want to be an actor, unless you go through the hard road, you need to experience the hardships at every step. Otherwise, having a good appearance was essential. For example, the lens would make a person''s face appear muchrger, so most of the actors have rather small faces. Small palm size faces were not umon. Half an hourter, theplicated makeup was finally done. At first nce, it would look like Rong Xu didn''t have any makeup on but under the camera, his pair of phoenix eyes would appear more clear and reserved. So people could not help but focus on his eyes first. His face was also made to look more three-dimensional. Xu jiemented: "You''ve already came to Hengdian for six days but still didn''t get any pimples. Xiao Xu, you have to take care of yourself ah. Filming is really hard recently and you often had to stay upte for overtime. You can''t be like Ye Qiao, who ended up getting a pimple on his forehead." Just as she said this, Ye Qiao already pushed open the door to the dressing room and hearing this, he could only helplesslyugh: "Xu jie, I also didn''t want this." Ye Qiao''s manager quickly helped him sort out his costume then it was Ye Qiao''s turn for makeup. At the side, Rong Xu''s lip involuntarily hooked up in a hint of a smile when he saw Xu jie''s and Ye Qiao''s joking around. When he was about to leave the dressing room, Ye Qiao shouted out to him: "Rong Xu, we have a scene together in the afternoon, you want to practice?" Rong Xu lightly smiled and nodded: "Sure." *** Once the skypletely lightened, the crew went to work and began filming the first scene. This scene took ce after Wanqi Yao was invited to leave Wang Qiu Pavilion by Xiao Xiang and finally gained Xiao family army''s trust. Xiao family army was Chu State''s well-known iron-blood military army and a greenhorn youngster wanted them to bow down to him? That was absolutely impossible! When Wanqi Yao first came to the barracks, everyone treated him as air. Even after he deployed the missions, although everyone was forced toplete the order, they all had no whatsoever morale, always holding a listless look. So Wanqi Yao arranged for a match. He made a wager with Xiao Xiang, only using Xiao Xiang''s three thousand personal guards to defeat this group of thirty thousand troops that doesn''t listen to orders. And the scene they had to film today was where after Xiao Xiang lost the wager and personally offered up the tiger tally. Amidst the green hills and clear rivers, the young military adviser of peerless talent, dressed in a white changpao, indifferently and leisurely received that half of the tiger tally. All of the soldiers in the Xiao family army felt shameful while a group of deputy generals continuously tried to persuade Xiao Xiang. Xiao Xiang kept silent, watching the tiger tally fell into Wanqi Yao''s palm. That ink colored jade glistened brightly in the sunlight, the dark jade and white skin contrasted against each other when together, creating a kind of indescribable ring that was unpleasant to the eyes. How is it that just these soldiers felt shameful? Xiao Xiang felt it even more. Her soldiers were unexpectedly left powerless to this extent and Wanqi Yao only used three thousand personal guards to thoroughly defeat them. This was Xiao Xiang''s shame. As if he heard the remorse in Xiao Xiang''s heart, Wanqi Yao put away the tiger tally, softly calling: "General." Tang Menn subconsciously raised her head to look at Rong Xu and was suddenly stunned. On the set, countless eyes were all focused on Tang Menn and Rong Xu. The st fan continuously blew onto the two people, imitating a strong gale whistling from the valley. Rong Xu slightly covered his eye, his silky ck hair scattering due to the wind, his extremely elegant appearance made people involuntarily held their breath. The gentle and elegant but convincing atmosphere slowly left. Everyone''s heart stilled as they looked at this young man, all impulsive restless thoughts settling down. Rong Xu''s bright and clear limpid eyes shed with a shallow radiance, just softly smiling. Everyone''s heart all inexplicably produced this one thought: You just need to trust in him and there would be nothing that is impossible. He is a legend that is able to to change the whole world! At this moment, Rong Xu''s lip hooked up in a small smile, an illusory shadow ovepping on him. The Wang Qiu Pavilion Master Wanqi Yao, the obtaining Wanqi meant obtaining the world Wanqi Yao, was currently right here! Director Guo''s gaze was tightly locked onto Rong Xu, his body straightened up, closely watching this scene. He saw the young boy clothed in white extend his right hand to lightly pull Tang Menn''s hand and in a gentle action, slowly putting the tiger tally in the center of her palm. Seeing Tang Menn seemed a bit dazed, Director Guo furrowed his brows but didn''t call cut. This response was indeed correct, although he could see right through her and could tell that Tang Menn seems to be stunned for whatever reason and wasn''t acting, but at least it fits the script. Rong Xu smiled: "The tiger tally ought to be in General''s hands." Pausing for a bit, the young man''s smile deepened by a few degrees, his voice prated the air, reverberating through the vast expanse of the forest: "But as for the heart of this thirty thousand troopsWanqi Yao has received it." The moment these words came out, Rong Xu''s eyes moved like the glistening waves in the sunlight, seemingly to carelessly looked at the surrounding of thirty thousand troops. His expression was calm andposed, as if what he just handed over was not the tiger tally that couldmand a thousand army but instead was an extremely ordinary jade. This one sentence let the thirty thousand troops fell into an absolute silence that neither a crow or sparrow could be heard. You can receive the tiger tally, but can not receive the people''s hearts. The tiger tally might be in Wanqi Yao''s hands, but the people''s heart were not with him. They were still with Xiao Xiang; however, now that the tiger tally was returned to Xiao Xiang, he won over the people''s hearts. The most formidable thing in the world is not the power you could hold in your hand but is the power you hold in the heart! At this point, the scene was over. Director Guo checked the scene that was shot and repeatedly nodded in satisfaction. He first shouted out to Rong Xu and praised him well but at the same time pointed out a flow: "Hold back a bit, that scene just now wasn''t Wanqi Yao''s main scenes. You''re pulling out your best right now but what if it''s the important scenester on? If you can''t perform even better than just now, then the gains really do not make up for the losses." Performing too good could also be wrong? Yes, performing too good could also be wrong. There were some scenes in a script that could just be passed over with no need to bother with the details. However, some scenes were there to establish the whole plot of the story, y a role in plot development or express a character''s disposition which were all important to attract the audience''s attention. For Director Guo, to remind Rong Xu like this means he already saw him as his people. Otherwise there was absolutely no need for him to do this because Wanqi Yao''s interpretation wasn''t remarkable enough to be eye-catching and his impact on the story also wasn''t that big. After all, Rong Xu only appeared in a short, short twenty-five episodes, the remaining forty episodes have no rtion to him whatsoever. In this regard, Rong Xu humbly nodded in understanding: "Thank you, Director Guo." Director Guo nodded, waiting till Rong Xu was about to go did he casually asked: "Can you continue to perform this well?" Rong Xu stopped his steps, turning his head around to smiled back: "I will do my best." Guo Long''s face revealed a hint of a satisfied smile while assistant director Wang thoughtfully watched Rong Xu at the side. This young man was not bad ah, there really too little people that can satisfy Director Guo this much. Talented and also has a high EQ, it seems like he was born to be an actor. It looks like he hasn''t signed with anypany yet? Wang Zhao secretly calcted and turned around to give Luo Zhentao a call. Waiting till Wang Zhao also left, Director Guo called Tang Menn over. All at once, Director Guo''s expression sank, nowhere was the friendliness he used to face Rong Xu. Director Guo furrowed his brow and frowned: "Why did you suddenly make a mistake just now? Menn, I worked with you twice before, you''re not such a careless person. That scene now was passable, but this kind of thing cannot happen again, okay? It''s hard toe by someone like Rong Xu who acted so well, if you were to NG, then you as a senior is really wronging this small time actor." Tang Menn could only reluctantly nod before Director Guo waved his hand to let her leave. However, Tang Menn''s face immediately became down-casted the next moment as she depressingly watched Rong Xu''s figure from behind. How was this because she personally wanted to make a mistake? It was obviously because she was carelessly lead around the nose by Rong Xu! Tang Menn had never tried ying Xiao Xiang''s type of character before, in "Vie for Supremacy", all of her emotional scenes were only rted to the male lead but the script alsoid out a bit of foreshadowing: Wanqi Yao also appeared to have his heart moved by her. This kind of feeling naturally wasn''t clear, if you say he had it then he had it, if you say he did not have it then he did not have it. But how would the audience ever had imagined that while the plot implied that Wanqi Yao admires Xiao Xiang, when ites to filming time, Tang Menn would inexplicably feel that she was always lead around by the nose by Rong Xu! These days after filming, Tang Menn would lie in bed but couldn''t fall asleep no matter want. The night before yesterday, she opened her phone and pulled up the script, looking at it for about an hour. The more she looked, the more she thought; why didn''t Xiao Xiang fell in love with Wanqi Yao? For Tang Menn, as the closest person to Xiao Xiang, she and Dong Zheng as crown prince Xie Jingxian had already acted together in many scenes and had also many contacts with Ye Qiao acting as Dongli Lan. But no matter how many times these two men performed with her, the one who truly left a deep impression on her was nevertheless only Wanqi Yao. Xie Jingxian was a person of great self-control and patience, Xiao Xiang was also a childhood sweetheart, the two had liked each other since childhood; Dongli Lan and Xiao Xiang werepletely rivals with absolutely no emotional development. But why did Xiao Xiang choose Xie Jingxian and not Wanqi Yao? Could it be just like how all the viewers said, the male lead was for the heroine to like, the second male leadWanqi Yao, was only one of the characters to have feeling for the heroine, which could be considered as an emotional development for the second male leadwas for outsiders like them to like? The corner of Tang Menn''s mouth drew out in a line and headed towards Rong Xu''s direction. When she found the other, she opened her mouth and said: "Don''t worry Xiao Xu, you don''t have to be too sad, I will choose you." A confused Rong Xu: "?" *** When it was time for lunch, Rong Xu took the initiative to go find Ye Qiao for the practice session. While Ye Qiao was only a second-tier actor right now, Rong Xu''s status was currently still a junior, so he naturally could not really wait for Ye Qiao to take the initiative to find him. His kind of "getting close to" behavior also made Ye Qiao''s heart feel veryfortable and the two quickly started the practice session. Dong Zheng just finished eating when he saw Rong Xu and Ye Qiao practicing together. Ye Qiao looks were rather handsome. However, he kind of have an evil feeling admitting from his bones which was the reason why he wasn''t well received by the masses, no matter how many times he acted as a protagonist before. Most of the protagonists usually require a positive image. Ye Qiao''s face recognition was very high nor was it so awe-inspiring righteousness so it naturally did not make people like it enough to remember him. But Ye Qiao was really the right person for the role of Dongli Lan. This role was nefarious, wantonly doing as he pleases without restraint, cruel and harsh, and had once killed ten thousand of Chu State''s soldiers. Yet, this two were brothers that apanied each other when growing up, this screenwriter''s setting was truly quite interesting. Dong Zheng silently watched Ye Qiao''s and Rong Xu''s practice. When his small assistant came out of the restroom after washing his hands and saw this scene, he strangely asked: "Dong ge, what''s wrong? What are you looking at?" Dong Zheng shook his head. After a while, Dong Zheng raised his hand and pointed at Rong Xu, saying: "Do you think that both of them can create a stir?" How such things like that be said in public! The small assistant looked around to both sides and said in a whisper after finding that there was no one near: "Rong Xu is very handsome, Director Guo also praises his acting so he should be able to. As for Ye Qiaohe already failed for so many years, I reckon that it would be quite hard for him." Dong Zheng didn''t respond when he heard this and after waiting a while again, he asked: "Which studio did the screenwriter for thise from?" The small assistant confusedly answered: "It should be Qili Studio." Dong Zheng suddenly realized: "If I remembered correctly, it really is Qili Studio. I think that Ye Qiao might make a break this time, after all, we''re both from the samepany. We should make a friend in advance instead of dealing with a rival. Don''t you see that Tang Menn is already always taking care of Rong Xu? I think she already has the idea to bring Rong Xu into their Huaxia Entertainment." The small assistant offhandedly felt a bit stupid, not understanding why Dong Zheng suddenly thought about so many things. However, Dong Zheng ordered him to earnestly write it all down, only in the end, he couldn''t help but ask a bit: "Dong ge, what does Ye Qiao making a break have to do with Qili Studio?" Dong Zheng meaningfully looked at him and said: "What film did Qili Studio writest year that was a major hit?" The small assistant still knew this little point: "Grand Solitary!" It was nominated in Venice as the best film too!" Dong Zheng smiled: "Then you just watch, I say that Ye Qiao can follow Rong Xu to create a big stir together." Finishing what he wanted to say, Dong Zheng first left as the small assistant hurriedly and diligently keeping up. But he kept bringing it up in a small voice: "In the end what''s the rtionship between them ah. "Grand Solitary"? Rong Xu and Ye Qiao? Could it be that they have some strange rtionship?" So to say, why was it that Tang Menn and Dong Zheng could be the new generation of popr artists while a small assistant could only be a small assistant? To be able to be famous in the highlypetitive Huaxia Entertainment, relying on your face and acting alone would definitely be not enough. A high EQ would be the most important thing. "Grand Solitary" was a domestic movie that caused a big sensationst year and took China''s box office title in August. It was a dark horse that no one expected. This movie made the two newbies who starred in it became famous in an instant. It was their first time filming and they were already bump up to be a second-tier actor with a huge fan base. Yes, this movie was a same sex romance film. ___ The crew rested for a while till it was time to shoot the first afternoon scene, the scene between second male lead Dongli Lan and supporting character Wanqi Yao. This scene was when the two brothers met for the first time after separating for so many years, this meeting will be across a ten thousand people battlefield, a bleak and cold wind; it really had been many years, to meet you on the battlefield!
The author has something to say: Luo Zhentao: Why did Ie here, this role''s poprity is very high! [Please pay attention] Rong Xu: If this role wasn''t good enough, did you think I still would had wanted it? [Smiling] The name of the little Gong that just appeared: When will I appear? Fuwa: Very soon 2333333333
I know, its the same Authors note in ch 4 but I forgot thest part ;-; Well, I was half asleep when I was posting 4. Fuwa C "Friendlies" They are five mascots that were made for Beijing 2008 Olympics that the majority of Chinese seems to dislike. Its been made into a meme that all bad things are because of them, "Curse of the Fuwa" or something like that. Ironic considering the official Beijing 2008 Website wrote that they''re "a message of friendship and peaceand good wishes from Chinato children all over the world" plus they are adorable why would anyone hate them 2333333333 Cughing, the more 3s there are the harder you''reughing Dark Horse: Something or someone that is little known but surprises others by unexpectedly winning apetition, race etc
Shem: OMG XD Dong Zheng is shipping our family''s Rong Xu to Ye Qiao. XD Vian: Haha I''m more surprised at Tang Menn''s response LOL
I wonder how many of you actually click the Next button \(^.^ \) But I still leave this here since its not till the next chap Regarding word ys/puns, do you guys prefer if I a) Englishnize it the chap then exin in footnotes or b) Kept the pingyin and everything then exin in footnotes So either one would end up with a long footnote xD
Chapter 6 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Our ancestors once said: Since I, Zhou Yu am already born, why does the Heavens want a Zhuge Liang? In "Vie for Supremacy", ording to the second male lead Dongli Lan, he met an old life-long enemy, his own shidiWanqi Yao. When they were younger, the two had a very deep friendship. But as they grew older, gossip ran amok among the soldiers in the barracks. Dongli Lan gradually lost to Wanqi Yao and had no means to retaliate. Their master already seemed to like his shidi more, teaching everything from his whole lifetime of painstaking toil to Wanqi Yao and in the end, even made him the next Master of Wang Qiu Pavilion. That was why, the year before his Master gave Wang Qiu Pavilion to Wanqi Yao, Dongli Lan took the initiative to betray his Master''s teachings and left so that he could disregard this shame. How much affection there was between the brothers before in the past was how much there would be resentment and jealousy now. When he saw the other person again in the battlefield, Dongli Lan stared into the distant at that shidi in the middle of the ten thousand army, only coldly sneering once and raise his sword. "Whoever kills him will be rewarded ten thousand gold taels and the title of Marquis!" If you asked who could take more heads from the ten thousand people, Dongli Lan was far superior than Wanqi Yao. However, if you say that it was ten thousand people battling in war, Dongli Lan wouldn''t even see a slim chance of victory in front of Wanqi Yao. ___ This afternoon scene that was being filmed would be the first meeting between the two. Acting among arge number of people during filming was a very difficult thing to do, however, Rong Xu and Ye Qiao only NG twice before perfectly finishing this scene. Director Guo watched the footage on the screen and knitted his brows, no one knew what he was thinking so deeply about. That kind of innate evil feeling admitting from Ye Qiao''s bones really was extremely suitable for Dongli Lan''s role. So when the investors were pushing people out, Director Guo didn''t reject him. As for Rong Xu Disyed on the screen was the young man who was dressed in white, standing there facing the wind and calmly looking at his own senior brother. When he first chose to be Chu State''s military advisor, Wanqi Yao naturally knew that he would sooner orter face this day. However, it was still reckoned that no matter how much his knowledge and wisdom is near otherworldly level, he would have never expected that on their first meeting Dongli Lan would''ve issued a military order of ten thousand gold taels and Marquis title as reward for his life to his soldiers. In Rong Xu''s performance, while his eyes appeared to be calm, it had a slight fluctuation. When Dongli Lan shouted out with that reward grant, his pupil quivered ever so slightly and his mouth opened and closed as if he wanted to say something but in the end, could only tightly pursed his lips together without saying anything. This kind of astonishment and sadness that just used a little bit of details to deduce out such an expression caused even Director Guo to feel very concerned. He repeatedly watched this scene on the screen and waited until a bitter before calling the head of the screenwriter''s studio, quietly opening a meeting: "Think about it for a bit. Give this minor support character a more major role and add a little bit of drama." *** Naturally, no one knew about this meeting but Rong Xu soon received a new script. He would y in two more episodes in this new script and although he still couldn''t be regarded as a second male lead, he could already be said to be on par with the third male lead. Rong Xu had never seen that third male lead. The other also appeared to havee in through the backdoor but didn''t seem to have that big of a backer that Director Guo almost brushed him aside. The third male lead''s scenes were all in the second half of "Vie for Supremacy" and wasn''t rted to Rong Xu in any way. So he could only wait until next month for the other person to enter the crew to meet him. Without a manager or assistant by his side to discuss this with, Rong Xu could only silently contemte over it in his heart. But when it was the afternoon, Tang Menn went over to his side after she finished filming, she smiled from ear to ear and told him: "Make sure to act well, whether it''s our whole crew that said something or Director Guo that said something that counted, the investors would all listen to this(DG) elder." Rong Xu raised his head to look at Tang Menn and after staring for a while,ughed: "Tang jie really treats me well." Tang Mennughed: "You''re someone Luo Zhentao brought into the crew. Luo Zhentao is also a manager at our Huaxia Entertainment, of course I would want to treat you well." Pausing for a bit, Tang Menn sat down by Rong Xu''s side and sneakingly stretched out her finger to point at Dong Zheng and Ye Qiao who weren''t far away: "You see them? They''re both at the top of the industry and our rivals. Your Tang jie wants to find some allies, so of course I can only find you, this little friend." This one sentence ced her and Rong Xu on the same level. Rong Xu really liked to talk with smart people and didn''t refute but insteadughed again: "Ye ge and I are also hostile in the show." Tang Menn, however, didn''t even think before shaking her head: "Hostile? What hostile? Would he hold you in his arms and cry bitterly after you died? Regretting for a long time, suffering till he had no appetiteoh, that''s wrong, it''s he doesn''t eat or drink. And when he was defeated in the end and killed and all he thought about was you, this little shidi?" Rong Xu could only spread out his hands in defeat. En, well, you couldn''t me him, you could only me that big hole inside the screenwriter''s head. The filming schedule processed on smoothly, and no one had any objections to the new script. After all, it was only Rong Xu''s and Ye Qiao''s scenes that had changed a bit. As for that third male lead that has yet to enter the crew, Rong Xu naturally didn''t know the other''s thoughts and even if he had an opinion on it, he certainly wouldn''t be able to do anything to change Director Guo''s mind. He could only suffer in silence and be unable to speak of his bitterness. Half a monthter, it was already time to film Rong Xu''sst few scenes. Early this morning, Rong Xu already came over to the crew. This time when Xu jie did his makeup, she was especially serious and was careful and prudent every time she applied the makeup. For the eye makeup, she also gave Rong Xu a deep and dark eye circles and used a pale color for the lips, making him appear somewhat pallid and haggard. "Today should be thest time I would be doing your makeup. Wait till after your scenes are finalized, your Xie jie will also give you a yajing red envelope." Yajing red envelopes were a unique custom within the entertainment industry. Whenever an actor was going to act out a death in a drama, they would usually receive a red envelope from the director, screenwriter, and fellow actors. Death wasn''t a good thing so naturally there was a need to repress the bad luck and shock from it as to avoid making a taboo. "Rong Xu, I''ll also give you a yajing red envelope." Just as Xu jie finished talking, a clear and pleasantly bright male voice came from the entrance of the dressing room. Rong Xu turned over to look and only saw Ye Qiao, not knowing since when he came in then sat down on a chair at the side to wait for Xu jie to start his makeup. Xu jieughed: "Your condition is quite good this time, the pimple on your face also disappeared. It seems Ye Qiao has already finished all preparations for today''s scene ah. You guys have better do it well, I heard my family''s Old Wang said that today''s scene was one of the most important scenes and Director Guo values it very much." The head of the makeup group Xu jie was different from the other staff here, her husband being assistant director Wang, Wang Zhao. She had already been in Director Guo''s crew for more than a decade, her seniority and experience was even deeper than assistant director Wang and was also very famous in the TV drama circle. Ye Qiao unreservedly promised this but when he looked at Rong Xu, he found that thetter''s arched brows were highly handsome and was all smiles as Rong Xu looked at him. Somehow, it made Ye Qiao''s heart shudder. After half a day, he opened his mouth and asked hoarsely: "What is it, Rong Xu?" Exquisite and beautiful people would always be narcissistic like this, causing anyone''s soul to be somewhat dazed. Ye Qiao''s heart was unavoidably a bit itchy at this but it couldn''t really be counted as a beautiful thought. It was just that towards beautiful things, he would instinctively appreciate it. Only after a moment did Rong Xu withdrew his gaze and said in a solemn tone: "Ye ge, after my death today, I''ll also give you a yaqi red envelope." Ye Qiao was surprised for a moment: "Ah? Yaqi red envelope? What kind of red envelope is that? Rong Xu shook his head and with a serious face, said: "Today I will be implicating you to cry within an inch of your life. You''ll give me one to pacify the shock, I''ll give you one to steady out your breath and pray that we can pass in one take." Looking at Rong Xu''s appearance of acting as a profound thinker, it was only then that Ye Qiao remembered that the other was still a child that has yet to grow up. Thatst meandering thought in his heartpletely dissipated at that moment as Ye Qiao waved his hand and helplessly said: "Then you better never give me this red envelope, I don''t want to cry till I have to gasp for breath. We just need to pass in one take, I definitely do not want your crow''s beak!" At this time, Ye Qiao was just saying it. He wouldn''t have thought that Rong Xu''s words really woulde true. Most of today''s scenes would be Rong Xu''s. ___ Wanqi Yaoid out an empty city tactic in Ping City. It stands to say that Ping City should have twenty thousand soldiers and horses, but no one knew that out of these twenty thousand soldiers and horses only had a thousand left at this moment. The rest had all been arranged by Wanqi Yao to go to Du River and joined Chu State in fighting another army. This total of eighty thousand troops crossed the river overnight and at this moment, had already invaded Wei Country! Among the three kingdoms, Liang Province''s military strength was the strongest. After Liang Province inflicted many heavy losses and serious damage to Chu State, they began to decline in power. As for Wei Country, they had never involved themselves into the war between the two. They had always relied on Du river, this perfect moat to remain as an onlooker. Each year, Chu State would show good will to them. However, they would pretend to be neutral, causing Liang Province and Chu State to have some restraining fear and do not dare to make a move against them. This move was called ''to threaten the east and strike to the west'', while Liang Province''s one hundred thousand army threatened the border, Chu State sent eighty thousand soldiers and horses and conquered five cities in Wei Country in one night. General Xiao really was an elite chosen out of ten thousand, she attacked straight into the core of Wei Country within three days with the fastest speed and stationed the soldiers outside Wei Country''s capital, quartering the city. And at this very same moment in Ping City, Liang Province''s army had already broken into the city. When they entered the city, they would have never thought no matter what that it was just this little one thousand army that could actually trap their one hundred thousand army for three whole days. Ping City right now was an empty city, themoners had already long been arranged to leave. These one thousand soldiers, all warriors who were prepared to die, one of the remainings was even a lieutenant who was loyal and devoted to Wanqi Yao and Wanqi Yao only. At this time, Liang Province''s general that was leading them learned from the news that Wei Country''s capital was breached. He was furious and at once pointed his sword at Wanqi Yao: "You actually deceived us!" Wanqi Yao was sitting before a chessboard, his head hanging down to look at that dead qi game and didn''t answer. Wei Country had lived in stability, their soldiers had long been ustomed to the peaceful days so how were there any opponents for these soldiers in Chu State. That was why breaking into the country within three days was a matter of course. In the past, it was because Liang Province and Chu State mutually restrained each other that made it possible for Wei Country to be firmly and securely survived on. This Liang Province generalpletely didn''t understand. Exactly what schemes did Wanqi Yao used to let Wei Country to be subjugated in three days! He heard that there were many cities in Wei Country that didn''t even wait for Chu State''s army to move before they opened the gates themselves, which was what let their army reached the capital in three days. This general was angry enough for a smoke toe out of his head, this change in situation caused Liang Province to be in a unfavorable situation. He used his sword to point at Wanqi Yao, determined to take him hostage and used him as a pawn. Finally, Wanqi Yao spoke. He held a jade white stone between his fingers and raised his clear limpid eyes, indifferently looking at this general before him whose rage was breaking through the skies right now. He casually said in a light tone: "If she was someone that a single person contain, Xiao Xiang would not be Xiao Xiang, nor would she be the strong and determined woman who doesn''t concede to men that is General Xiao." Liang Province General who was still in the midst of deceiving others and deceiving himself: "You are someone Xiao Xiang invited for a thousand, ten thousand times over, she naturally could not care about your life and death!" Wanqi Yao raised the corner of his lips, his bright eyes glistening with a radiance of trust: "However, she is Xiao Xiang." Liang Province General finally broke down and copsed. Yes, he defeated one of Chu State''s custom inspection pass Ping City, but Chu State had immediately captured Wei Country! Did Liang Province win? Won, they won Ping City. Did Liang Province lose? Lost, they lost Wei Country! Liang Province General''s eyes turned red. Seeing that the young man in front of him was actually still leisurely ying chess, he gritted his teeth and clenched the sword in his hand, a sharp and piercing cold glint quickly shing past on the de. He furiously said: "Who ever kills you will be rewarded ten thousand gold taels and a title of Marquis!" In that instant, Wanqi Yao''s hand that was still cing the stones stopped. His eyes slightly widened, as his elegant and exquisite face exposed a faint trace of stunned expression; he appeared as if he had finally remembered something, something that he had long forgotten in his heart and even acted as if it had never happened throughout. From the beginning to end, he had forgotten that matter because he never wanted to find out, so he pretended as if it never existed. Even for intelligent people, there were things they would want to ignore. Xiao Xiang was indeed calm and rational but she would never really disregard Wanqi Yao''s life and death. Before the Chu army set out, this female general came to Wanqi Yao''s roomte in the night and used a forceful interrogate him; if she left him by himself here, would or would not this move threaten his life. Wanqi Yao calmly and unhurriedly replied: "I know that General doesn''t agree with me serving as a hostage. After Dongli Lanes, I am assured that I will not die." But in the end, he never waited till Dongli Lan came. A prating cold sword pierced through his chest causing fresh blood to stter out, prominently showing on the ck and white chessboard. That desperate Liang Province General pierced through his heart in one strike, the blood flowing out from his chest with a gurgling ''gugu''. Blood stuck in the back of his throat and overflowed down from the side of his lips. At this moment inside the studio, everyone''s line of sight was gathered on that young man in white. A deathly pale face and a helpless look, yet at this time, he actually didn''t even have a little bit fear nor was there any trace of hate. Rong Xu''s clear and beautiful eyes reflected a panicked and fearful general; that man pulled out his sword, agitatedly muttering: "This way I won''t die. This way his Highness will reward me, and definitely won''t punish me." But a short, short quarter of an hourter, a handsome man in purple brocade robe strode into the room. His face originally held an impatient expression and his lips revealed a mocking smile, not knowing whether or not he was currently secretly ridiculing that self-righteous shidi of his in his heart. However, when he walked in the entrance of the room and saw the situation inside in one nce, his smile stiffened and he stupidly stood there at the doorway. The General saw him, almost crawling as he ran over: "Your Highness! This lowly one didn''t know of this n! Your lowly one didn''t know!" Dongli Lan''s eyes widened, looking at that young man sitting in front of the chessboard, whose whole body was covered in blood. There was a horrid amount of red blood that spread over the board, making the ck stones appear even deeper in color, and gave the white stones a vivid contrasting harshness. He shed too much blood, his face and lips lost all color, but he still smiled and looked up at him despite the blood color gradually steeping in and tainting his white brocade. That young man extended his hand to him as he said: "Shixiong, I haven''t seen you in a long time." Dongli Lan''s heart suddenly trembled, he couldn''t lift his feet nor did he have any way to move. He stared as if in a trance at that dreadful scene inside, watching that young man and heard him saying regretfully: "That year before you left, there was a chess game that you didn''t finish with me. In this worldcoughcough" A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out, interrupting Wanqi Yao''s words. Ye Qiao never thought that when he really faced this scene, he would actually feel that his body was out of his control. Seeing Rong Xu coughing up blood, he unconsciously took a step forward. Shouting in a shrill and mournful voice: "Shidi!" Rong Xu raised his head to look at him again. That kind of pure and simple smiling expression caused Ye Qiao to almost copse. He suddenly felt his heart hurt, prickling in pain. He seemed to have became Dongli Lan in that moment, and understood what kind of grief and despair Dongli Lan felt when he saw this scene. He obviously was just thinking about how to humiliate this shidi a moment ago, but when he acutely saw the result of him saying "kill Wanqi Yao for me" a thousand, ten thousand times over before, and genuinely understood that he was going to lose this shidi of his forever, he realized exactly how helplessly heartbreaking it truly was. Now, there was already no longer a Rong Xu, only a Wanqi Yao. Wanqi Yao fondly smiled at him, as if everything was still like ten years ago; before when he had yet to betray Wang Qiu Pavilion, before when he and his shidi liked to y chess together. He would always lose and his shidi would always win. His shidi would say to him: "In this world, only shixiong can y chess with me." But Dongli Lan would always think in his heart: So what if only I can, I still can not win against you. Now, he heard that line from Wanqi Yao once again: "In this world, only shixiong can y chess with me. This game has waited for ten years, shixiong, can you apany me to finish itwould that be okay?" The weak voice that was gradually fading caused Dongli Lan''sst strand of reasoning to finally break as Ye Qiao quickly ran over to catch Wanqi Yao''s falling body. Wanqi Yao appeared as if he still wanted to say something, but the blood blocked his throat to the point that he couldn''t even speak. In the veryst moment of his life, he gently gazed at his shixiong. He wanted to lift his hand to caress the other''s handsome face, but was only able to weakly raise his hand halfway before he slowly closed his eyes No matter how much you thought, you would have never thought that this life didn''t die in the stronger hands of anyone else, but died in the hands of a long forgotten reward from him. Dongli Lan''s eyes slowly widened in shock. His hands tightened as he brought the gradually cooling body into his bosom and tightly hugged him close, as if to rub the other into his bones. His tears finally fell as Wanqi Yao finished taking hisst breath. Under Ye Qiao''s interpretation, he wailed and cried out bitterly. His crying waspletely different from his previous performance of Dongli Lan. Because he had subconsciously wanted to cry out like this. He felt that if it was Dongli Lan, there absolutely wouldn''t have been any kind of rationality at this moment and would only use the most primitive way to express his grief. However, when it went on for too long, Director Guo had to shout cut. ___ Ye Qiao cried and cried, and even cried out a few hups, so Rong Xu could only helplessly crawl out of his arms and rubbed away the blood on his lips. Ye Qiao also seemed to have felt that he performed enough too so he threw a guilty look at Rong Xu, then turned to look at Director Guo: "Director Guo, don''t worry, I''ll make sure to hold back a bit more next time." Who knew that once he heard these words, Director Guo immediately red straight at him: "Hold back a bit? Ah? With the way you cried just now, you actually dare to say hold back a bit?! You actually gave me real crying, can you actually cry or not in the end? You know what it means to cry till you lose your voice? How many times you will NG right now will be exactly how many yajing red envelopes you give to Rong Xu. Now, you immediately give me the strength you used to suck your mom''s milk and CRY!" Ye Qiao: "" Rong Xu: "" No need for red envelopes, we just want to finalize it, can''t we?
Since I, Zhou Yu am already born, why does the Heavens want a Zhuge Liang?C Use toment the fact that there is someone better than you who outshines you at every turn. To threaten the east and strike to the west C to create a diversion Shidi C young disciple of the same master, junior brother Shixiong C senior male fellow student or apprentice Crow''s beak C A person who makes an inauspicious remark Yaqi C Repress air (roughly) vvv Yajing C Repress shock (roughly) vvv
Yajing (ya) @(jing)C Repress shock (roughly) (ya) here means to push down, to keep under (control) @(jing) would be surprise, shock So(well, its exined in the ch but) the red envelope is to repress the shock of dying so that there wouldnt be an bad luck which can cause you to make a mistake/taboo and so. Yaqi (ya) (qi) C Repress air (roughly) (ya) is the same character in yajing, same meaning as well (qi) means air, breath Kinda hard to understand but Rong Rong was basically saying that he will give Ye Qiao some breathing room when he runs out of breath from crying to hard. And by the way, I actually tried to find English-ish equivalents for the two when I was tranting this ch. before I thought to ask you guys whether you would prefer pinying or English. Pinyin won as you can see. But it was: (Yajing) Conciliation red envelope and (yaqi) Constion red envelopes. As you can see, I even got the sound y quite nicely. Suffering till he had no appetite [˼] vs. doesn''t eat or drink [Բ] C The first one means to be mncholic and suffering to where you have no appetite while the second one literally means to not eat or drink. I guess it''s just that fine line between having no appetite to eat (but could still probably force yourself to eat) vs. actually refusing to eat and drink Andst but not least- Another Romance of the Three Kingdom''s quote! Since I, Zhou Yu am already born, why does the Heavens want a Zhuge Liang? C The original would be [褣] (J shng y, h shng ling) Already () born () Yu (), Why() born () Liang () The (yu) refers to Zhou Yu (courtesy name Gongjin), a military general and strategist that served under the warlord Sun Ce in thete Eastern Han dynasty that ister on the Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms. The (liang) refers to Zhuge Liang (courtesy name Kongming), a Chinese politician, military strategist, writer, engineer and inventor. He served as the Imperial Chancellor and regent of the state of Shu Han (Three kingdoms). Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang are both depicted as rivals in the novel with Zhou Yu being extremely jealous of Zhuge Liang''s talents and would always be overshadowed by him. Zhou Yu would relentlessly attempt to outwit Zhuge Liang but had never seeded. Zhou Yu''s death was dramatised in the novel and was intentionally triggered by Zhuge Liang. He had sustained an earlier arrow wound during the Battle of Jiangling, and his condition deteriorated after he was infuriated by Zhuge Liang who foiled his ns on three different asionster on. On the third time, Zhou Yu coughed up blood and died as he said thesest words ording to the novel.
Chapter 7 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem This time, for Ye Qiao''s crying scene, only when he cried no less than nine times did Director Guo feel satisfied. While this scene was thest one to be shot, the only thing Rong Xu had to do was close his eyes and pretended to be dead but Ye Qiao would always tightly hug him when he cried. That kind of heart piercing, aggrieved cry made Rong Xu somewhat sympathetic and also felt a bit of heartache for him. As soon as the scene finished filming, Tang Menn''s assistant sounded a gun salute to celebrate Rong Xu for finishing his parts. Tang Menn''s kindness towards Rong Xu showed up in all aspects. She even remembered to take care of him who doesn''t have a manager at this kind of time, making Rong Xu feel rather touched. This woman''s EQ really was exceptionally high. It might be assumed that for her to get to her present position despite being so young and to even have been dered by Director Guo as the one and only heroine of "Vie for Supremacy", relying on only her appearance and acting skills were absolutely impossible. Looking at Tang Menn, then looking over at Dong Zheng who was not far off at the side slightly smiling towards him, Rong Xu''s heart gradually started of surging with waves of emotion. Originally, when he entered the entertainment circle, the biggest reason was to make money, leave that household, and live the life he wanted. In hisst life, he had already reached the top summit of that world to where he didn''t know what else he could do as he proceeded forward. But right now, this world had just begun for him! Apletely different earth andpletely different people. He still had not conquered this world''s entertainment circle, how could he just use acting as a means to make money? This was his career! Suddenly, the thing that had been suffocating Rong Xu in his heart for a long time time slowly dissipated. When Tang Menn came over to give Rong Xu his conciliation red envelope, she was surprised to find that this friend of her seemed to have changed a little. She grinned as she shoved the red envelope into Rong Xu''s hands, saying: "That veryst scene has really been tough on you, all of us that were watching at the side were all worried whether or not you would have been strangled to death by Ye Qiao since he was holding onto you so tight." But after she turned around, Tang Menn asked her assistant: "What happened to Rong Xu?" The little assistant was surprised by this and asked: "Did something happen to Rong Xu? Isn''t he the same as before?" Tang Menn shook her head: "I just have a subtle feeling that something changed a littleit seemed like he became even more handsome than before finishing thest scene." Small assistant: "" It this skill of yours an instant cosmetic surgery ah? It can even let you be handsome in an instant?! Later, Dong Zheng also came to give Rong Xu a conciliation red envelope and personally handed over a business card to him. A name and a phone number were printed on that gold-ted business card with hollowed-out ornamental design in addition to "Tianji Entertainment''s Agent" heading, the whole card reflecting a cold light from the bright stage lighting. Dong Zhengughed: "This is my manager''s business card. I feel that we really hit off and it wouldn''t be bad if we canter on be fellow artists in the same agency." Rong Xu slightly smiled as he epted the card. Soon, Xu jie from the makeup group, Chen ge from the props group, assistant director Wangall came one by one to give Rong Xu a conciliation red envelope. Assistant director Wang said, rather dissatisfied: "My wife already gave you one yet I still have to give you another one. If it wasn''t because I saw thatst scene has really been tough on you, no way would I give it." Rong Xu didn''t know whether tough or cry as he tried to sound him out: "Wang ge, why don''t you take it back and I''ll just take it as I''ve already received it?" Assistant director Wang immediately widened his eyes, pointedly focusing them on Rong Xu: "How can something that has already been given away be wanted back, I don''t want it!" Just as he said this, the person had already quickly disappeared like smoke so Rong Xu could only helplessly shake his head. Since a death scene had finished shooting, there were too many red envelopes given to Rong Xu that they couldn''t even fit into his arms. One of the on-scene staffs handed him a stic bag and he gratefully thanked the other when that young girl''s face turned red. One hand stuffed a red envelope into Rong Xu''s hand as she shyly bowed down her head with blushing cheeks and handed over a pen and notebook: "If you don''t mindcan I get your signature?" After the initial moment of surprise, Rong Xu took the pen and signed in the notebook. While he was signing, he seemed to act as usual and asked: "You look like you''re quite young, are you an adult yet? How many years have you been in the crew?" That young girl replied: "I''m here as an intern from a nearby university and entered the crew two months ago. I''ll also be an adult in another two more months." Rong Xu''s hand slightly paused a bit before quickly writing down another line inside the notebook. When that young girl got back her notebook and opened it to look, she saw the words written on it, that made blush on her face heated up by a few more degrees. After that, when she flipped over to the back, she actually saw that the red envelope she just shoved onto Rong Xu was wedged between the back of the book! Something was also written under the envelope: The food you sent was very delicious, we''re equal peers, so I won''t be epting this red envelope. The person actually still remembered that she sent three meals to him a month ago! The girl''s eyes suddenly reddened and started breathing heavily. She quickly and excitedly opened up her phone and sent a long string of exmation marks to her ss group chat:So handsome! So handsome! So handsome!!! It''s simply too much of a loss for you guys to not enter "Vie for Supremacy" crew! Just too handsome ah ah ah ah! So handsome yet also so gentle!!! If I were to have such a male vote,I can die without regrets ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!!!!! But after a while, there were some ssmates who replied: Dong Zheng and Ye Qiao really are handsome, this I must admit haha. The littledy was immediately angered: "Of course, I know that Dong Zheng and Ye Qiao are handsome, but my family''s Rong Rong is much more handsome! He''s the most handsome in the whole universe! You guys just wait and see! Just wait till the character posterses in two days and you guys will be crying and looking for me to see his signature humph! How handsome is he ah, so exaggerated? Fine! Then by that time, you guys better note to hold onto my thighs since you don''t believe me! Rong Xu naturally didn''t know about the little scene that was happening over there on the side. His standing had already came to the point where besides the director and senior actors, there would be no one else who would give him a conciliation red envelope. As for now, although most of the crew rather takes care of him and would give him conciliation red envelopes, but that by no means that he could calmly ept a little girl''s red envelope. This was someone else''s kind regards, just keeping it in mind was fine. However, after awhile, Ye Qiao came over with a pair of red rabbit eyesand shoved a full ten red envelopes onto Rong Xu. Rong Xu was surprised for a moment, then suddenlyughed in spite of trying not to: "Ye ge, youwere prepared to give me a few red envelopes in advance?" Probably because he cried a bit too much, Ye Qiao''s voice was still hoarse even now. So his voice was somewhat husky as he said: "Didn''t Director Guo said how many times I NG-ed was how many red envelopes I needed to give you? I NG-ed nine times plus the first time, so exactly ten times. Xiao Xu, this crow beak of yours is too powerful, I will never gonna to talk to you again." Ye Qiao''s joking tone made Rong Xu let out a knowing smile, and also pulled out a red envelope from his pocket. Upon seeing this, a moment didn''t even past before Ye Qiao reacted, smoothly receiving it with his hands and asked: "What''s this?" Rong Xu calmly,posedly and seriously said: "Yaqi red envelope." Ye Qiao immediately choked: "Keke Keke cough" Ya what qi, ya exactly what qi?!This obviously was a duqi red envelope, simply wanting to suffocate him! *** After they finished filming, Rong Xu didn''t immediately leave. Instead, when it was evening, Director Guo led several important members of the crew and Rong Xu to go eat in an after filming dinner banquet. It was only a very small group of people, enough to fit two tables; the main actors, screenwriter, assistant director and all the leaders of each team were all that came. In the end after all, Rong Xu was still underage so on the grounds of him still being a child, the adults didn''t pour him any alcohol. By the end of the banquet, everyone was drinking quite happily, leaving only Rong Xu who didn''t drink to send off the assistant director and team leaders that had more than a few cups with a wry smile. Waiting till the very end, Director Guo privately handed a red envelope over to Rong Xu. Rong Xu didn''t pretend to be polite and received it but when he weighed the amount inside, he suddenly paused. He raised his head to look at Director Guo in surprise and saw this cold and imposing director smoking a cigarette as he watched him in the dim light of the night then indifferently said: "I heard that you have been recentlyfaring badly in the Rong family. The Rong family still have quite a bit of status in B-City, if you want to fight against them, it''s necessary to be backed by a big power. Huaxia Entertainment is not a bad ce, even a hundred Rong families wouldn''t be able topare. You''re still young, enduring patient right now can also be considered as increasing your experience." Aside from discussing about the drama, this was the first time Director Guo talked so much to him. This big director had always been cold and serious. He wouldn''t even let go of the girls when scolding people in the studio and could scold till the other starts crying. But right now, he was currently advising him like this. Rong Xu curved his lips, showing a hint of an affable smile appearing like a gleam of light drawn across the dark night, illuminating all his bright future prospects in that moment. He softly said: "I understand Director Guo. Thank you for taking care of me in these two months." Director Guo waved his hand which could be regarded as ending this conversation. The next day, Rong Xu directly went to the airport and took the ne back to B-City. The ne quicklynded at the Capital Airport but when Rong Xu was just pulling his luggage as he walked out of the lobby, he suddenly saw a familiar figure holding onto a sign squeezed in the middle of a crowd of people. As soon as that person saw him, he started waving around excitedly: "Rong Xu! Rong Xu!" Rong Xu was slightly surprised before walking up to him: "Luo ge." Rong Xu didn''t know at all about this matter of Luo Zhentao personallying to pick him up. But he did know that he never told anyone about his flight number so Luo Zhentao shouldn''t have known when he would''ve arrived. He was afraid that Luo Zhentao had probably been waiting here since early in the morning. Luo Zhentao enthusiastically went over to take his suitcase and sent him home. Along the way, he kept on talking about some interesting things that happened in the circle, but also inly stated the he and Tang Menn''s manager had been in contact these days, knew that Rong Xu''s time with the crew was quite good, acted really well, and that the members of the crew likes him very much. At the very end, Luo Zhentao, intentionally or unintentionally, mentioned the matter of Director Guo adding extra scenes and changing the script for Rong Xu. "This is a very good thing, I never thought that you, Young Master Rong, would actually be this awesome to be able to actually let Director Guo personally decide to add extra scenes for you!" Luo Zhentao eximed in admiration as hemented: "It just so happened that I was busy that this time, so I didn''t have time to go to Hengdian. If there was a chance, I would''ve definitely fly over to help you with some things. It''s really too tiring for you to film and also handle those trivial matters, even if you have three heads and six arms, how would you be able to attend to all those things at the same time ah! You look at how busy I''ve beentely, almost all of my hair had fallen off because of it! No matter how you say it, your role and I have a little bit of rtion but I haven''t been taking care of you at all. My heart''s been feeling so guilty and ashamed that I couldn''t even sleep at night. So much of my hair had fallen off that I''m about to be bald!" Rong Xu looked at him in amusement and softlyughed. Seeing this beautiful teenager suddenlyughing, Luo Zhentao tightly grasped the steering wheel and opened his mouth but in the end didn''t say anything. The car slowly entered into the estates area with neither of the two speaking. Rong Xu turned to look at the scenery outside the window, the brown window sticker reflected on the the young boy''s calm and beautiful countenance. Luo Zhentao quietly looked at him through the rearview mirror and repeatedly wanted to speak, but when the words reached his throat, he couldn''t open his mouth no matter what. All the way till the end, Rong Xu let Luo Zhentao drive him directly to the gate in the estates area. Luo Zhentao personally got off to help Rong Xu carry his luggage and also kept insisting that he should sent him in but Rong Xu shook his head: "It''s getting dark, there''s still some distant from here back to the downtown area. Here is fine Luo ge." Luo Zhentao opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time but still didn''t say anything. Seeing Rong Xu was carrying his luggage ready to leave, Luo Zhentao was somewhat disheartened. Although he had also mixed in the circle for three to four years but all said and done, he still has yet to be aplete old fried dough stick. He even remembered that he used to privately disliked and would avoid this Young Master of the Rong family, now for him to take the initiative to persuade him to stay No! This was a chance, he definitely must not let it slip by! Luo Zhentao loudly called out: "Rong Xu, there''s one thing I want to talk to you about. If you would like to sign with me" "Luo ge." The teen''s clear and melodious voice interrupted Luo Zhentao''s words. The brilliant and beautiful sunlight glittered down, the light of the setting sun reflected on the young boy''s elegant and beautiful visage, appearing as if a shallowyer of gold veil was ced on. His thin lips slightly pursed up, gaze like water; such beauty caused Luo Zhentao to suddenly go mute,pletely unable to speak and could only listen to Rong Xu who had a light smile on his face: "Tang jie said that you had something you wanted to show me, is that true?" Tang Menn who is far away in Hengdian: "Achoo! Who''s talking bad about me!" Luo Zhentao was even more confused: Tang Menn said that he had something to show him? Howe he didn''t know about this? Rong Xu reminded him: "It should be some information concerning with Huaxia Entertainment." Luo Zhentao''s eyes suddenly brightened: "Yes, yes! There was such a thing!" Luo Zhentao quickly pulled out a thick contract document and solemnly handed it to Rong Xu. Before he left, he prudently reminded Rong Xu: "Young Master Rong, please be sure to, please please please be sure to carefully read through it." When Rong Xu took the contract and was about to reach the front entrance, he received a SMS from Luo Zhentao. In the message, the other carefully told him: Huaxia Entertainment''s style of doing things had always been very open, many contracts have more room for negotiations. So if Rong Xu was dissatisfied with something, he could always talk to him and he would extent his full maximum effort to fight for it for Rong Xu. Yes, for Luo Zhentao Rong Xu was already no rookie. He could not use the attitude he would to a rookie to treat the other. In a few dayster, "Vie for Supremacy" character posters would be announced. And in a few more months, this huge drama series production would also be released. In either cases, just by depending on this qualification, Rong Xu already was the qualifications of choice. Not to mention that recently, that first-tier star under his management had already terminated the contract with thepany. He only had two or three unseasoned neers, so he must exhaust all efforts to fight for this praised by Tang Menn "very powerful and good seedling" who he also sees as someone with good prospects and potential He had the perfect specifications for an actor: good looks, excellent temperament, strong acting skills, and high EQ. He was simply born for the entertainment circle! Rong Xu replied with a simple text while dragging his suitcase step by step to his main entrance. He put away the contract inside his carry-on bag in no hurry to look through it, but didn''t know that on the other end of the phone, Luo Zhentao had been grasping onto his phone as he waited for his message, worried that Rong Xu would reply with a "I don''t think that these materials isn''t very good." That would be troublesome. Under the sinking light of the sunset, Rong Xu swiped his card to open the main entrance and casually walked up to the front door like he was on a stroll. He pulled out the key he inserted in the keyhole and only heard a ''click'' when the door slowly opened. However, Rong Xu stopped before the door, appearing to have vaguely felt that something was wrong. Steward Duan didn''t seem to have said the phrase: "You are back?" Holding onto these doubts, Rong Xu entered and softly asked: "Uncle Duan?" His only reply was silence and stillness. Rong Xu slightly knitted his distinctly arched brow, then walked inside. Passing through the long and narrow entrance hall, his line of sight went to the old steward who was respectfully standing at the side as he entered the drawing room. The old steward nodded towards him and called out "Young Master" to which Rong Xu wanted to respond when he saw a figure''s rear back suddenly quickly stood up from the sofa and at a lighting speed, suddenly fiercely threw themself into his arms. Rong Xu''s eyes widened. The person tightly hugged him and spoke in a spoiling and indulging tone to him: "My little Rong Rong darling, Auntie came to see you, you''ve suffered ah! Quickly let Auntie see, how bad did you hit your head? Were there any problems from the car crash? Why did you end up losing your memory? Did you break your hands? Did your break your legs?! Does it still hurt ah?! My little my darling oh, your Auntie is about to die from heartache here!" Rong Xu: "" This kind of posture where the other was tightly hugging and pressing him against their bosom caused Rong Xu''s chest to feel a burst of suffocation. He didn''t know whether to cry or tough as he allowed the other to hug him, but was still unable to figure out who this person was from his memory. But he didn''t dare to move about randomly, if his and this person had a very close rtionship and they realized that he wasn''t the original ''Rong Xu'', the trouble wouldn''t be small. As his brain quickly searched around, Rong Xu looked up and suddenly saw a ck figure slowly standing up from the sofa. That person slowly turned around to look at him and in what seemed like a whole century''s time when he saw the other''s face, Rong Xu''s pupil contracted, his heart was also abruptly startled. But Rong Xu didn''t realize that the other person''s body also suddenly went stiff. That without an equal handsome man was also fixedly looking at Rong Xu, separated by a short, short distance of just a few meters. Almost exactly at the moment he saw him(RX), all of his movements stopped. Only knowing to look at him, as if he would only look at him. His abstruse and deeply hidden eyes in precipitation let people unable to make out the color, nose like a sharp knife, and thin lips slightly pursed. This face appeared perfect to where it resembles an exquisite sculpture of the Western golden age; made of white jade, and carved by the Heavens. When this person''s gaze dropped down, a formidable aura instantly pressed down causing everyone there to not dare to breathe. Just like that, that person fixedly stared at Rong Xu, no one knew what he was currently thinking in his heart but his eyes didn''t even blink. From beginning to end, he was just seriously and attentively looking. At this moment, the woman who was hugging Rong Xu finally let go of her iron grip and looked back, saying: "You''re still not quicklying over to look at your Rong Rong didi. My family''s Rong Rong darling has really suffered, can''t you see that he''s already became so thin! Aren''t you often staying within the country, is this how you take care of your didi?" When these words fell, the man dressed in ck unhappily knitted his brows but still obediently walked over with his long legs over in front of Rong Xu. Even as he walked over, his gaze never moved, still firmly focused on Rong Xu. All emotions were suppressed down inside his obsidian ck eyes, with simply no way to fathom out. This kind of gaze made Rong Xu tightly pursed up his lips and in general, just felt that something wasn''t right. That beautifuldy seemed to be very dissatisfied with the man''s behavior and just nced at him once before turning back to look at Rong Xu: "Rong Rong darling, it was Auntie''s fault before because Auntie was busy, she never noticed your situation. If you happen to have any kind of issuester on, you can just directly go find him. If he dares to ignore you, dares to treat you badly, you just tell Auntie! Auntie will help you cut him!"
The author has something to say: Many yearster Auntie: Rong Rong darling, are you here because that person is bullying you again? You can tell Auntie, Auntie will help you cut him! Rong Rong: Auntie, we''re together. Auntie: Auntie''s hearing isn''t that good, how did he bully you? Rong Rong: Auntie, we are together! Auntie: He actually dares to bully you to bed with him! Cut him to death!!! (p) Rong Rong: _(:3 )_
Male vote C Chinese inte ng for boyfriend Three heads and six armsC a being of formidable powers Old fried dough stick C cunning old fox, experienced person Didi C Younger brother. Obviously, just a close form of address. I dont know why but leaving this in pinyin looks weird to me while Im fine with gege, maybe because its not usually used? Than again, I didnt want to use younger brotherobvious reasons<.< Cut C Well, I can also use punish here but cut has such a nice ring here~
Chapter 8 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Rong Xu''s line of sight slowly shifted across from thisdy, who was emotionally ming herself again, to look over at Steward Duan that was standing respectfully at the side. It was only at this time did Rong Xu realized that his aunt and uncle were also sitting in the drawing room; the uncle had on a serious face while the aunt turned to avoid his gaze. Finally, he turned to look at that ck-dressed man standing not far in front of him. A month ago, Tang Menn said that just seeing Qin Cheng''s face would be even harder than meeting Xia Muyan. Since then, Rong Xu went to search for some information from this world to study up on his own knowledge regarding the male actors. The original owner''s memory honestly didn''t even have a wisp of their figure concerning male actors, everything was all on famous actresses. The only few male actors he actually remembered wasn''t the whatever Film Emperor, but instead Zhong Yi and his few third-rate actor friends. When Rong Xu saw Qin Cheng''s personal data, he suddenly felt that he got an objective. When Qin Cheng debuted at sixteen, he yed in a biographical movie, acting as a rock star who died an untimely death in his prime. The director of that film was the top director from Huaxia Entertainment and after the screening, swept up six billion for the box office, cutting down most of the box office art films. Then,ter in the same year, Qin Cheng received China''s Golden Phoenix Award, Berlin''s Golden Bear Award, and a nomination for Hollywood Oscars'' Best Male Lead Actor. Just like that, a sixteen year old rookie in his first ever movie took the Berlin Academy Award Crown. Everything afterwards was a dazzling history of rise to fame. In this world, never was there ever an actor that could make every movie rate as 8 points or above. But Qin Cheng achieved it. In this world, never was there ever an actor who relied on a suspense film to attain 5 billion and above for the China''s box office. But Qin Cheng achieved it. In this world, never was there ever an actor who was able to get the Berlin Academy Award in sessive years. But Qin Cheng achieved it. These were all achievements he made before his twenties. Till the year when he turned twenty-one, a single shockingly morous world of "Evening Sound" let him snatched the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Male Actor and Oscar Academy Award for Best Actor in just one swoop. Unfortunately, he didn''t manage to get the Berlin Academy Award, otherwise, he would have been history''s one and only grand m winner with all three big awards. Qin Cheng''s starting point was too high, his whole path was smooth sailing along the wind; never starring in a TV drama series nor ever deigning to lower himself to act in any movies that are invested with less than five hundred million. Whether within the circle or outside, there were rumors all over. It was said that Qin Cheng was from a huge background, but no matter what kind of imaginations were flying around, these were all just chasing the wind and clutching at shadows, forever without any real evidence. He had big behind the scenes supporters, receiving the awards was also by relying on his own strength. Long story short, ever since "Evening Sound", Qin Cheng had maintained a "once a year amercial film, once a year of an art film" pace and leisurely walked through the entertainment circle as he pleased. He was no longer like that model worker when he first debuted five years ago. But to contrary, it was this leisurely that let him get the Best Male Actor Award several times within the next five years and step by step, reached the top summit of the Chinese entertainment industry to be one of the few who stood at the apex. Rong Xu would be able to recognize this person after the first nce. However, in the face of this unfamiliar aunt''s words, Rong Xu kept silent and slightly hooked his lips into a smile as a reply to the other. He really didn''t know who thisdy was, let alone why Qin Cheng would be here. A smile was the best response. In order to present the best demeanor in hisst life, Rong Xu would practice smiling everyday, smiling till his muscles went stiff. The corners of the lip should be raised by 30, eyes should be supple and soft, eyebrows should be slightly curved, and when looking at the other, the line of sight shouldn''t be too low and should be ced on the middle between the other''s eyes and nose. Rong Xu naturally didn''t know what kind of image was shown at this moment in other people''s eyes. Thest ray of afterglow from the setting sun passed through the clean and bright french windows and reflected into the room as it scattered on parts of the young man''s soft hair. The golden sunlight was like a brilliant me, softening the young man''s originally beautiful facial features. And when he smiled, it seemed as if time had stopped; the years still and good, smooth and steady, auspicious and peaceful. That pair of clear, chaste eyes reflected a many radiant and sparkling something, such as the crystalline glittering reflection of waves, or a bright gem-like glistening. The atmosphere within the drawing room was originally oppressive, but once Rong Xu walked in, everythingpletely changed. The Rong uncle and aunt who were sitting at the sofa felt rather apprehensive and restless. Thedy who was kindly looking at Rong Xu didn''t seem to realize that Rong Xu didn''t answer her question at all, such to where Rong Xu never even once opened his mouth. She unconsciously felt that this smile was precisely the answer. Hence she continued saying: "Since Rong Rong came back, we can continue discussing the matter from before." For the first half of the sentence, thedy was still looking at Rong Xu. But for the second half, she turned around to look at the Rong Uncle and Aunt. Her voice also turned a bit cold. The Rong husband and wife''s face suddenly changed. The two were silent for a moment then Rong Heng first got up and said: "Madame Qin, the Old Master''s will had always been with thewyers, we never did anything to change it. Xiao Xu''s car crash was an ident, this is something you should''ve already known. Although our Rong family can''t be said to be extremely powerful and influential, but if you insist on giving me, Rong Heng, this hat of "mistreating the nephew", then I, Rong Heng, would definitely not agree!" Hearing this phase "Madame Qin", Rong Xu confirmed his spections: Sure enough, could she be Qin Cheng''s mother? Having heard what was said, Madame Qin sneered: "You''re treating Rong Rong well? If you''re treating him well, would you not even leave any dinner for him and eat by yourselves first?!" "That" Rong Heng had never considered any countermeasures for a little matter of eating dinner. In his mind, how could this be considered as anything big. He thought for a moment and said: "We also didn''t expect that Xiao Xu would being back today. Madame Qin, he''s no longer young and he never discussed the filming matter with us, neither could we just sent people to investigate his whereabouts. How did you know he wasing back today?" Madame Qin immediately held onto his words as a pretext to ridicule him: "You''re concerned about Rong Rong, yet you surprisingly didn''t have the time to even make a phone call and ask?" Rong Heng: "Madame Qin, can you please not twist words and force logic." Madame Qin pulled Rong Xu''s hand and in the surprised eyes of the young boy, this beautiful Madame''s eyes went teary and sorrowfully said: "Su Hua has left early and only has this son, just this little darling yet he still has to be this coldly disregarded by you. How can you be so heartless in front of such a cute Rong Rong! Didn''t you freeze his credit cards? Then what does he eat? What does he wear? What does he buy? And there''s still you" Madame Qin turned to look at the aunt that was at the side, and in a cold tone: "Although you don''t have any children, but you''re someone who watched Rong Rong growing up. Yet you actually left his food in the kitchen! Who do you think Rong Rong is? Could he be an outsider that you can dismiss whenever you want? And even if he''s an outsider, he''s not a shameful thing like you! How do you have the heart to make to your own nephew squat down on the kitchen floor and eat those unptable leftovers!" Rong Xu: "" Actually, Aunt Wang''s food really isn''t unptable. He had also never squatted on the floor to eat, at the very least she could have said standing Madame Qin talked and talked, and even went as far as to talk herself into where her eyes started brimming with tears. She turned her head back to look at Rong Xu again, firmly holding onto his hands with her face full of guilt as she said: "This is aunties fault, auntie thought you were just in your rebellious stage as a teen and that your livelihood was still very good. Auntie never would''ve thought that you were actually living under this kind of horrible suffering. They actually wouldn''t even give you something to eat, they simply want to starve you to death!" Rong Xu: "" "We did not!" Rong aunt finally couldn''t take it anymore and got up to refute. Who knew that once these words fell, Madame Qin would abruptly turn around and shout: "Shut up!" In that moment, the grandeur and imposing manner belonging to those at the top burst out causing the Rong Aunt to suddenly freeze. This kind of extravagant aura that didn''te from anger, but from one''s prestige and power, was something someone of the Rong Uncle and Aunt level couldn''t bepared to. They stared at Madame Qin with a stupefied expression, not daring to even say a word. Madam Qin stroked Rong Xu''s small hands, gently rubbing his soft and tender little face. In front of Rong Xu''s helpless smile, Madame Qin finally seemed to had dispelled a bit of her aura. She turned around to sit back on the sofa and began her negotiations with Rong Uncle and Aunt. The content of the negotiations were very simple. First, it was to get part of the Old Master''s will that belongs to Rong Xu. Second, it was to let Rong Xu leave the Rong Mansion. Madame Qin wanted to bring Rong Xu with her to live together, to watch him get married and have children, and to help him find a good wife. Listening to these words, Rong Xu slightly frowned and quietly uttered his first sentence today: "Go abroad?" Madame Qin nodded her head and said: "Rong Rong, auntie has been living abroad these past few years, that''s why I haven''t been able to take care of you. Auntie had thought it over, there would be no one to take care of you if you stay in the country. That brat of mine had always been outwardly obedient while inwardly defiant and never listen to me. He certainly wouldn''t take care of you. You should juste with auntie, auntie will definitely take good care of my family''s Rong Rong darling and absolutely won''t let anyone bully you." Saying this, Madame Qin ferociously red at Rong Aunt. Standing behind Madame Qin, the beautiful young boy awkwardly dropped his gaze and sighed: "Auntie, I don''t want to go abroad right now." Upon hearing this, Madame Qin was surprised for a moment and contrarily, Rong Aunt''s eyes brightened. Rong Xu continued: "I want to develop my career in the country first, I currently don''t have any ns to go abroad." Madame Qin was suddenly anxious: "But if you''re staying in the country, auntie is also busy, there''ll be no way for me to take care of you ah!" The young boy slightly smiled: "I can take good care of myself, thank you for your concern." Madame Qin looked at Rong Xu''s face, and with her face full of distress, shemented: "Ohh, my family''s Rong Rong is so considerate, so sensible, and doesn''t want to make others worry. But you look at yourself, you''re so skinny, how can you take care of yourself ah." Rong Xu who recently gained a pound: "" After a long time, Rong Xu sighed: "Auntie, I''m no longer little kid and will be an adult in a few more months. If I''m like this but still need to be taken care of by others to properly grow up, then I''m really too" He unwittingly raised his pair of phoenix eyes and suddenly collided with another pair of deep abstruse eyes, Rong Xu''s voice slightly paused, then continued: "Then I''m really too useless. Not to mention, I just happened to be thinking of taking up a film before. If I were to go abroad, then I would have no way to continue my career." The young boy didn''t move or say anything, but instead looked at the man beside him with his peripheral vision. For some unknown reason, he kept on seeing this man looking at him and was unable to make heads or tails of it. Rong Xu thought about it for a moment and came to a conclusion: It was probably be because he felt like Rong Xu took away his mother''s love, and was now eating vinegar? However, even if Rong Xu said it like this, Madame Qin still refused to leave him alone in the country. It was only when Madame Qin had thoroughly investigated that Rong Xu would be returning today, that she chose this day toe to the Rong family mansion. She didn''t expect that once she came, what she saw was actually the scene of the aunt and uncle eating! Rong Xu obviously was about toe back yet these two couldn''t even wait for half an hour and even had the nerve to stuffed some leftovers into a used bowl and just left it in the kitchen! You called this "We didn''t know Rong Xu ising back today?" You called this "Treat him well?" Complete nonsense! The more she thought, the more she felt that this aunt and uncle pair definitely mistreated her family''s darling everyday, and Madame Qin''s heart would feel painful and anxious. Just as she thought of trying to persuade the little darling again to go abroad with her, who would''ve expected a slim and familiar hand to extend out and blocked in front of her. Madame Qin was startled, then looked up to only see her family''s handsome and noble son lowering his head to look at her. The indifferent and calm face was perfect to wlessness; thin lips, and long narrow sharp eyes. Madame Qin inexplicably felt that her son was a bit strange today. He didn''t look at her even though she kept on saying to "cut" her son over and over again, once it really came to it, she was still rather afraid to this son of hers who had always been an ice block. Madame Qin reluctantly backtracked on herself: "What? You''ve never looked after Rong Rong darling before, you still have the nerve to look at me right now?" "I''m in the country." The deep cold voice seemed like the most mellow and rich red wine that was slowly brewing. Madame Qin couldn''t react at once, while Rong Xu widened his eyes and turned his head over to look at the other. This one look just happened to fit into the other''s line of sight. Rong Xu only saw the man''s steady eyes, carefully looking at Rong Xu as if he wanted to see through him as he said word by word: "I''m often in the country the whole yearat the very least seven or eight months." The moment the voice fell, that person stepped forward with his long legs and pulled at Rong Xu''s hand, seriously cing something inside his palm. Rong Xu was slightly surprised, and lowered his head to look. He saw a key reflecting off a cold metallic luster in the light. He was inwardly startled and suddenly came up with a guess, however, without waiting for him to overthink it, the other straightforwardly told him the answer: "This is the key to my apartment that''s in B-City''s third ring road and is close to Huaxia Entertainment. Since you want to enter the entertainment circle, I can have someone give you a contract tonight to sign under Huaxia Entertainment and into my studio." Some people usually don''t open their mouths, but once they do, it can really shock people! Once these session of words came out, don''t mention Rong Xu who it was directed to, even the Rong Uncle and Aunt, and Madame Qin all stared at Qin Cheng. They were all stupefied, not knowing how they should react. Probably because she had been with her son the longest, Madame Qin was the first to react and opened her mouth to ask: "Qin Cheng, what are you doing, you" "Didn''t you leave him in my care, mother?" The man raised his slender phoenix eyes, and looked at Madame Qin. Madame Qin was temporary at a loss for words: "Eh, yes, I left him in your care." But howe you''re suddenly taking care of him so much in this short amount of time ah! And that''s the key to your apartment ah, didn''t you not even give me, this mother of yours, a key?! Madame Qin was naturally on the scene and understood her son the most; her son was good-looking, background was good, the person was also intelligent. As an actor, he could also be considered at top, and was the dream lover of many girls around the world. Despite that, Madame Qin felt that she would never be able to find her daughter-inw. Don''t me her, me her son who was too fierce! And this kind of person would take care of someone, and would even be this considerate and meticulous? Even if you said it out loud, Madame Qin wouldn''t believe it! As long as you stay with this brat for a few days, I guarantee you that no girls would be able to stand it! Rong Rong darling would definitely be bullied by him! As her thoughts settled there, Madame Qin suddenly got anxious: "No! I urged you almost ten thousand times before already to take care of Rong Rong, but you wouldn''t even met him once! When I said I was going to bring you over to the Rong family when you were younger, you kept on refusing toe and you only met him for the first time today! You simply never put Rong Rong darling in your heart at all! What do I do if you were to bully Rong Rong?!" Qin Cheng slightly raised his thin lips, the corners holding onto an arc that was like a smile yet not a smile. Didn''t know why, but Qin Cheng''s hand were still holding onto Rong Xu''s hand and didn''t let go, but he turned his gaze to his mother and seriously said: "Didn''t you say that if I bullied him, you would cut me?" Rong Uncle and Aunt: "" Rong Xu: "" Madame Qin: "" Who dares to cut you ah!!! *** An hourter, Madame Qin finally took her son with her and left. After Qin Cheng opened his mouth, he and Rong Heng settled on an agreement of "when Rong Xu turns eighteen, he cane and take what belongs to him" within a short ten minutes. Then why would they go back an hour after? Because in the next fifty minutes, Madame Qin forcefully requested Aunt Wang to cook another meal to let Rong Xu sit at the table to eat, to slowly eat, to eat for his aunt to see! When it was time for them to leave, Rong Xu personally sent off Madame Qin and Qin Cheng. The cool summer night breeze blew across the hair on young boy''s forehead and lifted up the ck hair to reveal a full fair forehead. He was wearing a simple white shirt and stood at the door as he smiled to bid Madame Qin and Qin Cheng goodbye. The cool, clear moonlight spilled onto the the young man''s body, lining his exquisite and fine skin that appeared like white porcin. Only after sending Madame Qin, did Rong Xu turned to look at this unfamiliar man. Qin Cheng slightly lowered his head and fixed his eyes on Rong Xu. He was taller than Rong Xu by half a head, however, this sort of overlooking gaze didn''t have any feel of contempt or belittling. Instead, it seemed extremely solemn and serious. In hisst life, Rong Xu received the attention of fans around the world, he should have been used to this kind of gaze long ago, however, he somehow felt ufortable for some reason today. But either way, all the sudden events that happened today were finallying to an end. Up till now, it seemed that he never properly greeted the other. So Rong Xu slowly extended his right hand, smiled and said: "Hello, I''m Rong Xu. This would be our first time meeting, I would appreciate your guidance." The response Rong Xu got was a long silence. This silencested somewhat too long, causing Rong Xu to slightly knit his brows and raised his head to look at the other. The moonlight shone from behind that man, creating a faintyer of clear splendor glow. Even this kind of night scene was unable to hide the other''s handsome appearance and cold temperament. He diligently stared at Rong Xu for a long time before reaching out to hold that soft hand, and replied in a low voice: "Qin Cheng." Just like this, Qin Cheng and Rong Xu had their first exchange. Only these two short words. After that, Qin Cheng turned around and entered the car, he and his mother disappeared into the dark night. The heat on the palm still remained as Rong Xu watched the car slowly disappear at the corner of the road, then he turned around to enter the house. Although he didn''t want to ept Qin Cheng''s good intentions, Madame Qin had stubbornly stuffed that key into his pocket and even told him that he could just live in that apartment as he pleasedter on. Qin Cheng had to film all day long and basically didn''t live there. He secretly knew that this was rather inappropriate but for the current Rong Xu right now, he really didn''t want to stay in this house any longer. He originally intended to slowly take over the properties stated in the willter on in the future, but since there was someone willing to take this step for him, then he didn''t mind continuing on with the next step; to fully develop his own wings and set his next move. Howeverto sign under Qin Chang''s studio? Rong Xu thought for a moment, then took out his phone and found Luo Zhentao''s name before sending over a text message. Luo ge, I looked through the information. There was data on a TV drama series I thought was quite good. Do you have time to discuss over this in the next two days? After a minuteter, Rong Xu already received a reply from Luo Zhentao: Yes! I will be at Huaxia Entertainment after nine tomorrow morning. I''ll wait for you. Rong Xu gave a helpless smile. The reply was so fast, could he have been holding onto his phone this whole time? Rong Xu naturally didn''t know, Luo Zhentao really had been holding onto his phone while waiting for his message. Nor that there was a man who had been holding onto his right hand this whole time, his lowered eyes seriously looking at it, no one knew what he was currently thinking. That hand was slender and slim, with distinct joints; the nails were trimmed to bepletely round and smooth, extremely beautiful, and absolutely no different from the past. Qin Cheng had been continuously hanging his head as he stared at his hand, but probably because he had been looking for too long, Madame Qin who sat at the side couldn''t help but ask: "What''s wrong with your hand?" Qin Cheng slowly shifted his gaze and gently ced his right hand inside his coat pocket, then he softly said: "Nothing." The night quickly went. That night, the Rong Uncle and auntpletely ignored Rong Xu and acted as if he didn''t exist. Rong Xu thoughtlessly packed his luggage, only taking some simple things and waited for Steward Duan to help him sent it over to Qin Cheng''s apartment tomorrow. He intended to temporarily live there for awhile until he finds a suitable house and use the money from "Vie for Supremacy" to rent it. He estimated that two days should be enough to find a house. This kind of thing could be handed over to Luo Zhentao to do. Finding a residence for their artists was also a manager''s responsibility. The next day, Rong Xu gave his luggage to Steward Duan and went to Huaxia Entertainment alone. Luo Zhentao gave him three rather good choices in the contract as his bargaining chip to intrince him into signing with them. It was a movie and two TV drama series, the one Rong Xu settled on was a weekly drama.
Chasing the wind and clutching at shadow C idiom which means groundless usations or to act on hearsay evidence Golden Phoenix Award C Chinas equivalent to the Screen Actors Guild Awards(des given to recognize outstanding performances in film and prime time television), is a bi-annual de given by the China Film Performance Art Academy to recognize outstanding performances in film. Berlin''s Golden Bear Award C Highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival 8 points C Movie rating base on users vote on a scale of 1-10. Probably refering to IMDb rating Model Worker C Communist Chinese political term referring to an exemry worker who exhibits some or all of the traits appropriate to the ideal of the socialist worker Eating Vinegar C It means being jealous. Fierce C Really just means that hes too amazing is all aspects
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Trantor''s corner *Sees Rong Rong* Qin Cheng [indifferent]:!!! (Kyaaaa!!!) ____ Rong Xu [Smile]: Hello, I''m Rong Xu. This would be our first time meeting, I would appreciate your guidance. Qin Cheng [indifferent]:(Aahhh, He''s so cute! I really want to sleep with him!) Vian: (^Yep, the same scene from the summary owo) Qin Cheng [indifferent]:Qin Cheng *shakes hand* Qin Cheng [indifferent]: *secretly blushes and flees* (!!! I touch Rong Rong''s hand!!! Twice!!!) Vian:I''m not doing much for your image am I? *secretlyughs*
Arent these two nice chapters for Valentines Day? Happy Birthday to Koi and Ai again! (Theyre the reason the extra chapters are here~) *Goes off to y TsukiPara*
Chapter 9 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem After arriving at Huaxia Entertainment, Rong Xu got straight to the point with Luo Zhentao and agreed to sign the contract. Actually,st night when Auntie Qin and Qin Cheng just left, don''t know from where a first-rate manager from Huaxia Entertainment got Rong Xu''s phone number, but he took the initiative and threw out an artist contract with him. However, Rong Xu didn''t ept it. He didn''t need to look to know that the conditions of this contract must have been even better than Luo Zhentao''s. However, assuming that he did sign that contract, from then on, he would be an artist under Qin Cheng''s studio. The situation with artist''s studios were not umon within the entertainment circle. In general, only stars with a certain amount of fame and reputations were qualified to set up their own named studio. In this studio, the artist themselves were equivalent to the boss andparatively more independent. They could use the studio name to invest in movies, TV drama series and as a producer. Even more, the studio could also sign artists. By having an already famous star guide a newbie''s debut, it could bring in many good resources to them. And if the studio expandedter in the future, it would be as if it was a small entertainmentpany. Huaxia Entertainment was the most overbearing entertainmentpany in China. Rong Xu had long checked out information regarding Huaxia Entertainment before signing and was very clear on that alone, within this hugepany was only one artist studio: Qin Cheng''s Studio. If Rong Xu really was to sign into this studio, without a doubt he could obtain many resources that Qin Cheng would throw at him and could even be directly associated to Qin Cheng. To be associated to Qin Cheng, for any neer would''ve meant a golden opportunity and would very likely be able to soar into the sky. However, if he really signed, his future path would always forever be implicated with this person. Rong Xu doesn''t believe that he would forever lose to Qin Cheng. Just, when he surpassed that man one day, he would have to face a difficult situation: Would Qin Cheng directly tear apart his skin and breach his contract to make him leave the studio? Or would he pretend to solve it peacefully and politely on the surface while it would forever be a knot in both of their hearts? Even among friends, they would find it difficult in front of these kind of choices. Thinking back to that man he only met oncest night, the young boy''s distinctly arched brows slightly knitted together, then he quietly sighed. He shouldn''t go tearing away at the other''s face, but it would inevitably affect the rtionship for both parties involved. After all, one mountain cannot contain two tigers. Even if in the future they have opportunity to be the closest of friends, there was still no way for them topletely remove themselves at this time. Not to mention, they might not be able to be friends. After Luo Zhentao also signed Rong Xu''s contract, he made three copies; one for himself, one of Rong Xu and thepany, each of them to keep. Luo Zhentao couldn''t help but feel somewhat surprised when he heard Rong Xu say that he was very interested in that weekly drama: "I originally thought that you would be interested in another TV series, why this weekly drama?" Pausing for a bit, Luo Zhentao continued: "This film basically only uses some not too famous second-tier actors. The director is also a neer who is filming a TV series for the first time, he previously only filmed MVs and ads. Young Master Rong, are you sure you don''t want to think about it some more?" Aside from that first-tier actor, all the artists under Luo Zhentao didn''t have their own private lounge in Huaxia Entertainment. Whenever they came to thepany, they would always rest in Luo Zhentao''s office and discuss or announce anything rted to work to him. Rong Xu and Luo Zhentao sat on the soft but durable sofa, and ced on the coffee table in front of them were all kinds of role circrs. Luo Zhentao took two into his hands while Rong Xu also took a copy. They know that among these role circrs, that movie and two TV series were much more valuable inparison. Rong Xu was carefully reading the script when he suddenlyughed: "We''ve already signed together, Luo ge, you don''t have to call me any ''Young Master Rong''. I''ve already moved out of the house today, I don''t know if you would have anytime to help me find a new residence after about two more days? I want to rent an apartment t. As for those three materials you gave mest night" Pausing, Rong Xu raised his head and moved his gaze from the script to Luo Zhentao''s face, his smile bing even more dazzling: "I quite like that weekly drama." Luo Zhentao calmly asked: "Your reason being?" Rong Xu replied: "For the script, aside for that movie script in general, the other two TV series don''t have that much of a difference. You prefer that drama because it''s a big production with huge actors. The role is also the heroine''s younger brother which is better and can get morepared to a third male lead. But even if it''s a big production with big actors, that drama is absolutely not on equal terms with "Vie for Supremacy", so why should I choose it? That''s why I prefer the weekly drama instead. The second male lead''s role setup is very good with many scenes. But the most important thing is that it will be broadcasted soon." "Broadcast soon" After considering Rong Xu''s words for a bit, Luo Zhentao said: "Okay! Then I''ll help you contact the crew." Rong Xu couldn''t help letting out a smile. Like he had observed, Luo Zhentao might still be a manager without much resources at hand at the moment, but his strength and vision was still very good. If one wanted to climb to the top, strength and luck were indispensable. Luo Zhentao''s luck was just a bit poor, that first-tier star he had cultivated decided to change jobs and left so he ended up losing a chance. However, as long as he had the ability, he could eventually go up thedder. Luo Zhentao''s speed was extremely fast, however only after a while did he get a response from the crew saying that Rong Xu could directly enter the crew. But for this Luo Zhentao did still have some hesitation: "In the end, this is a new crew. The director''s request for the actors isn''t high and either is the pay. Rong Xu, this crew may still need some time to break in and there is only one first-tier star there so you have to be prepared." Rong Xu thought for a second then asked: "Is the first-tier star the male lead or female lead?" Luo Zhentao answered: "This spy wars film is with a male protagonist, the male lead was someone who was very famous a few years ago, the first-tier actor Han Yanghao. His name has dropped a bit in recent years, he probably wants to rely on this drama to turn over a new leaf since it wants a rather high attractiveness value." Pausing again, Luo Zhentao saw Rong Xu''s stunned look andughed: "Ehh, could it be that I didn''t tell you? The Director''s biggest demand when selecting people for this film was thattheir appearance needs to reach a certain standard?" Rong Xu: "" You didn''t mention it at all! In any case, Rong Xu had already epted the film. Although this was the Director''s first time filming a TV drama series, he had an abundant advertisement filming experience and had also served as the assistant director to several well-known domestic director for more than ten years. Rong Xu especially watched a few ads that he had filmed beforest night and found that the other really had a great ability, so this time the director should have been prepared and would be a worthy cooperation. *** And on the other side, "Vie for Supremacy" had already reached itsst month of filming. The third male lead entered the crew on the third day after Rong Xu left. The role that he was ying was the fourth male lead, Wanqi Yao''s good friend. Before Wanqi Yao''s death, he had already long been entrusted with his good friend''s task. In case Wanqi Yao met with a mishap, he woulde to Chu State and serve as its new military adviser. This third male lead was also a little well-known second-tier star and quickly integrated into the crew. However, don''t know if it was because he joined the crewte or not, even if he and several of the other actors could talk together, they were still not especially on close terms. Today, this third male lead just finished eating lunch when he heard Tang Menn who was at the side suddenlyughed: "Today''s lunch box has green peppers ah, I remember that Rong Xu seems to quite like to eat green peppers? If he was still in the crew, I definitely would''ve magnanimously gave him all the green peppers, haha." When these words came out, Dong Zheng and Ye Qiao bothughed along with her. This third male lead was first surprised for a moment but ultimately let out an awkward smile in the end. After another two days, under the urging of Director Guo, the PR team finished retouching all "Vie for Supremacy" rted character posters and movie stills and released them on their own official blog. When all nine images were released at once, it quickly caused a craze in the inte and attracted countless attention from the masses.
The author has something to say: Rong Rong: We may not necessarily even be good friends. Husband: En, we can be a different kind of friends .
Husband C Okay, so it technically doesn''t say husband. The raws are Ϲ[Lo gng] Old Gong and the pinying basically sounds exactly the same as Ϲ[Logng] Husband. As for why the author chose to write it like this, I''m pretty sure it''s obvious(? ? ` ) One mountain cannot contain two tigers: literally means that in an area, there cannot be two very strong personality people leading. Just like in a mountain, there will only be one king, one leader. If there are 2 tigers (2 kings), you can be sure, they will fight it out. Either that or one of the tiger leaves that mountain.
I Chapter 10 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Tang Menn had been one of the reddest flower within the country in recent years. She did not only has arge number of male fans because she once acted in a royal elder sister type role, but also inhaled a bunch of wife powder fans. Zhuang Xiaoliu was one of them. "Vie for Supremacy" was officially announced four months ago, so everyone knew that the male lead was Dong Zheng and the female lead was Tang Menn. With these two popr ''peanuts'' performing on the same film, one could easily imagine that it would attract tens of thousands of fans all at once. The drama''s official Weibo ount altogether had 370,000 fans, with that vast majority still being an active fans. On this certain day, Zhuang Xiaoliu was randomly scrolling through the Weibo and forums as usual, when she suddenly got a particrly special notification. ''Vie for Supremacy'' crew: Heroes weep of blood, forcibly snatching the world under the Heavens; the sword points towards the blue dome of Heavens, attempting to seize the throne! Zhuang Xiaoliu hurriedly opened it to look, and suddenly..saw her family''s goddess! One small willow tree: Ao ao ao ao!!! Goddess'' character poster is out! Forwarding forwarding~ everyone quicklye over! @Tang Menn National Fan club @Tang Menn Goddess toon @Love Tang Menn Association However, within five minutes, this Weibo''s character posters post had already been forwarded more than three thousand times. The more and more people had seen this Weibo , the more and more people were forwarding it. In just a short half an hour, the Weibo''s number of forwards surpassed ten thousand, while the number of likes directly broke through twenty thousand! For an official Weibo with only 370,000 fans, these numbers were already quite gratifying. Zhuang Xiaoliu opened up Weibo and started reading carefully. Although "Vie for Supremacy" wasn''t considered as a male-centric drama or even a female-centric drama, however, on the coffee seat, Tang Menn was still above Dong Zheng by a head. This Weibo post had a total of nine posters, the first one was a valiant and heroic, with an awe-inspiring bearing female general. The female general had an overbearing and heroic spirit as she wore a military uniform, thepletely white armor lining her skin. Beautiful, gorgeous, and dazzling to the eyes. Long brows adorned on the temple; a severe and sharp gaze, holding a seven foot-three inches long spear. Her gaze was cutting and formidable, her expression was calm andposed. The tip of her spear was stabbing outwards, just looking at it would make one feel like there was a murderous aura attacking at you. On the right side of the picture were a row of words: Xiao Family has a daughter named Xiang, removing her female clothing, coiling waves of thousandsyers with a strike of her spear! Tang Menn as Xiao Xiang Zhuang Xiaoliu excitedly read it over and over again, and only after she counted the number of lines on Tang Menn''s armor several times did she reluctantly turned to the next picture. "Oh, Dong Zheng is also quite handsome like this ah, but still not as handsome as my family''s Tang ge Eh! Ye Qiao can actually also be so handsome? This feeling''s not bad Oh, what was this guy called again called Oh right, he''s called Song Mingfei. Still okay, sounds like he''s a Confucian schr?" As she looked and looked, Zhuang Xiaoliu slowly realized: "Ah! Could it be that the only female actor in this drama is my family''s Tang ge!?" When it was the official announcement, they only announced the director and who were the male and female lead. So no one ever thought that in such an age where ancient-style, romance, and idol dramas were currently popr, there would be a drama series that would decide to take an alternate route. They deliberately didn''t take an emotional romance drama route but instead found a bunch of men to act out a power struggle! Zhuang Xiaoliu was now even more excited: "Song Mingfei is already very handsome ah, if even the third male lead is so handsome, this film is definitely." Her voice suddenly stopped short. The littledy''s originally big eyes widened, bing even rounder and bigger, unwaveringly staring at her phone screen. She stared at that person inside the photo, looking once then again, and again and again. She first looked at this man''s distinctly handsome appearance that seemed to have no time for amusement, then looked at this person''s lip that brought in a cold and indifferent smile. This man was dressed in a pale blue changpao. He was standing at the riverside while facing the wind, and his sleeves were dancing in the wind. Even through the cold electronic screen, it seemed as if you could hear the howling of the wind. As she kept on looking at his eminent and handsome face, this person''s gaze seemed to be aimed at the camera. So when Zhuang Xiaoliu looked at him, she felt that the other had passed through the screen and was earnestly staring at her! Appearing to had prated through space and time, that man faintly raised his lips and smiled; the slender and cunningly pretty phoenix eyes flicked with a bright intelligent radiance. His smile brought about a peaceful and calm hint, not seeking any fame or wealth, merely living a simple life. Simply looking at him like this would make one''s mood and mind feel at ease and tranquil, calming down a myriads of agitated restlessness; steadily listening to the sound of the great waves of the river water rhythmically beating against the shore. It was obviously just a young and handsome youth. But he had a kind of extremely powerful aura that could shock people''s hearts, making one unable to bear his gaze and instead settle on his unperturbed and cid smile, letting one could not help but trust him. After looking for full of five minutes, Zhuang Xiaoliu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and shifted her line of sight to see the text next to it. Alone on Yun Meng Lake stands Wan Qiu Pavilion, asking heroes, who ever gets Wanqi, gets the world! Rong Xu as Wanqi Yao After a moment: Ah ah ah ah ah this newbie is so handsome ah! The name is also suppeerrr nice to hear, Rong Xu is nice to hear, Wanqi Yao is also nice to hear! Exactly who is he, is he really just a neer? So handsome ah! This poster is reallllyyyy nceee to look at licklicklicklicklick. Is there anyone who knows him!!! Zhuang Xiaoli quickly opened up the Weiboments and found out that at least one-thirds of the popr Weibo ounts there were actually talking about this newbie. Don''t think that one-thirds was a very small portion, first off, Tang Menn and Dong Zheng, these two people''s fans upied more than half of the forwarding andments. And as for the other second male lead, Ye Qiao and third male lead, Song Mingfei, although they were a bit famous, they were still far off from Tang Menn''s level. There was simply no possibility of them being equals. And right now, inside the poprments, countless people were going crazy asking questions and licking the screen. So handsome! Simply a stunning beauty! This drama''s attractive value is so high! Tang Menn iz handsome, Dong Zhuang is handsome, Ye Qiao is handsome, Song Mingfei is also very handsome and that Rong Xu is even more of a beauty!!! I feel that the drama''s handsome role is taken by Tang Menn but the beauty of the drama is absolutely Rong Xu ah ah ah ah!!!! When is it going to broadcast?! When is it going to broadcast?! When is it going to broadcast?! I also want to look look look at these beauties! Who ever gets Wanqi, gets the worldcould this little beauty be acting as whatever Emperor and the like? Feudal prince under the Emperor? I think he should be the same as Teacher Kongming, don''t you think that this little beauty is clean and free from the mortal world and it''s vulgarity? How can he be whatever Emperor or Emperor ah? He''s definitely a high person from the outside! I bet a cucumber that he''s a super super powerful behind the scenes BOSS! Speaking of which that character''s surname is Wan? Zhuang Xiaoliu quickly replied: Surname''s Wanqi! W-a-n-q-i! Wan (million) Qi (wait)! Ao ao ao ao I originally just came for Tang ge, now I decided to be little beauty''s passerby powder. The character poster is just too beautiful! *Bows down to the beauty''s power* typing with feet to prove it _(:3)_ *Bows down to the beauty''s power* +1!!! So beautiful ah ah ah ah!!!!! I can''t endure under this kind of immortal aura! The aura''s too much! *Bows down to the beauty''s power*+10086! Directing to the beauty''s Weibo, it seems like he''s really a neer ah. His Weibo fans are only a few hundreds! Everyone, hurry ande and follow~ I decided to switch to being little beauty''s fan! Sitting tight to wait for "Vie for Supremacy" broadcasting! @Rong Xu Luo Zhentao once said before that "Vie for Supremacy" was Huaxia Entertainment''s biggest TV drama series production investment this year, and could be said to be a trump card for the end of the year''s rating. For this kind of TV drama to release their character posters, it soon set off waves in Weibo, Baidu forums, discussion forums and plus many others where everyone were discussing their character posters. And the new actor that nobody had ever heard of was especially discussed. When Rong Xu returned home at night, #VieforSupremacy, #TangMenn, #DongZheng, and #Wanqi, these four tags have already became Weibo''s most popr searches that very same day. The first three were in the top ten hottest searches, while thest one, #Wanqi, was ranked 41st. However, even if it was 41st, it still let Rong Xu be rather surprised. He clicked up the popr searches only to see that one-thirds of theizens were discussing Exactly what is this role for,Who is Rong Xu?, another one-third of theizens were discussing meimeimei, licklicklicklick, and there was still thatst one-thirds of theizens Eh, China still had the surname Wanqi? When you pass by an illiterate person, my nine years ofpulsory education just taught me to lick the beauty, I''m proud to lick23333 Rong Xu: "" In a way, the position of these popr searches, uhhh En, it''s really positive and formidable. Rong Xu soon found that his own Weibo fans were already close to bing 100,000. Just within a few hours, there were more than 90,000 fans who followed him. Looking at it like that, it really did look amazing. However, it was still the fact that Rong Xu''s total fans so far was 100,000. After all in the end, he was still someone who started from zero, to have such a breakthrough was already considered very good. Just as when Rong Xu began making a congee, he received some information from Luo Zhentao. Luo Zhentao: It''s estimated that your number of fans can exceed 200,000 tonight. I will slightly control the public opinion, you don''t have to be too concerned about borrowing the heat from "Vie for Supremacy". Rong Xu dropped his gaze to look at this line, and quickly replied: Okay, I understand, Luo ge. ''Wanqi'' this hot search tag was something Luo Zhentao and Rong Xu never thought about. Rong Xu wasn''t an ordinary neer, he always knew that this circle was not simple. If an artist wanted to be famous on his debut like Qin Chengwith that kind of starting point that was too high for an ordinary peoplemost artists would need to have their own marketing team. Do you really think that just be relying on Tang Menn''s fans, each and every Weibo post''s forwards andments could reach hundreds of thousands, with even a few reaching the millions? When an artist needed some heat, the marketing team would take the stage. For example, this time, ording to Rong Xu''s spections, Dong Zheng shouldn''t have been able to just rely on "Vie for Supremacy" eastern wind to enter the top ten hottest searches list. At most, he would be in the top twenty, but in the end he still went up. Before an artist reached a certain status and position, he needed to first learn on how to put himself before the audience. Luo Zhentao originally didn''t think of carrying out any PR promotion for Rong Xu during the character poster releases, he wanted to move when the first trailer came out. However, since theizens were spontaneously making Rong Xu a hot topic, then Luo Zhentao would naturally borrow that and take the opportunity to contact Huaxia Entertainment''s PR department to use all means to maintain Rong Xu''s hottest search ranking around the forty to fifty list, maintaining it overnight. So once the night was over, as expected, Rong Xu''s Weibo fans really did broke through 200,000, and even reached 300,000! Luo Zhentao excitedly sent over a message: This is a very good beginning, that first-tier star I used to have didn''t even have such a good momentum. Xiao Xu, I think that you can advance a huge step this time with "Vie for Supremacy"! Third-tier or even second-tier would be possible! Rong Xu thought for a second, then calmly sent over a reply: Okay, Luo ge, we shall make persistent efforts! [fist][fist][fist] Then expressionlessly ce down the phone. You couldn''t me our family''s Rong Xu for not being excited at getting over 300,000 fans. When it was in hisst life, his Weibo fans broke through 240 million and was the first artist with the most fans in the country. And on the foreign social tforms, his fans also nearly had 150 million people. Even if that both sides were to ovep, presumably the number of fans definitely would''ve exceeded 300 million. 300 million vs. 300,000 Even if he wanted to be excited, there was really no way for him to be excited. Did not know what his heart was thinking, but Rong Xu silently searched up a certain name on the Weibo and opened this certain person''s homepage. The profile picture used was a good quality photo. After he opened up the photo, he only saw an extremely handsome man who was slightly leaning against a wall, with his head and gaze lowered. The ck and white photo style didn''t let people clearly make out his face, but the strong and indifferent aura that still passed through the photo ruthlessly pressured down on everyone, so that even if one couldn''t clearly see the face, there would be no one who would mistaken him. Because he was Qin Cheng. Rong Xu looked at this profile picture, and after a while, then went to look at the number of fans the other had. 342,000,000. Three hundred and forty-two million. This world''s China didn''t set up a wall against foreign social tforms, the local celebrities basically would not y with any foreign social tforms either, and would only use their own China''s Weibo. So many foreign fans would especially register in a Chinese ount to pay attention to their favorite stars. This person was currently China''s number one ah Rong Xu''s heart inexplicably shed this sentence. Just as he was narrowing his eyes, staring at the other''s Weibo profile picture without focus, when he suddenly heard the crisp sound of a key opening the lock! Rong Xu was immediately startled, and turned around to look in surprise. He only saw the mahogany door was gently pushed open, first revealing a slender hand. When that person raised his head and saw Rong Xu, probably because he didn''t think that the teen would actually be here, a gleam of light quickly shed through the obsidian and abstruse eyes, before it was well hidden once again. With his lips slightly pursed, Qin Cheng concealed his surprise expression and calmly closed the door as he entered the house. Almost unconsciously, Rong Xu quickly turned over his phone on the table. Qin Cheng walked over to the dining table in a stable and calm pace. When he was close enough, Rong Xu already had his lip hooked up in a smile and said: "I had already let my manager find a good ce. Mister Qin, I have to go filming tomorrow, but the next time I return to B-City, I will move out of here. Thank you for your hospitality these past few days. I didn''t touch anything in the house, but I still borrowed the kitchen for a bit. I''ve already cleaned it for you." Qin Cheng who had been filming until now and was finally able to make a trip back to his apartment: "" As if he didn''t see the man''s shocked expression or sensed the other''s silence, Rong Xu continued on: "I know that you only gave me the key to here because of Auntie Qin. I also feel sorry for the inconvenience of me living here for three days." Qin Cheng: "" After half a day, he snapped out of his silence and opened his mouth to only say this one sentence: "You can still continue to live here." Rong Xu thought for a moment there that he didn''t hear clearly. He sightly widened his eyes and asked: "What?" Qin Cheng lowered his gaze, looking at the teen''s confused appearance. He saw the pair of slender and bright eyes clearly reflecting a glistening light like waves under the sunlight. It was obviously just a pure and simple smile of goodwill, but dont know why, Qin Cheng''s gaze suddenly darkened slightly, as if he saw from those eyes a hint of flirting. Gently sighing, Qin Cheng raised the corner of his lip in a smile and finally got rid of his involuntarily "suddenly saw the other and was unable to react at once" kind of impolite reaction. He walked to the side of the table, pulled out the chair and then sat down across from the teen. When he lifted up his head, the man focused his pair of phoenix eyes to watch the boy who was still at a loss, quietly revealing a touch of a small smile and said in a low voice: "There''s no better apartment than this one around Huaxia Entertainment. Since you want to rent someone''s apartment, why not rent mine? For the sake of giving mother some face, I can give you a bit of preferential treatment." Rong Xu''s gaze quivered, and stared at this man in front of him in a daze. Qin Cheng had, since the beginning, been holding on to that cool, calm and unhurried appearance. He raised his left hand and gently tapped the table, making a ''da da'' sound. If Auntie Qin was here, she would have definitely eximed aloud: "Son, you''re tapping your fingers again, what are you so nervous about ah!" So to say, there were some people who were obviously begging someone to live with them, En. They would even say a "For the sake of giving mother some face."
Reddest Flower C In China, they say someone is popr by saying they are red So They are the reddest. , How red are they? like that. Flower is referring to a famous female actress (usually a young one) I couldve just put most popr female actress, but reddest flower sounded prettier ?? Royal Elder Sister type role C Those who are more familiar with Japanese, something like an oneesama chara type Ites from the JP term [ C Y z] (same meaning, different pronunciation [ C Y ji]) The original meaning was a term of respect to an elder sister, but in the ACGN (animation,ic, game, novel) term, it refers to females with the appearance, body, personality, and temperament of a mature young women (usually 16-34 yrs.old) They usually are a calm, cool-headed, strong personality, mature mind, noble temperament, and has a height of 160cm + and C cups + (Why? =_=) There are also sub-types like the gentle healing type, cold & mysterious type, bold & carefree type, ck-bellied/sado type, mature & reliable type, and intimate wife type. Wife powder fans C The word fans is an extended meaning from [˿ C fns] which original meaning was ss noodles or cellophane noodles (a traditional Chinese noodle) It can be shortened to just [ C fn ] which means powder. In the original raws, it was [ŷ C Lop fn] so its just wife fans or female fans that treats themselves as your wife, which is why Zhuang Xiaoliu called Menn, Tang ge instead of Tang jie <.< Peanuts [] C Flower [ C Hu] ^^^As above, and Life [ C Shng] (probably because [ C Shn] is usually used to call male gods (really famous & popr male artists in the circle) refers to young famous male actors. And together they had to make the words peanuts! Im more interested in why peanut has the characters flower life though.. Ao ao ao ao C Wailing sounds Coffee Seat C Its the status of a star in the entertainment circle. The higher the coffee seat, the higher the paycheck, and the greater their influence Changpao C A traditional Chinese clothing that is an one-piece garment extending from the shoulders all the way to the heels Suppeerrr C Grass chicken [u C Coj] was the raws. Its suppose to be [ C Coj], its a coquettish and cringy way to say it, and mimic how Taiwanese people talk. As someone who speaks Cantonese, I admit does sound simr. Reallllyyyy nceee C Monkey [ C Hu]. Its [ C Ho], ^^^same thing. Just know that whenever I extend the words, its either one of these two. I might not mind peanuts but i am not saying that Rong Rong sounds like grass chicken or look like a monkey. Licklicklicklicklick C Its probably part of [ C gu tin] Kneel & lick. Its an inte ng humorously describing someones fervent admiration for someone or something. Or as Shem said: Oh Lol typical fan girl XD MeimeimeiC Its just beautybeautybeauty, I just thought meimeimei sounded better Passerby powder C ^^^same fans exnation, but these people arent official fans like they arent in the fan club but just has a good impression of the artists not to the point of worship though and would just asionally check them out. Which, by the way, Im like that too mostly XD Tsukiuta is probably the only fandom I like enough to buy them merch despite me dabbing in alot of other fandoms(seiyuus, otome games & VN, BJDs) Wan (million) Qi (wait) C The orginal was [fĪٹR- Wn (m) q (q)] vvv Surname Wanqi C It is umon surname, Im getting tired so heres the simplified ver. It was originally [ĪR C m q] both are just surname m and surname q. Its one of the earliest surname for the Qiaole ethnic tribe and Xianbei n that developed into their n name and eventually changed to [fٹ C Wn q] Oh, and also even though [ٹ C q] is written like that, its pronounced more like [ C S] Baidu C Chinas biggest search engine like google here Eastern wind C Someones or somethings influence, riding on someone or something elses coattails Kongming C Remember back in ch 6 that had another really long footnote? Kongming is the courtesy name Zhuge Liang of that Chinese politician, military strategist, writer, engineer and inventor that angered Zhou Yu to death. Attempting to seize the throne C Something that is lost in trantion. The dramas name which I trans. to Vie for Supremacy is the figurative meaning of [¹ C zh l] To pursue deer. This line was an idiom [¹ԭ C zh l zhng yun] lit. Hunting deer in the central in I bet a cucumber C My searches led me to: Because cucumbers can not only be used in public, can also be used privately You can y with it? Haha how is this use to curse, its just not very good to hear when said because cucumbers can mean a lot of other things. The other party probably just casually said it, you dont have to be too concerned about it. Only Hao can bet with more cucumbers because all the cucumbers in the world got a job under Hao!!! Hao C meaning local tyrant or tycoon, its a groupbel for contemporary Chinese rich people. No but cucumber has a bad meaning.
Trantor''s Corner Qin Cheng''s gaze suddenly darkened slightly, as if he saw from those eyes a hint of flirting. Vian: No, thats just your wish. *eats popcorn* No, I was literally eating popcorn as I tranted this, school was doing a fundraiser and I brought some Vian: Come on! Let''s see if my popcorn runs out or if you can get Rong Rong into your bed first! I still have a few bags left and a jar, worstes to worse I still have a bunch of chocte and knick knack snack in my snack box Shem: *smacks Vian* #????))??)? you have a good life ha! Just eating popcorns! While you dump works on me and then going MIA again! Btw, is Qin Cheng already gay from the start? Like, he really prefers men than women? Kwkwkwkw. Vian: Teehee~ I think it''s more like he didn''t care either way and then *plomp* Rong Rong appears and love at first sight?
Chapter 11 Trantor: Vian Editor C Shem China has a kind of rtionship; it''s called human rtions. Debt between people was still that hardest to deal with. Rong Xu had lived here for three days and already feels like he owed the other. So at this moment, even if the the other party says that he could pay the rent and continue to live there, he still firmly refuses. The young boy''s small smile to tactfully decline let the man be a bit shocked, as if he never thought that it would end like this. Qin Cheng''s finger on the table tapped faster and faster, the sound gradually bing clearer and clearer. This little habit was something many people had, so Rong Xu didn''t mind it, instead he smiled till his eyes curved and quietly watched Qin Cheng. His appearance soft and mild, but his eyes showed his firm rejection, with no possibility of changing his mind. A long time after, Qin Cheng calmly asked: "Have you already found an apartment?" Rong Xu nodded in reply: "En, Luo ge said that he already found two pretty good apartments." Pausing a bit, he added: "It''s the Luo Zhentao from Huaxia Entertainment. I''ve already signed a contract with him before so I didn''t signed into your studio." At this time and moment to say out this kind of reason really is just perfect. Rong Xu already long had an agreement with Luo Zhentao so he naturally couldn''t sign into Qin Cheng''s studio. Owning debt doesn''t need to like a snowball that''s getting bigger and bigger. When it was contained from the start could be considered as the best choice. As a result, Qin Cheng turned silent, and didn''t say anymore. However, after a while, Rong Xu''s personal phone began ringing in the bedroom. He was slightly surprised for a moment, he first picked up his phone on the table to look at the time thenughed: "I didn''t expect that it would already be 8, the rm clock rang." As he said this, the young boy got up and walked into the bedroom to turn off the rm. And so he naturally didn''t find out that in the split moment he opened the phone, the menu screen that had not yet dimmed fell into the man''s eyes. Instantly, the slender and fierce pair of phoenix eyes abruptly widened. Qin Cheng''s profound and unfathomable eyes shed with a hint of surprise. Waiting till after Rong Xupletely turned around and left, his finger that was tapping on the tabletop stopped, only hesitating for a moment. But in the end, couldn''t help but sneak around on someone else''s phone. This Fruits Phone was something that Rong Xu reluctantly decided to buy after thinking long and hard about it when he got the payment for "Vie for Supremacy." His personal phone was still that one thousand RMB phone, but for using a social tforms like weibo, it was still better to a phone that had a better performance. Qn Cheng quickly moved to touch the phone, andpletely didn''t take ount of his own immoral behavior and instead, wants to open it to look for a bit to confirm the content. Fingerprint lock En, as expected, you couldn''t open it with that. He mustter looked for an opportunity to add his fingerprints to the phone. He could only unlock it with a password now. Qin Cheng thought for a moment, then entered Rong Xu''s birthday. 1218 Very well, it was still locked. Let''s enter the year of birth. 2026 How do you unlock it. Since it came to this, he could only enter this date. 1027 Sure enoughit didn''t work ah! If it worked then there was a ghost, okay?! This was your birthday! Even if you casually enter your birth year2017like you wanted to, it would still be impossible for it to be correct! In the very end, Qin Cheng''s gaze could only linger and deeply look at this phone. He already had no way to test for thest time, Fruits Phone only allow you to enter the password five times. After being wronged five times, it would automatically lock the phone, and he would be found out. Was that picture he just sawreally his Weibo home page? Softly sighing, Qin Cheng put back the phone in its original position before the teen was about toe back. Rong Xu dragged out his suitcase, and had already put on a coat and cap, brimming with the youthful willfulness atmosphere of a teen. This kind of bright and sunny feeling made Qin Cheng slightly squinted his eyes and calmly looked up at the other, while his fingers unconsciously started tapping again. Rong Xu picked up the phone on top of the table and directly ced it into his pocket. This time, it really was a goodbye. Rong Xu stood at the doorway and said: "I currently still can''t give you back the key. Mister Qin, some of my stuffs are still in the bedroom and I have no way to take it with me this time. Wait till I finished filming ande back to B-City and I wille to take it away. At that time, I''ll directly put the key on the table, so you would be able to see it." Qin Cheng softly said: "Don''t use such a polite tone when talking with me." Rong Xu: "?" Rong Xu lifted his head, and looked at Qin Cheng. Before, there was someone that said, among the male artists who had debuted in the past two decades, Qin Cheng''s appearance was the one and only that was hard to nitpick at. That was a kind of handsomeness that reached the pinnacle; starry eyes, thin lips, every mark and stroke was a master artisan''s finely carved in great care and precision. Needless to say, he was formidable enough to deter the other''s auras, that arroganceparable to a scorching sun rising. Within the red carpet, there were few stars who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him. Under this kind of temperament, any facial ws would be overlooked. In terms of appearance, he might be inferior to Rong Xu''s perfect exquisiteness and refinement, nor did he have one of China''s top actor Wen Xuan''s youthful mor and allure. But when he looked down and fixedly staring at him, even if it was Rong Xu, his heart would unavoidably slightly stunned. Hard to say what kind of feeling it was, but it was somewhat of an odd feeling. The low maic male voice sounded: "If my mother knew you were using a polite and formal tone with me, she would definitely be angry." Rong Xu suddenly realized: So it was because of Auntie Qin? Before leaving, the young boy raised his lip, a brilliant smile blooming out. He opened his mouth to say goodbye to Qin Cheng, and this time, what he said was "Goodbye, Qin Cheng.", then without any slight hesitation, turned around and left. And behind him, that man''s eyes had been watching him as he entered the elevator. When the elevator door still hadn''t close yet, Qin cheng suddenly tookrge strides over and entered, making Rong Xu slightly surprised. In the face of the teen''s surprised eyes, the man lightly coughed twice, the tip of his ears were also seemed to had turned a bit red. But his face was still appeared cool, calm, and unhurried, and had even hooked his lips in a smile without batting an eye. He used a kind of reluctant tone to indifferently say: "How about I also send you downstairs. So once mother asks, I''ll have a good reply." Rong Xu: "" So it was because of Auntie Qin again ah Although he could imagine how this man would so reverently and respectfully reported everything to his mother, but while still being under Qin Cheng''s gaze, Rong Xu entered Luo Zhentao''s car. Once Luo Zhentao saw Qin Cheng, he was so scared that he almost fell off from the driver''s seat. Waiting till the car left the neighborhood, Luo Zhentao quickly asked: "Xiao Xu, you and Qin Cheng lived together?" Rong Xu directly shook his head: "It couldn''t really be considered as living together, I stayed there for only three days, and today was the first time I saw him. My mother and his mother''s rtionship seemed to be very good, so I temporarily lived there. When I return to B-City, I n to move from there." Luo Zhentao nodded his head in understanding, and turned his gaze, no one knew what he was thinking. Inside the quiet car, the young man''s soft voice suddenly sounded: "I do not want to own him too much, that''s also not good too." Luo Zhentao was surprised for a moment when he heard that, but then continued on to softly whisper a "Okay", and only then did he threw away all those thoughts he just had while at the same time,mented in his heart: If we could borrow this connection with Qin Cheng, why worry about not being able to enter the first-tier within a year? Rong Xu wasn''t too concerned about what Luo Zhentao thought, he had researched the other before and knew that the other''s means of doing things were quite good, but there was still a bottom line. For things that his stars weren''t willing to do, Luo Zhentao wouldn''t force them to. This was also one of the reasons why he didn''t kept that one first-tier star: He would not use any rough tactics. Taking out his phone from his pocket, Rong Xu was ready to take a look at the script, but who would''ve expected that once he opened the phone, what greeted him was a certain man''s Weibo home page. After being slightly surprised for a moment, Rong Xu directly closed the Weibo, then continued to open up the script to read. Flourishing Chaoyang district, fresh and bright. A tall and upright handsome man contently took a walk in the district while he called his manager. As soon as the call connected, he heard some noisy background sounds while a refined male voice passed through the receiver, but the words said were all peculiar and strange: "Young Master, Great Young Master, my Great Young Master Qin! Everyone''s still filming so whaddya returning home for? You say, what you are returning to whatever home for? You know once you took the day off, I was badly scolded by Old Zhao? That old man even ran to me and said that I couldnt manage you well enough for you toe! You said it, I manage you? Am I someone who can manage you, my Great Young Master Qin!" Qin Cheng''s thin lips slightly hooked up and said: "I only asked for this day off, Xia Muyan asked for seven days off. Huaxia Entertainment''s top manager Xu Jin drew in a mouthful of smoke and almost fainted over due to no air: "This is your male-centric drama! You''re the most important protagonist! Xia Muyan altogether only have about a thousand scenes, you alone have more than three thousand scenes, you want topete with her? Or how about you and her exchange, change the script to let her y in a girl drama and give her a drama?" Qin Cheng slightly raised his brow: "That doesn''t seem like a bad idea, you go discuss it with Old Zhao." Xu Jin: "" Hold back, hold back, you can''t argue with him, you can''t argue over him, you can''t argue over him aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!! Completely not caring about how his own manager was already angry enough to want to curse out in vulgar words, Qin Cheng turned his gaze to look at the district''s gate, and seemed to still had been able to see something from there. After awhile, he casually said: "There''s something I want to do." Xu Jin''s heart immediately surged forth with a bad feeling: "What thing?" "I intend to change my Weibo profile picture every hour from now on, and post on Weibo every other day. The post must match the picture, you''ll help me take them, you need to take my best looking pictures." Pausing, Qin Cheng then continued: "It seems to be a bit too often, let''s change it to a profile picture a day and a post every three days. I''ll have to bother you to watermark it and the like, I want to let all of my fans see and remember it." Xu Jin: "" A new profile picture a day, you''re crazy ah!!! Qin Cheng willfully added: "I''ll leave it to you. "Are you sick?" "It would be better to start today, I will check the results. I''ll be troubling you toe over and take the photo." Xu Jin#$%#%#$ "That''s right, go and investigate Luo Zhentao if there''s any time." Xu Jin who was still in the middle of fiercely cursing in his heart was suddenly surprised for a second, and unconsciously asked: "Luo Zhentao? Seems like he''s a manager from office, how do you know him? Did something happen?" Qin Cheng squinted his eyes, and lightly said: "I heard that he recently found two nice houses, I want to buy them." Xu Jin: "I remember that in B-City, you already seems to have two apartments there?" Qin Cheng frivolously raised an eyebrow: "So?" Xu Jin: "" You really are sick, he should''ve known long ago! *** By the time it was evening, a bunch a piteously crying for food fans, just like usual, were randomly scrolling through their phones, when suddenly! They saw a particrly special Weibo notification! Everyone was still stupefied as they hurriedly opened it to look, and in just a split second, the forwards andments reached over a thousand. Half an hourter, it broke through a hundred thousand! Qin Cheng: Today''s weather is very good. [Image] The profile picture? Changed, this time you can clearly see the face, so handsome to a total hot mess! With a picture? A suupper suuppperrr nice selfie, so handsome that they can''t properly close their legs! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah my family''s Qin Shen took a selfie! My family''s Qin Shen actually would still take a selfie ah ah ah! Is today the day the world ends? Is today the day that the sun rises from the east? Is today the day that Mars collides with Earth? Begging Qin Shen to take more selfies, more photos, more materials, we want you to talk more ah ah ah ah! The fans craze and riotpletely didn''t enter Qin Cheng''s eyes. He held his phone, and within the millions of fan alerts, he kept on waiting for a certain someone''sment, forward, or even just a like would be okay. Butthere was never any, from day to night, there was never any Qin Cheng: "" *** The young man who just arrived at Shoushe Airport took a deep breath, and slowly breathed out to slightly ease the flight fatigue. Passersby would from time to time turn around to look at the young man, their eyes showing their shock, but no one was able to recognize him. Rong Xu and Luo Zhentao walked out together, and while walking, Luo Zhentao said: "Right now "Vie for Supremacy" character posters were just released, so there still many people who would not recognize you. After the drama officiallyes out, you wouldn''t be able to enjoy this leisure. Xiao Xu, make sure to properly treasure this period of time now Oh wait, I guess you don''t need to wait till "Vie for Supremacy"es out, this "Ambush" should being out first." Rong Xu lightly smiled: "En, lets hope that there will be a chance for me to miss this period of leisureter on." Luo Zhentao happilyughed: "There definitely will, you have to believe in yourself, and also believe in my vision." Just as he said this, Luo Zhentao suddenly saw thirty or so, short-haired, elite business woman walked over from the side. Her eyes turned bright as she stared straight at Rong Xu, and asionally nced at Luo Zhentao who was next to him. Luo Zhentao immediately understood: "You are the crew member responsible for reception?" "Rong Xu! You''re Rong Xu? You''re Rong Xu, right? Kyaaaaa! The real person is even better than the photos!!! Please give me your signature!!!" Luo Zhentao: "" Rong Xu: "" Rong Xu never would''ve thought that when the crew just released a character poster and not to mention that he was still an unremarkable in every way fourth male lead, there would actually be fans who could recognize him so fast at the airport. With one person vocalizing it, many people at the side who long thought that Rong Xu looked familiar immediately remembered. "Ah! That Wanqi! I remembered because the surname was very unusual! He''s that "Vie for Supremacy" actor!" "Eh? "Vie for Supremacy"? Is it that drama that Tang Menn is in?" "Yes ah, yes ah, the real person is really handsome ah! I also want to get a signature for my daughter. All she would talk about was what little beauty little beauty, it seems she was talking about was this Wanqi!" When "Ambush" crew member responsible for receiving actors, Xiao Li, found Rong Xu and Luo Zhentao, the scene she saw was this. The teen warmly raised his lips in a light chuckle, patiently signing for every person who came to ask for a signature. He was just an unknown little eighteen years old star, it could be said that if there was no one who said anything, there would''ve been no one who could''ve guessed who he was. However, everyone who got a signature from him afterwards couldn''t help but say this: "This actor is really good, so good-looking and his character is also good. He''s called Rong Xu, right? I need to go and follow his Weibo!" The older ones all thought this, while the younger ones more so were clutching theirplete burning cheeks, excited to the point that they couldn''t even speak. They could only keep saying to theirrades: "He''s soooo handsome and his voice is soooooo nice to listen to, how can he be so perfect?! I want to turn into a powder, I want to turn into a powder! I want to turn this fate powder into true love powder ah ah ah ah!" Xiao Li had to wait at the side for a half hour till Rong Xu was able to finish signing for all these dozens of names. The three people went to the crew together. Along the way, Xiao Li quietly observed this little actor who was resting in the back seat. When they arrived at Xiangshan Movie and Television City, taking advantage of when Rong Xu and Luo Zhentao weren''t paying attention, Xiao Li sent a certain message: Dad, this second male lead seems pretty good eh, his character is also pretty good. With his temper, he wouldn''t be bullied by Han Yanghao, right? I think that he''s really good, you take care of him a bit, don''t let him be bullied by that kind of self-important poser.
The author has something to say: Rong Rong: I finally arrived at the crew and can rest now. Qin Shen who was still holding his phone that he didn''t click ''like'' to: He doesn''tment, he doesn''t forward! "Baby isn''t happy, baby is being moody again!" Auntie Qin: Why do I have a weird appearance every day Trantor''s Addition: Vian: You should check first whether or not Rong Rong actually follows you. *continues eating popcorn* Qin Shen: Ah. *is shocked*
Fruits Phone C Welllll, I did do some research but all its giving me is the stats, sooo lets not get into that. It seems like a pretty high-quality phone though, the look and interface are simr to an Iphone Chaoyang District C Home to the majority of Beijings many foreign embassies, the Sanlitun bar street, and is Beijings central business district. Its Beijingsrgest district with many market areas, shopping malls, restaurant strips, and the famous Silk Street. Piteously crying for food C Not really an idiom, but its basically: desperate for content Cant properly close their legs C Describing the a man''s attractive/handsomeness so very high, that it *cough* let people want to automatically open wide their legs for him. Ya know Qin Shen C A y of his name, This guy''s name is Qin Cheng [س] while this is pronounced as [ C Qn shn] [ C shn] means god, and I mentioned itst chaps footnote, but for those who couldnt bare to read it, Shen is usually used to call male gods or really famous & popr male artists. Honestly this guy has quite a few puns on his name =_=; theres one in the next chapter too >.> Shoushe Airport C Refering to Ningbo Lishe International Airport Fate powder C Again,st chaps footnote, for those who didnt read it, powder means fan. The raws were color powder[ C yn fn] and it sound simr to fate[Ե- Yunfn]. The [fen] are different characters, [ C fn] is the same fen as powder/fan. [- fn] means minute. True love powder [۷ C zhni fn] is exactually how it sounds Xiangshan Movie and Television City C That or Xiangshan Film and Television City, same thing. Its in Xinqiao, the city of Ningbo, Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, and is one of China''s top ten film bases. The whole ting is about 421 acres. Self-important poser C [ˣ C shu d pi] Stars that think of themselves as great, and would look down on others. Have a bad attitude, oftente, arrogant, unreasonable you know, the whole spiel
Chapter 12
SA: Chap 12 -Huo Xi~
Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem In this world, TV dramas were generally divided into two types: one was a daily drama and one was a weekly drama. The former was usually big productions, many famous actors and director would finish filming all episodes in advance. The copyright would be bought by the satellite TV stations before the filming, and once the production wasplete, it would be broadcasted daily. Another would be weekly broadcasted dramas. Some weekly dramas could be broadcasted on TV, while some could only be broadcasted on the inte. Although this drama Ambush, was a weekly drama and the director was also new, but it was still eventually sold to a rather good TV station. It was set every Saturday and Sunday at eleven oclock in the eveningte night slots, while also being broadcasted online at the same time. These kinds of weekly dramas had a special aspect, they often wouldnt finish filming all episodes when it was still broadcasting. They would only usually film about four or five episodes first, then film about one or two episodes every week, and following the audiences feedback, they might modify it ordingly to the script. There used to be a very popr weekly drama that changed their script because of the audiences feedback. The second female lead was someone Rong Xu could still recognize: Tang Menn. Tang Menn at that time was still a neer. She performed remarkably well and the character was also very likable. The audience online had been continuously asking to give the second female lead more scenes, so the originally miserable ending second female lead finally got her happily ever after, being happily married to the second male lead. Rong Xu chose Ambush for the reason that it would be broadcasted in a month! Since the task was so tight on time, the crews efficiency naturally needed to be high. When Rong Xu just arrived to the set, that Xiao Li who received him first left, and the makeup and costume group came to help him get his makeup done and into costume. The character posters still needed to be taken, but this time, the process wasnt as serious as Vie for Supremacy. After all, thetter was this years blockbuster, while Ambush was just a weekly drama by a new crew. Waiting till a few main actors finished taking the character posters, it was alreadyte ten oclock at night. Rong Xu met the female lead Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan, who was the second female lead. He had also met the third male lead and third female lead, but the only one he didnt even see was the male lead Han Yanghao. Regarding this, Rong Xu paid it a bit of attention. Originally, he thought that Han Yanghao had already taken his character posters. But when everyone had finished, assistant director Li said with anger that could reach the skies: The filming will be starting tomorrow, yet he actually still havent arrived! Does he n oning during the opening ceremony?! Or does he simply doesnt want toe at all?! Assistant director Li was specifically responsible for the actors and logistic issues. Rong Xu had only greeted him once and there were no other exchange. The other was busy till he was beaten ck and blue, and in a short four hours, he had already called Han Yanghaos manager more than a hundred times. Later on, he stopped calling. Not because it connected, but because the other person directly turned off their phone! Rong Xu lowered his gaze, quietly sitting in front of the mirror and waiting for them to remove his makeup. Sitting on his left was the female lead Zhang Tongtong, and on his right was the second female lead Yi Lan. Going bydies first, the makeup artist first removed the makeup for these two actresses while Rong Xu calmly looked down at his phone, carefully reviewing the script. It wouldnt be good if he were to NG his first scene tomorrow. However, after a while, when Yi Lan finished removing her makeup, she turned around and saw that the assistant director Li was still trying to contact Han Yanghao. She softly muttered: Dont worry, he will definitelye to the opening ceremony. But for trivial matters like taking character posters, he probably wants to wait till he has some free time to take it. This voice wasnt loud nor quiet, so it steadily fell into Rong Xus ears, Zhang Tongtongs, and a few makeup artists . Zhang Tongtongs eyes shed and she suddenlyughed: I just remembered, Yi Lan, you seemed to had worked on a filmst year with Han Yanghao. Pausing for a second, Zhang Tongtong helplessly sighed: Men ah, often would be like this. Soid-back, unlike us who especially pay attention to every filming detail. The makeup artist suddenlyughed: I think Rong Xu is very good and very attentive. She dabbed the cotton pad with some makeup remover and gently wiped over the teens cheekbone area. The skin after being wiped showed almost no difference, instead it appeared to even more fair and tender like water, and didnt look stiff and rigid. Because his makeup was currently being removed, Rong Xu didnt move, and just hooked up his lips in a smile and said: Am I really that attentive? Wang jie, if you continue to praise me, Ill blush ah. Everyone immediatelyughed. Chatting, chatting, these women just continued to chat away. There was a kind of alliance in the world, its called the enemy of an enemy is a friend. After when Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan found that no one in the dressing room had any good feelings for Han Yanghao(Rong Xu didnt dere any position), they began to quietly gossip. When I was working with himst year, he was more popr then he is now. You basically couldnt see him until ten every morning, and would always go out for lunch at noon and refuses to eat the crews lunchboxes. I just even heard Assistant Director Li cursed him as a self-important poser. Besides being handsome, I dont know whats good about him. Let me tell you guys a secret, you cant go around telling people okay. There was a scene he had in that dramast year that he NG-ed 32 times! That time he angered Director Feng enough to choke. Luckily, I was only a small supporting character and didnt have any scenes with him or any exchanges. The female lead at that time was Yang Zheng and she didnt have a very good temper either. It only took a few days of filming for her topletely ignore Han Yanghao. Han Yanghao and Yang Zhengs fame were about the same, so he didnt dare to offend Yang Zheng, and also swallowed some anger. Waiting till all the makeup was removed, Luo Zhentao waited for Rong Xu at the dressing room door. Luo Zhentao couldnt help but emotionally sigh a single really a good seedling in his heart, then the two walked towards the hotel. As for all those words inside the dressing room, Rong Xu listened to it all without participating. Within the entertainment circle, there were too many of these situations where bad things were said behind a persons back, but he estimated that these words shouldnt be able to reach Han Yanghaos ears. Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan both participated in this topic, even a few of the makeup artists couldnt help but say a few things. Han Yanghaos rtionship with others were already bad to this point, with absolutely no possibility of turning it over. Thinking for a moment, Rong Xu casually asked: How did Han Yanghao be famous? Luo Zhentao was surprised for a moment, although he didnt understand why Rong Xu asked this question, he still honestly replied: He graduated from an acting school five years ago, and there just happened to be a role for a movie that enlisting worldwide. His luck was very good, his looks and temperament were more or less in line with a small minor supporting roles request, so he got the role. After that movie was released, because it was too popr, he who would have only been counted as nth male minor character became popr instead. Afterwards, he acted in a few idol dramas and became a first-tier young star. A movie could actually make a nth male character popr enough to be a first-tier young star? This was honestly too strange. Rong Xu knitted his brows: Which movie? Luo Zhentaoughed: What other movie can have such great power? Of course its Evening Sound ah, I didnt expect that Xiao Xu never saw this movie. There are still some cinemas that are showing this movie right now. Its said that the box office could still get more than ten to two hundred thousands per week. Speaking till here, Luo Zhentao couldnt help but remember: How many people did that movie make famous ah? That year, Qin Cheng was just too popr, all the female fans around the world were going crazy for him. There would always be hundreds of fans waiting for him downstair at the office everyday, just to see him for a second ah The footsteps suddenly stopped as the young mans eyes widened, his clear eyes faintly trembled. Before Luo Zhentao could find out, Rong Xu turned back to normal and the two entered the hotel next to TV&Movie City. The next morning, Rong Xu already arrived at the crew and started changing into costume and got his makeup done. Aside from Han Yanghao, all the main characters had already dressed up for Ambush. As the opening ceremony drew closer and closer, assistant director Li was anxious till his whole forehead was covered in sweat. While Director Zhengs face was livid from anger. Finally, the auspicious time arrived. Just as the crew couldnt wait any longer, and needed to go out to see the media, a chic and a gorgeous red sports car suddenly appeared from the end of the street side and skid into a halt. It was almost running into people! A handsome and dashing young man got off of the car. Assistant director Li looked at him and angrily scolded: Do you even want a bit of face! This remark was said extremely quietly, only Rong Xu who was standing besides him heard it. Rong Xu raised his head to look at Assistant Director Li, but only saw thetter walked up with a smile on his face and led Han Yanghao to the opening ceremony site. Seeing this, Rong Xu slowly knitted his brows. A few stars standing at the side were also abruptly taken aback. Waiting till everyone was up on stage, Rong Xu turned back to look at Luo Zhentao. Only when thetter nodded at him, was Rong Xu rest assured to go up on the stage and participate in the opening ceremony. For the entire opening ceremony, the medias attention was concentrated on Han Yanghao. Zhang Tongtong was only an actress that just debuted two years ago, while Yi Lan barely managed to be a second-tier actress despite being in the circle for eight years. No need to even mention Rong Xu, although his appearance was the most outstanding out of the four, who would recognize him now? Aside from the few that ask him about some things regarding Vie for Supremacy, no one else bothered with him. Among the many reporters, only a female journalist wearing sses gaze was constantly focusing on Rong Xu. She took photos of Rong Xu nonstop. On her camera, the lightly smiling and nodding teen, the bright and sunshine-like young man, his brows like a painting, yet whole body garbed in a tailored military uniform young manwere all saved inside the camera. When the opening ceremony was over, the female journalist turned to her assistant next to her and said: Everyone all want to get info on Han Yanghao, so who knows who will be able to grab an exclusive. If you want to climb up thetter, you need to have a keen nose, and find a spotlight that someone else cant find. I think that this actor can make it. The press soon left. By two in the afternoon, Ambush started the filming. ___ The first scene was originally set for a scene between Han Yanghao and Zhang Tongtong, but because Han Yanghao came toote, he still needed to change and get his makeup done. Director Zheng thought for a second, and decided to let Zhang Tongtong and Rong Xu go first. In the center of the spacious and bright studio was theyout of an elegant and grand banquet scene. There were many groups of youngdies dressed in gorgeous evening gowns, holding a wine ss. They were like this eras most beautiful flowers, wandering among the young military officers in uniform. The music and dancing yed out in the magnificent ballroom, the pleasantughter and graceful dancingplemented each other. Extremely luxurious and extravagant; really dazzling with paper and gold. Ambush tells the story of a spy in the 19-century during the period of Chinas internal strife. The male lead Bai Mingde was a member of Rong Xus underground gang, his identity there was a second rank officer. At that time, Chinas military leaders were divided, the four leaders upying eighty percent of Chinasnd. Among them, Ping Citys Hou family was the top of the four military leaders, and powerful enough to crush the remaining three families. Bai Mingde was an officer in Hou family army. In order to gain more information, he got an idea against Huo familys Younger Master and Marshal. Chief Commander Huo only had one son called Huo Xi. The person was cold-blooded and ruthless, his means extremely cruel and merciless. It was said that the spies personally caught by him would had their skin peeled to the flesh, and there was no one who could gain his trust. Bai Mingde turned this over in his mind, and thought of a certain woman. Hou Xi had an engagement arranged for him since childhood, the woman was the daughter of Chief Commander Huos oldrade, and also female lead, Liang Linghui. Hou Xi and Liang Linghui had an exceptionally strange rtionship. Both did not appear to like each other, but both admitted to the marriage arrangement, and would be holding the wedding next month. Liang Linghui was taught at a high school in Ping City. This was the only chance for Bai Mingde to approach Huo Xi, so the organization arranged for an undercover agent to act as Bai Mingdes nephew, and put this little agent into that school to study. Bai Mingde experienced several crisis of almost being exposed and finally, was able to meet Huo Xi once through Liang Linghui. In just twenty days, his heart, thought, and mind were already one in the same with this beautiful and intelligent woman. But if Liang Linghui didnt marry, she wouldnt be Huo Xis wife, and Bai Mingde also could not get closer to Huo Xi. Therefore, when Liang Linghui who was holding on to an ignorant love wanted Bai Mingde to elope with her, but Bai mingde refused. Since then, after Huo Xi and Liang Linghuis grand wedding, Bai Mingde gradually gained Huo Xis trust. And this first scene that Director Zheng chose was the exchange between Huo Xi and Liang Linghui during the banquet. Between the drinking and gambling, the guests good moods had already reached the peak. At this moment, everyone heard two footstepsing down from the spiral staircase. Everyone turned around to look, just listening to the da da, da da footsteps rang out as if it was stepping on each and everyones heart made the joyous atmosphere slowly turn into something serious and somber. The officers straightened their backs and thedies hid the expectations in their eyes. When a slender jade like hand appeared on the mahogany railing, a woman widened her eyes in pleasant surprise. However, in the next moment, that person stretched out their other hand to offer to another beautiful and gentle woman, and descended down the stairs together. A broad leather belt wrapped around the young mans thin but powerful waist, outlining his perfect curves. The ck uniform tightly fitted on his long straight legs, his back upright, like a pine tree unyielding to the snow. A ck hairpin was pinned behind his right ear, so that only the left side had his hair blocking that pair of sharp cold eyes. Standing on the steps of the spiral staircase, was the one that garnered all theplete attention from the military officers anddies. This young man looked to only be in his twenties, but all the officers downstairs that saw his chilling gaze couldnt help but shudder. Their hearts thoroughly prated by the cold gaze, trembling to where they didnt dare to speak. This nce only looked for a second before shifting away, but that powerful aura of oppression had already permeated into the entire hall. At this moment, the young man faintlyughed: Continue, no need to mind me. All the officers unanimously closed their legs, their military boots colliding, and issued out a loud neat and uniformed shout. Together they gave a military salute, and in a loud voice shouted: Yes, Marshal! Huo Xi lightly nodded, a trace of cold indifference light shed through those long narrowed phoenix eyes. The music started again, but something seemed to be off. Thedies gaze always seemed as if they couldnt help but be aimed towards him, and those officers also werent as casual and rxed as before. However, from start to finish, Huo Xi only held onto one womans hand. The two people leisurely walked pass everyone, heading towards the balcony. The instant they stepped outside into the balcony, that woman directly pushed away Huo Xis hand and walked forward herself. Theres already no one around, you dont need to pretend any more. I never wanted toe to these kind of gatherings, so you dont need to call me for these anymore. The young and handsome Marshal slightly tilted his head and looked up, the cool as if water moonlight illuminated down from above. His eyshes trembled, the moonlight seeming to have condensed into ayer of white frost on top of it. His thin lips slowly hooked up, a grim reaper like gaze concentrated onto Liang Linghuis body. A long time after, Huo Xi suddenlyughed, a sexy voice slowly rang out: You are my fiancee. He said thest word in a extremely slow manner, as if it had full of affection. Next to the set, there were many people who were paying attention to this first scene. When they heard this kind of low and supple voice, even the men couldnt stop their body from trembling, the womens heart quivering more so, unable to even tell why their face suddenly flushed red. Dangerous, sexy, cold, and alluring. The four words were always linked together, and at this moment, they were all gathered onto this young mans body. The outsider had already felt a kind of charm and fascination that was carved into their bones and engraved into their heart. That was to say, from Zhang Tongtong who was directly facing him, the tip of her ears were already burning red. Only bypletely relying on her acting skills was she able to suppress her emotions and not forget herself. She simply directly turned her whole body around to not look at Rong Xu, and coldly said: I do not mind if you go to Chief Commander and propose to terminate the engagement. Pa! In the freezing cold winter night, a fast streak of wind broke across Liang Linghuis ear. A strand of ck hair was cut off by this wind when a cold silver glint shed in front of her eyes. Liang Linghui took one step backwards in fright and suddenly fell into the embrace of two ice-cold arms. The young man slowly raised his hand and covered her eyes, but on his other hand, was a gorgeous dagger. Liang Linghui rigidly opened her eyes wide and through the gap between the others fingers, saw that person nimbly used the dagger to perform an extremely perfect knife flower in the air, but it then suddenly came down! The dagger that could cleanly cut through iron as if it was mud, prated through the marbled floor. The de waspletely embedded inside! Right now, Zhang Tongtong already felt that she wasnt Liang Linghui, but was only Zhang Tongtong. Her heart continuously trembled, the hand on top of her eyes were as cold as ice. She was clearly embraced by the other into their bosom, but she felt that this person could easily kill her in the next second. The dreadful aura pressed down on Zhang Tongtong till she was breathing heavily, her chest violently going up and down. She didnt even notice that she currently had been lead into the scene by the other. She only knew that she was very scared right now, scared to the point that her hands were shaking, her face also paled to a snow white. At this time, she suddenly heard a lowugh near her ear. That man seemed to have bowed his head, gently emitting a heat next to her ear. Zhang Tongtong couldnt see the expression on the others face, but that like a smile yet not a smile voice made people even more fearful than this strong winter gale. Shhh You need to remember you are my fiancee. Alive, you are my, Huo Xis people; Dead, you are also to enter my Huo familys grave!
The author has something to say: Rong Rong: Im just an eighteen years old small time actor with a bit of fame~ Qin OrangeOrange: Did he see todays picture? Am I handsome? Am I handsome? Am I handsome? _(:3)_ Mmm, theres still only a little bit of likes and forwarding, Babys heart is bitter, but Baby doesnt say anything Trantors (and Editors) Addition: Xu Jin: *vomits 3 gallons of blood* Vian: Kyaah!!! d(R?Q*)fRong Rong in a military uniform! A. Military. Uniform. !!!! *ignores he who is destined for a single life* Shem: *suddenly remembers a certain chapter* *nosebleeds* () I can peacefully die right now. Vian: Ehh, which chapter? Shem: Thought you were advance? <.<;; I was referring to Qin Chengs birthday!! A military uniform!!!! (??? ) Vian: I dont read ahead that far!!! Why are you, the editor, more knowledgeable about the plot than me?!?! Shem: *whistles* Actually I only read the nsfw parts. teehee~ (?R?Q) Vian:
I am tired and want sleep so no extensive background info for you guys today~ Opening ceremony C It was mentioned before for Vie for Supremacy but i didnt give you guys any details. Heres a basic run down: When any new film or drama will start its filming, there needs to be an opening ceremony where they choose a good day and hold a worship ceremony. Desks used for worship are covered with red nnel cloths, and the table was dedicated to Guandi. On both sides were incense burners and roast sucking pigs and fruit. The camera would usually be covered with a red cloth, and then the crew in turn go and worship the gods. Finally, the red cloth of the machine is turned on and the starting is announced. Heres some pictures Nth C Think math, N = X = any number. Its calling Hao Yanghaos role insignificant. Dazzling with paper and gold C Indulging in a life of luxury Last word C It actually said three words because fiancee is [δ C Wihnq] Knife Flower C or Sword flower, it was originally a knife-making method that requires you to rapidly spin a sword around. Almost all knife flowers seem now are for entertainment purposes. Heres a video of it. Professionally, its probably faster than the speed in the video. Qin OrangeOrange C I dont even know what to say (*RQ)??)) I guess this can be counted as creative XD This guys name is Qin Cheng [س] while this is pronounced as Qin Chengcheng [سȳ] Same thing with Qin Shen. Same sound, different characters, this[ C Cheng] ^^^as you can see means Orange. At least also chose a different Qin too if youre going to do this\\o
Extra: The enemy of an enemy is a ENEMY! Vian: ..I wonder if anyone even got this extremely obscure reference\\ (hint* its from Bl*** Ha**) Sorry;;;; That is all I could think of whenever I hear that phrase now Chapter 13 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem The opening first scene of "Ambush" so far, sessfully finished! As a weekly drama''s crew, no one had time to rest and adjust because it would be broadcasted in just a month''s time. They must continuously quickly film and produce at least four to five episodes. Director Zheng praised Zhang Tongtong and Rong Xu for a bit, his gaze staying on Rong Xu for a second longer then heughed: "Good luck! Next month will be even more difficult." During the afternoon, Rong Xu, Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan all did their scenes, but they never once saw Han Yanghao. Han Yanghao apparently had already finished getting into costume at around three to four in the afternoon, but he offhandedly decided to first take his character posters. And so, his first day since the official filming in the drama was dawdled away just like this. When Director Zheng heard about this matter, he was also angry till his face was livid, but ultimately still didn''t say anything. It''s just that the atmosphere in the crew plummeted by a few more degrees. Although Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan were only second-tier artists, their acting was very eptable. For the entire afternoon, only Yi Lan NG-ed twice. Rong Xu''s and Zhang Tongtong''s performance caused Director Zheng to be endlessly surprised. At elevente at night, the day''s filming temporarily came to an end. After Rong Xu finished removing his make up, he pressed against his temple to ease the weariness while also walking out with Luo Zhentao. In the empty street, a cool summer breeze brushed passed them, caressing and teasing the young man''s hair to exposed a fair and full forehead. Luo Zhentao told him in a low voice: "Seventy percent of "Ambush" investment came from Han Yanghao." Rong Xu''s brows slightly knitted, and finally retrieved his fingers as he turned around and asked: "From him?" Luo Zhentao heavily nodded his head: "He seemed to have climbed onto a wealthdy this year. The wealthdy likes him very much and especially invested into this drama for him, directly ordering for him to be the male lead. Although this kind of thing doesn''t happen much in the circle, there will still be some. Xiao Xu, you don''t have to pay too much attention to him, as long as he doesn''t cause any problems for us, just let him do whatever he wants. However, I didn''t expect that Han Yanghao would actually go find a financial backer. Although this sort of thing wouldn''t be criticized upfront about it in the circle, but behind the scenes everyone would still" He abruptly stopped what he was saying, Luo Zhentao suddenly remembered about a certain matter. As if he guessed what the other was thinking, Rong Xu lightly answered: "There''s nothing between Zhong Yi and me." Luo Zhentao dryilyughed twice. That''s right, if the stars in the circle wanted to climb up, without a doubt, having strength was important. But if there was a financial backer, even if that strength was a bitcking, it did not matter. Before, the original owner was fooled by Zhong Yi, this little third-tier star, into finding resources for him. If Zhong Yi and Han Yanghao were both first-tier artists, then they definitely wouldnt put the original owner in their eyes, and no matter what would go look for the current head of the Rong family, Rong Heng. It seems that Zhong Yi was about to be discharged soon Just as this thought shed through his mind, Rong Xu quickly ced that matter aside just as fast and continued to think about his own scenes tomorrow. It didn''t matter to him whatever Han Yanghao does, just as long as it didn''t provoke him. Even if that Han Yanghao made Director Zheng angry to the point where his head burns with rage, Rong Xu also had no means to meddle. But this thought was only barely maintained for a day and it died without even starting. Assistant Director Li found Rong Xu with a guilt-ridden look on his face as he handed him a new script, and sighed: "The crew temporary decided to slightly changed the plot. Rong Xu, you''ll have some of your scenes cut off in the first four episodes, but it there are also more scenes added for you. You should quickly get acquainted with it, we''ll be filming the new script in the afternoon." The handsome and elegant teen was slightly surprised, his eyes quickly shed with a hint of hidden meaning. Rong Xu received the script and smiled as he nodded in understanding: "Okay, Li ge. I''ll look through it first." Only now was Assistant Director Li able to release his breath. As he flipped through the new script, the teen''s clear eyes were gradually dyed in ayer of darkness, the corner of his lip slowly hooked up. Rong Xu carefully read the script, after reading it all, he gently released a sigh and looked up to see Han Yanghao who was being waited upon by an assistant not far away; his lips slightly pursed up, and his gaze turned deep and profound. For a weekly drama changing its script, in general was to cater to the audience. But in any kind of drama series, if the investors wanted to change the story, as long as the Director felt it was no problem, then what they wanted to change will be changed. The more of a big name the Director was, the more they wouldn''t care about the investor''s opinions. However, Director Zheng was after all a new director. Now that this new script greatly added onto the male and female lead''s emotional drama in their encounter and as they get to know each other, it weakened the plot on the spy part. As a result, it didn''t have much of an affect on the female lead and second female lead, the one that suffered the most impact would be Rong Xu. In arge first half of "Ambush" plot, Huo Xi was only ever shown as the Marshal, without any kind of emotional development. It was only till thetter half that his feelings toward the heroine was slowly revealed: Actually, he had already liked Liang Linghui ever since he was a child, but had always suppressed it deep in his heart. If he didn''t like her, why would he marry her? If he didn''t love her, why would he stand against the public opinion, stubbornly insisting on marrying an ordinary high school teacher? This kind of arrogant, cold-blooded person with a deep profound mind would never show their own likes and thoughts to others. Even in the very end, Liang Linghui still didn''t know that Huo Xi actually loved her, only Huo Xi himself and the audience knew. The new script and the original one didn''t have much of a difference in the general direction of the plot, which was the reason why Director Zheng agreed to change the script. However, Han Yanghao''s scenes increased by more than five hundreds, while Rong Xu''s scenes dropped by more than three hundreds. Therefore, it was the reason for Assistant Director Li''s guilt just now. When Luo Zhentao saw the new script, he was also very angry: "How can you so casually change the script? When the contract was signed, we''ve already finished discussing about the amount of scenes and pay. Cutting the scenes back by a few dozens, or even a hundred would still be okay. But this is more than three hundreds!" Having said that, Luo Zhentao called to get in touch with thepany''s PR Department, ready to have them send people out to deal with this matter. Huaxia Entertainment''s system was perfect, their PR Department was the top in the country. But towards different artists, the PR Department''s approach would also be different. When the Deputy Director heard Luo Zhentao''sint, he thought for a moment then said to the person on the phone: "It''ll be fine to just have them add about hundred or so more scenes. These sort of things are normal within the circle, the newbie will have to get use to it." And so, Rong Xu''s scenes increased by a hundred. Somehow this matter actually fell into Han Yanghao''s ears. The next morning, Rong Xu and Han Yanghao finally got ready for their first scene together. Sitting in the dressing room, the makeup artist attentively applied makeup for Rong Xu, applying on a dark eyeshadow powder, making this excessively beautiful face appear a bit more profound and sharp. At this time, Han Yanghao who just finished with his makeup from who knows where, crossed the dressing room doorway. He nonchntly told his assistant: "I didn''t think that they would only give me five hundred scenes, its like something you would give to a beggar. What does five hundred scenes count as, it''ll be finished shooting in just a few days. How boring." The assistantughed and agreed to curry favor: "Ah Hao, five hundred scenes are pretty good, at least much better than a hundred." Han Yanghao sneered in disdain: "True, a hundred scenes aren''t even something you can give to a beggar." This sentence echoed in the dressing room for a long time. The exquisite and handsome teen slightly looked up, his phoenix eyes off setted against the light color of the eyeliner, making it appear even more narrowed and slender. The moment he lifted his gaze, there was a kind of unspeakable imposing and overbearing grandeur. Ironically, Han Yanghao was staring at Rong Xu''s reflection. When he saw that Rong Xu was also staring back at him through the mirror, it made him startled for a second and his heart, for some reason started to tremble. That kind of cold and indifferent eyes were very much like a needle, constantly stabbing at Han Yanghao''s heart. Han Yanghao gripped his hand together to cover up the inexplicable nervousness in his heart, and coldly sneered: "Compete with me? Overestimating one''s own capabilities." Just as he finished his words, Han Yanghao turned around and went out. He didn''t directly say that sentence towards anyone, but everyone inside the dressing room clearly understood. This was obviously directed towards Rong Xu who ''just added a hundred scenes.'' Although the makeup artists didn''t want to offend Han Yanghao in any way, but when they saw the way the teen slightly lowered his gaze, they couldn''t help but feel some heartaches. His lively fluttering eyshes were like a small thick fan, casting ayer of shadow on the young man''s handsome face, and covering up the color and emotions in his eye. Rong Xu was silent, not uttering a sound, but that tightly pursed lip seemed to be telling of his grievance and helplessness. This child was still young, not even an adult yet ah! The makeup artist, Liu jie finally couldn''t stand it anymore: "Ignore him, he''s just going a bit crazy right now. Who doesn''t know that he''s almost about to be expired these past two years. Rong Xu, you just do your best, I think that your acting is much better than his. You definitely can perform better than him!" Once these words were said, a few other makeup artists also quickly echoed along. "He''s too much, does he really thinks of himself as some big star?" "I used to work with Liu Qi before in the same crew. Liu Qi is now currently a popr young star, his name is much bigger than Han Yanghao, but doesn''t act like this at all." "That''s right, I also work with Xia Muyan in the same crew before. After the filming, she was always kind and when the drama was finalized, she even gave everyone a cake and a small gift. It''s true that a full bottle of water makes no noise, but half a bottle of water does!" All the condemning indignation at the injustice inside the dressing room made Rong Xu slowly raised the corner of his lip, his faintly discernible gaze looked through the mirror at the studio where Han Yanghao was strutting off to rest. With this kind of temper, even if there was someone holding him up, how far could he even go? Rong Xu gentle released a sigh, suddenly feeling like he was bullying a little child. *** In the meantime, in the distant B-City, "Disciple" crew officially finished its filming! This movie took a full six months to film, so now that it was finished, the whole crew was crazily celebrating. The female lead Xia Muyan was indeed worthy of being the well-known good person in the circle. Her assistant bought many cakes, desserts and gave each one to every crew member, even the driver had a share. Xia Muyan smiled as she bowed, her voice softly rang out: "Thank you everyone, many thanks to everyone for taking care of me these past six months." Everyone was immediately moved. Not far away, a tall and upright noble-like man was holding onto his phone as he walked into the studio. From start to finish, he had been fixedly staring at his phone,pletely not paying attention to anyone in the studio. However after a while, when his manager next to him poked his arm, he finally looked up to see Xia Muyan standing in front of him. Xia Muyan smiled: "Qin Cheng, I''ve learned a lot during this time. I hope there would be many more opportunities to work togetherter on." Qin Cheng was slightly startled, and swept a look all around to see all the staff and crew members gathered here. He seemed to have suddenly realized that the filming was finally finished. Coming to here, that handsome man put away his phone, and calmly said to everyone there: "Thank you for your care. Congrattions to everyone, we''ve reached the end." These words were nice and simple, and even though he didn''t prepare gifts for everyone like Xia Muyan, but all crew members'' and staffs'' eyes quickly turned hot, and there were some who were actually moved to tears. "QinQin Cheng would actually say thank you to us?" "I suddenly feel like thesest past few months have been worth it ah!" "I thought that Qin Shen would only look down at his phone, he actually would still say thank you!" Qin Cheng: "" After eating a celebration feast, "Disciple" cast finally really dismissed. Aside from the publicity roadshow pre-screening, it was hard to have another opportunity for everyone to get together. Xia Muyan was allergic to alcohol, and was the only one who didn''t drink. Even Qin Cheng drank about half a cup. When it was time for everyone to leave, Xia Muyan held her arms as she looked at a certain some man''s back who was leaving, the color in her eyes were slowly darkening. But she only looked for a moment. She removed her gaze and jokingly said to her assistant: "He was acting so cold for six months, and just needed to say one nice sentence for everyone to be grateful to tears. The way one conducts themselves ah, the gap really is too big. And when it''s a star, one really even more so can''tpete." The little assistant was suddenly taken aback: "Xia jie, don''t you like him a lot?" Xia Muyan was slightly stunned. After a long time, she shook her head: "What''s the use of liking, that''s already something of the past. Qin Cheng, this kind of person, is destined for a single life. You see how hes like, he definitely wouldn''t be able to fall in love with anyone. Also, don''t say anything like I like him anymore, if you kept on saying itter on, I''ll be angry. That has already long passed." The little assistant confusedly nodded his head. But what Xia Muyan didn''t know was that just behind her, a certain man had been continuously staring at his phone to where his eyes were unwilling to even blink. Up until they got in the car, Xu Jin sat in the passenger seat to sort out some materials in this short period of time. Qin Cheng slowly pressed his lip in a tight straight line and coldly said: "Is it because the picture you took for me is not good-looking enough?" "Keke keke, cough" Xu Jin who had almost been angrily choked to death cursed: "Still not good-looking enough? I took at least a hundred pictures for you every single time yet you, this Great Young Master, would only choose one. This is still not enough? I still had to use every possible means to copywrite it! Is that seven-figure annual sry of mine just to help you take pictures?!" Qin Cheng curbed his look and tepidly said: "Then howe nobodymented, forwarded, and liked?" Xu Jin: "" Fuck! More than one million forwarding, more than one millionments and more than three million likes! Are you treating them as air?! These days, Qin Cheng would upload a selfie every three days, and changing his profile picture every day had already caused a sensation online. #Qin Cheng this tag had reached the top three hottest searches within twenty-four hours. All fans were wondering what exactly kind of wind their male god was blowing, but they all unanimously expressed: Requesting male god to continue blowing your wind, kneeling and begging for a full 360 degrees Armstrong nude rotation in an icy and snowy world, please!!! Suppressing his want to resign, Xu Jin calmly analyzed the situation: "Exactly what are you waiting for everyday?" Staying silent for a long time, Qin Cheng finally said: "There''s this person they haven''t been forwarding,menting, or liking my pictures at all." Xu Jin: "Did they follow you?" Qin Cheng: "" Xu Jin: "I think that if they were following you, they definitely would''ve found out about your serpentine behavior during this period of time." Qin Cheng: "" Xu Jin: "Hey, Qin Cheng, are you listening? Hello? What happened to you?" Qin Cheng: "" What happened? My brain has been repeatedly ying that sentence Did he follow you? Follow you? You? ?
The Author has something to say: Xia Muyan: Qin Huang can like someone? I don''t believe it! Qin OrangeOrange: Ah, why don''t I forward,ment and like Baby''s pictures? Aren''t Baby''s photos more handsome enough? Trantor''s Addition: Vian: I knew it! Qin Cheng: *is shocked* Vian: *eats more popcorn* I''m d the author actually wrote this scene instead of my non canon skits though ^^ Shem: *day 639201176226* Im more shock that your popcorn hasnt expired yet Vian: Popcorn has a long shelf life! Especially if stored properly! Shem:
Good luck C [ C Jiyu] If youre even a little bit familiar with Chinese youll probably know this. Literially , it means add oil but its used to cheer someone on, encourage them, tell them to put in extra effort, etc. Like Fighting! or Good luck! A full bottle of water makes no noise, but half a bottle of water does C A full bottle filled with water when shook will produce no sound, but a half full bottle when shook will create noise instead. Able people who really has ability and strength will know to be reserved. On the other hand, people who have no ablities will always look for opportunities to brag and show off. Well, their bark is worse than their bite basically. Good person C [Ϻ- lo ho rn] A person who tries to never to offend anybody Armstrong C I honestly have no idea why Armstrong is here Serpentine C Neuropathy aka. crazy. It''s CN inte ng because serpentine[߾ C Sh jng bng] sounds like neuropathy[񾭲 C Shnjngbng] Qin Huang C We had Qin Orangeorange, we have Qin Shen, and now we have Qin Huang. [ C Hung] as in Emperor[ C Hungshng]
Sorry, I was drowning in school work for the first half ofst week and ended up sick in the second half.
Chapter 14 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Anyway, on the fourth night of "Ambush" filming, Rong Xu finally had his first scene with Han Yanghao. In these past four days, Han Yanghao had to take his character posters on the first day, and didn''t do any scenes. On the second and third day, he only did scenes with Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan. So it was only till this fourth night that the crew officially shot Bai Mingde''s and Hou Xi''s first meeting. This meeting was when Bai Mingde came to pick up his "nephew" from school, then "coincidentally" bumped into Liang Linghui at the school gate and at the same time, managed to meet Huo Xi who came to pick up Liang Linghui. This scene was arranged to be film at one of the Film&Television City''s Republic of China''s street that was surrounded by three to four small story high western-styled houses and ornate, decorated rooms in the Chinese gardens. The tall white marble Western walls and the white walls, ck tiles perfectly merged together with both of the simple and ssical Eastern beauty and the fine geometric Western beauty. This world''s China didn''t have any aggression wars in the twentieth century but there was still some friction against the West in the neenth century. China at this time had already slowly started to integrate both Eastern and Western cultures. The external friction wasn''t extremely serious, the fiercer one was the internal fighting. When it was time for Han Yanghao''s scene, he still at the very least had some skills. He pushed his bike with him to pick up his "nephew", and "identally" bumped into Teacher Liang. The child kept on crying "Teacher Liang, Teacher Liang" and firmly pulled on Liang Linghui''s sleeve. Liang Linghui bent over with a smile and said: "Okay, Teacher will send Xiao Yun off of the way." Bai Mingde was tall and handsome, while Liang Linghui was gentle and beautiful, and between the two was a little boy with snow white and creamy skin, carved like jade. No matter how you look at it, they looked like a pair of jade couple. As they walked on the street, there were many who couldn''t help but look at them, mistakenly thinking that they were a family of three. Liang Linghui was probably also aware of their gazes, her cheeks blushed full of embarrassment and wanted to immediately leave but Bai Mingde suddenly pulled her wrist, making Liang Linghui look at him in surprise. The two people''s eyes met, creating a strange spark in the air. At the same time, Huo Xi''s car parked at the side of the road. An extravagant and luxurious Plymouth slowly stopped at the bustling roadside. This car was clean and bright as snow as it reflected the clear blue sky. Just like this, it quietly stopped at the roadside, stopping not far behind from Liang Linghui and Bai Mingde, it silently and noiselessly stopped. Such an expensive car would naturally attract a lot of attention, so Liang Linghui quickly noticed the car. She hurriedly threw off Bai Mingde''s hand and walked up to the car. From when she threw off his hand to walking to the car, she only said one thing to Bai Mingde "My friend should''ve send a chauffeur to pick me up, goodbye." Bai Mingde subconsciously wanted to talk to her again. But this time, Bai Mingde only shouted a "Teacher Liang", before his voice abruptly cut off. In the script it said Bai Mingdepletely didn''t expected, that he would be able to meet Huo Xi so fast. That day even Liang Linghui herself didn''t know that Huo Xi personally came to pick her up and was sitting in the back seat of the car. He didn''t show any reaction to this "a man pulling at his fiancee''s wrist" matter; he didn''t even know who Bai Mingde was. Only when Bai Mingde shouted out to Liang Linghui, did he finally push open the door and stepped forward. As someone exceptional from the underground society, Bai Mingde quickly calmed down like it was their first meeting. He watched Huo Xi who was walking step by step over to him and Liang Linghui and saw him nce down at Liang LingHui''s sleeve. The nce was simple and casual, and was obviously only a casual nce, but it made Liang Linghui hide her hand behind her back. That was the hand that Bai Mingde pulled at. Zhang Tongtong was also an actress with skills, only, there were many actors who could act in this world. She was lucid and attractive, but wasn''t beautiful to where it moved people, which was why even now she still wasn''t extremely popr. At this moment, she stood face to face with Rong Xu while Han Yanghao stood behind her. This was a scene with all three. Even though it wasn''t the first time she filmed with Rong Xu, she still couldn''t help but hold her breath from standing this close to the young man. She raised her attention to the max and seriously acted. She took the initiative to pull Rong Xu''s arm and went to stand next to him. This time she didn''t have to face the young man so she rxed a little and said her own lines: "Let''s go, Huo Xi." As she said this, Zhang Tongtong turned to go but Rong Xu didn''t move. In the script, it only used one line to describe this scene As they looked at each other, Bai Mingde was nervous but rational; Huo Xi restrained his desire to kill. This kind of psychological drama was the most difficult to shoot, and the first scene was given to Rong Xu. Under being filmed by two cameras, the young man''s left arm held his fiancee, he himself wearing a military uniform. A tall and upright posture and a very handsome appearance. Only, he had a cold countenance with a restless killing intent concealed behind his calm eyes. That pair of obscure ck eyes reflected Bai Mingde''s figure, yet it also seemed like he didn''t put him in his eyes at all. Director Zheng was very satisfied with this performance and at the same time, he went to go see the other footage disyed on the other three screens. But in that second when he turned his head, his gaze suddenly stopped. With widened eyes, he stared intently at the young man on the screen. For this scene, a total of five cameras were used at the same time to film. Three cameras on Han Yanghao, two cameras on Rong Xu. In both screens, on the young man''s refined and noble face, his phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed and his thin lips were slowly raised, exposing an unexinable smile. He wasughing at Bai Mingde. His elegant eyebrow arched, but the smile didn''t reach his eyes. A cold and powerful aura pressed down as he smiled, making Liang Linghui''s whole body tremble and Bai Mingde even more so frightened. It was as if at this very second, he could immediately pull out the pistol at his waist and shoot a hole directly through Bai Mingde''s brain! "Cut!" Director Zheng stood up with a headache and loudly yelled: "Rong Xu is okay! Han Yanghao, the cameras are on you, start from that scene again!" Han Yanghao somewhat rigidly turned around: "Okay" When Han Yanghao turned to look at Rong Xu, he saw that he had turned around to talk to Zhang Tongtong. Where was that guy that had that terrible bloodthirsty aura from just before right now. He had obviously just saw a corpse from that pair of eyes, but now, this brat actually returned to normal. Could it behis acting skills were that good? That he could lead him(HYH) around?! No! That was absolutely impossible! Han Yanghao calmed down and adjusted himself for a few second before they continued the filming. But barely five seconds passed this time when Director Zheng shouted again: "Cut! Han Yanghao, you''re too nervous. You''re an exceptional spy, although you''re extremely nervous right now and something unexpected happened to you, you still need to calm down. If you can''t even calm down right now, how are you going to get Huo Xi''s trust in the future? Again!" Han Yanghao drylyughed twice: "Yes." No one thought that this time''s NG would led to seven more NGs before Han Yanghao''s scene was finally passable. In this scene, Huo Xi never said a word to Bai Mingde. Liang Linghui only awkwardly introduced him a bit, that Bai Mingde was her student''s uncle and was also a second rank officer in the Huo family army. In response, Huo Xi had no interest and just lightly let out an "Oh." However, his lips with a smile yet not a smile curve and the expression in his arbitrary nce made Han Yanghao''s body go stiffyes, he also NG-ed twice here. Thee crew began eating dinner when this scene finished filming. Han Yanghao''s assistant took a privately prepared lunch and handed it over to Han Yanghao, but Han Yanghao just pped down his chopsticks on the table, turned around, and went towards the bathroom. The little assistant was first startled for a second, then quickly chased after him. Zhang Tongtong saw this scene from far away and couldn''t help being a bit surprised, but then heard Yi Lan say: "Han Yanghao this guy, has an extremely horrible temper and especially arrogant. He NG-ed nine times before it was okay, so he definitely felt like he lost all face now." Zhang Tongtong speechlessly muttered: "Isn''t it normal for actors to NG? I also NG-ed five times yesterday ah." Yi Lan put up her hands in surrender: "I also NG ten times on the second day haha, that scene was very hard to shoot. Director Zheng has been giving me the stink eye many times already." The two womenughed together, then suddenly simultaneously turned to look at Rong Xu who was not far away. Yi Lan raised her voice to ask him: "Rong Xu, it doesn''t seems like you NG-ed before ah?" Rong Xu was surprised but smiled: "Didn''t I NG once before this morning?" Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan immediately recalled that scene, then the two people: "" NG? Why NG? Because in that scene, Huo Xi was interrogating a rather die than submit person from the underground party. In order to show his cruel and tyrannical fickle temperament, the interrogation was originally going well, the other side was already fast approaching the critical point of breaking through his mentality and was about to reveal the spy when suddenly Huo Xi pulled out his gun and pulled the trigger! That man''s eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at Huo Xi. As for Huo Xi, he lightly looked down at him and gave him the reason for his death: " I don''t feel like hearing you say it anymore now." Marshal Huo had always been temperamental and decisive in his killings. And it was in such a scene, the reason why Rong Xu NG-ed was because when he was about to say the line that can make a person prostate in fear in the extremely high tensioned and nervous set, he suddenly sneezed! Everyone was stunned. The tip of the nose of the previously domineering and tyrannizing Marshal turned red. He didn''t know whether tough or cry as he looked at the props team member not far away from him and exined: "I''m a bit allergic to tulips. I didn''t think there would be some here, so I didn''t eat my medicine for allergy today. Do you think you can ce that a bit farther away?" Even the serious Director Zheng burst outughing at this. This was called NG? If you call this NG, what do you call theirs? What do you call Han Yanghao''s?! "Ambush" crew''s filming proceeded in a rapid progress. Aside from Han Yanghao''s asionally lost of face from NGs, everyone else got along very well. The days passed by one by one. Because he was too busy with filming, when Rong Xu finally had time to stroll through his weibo, he found out that his fans had actually reached 500,000! And it was tonight that "Vie for Supremacy" crew was about to release the first trailer! *** In the far away B-City, inside certain hospital''s top VIP ward, a fashionably dressed young man was sitting on the bed and drinking water while also ying on his phone. When he saw a certain news, he suddenly angrily threw his phone to the ground. The just newly bought phone broke into bits and pieces, scaring the manager next to him, causing him to jump. That manager frowned: "Zhong Yi, what happened now? Properly control that temper of yours, you''re buying the things that you break yourself. Don''t make me buy it for you." Listening to these words, Zhong Yi immediately red at him with his big, clear eyes, and angrily shouted: "What does this count as?! What does this count as?! Wang ge, you tell me, Rong Xu went to act in "Vie for Supremacy". He originally found the role for me, now he went to act in it himself? When have you ever seen a money backer robbed their own actor''s role? Fortunately, there''s still nothing between us, if there really was something between us, I would''ve been disgusted to death! That stupid cunt and brainless idiot, he actually stole my role? Does he still want his face!"
White walls, ck tiles C Aggression wars C A war of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation. C> China had a second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 C 1945 Jade couple C Perfect couple
Chapter 15 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Just overnight, the first trailer for "Vie for Supremacy" was spread all over China. Up till now, the drama actually had already finished all of its filming. Thest stages of editing work had also been about half way done, and would be aired simultaneously on the top three national TV stations three monthster, seizing three golden slots. In the TV drama circle, Guo Long and Qili Studio, Tang Menn and Dong Zheng, this kind of cast and crew was definitely beyond first-ss. When the character posters came out before, it already amazed and stunned millions of viewers. And now that the trailer came out, it set off an even fiercer storm, causing an extremely heated discussion online. Tang Menn as a valiant and heroic female general, Dong Zheng as a calm and collected crown prince, Ye Qiao as a viin BOSS with exceedingly demonic charm And the one that amazed people the most was Rong Xu, who only appeared in the trailer for a mere five seconds! Between the blue rippling waves extending over into the distance, under the lofty sunset clouds in afterglow, the distant view quickly zoomed in on the isted Wang Qiu Pavilion that stood alone on the greatke. The four-storey tall pavilion of carved beams and painted pirs; a white adorned Confucian schr lone stood erect at the end of waters. His changpao flitted across, and gentle gaze watched as the boundaries of the waves and sky intertwined to one, his silk ck hair moving to the wind. He suddenly lifted his head and looked directly at the camera. With his lips slightly raised, a boundless radiant rays of sun glow from sunrise to sunset shined from that pair of translucent, bright eyes, very much like the shine from a precious gem''s resplendent brilliance! A second passed- Countless members of the female audience screamed,pletely excited to the point that they couldn''t hold back at all. Isn''t this just to meimeimei right! Sinking red clouds and lone goose together flies, one are the limpid autumn waters and longsting sky! This is the first time this science dept. girl understood the sentiments behind this line! It''s exactly this sort of feeling! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah a beauty under the dusk, a beauty under a greatke! This is simply a beauty that''s beautiful to having no friends! Again and again he always turn out as such a great beauty! I kneel down to the beauty!_(:3)_ Want the still want the still, this white dressed beauty is just too beautiful! If you don''t have a still, then take one right now! I only ept bribes in the form of Wanqi Yao''s beauty! The character poster''s attractiveness was limited due to the fact that it was only a picture. For artists that had some ws, the posters could be edited and be taken at their best sides in the best angles, then have any of their facial and body ws fixed with the use of technology. As for outstanding actors, what could really show off their charm was a dynamic video. Most artists before their debut would receive some physical training. Even after bing famous, many would not drop this course. A good star, when sitting would sit picturesquely, when standing would stand beautifully, and when they walk, they can make people feel that they warms the heart and delights the eye, with an excellent temperament. This was the so-called star temperament. Within a crowd of people, if anyone could recognize you and know that you are a star, then you have seeded. In the trailer, Rong Xu''s head shot was only for a short five seconds. It was only a seemingly careless nce when he raised his head and lips hooked in a smile, however, it caused Rong Xu''s Weibo fans broke through 800,000 overnight. A total of 300,000 fans were added! Even though it was like this, it was still far from enough. People still judge by appearance, it was obviously only a trailer, but "Vie for Supremacy" crew didn''t lower their guard at all, saving a penny. The ten thousand arrows being fired together was a spectacr sight, the heroic feeling of the magnificent army of thousands of men and horses galloping into the battlefield, the yellow sand that stirred in flight when the three major powers contend for supremacy in the chaotic world; this trailer had everything! The special effects were beautifully done to where they dazzle the eyes, the video quality was absolutely top notch,pletely worthy of an investment over 300 million! Rong Xu was on the way to the set on the second day when he saw this trailer in the passing. The whole trailer altogether was one minute, it took almost ten seconds to exin the background, coupled with a scene from the female and male lead. The fact that they were able to give him, the fourth male lead, five seconds of screen time was already beyond Rong Xu''s expectations. After watching the trailer, Rong Xu also couldn''t help but feel a bit moved. This world''s post-production level was much higher than his world''s. This trailer was made for only a TV drama, but if it was in hisst world, it was already movie standard. It was much better by a few miles than those worthless special effects in money-making movies. As Rong Xu walked along the road, he looked at all the differentments and likes. When he was about to reach the studio, Rong Xu ced his phone back in his pocket when he suddenly heard Luo Zhentao sucked in a breath of cold air. He eximed in shock: "We didn''t do anything at all, but Xiao Xu! You actually reach 34th ce on the hottest searches all by yourself!" Hearing this, Rong Xu was slightly surprised, but then smiled and asked: "Wanqi Yao entered the list again?" Luo Zhentao forcefully shook his head and hurriedly handed his phone to Rong Xu, seriously answering: "It''s Rong Xu!" On the phone screen showed Weibo''s 34th most popr search, and there it impressively showed the two words #Rong Xu! That day, the "Ambush" crew members quickly learned the news. Zhang Tongtong, Yi Lan, and the others all congratted Rong Xu on "Vie for Supremacy" sess. They were both actresses, even if they were envious of Rong Xu joining a good crew and got a good role, there was still no way that they could act in a male role and y as Wanqi Yao, right? "Ambush" third male lead was the same as Rong Xu, he was through and through a neer. And probably even better off than Rong Xu. He also congratted Rong Xu and even mutually followed each other''s Weibo, in addition to exchanging contact info with Rong Xu. Before leaving, that third male lead asked, surprised: "Hey, you don''t seem to be following many people? Did you just start using Weibo?" Rong Xu smiled and nodded: "En, I also just entered the circle. Currently, I''m only following a few of "Vie for Supremacy" and "Ambush" crew and cast." Saying that, Rong Xu opened his own lonesome following list. The third male lead peeked at Rong Xu''s following list, and smiled: "I know this Xu jie, she''s a very famous makeup artist in the circle." After he left, the third male lead silently followed some of "Ambush" assistant directors, small group leaders'' Weibo, and muttered to himself: "This Rong Xu knows how to conduct himself ah, even though he''s not following any big stars, he''s following "Vie for Supremacy" makeup group leader. But that''s true, for people like Wen Xuan and Xia Muyan, even if you follow them, it''s not like they''ll know who you are. It''s still better to follow the crew personnel. Howe I never thought about that this before, I''ll also follow!" He didn''t expect that just following would be useful? What you want was to reap people''s goodwill, but what you more so needed was to be a bit more attentive in the day-to-day interactions. By the time it was the afternoon, even Director Zheng congratted Rong Xu. Director Zheng was just over forty years old this year, but had already been in the industry for many years. He had took in all of Rong Xu''s performance during this period of time. Looking at this gentle and kind young actor, he couldn''t help but take care of him: "Director Guo''s films has always easily boost stars up, but you can''t be too conceited Xiao Rong. Although your momentum is going very strong now, you still have to make sure to maintain it ah." Rong Xu nodded: "Thank you, Director Zheng." Yes, today at noon Rong Xu''s Weibo fanspletely broke though to one million mark. At the same time, on Huaxia Entertainment''s official website, his fan club also had 70,000 fans in it. This kind of fan club was a practice that every entertainmentpany has. There was a need to pay for membership and only then you can be that star''s fan club member. This was equivalent to being an advanced fan. In the club, you have more ess to celebrity-rted informations, and from time to time, some people among the members from the club would be chosen for the artist''s Meet and Greets. Rong Xu''s rise like this might appear to be very gentle and wasn''t like reaching the Heavens in a single step. However, in the eyes of Director Zheng and Luo Zhentao, these seniors in the industry, this was already more than scary enough. You don''t see it, but there were thousands of newbies every year that fall down at the doorway of the industry. Don''t talk about bing famous, their Weibo fans don''t even reach 100,000! Taking advantage of lunchtime, Rong Xu took a look at his Weibo and fan club. When he saw the discussion contents, he couldn''t help butugh in spite of himself. The corner of his mouth drawing out and he quickly ced his phone on the table. The less was seen, the better. Report!!! Rong Xu is actually 185cm! So tall! Than I can only jump up to give him a muah =3= My Beauty Rong Rong is so hot, he''s also tall and has such nice figure! I keep on watching that five seconds over and over again! I licked till my phone is already soaking wet, okay!?!? How can he be so hot so hot so hot! Temperament was already so outstanding, before I had already surrender to the blue robes in the character poster, but now the trailer actually had him dress up in white! It''s said that if you want to be beautiful, you must wear white, my family''s Rong Rong dressing in white is just very meimeimei! ...You wear white, humph! Rong Xu also didn''t think of why he suddenly had an addition "Rong Rong" nickname. In hisst life, no one gave him a nickname, his fans were rtively "cool", and would support his movies, would support the programs he participated in, but there wouldn''t be much discussion on the inte. He only had a solid, irond record of the actual results. Yet, in this lifewhy were his fans so enthusiastic?! Although his mouth says "It''s embarrassing to see those enthusiastic fans''ments," when it was break time in the evening, Rong Xu still silently opened his phone to read these overflowing with enthusiasm fan discussions. When he saw a #Rong Xu Weibo tag he couldn''t help but lightly chuckle. #Rong Xu One time, my hubby and I walked down the street when I suddenly saw a poster. I looked at it for a long time, my hubby ate vinegar as he asked me: "What, you still like him ah?" I was surprised, but shook my head: "That was before when I was chasing after stars, my heart only has you now." Hubby immediately reached out to cover my eyes: "Then you''re not allowed to look at him." I happily smiled and hugged him: "Be good now, Ye Qiao was my past, you are my present now." Rong Xu gently smiled and hugged me back. Rong Xu: "" Don''t know if when this little fan sees "Vie for Supremacy" official story, and after learning Ye Qiao''s and his dispute in the story, what would their expression be En, he was feeling a bit excited now thinking about it. Fans, after all, were talented. Even if Rong Xu was calm and collected, he still couldn''t help but be amused by them sometimes. He wasughing happily when Han Yanghao suddenly walked past him. Hearing Rong Xu''sughter, he frowned as he nced at the teen. But it was only a nce and left very quickly. Han Yanghao walked up next to Director Zheng and heard the other say: "Han Yanghao, you are part of the underground society, the underground society, you understand? The action you just did was too clumsy, you go practice it again with the action instructors. The way Rong Xu draws the gun is much more beautiful than yours, you have to be like himter ande to training every morning okay?" Han Yanghao blinked: "He was ying on his phone, when did he go to training?" Director subconsciously answered: "But he came everyday during the first two weeks to train, and now his training achieved its results. His movements have always been very beautiful and not ugly. He doesn''t need to go to training anymore." Han Yanghao pursed his lip: So that is to say, his movements are extremely ugly? Appearing to have noticed Han Yanghao''s gaze, Rong Xu raised his head to discover that the other was staring at him. He nodded with a small smile, which could be counted as a greeting. But Han Yanghaopletely didn''t give him a good expression, he only smiled sarcastically before turning away again. Towards the other''s near-provocative behavior, Rong Xu didn''t feel angry at all, but instead felt that the other was very foolish. Either way, there was one more month or so before they part ways. The scenes on the screen would give the audience a fair answer: Exactly whose acting skills were better; whose performance was more outstanding. And what was even more interesting was that when it was a scene with him, Han Yanghao would always NG. If it was a scene between Han Yanghao and Zhang Tongtong, there wouldn''t even be a NG out of five times, but when it was with him, there would at least a NG every two times. Luo Zhentao didn''t understand the reason for this, Director Zheng also didn''t understand either, but Rong Xu understood it a bit. Han Yanghao still had some acting skills, but he didn''t like being suppressed by others. When he realized Rong Xu''s acting skill was suppressing his and didn''t let his light shine to audience. When Rong Xu''s oppression made it too hard to breath, he would persistently try to resist it and the ending was always a NG. Afterwards, Rong Xu would concede to him a little bit, and hold back on his acting. This kind of person who had no luck and little strength, yet still didn''t know how to deal with people was an idiot the industry was best at dealing with. But as long as Han Yanghao no longer came to provoke him, Rong Xu was also toozy to do something superfluous. However, only a short one day passed when Rong Xu arrived at the set early in the morning on a certain day, and haven''t even entered yet when he heard Director Zheng''s loud roaring: "Change actor? There''s only two weeks left before the broadcast, yet you tell me to change actors? Where''s Han Yanghao, you let hime tell me himself! The crew is getting along just fine, why is there a need to change actors? Does he think that we can make it?! We simply do not have the time to do this kind of thing! You tell him, we can change the second male lead. Let him y the second male lead himself, Rong Xu can y the male lead instead!" At the same time, an airne steadilynded at Shoushe Airport nearby Xiangshan Movie and Television City. A youthful and fashionable young man wearing a baseball cap and a pair of wide sunsses walked through the airport, quickly attracting the attention of many passersby. Someone eximed: "Zhong Yi?!" As a result, a group of people gathered around and began asking for signatures. Zhong Yi was smiling all over as he showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said: "Everyone kept it down a bit more, no need to bother everyone else." Taking out a signing pen that he had already long prepared beforehand, and even got out a prepared small nk notebook, he started giving out autographs. And in the VIP aisle not far away, a refined and elegant man heard all the noise and turned to look. Zhong Yi waspletely surrounded by a group of fans, so he couldn''t see the person inside at all. He raised an eyebrow and questioned: "Qin Cheng, did that ne had any other stars on it? I didn''t seem to notice ah." The upright and handsome man wearing a simple ck long coat, this coat didn''t have any additional designs and there didn''t even appear to be any brandmark. But with the fine workmanship and top quality tailoring alone, you could tell that it was definitely a custom-made of the highest quality. Hearing his manager''s words, the man slightly pulled down his sunsses. It just happened that the crowd had opened up a gap, revealing Zhong Yi''s face. Qin Cheng quickly nced over for a second and his thin lips slightly pursed together: "Don''t recognize him." Xu Jinughed: "I don''t recognize him either, probably not from our Huaxia Entertainment." Saying that, the two left the VIPne and soon arrived at the parking area where they were picked up by a specialized driver to go over to Xiangshan Movie and Television City.
The author has something to say: Rongrong: Change actor? EXM? Meow meow meow? Zhong Yi: Hehe, let''s see what you, this golden master, have to say. Qin Orangeorange: Ah, what expression would he show when he sees me, would he be especially happy? Would he be extremely happy? Would he be shy! Ao ao ao ao (/RQ/)
Carved beams and painted pirs C [ C dio ling hu dng] A richly ornamented building Sinking red clouds and lone goose together flies, one are the limpid autumn waters and longsting sky C [ϼҰѼһʷ裬ˮͳӳαһɫ C Wnxi y yy yq tinj fiw, qishu h chng tin xing yng chngb ys] Writen by Wang Bo (650 C C 676) A Tang Dynasty poet The phase came from his Preface to the Prince of Tengs Pavilion [w -Tngwng G X] or Preface to a farewell feast atop the Prince of Tengs Pavilion in Autumn [յǺ鸮wTe C Qiur deng Hngzhou Tngwng G Jinbi X] or Preface to a Poem on the Prince of Tengs Pavilion [wԊ C Tngwng G Shi X] Same piece, it was a literacy piece considered as the founding essay of Tang Literature The four scenes of sinking clouds, lone goose, clear water, and long skies are suppose to outline that tranquility yields transcendence/ one can aplish somethingsting by leading a quiet life, still water runs deep, etc. ;;;;;This took forever tranting, the english ver. didnt sound poetic enough for me. Ancient flowery Chinesenguage is hard, but I weirdly prefer them over regr\\o ; A beauty that''s beautiful to having no friends C Beauties are lonesome existences, I have no other way to out (_ _) Saving a penny C A penny saved is a penny earned Reaching the Heavens in a single step C Instant sess So hot C Theyre actually saying [Nÿ C l me hokn] instead of [ôÿ C nme hokn] (So good-looking/handsome) [- l] means hot/ spicy If you want to be beautiful, you must wear white C Oh gosh hehe, the full saying is this: [Ҫһ,ŮҪһТ C Nn yo qio yshn zo, n yo qio yshn xio] If men want to be handsome, they should wear ck. If women want to be beautiful, they should wear white. <.< You can see why the [humph!] Young man C Just wanted to point out, the author had actually being calling ZY as [к C D nnhi] *cough*Man child*cough* Golden Master C [ C Jn zh] financial back, money back, same thing. Used here cause I thought is sounded better.
Chapter 16 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Xiangshan Movie and Television City, Ambush crew. Within every crew, contrary to what was expected, the most intense conflicts were often not between actor and actor, and not even between Director and actor, but between Director and investor. Investors were the one paying the money, while the Director was the core of the whole film. The former would often make some requests to thetter, and thetter would usually do their best to fulfill the former''s requests. Unless it was an exceptionally famous Director, otherwise, the Director wouldn''t object to most of the investors'' proposals. However, the investors also needed to make money, so they also usually wouldn''t make any strange and bizarre suggestions. This was a unanimous agreement within the industry. However, this agreement didn''t apply to the "Ambush" crew. Luo Zhentao quickly got a detailed update from Assistant Director Li. With a cold face, he suppressed his anger: "I don''t know how Han Yanghao coaxed the investors, but now they want to change actors. The other party gave seventy percent of "Ambush" investment so their attitude right now is rather unyielding on this matter. Director Zheng is against it, but the investors are unwilling to concede on this." The handsome and elegant youth restrained his gaze and calmly asked: "They just want to change me?" Luo Zhentao hesitated for a moment: "Yes." Regarding this sort of situation where they breach the contract, although it would give the crew a bad reputation, it generally never reaches the audience''s ears. In the first ce, Rong Xu''s pay wasn''t very high and now they also have to pay the penalty fee. But this was something easy for that investor. Silently shaking his head, Rong Xu raised his head and narrowed his eyes at Han Yanghao who was resting not far away like he had no clue about what was going on. He suddenly raised his lips and lightly chuckled: "Luo ge, exactly how did I offend him?" Luo Zhentao was angry and doubtful: "I also don''t know ah, you had never argued with him ah." Rong Xu stared at Han Yanghao''s back for a long time. After staring for half a day, he sighed: "There''s no need for a reason to hate someone in this industry. It''s just, for him to go to this extent, he already passed and crossed the line." For the entire morning, "Ambush" crew was at a standstill. There were two weeks before the broadcast and currently, the crew had only filmed three episodes. Far from enough of episodes needed before airing. Director Zheng and Han Yanghao''s manager made a huge scene arguing inside the crew. Director Zheng even went as far as to say "Not doing business with ya, I quit!" but that manager remained unmoved and continued to smile: "Director Zheng, you should think about this again. This is President Li''s request." As for Han Yanghao, he had been calmly sitting inside his private lounge resting and never appeared. Luo Zhentao naturally also participated with Director Zheng in the discussion, grimly asking the investor to consider what was in their best interest. In the industry, you would be condemned for breaching a contract. Whether it was for the investor, Director, or the actor themself, it was very unfavorable. The three parties disputed in the crew for the entire morning. Not far from them, Rong Xu took out his script and calmly flipped through. From time to time, crew members for various reasons would pass by him and spoke one or twoforting words. Assistant Director Li who managed the actors was especially anxious till he was covered in ayer of sweat. Seeing that the other side was in a deadlock, he could only go to find Rong Xu and carefully inquired: "If the crew is really going to break the contractwhat would you do, Rong Xu?" The simple and honest, sturdy middle-aged man stared at him with sincere-filled eyes, his voice containing helplessness and guilt. Hearing this, Rong Xu finally looked up, removing his gaze from the script. He thoughtfully looked at Assistant Director Li, his gaze leveled and clear, as if he was clueless about what was happening; a gaze soft as the clouds and light like the wind. Assistant Director Li didn''t expect Rong Xu''s reaction to be like this. Looking at the teen''s calm andposed appearance, the restless feelings in his heart inexplicably rxed a little. He then heard Rong Xu ask: "Li ge, I remembered that our stills and trailer should''ve been released on the inte the day after tomorrow, then send to the TV station to be aired for promotion a weekter?" Assistant Director Li naturally nodded: "Yes." Hearing this, Rong Xu smiled. He stood up and said: "I once heard a foreign Director say that in the best cast and crew, the Director always need to have thest say himself. The only thing the investors and producers need to do is to "meet all of the Director''s demands." For any kind of crew, to always be so passiveisn''t anything good." Not far away, Director Zheng, Luo Zhentao, and Han Yanghao''s manager were still arguing without end. And on this side, Assistant Director Li''s eyes widened in surprise, closely watching Rong Xu as he heard this youth continued with a smile: "Today, when I was reading the script, I suddenly discovered that this name ''Huo Xi'' was very interesting. Li ge, China has an ancient saying, "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, a blessing may conceal misfortune." Huo Xi''s misfortune maybe this is actually a blessing in disguise. And from this, one can grasp the chance to switch from being passive to aggressive." Assistant Director Li suddenly heard a loud ''boom'' in his brain. He was dumbstruck for the moment, then quickly remembered a SMS his son once sent: I think that he''s really good, you take care of him a bit, don''t let him be bullied by that kind of self-important poser. *** By noon, the crew was still at a standstill. The Director, Luo Zhentao, and Han Yanghao''s manager had started a cold war, making the whole set awkward. While the other actors felt sympathetic to Rong Xu, and Zhang Tongtong also very much wanted to help Rong Xu, but they didn''t have any power to confront Han Yanghao and could only secretly curse Han Yanghao, that self-important poser with no morals. All except Assistant Director Li who disappeared. When Zhong Yi arrived from Shuoshe Airport to "Ambush" crew, this was the strange scene he saw. The crew waspletely silent. Everyone was doing some trivial things, it just that nobody was filming! This wasn''t normal, okay?! Zhong Yi''s eyes swept around and quickly walked inside. After looking for half a day, he still couldn''t find Rong Xu. No matter what was said, Zhong Yi was still a third-tier star in the end. Someone from the crew recognized him, so he immediately pulled the person over and asked: "I''m Young Master Rong''s friend, howe I don''t see Young Master Rong anywhere? I heard that he was filming here, so I came to visit him." Saying this, he lifted the cake box in his other hand. With that cute spoiled tone along with that fair innocent face, that crew member was fully unable to get angry at Zhong Yi, and instead thought that this child was very cute. She quickly answered Zhong Yi: "I don''t know who Young Master Rong is, but you are probably looking for Rong Xu, right? He is over there looking through the script." Zhong Yi followed the direction her finger was pointing at to see a figure. He nked out for a second, only after a while did he smiled and asked: "Where ah? Howe I don''t see Young Master Rong?" That crew member hurriedly pointed again: "It''s the person wearing the military uniform and sitting on the chair with his head down looking at the script." The smile on Zhong Yi''s face froze. But not long after, he carried the cake box and sauntered over in front of Rong Xu. Feeling his light being blocked by someone, Rong Xu couldn''t help but raise his head to see a pretty face. Big round eyes with tawny brown curly hair, this young boy was very cute and lovely. Cute to the point where he didn''t look like a grown man at all, but instead appeared to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. But Rong Xu knew that Zhong Yi was already twenty-four years old. Closing the script, Rong Xu lightly smiled and greeted: "Long time no see, Zhong Yi." Zhong Yi was stunned, not expecting that the other party would be so calm. He hurriedly hid the look of disdain shing through his eyes, but it all fell into Rong Xu''s eyes. He ced the cake box aside and casually sat beside Rong Xu. He subconsciously reach out his hand to hold Rong Xu''s hand, but Rong Xu "coincidentally" raised his hand to put down the script, incidentally avoiding it. Although Zhong Yi was a bit surprised, he didn''t think much of it. He said sweetly: "Young Master Rong, we haven''t seen each other for so long but you didn''t evene to see me. I heard that you actually started acting, I was so surprised when I found out. I didn''t believe it at first but Zhang Fengter showed me the character poster you took for "Vie for Supremacy". I could only believe it then. Why did you decided to start acting, Young Master Rong?" While Zhong Yi''s tone appeared intimate, there was still a hint of sharpness when he mentioned "Vie for Supremacy". Rong Xu gave a small smile as he watched him, not batting an eye as he moved slightly to the side and answered: "Filming is quite enjoyable." The smile on Zhong Yi''s face froze. He firmly pinched his fingers, only then was he able to suppress the anger in his heart. Enjoyable? You Great Young Master, if you want to enter the entertainment circle to y, then y! What are you fighting over a role with him for! Even if he was injured and couldn''t act, did you need to take it for yourself? What did that count as? He had never heard of a Golden Master stealing someone''s role before! Zhong Yi lowered his head with his bangs hanging down, covering the resentment in his eyes. Zhong Yi nursed a grievance: "En, it is very enjoyable. Young Master Rong, you changed your phone but you didn''t even tell me. The reason why I came to find you today was because I wanted to tell you I think that the thing that you told me before, is quite good." Rong Xu blinked, not speaking. Zhong Yi waited for a while, but didn''t hear the other party''s response. Feeling it was weird, he looked up, only to see that the other was still sporting a light smile, watching him. Zhong Yi stared nkly, then: "!!!" Fuck! What the hell is he smiling at! Howe he feels that there''s something wrong with this Rong Xu ah! Honestly, when Zhong Yi entered the studio, he already spotted Rong Xu. At that time, he only saw Rong Xu''s profile, thinking that this face was truly refined and beautiful. He even thought it was a star he didn''t recognize. So when he heard that it was Rong Xu, he felt anger bubble up in his chest for some reason. Wasn''t Rong Xu suppose to be that prodigal Young Master? Howe he suddenly changed to this? The "Vie for Supremacy" character poster had already made Zhong Yi angry to where his nose went crooked. He had confidently pointed at the photo, repeating several times to his manager, "This was definitely photoshopped, you can so tell it''s fake!" But now, seeing him dressed up in a military uniform, with an otherworldly beautiful appearance He didn''t even know what kind of response he was supposed to give right now. Even to the extent that he thought that in terms of image and temperament, Rong Xu was much more suitable for the entertainment circle than he himself! Unmistakably, it was Rong Xu himself that brought the role to him, hoping to please him. He had felt that it was funny, looking at the boy''s shy face turning red from his first love. How was it that this boy was suddenly so calm now? But Zhong Yi didn''t know that the only reason why Rong Xu answered him with a smile was: He had no idea what the other was talking about! "That thing we talked about before?" What thing we talked about before? However, Zhong Yi obviously didn''t have Rong Xu''s patience. He soon awkwardly changed the topic and casually asked in a loud voice: "That''s strange, howe you guys aren''t filming today? I heard from Han ge that this was a weekly drama and will soon air." Everyone was immediately drawn to his voice. Zhong Yi soon got the answer from his assistant. His eyes lit up and quickly coaxed Rong Xu: "Young Master Rong, don''t be angry at Han ge. He just has a somewhat bad temper at times. My rtionship with him is pretty good, I''ll go talk to him a bit and he''ll know what to do. You wait here, I''ll be back soon." As soon as he finished talking, Zhong Yi immediately stood up and ran over to Han Yanghao''s private lounge, leaving behind Rong Xu who watched him with a smile that was not like a smile. *** For the next whole hour, Zhong Yi stayed inside Han Yanghao''s private lounge with no sign ofing out. That professed "I''ll be back soon" waspletely forgotten about. The crew members were also acting weird. Only the second female lead, Yi Lan, quietly walked up to Rong Xu''s side and whispered: "In that movie I yed inst year, Zhong Yi was also in it. His rtionship with Han Yanghao within the crew there was also very good. Rong Xu, you have to be careful. I don''t know what''s your rtionship with Zhong Yu, but I don''t think he''s very good." Rong Xu looked at her in surprised, only to see Yi Lan''s wry smile: "I know I shouldn''t be close to you at this time, but I don''t think that you did anything wrong. Anyway, I''m just a little second to third-tier star, what worse can he do to me?" Rong Xu slowly lowered his gaze, his lips curving into a smile: "Yi jie, thank you." And at this moment inside Han Yanghao''s private lounge, Zhong Yi was sitting on the couch with an uncertain look. Sinking into deep thought for a long time, he couldn''t help but inquire again: "You say that Rong Xu was kicked out of the Rong Family? You are sure of this matter, Han ge? No matter what, he is this Rong Family''s only remaining bloodline. If he was kicked out, wouldn''t the Rong Family becking any male descents?" Han Yanghao drank a mouthful from his drink, before coldly snorting: "President Li and Madame Rong have a partnership together, this was something she personally told me. Although the Second Master Rong certainly doesn''t have any children of his own, but on what basis should he give the enterprise he obtained with his on two hands over to Rong Xu? President Li said that the reason why Rong Xu had already long moved out was because Second Master Rong drove him out. Otherwise, think about it. If Rong Xu still had the Rong Family''s backing, would he be willing to act in this weekly drama? He would definitely film in one where he''s the lead and get a more famous Director instead." Zhong Yi''s face suddenly turned white, then red. Han Yanghao sneered: "You ah, never figure out things clearly before getting all hot-headed and rushing ahead. Don''t be deceived by other''s outer appearance. You thought that he was a Golden Master? He was merely a paper tiger! On that note, how are his skills in bed? Or is that you''re still the top? That child''s looks are still pretty good. It''s not much of a loss even if you top." "Fuck! Fortunately I didn''t promise him on that matter just now! What does he count as? He actually dare to pose as someone rich in front of me?" Zhong Yi hatefully punched the sofa, then stood up, gnashing his teeth: "Han ge, since it''s like this, it''s settled. I also think that this drama''s second male lead is pretty good. Since he dares to steal my role in "Vie for Supremacy", I will steal his this time! Without the Rong Family, who does he think he is? He''s just a fool!" Han Yanghaoughed out loud: "All right, it just so happen that President Li gave me a call. We should go out first and see if that Rong Xu still have anything left to say. To dare to act like such a pretentious prick in front of me inside the crew, you still need to have the ability to!" Following a "click", the lounge door that had been closed for the whole day was finally opened by the people inside. The crew members and actors all looked up to see, only Rong Xu remained the same and kept looking down at his phone, his thoughts concealed. *** And at the same time, a taxi slowly stopped in front of Xiangshan Movie and Television City''s gate. Before the taxi left, the driver excitedly eximed: "My daughter and wife likes you very much! I really like your "Evening Sound", "Steel Tooth", and "Broken City"! Qin Cheng, you have to do your best, you must do your best ah!" Qin Cheng: "Thank you." Having an over fifty years old uncle tightly gripping onto your hand, selling cuteness and encouraging you En. Presumably it would make anyone feel somewhat helpless. Qin Cheng hade several times to Xiangshan M&T City before, and had long been familiar with the road. He put his hands in his pockets, pacing through the cool, quiet early autumn breeze,pletely ignoring his manager behind him. Qin Cheng lowered his head, looking at the ground as he walked. He walked like he was taking a stroll through his courtyard, but the powerful ice-cold atmosphere caused the surrounding temperature to abruptly drop three degrees. The two people walked like this for ten minutes before Xu Jin finally couldn''t stand it: "I was wrong Great Young Master Qin! I also didn''t know that the car would break down ah! And you can''t me me for the phone running out of battery Okay, okay, it was my fault. I didn''t notice that the phone was dead. But we didn''t arrive toote, it''s only five in the afternoon. Although we did have to wait for about two hours out in the barren mountain road for a taxi, but didn''t we arrive in the end" Qin Cheng suddenly raised his head, throwing out a sharp icy re. Xu Jin: "" After a short moment, he raised his right hand and this time, seriously asked: "Come, say it Great Young Master Qin. Who are you looking for,ing here? Is it Old Liu? I heard that "Emperor Qin of the Realm" was shooting in Xiangshan, I''ll take you to find him. Today, I''ll willingly undertake any task despite your criticism. Good enough?" Hearing that, Qin Cheng finally stopped: "You go find where the "Ambush" crew is." "Oh, I''ve already inquired where "Emperor Qin of the Realm" is before" Xu Jin''s voice abruptly halted and snapped his head up: "Ambush"? What "Ambush"?" Qin Cheng casted an overbearing sidelong nce down at him: "The "Ambush" you are responsible to look for." Xu Jin: "" If there''s no twenty than there''s at least fifteen crews filming here everyday in M&T City! M&T City was huge, exactly from which corner do you expect him to find this obscure and unknown little crew ah!
The author has something to say: Zhong Yi[sharpening his knife]: Golden Master? I pei! Rongrong[Shrug]: Have I ever said that I was your Golden Master? Qin Orangeorange: Coming to be Baby''s Golden Master, Coming to be Baby''s Golden Master, I''ll provide for you Baby and warm your bed ? (? ??? w ??? ?) ? Trantors Addition: Vian: Bad Xu Jin!
Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, a blessing may conceal misfortune C [⸣֮Уⵜ֮ C hu x f zh su y, f x hu zh su f] Misfortune [ C hu x] sounds the same as Huo Xi. Different characters though Huo Xi is . The meaning prosperous
Chapter 17 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Currently in "Ambush" crew, another big argument was about to ensued. No one thought that Han Yanghao would suddenlye out after staying inside his private lounge all day long only to use such an arrogant and willful tone towards Director Zheng: "President Li just called me to tell me that she wants a reply before eight by the evening. Her request is still the same as before. As for whatever you choose, Director Zheng, is your own business." While Han Yanghao used a respectful tone, his nose had already reached the Heavens, simply not putting Director Zheng in his eyes at all. All the crew members there were gnashing their teeth in anger, but didn''t dare to speak up. Their gaze silently turning to the youth not far away. The sympathy in their eyes had increasedpared to early in the day. All because no one thought that Zhong Yi who came to visit Rong Xu, was currently standing behind Han Yanghao and introduced by him as such: "I''ve worked with Zhong Yi before, his acting is pretty good and his appearance also passes. It just so happened that he''s here and also has an open slot in his schedule. President Li also agrees to let him take over Huo Xi''s role." These words caused an uproar within the crew. You only came to visit, not to mention the one you were visiting was Rong Xu! Now you are pretending to be so just and honorable to steal his role. Aren''t you being too much?! Zhong Yi bashfully blushed: "Han ge and I had already discussed over the script, I feel it''s quite good." From start to finish, his gaze never went to Rong Xu. He acted like he didn''t know who Rong Xu was, much less that the role he wanted already had an actor. Lucky, Luo Zhentao wasn''t on set. He had went out with Assistant Director Li in the afternoon and still had not return. Currently inside the studio, there was the Han Yanghao acting high and mighty with a pure and innocent looking Zhong Yi on one side. On the other side, there was Director Zheng whose eyes had turned red from anger. Andstly was Rong Xu, who was sitting peacefully along the sidelines. The beautiful and elegant youth had his head slightly hanging down. His hair hid his eyes, letting people unable to read the expression in them. Han Yanghao lit another fire in this tense situation: "Zhong Yi''s acting skills are definitely better than what''s-his-name from before. Director Zheng, what are you still hesitating for?" Director Zheng: "You!" "Better than me. was it?" The crisp clear and calm voice resonated, causing everyone to turn to the origin where they saw Rong Xu who had stood up without them noticing. He was still wearing Huo Xi''s costume. His whole body was dded in the navy blue military uniform, the deep blue appearing almost ck as it hugged his long legs and narrow waist, entuating his peerless beauty that was emanating out an imposing and awe-inspiring air. The military boots cked against the ground as he slowly walked step by step in front of Han Yanghao and the other two. Standing side by side like this, someone suddenly discovered that Rong Xu was actually a bit taller than Han Yanghao! His eyes lowered almost imperceptibly and looked at Han Yanghao with an indescribable gaze. Not speaking at all, he just continued to look like this. Rong Xu''s staring ineffably made Han Yanghao feel somewhat agitated. But just as when he was about to open his mouth to ask, "What do you want," he saw the youth suddenly smile. The corner of his mouth curved, carrying a touch of ridicule. His gaze was cold and sharp, much like a knife shing across Han Yanghao''s face. In an instant, the overbearing auraing from the youth man dispersed. He looked down at Han Yanghao in a condescending manner from above, the mocking smile on his lips stabbed at Han Yanghao, causing his eyes to go unfocused, seeming to have been reminded of his countless NGs during the past two weeks. Subconsciously, Han Yanghao started stuttering: "Wha-what do you want? You think Zhong Yi is better than you? He acted in many dramas before. Compared to you, what works do you have? Why don''t you name them out for us to hear?" Saying this, he turned around: "Right, Zhong Yi?" Zhong Yi wanted to open his mouth to agree but suddenly felt his whole body tremble. He turned to Rong Xu, but only saw thetter slightly narrow his eyes, his gaze lightlynding on his person. Only, he barely spared him a nce before quickly turning away! Zhong Yi turned mute. He didn''t know what Rong Xu was going to say next, but if he did, he definitely would''ve shut him up at all costs even if he had to stake his life for it. "His acting skills were definitely quite good earlier this year, on February in B-City''s Hao Sheng Club''s 13th private room." Pausing for a second, Rong Xu added with a lightugh: "His drinking capacity was also quite good." This single sentence caused everyone present to go silent. Hao Sheng Club was a high-end club in B-City. It was very normal for Zhong Yi to go y and drink in that club. However, Rong Xu''s tone was obviously saying: What was Zhong Yi doing inside that club. What else could he be doing? It definitely was the circle''s mostmon unspoken rules! These things only needed to hinted at a little and others could not only guess the rest, but even imagine beyond it. All of a sudden, everyone''s gaze on Zhong Yi turned strange. Knowing that Han Yanghao had a Gold Master was one thing, but that Zhong Yi also had a Gold Master No wonder! Those together with Han Yanghao were all the same kind of poor goods! Zhong Yi didn''t expect that Rong Xu would know about that matter, he obviously didn''t seem like he knew about it before at all! Zhong Yi''splexion paled, he loudly yelled: "What nonsense what nonsense are you saying!" Rong Xu was surprised: "Did I remember it wrong? Was it in March instead?" Zhong Yi angrily screamed: "I didn''t go to any club at all! Don''t you go and nder people like that! How can it be that you''re this kind of person, Rong Xu?! I''ll sue you!" Rong Xu continued to smile and remain silent. His gaze didn''t even stay on Zhong Yi, but instead looked to the side at Director Zheng. He softly apologised: "I''m deeply sorry for creating such a difficult situation for you, I also didn''t expect for this to happen. He said that he came to visit me, but the situation ended up became like this." Many crew members still didn''t know that Zhong Yi came to visit Rong Xu. So once they heard this, their gaze on Zhong Yi turned even moreplicated. "No way he came to visit Rong Xu?" "He came to visit him, but still stole Rong Xu''s role?" "Exactly which big celebrity is he ah? I''ve never seen him before, but aren''t his means a bit too fake?" The hush whispers echoed in Zhong Yi''s mind. He was livid. He wanted to shut those people''s mouths but he realized that everyone was talking at the same time, making it hard to find who were the ones talking bad about him. Han Yanghao''s face also sank. He wanted to speak but before that, he heard Rong Xu''s lightugh again: "Han Yanghao, there would always be some fairness in the world. But just for a role, I should quit being an actor How can it be like that? Could it be that you still have means to sever my life? I have been subjected to your anger for a full two weeks here already. Today as well, I have been subjected to more than enough of your anger." Han Yanghao listened to these words and stared at Rong Xu, baffled: "What is it that you want?" Rong Xu raised a brow and suddenly chuckled: "Who was the one that smashed the cup in the dressing room? Who was the one that criticized the props team assistant till they left? Who was the one that threw away the food that the field service sent into the trash can Han Yanghao, do you know?" Han Yanghao''s expression stiffed. Rong Xu narrowed his eyes as the smile on his lips receded. His frigid gaze coldly watching Han Yanghao. The atmosphere around the crew also stagnated. Many members had lowered their head and tightly clenched their hands. And it was at this time a loud yelling came from the entrance of the studio: "What are you standing here for? You''re blocking my way! Go away, don''t stay and be an eyesore here!" The voice continued to shout again: "Ah Hao, what are you talking nonsense with them for? Just let President Li withdraw his investment if they don''t agree." Han Yanghao''s manager rudely sneered after he approached and not in the least minding the situation, he then asked: "Director Zheng, have you considered it?" But in the next moment, a crisp voice spoke up: "I''m an intern, but I don''t need this internship anymore, I''ll leave. But I need to say this, why should Ie here early and returnte everyday when I''m dead tired but still have to suffer under your ire for no good reason! I know what Rong Xu was talking about, Wang jie from the props team left because of you! Your manager said that if she doesn''t leave, then you''ll quit!" "That''s right! Your private makeup artist didn''te one day so I did your makeup. But you said I didn''t make you handsome enough and smashed the cup!" "I also know that on the first day, Xiao Ying didn''t know that you have your own meals and good-heartedly delivered you your lunch. But you just dumped it into the trash in front of her! Is there anyone who bullies people like you? Very well, you are a big celebrity. Only you are a human, but are we also not human?! I also don''t want this job anymore, I don''t believe that after being in the industry for thirteen years, I wont find any work! You might as well have forced me away." Han Yanghao stared at this scene with a dumbstruck expression. The crowd of people was angrily yelling and shouting at him, their red eyes furiously locked onto him. He thoroughly never expected that there would be a day where he would be condemned like this from a thousand people. If one were to say that Han Yanghao''s tyranny over the crew in the past weeks was the root cause, then the turning point this time was a fuse. Rong Xu''s exposure made them unable to not not think of when they were oppressed, and Han Yanghao''s manager''s arrogance just now became the final straw. Even the head of the logistics team stood up and sneered: "Old Zheng, there''s something I still haven''t told you yet, because I didn''t want you to get angry. This person demanded that we meet all of his requests. The day before yesterday, he wanted to eat grapes, so our team''s Xiao Zhang drove the car out for six hours to buy some for him only to have him say it''s toote and he doesn''t feel like eating it anymore." Director Zheng was furious to the point where he was about to explode into foulnguage: "I f*ck his mother, you should''ve told me earlier! Does he think he came for a vacation or filming!" The "Ambush" crew was a newly formed production and filming crew, the Director was a newer Director. Each and every one of the crew members didn''t have any reputation within the circle. This made them ustomed to swallowing down their humiliation, not daring to directly oppose Han Yanghao, only thinking: Just endure it. It will pass. The other party is one of the investor''s people. However, when they have been oppressed to the limit, the more they silently endured, the more terrifying the explosion would be. Director Zheng pointed at Han Yanghao''s nose as he retaliated: "Change actor? I pei, on what basis do you get to ask to change actors? You NG the most out of everyone, your acting skills are much worse than Rong Xu''s! If I, your father, want to change actor, the first one I''ll change would be you! I''ll ask you, do you still want your face or not?" Han Yanghao couldn''t believe this, his eyes widened: "You dare say I''m" "I, your father, am exactly talking about you! You''ve also endured enough in the past half month. I just won''t have anyone invest in me, I won''t be able to film, but so what? Shoo shoo shoo, not filming anymore, you can withdraw your investment or whatever, that''s on you. We''ll just not release it. When the TV station vites the contract, please go and ask your President Li to solve it. How you want to solve it is however you want to solve it!" "You" Director Zheng looked to the side: "That''s weird, where''s Old Li? Whatever, youe over here Old Chen, you go and make an announcement online saying that we''re not filming anymore. Then contact someone from the TV stationter about the reimbursement. Also go find me awyer, I want to sue that esteemed President Li for breaching the contract!" Han Yanghao growled: "I never said that President Li would withdraw the investment, how can you say he breached the contract!" Director Zheng stared at him: "You didn''t say to withdraw? Then who have you been threatening this whole time? Old Chen, don''t bother with this stupid idiot, release the announcement online!" Assistant Director Wang hurriedly logged into "Ambush" official Weibo. However, in the second he opened up the page, he froze. He stared in shock for along time, and was just about to raise his head to call for Director Zheng when he saw Han Yanghao ring at Rong Xu, cursing: "You shameless moron, isn''t it just recing you, what of it? I''m warning you, if you don''t want to film then we won''t film. President Li won''t invest and this drama might as well be canceled! Rong Xu, don''t think I don''t know. Who are you in the Rong Family? Did you still thought you were a Young Master? Sure enough, you were born from a mother but don''t have the teachings of one. To actually be this ignorant, refusing to leave nor have any sense of shame!" These were the words Qin Cheng and Xu Jin heard upon entering when they finally found the "Ambush" crew with great difficulty after looking around for a whole hour. Xu Jin was startled and didn''t react, only stood there with a nk expression. On the other hand, Qin Cheng''s eyes darkened, and slightly widened. Using his 190cm height, his gaze bypassed the throng of people and firmly locking onto the youth in the center of the crowd. The young man was dressed in a military uniform, his countenance beautiful and exquisite like the lowering sun. The uniform wrapped around his alluring body curves with the cor unbuttoned, exposing a tantalizing corbone that leaves one in a reverie of fanciful thoughts. The person himself was still so damn beautiful and calm as always, but his eyes revealed his shock and fear. Glistening tears were overflowing from his eyes, appearing to have been frightened by the other party''s vulgar words, and would cry in the very next moment. Such a lovely person, there was actually someone who has the heart to treat him so badly? In Xu Jin''s eyes, there seemed to be an argument going on here, and quite a heated one as well. And in Qin Cheng''s eyes, he was only repeating one sentence He''s being bullied! He''s being bullied!! He''s being bullied!!! In an instant, the tall man marched forward in a sh. It was as if he had a particr aura to him, causing the crowd to subconsciously give way to him. One person had turned around and cried "Qin Cheng!" in shock when they noticed him, but just as "Cheng" had came out, the person himself had already reached the center of the crowd. At this time, Rong Xu was preparing to open his mouth to refute Han Yanghao. As far as eloquence was concerned, since he had been able to to use four teals to move a thousand jins and turn the entire crew against Han Yanghao, including making Director Zheng determined to create a big fuss out of this for him(HYH), he naturally couldn''t obediently stand there and receive Han Yanghao''s insults, as stupid as they were. Yes, he didn''t feel particrly wronged by Han Yanghao''s insults, but instead felt that the other was idiotic beyond saving. However, he suddenly felt a heat over his eyes, causing the words to be stuck in his throat. Rong Xu looked up in surprise but only saw a man that had came up beside him without him realizing. The man gently caress the corner of his(RX) eyes with his hand. Rong Xu''s eyes slightly quivered and he felt a strange feeling spread in his heart. He couldn''t clearly say what the feelings was, but looking at that indifferent yet nevertheless handsome face, looking at those serene yet abstruse obsidian eyes, inexplicably, he didn''t stop the other''s overly intimate behavior. The two gazed at each other for a while. Rong Xu felt that his throat was a bit dry, and the stares from everyone was also making him feel somewhat embarrassed. He suddenly heard the man''s low and mellow maic voice: "Don''t cry." Rong Xu: "" EXM?! Onlookers: "" Cry?! Xu Jin: "" With which old eyes of yours did you see him cry? Qin Cheng restrained his gaze and slowly and carefully pronounced word by word: "If he doesn''t invest, then Huaxia Entertainment will invest." Assistant Director Wang who was clutching his phone at aplete loss of the situation: "" Hold up, you guys should let him finish ah! Something happened on Weibo ah! Something big happened ah!
The author has something to say: Rongrong: The opponent is too stupid, there''s no sense of aplishment at all~ Qin Orangeorange: He''s already on the verge of tears, Baby''s heart must be in distress! But he also looks very lovely trying to hold back his tears(???) Trantor''s Addition The person himself was still so damn beautiful and calm as always, but his eyes revealed his shock and fright. Glistening tears were overflowing from his eyes, appearing to have been frightened by the other party''s vulgar words, and would cry in the next moment. Vian: [Prepares popcorn] Shem: popcorn again. Vian: this time yum*cough* besides the point Vian: His Majesty Great God Young Master Qin Orangeorange has a hole in his brain ^^ Shem: *snorts* he''s smitten! XD
Not release C Raws said dormer[촰 C Tinchung] but it means they will not release something that was supposed to be released. Historically, there was a time due to censorship, many events are not allowed to be reported. In order to show their attitude against this kind of censorship, the reporters purposely leave some section of newspaper nk (which was supposed to be those banned reports). Those nk sections look like dormers. So we have this word but nowadays it only means not releasing something (Thank you Cici on the Secret Danmei Confederation) Four teals to move a thousand jins C [ăɓǧ C Slingbqinjn] A minor force winning over a greater forceor something like that
Chapter 18 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Qin Cheng''s arrival caught the entire "Ambush" crew off guard. "If he doesn''t invest, then Huaxia Entertainment will invest." This sentence made Han Yanghao''s whole person froze in ce. His eyes widened till they were as round as a ball. He nkly stared at Qin Cheng in a daze, not daring to believe it. At this moment, Qin Cheng spared a quick one second nce towards him, causing his whole body to shake uncontrobly. Han Yanghao unconsciously took a step back, bumping into Zhong Yi. But at this moment, only one person was breaking out into a cold sweat out of all the people present. Howe no one was letting him talk ah?! This person was Assistant Director Wang. Just now, when Director Zheng angrily decided to refuse to continue filming and seriously leave the project "Ambush" to rot, he didn''t even have time to post the news when he suddenly saw a post "Ambush" crew: Pushing to release the trailer ahead of schedule! Shush, we are currently ambushing [Video Link] This post was made an hour ago! It was just posted an hour ago, but now it actually had more than 10,000 forwards andments and over 50,000 likes! How did this happen?! One had to know that aside from Han Yanghao who was somewhat famous, everyone else in the crew from the actors to staff members, if they were not neers, they were passerby A. Although the official Weibo looked to have more than 100,000 fans, but Assistant Director Wang knew that for a greater half of this 100,000 plus fans, were Inte Water Army ounts. Only about 50,000 were real fans. Their drama was originally not famous, so how did it suddenly be so popr? Assistant Director Wang didn''t dare believe it and looked over it several more times. After he repeatedly confirmed that the post was really made an hour ago and had over 10,000 forwards andments, he excitedly wanted to ry the news to Director Zheng. It was then he saw the highest ratedment at the top in thement section. Old Li Zhengrong: "Ambush" does not have enough funds, and is currently a big problem for the crew. We are considering to try crowdfunding. That''s right, the reason why Assistant Director and Luo Zhentao disappeared for the whole afternoon was for this. He secretly released the trailer which was originally scheduled for the day after tomorrow and used his own private ount to disclose the problem of the crew''sck of fundings. Thispletely revealed the deeply-rooted problem for theizens to see, and at the same time, also proposed a new solution Crowdfunding! In this world, crowdfundings were one of the mostmon forms of investments. There would always be a few hundreds low budget films made each year. There would be so much that thousands upon thousands of investors would joined up to invest for the filming. The total investment in "Ambush" was over ten million. If 10,000 people were willing to participate in the crowdfunding, then they would only need to spend a thousand dors each and could also get their profit share in theter stages of the drama. Qin Cheng''s sudden appearance made it impossible for Assistant Director Wang to get a word in, and he naturally didn''t know that a storm was raging on the inte at that very moment. The hell! Isn''t this too good-looking! This drama''s aesthetics is so high!!! So handsome ah! Han Yanghao is so handsome, that second male lead is also very handsome ah! The one wearing the military uniform is simply not human to be that handsome! I would faint when he drew his gun! This person seems a bit familiar ah, who is it ah? Is there anyone who recognize this second male lead? The name also seems very familiar ah. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah my family''s RongrongIt''s actually my family''s Rongrong! Look at what I found! My Rongrong''s new drama! @Rong Xu Global Fan Club @Rong Xu''s Wife Association @Rongrong''s Life Resources Station In that one hour, Han Yanghao''s fans started to act in forwarding the trailer. Han Yanghao had always been a well-known first-tier young star, for him to have so much supporters was very normal. But everyone never expected that aside from Han Yanghao, the most widely helped promotion actually came from Rong Xu''s fans! Rong Xu Global Fan Club: Rongrong''s new work! "Ambush" Huo Xi, meimeimei! //"Ambush" crew: Pushing Rongrong''s Life Resources Station: Ao ao ao ao, Wanqi gongzi''s side had just released a trailer and nowes out another Marshal Huo! //"Ambush" crew: Pushing Rong Xu''s Wife Association: Hubby''s beautiful face, hubby''s military uniform, hubby''s long legs, my nosebleeds!!! //"Ambush" crew: Pushing The power of fans were terrifying. There weren''t many Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan fans, the entire official Weibo were mostly full of Han Yanghao''s and Rong Xu''s fans. The people couldn''t believe no matter what that this neer who didn''t even have a single work under his name would actually have his own official fan club, and it was even managed so well! Assistant Director Li''sment had long been pinned to the top. No matter whether it was Han Yanghao''s fans or Rong Xu''s fans, they were all franticallymenting, asking them exactly what was it that happened. For thisment alone, there were more than one thousand responses, and more than six hundred of them expressed that they were willing to support the crowdfund. The number ofments were still rising, and the Weibo''s poprity was also getting higher and higher. Till finally, when more than one thousand people expressed their willingness to help, Assistant Director Li went on "Ambush" official Weibo and released a poll. The poll was limited to only fans. There were only five choices, the first choice was$1-$100 RMB, the second choice was$101-$1000 RMB, the third choice was$1001-$10000 RMB, the fourth choice was$10001+ RMB, and the fifth choice wasNot participating in the crowdfunding. Originally, there were also people who doubted whether this Weibo ount "Old Li Zhengrong" was air. Even if he was certified as a Director, one still couldn''t say for a certain if he wasn''t just cheating money. But now that even "Ambush" official Weibo has issued out the poll, how could it still be fake? This shows that something did happen within the crew! This trailer is too beautiful, although there''s only about 20 seconds, it''s very clear what each role is. The male lead should be from an underground party and seems pretty smart. The female lead seems to be a well-bred youngdy from a noble house, there should be a lot of emotional drama here. The second female lead also looks to be from the underground party and is very gorgeous. And the second male lead is just too handsome! He''spletely this drama''s main eyecandy! I am deeply impressed by the military uniform y, currently prostrating in admiration! Yeah! My heart was about to stop beating when the second male lead fired his gun! Huo Xi is too handsome, you guys might call him Marshal but I say he''spletely an overbearing President type! He''s perfect ah ah ah!!! I want to participate in the crowdfunding if the main drama has the same quality as the trailer! I''ll also participate in the crowdfunding! My family''s Rongrong is really too beautiful! In just half an hour, the number of people who voted had already reached five thousand! And the number was still increasing! From the results, the most popr choice was$101-$1000 RMBwhich ounted for 40%.$1-$100 RMBand$1001-$10000 RMBeach ounted for 10% respectively. There were little that chose$10001+ RMB. To be precise, only ten people selected that choice. But in any case, this poll''s result was absolutely shocking! When Qin Cheng heard this news from a helpless looking Assistant Director Wang, he stared nkly before turning over to nce at Director Zheng with a heavy gaze and his thin lips slightly pursed. Continuing, he looked at Rong Xu when his eyes noticeably softened, and gently asked: "Since the crew has already found a solution, do you still need thepany to help invest?" Although the other party had already withdrawn his hand, but Rong Xu still felt something warm over the corner of his eye, and still felt very ufortable. Listening to Qin Cheng''s words, Rong Xu more or less understood that the other misunderstood and thought this development was orchestrated by Director Zheng. ording to the current situation, the probability of Director Zheng organizing the whole thing was atrge. Because Director Zheng had already stop giving Han Yanghao any face, so it was only natural that he had found a way out for himself. Not to mention the only one that can log onto the crew''s official Weibo were those higher ups. Although Rong Xu was the second male lead, it was still impossible for him to have this much privilege. Rong Xu thought for a moment, then smiled and answered: "I am only an actor." Qin Cheng was slightly disappointed and his gaze slowly sank. He gently hummed "En", but said no more. And on the other side, Director Zheng was scared silly by this incident and repeatedly asked Assistant Director Wang several times if he confirmed that it was true. Old Li actually thought of crowdfunding? And he even did it behind his back?! "So it turns out that you already let Old Li do this Old Zheng. Why didn''t you say this earlier, instead of making us all nervous like that before." The props team head said ruefully. "That''s right ah, now since the voting results are this good and the trailer was released ahead of schedule. This could at least be considered being the investors preparation ahead of time. Like this, the possibility to get much more investment increases. How could you keep quiet and not tell us that you did this ah?" "Right? I was actually also a bit nervous just now. How could you keep this from us, and even pretended so well." Many of the crew''s seniors all vocalized their opinions and sighed in relief. Even if they all just agreed to suspend the filming, not needing to was naturally still the best. Directo Zheng had no choice but to suffer in silence and drylyughed twice: "It''s my fault, it''s my fault" While in his heart: Old Li you bastard! Going off to do this sort of thing by yourself without telling anyone, let me see to your punishment when you get back! Now since using crowdfunding had been set, all that was left was to leave it to those in charge of the crew''s finances to deal with. The Finances Dept.: "If we want to do crowdfunding, we need to clearly state the Director, screenwriter, actors, makeup artists, action instructors I need a detailed roster of these people. Director Zheng, can you give me the list?" Saying this, the Finance Dept. nced over at Han Yanghao who was standing not far away. Han Yanghao currently had an uneasy and gloomy expression on as he gritted his teeth, ring at Rong Xu and Director Zheng. Director Zheng coldly sneered: "Actually, I really need to give you a new list, the previous one outdated. I know a few good first-tier young actors, while they might be as popr as a certain someone, but they have a good temper. Their rtionship with me is also good, I''m sure there would be someone willing toe help us out." The implication was: Kicking Han Yanghao out! Han Yanghao: "You!" "Director Zheng." A low pleasant hearing male voice sounded, letting people unable to help but turn to him. They only saw Rong Xu give small smile with calm look and straight gaze. With a still tone, he continued: "We have already filmed three episodes, the previous character posters, trailer, and opening ceremony have already been disclosed to the media. It seems to be a bit inappropriate to rece people at this time." The crowd were all shocked, and even Qin Cheng and Xu Jin looked at Rong Xu in surprised. This short period was enough for Xu Jin to understand what was happening between the crew and report the situation to Qin Cheng. As soon as he heard "Han Yanghao wants to kick out Rong Xu," Qin Cheng narrowed his eyes and released a powerful dark overcast aura that pressured down causing Xu Jin to freeze before his body started to tremble uncontrobly. Qin Cheng quietly told Xu Jin in a low voice: "I seem to have seen this Han Yanghao before, you go destroy him." Xu Jin helplessly spread out his hand: "Of course, you''ve seen him before. Wasn''t he a guest actor in your "Evening Sound" five years ago? I remember that the waiter in the bar you saw near the end of the movie was yed by him. Although he only had a few dozen seconds of screen time, but his career still kicked off, thanks to that." Qin Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Forgot." Xu Jin had long guessed that this man would respond like this, so heughed: "It doesn''t matter if you forgot, but there''s no need for me to ruin him. It is already impossible for him to survive in this crew. Without the investment, he''s nothing." However, Xu Jin never expected that Rong Xu would personally open his mouth to let Han Yanghao stay! Xu Jin looked at Rong Xu with astonishment. His eyes twinkled with a strange light as he carefully scrutinized this unfamiliar little neer. To be able to keep hisposure like thishe was definitely not someone ordinary ah. Seeing Rong Xu so calmly and unhurriedly looking at Han Yanghao, in the surprised eyes of everyone(including Han Yanghao), his smile grew a bit more dazzling. He used a light and leisurely tone as he casually said: "Director Zheng, since the investment problem has been settled, there is no need for us to change the current structure of the crew for anyone. There is still more than a month left of filming. I think Han ge must be very happy to be able to continue working with the crew to be able to continue working with one of the mostmonly seen crews in the circle." What are mostmon crews in the circle like? In the mostmon crews, the investors were the sky, and Director was the ground. If the sky fell then there were still people to hold it up, but if the ground was gone then no one could stably stand. Before, Han Yanghao was openly arrogant and haughty. As an actor, he tossed the Director around and unbridledly acted as a self-important poser. But from now on out, he would be but an ordinary actor. If the crew wanted to use his fame to go into the market, his name was merely a tool for the crew. However, they wanted to use him was actually however they will use him! Moreover, it was not umon for the Director to torment the actors, repeatedly making them retake! And you were only an actor, on what basis do only you get special treatment? You wanted to eat a big pot of rice! As for what kind of meal the field service gave you was not for you to decide. You are an actor. You came tobor and work, noting to livefortably. Compared to driving him out of the crew where the road wasrge and each walk on their way, or if you let him stay where you could harass and embarrass him day and night, which one would be more satisfying in quelling your anger? Director Zheng quickly understood everything and hurriedly nodded: "En, that''s true. There''s no need to change the list, let''s just go with that." Han Yanghao immediately roared: "I''m not acting! I''m not acting in this third-rate dram" His voice abruptly stopped. Han Yanghao''s voice went hoarse and felt that he couldn''t make out a single word. In front of him, the beautiful youth focused on him, watching him with a smile yet not a smile on his lips, while the handsome and apathetic man narrowed his eyes, and only nced at him with a cold indifferent gaze. These two people stood there, appearing as if they could steal away everyone else''s line of sight. However only Han Yanghao who was at the receiving end of their gaze felt a deep chill thates from the soles of his feet. Director Zheng chose tough at this moment: "If you don''t act, Han Yanghao, then you''ll have to pay the fine for breaking the contract. And we also have to give the audience an exnation for why you''re not acting. We can''t have them saying our crew abused you, right?" Han Yanghao was stupefied. "Or it might be better if we just tell them the truth. Han Yanghao got into the crew, thanks to the investor. He wanted to force Rong Xu out, but the crew disagreed. So he wanted to withdraw his investment to threaten the crew. In the end, the crew could only go to crowdfunding. Now that the crowdfunding is sessful, Han Yanghao wanted to leave again. The crew has no way to persuade him to stay, and express their deep regret?" As soon as these words came out, the studio bursted into loudughing, treating Han Yanghao in middle as a clown. Rong Xu alsoughed as he looked at Director Zheng, he didn''t expect that Director Zheng also had a talent in infuriating people. As soon as this exnation goes out, Han Yanghao''s reputation would be utterly destroyed! But this was a choice of killing ten thousand enemies while losing three thousand soldiers. If this sort of thing goes out, not only was it unfavorable for Rong Xu but it was also disadvantageous for the "Ambush" crew. And when it gets down to it, the development was something within Rong Xu''s expectations. Han Yanghao was forced to have no choice but to want to keep things secret, and could only continue to film. It was just that there was still a number of his scenes remaining. Whether this male lead was not just an empty title, but actual in reality, no one knows. This day could be considered as squandered away, so the crew would restart the filming tomorrow. The crew began to pack up and prepare the props. Assistant Director Li and Luo Zentao also arrivedter. When Assistant Director Li arrived, he was taken to the side by Director Zheng to be chided. One says it was chiding, but when the two people came out, they were joking around andughing. Assistant Director Li winked at Rong Xu as he passed by. Rong Xu slightly smiled and nodded towards him: En, it looks like he(ADL) didn''t give himself(RX) away. Yes, the "releasing the trailer ahead of schedule", and "crowdfunding n", were all naturally devised by Rong Xu. If it was in hisstst, Rong Xu simply didn''t need to do this much trouble at all. Without even mentioning that his own finances were enough to invest in a low-budget TV drama, as long at his name appears in the cast, there would be countless investors eagerly rushing to the door to invest in the drama. However in this life, he was still just a small neer. He fell out with the Rong Family, and even his rent money had to be hard earned. Therefore, he could only turn to crowdfunding. To deprive Han Yanghao off of his power and return the authority over the crew back to the Director''s hand. In order to do this, he first need to let theizens be interested in "Ambush" and think that it was worth investing into this drama thus, they needed to release the trailer. Next, there also needed to be a suitable opportunity to let Han Yanghao suffer in silence and could only honestly ept realitythus, it was necessary to seize Han Yanghao''s weakness. In front of the whole crew and even in front of two outsiders (Qin Cheng and Xu Jin), Han Yanghao had already been caught in this scandal. If he were to still do anything despicable, many would take his scandal outside. When that timees, he wouldn''t even be able to catch who did it since the number of people who knows are too many. Even as early as his first day of filming with Han Yanghao, Rong Xu had already thought of the "worst case" scenario. This time''s opportunity went beyond his expectations and could be said to have came in perfect timing. The development went extremely smoothly. Aside from the unexpected Qin Cheng surprise Oh yes, and Zhong Yi''s as well. Now that everything had been dealt with, the crew was lively and bustling again like the whole cold war had never happened. Han Yanghao had already long went back to the hotel pissed off, and it was guessed that he probably wouldin to that President Li. And back to this side, Zhong Yi had still haven''t left but instead stood there secretly peeking at Rong Xu. The crew fully acted as if he didn''t exist. His fame was far worse than Han Yanghao''s, was shameless enough to "steal a friend''s role", and may have even did the unspoken rules. Who would want to associate with this type of person? Them not giving him disdainful looks could already be considered magnanimous. However, there were some people in the world whose thick skin exceeds everyone''s imagination. Zhong Yi slowly moved in front of Rong Xu with a cautious appearance but his gaze was squarely concentrated to the side on Qin Cheng. His little action all fell onto Rong Xu''s eyes. Rong Xu quietly and indifferently watched him, with no hint of fluctuation in his heart. This young man truly did look very lovely. He had a face that was inherently deceiving. Therefore, even though the original owner clearly heard his g friends talked about Zhong Yi''s dirty matters, he pretended to not know and trusted him, loved him, and believed in that phrase he said, "Young Master Rong, I think that you are very good." Whether or not Zhong Yi''s acting skills were good, Rong Xu did not know. But his ability to catch men, was first ss. He really knew how to take the appropriate steps and disguise as a little white lotus in dealing the original owner, someone who recklessly acted without thinking. Soft, weak, pure, and innocent; using a "I don''t want to bother you, you don''t need to find a role for me" appearance. When in reality, it was when he learned that the original owner had got a role in "Vie for Supremacy" for him, ones afraid heart had long been bursting with exhration. Just like right now, he guilty looked at Rong Xu and softly whispered: "Young Master Rong, I really did not know that Han Yanghao was actually this kind of person. He told me that it was you who did not want to y this role and there was a possibility of the crew halting production. That''s why I decided to take up the role. I truly didn''t know you have to believe me." Rong Xu didn''t speak, but only raised an eyebrow as he looked at him. The more Zhong Yi talked, the more he felt wronged. As he continued to talked, his tone actually turned a bit genuine. Don''t know if it was because he ended up convincing himself, feeling that what he said was true: "When I first entered the lounge, I really was nning on pleading for you to Han Yanghao but he just directly yelled at me. Although he yelled at me, I still wanted to plead for you. But he said that it was you that thought acting was too harsh and decided not to act. I originally didn''t believe it but he kept on saying" Gently releasing a sigh, Rong Xu helplessly said: "If your words fell into Han Yanghao''s ears, what do you think would happen?" Zhong Yi''s whole body went stiff. This little white lotus probably had never thought what would happen if his lies were exposed. But he was still reluctant to admit it: "I I''m telling the truth." Rong Xu didn''t respond, but his gaze looking at him(ZY) grew colder. Rong Xu''s cold expression fell into Qin Cheng''s eyes. He looked up towards Xu Jin with a meaningful nce. Thetter tacitly understood and moved to cut in. But this time, Xu Jin had just gotten up, but was beaten to it by someone else first: "Mister, isn''t it inconvenient for you to stay so long in your crew? You''re not someone from our crew, it would be a disaster if you were to leak what just happened within the crew or secretly took pictures. May I ask you to please leave now." Assistant Director Wang came over and coldly stated. Zhong Yi was stunned and subconsciously voiced out: "I''m Young Master Rong''s friend and I am also a star. How could I do something like that?" Assistant Director Wang pretended to be surprised and let out a "Yi!" and mocked: "How is it impossible for you to do something like that? And could it be possible for you to be Rong Xu''s friend? If you were his friend and only came to visit him, how could you steal his role? Kid, you''re still young, don''t lie. If you''re still not leaving, I''ll have to call security." Zhong Yi''s face immediately paled. The surrounding crew members alsoughed: "That''s right! If he was Rong Xu''s friend, how could he steal Rong Xu''s role?" There was someone who recognized Zhong Yi, but pretended he didn''t: "Don''t know where this person came from, he''s probably went crazy fancying himself as a star." "Yeah, his skin looks soft and tender, I''m afraid he is unable to bear any suffering. Ah that''s right, Old Zhao do you know where Hao Sheng Club is located in B-City? I also what to look around there the next time I go to B-City. I wonder what kind of ce that is ah haha!" Zhong Yi''s face turned white then blue from anger. After experiencing this incident together, the crew had became even closer and familiar, much so that one was hard pressed to pry them apart. He was humiliated by the crew to the point where he couldn''t even utter a word. These people ruthlessly exposed his hypocritical mask. To thestment, Zhong Yi fiercely red at Rong Xu when he suddenly saw Qin Cheng and Xu Jin standing on the side. He clearly had the idea of "approaching Qin Cheng by using Rong Xu", but now Zhong Yi had already been angered into not caring regardless of it. He yelled: "I''m not part of the crew, but they''re also not! Why do I have to leave and they don''t?!" Rong Xu looked at Zhong Yi in amazement. He appeared to have never thought that he would be so stupid enough to offend Qin Cheng and Xu Jin. As soon as Zhong Yi''s words came out, he didn''t expect that the entire crew would immediately roar withughter. "Hahahaha! I didn''t hear it wrong, right?! There''s actually someone who wants to make Great God Qin leave!" "You didn''t hear it wrong! There''s actually someone that said Great God Qin would leak the crew''s information" "I finally understood why some people are able to be famous celebrity while other people could only stay a small 18-tier star." Assistant Director Wang alsoughed till he ran out of breath. But this time, he didn''t continue talking nonsense with Zhong Yi and directly waved to call over several security guards. When a tall and sturdy man stood in front of Zhong Yi, even though he was angry enough to explode, he could only obediently turn to leave. When he was about to reach the door, a young girl suddenly ran over and stuffed an item into his hands. This young girl was the one who helped direct Zhong Yi when he entered the set. It was just that there was no longer any adoration on the girl''s face, but instead she uttered with disgust: "Don''t forget to take away your cake. No one here can afford to eat it." Zhong Yi tightly squeezed the cake box till the shape deformed. He was about to throw it on the ground before he heard the girl again: "Don''t you dare to randomly throw things! All our prepared props are here. If you were to break something, you have topensate it ordingly. Even if it didn''t break, it''s still no good since you dirtied our floor." Zhong Yi: "!!!" Watching Zhong Yi''s retreating back, Rong Xu''s eyes slightly narrowed, quickly shing a trace of cold light. Compared to the arrogant and despotic Han Yanghao, he didn''t like Zhong Yi, this opportunist white lotus even more. Especially from the original owner''s perspective, he didn''t want to let Zhong Yi have an easy time. However, everything had to be considered. After everything was over, the crew finally regained some peace. Han Yanghao was forced to only be able to stay as the male lead and also had to ept the new to-be-modified script by the screenwriter, while Zhong Yi was left shaking with anger. When he fled in defeat, even the ordinary interns didn''t dare to refute, obviously taking into ount that the other party has ck material against them. In this circle, everyone would always have some reputation when doing things down the road. As long as what you did wasn''t overboard, no one would mention it and get along without much trouble. Because no one knows if they themselves would make a mistake in the future. Since the other person messed up now and you have that against them, when something happens to youter, they owe that to you and wouldn''t dare to throw stones when you were down. Unless it was something big enough to drive a person out of the industry and thoroughly shunned, otherwise, no one would act rashly. All said and done, nothing was filming today, so Rong Xu first went back to the hotel. Walking on the empty sidewalk, Rong Xu had changed into his casual clothes. The simple light-colored pullover gave him the youthful favor of a teen. The evening breeze tonight was a bit chilly so he wore his hat, only revealing a small and exquisite face, making him look extremely lovely and charming. Luo Zhentao had long been hauled away by the tactful Xu Jin, vaguely mumbling something like "concerned about Huaxia Entertainment managers'' livelihood". Xu Jin was one of Huaxia Entertainment''s top managers. There were only three with this position within thepany. He could be considered as the superior''s superior of Luo Zhentao''s superior. Since he had already said it like this, it wouldn''t be good for Luo Zhentao to refuse, so he could only obediently go with him, letting Rong Xu and Qin Cheng return to the hotel together. Anyhow, it should be impossible for Qin Cheng to have any improper thoughts towards Xiao Xu or do something that would hurt him, right? Um. You guessed wrong this time. Qin Cheng looked straight ahead and his face appeared calm, however, even Rong Xu didn''t realize that this man''s gaze had been secretly pointed at him. Every time Rong Xu turn around, he would hurriedly look elsewhere with an uncensored and nonchnt appearance, seeming as if he really didn''t care about Rong Xu Rong Xu thought for a moment and asked the question he wanted an answer to the most: "I didn''t expect that Mr. Qin woulde here yourself. Did you specially came to visit me?" Qin Cheng used his utmost calm tone to reply with his long pior-prepared answer for this: "Mother asked for me to go see what you were currently doing. She requested this for a few day so I thought I woulde visit you." Pausing, he felt something wrong with his wording and added: "Actually, she had said that it was also okay if I didn''te see you, but I felt it was still better to visit you." En. Please don''t misunderstand! Although he did note to visit you on his own initiative(?), but he is not at all reluctant too! This must not be mistaken! How could Rong Xu pay attention to this small detail? He helplessly smiled: "I''ll give Auntie Qin a call in the evening. I really can take good care of myself, so she doesn''t have to worry. It''s also not good to always trouble you like this. If Auntie Qinter on requested this of you again, you do not need toe. Just calling me will be fine." Qin Cheng: "!!!" How can he note see you, he definitely muste! "It''s no trouble, I''m very idle." Rong Xu shook his head: "The crew has a makeup artist meimei who also worked in your recent "The Point Where the Staircase Intersect". I heard her say that the filming that movie has taken you a full six months and had only wrapped up everythingst months. Then in the next few months, you will have the roadshow promotion. You should have a good rest, no need to worry about me. Toe visit me from so far it''s a bit too troublesome." Qin Cheng: "" The feet hurts a bit, it seems to have been smashed with a stone. Rong Xu looked at the man who "lift the stone only to drop it on his own feet". The pair of beautiful eyes reflected the sunset''s splendid afterglow. His eyes curved with his small smile, the gentle simple and elegant temperament shown itself as it spreads. Looking at the youth like this, Qin Cheng went into a slightly daze only to hear the other say this: "Either way, thank you for your concern. Qin Cheng, thank you for standing by my side today, I am very happy." I am very happy Happy -ppy His eyes widened, he relied on his absolute acting skills to suppress the hard to resist, overflowing joy bubbling up in his heart. Qin Cheng held on to his facial nerve paralysis face. Only the soft tapping from his finger inside his pocket indicated his current unbearable nervousness. And then continuing on, Rong Xu''s next words made Qin Cheng frozen in ce with the tip of his ear thoroughly flushed red "It''s already quitete today and there''s not flight scheduled back to B-City. How about this, you can temporarily stay in my room with me for tonight and go back tomorrow. The hotels near M&T City have all been full recently so you wouldn''t be able to book a room. If you don''t mind, then you can just squeeze in with me for a night, okay? Requesting you to please reluctantly deal with it this one time. As for Mr. Xu Jin, you can let him stay with Luo Zhentao for the night." Doomed for a sleepless night. When they were still in the "Ambush" crew. Qin Cheng had signed for everyone in the crew, including Director Zheng. The entire crew had about hundreds of people, yet unexpectedly, there was not a single person that was not his fan. Many young girls and aunties were afraid to even look directly at him, and would only dare to ask for an autograph before scuttering away. On their way from the studio to the hotel, there were also many passersby staring at Qin Cheng in shock before running up for a signature. Then after they return to the hotel, from the hotel security to reception and even cleaning aunties, they all were excitedly asking him for an autograph. Even the hotel staffs that ran over to deliver the camp bed begged for a signature with his sparkling starstruck eyes. En. To deliver the camp bed. Qin Cheng stared nkly at the two hotel staff members moved the camp bed into Rong Xu''s room and even especially kindly helped them set up the bed. Back before when Qin Cheng entered the hotel, reception desk had asked if he needed them to arrange for a temporary room for him, to where Qin Cheng calmly rejected: "After all, the rooms are already full. It would not be good to trouble everyone else." The reception desk deeplymented: Look at Film Emperor Qin! So amiable, not even a bit like a poser at all! Then afterwards, they considerately sent over a camp bed. Considerately sent over the bed, my ass ah!!! Qin Cheng coldly glowered at that narrow camp bed. If his re could turn into me, then without hesitation that bed would have long been reduced to ashes. Rong Xu smiled and said: "You can sleep in the bigger bed, I can sleep here." Qin Cheng was startleed when he heard him, he looked over at Rong Xu before firmly refusing: "I will sleep here." Rong Xu shook his head: "You are taller than me by five cm. You definitely wouldn''t fit if I let you sleep in such a narrow camp bed." Qin Cheng immediatedly clinged on the most important bit: "You looked through my information?" Rong Xu casually answered: "Yes." Qin Cheng''s eyes lit up but before he even opened his mouth, he heard Rong Xu continue with a smile: "You are Qin Cheng. Since I entered this industry, I would definitely look at your data first. But when I was casually looking through Wen Ya''s information, it turns out that you two acted in "Evening Sound" together. It''s a pity that I was too busy and never had the time to watch this movie." The man''s low maic voice sounded: "I have two DVD gift packs the crew personally prepared." Rong Xu turned around in surprise, Qin Cheng calmly smiled and earnestly said: "I''ll give you a copy when you return to B-City." Rong Xu''s eyes slightly widened for a long time before he smiled and nodded, not refusing: "Thank you." That night, the two men respectively got ready for bed. When Qin Cheng enter the bathroom, Rong Xu looked down at his script unperturbed, and when it was Rong Xu''s turn to enter the bathroom, Qin Cheng sat in the chair closest to the bathroom and listened to the sound of the running water. His back was perfectly upright, his eyes not even blinking as he listened. But when Rong Xu came out wearing his pajamas, Qin Cheng had long looked down at his phone appearing as if nothing was wrong. Rong Xu didn''t think too much about it and turned around to dry his hair. The second he turned around, that man''s profound gaze immediately focused on his person. The water droplets that were notpletely wiped off caused the thin fabric to cling to the youth''s body and hair to clustered together. A lone water droplet dripped down from his soft hair and along his slender neck, before disappearing into a ce that cause people to have wild and fanciful thoughts. This sideways position allows Qin Cheng to be able to see the youth''s delicate and beautiful corbone and a faint shadow. Why does this pajama has such a high cor! Qin Cheng lowered his head and continued to look at his phone, but his fingers were tightly squeezing the phone case. Soon, Rong Xu finished wiping his hair and started using the blow dryer. After he dried his hair, he heard Qin Cheng casually ask him: "Do you have Weibo?" Qin Cheng never once raised his head when he asked this, seeming as if he really did just casually asked for the sake of asking, thus Rong Xu also answered so: "Yes. It''s my name." After a while, Qin Cheng said: "I followed you." Rong Xu picked up his phone andughed: "I''ll also follow you." The man''s lip curved up into a faint hard to detect smile. In the next room, Xu Jin was smiling as he chatted with Luo Zhentao when he suddenly broke out in a cold shudder. Xu Jin: "Why is today so cold?" Why it is so cold? Did they follow you? Of course he follow ah! Look for yourself if you don''t believe it! He is exactly the first one on the follow list! Xu Jin: "" Filming, after all, was a very tiring affair. Under Rong Xu''s repeated requests, Qin Cheng could only sleep on the big bed and let Rong Xu sleep on the camp bed. This queen-size bed was obviously not small, being 1.5 meters wide. But it would still be a bit cramp letting two 185cm and 190cm tall men sleep together. Qin Cheng also very much wanted to strongly request that Rong Xu sleep in the bigger bed, but Rong Xu''s firm manner made him not know where to start. And while he was passionate inside, he was outwardly cold and stiff so he couldn''t speak up and could only hold his breath and silently lie on the bed. However, after a while, Qin Cheng heard the youth''s steady breathing This sort of feeling was very peculiar. Qin Cheng quietly listened for a while, and stared up the street light reflected on the ceiling. After waiting for forty minutes, he confirmed that the youth was deeply asleep before he quietly got out of bed and went to gently carry the person. Not heavy and even seems to be lighter than his peers, Qin Cheng carried him with iparable seriousness. Rong Xu hummed softless in his arms, causing Qin Cheng''s whole person to immediately stiffen. After determining that the other was still asleep, he quietly tiptoed over andid the youth upon the bed, and attentively pulled up the covers for him. In this quiet night time, the man''s gentle gaze fully focused on the youth''s face without reservation. The moonlight illuminated his exquisite face, appearing as a beautiful hazy scene. Early next morning, a ne took advantage of the still dark sky, carrying Qin Cheng with it as it left. When Rong Xu woke up, he found himself sleeping on the big bed and that person in the room had already left. He found a note left by Qin Cheng on the table. The penmanship was clear and each strokes were powerful. Like that person himself, it had a deep profound air. Softlyughing, Rong Xu started getting ready. By the still dawning sky, he arrived at the crew. He had just arrived before he was surrounded by the crew members. Everyone excitedly looked at him and blurted out the questions they weren''t able to ask yesterday: "Rong Xu, what''s your rtionship with Great God Qin ah? He actually came to visit you! He had never went to visit someone in their workce before, this is too unbelievable! "That''s right, that''s right! That was Qin Cheng, my dream male god ah. I thought I would die from nervousness yesterday!" "Better drop it, what dream male god. Your attitude towards Film Emperor Qin was obviously very casual!" "Nonsense, I was extremely nervous okay! I can''t leave a bad impression on my male god QAQ!" Listening to the crew members'' gossip, the smile on Rong Xu''s lip deepened. When someone asked him again: "In the end, what is your guys'' rtionship ah, Rong Xu?" Rong Xu paused, he appeared to think for a while, then wholeheartedly replied: "We are friends." The author has something to say: Rongrong: En, this person is worth making friends with XD Qin Orangeorange: Baby slept with him in the same room, Baby slept with with for a week~ Skipping four, and going to five for red ah~ (*RQ)!!! Passerby A C Someone that ys a small role but is extremely importance and necessity. They and the general supporting actors are different in that passerby A is almost forgotten. Like the the news reporter, local gossip wifes, that one person who stumbles across an incident site, etc. Inte Water Army C A group of Inte ghostwriters paid to post onlinements with particr content. In this astroturfing technique for public rtions and media maniption, online Chinesepanies employ people to make postings on social media in order to change public opinion -Wiki Certified as a Director C Weibo would has a user management system to show user sses. The tag is shown next to your name. Red V means this user is a verified people Blue V means this user is a verified institution Star means this user use Weibo frequently Red Star is for celebrity or talented people Crown means this user is a premium user Fire balloon means this user is a number of the travel with Weibo which is a marketing staff Weibo is doing To eat a big pot of rice C [Դ C Ch dgufn] Mocking phrase of the malpractice of the "equal distribution" system. The big pot is an image metaphor for the egalitarian phenomenon of distribution. ck material C scandals, negative new against a celebrity Killing ten thousand enemies while losing three thousand soldiers C [һfԓpǧ C Sh d y wn z sn snqin] To harms one''s own interests. On the surface, it looks like it''s winning seven parts and losing three, but it''s actually a loss. It means that if you want to win, you must pay a certain price. Camp Bed C For those who don''t know *causeIdidn''t* Skipping four, and going to five for red C [һ찡 C Sshwr jish yg hng a] Skipping ahead to red blood Orangeorange''s dream *coughcough* Shem: Ohh Rongrong is a military officer in Ambush, right? No wonder, he and Qin Cheng had a military uniform y o(R?Qo)
Chapter 19 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Today, many crew members curiously walked over to Rong Xu and asked about his rtionship with Qin Cheng. The answer Rong Xu was able to give out was "friend". It was normal for friends toe visit, although everyone still felt that it was strange Rong Xu actually knew Qin Cheng? But no one continued to ask. "Ambush" filming was proceeding at a rapid pace. In the beginning, Han Yanghao still refused to cooperate. Whether it was intentionally or unintentionally, he would always NG. However, Assistant Director Li handed out a new script to the actors in the afternoon. Rong Xu looked through the new script''s contents and was slightly stunned inside. And not far away, Han Yanghao already red up: "What''s your meaning with this? Won''t there be two male leads with this script! Why the hell did it change to this?! I already said I am the male lead and only male lead before when the contract was signed!" Han Yanghao threw the script on the ground but then heard Director Zheng''sugh: "Since you threw it, pick it up yourself." Han Yanghao red: "You!" Director Zheng raised an eyebrow and lightly said: "This script is very good. Han Yanghao, you have anyints?" Seeing Director Zheng''s calm and unhurried appearance, Han Yanghao was itching to punch him out of anger. He very much wanted to hit him because it wasn''t him that yed dirty tricks this time, but the Director who intentionally cutted out his scenes and gave Rong Xu over three hundred scenes while several other actors also respectively got a hundred more scenes! What does this count as? The second male lead has just as many scenes as the male lead. Who the hell is the male lead in the end?! However, looking at Director Zheng, Han Yanghao could only gnash his teeth and tightly clutch his script. He crumbled up the script, and he heavily smacked it down on the table before turned around to leave, unable to say a single word. Director Zheng hollered behind him: "You still have a scene this afternoon, don''t forget toe back!" As soon as he heard this words, Han Yanghao''s footsteps paused, his body visibly shaking from anger. In his head, he never wanted toe back. But by the afternoon, he still returned on time. When someone had a leverage on you, you have to endure it no matter how big your temper was! So what if you have money? Money can''t seal everyone''s mouth. With how many people within the crew were fed up with Han Yanghao''s temper, if they really joined hands to leak things out, then this would be an enormous scandal for Han Yanghao. The setback would be big enough for him to lose his poprity and ruin him forever. Han Yanghao was treated very poorly within the crew. His private lounge was also stripped away and made into amon break room for everyone. The field service also acutely disdained him, and the afternoon lunch served was the most of ordinary three dishes and one soup boxed lunch. For Han Yanghao who had been used to being spoiled these past few years, he felt that he would rather die than eat those unptable lunches. And once he NGs, Director Zheng wouldpletely disregard his face and harshly reproached him, scolding Han Yanghao till his(HYH) whole face was flushed red. Afterwards, he did his best not to NG and seriously acted, but Director Zheng''s demands for him were ridiculously high. As long as it was Han Yanghao''s solo scene, he would make him re-shoot it again and again, demanding that he needs to do better. To this regard, Han Yanghao hated him till his teeth itched. Who knows how many times he had already curse Director Zheng in his head. However as Rong Xu watched this situation, he inexplicablyughed. Luo Zhentao ruefully sighed: "Han Yanghao must be furious in his heart with Director Zheng for messing around with him like this." Hearing this, Rong Xu gently shook his head and lightly smiled: "This is actually an opportunity. The Director is being fully demanding and harsh on you to have you do retakes again and again, till it is perfect. If Han Yanghao can thoroughly grasp this opportunity, maybe his acting skills will improve." Luo Zhentao was surprised, then he turned to look at Han Yanghao''s livid face not far off. "From how I see it, Han Yanghao won''t be able to hold onto this opportunity. He''s probably cursing at Director Zheng''s inhumanity inside. Rong Xu smiled and didn''t reply. He looked down at his Weibo where his eyes stayed on the number "1.6 million" total fan count. Just overnight, he gained 600,000 fans! If this achievement was given to any other artist, it would have been considered outstanding. The first reason for the suddenly sharp rise in fans was thanks to the released preview of "Ambush" trailer from yesterday. Although this drama was only ced 30th on the hottest searches. All the fans who clicked on it to watch showed their great expectations for this highly aesthetic weekly drama. There were also many who began following Rong Xu. As for the second reason, it would be because of this certain person. Ever since he came to this world, Rong Xu was still recovering and getting a grasp for this world in the beginning, and then heter entered the entertainment circle again. Filming was not an easy task. In "Ambush", he had to film for at least 14 hours a day. Aside from the time he would eat and rest, his sleeping time would absolutely be no more than 6 hours. Rong Xu had looked through Qin Cheng''s Weibo before, butst night was the first time he followed. For a small 3-tier star to follow Qin Cheng it was a matter no one would care about. But for Qin Cheng to follow a small 3-tier star it was simply as shocking as lightning! What the fuck? My family''s Great God so far has only followed about 100 or so people in total. Today, he''s following another one! This Rong Xu He''s that Wanqi from "Vie for Supremacy", right? Question: How does Great God and Rong Xu knew each other ah?! Am I still sleeping, who''s Rong Xu? He''s actually mutually following with Great God ah! The people Great God follows is limited to only the actors he worked with, and he also rarely follows supporting actors. Great God actually followed him eh, this world is too mysterious. 2333333 My family''s life god and new male god actually knows each other!!! Ao ao ao ao Great God followed himst night, did Great God also see the released preview of the trailer? Really suupppeerrr handsome ah, although my family''s Rongrong only had a few seconds of screen time, he''s still too handsome! Never thought that Great God would also follow, I have to closely hold on to my family''s Rongrong. Rongrong is mine only, even if it''s Great God, I won''t give him to you!XDDD On Weibo, Qin Cheng has over 300 million fans. Among these 300 million people, supposed that one-tenth of these people discovered Qin Cheng''s new following. Then one-tenth of these people were willing to also follow Rong Xu, that would be 3 million people following! Though obviously, there weren''t that many people who went to follow Rong Xu, but Weibo''s data analysis still clearly showed that there were atleast 200,000 fans that came from Qin Cheng''s home page to Rong Xu''s home page. Rong Xu pondered for a moment as he looked at the increased amount of fans and made a post. Rong Xu: This is today''s lunch, the cabbage is very delicious~ [picture] After making this post, Rong Xu put down his phone and got up to go shoot his own scenes. In the circle, there were some artists that would hand over their Weibo to their manager or assistant and let the promotion team take care of it. This way, they could create your own image and prevent the artist from making any mistakes. It was a very sensible choice. But Rong Xu didn''t like doing that. Luo Zhentao had also asked Rong Xu before if he wanted him to help manage his Weibo before. However, Rong Xu firmly refused. This new era had many ways to allow artists to interact with their fans. Weibo, forums, live broadcast tforms these were all bridges that allows him tomunicate with his fans. He did not want to simply act, he also wanted to interact and talk with his fans more. Thus, after he made the post, Rong Xu one-mindedly focused on filming and quickly forgot about his post. And so, he naturally didn''t know that the post''s picture just so happened to show one of his hands! Lean and slender fingers that were white like jade, the joints slightly protruding. It did not felt emaciated, but instead adept and concise; it was beautiful to the point of leaving people breathless. That''s a lot of cabbage ah That hand is veerry veerryyy pretty! The cabbage looks good That hand is veerry veerryyy pretty! That''s a very simple lunch That hand is veerry veerryyy pretty! Hey you guys LS, are your guys'' floor crooked ah? Rongrong is clearly talking about his lunch, why are you guys only looking at Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! That hand is veerry veerryyy pretty! licklicklicklick how can it be sooo pretty!!! QAQ A man''s hand is longer than mine, slimmer than mine, whiter than mine, and much prettieerr than mine! I don''t want to live anymore! Haha, Rongrong is much more good-looking than me, I still haven''t said anything_(:3)_ The fans'' daily dose of licking the screen started once again. What cabbage? It''s nowhere as nice to look at than our Rongrong''s hand! Such a white and soft small hand, if you were to be able to touch it a bit Ao ao ao ao, you can already feel the nosebleedsing!!! *** B-City, Capital Airport. A bright and extremely handsome man and his manager just got off of the ne and entered the VIP aisle. The man looked down at his Weibo as he quickly slide through his feed when he suddenly saw a certain picture. His footsteps abruptly stopped and his eyes widened. He unconsciously swallowed his saliva, causing his adam''s apple to gently bob, looking extremely alluring. Xu Jin walked three meters ahead before he finally discovered that there was no one beside him. He turned around to look, only to be immediately speechless: "What''s worth so much of your attention?" Saying this, Xu Jin walked over wanting to see exactly what it was. However, just as he was about to look at the screen, Qin Cheng quickly exited out of Weibo. Xu Jin: "" Qin Cheng lowered his head, and dully swept him a nce before using a leisurely tone: "Don''t want to show you." Xu Jin: "!!!" You''re saying it like he wants to see! He''s the one who doesn''t want to see, okay!!! The two continued to walk outside. Wearing a ck trench coat, Qin Cheng''s tall and upright figure reflected on the airport''s vast floor-to-ceiling window. Even though therge sunsses covered the greater part of the face, his solemn and cold appearance that made people feel it was difficult to get close seemed as if there was nothing in this world that could move him. Just like Xia Muyan had said before: Qin Cheng, this person, I''m afraid wouldn''t be able to find someone he loves in this lifetime. Xu Jin went to fetch the car when they walked into the parking lot. The car just started when he suddenly thought of something: "Do you and Rong Xu knew each other? I never heard of you mentioning about him before. I already felt it was strange thest time you told me to sign him, and now you actually went to visit him. What''s your rtionship with him?" As a manager, Xu Jin also had to concern himself with his artist''s interpersonal rtionships. Qin Cheng sat in the back seat and had already took out his phone with his eyes fixedly staring at the screen again without him(XJ) noticing. Xu Jin couldn''t see what he was staring at and repeated his question. Qin Cheng seemed to have just heard it and this time, he looked up and calmly answered: "My mother and his mother were best friends. She asked for me to look after Rong Xu." Xu Jin joked: "Oh, so it was like that ah. And here I thought you had some ulterior motive that you couldn''t tell people towards him haha!" Qin Cheng: "" Back at faraway Xiangshan Movie and Television City, "Ambush" crew. Rong Xu had just finished his break when he suddenly sneezed. Luo Zhentao looked at him in surprise: "It seems it''s really getting cooler by next week, but it should still be quite warm this week. Xiao Xu, do you need me to help prepare some cold medicine for you? It would slow down the crew''s schedule if you were to get sick." Rong Xu shook his head and gently rubbed his nose: "It''s fine, it''s not a cold. It''s probably just someone talking about me behind my back." Luo Zhentao merrilyughed: "Talking about you? Then it definitely must have been Han Yanghao." Rong Xu listened to his softughter. Soon, it would be time to film the day''sst daytime scene. ___ The female lead Liang Linghui had already married Huo Xi. However, Huo Xi did note to their new room that evening. Liang Linghui was nervous and scared throughout the whole night, and only learned the next day that the Marshal had slept in his own bedchamber, and have not enter the room at all. And even after the wedding, they still did not consummate. The Chief Commander wanted to berate Huo Xi on this, but this wife was originally someone the Chief forced Huo Xi to marry. Therefore, he was unable to order this already difficult to control this son of his. Although this marriage existed only in name, but Liang Linghui was still the wife of Ping City''s Marshal. Originally, she wanted to clear up her rtionship with Bai Mingde, but after the "coincidences" time and time again, she still could not help but be moved by this gentle and intelligent man. Thus, within this ambiguous rtionship, Liang Linghui helped Bai Mingde in slowly obtainng Huo Xi''s trust. Whether or not Huo Xi trust Bai Mingde, this was something even Bai Mingde himself did not know. But all he needed to know was, he was personally promoted by Huo Xi, officially rising up to three ranks, and was slowly bing a core officer in the Huo Family Army. In this scene, they would be filming after Liang Linghui met with Bai Mingde again and just returned to her house. She originally thought that Huo Xi was not home, and did not expect that she would just so happen to chance upon him in the garden. The setting for this scene was dusk. The sunset today was beautiful. The setting''s light was deep, the soft and warm hues caused even the coldest people to cannot help but be enthralled. It was also the most suitable for disying the feelings Huo Xi had deeply buried under his heart.
The author has something to say: Qin Lightlight: Not giving you guys this small white and tender hand! This small hand is Baby''s, this person is also Baby''s, it''s all Baby''s~ Humph q(st)r
Qin Lightlight C This was probably a mistake by the author since the characters for Orange [ C Chng] and Light[ C Dng] are simr. LS C Refer to the people who posted before you. It literally means upstairs [¥- lushng] hence why the fan was asking if their floor was crooked. There''s also LX, downstairs [¥ C luxi] for the peoplementing below you.
Chapter 20 Trantor: Vian Editor: Fafnir If the previous script had once implied to the audience that Huo Xi liked Liang Linghui since he was young, then in the new script, those feelings are shown and much more well-developed with the many newly added scenarios, letting the audience realize and understand how deeply those feelings were suppressed in his heart, to the point where he would refuse to tell them, even when near death. Five cameras were fixed from different angles, and the filming began. Zhang Tongtong wore a cheongsam as she passed through the living room. At this time, Liang Linghui had just met with Bai Mingde. She, herself, also could not clearly say what the rtionship between the two of them was; her principles prevented her from having an affair when she was married, however, the one she loved was never her husband, but this man who refused to elope with her. So up to present now, Liang Linghui and Bai Mingde had maintained a reasonable distance. But one do not know if it was because she felt guilt in her heart, Liang Linghui breathed a sigh of relief when she found that Huo Xi was not in the house, although only until she walked to the garden. There, she saw a long casted shadow. Liang Linghui''s eyes widened, and a flustered expression shed across her face. She halted beside the French windows inside the parlour, not stepping out into the garden, but instead stood there, watching Huo Xi from afar. Zhang Tongtong''s acting skills were still passable, and Liang Linghui''s scenes were not especiallyplicated either. Although she currently has not overstepped the boundaries, but towards her husband, she still have some several feelings of guilt, so to suddenly espy her husband, there was naturally difiture. She then heard Huo Xi beckoning her over. It was presently spring; the flourishing pear blossoms had flowered to a snowy white. When the breeze tenderly swayed, the petals would arise to cascade in snowfall kindred of goose feathers, veiling the earth in a soft nket of silver white silk bind. Much like snow, like feathers; Huo Xi stood under the tree as the pear blossoms showered, scattering upon his hair and uniform, his person appearing more soft, and gentle. Visible within Director Zheng''s five screens was this mesmerizing scene. The sweet and graceful young wife slowly approached her husband''s side; she regarded the petals sitting on the other''s shoulders, after pondering for a moment, but still could not help but reach out. Merely through this passing brush, Liang Linghui did not discover that Huo Xi''s body was trembling ever so slightly, nheless, when their two eyes met, he returned to his original cold and heartless mien. "Have you eaten?" Liang Linghui held on to her apprehensive mood waiting for a long time, never expecting that. The first sentence Huo Xi said to her, would turn out to be this. Remaining mum for a time, Liang Linghui replied: "I have eaten. I happened upon Teacher Xu at Rouge, and ate with her then" Pondering after, she still amicably inquired: "Have you?" This time, Huo Xi have not answer her. Instead, he stated: "Tomorrow, I will be leaving for Beiping." Liang Linghui did not react for a moment. The sound of Huo Xi''s indifferent voice resonated within the hushed garden. Apart from his t, unfluctuating voice, there alone was only the sighing of the wind and rustling of the falling petals, breaking the near silent stillness. "Is there anything that you need me to help you with?" Liang Linghui hesitated for a moment, but voiced: "I have heard that Beiping Publishing House has recently published a new book written by Teacher Taiyue which Ping City has yet to receive. Could you bring me back a copy?" Huo Xi lowered his head gazing at her; Liang Linghui ufortably shifted her eyes away. A long time after, she heard a softughter, but when she looked up again, her husband still had on that cold face of his. "Only this one book?" Huo Xi asked. Liang Linghui nodded: "Yes, only this book." Within the eye hid a silent, intense focused hue, only after a long time, Huo Xi slightly nodded: "Very well." Such a courteous tone wouldn''t happen between any other married couple, but for Huo Xi and Liang Linghui, this was already the best way for them to get along. Liang Linghui felt that today''s Huo Xi was acting rather unusual. She did not want to stay under the tree, but Huo Xi have yet tell her to leave, so she could only continue to stand there awkwardly. The thoughts in her heart abundant, suddenly, Liang Linghui eximed: "Today is your grandfather''s memorial?!" Huo Xi''s whole person trembled, this time he did not reply. Liang Linghui sighed: "I remember that as a child, Grandfather Huo doted on me dearly." Huo Xi murmured: "Leave." Liang Linghui stared nkly as she looked up towards Huo Xi, only to see thetter solemnly stare back, his expression somber, no longer retaining the gentle appearance before. She indistinctly felt something was wrong, but could not understand the reason why, and could only choke out: "Huo Xi, you" "Leave!" The severe tone startled Liang Linghui, then she turned around and left, never once looking back. Under the warm and gentle setting sun, the beautiful young woman left angrily. Behind her stood her husband who had no genuine rtionship with her, and a ground of fallen petals. Huo Xi watched Liang Linghui''s retreating back, his expression gradually loosening, but he still turned around to stop his gaze, remaining the same, and facing the tree, not leaving the whole night. This is where the scene ends. ___ Because of wanting to obtain the perfect light and shadow effects, Director Zheng asked for a few extra retakes. Rong Xu appeared to have gained a few years in front of the camera, to where one could not even tell that he had yet toe of age. Hair gel was used tob his hair back behind his right ear, leaving only a few strands on the left. Over these many years, Huo Xi was involved in numerous wars. He was very tired, even within his own home, the person himself still carried a solemn coldness that makes one hard to get close to, along with a sense of ruthlessness and tyrannical bearing. Whenever Rong Xu would step out with his makeup done, many young girls in the crew would all stare at him with a blushing red face. Even some of the older women couldn''t help but hold their face, one by onementing: "If only I was born twenty years earlier ah!" While this evening''s scene seems simple, it was in fact foreshadowing. That year amidst the pear blossom shower, he met a girl. She sat among the clusters of pear blossom, the white adorned her clearer than snow, a pure white amid the blossoms. She gleefully giggled, suddenly flying down and throwing herself towards him, knocking him to the ground withughter: "My name is Liang Linghui, my mother calls me Hui girl. What is your name?" At that time, he could only stutter his reply: "My name is Huo Xi." For many years after, the girl at that time could no longer remember their first meeting at the age of four. But he constantly kept in his mind that girl who had flown down from the sky and fell within his arms that year. The Westerners had said before that there was this beautiful symbolic figure called an angel. He felt, that she was his angel who had descended from Heavens, arriving by his side. He took this girl out to y, this girl was even bolder than him, and even disliked his petty attitude. They would keep thousands of secrets between each other, catch mud fishes together, and on the day his most important grandfather died, the girl took his hand andforted him: "Grandfather is gone, but you still have me." Thenter when he turned seven, he was thrown into the army by his father, onlying out when he was fourteen. He had experienced the terrible battlefield, he killed He killed many people. He was no longer that boy who would apany her to climb trees and catch mud fishes together. When they met again, she was already twelve years old, now slender and a graceful young girl. His cold and indifferent face had not yet even had the time to show his joy, when the other shyly extended out her hand, and said to him "Hello, my name is Liang Linghui." That person in his memory, would never again remember him. This story definitely had some of dog blood. Originally in the script, it was only casually mentioned a bit without much details, but now in the new script, several scenes were added. Especially in the ending where their underground party broke through Ping City, first destroying the other three warlords till China''s maind was only left with one Huo Family. Chief Commander Huo suffered serious injuries during the war, Huo Xi took over the Commander in leading the thirty thousands soldiers. Afterwards, with the secret help of Bai Mingde and other underground parties, the warsted for a month. Ping City was breached, and Huo Xi was captured. Chief Commander Huo was furious, causing his mental state to deteriorate, and not even waiting until the army entered the city, he was ready to be angered to death. After capturing Huo Xi, the army officially announced Huo Xi''s conviction. The number of people Huo Xi had killed was not small, not just the enemies, but also those from the underground party, and people who threatened the Huo Family. His hands were stained with blood, and his means were especially cruel. He was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment. However, as he sat in his cell leaning against the filthy wall, he took the poison he had long prepared andmitted suicide. As for Liang Linghui, she had been already persuaded by Bai Mingde to join the underground party. On that day when they breached Ping City, she stood beside Bai Mingde, looking at Huo Xi from far away, watching her own husband-in-name be caught by the enemy. Even the Marshal''s wife was part of the underground party, it was only a matter of time before the city was defeated. Rong Xu saw a few of these considerably dog blood heavy plots as he looked through the new script, and could only helplessly shake his head. Luo Zhentao curiously looked over andughed when he read the story: "Even more people will like this current script with a few sprinkles with dog blood." The youth raised an eyebrow: "Luo ge, so you also think this ''embracing the other from behind when drunk and almost revealing his true feelings'' situation is very dog blood?" Luo Zhentao happilyughed out loud: "Either way, this role''s character is very three-dimensional with a very distinct and clear image. No can oppose this point. Back when Rong Xu was first picking out scripts, he also liked "Ambush" distinctive character images, fast-paced plot, and many contradictions and conflicts. Which was the reason why he chose it. Whether it''s theposed and farsighted Bai Minge, or the strong-willed and intelligent Liang Linghui; whether it''s the cruel and ruthless Huo Xi, or the self-sacrificing nature Of Zhao Fangsheng. They all have their own image, and with the fast-paced storyline, it creates an extremely vivid and lively person out of each of them. It was said that within a film, the male lead is for the female lead to like, and the second male lead is for the audience to like. You might as well ask for such a rich and powerful and handsome and strong and still young Marshal, which little girl would not like? "Ambush" was a spy and war romance drama. It uses the romance aspect to film to a spy and war film and also uses the spy and war aspect to film a romance film. Although he felt in his heart that this dog blood plot was really not something that ordinary people can think up of, Rong Xu maintained his professionalism and continued to perfectly act out his scenes, making even Director Zheng unable to help but p his hands and cheer. Especially when it was time for the ''drunken confession'' scene. He embraced Zhang Tongtong''s waist from behind, his action careless andnguid. When he cried out "Hui girl" in a sexy voice, every fellow femalerade in the studio had their heart go numb, and as the person involved, Zhang Tongtong got the full impact with her legs going soft and then NG. The messy ck hair blocked the young man''s beautiful and clear phoenix eyes, the unbuttoned white shirt revealing a strong but not overly muscr chest. Being held by such a person, Zhang Tongtong repeatedly NGed nine times in a row, and even needed to use her hands to cover her non-stop blushing face. Li Yan stood next to the set andmented to her manager: "I feel that this scene of Zhang Tongtong''s really let her eat a lot of tofu. Really envy her" Not far away, Han Yanghao coldly snorted and unhappily red at Rong Xu. When the day''s filming came to an end, the "Ambush" crew sent thete stage post-processed trailer to T.V. station. Starting from ten o''clock this evening, this weekly drama''s trailer will be aired eight times a day, and four dayster would be officially aired. This first trailer shows the love triangle between Bai Mingde, Liang Linghui, and Huo Xi. Director Zhang did not hesitate to arrange to put the "almost confession after drunk" scene shot earlier today into the trailer. When the trailer yed on TV tonight, it incited an extremely lively discussion overnight!
The author had something to say: After my Rongrong and Qin Orangeorange got together, and look back at this dog blood drama Rongrong: Actually, it doesn''t have that much dog blood, it''s just a very orthodox spy and war romance idol drama Qin Orangeorange: You hugged her! You weren''t even dressed properly, your shirt was still unbuttoned yet you went and hugged her! Angry!
Dog Blood C Melodramatic
Notice how the editor isnt Shem, shes been MIA for the past week so I asked a friend to help. Bare in mind he has never read CN novels XD:
Chapter 21 Trantor: Vian Editor: Aconyte Although people often said that soap operas were too dog blood, and have no sustenance, but it was precisely those wanton ups and downs conflicts and intense contradictory soap operas that had very high ratings. In recent years, TV drama programs were getting longer and longer, some with even eighty or ny episodes. For example, in some reproductions in the old versions from thest era, it would only use one episode to narrate and resolve these few plot points; but in the remake version, it would use three episodes! So the once only about a dozen or twenty episodes would turn into a few dozens and even hundreds of episodes. There was an advantage to weekly dramas, which was that they were usually short. In general, it would not exceed fifteen episodes. Therefore, if you wanted to tell an understandable story within fifteen episodes, every episode would be packed full of fierce conflicts to make the audience continued to watch while feeling annoyed, but still excitedly chased after it. This was also the reason why weekly dramas could air once a week: because there were still so many viewers willing to wait to watch. When Zhao Mei turned on her TV and tuned in to her favorite channel, there was only five minutes left before that ancient-style weekly drama she had been following every week started. She excitedly waited for the drama to begin. Inst week''s episode, the male lead actually died and today was the finale, if the male lead really died En, send de, must send de! Just as Zhao Mei got some melon seeds and fruits and was waiting patiently, the promotional trailer for weekly dramas on the channel suddenly yed. The first one pulled away Zhao Mei''s attention from eating! Eat! Eat! What attracted her was the intense and hurried background music. This music was oppressive and lingered. It was as if there was someone rapidly hurrying through the dark night, the beat of the drums causing people could not help but feel nervous. Then Zhao Mei looked up and saw one huge word "AMBUSH!" In the next moment, the scene changed in an instant and showed a heated battlefield, the gunfire roaring. The first one to appear on screen was a young man wearing a light blue military uniform. He wore a pair of silver spectacles and looked rather refined and schrly, but the screen shifted, and he suddenly changed into all ck and whispered in a low voice in an alleyway: "804, 197." Subtitles appeared on screen: Han Yanghao as Bai Mingde. Next came a feminine and elegant woman. She was dressed in a simple floral cheongsam, and stood on a podium, gently teaching the students about the Chinese ssicals. But when the image shifted, she firmly looked straight at Bai Mingde, and solemnly said: "I am willing to join you!" Zhang Tongtong as Liang Linghui. Zhao Mei was instantly interested after seeing these two handsome man and beautifuldy. She attentively watched the TV screen, muttering to herself as munched on her melon seeds: "Han Yanghao ah, I haven''t seen him in a long time. This Zhang Tongtong is also very pretty ah. Where have I seen this drama again ah? Ambush, Am bush" Her voice suddenly stopped, and Zhao Mei stared wide-eyed at the TV screen. On the screen, a man wearing a dark military uniform was riding a coal-ck wild horse, pulling the reins in the middle of a heavy snowstorm. The dark overcoat contrasted against the white snow, causing a lurid offset to the eyes. He wore a leather military visor and calmly looked ahead. Suddenly, the corner of his mouth casted a touch of an indifferent and mocking smile. Then, he drew his gun! And fired! Bang Rong Xu as Huo Xi. Time seemed to have stood still. After the screen finally switched to the second female lead Yi Lan, Zhao Mei suddenly screamed: "Wasn''t that the little beauty from "Vie for Supremacy"! Right right right! He also appears in "Ambush", I even heard people talk about it a few days ago ah, I actually forgot! F*ckf*ckf*ckf*ckf*ck, he also looks extremely handsome in a military uniform!!!" At the moment, the trailer was still showing on screen. All four male and female protagonists were introduced and the image quickly switched. This trailer was only one and a half minutes long. Right now, there was only thirty seconds left. In the remaining thirty seconds, Bai Mingde and Liang Linghui had their first encounter, and Liang Linghui married Huo Xi. Bai Mingde almost had his identity discovered, so Huo Xi set up a scheme to test Bai Mingde but it was inadvertently leaked by Liang Linghui. In the end, Bai Mingde was prepared and so, Ba Mingde sessfully passed and was promoted by Huo Xi. Many points of the story quickly disyed itself in front of Zhao Mei''s eyes like a . In thest ten seconds, the scene turned to Bai Mingde and Liang Linghui, each holding onto a book and chatting beside a window; then in the final five seconds, the scene changed again. A pair of slender and beautiful hands suddenly appeared from behind Liang Linghui and fiercely pulled her into their arms with great strength! The top three buttons of the white shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a fragile corbone. The head of messy ck hair let him lose some of his coldness, and appeared more dangerous and sexy. He tightly embraced this woman from behind, the red cheeks suggested that this man was drunk, and then he lowered his head, his eyes downcast. The long eyshes drooped down, his lips slightly opened, and two words softly came out "Hui girl" The hoarse, sexy voice reverberated in the room for a long time, as if it could tantalize the desires deep in the heart, it was full of temptation. In the next moment, the screen darkened and it was over! The huge letters "AMBUSH" was printed on the TV screen. Ten secondster, the grand finale of Zhao Mei''s long-awaited weekly drama started, but at this moment, how was Zhao Mei in the mood to care about that drama ah! Her eyes widened and her face flushed. She urgently open her WeChat to tell her best friend. Ah ah ah ah!!! Lulu did you see the promo trailer that yed before "Qingcheng Sword" today ah!!! The one from "Ambush", "Ambush"!!! There was that actor Rong Xu from "Vie for Supremacy" that you especially liked ah! He''s so handsome ah, I thought he would have gone the ''juvenile'' route like in "Vie for Supremacy", how can he be so sexy but also so charming at the same time ah ah ah!!! It was not just Zhao Mei, there were numerous viewers like Zhao Mei throughout China. A cast with high attractiveness and an intense contradictory storyline, coupled with excellent filming and post-production, "Ambush" short one-and-a-half minute promotion trailer quickly swept the inte. At the same time as the TV station aired the promo trailer, it was simultaneously released on the drama''s official website and Weibo. There are people like Zhao Mei who saw it on TV, and there were also people who saw it online when they were strolling through Weibo and the videos. But no matter where they saw the trailer, their biggest response was Just base off these faces, I can already eat ten bowls of rice!!! Prior to epting this drama, Luo Zhentao had told Rong Xu before: "This drama has a very high standard for appearances." Which was why in this drama, while Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan are extremely popr, but the main reason they seeded in bing the female lead and second female lead was because they had pretty face. Although saying it out loud, it sounded a bit superficial, but good-looking people could always make people look at them and feel their mood rise; this point was beyond doubt. I feel this drama can be popr, I bet five cents that it can definitely get 0.8! What does 0.8 count as, I think it can definitely get 1! Just five cents, who''ll bet with you. If it gets 1, then I''ll eat my keyboard! Ling Zhen''s adaptation idol drama will also start airing next week. Both are weekly dramas, and are even ying at the same time. That idol drama have a lot of fans from the original, with it here, this "Ambush" definitely won''t be able to make it! Thanks to the trailer, "Ambush" once again set off another fiery debate. For weekly dramas, there would be a time gap between episodes aired each week, with at most only two episodes per week, so the ratings were often not as good as the daily dramas. But it wasn''t like there was ack of excellent weekly dramas. There was once a weekly drama that reached a rating of 5 each episode, beating all the other daily dramas that aired beside it. Countless people were feeling very excited about "Ambush" trailer. They absolutely must watch, mark down the release! But there are also some people who expressed: The trailer is pretty, there are too many of these rubbish dramas. There was also a small number of people who were very concerned about the ratings. For example, "Ambush" which would be aired at the same time together next week with "The Summer''s Truth". This was an adaptation. The female lead was called Xia Zhenshi. The original novel was extremely popr when it was adapted into an animation and now that it was adapted into a drama, many had high hopes for it. So like this, "Ambush" had all kinds of topics to help with the promotion. The TV station and crew put in extra effort in pushing out this trailer and let "Ambush" popritynded it on the top ten hottest searches. At the same time, it was also shown on loop in the homepages of major video websites. It could be said that as long you were a who used the inte, you definitely would have heard the name "Ambush" in the past few days. Even if you weren''t aizen, that''s okay too. You could not go online, but you at least watch TV right? On TV, the trailer was shown ten times a day! And Qin Cheng saw this trailer was not because of the constant promotion on the inte, nor was it because of theizens'' crazy discussions and starry-eyed infatuation, and it definitely was not because he turned on the TV and saw the trailer, but because he secretly set up a special notification for Rong Xu. Rong Xu: There was a constant worry on Marshal Huo''s mind. Everyone all likes call him less handsome, but he is obviously very handsome, why is he called less handsome? He should be called "very handsome"~ ughs]ughs]ughs] //"Ambush" crew: The trailer is now out. Lying, waiting beside you, was it my reasoning, or was it my feelings? [Video Link] Qin Cheng lowered his eyes, not yet opening the video, but instead seriously read every single word Rong Xu wrote, and then silently curled his lips. En. Very cute. The pun was also very cute. Xu Jin who was beside him suddenlyughed out loud: "Hahahaha, did you see Rong Xu''s post on Weibo? I followed him a few days ago. He just forwarded a post and even especially added a little dialogue. Isn''t the dialogue a bit too cold, I thought I would die fromughter" Theughter froze within Qin Cheng''s dangerously freezing stare. Throwing away this affair, Qin Cheng put on a calm andposed face before opening and watching the video. When he saw Han Yanghao introduced, he was expressionless; When he saw Zhang Tongtong introduced, he still had facial paralysis. He then suddenly saw Rong Xu''s appearance! Qin Cheng nodded in satisfaction. Who knew that the shot was only for five seconds, Qin Cheng had just clearly saw the youth''s face when the screen suddenly switched again to Yi Lan! Qin Cheng: "" Next was a dazzling sessive appearance of the story''s important points. Qin Cheng had acted in many films. With just these, he more or less guessed what kind of film "Ambush" was. He indifferently watched the video, only when Rong Xu appeared would he nod his head. When Rong Xu was gone, he continued: indifferent. Up until the veryst ten seconds, Qin Cheng still continued to silently watch. When a slender, white hand suddenly appeared on the screen, he nked out. But! He saw the youth, not fully dressed, pulled Zhang Tongtong into his embrace! His face drunken red! He even hugged her so tightly! And even leaned in so close to her when speaking! "Hui girl" A hoarse and sexy voice was heard through the phone, Qin Cheng was instantly stunned. At this point, the screen had already dimmed. The trailer was over, and Xu Jin also happened to just finished watching it as well. He turned to talk to Qin Cheng, but when he saw the other''s strange expression, he tactfully said: "It''s been a while since I''veste to thepany, I think I''ll go and stroll around a bit." Xu Jin hurriedly fled, no way did he want to stay together with this man who seemed like he was suddenly in a bad mood for no good reason. It would cost him his life. And so he naturally didn''t notice that when Qin Cheng heard the low murmur, the tip of his ear was slowly turning red. He coughed and got up to walk around a bit to the window. He felt like he had nothing else to do and silently walked back to the sofa to open the video and watch it again! Jumping straight to the end! Ignore that woman! En, very handsome. *** Xiangshan Movie and Television City, Ambush crew. The filming for all the night scenes today were finished. Rong Xu took off his makeup and returned to the hotel with Luo Zhentao. When they were halfway back, Rong Xu suddenly remembered: "By the way, Luo ge, about the apartment I asked you to help me find. Did you ask if I can immediately move in when I return to B-City?" Luo Zhentao nodded: "Of course, the owner and I have already discussed it. You can go sign the contract after you return to B-City." Rong Xu nodded his head slightly. Luo Zhentao smiled and asked: "Do you want me to request for a movingpany? Or I can go help? Rong Xu shook his head: "No need, I don''t have a lot of stuffs." Luo Zhentao nodded in understanding. Four days quickly passed, and it was finally the day "Ambush" was going to be aired! On that day, Director Zheng ended the crew''s filming early. Everyone returned to the hotel to watch the live broadcast on TV. When everyone was leaving, someone jokingly said, "The Summer''s Truth" also seems to be airing on Mango Station, I wonder how they''re doing." Director Zheng raised an eyebrow, "You guys think that we''ll lose?" Upon hearing these words, everyoneughed. They didn''t know whether they would lose or not, but they had confidence in their work. The ratings definitely would not be bad!
The author has something to say: Rongrong: Is my little skit not funny _(:3)_ Fuwa: You ask my sisters, they seem like they''re gonna die fromughter~ Qin Orangeorange[Cold indifferent staring]: Do you think that. It. Is. Funny?
Lantern with constant carousel of paper horses C [ C zu m dng] Antern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival but figuratively means a constant busy cirction of people WeChat C A Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app Five cents C Refers to the Five Cents Party, a nickname for Webmentators who are rumored to be a group of people who are paid to praise or defend the Chinese Communist Party on the Inte. Well, the majority of ordinary Inte users in China express contempt for it although. The betting five cents came from that each time someone from the Partyments or make a post to confuses or guides public opinion, they get paid five cents. Either way, its just a jab at the Party. Rubbish C The raw was spicy chicken [u C L j] but it sounds simr to rubbish [ C l j] Spicy chicken can be used with different meaning though like, when you are happy, you shout spicy chicken! And ehen you are angry, you can also shout spicy chicken! It can also can express ridicule, or admiration, and so on. Yeah, lots of different meanings. Xia Zhenshi C Summer Truth[挍 C Xi zhnsh] while the drama is called The Summers Truth [挍 C Xitin de zhnsh] =_= Im sorry, Im just really not impressed by these kind of names Video websites C Awork medium that allows Inte users to publish, browse, and share video works online with the support of aplete technology tform. Chinas leading video sharing website is Youku Inc. The one you guys most probably familiar with would be YouTube Everyone all likes call him less handsome, but he is obviously very handsome, why is he called less handsome? He should be called "very handsome" C Im not even going to attempt trying to make the pun make sense in English Marshal [َ C Sho shui] literally trans. to less handsome and Rong Rong is saying he should be call more handsome [ C du shui] instead, hence the pun part. Mango Station C Hunan Radio and Television Satellite Channel or Hunan Satellite TV The channel is broadcasted by Mandarin and TV stations in Hunan(a southern province in maind China) and is dominated by entertainment variety. Currently Chinas second-most-watched channel and also one of the most important local satellite TV channels in maind China. The current logo looks like a golden mango so the audiences gave nicknamed it Mango Station, which was appearantly epted by Hunan TV as an official nickname.
Chapter 22 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem 18 November, 2042. "Ambush" was officially aired on Tomato Station. For some weekly dramas, the rating from when they first aired were their highest ratings. After all, if you want to let the audience watch only one episode a week and not have their enthusiasm fade, then the drama itself must be attractive enough to have a high demand. At ten o''clock in the evening today, many viewers tuned to Tomato Station like usual. Some among them have already prepared a bunch of snacks and were excitedly shouting: "Ahhhhhhhhh!!! When will "Ambush" start!!!" There were also people who didn''t know what the station was going to air and just tuned in for a look out of habit. The entire "Ambush" crew finished shooting at eight, and everyone returned to their their hotel room by ten. Rong Xu''s room was a single room. He tidied up his things and washed up, then hesitated for bit, but still turned on the TV in the end. Seeing his own face on TV was a feeling the Rong Xu had already been long ustomed to, and couldnt really be considered as a novelty. He watched for a while before turning off the TV and went to bed early. And of course, he didn''t know that at this moment across China, many viewers were excitedly covering their face in front of the TV. "Ambush" story was very fast-paced. How fast? In the first episode, Bai Mingde and Liang Linghui had a good impression of each other, but in the next episode, it was already Huo Xi''s and Liang Linghui''s wedding. This drama was full of handsome men and beautiful women. Even the little shota that selled the newspaper was very soft and lovely, causing people unable to help but want to reach out and pinch his cheeks. And the story was so cool! On the surface, the earnest and intelligent male lead was a very refined and honorable officer, but was secretly an underground party member! The gentle and virtuous teacher looked innocent and very ordinary, but her fiance was actually Ping City''s Marshal Huo from the Huo Family! The great contrast allowed the audience to watch it with relish, so that no matter how they guess, they wouldn''t be able to guess what would happen next. In particr, they especially liked it when Huo Xi appeared. He rode a coal-ck wild horse and wore a dark military uniform, with his ck overcoat lightly fluttering in the wind. The glossy ck marten fur wrapped around him, juxtaposed against the snow white and silver garments, bright and dazzling. He drew his gun, fired and killed! The actions flowed smoothly as one, like moving clouds and flowing water; graceful and fluid. The first episode clearly had over forty minutes, but when the episode ended, numerous audience members felt like it was only twenty minutes! This drama is soooo exciting ah! My brain can already think up a year soaked dog blood dramatic romance! Seriously speaking, does Marshal Huo actually like Liang Linghui or not? I see that he''s very fierce towards Liang Linghui and doesn''t like her at all. But then in the trailer, he was hugging Liang Linghui so gently Don''t tell me, this is actually a rotten white lotus Virgin Mary drama?! Hahahaha it''s so obvious that Her Majesty Ms. Screenwriter wanted to spray a whole pot of dog blood on me, but I''m still very much looking forward to it ah~ Just let the dog blood rain down harder! For the Marshal''s face, I''m willing to drink ten pots of dog blood!!! Ten pots aren''t enough, I want to drink 100 pots!!! What Marshal? My Rongrong already said it, it''s ''very handsome''! Honghonghuohuohuanghuanghuhu, Very Handsome Commander Huo~ what should I do, this name suddenly sounds very affectionate ah, very handsome Commander, very handsome Commander. I suddenly feel that Huo Xi isn''t cold at all, but instead veerryy cute! Aside from thesements from the general audience, there were also some professionalmentators who made a simple evaluation of the drama. Huge River Mountain Hiking: All in all, "Ambush" should be a romance film wrapped with an outeryer of a spy and war film. The character setting is very good and the contradicting conflicts are also very intense. It can be expected that next ten episodes are definitely going to be full of dog blood. Stormy Winds First Rays of Dawn: Ever since the beginning, dog blood stuffed TV dramas often have high ratings. For example, that "Mute Husband" from 9 years ago. It was supposed to be low-budget TV drama, but it''s ratings unexpectedly managed to break through 3. Although "Ambush" plot is currently only going one way, but from what can be said by observing the characters'' rtionships, it has a lot of room for development. And it''s a weekly drama, the story can be changed at any time. Perhaps it will be the dark horse in this season''s weekly dramas. The first episode of "Ambush" aired on Saturday caused a great deal of discussion on the inte. However it stood that in this season of weekly dramas, the one that caused the highest degree of discussion wasn''t "Ambush". Baidu Index: "Ambush" 3,035,234, "The Summer''s Truth" 9,545,242. Weibo Index: "Ambush" 1,353,452, "The Summer''s Truth" 5,139,524. The disparity between "Ambush" and "The Summer''s Truth" was an entire chasm. A bit after 12pm, the production director of Tomato Station called Director Zheng. Director Zheng hadn''t slept at all. He had been an assistant director and director''s assistant for over ten years now. This was the first film he lead in directing, he couldn''t fail. He couldn''t afford to fail. Although he had said ''I have confidence in our work'', reality was, he was anxious all night. When he heard his phone ring, he was scared to jumping off the bed. "You said ho-how much?" Director Zheng''s hand trembled when he heard the number the other person said, and asked again. The other person answered with a smile: "The first episode got a 0.7 rating, greatly exceeding our expectations. The average was 0.7 and the highest was 0.9. For neers like you, this is already really good. Especially since you guys only have a Han Yanghao to bring over his fans." The production director paused for a second before continuing: "Ah, oh yes. There is also that second male lead He''s called Rong Xu, right? Discussion about him on the inte is also very high. The station is nning on using these two for round of publicity on the inte, can you have them cooperate together for a bit?" Director Zheng quickly nodded: "Yes! Of course! We definitely can!" The production director helplessly said: "Actually our ratings could be even higher, but it''s a pity. I didn''t expect "The Summer''s Truth" to suddenly change gears. I hope that we can break through 1 by the time we finish. But still, congrattions, Old Zheng!" Yes, the nationwide ratings were announced the next day. For the ten o''clock prime time weekly dramas on the weekend First ce, "The Summer''s Truth", 1.5! Second ce, "Ambush", 0.7! First ce'' ratings doubled more than the ratings of the second ce, this was essentially a high wall that could not be jumped over! For any other weekly drama, 0.7 would not be considered as falling onto streets. If you wanted to have an audience rating of at least 1, then you need to have a famous actor or have big-name Director, or otherwise have the drama be a big IP. And in this cases, "The Summer''s Truth" have the whole set while "Ambush" didnt have even one. Some people within the industry emotionally expressed: " "Summer" having this result was a matter of course. However, the rating near the end of the first episode lowered slightly and ended up only as a 1.3. But "Ambush" really let people be surprised ah. Although it should not be able to break through 1, but maybe it could stay above 0.5." On the inte, the discussion of the two dramas was also extremely intense. The "Ambush" viewers excitedly discussed the following development, opening countless brain holes. So much that in only one night, there was someone already making fanart of the drama. The beautiful and elegant Marshal rode on top of the huge horse, his gaze indifferently looking down at you. The back was a boundless, snowy winter night, the wind and snow incapable of sullying his beautiful countenance. He was surrounded by the army of a thousands men and a thousands horses, bringing about an unattainable illusion. This drawing was the most shared on the inte, and was even forwarded by several marketing businesses, letting it receive ten of thousands forwards. In reality though, this was a marketing tool by the television station and crew. After researching the audiences''ments, they found out that they all especially like scenes that had Huo Xi''s appearance. So they released a ''fanart'' drawing, attracting the attention of passersby. On the other hand, there was Han Yanghao''s and Zhang Tongtong''s CP marketing. They were officially given the CP name called the ''Spy Couple''. By pairing these two up together and stirring the CP fire, it also brought in a lot of publicity. Regardless of the result of the broadcast, on this side, a new day arrived and the crew began busily filming again. Presently, there were a total of five episodes that crew sent to the television station. Next, they need to film five more episodes, moreover, it needs to be done within a month. So in the next month, it was aplete Asura purgatory everyday from seven o''clock in the morning to twelve o''clock in the evening, and even before dawn! No one dared to speak any nonsense during the period. There was one time when Han Yanghaoined and Director Zheng angrily rebuked him, yelling at him to pay close attention to his contract. When the contract was signed, it was exined that they could only guarantee that each actor would have about six hours of sleeping time. Half a month quickly passed. Only two more episodes were filmed, but today, the third episode of "Ambush" was finally ushered in. "Ambush" had a rating of 0.7 for the first episode as predicted by the TV station, and thanks to the good reputation of the first episode plus their presence on the inte and various marketing promotions in real life, the second episode''s rating did not drop but instead rose to 0.8! The production director even joked with his subordinates and said: "Who knows? Maybe when the drama''s over, there''s really hope for it to get 1." Only when it ends it can get 1? Absolutely no need! At the end of the second episode, the preview of the third episode was shown. It was an edited scene: A romantic scene between Huo Xi and Liang Linghui. That''s right, it was exactly that ''nearly telling you my true feeling after getting drunk'' scene shown in the trailer! After this preview was shown, the inte exploded. In "Ambush" web forum, super thread, discussion forum, theizens who were discussing Huo Xi''s and Liang Linghui''s scene was visible everywhere. At the same time, they also discussed what kind of ending will the love triangle between these three have. The TV station didn''t notice this momentum, and the crew due to rushing to keep to schedule, also didnt noticed. And for this hot topic that was discussed the whole week, when the third episode of "Ambush" was aired, there was a huge turnabout! The next day at twelve am, the nationwide ratings were announced! First ce, "Ambush", 1.12! Second ce, "The Summer''s Truth", 0.97! The third episode, by just the third episode. Compared to the gradually declining ratings of "The Summer''s Truth", "Ambush" ratings took everyone by surprise. Who would dare to believe that within the weekly dramas'' nightmarish ''Three Laws'', there was actually a drama that would advance by leaps and bounds on the third episode, and obtained first ce in the nationwide weekly broadcast ratings! The ''Three Laws'' were default rules tacitly agreed on in and out of the circle. Weekly dramas only released one episode a week. No matter how attractive the story was, there would certainly be some viewers who would abandon the drama. In this situation, many people found that most of the weekly dramas have a nearly iron-d rule: Starting from the first episode, the ratings would decline and hit the lowest by the third episode, then it would rise again! In short, the third episode generally should have the lowest ratings for weekly dramas when aired. But now, "Ambush" third episode suddenly broke through 1, and was even the only one that broke 1 among the other weekly dramas! All of at once, all eyes were on this drama. Tomato Station was ecstatic, the production director even excitedly pped his thighs: "Bonuses are doubled! This time, everyone''s bonuses are doubled!" However over at Mango Station, there was a dark cloud looming over. The ratings of "The Summer''s Truth" continued to hit a new low, and now has even fallen below 1. It''s reputation was also getting worse and worse. Many people scolded the drama for having no logic, scolded the female lead for her bad acting, only knowing how to stand there and blink. And while the male lead was handsome and was a popr young star, his performance did not show the original male lead''s ck-belliness at all, but instead an arrogant prick! It could be said that "Ambush" sharply increasing ratings inevitably grabbed the market share of other weekly dramas broadcasted in the same time period, and arge part of the declining ratings of "The Summer''s Truth" were definitely taken away by "Ambush"! At Mango Station, the production director was gnashing his teeth in rage: "Let the crew change the story based on the audiences'' feedback! Immediately change!" A second passed and he yelled again: "Go, closely watch Tomato Station. We definitely can''t let "Ambush" ratings rise again, we must pull them down!" As for the "Ambush" crew, they werepletely unaware of these things. There were only a dozen or so scenes needed to be filmed this morning since Director Zheng wanted to hold a meeting with the screenwriter. They got together to analyze all of the audiences''ments since the third episode. At the end of the meeting, Director Zheng earnestly dered: "May we can get not just higher ratings, but also raise our poprity!" That very same evening, Rong Xu received another new script. The changes in the script weren''t too many, but they had change a very central part, enough to bring in another surprising part to the whole drama!
Trantor''s Addition: After all, if you want to let the audience watch only one episode a week and not have their enthusiasm fade, then the drama itself must be attractive enough to have a high demand. Vian: *Coughs up blood* Yes?
Tomato Station C Shanghai Oriental TV or Shanghai Radio and Television Taiwan Oriental TV Channel wasunched on October 1, 1998 and is a provincial satellite TV channel under the Shanghai Radio and Television Station. The domestic channel is over all the provinces in maind China. It is China''s most influential and biggest TV channel. And yes, China does have a whole bunch of these , actually some of these arent even fruits. So cool C [ˬ C Sun shung] This came from an ad for instant noodles. It was the slogan and was used to express the tempting ecstasy of instant noodles. It''s now used to express an unexpected feeling of ecstasy, refreshingness or slightly ridiculous. Honghonghuohuohuanghuanghuhu C [ttл] Means the person is absent-minded after encountering a major event and is at a loss of what to do. The official meaning on Baike.baidu was just ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha though Very Handsome Commander Huo C Very handsome Huo just sounds silly, Commander [˧ C D shui] trans. to big handsome too so why not? Falling onto the streets C [ C P ji] It''s basically cursing someone to fall to their death when walking. Also means knocked-out a.k.a KO. IP C Intellectual property. It is a pre-existing story or concept that can be developed into a film or drama. A lot of IP works are made from novels and games. Brain holes C [X C No dng] Extremely rich imagination; the bigger the hole, the more ridicules the imagination CP C Couple pairing Asura C Asuras are described in Indian texts as powerful superhuman demigods with good or bad qualities. The good Asuras are called Adityas and are led by Varuna(a Vedic deity associated with sky, andter with waters, justice and truth) , while the malevolent ones are called Danavas and are led by Vritra(a serpent or dragon which is the the personification of drought and adversary of Indra, the king of the Heavens) In the earliestyer of the Vedic texts, Agni(Vedic fire god), Indra and other gods are also called Asuras, in the sense of them being lords of their respective domains, knowledge and abilities. Inter Vedic and post-Vedic texts, these benevolent gods are called Devas (meaning heavenly, divine, anything of excellence; females are called Devi), while malevolent Asuraspete against these Devas and are considered evil spirits, demons and enemy of the gods. Super thread C [Ԓ} C Choj hut] An interest-discussingmunity based onmon topics on Weibo. It creates a precise and controble audiencemunity, let ordinary users can get more opportunities tomunicate with each other, and give high-quality info. It''s actually quite amazing. It''s hosted by many admins; they would recruit fans, encourage fans to be active, determine team operations methods(aka war tactics), regrly host some fan welfare activities, organizing topic discussions, activities, promote and increase their topics''s exposure, and create a cleanmunity and fun atmosphere for the fans. All info was taken from Weibo''s Super Thread Guide
Chapter 23 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem At the time when Rong Xu epted this drama, he had received the initial version of the script. Back then, his role was very simple. He was just a Marshal that was cold on the outside but warm on the inside with an infatuation towards the female lead. Afterwards with the whole Han Yanghao situation, his role went under some slight changes. There was an increase in scenes that showed Huo Xi''s innermost feelings, and also made him appear more gentle. And now, thetest version of the scriptpletely changed the show''s whole ending! In the original ending, the female lead Liang Linghui was persuaded by Bai Mingde to also join the new fraction and became a member of the underground party. Then after their victory in the revolution, she married Bai Mingde and like all other fairy tales, lived happily ever after. But in the new ending, Liang Linghui chose to leave Bai Mingde. Ny-nine percent of TV dramas on the market all must meet some basic principles. For example, the protagonist must be righteous. Another good example would be that the ending was perfect. It was not that there was no dramas with tragic endings, but it was just the minority afterall. The great majority of TV dramas were happy endings to let the audience befortable watching it. If the male and female lead didn''t end up together, this could be said to be tragic in a sense. When he saw this new script, Luo Zhentao was very surprised and eximed: "Are they not afraid of what the audience would think changing it like this? For the male and female lead to not end up together, the audience is very likely to be angry. They might even boycott the crew ah." Rong Xu carefully looked through the script, he thought for a moment and replied: "This ending is not impossible. Luo ge, I remember that wasn''t there a very famous and popr film three years ago. In the end, the male and female lead finally divorced. They boarded trains going in the opposite direction and since then, they really had no more involvement with each other." Luo Zhentao still hesitated: "Will there really be no problems changing it like this?" Who was the one the most against the new script? Naturally, it was Han Yanghao! Han Yanghao immediately went to find Director Zheng for an exnation, but who knew Director Zheng would readily open up a market survey, concisely and clearly saying: "Sixty percent of the audience hope that Liang Linghui can adhere to principle. Whether or not she loves Huo Xi, she is already Huo Xi''s wife and shouldn''t have an affair. And Tomato Station''s Director Wang also said that while having an affair in the marriage plot is worth watching, we can delete it if it''s not necessary. Liang Linghui isn''t together with Bai Mingde in the end, so what? You have a problem with it? Her husband just died and she already remarry. This will repulse the audience." Listening to these words, Han Yanghao was ready to cough out blood: "Liang Linghui and Huo Xi were obviously a fake couple, okay? They''ve never crossed the line. Huo Xi died because he decided to suicide, Liang Linghui didn''t force him to. Liang Linghui not ending up with Bai Mingde because of Huo Xi, if you change it change it like this" If you change it like this, then who the hell is the male lead! Han Yanghao didn''t say thest sentence out loud, but Director Zheng had long understood what he meant. How could Han Yanghao care about who Liang Linghui likes or marries? What he really care about was: Who is the male lead! However, this shrewd Director pretended to be dumb and said: "This is what the audience hopes for. They even hope that Liang Linghui will end up liking Huo Xi. Now you tell me, how do you want this to be changed huh?" Han Yanghao was stupefied. Even if Liang Linghui didn''t end up together with Bai Mingde, Bai Mingde could still be called the protagonist. But Liang Linghui was together with Huo Xi in the end What do you call this situation?! The person that end up together with the female lead was actually the second male lead? This was a situation that would not happen even out of a hundred films! If the person together with the female lead was the male lead, then ording to thismon sense, Huo Xi would be the male lead? Han Yanghao and Director Zheng had a big fight but in the end, it was dropped without any results. The crew still proceeded with the filming, needing to retake some scenes shot before. In order to find out the audience''s thought, the "Ambush" crewunched a poprity poll on their official Weibo and asked theizens to vote for their favorite character. *** Consequently, thousands of miles away in B-City, Xu Jin was holding some materials and walked back to the private lounge when he saw a certain man sitting in front of theputer with a serious look, what he was doing was a mystery to Xu Jin. Xu Jin walked towards Qin Cheng and casually opened his mouth: "What are you doing? Old Liu, Director Chu, and Director Zhao all sent you a script the past few days. Which one do you like? All three big Directors are nning their film''s itinerary with you for next year, we have to give them a reply by this week." As he spoke, Xu Jin went next to theputer, almost seeing what was showing on the screen. But at the very moment he was about to see, Qin Cheng calmly clicked on the exit button and the whole screen went back to the desktop. Xu Jin only had time to see the two words "Weibo Registration" on the screen shed past before he had no way to ever clearly see it again. Xu Jin subconsciously asked: "Eh, what the hell are you doing? Did I just see the Weibo registration page" "Old Liu''s new film is quite good." The low, maic male voice suddenly spoke, interrupting Xu Jin''s words. Xu Jin immediately nodded: "En, I also think the Old Liu''s new film is quite good, then we''ll be going with Old Liu''s? You decided quite fast ah, and here I thought you still haven''t seen the script yet" The topic quickly focused on Old Liu''s new film. Xu Jin had alreadypletely forgot what he just saw, and took it as he saw it wrong. However, the fact was that the webpage that a certain someone closed just now, indeed, in all honesty, shown the two big words WEIBO, REGRISTRATION! Xu Jin was alsopletely clueless to the fact that this was already a certain man''s 43rd time opening to this page today and that it was also his 43rd registered Weibo ount. The whole afternoon, Qin Cheng was silently staring at theputer screen, silently registering an ount, silently paying attention to a certain crew''s official Weibo and then silently casting a vote. But even like this, first ce on "Ambush" crew''s official Weibo''s poprity list was still Han Yanghao. After all, he was very popr before with over five million fans on Weibo, and because of this drama, Han Yanghao''s acting career also gradually improved. As a result, his fans madly voted. So even though Rong Xu''s fans also madly voted for example, by cheating in registering forty-three times to vote like a surname fan Qin, they still couldn''t beat Han Yanghao. Han Yanghao had more than five million fans, but Rong Xu only had over a million fans. The difference in the key numbers were too big, they were onpletely different levels. Even the crew had this thought when they released the poll. Han Yanghao would definitely be in first ce, second ce should be Rong Xu, and third ce should be Zhang Tongtong. And the gap between first ce and thest two would definitely be very big. However, a weekter before the poll was about to close, Luo Zhentao opened Weibo to take a look at the votes to suddenly be surprised to find: "Ah, Xiao Xu, your votes are only a thousand less than Han Yanghao!" Bai Mingde: 13,514 votes Huo Xi: 12,053 votes Rong Xu looked over at Luo Zhentao''s phone screen. He thought for a moment, and said: "It should probably be because of yesterday''s episode." Luo Zhentao thought about it: "True, a lot of people did talk about yesterday''s episode." On the fourth week of "Ambush" airing, the national rating was 1.2! Compared to the previous episode, the rating did not decline at all. And it was definitely nothing like those deathly loyal fans of "The Summer''s Truth" said would happen: that it was just a sh in the pan, but instead, it even rose by 0.1! Because of the rising ratings, Director Zheng had been grinning from ear to ear all day today and was even firmer in his determination to change the script. ___ In this fourth episode that was aired, Bai Mingde was trapped by Hou Xi and almost died. As soon as this scene appeared, the conflict between the male lead and the second male lead rose to the extreme. Bai Mingde did his upmost to make Huo Xi stop doubting himself, and hide his spy identity. He also heard about some things from Liang Linghui''s mouth, and only then did he note Huo Xi''s actions. Thus as a result, his identity as part of the underground party was not found out. This episode was not about emotional developments, but was pure plot. The fervent and tense story excited the audience incessantly. Many viewers have even expressed that they didn''t dare to miss even a second, because a shocking change could happen at any time. Not to mention, at the end of the episode, an underground party member was captured by Huo Xi''s men. Huo Xi personally interrogated the other party till the person''s spirit was about to copse. At the end of the episode, it closed at that underground party member''s words "I''ll confess! I''ll confess everything!" The audience was so nervous as they held their breath. Just as they were waiting for the person to say the name "Bai Mingde", suddenly! The screen dimmed, the ending song yed, and the cast list slowly appeared. Audience: "" What to do! They dare to leave this cliffhanger! Rong Xu''s analysis was indeed very good. The fourth episode''s main point was no longer about Bai Mingde''s and Liang Linghui''s love story, but instead used a lot of words to describe the battle between Huo Xi and Bai Mingde. That was why in this episode, Huo Xi had numerous scenes. Originally, the audience only knew in their hearts that ''Marshal Huo is a cruel and ruthless person'', but had never really experienced it. However in this episode, they wholly saw a ruthlessly decisive and cold-blooded Marshal Huo. Afterwards their unanimous response was: "F*ck! So handsome!" Therefore, Huo Xi''s number of votes suddenly jumped and risen by over 3,000 more votes. Luo Zhentao lowered his voice and whispered: "The poll closes today, maybe you can surpass Han Yanghao." Hearing this, Rong Xu slightly raised an eyebrow and didn''t respond. *** There were only three days left before "Ambush" finish filming, and today''s scene would be Rong Xu''sst scene. All of his other scenes were already filmed. After he finished shooting thisst scene, he could take that yajing red envelope belonging to him and officially leave Xiangshan Movie and Television City. Probably due to knowing that Rong Xu was about to finish and leave, many crew members would smile and say hello when they bump into him. Han Yanghao''s incident made the crew more united, and also made them like this neer Rong Xu who was bullied by that poser Han Yanghao even more. When Rong Xu arrived at the set, Director Zheng was still talking to Zhang Tongtong. Assistant Director Li walked over and said with a smile: "Rong Xu, do you still remember that kid that went to pick you up at the airport two months ago?" The youth was slightly taken aback, he thought for a moment and asked: "I remember He was called Xiao Li?" Assistant Director Liughed: "I didn''t think you would still remember him, he would probably be very happy to know. He''s actually my son, he has a very good impression of you. Originally, he should have also been an intern in our crew as field service, but unfortunately on the fourth day of Han Yanghao''s arrival, my son gave him a cup of coffee. He wasn''t able to find the Mocha that Han Yanghao liked and gave himtte instead. He ended up cursing my son as useless. My wife heard about this and refused to let her baby suffer any grieves here, so he left." Rong Xu had a bit of an impression of this incident, but he never thought that the intern who took the initiative to leave the job turned out to be Xiao Li. Assistant Director Li faced Rong Xu with a serious look, the smile on his face slowly withdrawing. He seriously expressed: "Thank you very much, please continue to do your best." Rong Xu slowly raised his lips, smiling as he nodded. That was to say, why was he able to instigate Assistant Director Li so easily to risk being dismissed by Director Zheng and use the crew''s official Weibo to privately post the crowdfunding n? Everything has a cause and effect. The cause was the incident Han Yanghao firstmitted, and the effect was that his wall waster destroyed by everyone else. But either way, not long after, Rong Xu''sst scene officially began. Looking at the temporary set up prison setting, the youth took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. When he opened his eyes again, his gaze turned cold and indifferent. Even as he wore the simple and coarse prison uniform, his hair messy, and has a wound on his forehead that has not yet healed, he did not let go of his pride. Rong Rong stepped up, and walked to the wall to sit down. The next moment, Director Zheng shouted: "Action!", Huo Xi''sst scene officially starts now!
A sh in the pan C [һһF C Tn hu y xin] The night blooming cactus shows once; Short-lived
Chapter 24 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem From the first episode to the veryst episode, the whole audiences'' impression of Huo Xi was that he was extremely cruel. He only ever wear different military uniforms, along the glossy marten fur overcoat that moves with the wind, appearing cold and difficult for one to get close to; aloof and high above. Yet at the very end, for the first time, he was wearing an old and shabby prison uniform, sitting in the gloomy, cold and wet prison cell, waiting for his lifelong sentence. How glorious was the past, and now, how battered and of a sorry figure he cut. On camera, Rong Xu leaned against the dirty wall with his head silently lowered, appearing to be in deep contemtion. There were no expressions on his face, looking at this scene, the crew standing at the side inexplicably felt it was dested and bleak. This was probably what was meant the winner was the king and defeat was the sorrow of the loser. In the script, it said that Huo Xi stayed in the cell not eating nor drinking for three days. During this period, Bai Mingde came to see him. Presently, Bai Mingde had became a senior officer of Ping City. He had manyrades who died in Huo Xi''s hands, but the Head decided not to give Huo Xi a death sentence, making him feel resentful and indignant. Living three days in prison was enough to cause this handsome and cold Marshal to be thinner. And today''s scene was Rong Xu''s final scene, the person himself was still the same as he was when filming during the day earlier, sitting there in the same position. The makeup artist gave him a heavy, dark shadow, making his cheeks thin and hollow, giving the illusion that he became a lot thinner. He kept his gaze on the ground and did not move. Until the morning of the fourth day, when first rays of the morning sun shined from the cell''s small window, he suddenly moved! He first slowly lift up his head, seemingly like an elder man. He silently lifted his gaze, squinting at that ce illuminated by the light. Then, he let out a lowugh, as if he saw something on the other side of that light. All of a sudden, his face showed a slight yearning expression, but it slowly turned into sorrow and the smile on his lips slowly dissipated. In the end, he softly sighed and looked up at this cell that wants to trap him for a lifetime. He was only twenty-four right now. There were still decades ahead in the future. Looking up at the messy stains on the ceiling with a calm look, his eyebrows slightly knitted together. Rong Xu slightly parted his lips, seemingly wanting to say something, but just as he opened his mouth, he closed it again. For a long time, his lips suddenly moved and bit on the poison capsule that was hidden in his teeth. Deep red blood flowed down from his lips. For the first time, Huo Xi loosened his upright back and ckened against the wall. Director Zheng who was staring at the monitor was unable to take his eyes away. He noticed how Rong Xu''s body suddenly ckened, and also noticed how Rong Xu''s eyes slowly became dazed. This kind of feeling had a taste that shocks the eyes, and astonishes the heart; a horrible sight to see. The red blood lined against the fair skin, he did not know why, but Director Zheng felt a bit of heartache. Then, in the next moment, Rong Xu slowly lowered his head,pletely losing his strength. The scene ends here. ___ It was just a simple suicide scene, no longer than a minute in total. Rong Xu finished in one setting, with absolutely no NG. Later on, the crew would add some shbacks into the scene so that when Huo Xi decided to leave, he seemed to have saw that splendid pear blossom tree from back then. A gust of wind blew, and the white petals scattered like falling snow, drifting slowly to the ground. He wore a cold military uniform, and step by step walked up to the tree. As he looked up, he saw that person still sitting up on the tree. Liang Linghui, yed by Zhang Tongtong, smiled and waved at him, loudly shouting his name: "Huo Xi!" Her eyes were full of love, as if she became his real wife, and was not the one during their wedding night when he was nervously preparing to enter their new room; that Liang Linghui who had repeatedly whispered that one sentence "What should I do if he really came in?" That was why on their wedding night, he had slowly withdrew his hand that was on the door of their new room, then turned around and left. As long as she was not willing, he would never force it. He also had his own pride. This was Huo Xi. After Director Zheng looked over the video again and loudly yelled "Done!", the whole crew suddenly broke into a loud apuse. Assistant Director Li stepped up with a bouquet of flowers and gave it to Rong Xu as a way of celebrating himpleting his filming. This kind of behavior was normal. When Yi Lan finished yesterday, Assistant Director Li also represented the crew and gave her a bouquet of flowers. Rong Xu held the bouquet and smiled as he received the crew''s congrattions. Soon, several seniors from the crew ran over to give him a yajing red envelope. Director Zheng gave a thick one, Assistant Director Li gave a slightly smaller one, there was also Assistant Director Wang, the screenwriter, the leaders of each group finally, the female lead Zhang Tongtong also gave Rong Xu a red envelope. Rong Xu smile: "Zhang jie, does this count as thest bit of warmth Liang Linghui is giving me?" Zhang Tongtong was still wearing Liang Linghui''s costume and her makeup was still on. After hearing this, she smiled and gave Rong Xu a hug. She whispered: "She doesn''t choose you, but I do." This kind of simr confession caused Rong Xu to cannot help but be surprised, but as he listened, Zhang Tongtong continued to exin: "I would have chosen Huo Xi." Rong Xu smiled and nodded. This sentence seems a bit familiar? Rong Xu did not know that when he was filming "Vie for Supremacy", the female lead Tang Menn had also secretly said something like this. Xiao Xiang didn''t choose you, but I will choose you, Wanqi Yao. This time, Rong Xu needed to catch the ne going back to B-City early in the morning, so he didn''t join everyone else going out to eat. Aside from Han Yanghao, who didn''te to say goodbye, some of the seniors from the crew and actors all exchanged contact information with Rong Xu,ughing and saying: "This period was very enjoyable, I hope there will be an opportunity to cooperate again in the future." At eleven o''clock in the middle of the night, Rong Xu rushed to Shuoshe Airport and waited for the one a.m. ne at the waiting area. The airport in the early morning was sparsely popted, everyoneing and going in a hurry. Rong Xu was wearing sunsses and a mouth mask as he sat in the corner, quietly ying on his phone. His appearance was very ordinary. Aside from his tall height and temperament that was different from other people, he looked no different from anyone else so no one paid attention to him. It was only before boarding that Rong Xu was only recognized by two fans and autographed for them. The two little fans were very excited and their face flushed, vigorously eximing: "Rongrong, I like Marshal Huo a lot! Extremely like! You have to do your best to let our Mashal be Commander! Handsome Commander Huo!" Rong Xu couldn''t help butugh. The two girls squealed even more excitedly. When the two girls left, one of them sadly huffed as they walked: "It''s a pity, I just saw the result of the poll. Marshal Huo was in second ce with only about a hundred votes less than Bai Mingde. The number of votes clearly exceeded Bai Mingde''s at ten, I even dragged my friend into voting for Marshal Huo but we still lost" "Don''t mention it anymore, I''ve even registered for over twenty ounts!" "Wow more twenty ounts, who did you vote for?" "Obviously for Marshal ah!" The two girls gradually got farther away, and their voices slowly died out. Rong Xu silently opened "Ambush" official Weibo and quickly found out that the poll was officially over at midnight twelve o''clock. After an entire week, the popritypetition poll that only fans could vote in came to an end. Bai Mingde: 16,514 votes Huo Xi: 16,423 votes Yes, by evening, Rong Xu only had over 12,000 votes, while Han Yanghao has more than 15,000 votes. But by midnight, during this short six hours, Rong Xu''s votes suddenly rose by four thousand votes, but Han Yanghao also suddenly gained over a thousand votes! In the end, the result was that Han Yanghao still won first ce for the most popr, while Rong Xu got second ce. To suddenly get four thousand votes within six hours? Many people would doubt it. However this time, while there were indeed some people questioning the results of the poll, but they weren''t questioning Rong Xu''s number of votes, they were questioning Han Yanghao''s! Our voting n this time was a full out effort in thest hour, we have seven Marshal fan groups with about one thousand people in four of the groups. Then in thest hour, we all voted for the Marshal giving him over three thousand votes. Excuse me Han Yanghao''s fans, how were you able to gain a thousand votes in thest five minute? Oh wait! It was gaining a thousand votes in thest three minutes! Too fake! Can''t you guys spend a bit more money when buying the water army? Every single water army replies with a "Bai Mingde is handsome and wise, I like Bai Mingde^_^ ", even the emoji is the same. Everyone gather around, I''m already bored from finding over forty water armies that said this [picture][picture][picture] Our three thousands votes are all from our own Weibo ounts, it''s ourmonly used ounts. We aren''t afraid of anyone who wants to check. Now look at your water army''s numbers, you don''t even have to look to tell it''s fake! Sending chicken soup everyday, even the chicken soup from hundreds of water army is exactly the same! I protest! First ce obviously belongs to my Marshal! These recent years, how fans vote was also a kind of knowledge. No one would probably think that there would actually be fans that would use tactics and formte a n in this small poll. You should know only would there be PKs in major votings like talentpetitions when it reached the finals, the fans would develop a detailed voting n. Do you really think that if you have money, you could push your favorite star into first ce in thepetition? Wrong! Unless you have a few ten of hundreds of millions upon millions and do not hesitate to put in all that money. Otherwise, who could tell who will emerge as the victorter? It was anyone''s game. In the early stage of voting, the more senior figure fans would try out every possible method to scout for information on the approximate number of votes from the "enemy''s" previous polls. Around the middle period, they would think up a n ording to the published number of votes, hide some votes, and then swooped down and win in thest minute. Whose information was more urate, who hid the most votes, whose n was more wless, was who would be the winner. This was a psychological and information warfare, to have such smart and intelligent fans were the blessing of any star. After all, everyone would register for another ount and do their best to vote. In just one week, no one could register for several thousand ounts making it evenly matched, so registering for several ounts wasn''t considered as going out of bounds. But if you were to go to Alimama to buy water army ounts, that was a vition! You could easily buy a few hundred thousand water army ounts, even hundred of ten thousands! Could fans normally register for so many ounts? Absolutely not! So on one side was the tactically agreed way of cheating by everyone, and on the other side was by using brainless machines to cheat. Han Yanghao''s "Ambush voting" incident all of a sudden jumped up to the 40th on the trending list. Countless fans stayed upte finding evidence of Han Yanghao''s fans buying water army ounts and took a screenshot of each and every water army ount, finding no less than over eight hundred! This sort of perseverance let passersby be emotionally moved, endlessly and deeply moved: These fans are in true love ah! These little sisters may just be ordinary fans of Rong Xu at the moment, but they have already became Huo Xi''s loyal-to-death fans. They angrily posted these screenshots of the water army ounts online and indignantly criticized it: Huo Xi is "Ambush" most popr character! We refuse to ept any other argument, we''ll just throw the water army in your face! *** Rong Xu only saw the result of the poll and then boarded the ne back to B-City. By the time he got off of the ne, it was already three in the morning. He didn''t look at his phone at all, even Luo Zhentao was too sleepy to do anything and just send Rong Xu home. Before leaving, Luo Zhentao said: "Pack up something tomorrow, you can start moving tomorrow Xiao Xu." Rong Xu gently nodded and then returned to Qin Cheng''s apartment. He also did not pay attention to the shoes ced on the shoe rack in the entrance hall and just went straight to his bedroom before copsing on the bed and fell asleep. It was fine till early the next morning when Rong Xu was woken up by the noisy ringtoneing from his phone. He picked up his phone when his nose suddenly smelled food. Having his mind refreshed a little, Rong Xu lightly answered: "Hello?" On the other side of the phone, Luo Zhentao immediately replied: "Your fans are arguing with Han Yanghao''s fans online!" Rong Xu nked and asked in a low voice: "What happened?" Luo Zhentao replied: "I wouldn''t be able to tell you everything all at once, go look online for yourself and you''ll know." Rong Xu furrowed his eyebrows and pondered when Luo Zhentao''s apologetic voice sounded again: "There''s one more thing Xiao Xu, there''s no need to move today, I just learned today that thendlord actually sold the ce! He didnt even tell me in advance, this really is too much! I then called the otherndlord who was interested in renting a condo, but he also sold it! I don''t even know anymore, is the housing price in B-City dropping? That the house are actually selling this well? It''s like this, but don''t worry. I''ll continue to help you find a ce today, I am really sorry." Rong Xu''s drowsiness partly disappeared as he supported his body up. He wanted to tell Luo Zhentao that it was okay, and that he can take his time finding a new ce, but in the next moment, he suddenly heard a crisp knock at his door. Ta ta ta "I brought breakfast, are you awake yet?" The voice was deep and elegant, as if it was the rich and mellow sound of a cello. Rong Xu''s body abruptly stiffened, the remaining drowsiness he still had instantly disappeared. Qin Cheng was home?!!!
Poison Capsule C [] I''ve seen a few other trantors confused about this so I thought I would mention it. The two boxes means that the Chinese character isn''t showing up properly from where you got the raws from. If it really bothers you, just go to another raws source, it usually should show properly in a different source. To find it, copy the few characters before it and use ctrl + f and paste. Chicken soup C [u C J tng] Because chicken soup is good for the soul, full of feelings, positive energy, and is warm so it refers to people who frequently forward or publish inspirational quotations. Although sometimes there are people who do it too often, leading people to hate them. Alimama C The leading big data marketing tform in China, and part of the Alibaba Group, a Chinese multinational emerce, retail, Inte, AI and technology conglomerate that was founded in 1999 that provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales services via web portals, as well as electronic payment services, shopping search engines and cloudputing services. By the way, the water army can be bought and sold online for as little as 4 yuan (63 cents) a thousand, says Wiki anyway.
Chapter 25 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem In the bright and spacious dining room, Rong Xu sat down at the table after quickly getting ready and looked at thevish breakfast that filled the table. From porridge and some side dishes, to bread and milk, to pasta and pizza, to sushi and kimchi, this dazzling line-uppletely filled the huge dining table all the way to the edge. Rong Xu hesitantly eyed the table that had gathered various breakfasts from different countries. For a moment, he didn''t know if he was eating at home, or at a party?! The handsome and indifferent-faced man gently passed him a bowl of porridge, and Rong Xu quickly took it. Qin Cheng lowered his eyes, his expression was impassive as he very casually said: "I just casually bought a few things, you should pay attention and eat well." Rong Xu: "" En, your casually It''s really really casually ah While in his heart he had absolutely no idea what the other person was thinking, Rong Xu still quietly ate his breakfast. From beginning to end, he only ate the Chinese foods and didn''t touch anything else. Qin Cheng was calmly drinking a coffee the whole time, he didn''t make a sound and Rong Xu didn''t speak either, thinking that the other had a rule about "not talking when eating". And so, Rong Xu naturally didn''t discover that wherever his chopstick went, a certain man''s gaze would follow. Sometimes, he would even mutter to himself in a small voice: "He went to this dish three times he really likes it?" But whenever Rong Xu identally looked towards him, he would quickly turn his head away as his left hand lightly tapped on the table and his right hand would hold the white porcin coffee cup, where he would take a sip from time to time. Even if the breakfast was very delicious, it was impossible for Rong Xu to be able to eat it all. As he looked at everything that was still remaining, Rong Xu didn''t see himself as an especially frugal person, he still felt a little distressed. As if he understood what the youth was thinking, Qin Cheng calmly said: "I''ll give it to Xu Jin, he really likes to eat." Rong Xu was surprised: "This much?" Qin Cheng replied; "En, this much." His tone was calm, his expression didn''t change, and neither didn''t his heart skip. Rong Xu: "" You really couldn''t tell that Huaxia Entertainment''s top manager had such a big appetite After all since he was living in someone else''s home, when you are relying on someone, you can''tin. So at the end of breakfast, Rong Xu took the initiative to clean the dishes and help wrap up the leftovers. He smiled at Qin Cheng and said: "I''ll wrap everything up first, then you can immediately bring it to Mister Xu." Qin Cheng: "Okay." The atmosphere turned stiff again. Rong Xu had already found out early on that Qin Cheng was a person who didn''t like to talk much. But today, there were some things that he needed to tell the other, things that he must to tell. After thinking for a moment, Rong Xu got right to the point and turned to Qin Cheng, saying: "There is a matter that I have to apologize for. I originally had found a condo near thepany, but I do not know what happened, and thendlord suddenly sold the condo. So I am unable to move out today, and would have to bother you here for a while longer." As these words came out, Rong Xu clearly saw Qin Cheng raise his head in surprise with a very astonished gaze. Seeing the other''s surprised expression, Rong Xu felt even more embarrassed. It was him who solemnly vowed to leavest time, but now he suddenly couldn''t leave, and still needed to bother the other. Just as Rong Xu was thinking of "It''s still better if I move out first", he suddenly heard Qin Cheng muttering to himself then saying: "Then how about you just rent in my house." Rong Xu echoed: "Rent in your house?" "En, this apartment has three bedrooms and is well equipped. I am usually not home all the year round, even this afternoon I have to catch a ne to America. You can stay here with a peace of mind, the security around this neighborhood is very good." He paused briefly, and then Qin Cheng continued: "If mother wants to ask about you, I can also give her a good reply this way" Rong Xu didn''t find anything unusual with him, but instead seriously thought about it. Qin Cheng had also mentioned this ideast time. Back then, he thought that he had already found a good ce so he didn''t consider it. Indeed, this apartment has the best security out of all the other buildings near Huaxia Entertainment along with convenientmune and a nice and quiet environment. After pondering for a while, Rong Xu decided to ept this suggestion. As soon as he agreed, Qin Cheng let out a sigh of relief, only to hear Rong Xu say: "Then let''s set the rent, I will pay you ording to the market price." For Qin Cheng, this rent might only be a drop in the ocean, but Rong Xu must pay it. Qin Cheng lightly said: "Whatever you decide is fine." As soon as he finished speaking, his face turned a little stiff again. Soon after, Rong Xu went back to his room to change, nning to immediately leave for thepany. When he entered his bedroom, Qin Cheng slowly sat back down on the sofa. He lifted his left hand and kneaded his temple as his face sank. Actually, you don''t have to always have your mother hanging off your lips. Actually, you could also not ept rent. For the first time, a certain Film Emperor hated that he had such good acting skills, not letting the youth discover any abnormalities with him. On the other side, Rong Xu quickly went downstairs and never thought that behind him was a certain man who had became depressed and feeling extremely remorseful. There were some people who were just naturally born as a duck whose beak was still reluctant when dead, their mouths stubborn to a fault; their mouth lying, but their body still honest. They clearly just bought two suites for a high price a few days ago coincidentally, the sellers were precisely the same two that Luo Zhentao was in contact with and now to have such an astonished and surprised look Later on, when Rong Xu discovers that there were two very familiar apartment ces under his family''s lover''s name that scene must have been very beautiful. *** After getting in the car, Luo Zhentao drove to Huaxia Entertainment. Once he got on, Rong Xu told him about the renting matter. Upon hearing this, Luo Zhentao''s first reaction was: "Living together with Qin Cheng will it be okay?" Rong Xu lightly smiled: "We only have andlord and tenant rtionship, is there any problem?" Luo Zhentao thought for a moment: "True, in that case I don''t need to continue looking for a new ce now. The ces near thepany are expensive and few, most being business districts. This neighborhood around here is already the best. You also don''t have to worry about the paparazzi if you live here. After you buy your own ce, you can move out." Rong Rong nodded in agreement. Soon, Luo Zhentao mentioned the ''buying the water army to vote'' incident. Many weekly drama crew would often start a poprity poll during the airing of the drama series. It could be for favorite character, or it could be a favorite scene in the drama. The audience all knew that these kind of polls often have an impact on the drama''s development and ending, so the votes were extremely important. Moreover, "Ambush" most popr actor was undoubtedly Han Yanghao who used to be popr, and the rest were all neers who had just entered the circle. So in this case, being both the male lead and the most popr, Han Yanghao getting first ce was a matter of course. That was why when Han Yanghao''s fans saw that their family''s Ah Hao was ahead of Rong Xu by more than three thousand votes in thest hour, they lowered their guard and didn''t fuss. They have more people, and Rong Xu only has a few fans. No matter how much they re-register, could they re-register for more ounts than them? They could easily pinch those fans to death with just their fingers! However at thest moment, Rong Xu''s fans'' ns seeded, and Han Yanghao''s fans watched in shock as Rong Xu''s number of votes gradually rose and ced him at first. At this time, the water army came out to vote, and it was even using machine to registered and vote. Currently online, Rong Xu''s fans were strongly cursing Han Yanghao''s fans as shameless and grandiosely going to Alimama to buy the water army! The result was unfair, must redo it! Let anyone who has the abilitye, who wins and who loses was still uncertain! What cause people to be surprised was that Han Yanghao''s fans were even more arrogant! You say it''s the water army, so it''s the water army? The Little Ghost doesn''t want any face, to dare scheme against my familys Ah Hao! My family is the male lead, your family is the second male lead, don''t think too much, you all withdraw. The one the female lead likes is my family''s Ah Hao, the number of Ah Hao''s scene in the past four episodes far surpass that of Rong whatever. Isn''t it just a pretty boy? His acting skills are so poor that I can''t even bare to watch. Showing off every single time, does he still want any face? The evidence was already ced in front of them, yet this group of fans still dares to pretend to be blind? The majority of Rong Xu''s fans were originally fairly cool headed and toozy to argue with this group of brainless fans. Either way, even if they bought the water army to help win first ce, ''Huo Xi'' was beating ''Bai Mingde'' by more than one third on the trending list. This was what was called tangible achievements. Rong Xu indeed performed well and was handsome. Many passersby viewers all expressed when they voted "Ambush" is pretty good, that Marshal Huo''s acting is very good as well, I would always feel a bit scared whenever he appears. In this drama "Ambush", Huo Xi was a right and proper viin. To be able to make the audience feel ''fear'', it could be seen that he represented this role very well. The Huo Family''s Marshal''s hands were originally covered in blood, treating human life as a grass. Even when he faced his beloved woman, he never took off his indifferent and cruel mask. So when they saw Han Yanghao''s fans shamelessly ignoring the evidence of the water army ounts voting, Rong Xu''s fans all exploded. Excuse me?! The person who bought the data this year is actually ying thief calling thief?! Really someone who doesn''t want face, your shamelessness is unequalled in the world. One really don''t know who is it that doesn''t want any face, it''s not like there wasn''t any dramas that had supporting roles who were more popr than the lead before. A role is yed by a person, just because your acting isn''t as good as someone else, you still me them? Still pretending to be smart, brainless fans indeed never bring along their brains when going out Oh wait! You probably don''t even know what a brain even is. Wow, you''re the MC, then you must be great oh! ^_^ Darling, shake your little heads a bit, can you hear the sound of the sea yet? ^_^ Howe you have nothing else to say now? How weird ^_^ China has an old saying, it''s called one cannot hit a smiling person. Later on, every time Rong Xu''s fans make ament, they would add a ''^_^'' emoji at the end. Generally speaking, this face was supposed to be friendly, but in the eyes of Han Yanghao''s fans, it felt extremely sarcastic. Against reason, it was them who couldn''t argue over this group of fans(RX''s), so they could only continue to curse out in the streets, cursing Rong Xu as a good-for-nothing, shameless Little Ghost, cursing that his acting skills were so rotten that the only reason he probably got casted was through the unspoken rules. These days, the hashtag #Ambushvoting was hanging on the 20th ce on Weibo''s trending list. Numerous passersbyizens dropped by to watch Rong Xu''s fans'' ''smile'' and Han Yanghao''s fans'' mad cursing that had no lower limit. Many passersby frowned, and there were also some passersby that speechlessly said: Isn''t Han Yanghao being too unreasonable? To step on a neer like this, he couldn''t be cken Rong Xu, right? cken. That was to prevent a neer from bing famous. There were only so many fans in the entertainment circle, the total poption in the world was also only this much. For someone to be popr, they must steal other people''s resources, and absorbed their fans. It was possible that some stars originally could have been popr for a period, or that their career was reaching the peak, but because of another star suddenly bing popr, they receded to the background and could only longer be seen. Therefore, some stars'' fans'' would deliberately cken some promising neers, saying that they have stic surgery, have horrible acting skills, went through the unspoken rules, and so on to prevent them from bing popr. Some people really did have a dark history, and some don''t, but the fans would still pull one out of thin air either way. With the addition of passersby, the scope of this war spread wider and wider, to where even Zhang Tongtong''s and Yi Lan''s fans would asionally stepped in to say something. Waiting until evening, "Ambush" crew''s official Weibo finally step out to speak: The poprity poll was purely just a voting. Congrattions to Rong Xu and Yi Lan for finishing, and there are only two more scenes left before we can say congrattions to Zhang Tongtong for also finishing! This sentence was said very cleverly. They all already finished filming, so what''s the use of the voting results? Could it still affect the plot? Looking at this post, Rong Xu curled his lips, and forwarded it. Rong Xu: You guys have to be good now~ ^_^ // "Ambush" crew: The poprity poll was purely Immediately, countless fans all flooded in. 233333 We have always been very good yo, ^_^ I''ll jump up and give Marshal a muah =3=~ Oh, that''s wrong, the ending emoji should be this~ ^_^ Amazing, Rongrong made another post! Requesting for a beautiful photo, requesting for a selfie! I also want to be fashionable ^_^ And at the Capital Airport, a cold and indifferent man was sitting in the VIP waiting room, waiting for boarding. Qin Cheng was slightly dazed when the special notification suddenly popped up on his phone screen, then hurriedly opened it to see. When he saw that it wasn''t a selfie, a trace of disappointment shed through his eyes. But as he read the post, he silently raised the corner of his lips, and softly whispered: "I have been very good." As soon as these words fell, he opened up his ount and forwarded ament. Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: I have been very good! Tee~hee=3= //Rong Xu: You guys have to be good now~ ^_^ //"Ambush" crew: It was easier for a female fan to mix into the fan circle and get urate information on their idols. After acting as a cutesy female fan, Qin Cheng expressionlessly put away his phone and boarded the ne. Rong Xu who just returned to the apartment after leaving thepany suddenly broke out into a cold shudder, and inexplicably felt a bit cold. He quickly rushed into the warm room, and only then did he sighed in relief. The episode aired this evening would be "Ambush" fifth episode, which was about to start. In the empty living room, the slender and pretty youth was hugging his legs as he sat on the sofa, silently watching "Ambush". After watching for a while, he switched to a variety channel and continued to watch. This condo was very big, when one was alone here it felt a bit cold. Did not know why, but Rong Xu suddenly felt that it was quite lonely by himself. Renting this apartment may actually be a good thing. These thoughts didn''t stay in Rong Xu''s mind for so long as he continued to watch the variety show. He attentively watched the show because three dayster, he would be leaving B-City again to another city along with the "Vie for Supremacy" crew and cast to start promoting for this big drama production that would start airing next month.
The author has something to say: Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Baby is so good, Baby should act cute =3=~ Cute~Cute~ Rongrong: Can I apply for a change in gong? Fuwa: 0v0 Let me think about it, this gong indeed is really losing his image Qin Orangeorange: Baby save me, I promise to change!!!
Trantor''s Addition: Vian: I was looking up the meaning of cutesy[ȇ} C Mng mng d] when I came across this song: https://.youtube/watch?v=pJYSildVyGo (#^.^#) Felt much better after listening to it~
When you are relying on someone, you can''tin C [ֳ C Yu ch rn zu dun] The full saying is this [ֶ C Ch rn zurun, n rn shudun] Means one should repay what others have done to us in equal fashion. But there''s also: since you epted any favors from someone else, if any shorings are revealed, you should close your mouth and turn a blind eye. A duck whose beak was still reluctant when dead C [Ӳ C S yzi zuyng] When a duck is dies, their beaks remain hard. Means that the person is very stubborn. For example, if he was wrong and everyone says that he is wrong, but he still refuse to admit that he is wrong. Little Ghost C [С͸ C Xio tu mng] Refers to people who have a low or no sense of presence on socialworks. The word appearantly came from Canada in Hetalia because he has a low sense of existence among the other countries. The extended meaning of the word though would be people who are actually high-spec but are low-key and most people wouldnt know or care much about them. Can you hear the sound of the sea yet C You actually dont hear the sound of the ocean. Its actually the sound of the blood that flows in the blood vessels, but because the sound is too inaudible, we usually cant hear. So when a conch shell is ced near your ear, the spiral structure of the conch shell and the small mouth and small tail shape acts like a loudspeaker and amplifies the sound of blood flowing, which sounds like the sea is surging. So the fan is asking if theyre getting enough blood flow for their brain to start working yet. Curse out in the streets C Cursing anyone and anything Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing C [ɏسW C Lin rng chng zi xin] Need more be said Tee~hee C [ C Ji m] The lit. trans. of [ C Ji m] is something of Chirp meow but its just a cute expression, something like this: I have a build in sound effect of Teehee~ when I see this pose so I just used that, but I will also use cute Save me C Its using [ C Ji m] but it sounds like save me [ C Jimng] Theres actually a story for this, short version: In a rare peace period in Chinas history, a rich Young Master decided to enjoy himself and boarded a pleasure house boat. He got drunk and started harassing the girls. The girls refused and ran out into the deck, attracting the attention of the help on the shore. But because they were in a peaceful period, they people didnt think much of it and only thought it was another Young Master messing around with a servant girl. The girls saw this and shouted Help me~Help me~ [ C Jimng] but since the boat was some distant away from the shore, the people didnt hear clearly. Someone then suddenlt shouted Ah!! They are saying [ C Ji m] , theyre greeting use!! Everyone then realized and waved back to the girls saying [ C Ji m] .
Chapter 26 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem Unlike his previous life, the majority of this world''s variety shows were broadcasted live. Aside from reality shows that required post-editing and couldn''t be broadcasted live, all other entertainment programs had all switched to live broadcasting. The first variety show that the "Vie for Supremacy" crew chose was China''s most popr live game show called "Extremely Entertaining". "Extremely Entertaining" had the highest ratings for variety shows within its timeslot, and was aired every Saturday night on Tomato Station. It was extremely well known. The show has three hosts, two men and one woman. All three were top entertainment hosts in China, and each also have their own personal variety shows. Excellent hosts coupled with funny and interesting games and interviews, "Extremely Entertaining" was an absolute show that many big films would want to be on before being aired. Just after finishing the filming for "Ambush", Rong Xu had arrive in Nancheng on the third day. "Vie for Supremacy" had already wrapped up its filming two months ago, and including today, there was only two weeks left before it airs. During these two weeks, Rong Xu needed to follow the crew to participate in four programs, and couldn''t return to B-City until next week. When Luo Zhentao received the notice from the crew, he was very surprised and couldn''t help but sigh: "It looks like Director Guo appreciates you very much. Xiao Xu, youre just a supporting character, but he still arranged four programs to help you to gain publicity. This is a chance for us to increase your poprity, if you can perform well on the show, itll be very easy to gain more fans." This point, Rong Xu was naturally clear on. It was very easy to boost yourself up with variety shows. It could make you an instant hot topic and quickly gain you fans, but to be able to keep those fans still depends on yourself. That was why beforeing here, Rong Xu especially looked up nearly all the episodes of this show from the past year to gain a general understanding on how the show goes and the hosts'' styles. But even so, when he arrived at the set, the show''s assistant director bluntly handed him a script. Luo Zhentao looked a bit awkward, but Rong Xu calmly received it. The other party apparently did not expect that he would be so calm, therefore, that assistant director then exined with a rare patient: "It is very easy for trouble to ur when live broadcasting, so the general process is fixed. There is still an hour before we start, you can rest over there in the lounge and memorize the script." The elegant and bright youth slightly nodded his head and smiled: "Okay." Looking at Rong Xu''s appearance, a glint shed through that assistant directors eyes. He scrutinized Rong Xu for half a day, beforeughing and said: "Actually, you do not have to remember it word for word. We are just worried that since you are a neer, it would not be good for you or the crew if you said something wrong during the live broadcast." Rong Xu acknowledged it: "Thank you, I understand." The assistant director smiled and left. As it stood, even if he did not mention it, Rong Xu still knew. That if he were to say the wrong thing, it would not be good for this program. The live broadcast requirements for any program were extremely demanding. For a neer like him who was participating in a live broadcast for the first time, it was only natural that the program crew was worried. He did not think there was any wrong with what they did, after all, no one would honestly believe that any programs had no script and just let the guests fully improvise. After looking through the script, Rong Xu saw the overall flow of the show and the role of each guest. When Luo Zhentao saw how quickly Rong Xu epted the "unspoken rules" of the circle, he was a bit surprised, but did not say anything. Quickly, an hour soon passed. Tang Menn, Ye Qiao, and Dong Zheng all arrived at the TV Station one after another. They all smiled and greeted Rong Xu when they saw him, Tang Menn was especially happy and hugged him, sulky saying with a look of resentment: "Xiao Xu, there was no one who would help me eat green peppers after you left. Those nutritious things had to be thrown away every day, such a waste ah." Rong Xu raised an eyebrow, and retorted: "Tang jie, so you did know that they are very nutritious?" Tang Menn pretended to be surprised: "Did I say something like that?" The two people looked at each other andughed. In this circle, the higher the coffee seat the stars were on, the better they got along. At least on the surface, because they all need to keep theirposure. Only the likes of Han Yanghao who managed toe across a lucky break for a time would do such unscrupulous things to offend people everywhere. After a while, the show officially started its broadcast. "Extremely Entertaining" live broadcasting was divided into the live TV broadcast and online webcast. In consideration of ratings, thetter would be broadcasted an hourter than the former. Director Guo was thest to arrive. Together with him was Song Mingfei who was also stuck in traffic. This was the first time Rong Xu saw "Vie for Supremacy" three male lead. He gave the other a small friendly smile, but when Song Mingfei saw him, he looked nkly and only managed to nod back. Did not know if it was because he was exhausted from being stuck in the traffic jam, he did not smile much and his expression was also a bit stiff. Rong Xu didn''t think too much of it. After the host spoke the opening words, everyone entered the live studio one by one. Rong Xu and Song Mingfei were the first to enter, followed by Ye Qiao, and finally Tang Menn and Dong Zheng. The lineup of "Vie for Supremacy" was too strong, even if the second male lead Ye Qiao was ced in "Ambush", his poprity would be no worse than Han Yanghao''s. There was no need to mention Tang Menn''s and Dong Zheng''s poprity, the seats off stage was filled with their fans. Rong Xu swept a quick nced over and saw that there were fans holding up their names everywhere. Suddenly, Rong Xu saw a few ten or so girls holding up "Rongrong", "Wanqi", and "Marshal" LED light signs on the left side. He was slightly surprised, but then smiled and waved over there. At this moment across Maind China, countless viewers gathered in front of the TV, watching "Extremely Entertaining". Among them were numerous girls who were extremely excited with their cheeks flushed. When they saw Rong Xu actually wave to his fans, the program crew panned the camera over to those fans. They pped the table: "Ao ao ao! This program crew knows! Tease! Such a tease!" In the next ten minutes of introductions, the crew gave Rong Xu several shots. In these shots, he was in a silent daze most of the time, but as soon as the camera appeared, he would immediatelyugh, as if to hide his daze. Soon, on "Extremely Entertaining" live broadcasts Weibo, a fewments appeared. Hahahaha! How can Rong Xu be so stupidly cute! He was actually in a daze when others were introducing themselves and was even caught on camera! It''s like beingzy in ss and was caught by the teacher, he''s too cute! Bing a passerby fan~ The way he suddenlyughs is too amusing, he was obviously daydreaming, but still pretends to not know anything~ Ah ah ah ah My Marshal''s stupidly cute appearance is also veeerrryyy nice! Kiss~Kiss~Kiss~Kiss~Kiss~Kiss~~~ *flips table!!!* When can I watch the online webcast ah! You said my family''s Rongrong is being stupidly cute? I also want to see Rongrong''s stupidly cute appearance ah! My mother forcibly took over the TV to watch her mother-daughter-inw drama, I really want to watch "Extremely Entertaining" live broadcast ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!! "Extremely Entertaining" first game was a team game, splitting up everyone into two groups to PK. The main attractions of this game was Ye Qiao and Song Mingfei, Rong Xu also got some nice shots, but there were still many fans who thought he had too little screen time. When it was time for the second game, the main group the program pushed was Tang Menn and Rong Xu. The program had divided everyone into groups of two; Ye Qiao and Dong Zheng were in a team, Song Mingfei was teamed up with one of the male host. All three team PK-ed against each other. When the audience in front of the TV saw this scene, all couldn''t help but felt that it warms the heart and delights the eye; extremely to look at. The bright and beautiful Tang Menn, and the handsome and youthful Rong Xu. The age difference between these two was obviously not small, but when Rong Xu easily picked up Tang Menn and ran at the fastest speed to the goal, for a second, even Rong X''s fans were somewhat stunned. This this handsome guy is our family''s Rongrong? Rongrong was still being so stupidly cute just now, but he''s now suddenly bursting with so much boyfriend power! The contrast between my Rongrong is too cute~ If I could be held like this by Rongrong just once in my lifewu wu wu wu I''m willing to not eat meat for ten days!!! Not eat meat for ten days? The curse above is too cruel! Then I want to make one too, I''m willing to not eat meat for a month! I want Rongrong to carry me, princess carry yo~~~~\(RQ)/l Upstairs is shameless! +1 Soon, the third game turned to Tang Menn and Dong Zheng. The fourth game continued to promote Tang Menn. The majority of the shots were on this popr Royal Elder Sister. The Director was not stingy with giving her camera time, especially during the fifth game. in and simple, he let Tang Menn be the main focus! On the TV screen, the gorgeous and stylish actress was wearing a simple and in T-shirt and loose jeans. She was holding a microphone as she stood in the middle of the studio stage, helplessly looking beside her: "Tian ge, can I volunteer for Dong Zeng to stand here instead ah?" The host, Tian ge,ughed and hurriedly said: "Menn stated her case, now asking the other party Dong Zheng. Would you like to take Menn''s ce, standing in the middle of the stage, and ept our punishment?" Dong Zheng''s handsome face shed a smile, he heroically took a big step forward and righteously said: "Tang jie is a woman, how can you let a woman be punished? Isn''t it just singing, what does singing count as Eh? Our punishment this time is singing?" Dong Zheng took a huge step back and went back to his seat, grinning as he said: "Tang jie, you should know that I''m tone deaf. As long as I open my mouth the program''s rating is guaranteed to drop by 0.5!" Tian ge''s face immediately went pale and panicked: "That''s not good! Mann, our show''s rating is depending on you!" The other two host made a weird pose and spoke in unison: "Menn, do your best! Our bonus this month is depending on you!" The audience erupted intoughter. Naturally, it was only for the effects that Tang Menn said something like that. In the fourth game, she lost, so she was asked to sing in the fifth game. The program had pre-arranged this. She had also received a script and knew that the fifth game was prepared for her. It''s just that her script was much simpler than Rong Xu''s, containing only a few short words. The first game: Ye Qiao, Song Mingfei The second game: Tang Menn, Rong Xu The third game: Tang Menn, Dong Zheng The fourth game: Tang Menn, (Dong Zheng) Penalty in the fifth game: Tang Menn will sing. This was the script Tang Menn received. Tang Menn was a senior in the circle. Even without a detailed script like Rong Xu''s, she could still act well and would not make any mistakes. The refusing from before was just for entertainment effects. When Tang Menn reluctantly epted the singing punishment, everyone on stage, all of the staff, the audience in the studio, and the audience in front of the TV all thought she would really start singing. They saw Tang Menn lift up the microphone and took a deep breathe, but just as she was about to sing, she suddenly stopped. In front of everyones gaze, Tang Menn grinned and turned to look at the host Tian ge, saying: "Tian ge, how about I sing a duet with someone? I''m still a little nervous by myself, if I sang out of tune there would be someone to keep me in check." Tian ge was surprised, but when he turned to nce at the Director off stage, he saw the Director slightly nodded, so Tian ge cheerfullyughed: "Of course you can. Who do you want to sing with Menn? I''m tone deaf so don''t look at me ah!" Tang Menn''s hesitant eyes swept over everyone''s body. She looked at Dong Zheng, Dong Zheng immediately put on a scared expression and hurriedly hid behind Tian ge. She looked over at Ye Qiao, Ye Qiao beamed and patted his chest with a ''choose me choose me choose me'' face. Song Mingfei merely gave a small smile and looked at her. Finally, Tang Menn looked over to Rong Xu Tang Menn: "" Aren''t you good, you''re still in a daze! Tang Menn did not know that this was what the staff wrote in Rong Xu''s script. His role was two words: Be cute. Seeing Rong Xu still had on this stupidly cute look, Tang Menn hooked up her lips and waved her hand: "Rong Xu, you can sing so nicely, how about youe up and sing with me." The staff and hosts who thought Tang Menn would choose Dong Zheng and wanted to promote the male-female lead CP: "Excuse me?!" Dong Zheng who originally thought Tang Menn would chose him: "" Ye Qiao and Song Mingfei who knew they were only buying soy sauce, but never expected it to end up like this: "" The audience in the studio who were going frantic: "Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Sing! Sing! Sing! Sing!" The repeated "Sing!" cries filled and spread throughout the studio. In front of the TV, countless viewers excitedly covered their faces; online, Rong Xu''s fans were crazilymenting, voicing out their excitement. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Rongrong is going to sing! Rongrong is going to sing! Ao ao ao~!! Because in the States one could only watch the online webcast, that was whypared to the audience watching the domestic live TV broadcast, a certain cutesy female fan was watching the one hour behind webcast while scrolling through their phone. Suddenly! She He saw thisment! Their phoenix eyes slowly widened, that fan quickly looked up to watch theirputer screen, but they only saw on screen that "Extremely Entertaining" first game was starting. That fan: "" A minuteter Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Want to see! Want to see! Baby also want to listen to Rongrong sing wu wu wu T^T!!!
The author has something to say: Qin Orangeorange: Why can''t Baby hear Rongrong sing the first, Baby is not happy, Baby is sulking! Trantor''s Addition: Vian: "Extremely Entertaining" is just bad naming sense heh Shem: it was funny (*RQ)??))
Mother-daughter-inw drama C Apparently since the rtionship between mother-inw and daughter-inw has always been a problem, they made a whole drama (sub?)genre out of it. PK C Originally meaning yer Killing in online games like MMORPG, the term PK is now also colloquially used in China and Taiwan as a verb form of the word versus in situations where there may actually be no avatar. Boyfriend power C It came from girl''s power. It your ability as a boyfriend, there was a whole list of actions for it when I looked it up on Baike.Baidu. It had had ''perfect dream boyfriend'' all over it. Buying soy sauce C Just passing by; has nothing to do with them
Chapter 27 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem There was the Director and five actors from "Vie for Supremacy" that came to the studio today. Although there have always been the saying in the entertainment circle: "Excellent actors can also sing", but it just so happened that none of the five people presents have released a single. Needless to say for Rong Xu, he just joined the circle and had no time to try; Tang Menn and co. have never sang in these years, not even the theme song for their own TV dramas. Under such circumstances, for "Extremely Entertaining" staff to arrange for Tang Menn to sing itself was a gimmick. When Tang Menn said she wanted to sing together with Rong Xu, her words was already broadcasted all across the country. Each audience member could hear her words on TV or they could see spoilers from otherizens online, therefore this matter was now unavoidable. Although the program''s Director was shocked for a moment, but he quickly recovered and casted a look to the hosts. In the next moment, the host Tian ge immediately smiled and said: "Since Menn said it this way, then we also want to hear Rong Xu''s beautiful singing. Our Rong Xu is refusing toe up stage, where''s the apuse~" The audience immediately loudly pped. Rong Xu did not think that the situation would be like this. ording to the script the staff gave him, after Tang menn finished singing would be the final ending segment. The hosts would summed up the entire show, promote "Vie for Supremacy" to the audience, and then finally end. However, Rong Xu wasn''t too flustered when encountering this unexpected hup. He first bashfully rushed to hide behind Ye Qiao, then the host joined in to create an ''unrefusable'' situation for him, and only then did he step up to the center of the stage. When he walked up beside Tang Menn, Rong Xu saw the other smiled till her eyes turned into crescents, with an eyebrow raised, and was looking at him provocatively. Her face seemed to be saying: "Xiao Xu ah, can you really sing? You can''t immediately make a fool of yourself ah, or else your Tang jie willugh at you forever yo~" Rong Xu could not help butugh. Among the whole "Vie for Supremacy" crew, only Director Guo and Tang Menn would dare to y around like this. Say if it was someone else; even if it was Dong Zheng, he would not dare to create these unexpected situations, Because no matter the results of the programter, "Extremely Entertaining" would mark him down. But if it was Director Guo and Tang Menn, the program would not dare to treat them like that. Rong Xu slightly curled his lip, and pretended to not see the deliberate provocation in Tang Menn''s eyes: "Tang jie, what do you want to sing?" Tang Menn saw that she didn''t manage to provoke her little friend and was disappointed, then said: "A love song of course. The theme song of our "Vie for Supremacy" just happens to be a male and female duet. Let''s just sing that, we''re all familiar with it." This time, Tang Menn created a very good situation. You could promote the drama this way, so the Director immediately had the song''s MV prepared. The somber and deste sound of the Qiang flute resounded through the studio, letting everyone recall the boundless yellow sand of the battlefield, and so they did not discover that the youth who from beginning to end stood calmly on stage slightly loosen his hand and signed in relief. "Vie for Supremacy" theme song "Resonance of War" was one of these few song Rong Xu knew how to sing. He had only listened to a few song from this world. Fortunately Tang Menn chose this one, otherwise, if she were to chose any other well-known song, it was really uncertain if Rong Xu would know how to sing it. The wind in the opening of "Resonance of War" was something that the crew especially went to the desert to record; as it interweaved with the Qiang flute yed by the barbarians, quickly, a scene of a bleak and cruel battlefield was portrayed. Swords shed, producing a nking sound; in the next moment when the ten thousand soldiers cried out, all the morous noise abruptly stopped, and all left was the movingly tragic and slow background music. At this time, Tang Menn''s voice slowly flowed out with the music. "Twenty years of dreams, flows steadily like a river." "Making a wish to the brewed wine during Qingming, spilling into the earth in those years" Tang Menn''s singing was not as beautiful or as pleasant to the ears as professional singers, but there was a unique low huskiness to her voice. She sang the lyrics gently, and on the big screen behind her, the MV of "Vie for Supremacy" theme song was being yed. Twenty years ago, Chu State decided to unify the world and dered war against Liang Empire. This was raged on for eleven years, and Chu State was defeated. The dreams of the world and beyond had all became a wisp. In MV, the soldiers all held spears and swords, their honor not allowing them to nce back as they rush towards the enemy, all falling one by one in the battlefield. The camera then suddenly pulled, zoomed out, and filling the dested scene was the corpses of soldiers of the two countries. After singing the two words "those years", Tang Menn softly sighed. Thementable lyrics along with the cruel and bleak battlefield cause the hearts of countless audiences sink, feeling mncholy and at unease. It was at this time that Rong Xu''s voice was conveyed to the audiences ears. "Ten of thousands of calctions are all wrong, hopeless to overturn the country." "Hongyan sends the letters without looking back; the armored war horses charged cross the frozen river, defeated on the Central ins" The TV screen still showed the MV so the audience did not see Rong Xu, but only heard a clear and gentle voice flowing out from the audio. The voice was as clear as the trickling stream between the mountains, he gently sang each word, but towards thest line, it suddenly turned cold and firm, fierce like the glint of cold steel. The tenderness no longer could be seen, what was left was only a cold-blooded and ruthless Imperial Crown Prince. As the words "Central ins" resoundingly fell, it instantly let people be shocked from head to toe, their ears inexplicably bing numb. At this moment, the TV screen suddenly changed from the MV to the stage. Two stage lights shone down on the middle of the stage. Tang Menn turned to look to her side, and that youth who was been stared at was also gently gazing towards her. These two people''s gaze met in the middle of the stage, as if it was a brief tender moment between the two, but in the next moment, Tang Menn turned back without hesitation and sang the next lyrics. In most cases for any duets, one party would be biased as the lead vocalist and the other as the sub vocalist. In "Vie for Supremacy", the true main protagonist was still the female general Xiao Xiang yed by Tang Menn. She led arge and powerful army to capture the enemy country; she herself charged into the ten thousand strong enemy army, valiant and formidable. Her ability and bravery were not losing to men. As for the male lead Xie Jingxian, he was represented more for their country''s overall situation and strategy nning. Therefore in this "Resonance of War", there were more of Tang Menn''s lines and less of Rong Xu''s lines. When Tang Menn sang "Sending you letters over eight hundred li", Rong Xu softly sang "Waiting thirteen years for you to win and return", in a low voice. The two had a tacit understanding, Tang Menn''s singing could not be considered as polished and melodious, but paired with the powerful and moving MV, it let people felt that it was very heartbreaking. And every time she sang a line, a clear and elegant male voice would closely follow, leading into a duet. His soft whispered seems to be a lover''s most intimate words, ringing in every audience member''s ears. The audience in the studio was silent, the audience in front of the TV also held their breath. That was from that time when Xiao Xiang unfortunately suffered a serious injury due to falling off her horse in a surprise attack; Xie Jingxian was entangled by Liang Empire''s envoy and was unable to leave for the battlefield to see her. When Tang Menn sang the question "But have you ever missed me?", the music stopped. Everyone quietly waited for Xie Jingxian''s answer. It seemed to be only a moment, and it seemed to be a hundred years; amidst the soft sigh, the man''s voice sang "Weather in life or death, I will never do you wrong!" The hoarse voice told of a great affection, the sound of every word was etched into everyone''s hearts, thumping loudly. It was like a long river stretching over thousands of li, full of one person''s affection and longing of their beloved. He was burdened with work, but he did his utmost to think of a way to go get even a nce of his beloved woman. And in the end, he stood there in front of the tightly closed city gate. Watching, waiting, turning around, then leaving. And at this moment, the TV screen cutting from the MV again. Everyone saw a handsome and beautiful youth furrowing his brows, his eyes slightly lowering, quietly gaze into the camera. His eyes were clear and bright, like the most brilliant of gems shining under the light as glistens. He was clearly just looking at the camera but at this moment, no matter who it was, they all felt that this person was looking at them. That pair of phoenix eyes were filled endlessly with concern and desperation. Do not know if it was a psychological effect, but you would suddenly think that his face was a bit pale, as if he was being forced to his limit by everyone else. The country and the beauty, the beauty and the country. Why was there such a choice in the world, but he still must choose! At this moment, the young man slightly raised his lips, lightlyughing once, and asked: "But have you ever loved me?" Boom! Countless fans'' ears flushed red, going numb from this gentle and low sigh, to where even their heart turned soft! Qin Cheng who was far away in America was gripping his phone at the moment as he watched the fans on the forums and Weibo constantly screaming out their feelings. Ah ah ah ah ah ah Why is Rongrong''s singing so nice to listen too! His voice is so clear, so nice! Have loved, have loved! We all definitely loved! Ao ao ao ao! QAQ He''s so handsome, and is also good at singing, he looks even more brilliant when illuminated by the spotlight, I suddenly feel like I''m not worthy of my husband wu wu wu wu How can my family''s child be so outstanding! Requesting for the MP3 of Rongrong''s and Tang Menn''s version! This version of "Resonance of War" is so good! Especially when my family''s child asked ''have you ever loved me'', I immediately wanted to rush into the TV to hug him and give him a kiss kiss kiss kiss~! The look in his eyes was absolutely perfect! Wu wu wu wu, my child sings so well, I want to listen to my child''s singing for another hundred years!!! Surname fan Qin: "" I also want to hear!!! Qin Cheng had never heard Rong Xu sing before, or rather, it should be said that he seldom would deliberately listen to someone sing. He did not really like to listen to songs or sing, that was why when Xu Jin suggested that he should also be an ''excellent actor who could also sing'' ten years ago, he decisively refused: "I have no such talent for singing." No doubt that with Qin Cheng''s poprity, even if he was tone deaf and sings out of tune, as long as he released an album, there would unquestionably be a huge hoard of fans rushing to buy it to where it would let him get a sales score that most singers would not be able to achieve. But he did not do it. No talent was one reason, but more importantly he waszy. On this side, surname fan Qin had on a cold face as he looked at theputer screen with a nk expression, watching the webcast. Here, he had only just reached the third game, but over there, a popr hashtag had alreadynded in the 30th ce on Weibo''s trending list. Qin Cheng clicked on the hashtag only to see a bunch of fans excitedly cheering and screaming, but there wasn''t any audio videos. These fans were almost all Rong Xu''s and Tang Menn''s fans. Tang Menn''s fans cried that their Goddess'' singing was so nice that they were being bent. Rong Xu''s fans were even more excited! Because in honesty, Rong Xu''s performance was indeed much better than Tang Menn''s in the song. It could even be said that his singing was no less than a professional singer! For example the two original singers of "Resonance of War", in order to cooperate with the crew''s publicization, the male singer posted this on his Weibo: Very good! Tang Menn handled the ce when she was suppose to transition her voice pretty good. Rong Xu''s feeling were expressed extremely well, his technique was excellent! Vocalization, directing his voice, resonance all were no less of a professional singer. I feel that Guo Long would want to kick me out soon haha. As more and more professional reviews and fan praises came in, it let #TangMennRongXuResonanceofWarnd in 15th ce on the trending list! Maybe because Tang Menn was in it, manyizens who did not know Rong Xu also clicked to see. They couldn''t help but curiously open "Extremely Entertaining" webcast, and coincidentally the webcast was about to reach the two''s duet. Manyizens found that it was very interesting at first: It doesn''t seem like Tang Menn ever sang before, right? I reckon it wouldn''t be that good. As for Rong Xu, I never heard of him ah. Can he be that good, you sure it''s not just his fans exaggerating? Later when the webcast reached the part where the two sang, that person immediately came back with another post: Ah ah ah ah How can he be so good, his voice is so clear ah!!! I''m wrong, his singing is really really good! Tang Menn could already be consider at an okay level for actors, but he''s actually better than Tang Menn! Is this really live?! You sure this wasn''t recorded in advance?!!! It sounds amazing!!! At this time in America, on the other side of the ocean, an indifferent and handsome man slowly took off his earphones and watched the scroll bar continue to go up on theputer screen as thements came in. "Extremely Entertaining" webcast finally ended an hour after the live TV broadcast finished. The average audience would only think that these two actors'' singing were pretty good, especially Rong Xu. His singing was very nice, ten thousand times better than many idol singers. But for Qin Cheng, he found that the boy'' skills were really good. Even though his voice sounded somewhat young, probably from not yet being fully developed, but his ample skills allowed him to cover up this weakness; not letting the ws obscure the jade''s splendor. Thus, when you heard his voice, you could not help but feel your heart go soft. Because what he wanted to sing of was a man''s love for his sweetheart and his ambition for the world. He sang very well, so you would have felt it. Felt that his extremely crisp clear voice would soften your bones. But have you ever loved me? Loved! And not just have loved, but always loved! When the webcast also finally finished, "Extremely Entertaining" crew released a video of the entire show on their TV station''s official website. They also followed with the trending list and deliberately posted a video clip of Rong Xu''s and Tang Menn''s duet on their official Weibo, immediately getting a bunch of forwards and likes. At the same time, #TangMennRongXuResonanceofWar had already climb up to 4th ce in the leaderboard! Right now, Rong Xu was no longer a small neer. One "Ambush" let be popr for a period. The nickname Marshal was spread everywhere, and captured many fans. In two weeks, it would be "Ambush" finale and then two dayster, "Vie for Supremacy" would be aired! Numerous fans were eagerly looking forward to it and crazily forwarded andmented on "Resonance of War", letting Rong Xu''s poprity continuously rising. Rong Xu was currently having dinner with the crew members, everyone was happilyughing and ying around. They all haven''t seen Rong Xu for a long time, so one after another theyughed and teased him. Among them, Tang Menn took liberties the most. She would extend a salty pig hand to grope his dainty hands and pinch the delicate little face, her mouth saying: "The inte recently has been saying that you are a cruel and scary Marshal, but I see that you''re still the same Xiao Xu ah." Rong Xu couldn''t help butugh: "Tang jie, is this the reason why you are openly eating my tofu?" Tang Mennughed and brightly grinned: "I am a girl, it''s you who''s eating my tofu yo~" Rong Xu: "" Everyone was cheerfully and harmoniously getting along aside from the third male lead Song Mingfei, probably because this was his first time meeting Rong Xu and wasn''t so familiar with him, so he hardly conversed with Rong Xu. When Rong Xu took the initiative to talk to him, he just smiled and quickly turned around to chat with Ye Qiao. Seeing the other party''s indifferent appearance, Rong Xu smiled calmly and didn''t pay it any more attention. Tang Menn was drinking red wine as she grinned and said: "The program team already posted our duet. Xiao Xu, I''ll forward it, you also go forward it. Who knows, maybe aside from Dong Zheng, I can also get a CP with you. By then, we could borrow the heat and help promote our drama." Dong Zheng said helplessly: "I was switched to being a backup just like that?" Tang Menn replied with a bright smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness Crown Prince." Everyone burst outughing, only Song Mingfei''s face didn''t look very good. After Tang Menn forwarded on Weibo, Rong Xu also forwarded. Dong Zheng and Ye Qiao both also helped forwarded it. Tang Menn subconsciously told Song Mingfei: "You also help forward it, Mingfei." But when these words came out, Song Mingfei''s face was still stiff and had not yet forward it when they suddenly heard a shocked voice. "Ah? Qin Cheng also forwarded?! What did he forward for?!" Qin Cheng: Very nice. // "Extremely Entertaining": Have you ever missed me? Have you ever loved me? Shout it out for us: Loved!Loved!Loved! Tang Menn''s and Rong Xu''s first time ever singing on stage~ You guys deserve [Flowers][Flowers][Flowers][Video link]
Excellent actors can also sing C Comes for the fact that it''s not hard to find that many actors have turned into singers nowadays. Qiang flute C A vertical flute that is made up of two 15-20cm-long bamboo pipes with holes of the same size wound together with silk threads. The Qiang flute sounds enchanting and soul-stirring, and is quite unique in terms of its tones, sounds and ying skills, it''sa rare treasure of Chinas folk music instruments. The Qiang ethnic people often use it to express their happiness, sorrow and all other feelings. Video of what it sounds like: here Video of a longer brief history of the flute: here Qingming C The Qingming festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English is a traditional Chinese festival. It falls on the first day of the fifth sr term of the traditional Chinese lunisr calendar. This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4 or 5 April in a given year. During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray to their ancestors, and make ritual offerings. Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes, and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper. C Wiki-sama Salty pig hand C A pervert Eating my tofu C Sexual harassment; One of the most credible story for this was that in the Han Dynasty, husband and wife opened a tofu shop on Chang''an Avenue. The wife was extremely beautiful and was called ''Tofu Xi Shi'' (Xi Shi was one of the four legendary Chinese beauties) in order to attract customers. Inevitably, it led to mening to flirt with the wife in the name of ''eating tofu'' such as groping the wife''s hand when paying. Later on, ''eating tofu'' became an idiom for when a man is touching/teasing/flirting/etc. with a woman.
Chapter 28 Trantor: Vian Editor: Shem The "Vie for Supremacy" crew members here at the table could all be considered as senior in the industry. Furthermore among them, Director Guo was the top director for TV dramas in the circle, and Tang Menn was a popr first tier star that has won an award before. But even for them, they didn''t understand why Qin Cheng would forward "Extremely Entertaining" Weibo post. Director Guo had made many films and the amount of awards he took were not small, having both fame and fortune, but all of them were for TV dramas. And although Tang Menn did act in two movies before, but they were only low-budget films to test the water and could not be considered as taking a full leap into the movie circle. There was an unwritten saying in the entertainment circle: When any actor enters the big screen, they would not want to return to the small screen. The big screen was movies, and the small screen was TV dramas. The requirements for the actor when filming were higher, because the screen wasrger so it would magnify every detail, letting the audience clearly see every expression on the actor''s face and every action they make. The slightestpse could lead to a huge error; once there was even a tiny mistake, it would be amplified several times on the big screen. Therefore, movies changes the actor''s acting skills, and their quality was also often much higher. Ever since his debut, Qin Cheng had filmed over twenty movies and not a single drama. His circle and Director Guo''s, Tang Menn''s, and the entire "Vie for Supremacy" crew had no rtion at all. He had been on "Extremely Entertaining" in a few asions, but that was all from a few years ago and he seemed to have only been on it once in the past two years. Under such circumstances, why did Qin Cheng forward this post? Tang Menn furrowed her eyebrows in deep thought, when suddenly, she eximed in surprise: "I heard from my friend the "Disciple" had already finished filming and is currently in post-production and seems to be looking for a singer. Could it be that" Everyone''s eyes were all on her, only to see this award-winning gorgeous person show a brilliant smile: "Could it be that he thought I sang really well?" Ye Qiao: "" Song Mingfei: "" Director Guo who lowered his head to continue eating and ignored her: "" Dong Zheng who had a rather strong mentality smiled: "This possibility doesn''t seem that big?" Rong Xu who seemed to be faintly aware of an unusual point softly sighed, and his lips curled into a small smile: "Maybe it''s because of me?" Director Guo didn''t pay attention when he was drinking, and the old elder almost choked. Poor Director Guo, he was already in his fifties this year. Looking at this group of children, he helplessly shook his head and said: "Isn''t it just asking what''s going on? I''ll go ask tomorrow. Eat eat, what Qin Cheng does isn''t rted to us. It''s a good thing for him to forward and help promote us. That kid has over three hundred million fans, he didn''t need to forward but since he did, we''ll freeload off this heat from him." The crowd immediatelyughed out loud. When they were eating, Ye Qiao and Rong Xu has a pretty good rtionship. He came over and whispered: "Xiao Xu, Tang jie was just joking, you don''t need to think about it too much. I reckon that Qin Cheng was probably keeping Huaxia Entertainment''s image, or maybe he really did unintentionally forwarded it. No matter what, our drama is invested by Huaxia Entertainment. Qin Cheng is also someone from Huaxia Entertainment, it''s normal to forward it." Rong Xu thought for a moment and frivolously raised an eyebrow: "It really can''t be because of me?" Ye Qiao''s lip twitched, then picked up a big prawn and ced it in Rong Xu''s bowl: "Eat eat eat." Rong Xu: "" *** The "Vie for Supremacy" crew all thought this, but then outside, the fans'' imagination went even more wild. Qin Cheng''s fans all thought they had already experienced trialss and hardship in these past years. If one problemes, then they would blow it away, if twoes, then they would st the pair! Therefore up till now, there was no one in the circle who could harm Qin Cheng''s interest nor were there any idiots who were bored enough to go provoke them. But in these recent months, the fans realized They were simply too young and too naive ah! First was two months ago, their family''s male god started to change his profile picture every day, and post a selfie every three days. The key word was ''selfie''! In the past, Qin Cheng did not like to post on his Weibo. Although his Weibo was clearly ran by himself, he would only forward information on his films, help promote his friend''s work, asionally celebrate the holidays, and he would wish his fans a happy holiday. Out of all five posts, none of them had selfies! Yet he suddenly started posting selfies, and each one were so damn beautiful! Posting selfies was obviously something that most stars do, but Qin Cheng''s fans all held a "my family''s male god isn''t being normal" attitude when looking at the photos while also hoping that their male god could continue being abnormal forever. However, the world wasn''t always how people wish for it to be. Not long after, Qin Cheng suddenly stopped changing his profile picture and stopped posting! He returned to his "clocking in once during the holidays" behavior, his fans were sad and depressed, but there was also a kind of "this is my male god" attitude. Then today, Qin Cheng suddenly forwarded a post that had nothing to do with him. "Vie for Supremacy" was a drama that Qin Cheng did not participate in; he was not familiar with the director, neither was he familiar with the actors. As for Rong Xu, although Qin Cheng did follow him before, the two people didn''t have any interactions so they probably weren''t very familiar either. "Extremely Entertaining" was indeed a program that Qin Cheng had been on several times, but they had never seen him forward any other drama''s post ah! So to say why the hell did male god forward this post?! I think Qin Cheng was definitely hacked! Definitely! You haven''t posted for three days now! Three days! Wu wu wu wu I really want to look at your selfie, really was to see "Disciple"! Can I say that Great God might not be hacked? This song is very good ah, I casually listened to it but Tang Menn''s singing was not bad, and that Rong Xu was even better! I think I''ll watch "Vie for Supremacy", when will it be released ah ah ah ah! If Qin Cheng was really hacked, they definitely would have posted a statement and delete the post after so long by now. Gradually the fans'' attention was no longer on Qin Cheng. After they opened the video link and listened to the song, there so many people in China, there inevitably were many people who still have not watched "Extreme Entertaining" or have heard about the drama "Vie for Supremacy". Therefore before soon, many praises sprang up one after another like bamboo after the rain. Verrryyy nice! His singing really is veerrryyy vveeerryyyy nice! The song Qin Shen rmended is really good, that Rong Xu is probably a neer, he looks reeaallly handsome~ Turns out "Vie for Supremacy" was actually going to be released so soon? I''ve been looking forward to it for a long time now, must mark it down! Ah ah ah ah I''m the most powerless against this kind of clear and pure voice, isn''t this Rong Xu also too handsome? His singing voice is also soooo good! Highly rmend it~ hurry up and listen to it~ Upstairs don''t leave yet, you actually haven''t seen my family''s Marshal Huo yet! Hurry up and watch it, "Ambush" is reaching the finale next week, you have to grasp the moment in the present~ My family''s Marshal Huo is unrestrained and cool, his name can shock the world and make demons cry; My family''s Teacher Wanqies and goes like an immortal, getting Wanqi means getting the world~! The former is Huo Xi from "Ambush", and thetter is Wanqi Yao from "Vie for Supremacy", both are yed by Rong Xu! More than three hundred million fans, even if one-fifth are active users, it was enough for tens of millions of fans to see the "Vie for Supremacy" promotion. Not to mention this video was a duet from Tang Menn and Rong Xu. All at once, the name Rong Xu was heard once again by nth number ofizens. Someizens subconsciously voiced: It seems that in the past months, I would always hear someone mention Rong Xu? The PR team of "Ambush" also borrowed this east wind and especially released a behind-the-scenes clip that was originally supposed to be released the day after tomorrow. In the three minute video, there was a lot of tidbits of Rong Xu during the filming period. The handsome and bright youth was wearing a dark military uniform and leather military cap, having the same noble appearance he has in "Ambush". But totally different from the drama, this Huo Xi was smile! And his smile was particrly warm, and he would even let Liang Linghui hit his hands as a punishment! Zhang Tongtong who was wearing a cheongsam pouted: "Give me your hand, we already said whoever loses will be punished. Everyone is carefully watching, Rong Xu, you''re not allowed to act shameless!" The youth looked down appearing like he''s suffering a grievance and quietly extended his hand out, enduring a sturdy but actually-not-that-strong of a hit on his palm. Ah ah ah ah ah My family''s Rongrong is actually so cute! Wearing Marshal Huo''s outfit to sell meng is foul y! That''s right, these actors were actually bored enough to take advantage of their afternoon break to y card games! Theizens had their eyes opened, this was their first time seeing such a leisure crew that they actually had time to y around! Even the audience knew that weekly dramas usually had a rushed schedule, but this crew was actually leisurely ying card games indeed the world was big and full of extraordinary things. They naturally did not know that the "Ambush" crew''s filming progress had always been very fast. Rong Xu rarely NG, Zhang Tongtong and Yi Lan weren''t in a good state at first, but everytime they filmed with Rong Xu they would not NG. Gradually, they would also rarely NG. As for Han Yanghao, he wants topete with Rong Xu, so naturally he was strict and demanded more of himself, doing his best not to NG. The behind-the-scenes clip this time was to raise the "Ambush" audience''s excitement for the finale next week. Although they already knew that it would definitely be Bai Mingde''s victory, but they also didn''t think the Hou Xi would end up too miserably. ording to their words, it would be: As a big fan of the BOSS viin, I think that Marshal can definitely escape~ It''s good enough to escape to a foreign country, you can live freely and at ease that way. "Vie for Supremacy" and "Ambush" promotions bothplement one another. Back when Director Guo agreed for Rong Xu to enter the cast, he probably didn''t think that this little neer could bring in any publicity to his drama. But now, many viewers have started paying attention to "Vie for Supremacy" because of "Ambush", causing Director Guo to have no choice but to notice it. A week of publicity activities quickly passed. The crew would still had to do a few more promotions, but Rong Xu had already aplished his role. This time, everyone said goodbye at the airport. Director Guo specially pulled Rong Xu aside and lightly snorted: "You''re doing pretty good right now, but be careful when choosing your next film. There should be a lot of idol dramasing to look for you, I''m not saying that idol dramas are horrible, there are some good ones out there, but the majority of them are crude and poorly made. Be extra careful when choosing your next work, okay?" Rong Xu was slightly shocked inside, not expecting that Director Guo would actually advise him this. A glimmer of light shed through his clear eyes. After a long time, Rong Xu curled his lips, smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Director Guo" Director Guo snorted again and looked away: "I''m just worried you would waste such a good momentum." As soon as the words came out, Director Guo turned around and returned to the crew before boarding the ne with the other members. Looking at the ne slowly flying off and disappearing into the clear blue sky, Rong Xu''s slightly squinted, and after half a day, he couldn''t help but let out augh. *** Today was the "Ambush" grand finale. This weekly drama that had been airing for more than two months now was finallying to an end. In thest episode, Bai Mingde was almost found out by a higher-up. He skillfully escaped suspicion and mislead Huo Xi to pinpoint the spearhead on that higher-up and have him shot dead instead. Then when Liang Linghui returned to the Old Master Huo''s house to clean the grave, he handed the news over to Liang Linghui, and had Liang Linghui passed it on to the people outside. "In this world, only you can leave Ping City without being searched. No matter who Huo Xi doubts, he would never doubt you. The lives of thirty thousand people in Liangkou Town is in your hands. Linghui, you cannot fail, you absolutely cannot fail!" These words marked the ending of the previous episode. And in thisst, short episode, the audience would be receiving the ending. Zhao Mei gnawed on an apple as she fixedly watched the TV. The familiar music yed and she softly sang along with the song, eagerly looking forward to ending. But a time goes by, her rxed expression slowly disappeared, and her gnawing on the apple also got slower and slower, till in the end, she stopped eatingpletely and just held it in her hands. When she saw a certain scene, the apple suddenly dropped onto the sofa with a loud ''thud''! "Wuwuwuwu Marshal, how can this be Impossible wuwuwuwu Where''s the screenwriter, where''s the screenwriter?! I want to send des! I want to send des!" At the same time online, the crazed and agitated fans were also closing in on "Ambush" official Weibo. The newestments made on the official Weibo were flooding in rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye; all the fans were screaming that same thing in unison Don''t you dare run screenwriter, youe over here. I promise not to kill you! You give me back my Marshal! Give me back my Marshal ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
The author has something to say: Rongrong [Obediently extending his hand]: Ah, I actually lost the game, this is not scientific! Fuwa [Laughs]: That''s because of your mother, me~ I didn''t give you a golden finger to be the king of games ah, gave you a mushroom instead~ Qin Orangeorange [Eyes shining brightly]: Lets y a game, lets y a game~ Baby will y with you, a game where whoever loses will have to undress okay~ Ronrong: Trantor''s Addition: Vian: *covers eyes* *peeks through fingers* That''s better ///// Shem: *shemlessly watches them* ?(? ?????? ?)?
Fuwa C I guess I never really mentioned it, but Fuwa is the author''s nickname Golden finger C A cheat Meng C Most of you probably ready know it but it means cute. Liangkou Town C A town in the Conghua District in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province.
Chapter 29 Trantor: Vian Not edited (Because I dont know where Shem is, please tell me if you find any mistakes, but it should be readable.) As a mainstream drama series, no one expected that "Ambush" would end like this. The army captured Ping City, and the feudal remnants from the warlord''s rule was overthrown. The country ushered in waves after waves of victories, slowly unfolding a brand new future before everyones eyes. The male lead Bai Mingde who had to suffer and endure the humiliation for his mission for many years now could finally return to his real identity, and go back to his trusted organization. However, Liang Linghui left him. Moreover, aside from him, those loyalrades who shared life and death together with him, those enemies who fought with him, all those who could die, died; all those who could leave, left. In the very end, only Bai Mingde himself as left. He became a senior officer, but afterying down his life to usher in peace, what was left? Perhaps what was left were only memories of the dangers from the hidden daggers in the dark, and the loneliness of being the only person left for a lifetime. "Ambush" itself wanted to use this ending to point out its protest for war. It was like Director Zheng had said, this drama cannot only have good ratings, it should also have word of mouth. War was cruel to anyone, even if one wins, the people lost forever during the war was far more than what was obtained. A part of the viewers deeply felt pity for the ending, and they also felt the cruelty of war. However, there were much more viewers against the male and female lead not being together. In particr, they expressed great dissatisfaction against the fact the Huo Xi actuallymitted suicide in prison! My forty meters long sword has been feeling extremely thirsty! Screenwriter, youe over here, I promise I won''t hack you to death! Wu wu wu wu wu why is my family''s Marshal dead QAQ My family''s Marshal, my family''s Marshal Screenwriter, youe out! I know you''re there, you have the ability to kill off my Marshal so you have the ability to open the door ah! Open the door ah! You open the door already ah! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I had an ominous feeling when I saw Marshal lost but I chose to ignore it. Marshal had already prepared a escape route and could''ve left a long time ago. But why! Why when it was so close he decided to give up fleeing to abroad and didn''t board the ship! You board the ship ah! Board the ship ah! Wu wu wu wu why didn''t you go!!! When the army breached Ping City, the people watched the army enter at a loss, while Huo Xi had already arrived at the port and was ready to board the huge ship to flee West. The tanker ship issued out a whistling sound at the dock, telling the soldiers to quicklye aboard. The young and handsome Huo Family''s Marshal was dressed in a dark military uniform, his eyes calmly gazing at the ship''s ramp in front of him. He took his first step, walking forward until he reached the center of the ramp. The person behind urged him: "Marshal, let''s hurry!" However, what answered the person was a long silence from Huo Xi. His father had died of illness in bed yesterday; his father and mother had loved each other for many years, and it was found early this morning that his mothermit suicide by stabbing her throat with the golden phoenix hairpin received from her dowry back when she married his father. There was only him left of the Huo Family now. The winding from the bay blew across the dock, causing his marten fur overcoat to p in the air. The Ping City behind him was filled with the excited and happy cheers of victory, while the men behind him were all anxiously telling to hurry boarding the ship. For a long time, Huo Xi raised his right hand that was wearing a white glove and lowered his military cap, blocking the expression in his eyes, and suddenly turned around! All of his men could not react as he walked through the crowd and reached the bottom of the ramp. Finally, his men snapped back from their daze and pulled his arm: "Marshal, you cannot" The voice abruptly stopped as a ckcquered muzzle was aimed at the man, causing that person be dumbfounded. That man felt that his throat was blocked, trembling as he uttered: "Marshal, you you cannot go down. We have to quickly leave or else they will catch up soon. They would definitely not let you go!" Huo Xi indifferently looked at the man, then suddenly fired, making a bullet graze over the man''s ear. Bang "Let go." The man finally let go of his hand. Everyone watched as Huo Xi step by step walked down onto the dock. When he really returned to the dock, everyone had already seen the army rushing over from far away. And in front of them, only one person was facing away for them. He obviously could immediately turn around and leave, but his person continued to stand there. "Marshal!" In the end, more than a dozen people rushed down the ramp, and followed Huo Xi to stay at the dock. There was also dozens of people that boarded the ship and disappeared into the distant horizon. The army rushed over, Huo Xi raised his gun, weing the soldiers. There was only himself and one gun, but the soldiers could not kill him. There was only five bullets left, and five more people were killed. The soldiers hated him till their eyes saw red. They kicked his knees, making him kneel on the ground. He stood up and they kicked him down again, then, in the end, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Later in prison, he refused to eat for three days then took the poison hidden in his teeth, and died. When they saw this ending, numerous fans were brokenhearted and got teary, and even started crying. Some passersby who had a neutral opinion on Huo Xi also couldn''t help but feel a bit sad when they saw this scene, sighing ruefully: "Before I would always feel a little scared whenever he appears and was also worried that he would find out Bai Mingde''s identity. Now that he''s dead why do I feel a bit regretful?" Give me back my Marshal! Give me back my Marshal! Why did he choose to stay, why did he choose to suicide! I don''t believe it, I refuse to believe it! My family''s Marshal is not dead, he is definitely alive! Demanding season two! "Ambush" crew, do you believe that if you dare to have a second season, I''ll dare to watch it! Wu wu wu wu this mouthful of broken ss gave me a mouthful of blood and stabbed into my heart! I can actually understand Marshal''s choice a bit. His parents are dead and most of his men had died on thisnd. His home is in Ping City, now that Ping City was captured and the whole country needs to be unified and at peace, he could only choose to live the rest of his life abroad. Only like this could he guarantee his life. For someone like him, it''s fine if he didn''t have this kind of life! It can''t be that he will continue to struggle whilst at deaths door! Yes, I agree! How can my Marshal will continue to drift and live without a purpose? But while I can understand the reasoning behind it, why doesn''t my Marshal needs to die QAQ Because he originally wanted to die in Ping City, to die in his hometown, to die in the ce where he was raised! Soon, the audience who originallyined about the ending gradually divided into two groups. One group still simply wanted to send the screenwriters dynamites, while the other group began to discuss the plot. Bai Mingde''s plotline was very simple, his doomed loneliness in the future could let people ponder. His story was mainlyplicated in the beginning, but there wasn''t much to say at the end. In the case of this drama, he repeatedly escaped death with his wits, leaving people with a deep impression. Han Yanghao''s acting was also not bad, so the audience''s response was pretty good. Then there''s Liang Linghui. This female lead cause the audience to feel veryplicated because as it was, the viewers were all specting about whether or not she would join the underground party when she first appeared. This female teacher has advance thoughts and advocates freedom. She originally was already not like the traditional feudaldy, having modern ideas and views. But nevertheless, the one that had most people talking was Huo Xi. This person was very hateful. He has killed countless underground party members, was cruel and ruthless with fierce means. This person was also extremely dreadful. His moody temperament had horrified and shocked countless viewers, making them afraid that one day he would suddenly shot the male lead dead with a single: "Although there is no evidence indicating that you are a spy, but I think you are." Soon, the hashtag #HuoXi was rose to 12th on the trending list that day. At the same time, #AmbushBigFinale also ce 4th on the list! Thousands ofizens was actively discussing "Ambush" ending, and the one they discussed the most was about Huo Xi. From Huo Xi''s choice to the image he saw before he died, even the greatly brainhole-riddenizens specte that He went back because he didn''t want to die abroad, but want to instead die in his homnd; he didn''t instantly kill himself, but suffered humiliation and didn''t eat for three days before suiciding. The reason is extremely simple, he wanted to see Liang Linghui again one more time. But unfortunately, he didn''t know that Liang Linghui already left Ping City. There''s why when Bai Mingde identally revealed Liang Linghui''s departure when he visited, he(HX) finally made up his mind to leave. His parents are dead and he could no longer see the one he loves in this lifetime again. There is already nothing else he could to do, the only choice he could make was to end his own life and never suffer any humiliation again. This character was well-developed, Rong Xu''s acting was also excellent. Really couldn''t tell that he was a neer. Looking forward to his next work. At twelve a.m., "Ambush" national ratings finally came out. When Tomato Station''s production director saw the rating, his eyes went round in surprise and couldn''t believe it for a long time. After confirming that he really didn''t see wrong, he pped his face in excitement: "Good! Good! Everyone worked hard this month, there''ll be another bonus this month! Everyone will get one!" Some staffsughed and jokingly said: "The director is so happy, could it be that the final''s average rating surpassed 1.7?" "Ambush" had reached a rating of 1.12 by the third episode, however after that, the ratings roses slowly. By the sixth episode, the rating rose to 1.6, but couldn''t increase any further. For a weekly drama, the rates was already very good, especiallypared to the "Summer''s Truth" that was in the same time slot which caused Mango Station to flip to the sky in its money loss. "Sumer''s Truth" rating went as low as 0.4, and regardless of what Mango station did, the ratings would not go up. As for the public opinion of "Summer''s Truth", it waspletely in line with what Director Guo told Rong Xu before There are good idol dramas in the world, but the majority of them are crude and poorly made. Mango Station''s production director was extremely furious everyday, and even cut out two episodes of "Summer''s Truth" and let it endst week. Now that he heard "Ambush" ratings, the production director was so angry that he also fainted: "An average rating of 1.9 and the highest was 2.2?! Impossible! Do you know how long there hasn''t been a weekly drama with a 2.2 rating?! Do you know?! A year and a half! That drama only has one Han Yanghao who could be considered popr, how is it possible!!!" Not long after, "Ambush" final''s rating spread throughout the industry. By the next day, een many viewers found out about this extremely high rating. However for the audience, they were still more concerned about the plot. They obviously all already harassed the crew''s official Weibost night, yet this group of fans were actually enthusiastically running over to the Weibo again the very next day. This time they didn''t send des, but asked for a second season! The male lead has to lead the rest of his life alone, you tell me if that wasn''t heartbreaking? The female lead''s whereabouts are unknown, you tell me if that wasn''t dismal? And our Marshal Huo! Marshal must live! As long as you let Marshal live, I will but 10 DVDs!!! Ah ah ah ah has it already been confirmed that "Ambush" will have a DVD version? I also want to buy buy buy This wasn''t the first time Rong Xu entered the trending list, but this was his first time climbing up to such a high ranking. 2nd ce! #HuoXi, 2nd ce! #RongXu, 13th ce! A single person took up two ces in the trending list. Without even receiving a push from behind by the PR yet, he was pushed by theizens into this position and stayed there for an entire six hours. Such a situation for a neer was the same as bing famous overnight. Rong Xu''s fan count on Weibo was also rising at rate visible to the naked eye, and shot up to over 4,300,000 fans! The number was still increasing and increasing However by nighttime, Rong Xu''s fans all came together and shifted their energy from "demanding "Ambush" season two" and single-heartedly dedicated it to in front of the TV. Numerous fans happily held their snacks while waiting for an ad to end and thought: "Ah~ It''s great being Rongrong''s fan. "Ambush" just finished and "Vie for Supremacy" is now airing~ I''m the happiest fan in the world~" That''s right, it was this evening that Huaxia Entertainment''s three hundred million invested big production drama "Vie for Supremacy", was officially aired!
Trantor''s Addition: Vian: Oh the irony Imao (Is it bad that I''m looking forward to the fans'' reaction XD)
Chapter 30 Trantor: Vian Not edited (Because I dont know where Shem is, please tell me if you find any mistakes, but it should be readable.) "Vie for Supremacy" was China''sst big drama at the end of this year. As early as a year ago, back when the crew still haven''t finished the preparations yet, there was already countless fans looking forward to it. The director was Director Guo Long who was well-known within the industry, the female lead was the awarding-winning actress Tang Menn, the male lead was the first-tier young star Dong Zheng, and the second male lead was the just as popr young star Ye Qiao. Even the supporting character was Rong Xu who had gotten instantly famous from the recent weekly drama "Ambush", and was the biggest dark horse this year. In short, with the high expectations of tens of million viewers, "Vie for Supremacy" officially aired! A majestic and awe-inspiring soundtrack, heroic and fierce special effect scenes; in the opening of the first episode, the scene that greeted the audience was a cruel war on the battlefield. Following the story development, the viewers were quickly introduced to Xiao Xiang, to Xie Jingxian, to Dong Ln As therge veil over the world slowly withdrew in front of them, many viewers suddenly realized when the first first episode ended: "No way, so much time already passed!" Continuing next would be the second episode. This was the advantage of a daily drama, you can watch again once you finish, watch the next day, and keep on watching! Quickly, the premiere day of "Vie for Supremacy" came to a close like this. That''s true ah, with this cast even if the first episode''s ratings hit 2.3, it''s not that surprising ah Yes, "Vie for Supremacy" average rating was 2.3! And the highest rating was 2.55! These ratings could be said to be the top ratings this year. Even for "Ambush" that has just ended, and had the highest ratings for dramas in the same time slot across the country, its highest rating had only barely cross 2, while its average ratings had never went over 2. Compared to other dramas, "Ambush" was already extremely outstanding, butpared to "Vie for Supremacy", there was noparison at all! Furthermore, this was just the first day. "Vie for Supremacy" was a daily drama, as long as the plot doesn''t have too many holes, its ratings would continue to rise. When Rong Xu learned about the ratings, he was a little surprised, but could still ept it. He was sitting in Luo Zhentao''s office looking through some role notices as smiled, saying: "Actually, this is quite normal. I heard that the films Tang jie appears in has always have high ratings. Starting from her debut to now, as long as she appears in a drama, she has never failed." Luo Zhentaoughed when he heard this: "Then you don''t know enough about this, Xiao Xu, Tang Menn this person is a bit too lucky, only one of her films did not get the highest ratings within the same time slot, everything else got first ce. However, she is also a bit unlucky. Her movies'' box office sales aren''t that high, making it difficult for her to switch." The two chatted for a while when Luo Zhentao picked an audition notice and said: "This notice is pretty good. You just entered the circle, to get notices this early is really good." Pausing, he then continued: "You just filmed two films in a row, and it''s almost time to celebrate New Years Eve. Have you thought about taking a break?" Hearing this, Rong Xu stopped flipping through the papers, then in the next moment he looked up and smiled: "How do you nning on spending the New Years Luo ge?" Luo Zhentao didn''t notice that Rong Xu was changing the topic, and smiled as he talked about his own ns. As he listened to Luo Zhentao''s ns for New Years, Rong Xu''s thoughts slowly drifted off. Chinese people all loves Chinese New Year, to have a family reunion, and to be festive and lively. But it was unlikely that he would return to the Rong Family. Even if he returned, it would not be a reunion, and it would definitely not be lively. His New Years was destined to be spent alone. Perhaps he should take this time to shoot other film and celebrate it with the crew. That was also a pretty good choice. Thinking to this, Rong Xu picked a notice that he saw, and was just about to speak when Luo Zhentao''s phone rang. Luo Zhentao picked it up and went outside. When he came back, Rong Xu was going to tell the other about the film he decided on, but he saw Luo Zhentao''s excited face and shining eyes aimed towards himself, happily telling him: "Xiao Xu, there''s a good movie that want to invite you to audition for it. How about it, do you want to go?" A movie that can make Luo Zhentao this happy was definitely not an ordinary movie. Rong Xu was surprised: "Which movie?" As if he realized what Rong Xu was thinking, Luo Zhentao exined: "The investment in it is not much, but the Director and decided female lead are both very good. The script is also very good, and most importantly, the role''s character is very good. The movie is called "ck Clouds", the role they want you to audition for is the male lead. You probably heard of the name "ck Clouds" before, it''s exactly the debut song of that popr singer who died from illness a few years ago." Before when he was recording "Extremely Entertaining", Rong Xu was extremely worried then. If Tang Menn was to off-handed say some household-name song, it was still unknown if he could sing it. However, let''s say that Tang Menn didn''t say "Resonance of War" but instead "ck Clouds" lucky, it just so happens that Rong Xu also knew this song. The original owner was someone who liked to listen to heavy metal rock ''n roll songs, "ck Clouds" was one of the few love songs he has ever heard. This song was extremely influential in China. From the original''s memory, when the singer died from illness three years ago, you could hear this song ying no matter where you went throughout China. Ling Xiao, the absolute top self-made singer in China for over twenty years. He won the Golden Melody Awards for seven consecutive years, and was the King of Music who received many awards for a total of fourteen years. His death was like a huge earthquake for the music scene at the time. It could be said that the Chinese music scene was hit hard, and was only slowly recovering in the recent years. Twenty-five years ago, Ling Xiao debuted with "ck Clouds". In the beginning, he was only ying his guitar and singing at B-City''s subway entrance. Later, a video of his singing was posted on the inte by someone. The song touched countless people, and he soon signed a contract and started his singing career. Ling Xiao''s talent was extraordinary, every one of his songs was able to move people''s hearts. Although he was not especially handsome, his gentle and clear voice could always touch the deepest feeling hidden in the bottom of people''s hearts, it would let people slowly feel at peace and rid of all their restlessness. However five years ago, Ling Xiao was diagnosed with lymphoma. Two yearster, he died in the spring three years ago at only forty-one years old. When he died, the fans cried bitterly nonstop. The entire entertainment circle mourned for him, many foreign stars had also regretted his departure. Even Qin Cheng had rushed back to China from Hollywood to participate in this Music King''s funeral. That''s why Luo Zhentao said: "The film''s investment isnt big because the budget for the actors isn''t much. Many big-named stars seems to have already confirmed that they would appear due to their friendship with Ling Xiao. So whether it was Ling Xiao''s own appeal or those big-named guest stars, both will be enough to guarantee a high box office for the movie." The movie was tomemorate Ling Xiao, but after all, it was still necessary to reap in some benefits. Luo Zhentao''s analysis was good, this movie would definitely not have a low box office. But Rong Xu still felt there was something weird: "Why would they want me?" Luo Zhentaoughed and replied: "The Assistant Director just called me and told me it was because they heard your duet with Tang Menn on "Extremely Entertaining". Xiao Xu, I also think that you can try going into the music circle in the future. You have excellent skills and your voice is very good as well." This answer made Rong Xu very surprised, he thought for a moment then nodded: "We''ll go to the audition then." Luo Zhentao slightly released his breath, he smiled and continued to tell Rong Xu about the script, saying that the crew would send it over in the evening. When he needed to send Rong Xu home, Luo Zhentao stared at the elevator button, but did not press it. Rong Xu smiled and inquired: "What''s wrong, Luo ge?" Luo Zhentao smiled and pressed the button: "Music is something that can move people. I used to like listening to Ling Xiao when I was younger as well. Xiao Xu, it would be great if you can pass the audition. I believe that you can y him well." Pausing, Luo Zhentao suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He turned around to carefully scrutinize Rong Xu for a long time when his face suddenly twisted. Rong Xu slightly furrowed his brows. Without waiting for him to ask, Luo Zhentao sighed regretfully: "It''s a pity. Xiao Xu, the feeling when you and he sing are simr and after these days of getting along, I also feel that you can pass with your acting. Your only shoring would be" Speaking till here, Luo Zhentao suddenly stopped. Rong Xu smiled and ask: "What is it?" Luo Zhentao let out a long and deep sigh: "You''re too handsome, it doesn''t quite match with Ling Xiao''s image ah!" Rong Xu: "" There are very few people who are perfect. God gave Ling Xiao a heaven-defying talent forposing and a touching voice, but didn''t give him a handsome appearance. Ling Xiao''s looks was very ordinary, it was amon face that would bepletely inconspicuous when ced in a crowd. But when Rong Xu went to the audition, the senior makeup artistughed and told him when doing his makeup: "Back when I was still an assistant, I met Ling Xiao once before. Ling Xiao was a very good person, he would always quietly sit there and there would even be times when people overlooked that he was a superstar. He would also help people move things. Once, the leader of our makeup crew was in a hurry so he threw his jacket at someone in the passing. At that time, he didn''t know that he actually threw his jacket to Ling Xiao." Rong Xu''s heart trembled slightly. The makeup artist continued: "When our makeup leader came back, his whole person was scared silly when he saw Ling Xiao. At that time, Ling Xiao had just won the third Golden Melody Award, and was the brightest star in the entire China music scene. He thought he was definitely finished, to actually dared make Ling Xiao hold his jacket. However, Ling Xiao waited patiently for half an hour to personally returned the jacket to him, and even told him that it was cold outside, you must not take off your jacket just because you think it will be troublesome, please remember to wear it." Rong Xu lowered his gaze. At the side, Luo Zhentao softly sighed. As she went on, the makeup artist felt choked with emotions when thinking about the Music King''s death, still unable to forget. When the makeup was done, the makeup artist looked at Rong Xu and couldn''t help but be a little dazed. She smiled: "You two don''t look alike, but I saw a video of you singing on "Extremely Entertaining". Rong Xu, I pray that you can pass the audition." Rong Xu''s clear eyes reflected her sincere appearance, he couldn''t help but smile, softlyughing and nodded: "Thank you." Soon, Rong Xu went to the audition room under the guide of a crew member. However behind him, the makeup artist stared at his retreating back in a daze. The assistante over and asked: "What are you staring at, Senior?" The makeup artist suddenly snapped backed from her daze: "It''s nothing, I just felt that this Rong Xu and Ling Xiao are a bit alike. Ling Xiao back then was also like this, he wasn''t as handsome as Rong Xu, but the air around them is the same a little gentle, and makes people want to get close to them." The assistance was confused: "Really? I saw that it was always you Senior who was talking. That Rong Xu didn''t talk much ah." The makeup artist was speechless: "Not talking immediately means they''re cold? Okay okay, let''s go back." *** At the same time, an airne was quickly crossing the vast Pacific Ocean, and slowlynded at the Capital Airport. This time, they didn''t choose to use the VIP aisle. A tall and handsome man wearing a ck trench coat and pulling his suitcase as he walked through the crowd. Very quickly, someone discovered his figure, and in the next second, it caused a hugemotion at the airport. The ne arrived at noon, but it was only till around three or four that Qin Cheng was able to get in the car and return to his apartment. Immediately after putting away his luggage, he turned on hisputer, and without further ado, searched up the word "Ambush". In the next second, he had already clicked on the final episode to watch. There was no change in expression on the handsome and indifferent face as Qin Cheng quietly watched the episode. He silently watched Ping City being breached, silently watched Huo Xi walk down the ramp, silently watched the soldier kick Huo Xi''s knees, forcing him to kneel down wait wait wait, as if he would ''silently'' watch here! Qin Cheng''s pupil constricted, and immediately started typing. However after a while, ament appeared among the many barragements. Kicked him! You actually kicked him! Why would you kick him!!! He''s so handsome, such a lovely person, how can you be willing to kick him!!! Then he saw Huo Xi''s suicide scene. Qin Cheng: "" The video close, this drama has already ended here for him. What other development afterwards? There''s none, Huo Xi is already dead. What other endings was there, this was the ending! Not a momentter, ament appeared in the "Ambush" official Weibo Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: You''re all bad people, why did you let my family''s RongRong die! Why! He''s so good, so handsome, who can be willing to let him die! I''m going to send you de, I''m going to send you de!!! Coincidentally, "Ambush" Assistant Director Li was log into the official Weibo, and identally saw thisment. Heughed and motioned to his son next to him: "Look, the currentizens are really interesting. Three days ago, they all said that they want to send use des and dynamites. It''s really too amusing haha. They also have to be able to send it ah." Three dayster, "Ambush" screenwriter stared at the open express package with a tearful face. How could someone really send him a note with the word "de" on it ah! Logically saying, who the hell was such a weird and crazy person, how the hell is this a de, areing to sell meng or sell stupidity?! Eh that''s not right, why does this person know his address?! Let''s not think too carefully about it These were all things that happenster, no need to talk about it right now. Right now, Rong Xu had just stepped through the audition room''s door. And in B-City, a cellphone continued to ring in a quiet apartment. Quickly, Qin Cheng pressed the answer button, and in a low voice, asked: "What is it?" It seems to be a bit noisy over on Xu Jin''s side, so he answered rather loudly: "The "ck Clouds" crew just came to ask me if you would could appear as a guest actor. You don''t have many scenes, just participating in the funeral when filming starts will be good enough." The man knitted his brows and thought for a moment, answering in a low voice: "I can, you can just help arrange a time for me then." Xu Jin: "" A momentter: "Great Elder you still don''t have time?! Let''s talk about it, you next film still has three months before it starts filming. In these three months, do you n to endorse something, or participate in a variety show, or work hard and pick up a new film?" Qin Cheng raised an eyebrow: "I''ll attend a variety show, are you relieved?" Thinking of the man''s indifferent face, Xu Jin suddenly shuddered: "Forget it, don''t you ever go on a variety show or else your image will be destroyed thoroughly." After talking for awhile, Xu Jin suddenly remembered: "Oh that''s right, I heard that Rong Xu would also be auditioning for the role of Ling Xiao this time. I remembered that you mentioned that Madame Qin is very concerned about him right, it just so happened that you can go and see how he''s doing ah haha." The sharp phoenix eyes widened,and his lips pursed. Qin Cheng confirmed: "He wants to audition?" Xu Jin answered as if it was a matter of course: "En yeah, it seems there are three actors auditioning, he''s one of them. But getting the role is quite uncertain. He''s a neer, and have never acted in a movie. The Director had only saw that the feeling when he sings was a bit simr to Ling Xiao, that''s why he decided to let him audition." "Tell me the result immediately after." Xu Jin: "What?" The cold and noble man slightly lowered his gaze, spitting out each word clearly: "I seem have a lot of leisure time the next three months, maybe I can do another movie." Xu Jin: "" Who was the one that said they were too busy with had no time, and had even needed someone else to help arrange a time from him to do a guest appearance ah!
The author has something to say: Qin OrangeOrange: He''s so cute, so handsome, how can you let him die! SenddeSenddeSendde The screenwriter who was looking at the mountain of "de" notes: Are you sick ah ah ah!!! Trantor"s Addition: Vian: New work! New work! New work! And it''s one of my favorites! Also, Ill be busy with school for a while so chapters might not necessary be out on Monday. Therell still be one a week, just maybe not on Mondays.
Golden Melody Awards C An honor awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan to recognize outstanding achievement in the Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, and Formosannguages popr and traditional music industry. The GMAs are awarded on the basis of votes by members of jury, and it has constantly been recognized as the equivalent to the Grammy Awards in the Chinese-speaking world. C Wiki-san Barragements C Its this system wherements appear on the screen. They all scroll through the screen really fast and can be overwhelming if theres a lot. I can, you can just help arrange a time for me then. C I know what Xu Jin says after doesnt really make sense, but it was like this in the raws.
Chapter 31 Trantor: Vian Not edited (Because I posted this before giving it to Shem lol, please tell me if you find any mistakes, but it should be readable.) The audition location for "ck Clouds" was set in S-City, and the movie will also be filmed thereter on. Although this crew was only shooting a low-cost biography movie, they were not careless in their the movie props. Ever since Rong Xu entered the crew, he has seen many crew members being constantly busy arranging the set and preparing the props. When he entered the audition room, he saw six people sitting in the front row. The prior determined leading actor, screenwriter, producer, investor, and director. This was the usualposition for an ordinary audition. However, there was six people sitting in "ck Clouds" audition room. Rong Xu did not recognize the woman who was sitting far to the side. The person was wearing a pair of ck sunsses, and a light-colored scarf covered a small half her face. People could only think that she has an elegant temperament, but were unable to see her real appearance. His gaze stayed on the woman''s for a moment before Rong Xu quickly turned away. He smiled and officially greeted the interviewers, and listened as Director Liang who was sitting in the middle open his mouth, saying: "Your image is excellent and temperament is also outstanding. Rong Xu, let''s immediately start the audition now. You should have picked out the third scene, we are looking forward to your performance." Jiao Jingshan was originally someone from S-City. Rong Xu heard the he had already finished the audition yesterday, and the results was very good. As for Ling Zhen, he had just rushed back to China from Ennd, and it''s said that he would only be able to reach S-City to do the audition by this afternoon. Therefore, Rong Xu was the second person to do the audition. Hearing Director Liang''s words, Rong Xu politely responded and didn''t say much more as he straightforwardly went up to the the prop wall set in the middle of the room. He first picked up the guitar ced on the floor and tried a few notes before then reaching out his hand to make his hair a bit more messy. His actions was clearly seen by the six interviewers. Only Director Liang and the mysterious woman showed a small reaction and sat up straighter. First taking a deep breath and slowly breathing out, when the youth opened his eyes again, there was a somewhat dazed expression in his eyes but the corners of his lip were slightly raised, showing a gentle and warm smile. In the next moment, a clear and melodious voice sounded from this seemingly delicate youth. The guitar was a very versatile instrument, and could be said to be one of the best instruments to get started with. As long as you want to learn guitar, you can fork out a song in a few months. Many boys are scrambling to learn the guitar; the reason being that girls all like boys who y the guitar. Right now, a bright and dazzling light hit the youth''s body, gently extending his shadow, and reflected a lonely shadow swaying on the wall. He sang seriously, sang loudly. He did not seem to be timis at all, but his eyes would dodge around, never daring to look up. Director Liang contemted as he looked at Rong Xu''s feet, and suddenly discovered that he was actually standing very rigidly with his feet close together! Not only that, the boy''s whole body was taunt. If you looked carefully, you would even discover that his fingers plucking the guitar were also slightly quivering. He was nervous, he was tense, or you could said perhaps he was shy! "Summer has passed once again, and the time I have waited for you increase another year." "ck clouds drifts over the horizon, I look back to be greeted by your smile" What was first love? Many of Ling Xiao''s fans have said that they heard of first love in his songs. At first nce "ck Clouds" seems to be a gloomy name, but it was actually a very gentle love song. A boy fell in love with a girl, they tacitly met everyday in front of the fountain. Till thest day of summer, the boy came to the fountain again, but did not see the girl who he has never talked to before. Then he waited another year, and waited for another summer. On thest day of summer, he saw the sky obscured by ck clouds and sang this song. He did not have any hatred, nor was he sad. He was simply happy that he has such beautiful memories to look back to. Then when the ck clouds slowly drifted away, he turned around to only see that beautiful and bright smile once again. The song''s melody was very simple, the lyrics were also not extremelyplicated and mboyant, but it was precisely kind of simple and honest thing that manageto touch people''s hearts. When Ling Xiao sang "ck Clouds" with his clear and pure voice, each fan couldn''t help but smile thinking of their first love or a past rtionship. There was no sadness, only thanks; Thank you, for letting me have such good memories. No matter how omnipotent Rong Xu was, it was still impossible for him to surpass Ling Xiao based on voice alone. In hisst life, he had also sang, and released many albums, and had even yed a pivotal role in the music scene. However, when Rong Xu personally heard "ck Clouds"st night, the music the crossed over from more than twenty years ago rang out let him be unable to help but be moved, but it also made him pity Ling Xiao. In hisst life, Rong Xu had also debuted as an actor. Later, he became an outstanding actor who could also sing, and also won several music awards. His voice wasn''t extremely unique, but had invested enough time and energy and used his rich skills to make up for his innate mediocrity. Moreover, it took him years to find essential points that matched with his voice, and finally developed an unique singing voice. That day when he had to sing "Resonance of War" with Tang Menn, Rong Xu had also wanted to try out the vocalization method that he used in hisst life, but it was a pity that it did not work well with his throat since it was not use to it, and had almost sang off tune. Fortunately, he corrected it in time. But this time for the audition, Rong Xu has been practicing for a few days and could now sing with his voice like in hisst life. For Rong Xu, this was what was called experience makes progress easier. With a voice simr to his previous one, and adding on to the vocal skills he discovered after practicing for several years, he would not lose to any other singer. It was silent inside the audition room, everyone was listening to the song with rapt attention, and the youth standing in the middle of the room seemed to slowly rx. His feet was so tightly ced together, and his finger were no longer trembling. His voice got louder and louder, ringing out, just as if he was sing in the spacious and empty subway entrance. In order to have his song be heard by more people, he overcame his shyness and came up to the crowded subway station. In order to have his voice heard, he sang loudly, letting his song be the topic of each white-cored worker who hurriedly came and went in the morning rush hour. Gradually, his face became brighter and cheerful. He closed his eyes, and happily sang on. The refined and blithe voice was like a clear spring striking against a boulder, the sound of flowing water urging on. The joyful and clear emotions forming a warm and fuzzy color in the air, as if it would infecting everyone. He sang sincerely, and he sang delightfully. He sang sincerely, and he sang delightfully. When the end of the song fell on the lyrics "Maybe one day, we can go to life''sst stop", suddenly! He opened his eyes, and smiled as he looked at the interviewers not far away. The messy ck hair fell in front of the clear pair of eyes, covering his forehead, but it outlined the pure expectations held in his eyes. This kind of bright and hopeful gaze couldn''t help but startled Director Liang. When he snapped back, the youth has already sang thest words of the lyrics, then got up and bowed. With this scene, Rong Xu finished his audition! After all, Director Liang has already filmed movies for over twenty years now, he quickly calmed down, and said: "Very good, you can go back first." Unlike some neers, Rong Xu wasn''t so nosy as to ask the Director''s for his results, but instead nodded with a smile, gave a formal bow, and said: "Thank you, then I will leave first." This attitude made the six people in the room give him a deeper look. After confirming that Rong Xu really left, the producer pped his hands and eximed: "In terms of attitude, this Rong Xu is much better than yesterday''s Jiao Jingshan ah. Yesterday, Jiao Jingshan didn''t behave as calmly as him. Just byparing this, I really couldn''t tell that Jiao Jingshan has already debuted for eight years, and this Rong Xu only debuted for a few months." "He acted well." said Director Liang. Everyone nodded unanimously: "His singing was also much better than yesterday''s Jiao Jingshan. He sang well, and his acting was excellent." Before the audition, Director Liang said that Rong Xu got the third scene, but in actuality, where was there any scenes for the audition? Here, the crew was just using a ruse. All of their audition scenes was to let the actor perform the scene of Ling Xiao''s singing "ck Clouds" in the subway, with no exceptions. Regarding this, Rong Xu outstanding in all regards, to where even the producers who thought he was just a neer were full of praise, but the screenwriter seriously stated: "The appearance doesn''t match." Everyone immediately went silent. Ling Xiao was not ugly, but his face really could not be said to be handsome, and could only be said to be an average face. His temperament made up for it, and his character also made his friends felt that he was very good, but Rong Xu''s appearance was too outstanding. It would difficult to be associated with Ling Xiao. After pondering on it, the investor said: "This afternoon''s Ling Zhen also doesn''t seem to match in appearance?" The screenwriter replied: "Ling Xiao doesn''t have such beautiful face like this Rong Xu, he''s a bit too eye-catching. The most suitable would have to be Jiao Jingshan, his acting has always been good, and his appearance isn''t especially remarkable among the young stars." The five people discussed for a while. Even Director Liang was gradually being persuaded by the screenwriter, but at this time, the mysterious woman who sat at the side without saying a word slowly stood up and walked to the door. Director Liang was startled: "Xinrou?!" The mysterious women slowly turned around, and finally raised her hand to take off her sunsses. When they saw those pairs of eyes, the other five people in the room were all stunt. The pair of bright and beautiful eyes was watery; this pair of eyes was extremely beautiful, there was some redness at the rim, and seems to be holding back tears. If Rong Xu was still here, he would have definitely been able to called out this person''s name: He Xinrou. Fifteen years ago, Wen Xuancai just debuted. At that time, the most popr actress in China was He Xinrou. He Xinrou took the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Actress three times, an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and one Berlin award for Best Actress; she used to be an extremely popr actress, but has gradually disappeared from the scene in recent years, and rarely appeared in public. Some people says that her time has past, and was afraid the box office of her next movie would be aplete failure, so she doesn''t dare to film again, but her fans ignored these words, and not a single fan left. At this moment, He Xinrou stood here, and firmly expressed word by word: "Rong Xu is Ling Xiao, it cannot be Jiao Jingshan. I do not want to see the next audition anymore. I ask that you let Rong Xu act as Ling Xiao!" *** In the afternoon, Rong Xu and Luo Zhentao stayed in S-City to wait for the audition results. If the results were that Rong Xu passed, then he naturally doesn''t need to leave, but instead follow the crew to prepare for the starting ceremony and filming. And in B-City, a man received a text. Xu Jin: Rong Xu passed the audition, He Xinrou named him. Seeing the first half of the sentence, Qin Cheng nodded approvingly. Seeing the second half of the sentence, his handsome brows knitted together, and he typed in a replied: Why did He Xinrou specially name him? What reaction did He Xinrou have towards him during the audition? Did she do anything out of bounds? Xu Jin Not long after, Xu Jin directly called: "You''re thinking too much. Didn''t you know that He Xinrou has always liked Ling Xiao? I thought that since you had participated in several award ceremonies with both of them before, you would''ve found out a long time ago ah. However, Ling Xiao doesn''t seem to like He Xinrou back that way. This time''s "ck Clouds" was nned by He Xinrou, herck of activity these past few years should have been because of the blow from Ling Xiao''s sudden death." Hearing this, Qin Cheng faintly let out an "Oh", as if that person who had just made a fuss out of nothing didn''t exist. Xu Jin didn''t think too much of it, and subconsciously questioned: "You care so much about Rong Xu, it seems to be a bit too much ah. Did Madame Qin ask you to even pay attention to his private life? Even if it''s only because He Xinrou looks favorably on Rong Xu that she named him to act as Ling Xiao, it''s not that big of a deal. No matter what, He Xinrou is only 38 years old right now and maintained herself well, although Rong Xu eh, is a bit younger, but if the two are happy together, there''s nothing wrong with that." The sharp pair of eyes suddenly narrowed, Qin Cheng''s ice-cold voice sounded from the phone: "So it turns out you like this kind of mature woman with tender man thing." Xu Jin: "I have a girlfriend!" Qin Cheng: "Oh, so it turns out you already got your older woman." Xu Jin: "My girlfriend is younger than me by two years!!!" Qin Cheng: "Oh." Xu Jin: "" Suddenly turning so cold, exactly what the hell is it than you want ah!!! Xu Jin originally wanted to say more, however, a certain man would only reply to him a sentence after another with an "Oh". Following each "Oh", Xu Jin had actually heard a trace of murderous intent! He originally thought to end the call to keep his life, but just when Xu Jin was going to hang up, he hear the man''s low and maic voice slowly saying: "When will they start the filming, it seems they''re going to stay in S-City? You go book me a ticket to S-City tomorrow, I will go and negotiate with the crew first." Xu Jin''s heart shook: "What are you negotiating for?" Qin Cheng answered as if it was matter of course: "Negotiate the scenes I will filming." Xu Jin: "" Why does he have a bad feeling about this Holding onto this kind of "There seems to be something wrong, but it feels that if it''s voiced out loud then it would expose something improper" feeling, Xu Jin quickly booked a ticket. He hesitated till thest moment, but he finally also booked a ticket for himself to prevent his family''s always irresponsible Great Young Master from doing anything he shouldn''t do. *** Waiting until nighttime, Rong Xu finally got a notice from the "ck Clouds" crew confirming that he passes the audition. He didn''t have too much of a reaction, but Luo Zhentao was so happy that he opened a bottle of wine to celebrate. *** Jiao Jingshan also got the results, but was only disappointed for a while before leaving this behind. And in a certain five-star hotel in S-City, a handsome and elegant young man angrily threw the cups to the ground, shattering it to pieces. "Rong Xu? How can it be that Rong Xu? That scrap garbage "Ambush" he was inst time actually had a much rating than my "Summer''s Truth", but that''s still okay. That was just a problem of bad script, it had nothing to do with me. But why the hell did he get the role? Which part of me isn''t as good as him? You tell me ah, how am I not as good as him!" The little assistant rushed to clean up the broken shards on the floor. Ling Zhen was angrily sitting on the sofa, just as he looked up, he happened to see the title "Vie for Supremacy" sh past on the TV It even had that damn Rong Xu! "Turn off this broken TV! What "Vie for Supremacy", what''s there to look at!" The little assistant only nodded his head and went to turn off the TV. Ling Zhen sat on the sofa, he couldn''t help be feel suffocated. He asked: "Have you seen "Vie for Supremacy" yet? How''s his acting in it? Was it horrible?" The little assistant hesitated for a while, but answered: "The character he yed just appeared tonight, I haven''t seen him yet" "Hehe, what''s there to see in "Vie for Supremacy". What do you think this Rong Xu did, I don''t know what methods he used to be able to squeeze in front of me and Jiao Jingshan, and took the lead role in "ck Clouds". Really amazing, this year''s neers are all unbelievable ah" The little assistant wanted to argue, but as he looked at Ling Xiao''s arrogant expression, he could only quietly bow his head and continue cleaning up the broken shards, thinking in his heart: Actually, "Vie for Supremacy" is very good, the previewst episode showed that it would have Rong Xu''s appearance, it seems really good ah At this moment, on China maind, countless viewers were sitting in front of the TV, watching "Vie for Supremacy". On the screen they saw a small boat floating on the river, a young and heroic female general was looking at the building far away. She narrowed her eyes, and ordered her men to row faster. Finally, they arrived on shore and walked to the front of that building. The bright and valiant female general raised her head to see the beautifully and elegantly written characters on the horizontal que. In a cold voice, she stated: "Wangqiu Pavilion. This is who ever gets Wanqi, gets the world''s Wangqiu Pavilion?" The next moment, everyone took a step together and entered!
The author has something to say: Qin Orangeorange: Acting acting, acting together~ Rongrong, let''s act together~ Baby is not the one who deliberately wants to act with you yo, it''s not the Baby want to acting with you. See, it''s just that the crew invite Baby~ Tee~hee =3= Rongrong: Can I really not apply for a change in gong? Trantors Addition: Vian: You know, it wasnt until a few chapters back that I realized Orange was talking about himself when he said Baby. I always thought he meant Rong Xu _(:3 )_
Chapter 32 Trantor: Vian Not edited (Please tell me if you find any mistakes, but it should be readable.) Three chess games determines their sess or failure, to request for the river''s one Wang Qiu Pavilion''s ''Wanqi''! When they saw the preview the night before, many viewers were anxiously looking forward to it. They watched Xiao Xiang bring in people to win the chess game, they also watched Xiao Xiang boldly ce her sword on top of the table, saying in a dangerously low tone: "Teacher Wanqi." However, the preview ended here. From the beginning to end, they only saw the edge of a white robe, and never saw the person Wanqi Yao himself. Tian Feifei was a loyal fan of "Vie for Supremacy" even long before it aired. Not surprisingly because ever since she watched "Ambush", she was deeply attracted to the second male lead, Huo Xi. At the beginning, she was Marshal Huo''s die-hard fan. And up til now, she watched "Vie for Supremacy" to see Rong Xu, but has now be a loyal viewer of the drama. Ever since the first episode to now, Wanqi Yao was finally making his first appearance! While chatting with her friends, Tian Feifei nervously waited for Wanqi Yao''s appearance. Marshal Hao is such a cruel beauty, looking at the trailer, I feel that Wanqi Yao belongs to the more soft and gentle type ah. I always felt that Rongrong didn''t suit the gentle type? He should be killing people with his gun, and have an unpredictable temper. It only feels right like that, only like that is it my family''s beautiful beautiful beautiful Rongrong ah~ After sending this message, Tian Feifei looked up to see the female general Xiao Xiang bringing her people to enter Wang Qiu Pavilion. In an instant, the background music suddenly stopped, leaving only the sound of the waves from the river''s shore. The bleak autumn wind was mixed with a hint of chilliness, brushing past the vast Yun Meng River, causing the surface of the blue waves to ripple. The valiant and heroic female general passed through the tall bridge ced between the two buildings, her back ramrod straight and gaze firm as she went forward. Step by step by step. Wang Qiu Pavilion''s building were densely covered. She brandished her sword, and with the help of the schrs'' thinking, they passed the difficulties on each floor level. Finally, she arrived on the top floor of the pavillion. Reaching out her hands, she pushed open the door. At this moment, even the sound of the wind and waves stopped, leaving only the ''creaking'' sound on the door opening. Tian Feifei couldn''t help but hold her breath, her fingers unconsciously trembling. The screen slowly panned across the room, across the pavilion study''s collection of tens of thousands of books, and revealing thendscape screen in front of the spiraling wisp of sandalwood incenses. A lean figure standing in front of the window, leaning against the railing as they gazed afar. The breeze brought by theke gently lifted his long hair, and the white robes fluttered with the wind. In front of him was the horizon that connected theke and sky, behind him was a peaceful and tranquil study. If one won the third chess board, one can meet Teacher Wanqi. But in this world, there was no one who could even win the first chess game! Yet today, Chu State''s Xiao Xiang brought more than twenty chess masters, before finally winning the first two chess games after three days and three nights. This was cheating, but she still won. She soon found that there was no third chess board in this world, therefore she carried her long sword and made a grand entrance into this pavilion, to finally meet this person at the very top floor. Xiao Xiang''s shockst only a second. She quickly entered, and cupped her hands: "Teacher Wanqi?" There was a hint of doubt in the tone. In response to her, was the sound of the waves that remained unchanged since times immemorial from Yun Meng Lake outside the window. Xiao Xiang took a step forward: "Teacher Wanqi." Inside the quiet and elegant study, there was still none that responded to her. At this time, this strong and iron-blooded female general seems to have remembered Chu State''s currently disadvantaged situation of the country being near destruction. She clenched her teeth, took another step forward, and in a loud voice: "This one would like to solve the third chess game, one ask for Teacher Wanqi to pleasee out. Now that Xiao Xiang has solved the first two chess boards, this one dares to ask Teacher Wanqi, where is the third chess board located!" The resounding words were spoken, and left lingering in the air. However, Wanqi Yao''s person still did not turn around. Just as the man behind Xiao Xiang were about to impatiently question his meaning by this, a low-pitchedughter softly sound in this quiet study. Xiao Xiang was startled, and all those men were also stunned. They watched as that upright figure in white who stood above Yun Meng Lake next to the window railing, slowly turn around, silently ncing at them with a smile. In that instant, it was as if time hadpletely stopped. He raised his right hand, and urged the little sparrow to go. It was unknown when the little bird appeared on his finger, maybe it was when Xiao Xiang and her party entered, and had stayed there the whole time. The sparrow jumped back and forth, refusing to leave. In front of Xiao Xiang and the men, this exceptionally beautiful young man caressed the little bird''s soft feathers, before the little bird slowly left reluctantly. Xiao Xiang''s gaze could not help but follow the little sparrow as it flew away from Wang Qiu Pavilion. When she finally dropped her gaze again, her eyes locked onto a pair of bright and clear eyes. He stood above the blue wave of Yun Meng Lake, above the billowing spirals of incenses in front of the books, silently looking her. "If one can win over my two chess games, one can enter Wang Qiu Pavilion. As for thest game why not right now, I willy out the third board for General Xiao." His tone was as light as the winds and clouds, and the smile on his lips was even more gentle. That little sparrow circled around and flew back; he reached out his hands once again, looking at the little bird with what seems to be a helpless yet doting gaze. Xiao Xiang stayed silent for a long time, before taking another step forward: "Deference is no substitute for obedience." This is Wanqi Yao. When Xiao Xiang first met him, she held in her hand a sharp de, and he was caressing a little sparrow. Inside the study housing tens of thousands of books, above the Yun Meng Lake, Wanqi Yao had his first meeting with Xiao Xiang, spoke her name, andid down the third chess game for her. The white-d figure took the side ck, ced the a piece in tianyuan and started with a komi of seven and a half. In the end, with a half size difference, he lost to the twenty highly skills masters from Chu State. The twenty grandmasters signed in admiration and in their inferiority. As for Wanqi Yao, he only brought along a small child and little luggage, before boarding the ship Xiao Xiang prepared, and left Yun Meng Lake. This episode ended with Wang Qiu Pavilion still in view on screen. The autumn sun shone down brightly on theke, and painted the builds of Wang Qiu Pavilion, covering it in a warm yellow light. Like this, the episode ended. Tian Feifei''s phone was receiving endless messages, but she kept on staring fixedly at the screen with her eyes wide open leaving her simply with no time to pay attention to her phone. Only waiting until the preview for the next episode was over, she suddenly snapped out of her daze and quickly turned on her phone to look. In one nce, there was over twenty messages! Ah ah ah ah Rongrong is so beautiful, did you see?! How can he be so beautiful!! I''m the little bird in Rongrong''s hands, that''s me! That''s me! Who was it that hid away my Teacher Wanqi in that golden house and ced it in a deste ce like the middle of Yun Meng Lake ah ah ah ah!!! Feifei, Rongrong is so beautiful!! You look in his eyes, there''s light in his eyes, there''s really light ah ah ah ah! My husband is so beautiful! Feifei, say something ah? Ao ao ao ao Rongrong didn''t n to win at all! How can Wanqi Yao so powerful! You even said before that Rongrong wasn''t suitable for this gentle and aloof type! I want to seriously PK you! You dare say my family''s Yaoyao is no good? My family''s Yaoyao is beautiful enough to over turn the Heavens, Rongrong in white is simply that beautiful! Ehhh wait wait wait what do you think about the CP "Hou Xi x Wanqi Yao"? Now that I thought of it, it seems to work ah?! Yaoyao is so beautiful, Marshal definitely wouldnt be willing to give him up, he would definitely hold carefully him in the palms of his hand like a treasure As soon as she saw this message, Tian Feifei was frightened and quickly rushed to reply: Having the gong and shou be the same person, don''t you think the hole in your brain too big?! But Rongrong really is too beautiful! How can he be soooo handsome and beautiful! But I keep on thinking that the asceticism feeling that Yaoyao gives off is very excessive don''t you feel that the excessive abstinence also feels. very dirty. AH AH AH I really want to sleep with him, I really want to bed him!!! #BeggingtosleepwithWanqiYao The two episodes that day ended. By the evening at eleven, #BeggingtosleepwithWanqiYao climbed up to the top three hashtags in "Vie for Supremacy" super topic thread. Waiting till after midnight, the hashtag even went up to the 32rd rank in the popr searches and the top 50 hottest searches on the whole inte! Anyizens who clicks the hashtag could see the fans'' meticulously edited clips of Wanqi Yao. His attractive back dded in white that can cause one to be in a trance, his elegant bearing when ncing back with a smile, his helpless pampering to the little bird''s yfulness, and his confrontation with Xiao Xiang over the world! Begging to sleep with Wanqi Yao! Begging to sleep with Wanqi Yao! If I can bed him, then my whole life would be worth it! Ah ah ah ah how can Teacher Wanqi be so pure. The purer he is, the more I want to dirty him I really want to rip open his clothes, really want to press him down on the bed, really want to kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss him, and I really want to see how he looks when blushing!!! Network Police 666 has locked the user upstairs. Knock knock please open the door, I''m here to check the water meter. *** B-City, Nighttime The two episodes of "Vie for Supremacy" ended. A handsome and aloof man was wearing ck pajamas, his whole face seriously staring at the ad ying on TV. After a while, he silently picked up the remote and pressed the yback button. Not longter, the TV started to repeat the episode of "Vie for Supremacy", showing the scenes ''Xiao Xiang entering Wang Qiu Pavilion, facing off against Wanqi Yao, and finally leaving Yun Meng Lake together.'' Watching it again and again and again! After re-watching it again for the third time, Qin Cheng expressionlessly got up and walked over to the french windows, and looked down at the bustling city night scene. After three minutes, he silently walked back to the sofa, the red on the tip of his ears finally fading slightly. He muttered to himself for a moment, before picking up the remote again and rewatched it for the fourth time! Soon after, a posted was made on Weibo. Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Ah ah ah ah beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful! Why are you so beautiful! Why are you so cute!!! I really want to sleep with him, really really really really really really really really really really really really want to #BeggingtosleepwithWanqiYao If someone was to click on this Weibo ount and scroll around a bit, one''s afraid they would be surprised to find that all posts made by this ount are all rted to Rong Xu! One posted in the morning Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: I really want to have breakfast with Rongrong today. One posted in the afternoon Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Hou Xi is so handsome. One posted at night Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: "Vie for Supremacy" is about to be on soon, looking forward to meeting Wanqi Yao! This was more punctual than having three meals a day! At the same time, Rong Xu who was thousands of miles away naturally didn''t know that in the apartment he had just left from yesterday, a man was instantly watching the TV with a nk expression, already rewatching for the fifth time and was even eagerly going onto the sixth time! Even after rewatching the episode so many times, there wasn''t much of an expression on his face, as if he was just casually watching it out of boredom. In order to be prepared for tomorrow''s makeup and photoshoot, Rong Xu went to sleep early. When he woke up, he brushed his teeth as he looked through his friends circle on Weibo to suddenly discover that he was on the trending searches again. #BeggingtosleepwithWanqiYao This tag was a bit shameful. Rong Xu send Luo Zhentao a message to specially ask if it was him behind this extremely shameful hashtag. Who expected Luo Zhentao to replied, feeling wronged: If I wanted to buy the water army to help you get on the trending searches, wouldn''t I have added your name in it? Xiao Xu, although this tag makes one feel ashamed, but the results are very good ah. It was actually pushed to the top 10 by theizens themselves! Rong Xu: "" Yes that''s right, the top ten. Once you click on it to look, everyone was saying "I really want sleep with him." Rong Xu believes he has experienced great winds and big waves. What kind of scenes have he not seen before? But this was really the first time he''s encountered the whole world wanting to "sleep" with him. Leaving aside when he wasn''t famous yet in hisst life, even after he became famous, he was always the protagonist with his own female lead, or male lead En, he indeed acted in a gay movie before. However, his fans have never been so enthusiastic, and would only silently contribute to the box office. How could it been that you just change the world and everyone turned so passionate?! If I can''t sleep with Wanqi Yao, I refuse to get up! Oops I fell down, I will only get up if Rongrong gives me a kiss~ If I can''t sleep with Wanqi Yao, then what other meaning does my life have or maybe I can sleep with Huo Xi~23333 I let you guys have Wanqi Yao, I''ll also let you have Huo Xi, I''ll sleep with [email protected] Xu Rong Xu: "" You still dare to aite him!!! While he was taking the character posters during the day, Rong Xu has been silently looking through the fanments. He has already signed the contract for "ck Clouds" with Luo Zhentao this morning and finalized the filming schedule, so today''s photoshoot was also very rxing and pleasant. Rong Xu was very idle and in the next moment, he has already looked through thousands of posts made by fans. As long as you search up the posts with the hashtag #BeggingtosleepwithWanqiYao, he has already read every post word by word. When he was returning to the hotel at night, Rong Xu scrolled through his phone and saw another post. Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: No! Sleeping with Wanqi Yao is not enough! I want Rongrong, I want to sleep with Rongrong! #BeggingtosleepwithWanqiYao There wasn''t much difference between this post and the pervious fans'', Rong Xu only nced at it before continuing to casually scroll down. After one day, he was already used to the fans'' shamelessness. He even idently clicked on a little beep-writing by a fan and looked through it, so he no longer cares about this sort of verbal molesting. Before going to sleep tonight, Rong Xu thought about it and in the end still made a post. Rong Xu: After watching "Vie for Supremacy" tonight, you have to rest early~ I''m going to sleep first, the door''s locked, no one is allowed toe in. [Smile][Smile][Smile] Many fans justed turned on the TV and heard "Vie for Supremacy" theme song when they suddenly received a notification. Ah ah ah ah ah ah Rongrong, let me sleep with you!!! The next day, with the increase of Wanqi Yao''s scenes, more and more fans aren''t just licking the beauty, but also began analyzing the character. The more he appeared, the more people would admire him because who could believe that such a seemingly frail youth can guide thousands of troops to destroy an even more powerful army. If you were to said you like this person since the beginning, what you liked was his temperament and his face. Now with the disy of the character ''Wanqi Yao'', more and more fans are affected by his tranquil and calm bearing, and was also touched by his seemingly cold, but gentle heart. Until three dayster, the story suddenly came to where Wanqi Yao and the second male lead Dongli Lan meets on the battlefield. On this side, Rong Xu has began preparing for "ck Clouds" starting ceremony the next day. While over there, many viewers were stunned as they watched Dongli Lan, don in armor, look on coldly at Teacher Wanqi who was clothed in white. The long sword was pointed, a cold sneer, and in a piercingly heartless voice: "Whoever kills him will be rewarded ten thousand gold taels and the title of Marquis!"
The author has something to say: Rongrong: Ah, what was that name again, Lotus Seed what? Qin Orangeorange [Jumps up]: It''s Baby! It''s Baby! It was Baby! Rongrong: Oh I forgot, it was probably just an ordinary fan. Qin Orangeorange: QAQ!!!
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Chapter 33: Lan & Yao CP Goes Viral (1) In the center of the armies and amongst the mes of wars, the evilly good-looking man pointed his sword and offered a high reward. How would that make you feel? The audience knew not how Moqi Yao felt, yet they themselves were thrilled to the point of exploding. [Dongli Lan actually knows Moqi Yao? Howe? Did I miss something? And I forgot that they were old acquaintances?] [Oh my! This is awesome! Howe someone as domineering and cool as Dongli Lan wanted Yaoyao on his list? And he even offered such a lucrative reward! Is there something secret between them or why would he want Yaoyao dead? Please enlighten upon us about their rtionship! @Crew of Vie for Supremacy] [One the cold-blooded and evil crown prince. The other the unsurpassed consellor. When the two meet in battlefield, the prince wants the counselor dead knowing not that they two will someday fall deeply in love, creating a touching romance thatsts life after life.] [The upstair synopsis looks hrious, quite simr to the style of some web novel site. Yet once I bought it, I found it extremely intriguing! So what is the true story between Dongli Lan and Moqi Yao? It seemed they two were old acquaintance?] The newly released two episodes told one of the great wars between Chu and Liang. Before this the army of Chu defeated Liang, taking back their territory lost nine years ago with the help of Moqi Yao. One month after that, Crown Prince of Liang led an army to the border of Chu. Thus the war bagan. The army of Liang was far mightier that of Chu, thus though with the instruct of Moqi Yao, Chu didn''t gain any advantage in the battlefield. A stalemate followed with neither side daring to initiate an attack. The two new episodes revealed only this much information yet the unexpected way Dongli Lan treated Moqi Yao led audience''s thoughts to wonder. Soon the heat discussion of #VieForSupremacy overwhelmed the Inte and some deduced the possible identity of Dongli Lan. [In the first few episodes Moqi Yao had mentioned that he also had a friend, his martial brother. They two grew up together, enjoyed deep friendship but somehow were out of touch with each other. If Dongli Lan knew Moqi Yao, then he could be Yao''s martial brother, or at least was acquainted with Yao''s martial brother.] The following two episodes proved the spection. When asked by Xiao Xiang about their story, Moqi Yao answered with a gentle smile, "He is my Shixiong mon address for martial brother)." Then a happy memory shed in. Born of an imperial maid, Dongli Lan was ignored by Emperor Liang. There was a time when he fell into ake by ''ident'' and was nearly drowned to death. Though he survived, he was infected with smallpox thereby sent out of the imperial pce to avoid spreading the infection. It was then he met with his Master, head of Wang Qiu Pavilion. Wang Qiu Pavilion was not only a ce of counselling strategies and wisdom but also a ce of unparalleled martial arts. Thete Master took Dongli Lan as disciple after seeing his great aptitude, cured him of smallpox and taught him Martial arts. Five yearster, he took Moqi Yao as disciple and taught him too. However, Moqi Yao had no talent in martial arts while Dongli Lan excelled in almost everything. Moqi Yao never won in martial skills but surpassed Dongli Lan in civil virtues. Dongli Lan never beat Moqi Yao in politics and counselling but he was way better than most of the ordinary. When asked why Dongli Lan would leave, Moqi Yao shook his head and said, "We both believed that Master would appoint Shixiong as the next head of Wang Qiu Pavilion but secretly he chose me." Unwilling to ept the unannounced reality, the proud Dongli Lan left Wang Qiu Pavilion and returned to Liang. He usurped the ce of Crown Prince, made the Emperor a mere figurehead and became the Emperor of Liang. All audience were touched by the unbending tie of fate between the two. [Truely outdated! But also awesome! They two had a stirring story!] [In Yaoyao''s memory, the Little Crown Prince liked Little Yaoyao. He cut fruits for Yaoyao, and led Little Yaoyao to sneak out to town. I didn''t believe that he wanted Yaoyao dead.] [You knew nothing. It''s the sort of tormenting love that kills. I''d like to offer the scriptwriter some sweet candies for their good job! Even BL novels dare not to have such plots. The scriptwriter is definitely a man of creation.] The Lan & Yao CP (couple) went viral in just four episodes after the two met. Originally, only a few discussed the CP, however, by the time a single-frameic strip of the chubby little Yaoyao and Little Crown Prince went online, yaoyi fandom were thrilled to join in the discussion. 12 o''clock that night, Lan & Yao CP became the most heated one under the super topic of #VieForSupremacy, leaving the Xiang & Xian CP of ML and FL far behind. Many more jokes themed on the possible guess of the story between the two brothers came online in one day, some of them were so adorable and touching that they would melt your heart. Then some fan-illustrators joined in creating some amazing single-frameic strip or four-frameic strips. The following release on the third day didn''t borate on the story between Moqi Yao and Dongli Lan, but revealed something breaking: Yaoyao had been keeping a jade pendant that Dongli Lan gave him. Xiao Xiang once idently knocked it off; luckily, it stayed intact. Xiao apologized repeatedly as Moqi Yao smiled, "Something bad may indeed happen if it broke into pieces. Not that it is valuable, two tales of silver at most. But it is the only thing Shixiong''s mother left him. Back when we were young, I took the me for him and, as punishment, knelt in Discipline Chamber for three days. Shixiong had been guarding at the door all the while. Later he gave me this jade pendant and said that he owed me a favor. The jade pendant is the token for his promise." Xiao Xiang asked out of surprise, "Then why did he" Moqi Yao immediately got the meaning of her unsaid words. Why would Dongli Lan want his young martial brother dead after gifting him the jade pendant important as this? Moqi Yao smiled with a slight shook of his head, not a bit grudge detected in his tone, "We were too young. Perhaps Shixiong just forgot it." By no means was Xiao Xiang some ignoble man who would demand Moqi Yao to use the jade pendant and let Dongli Lan surrender. So she stopped the conversation after a slight nod. Itching to know more, the audience were nearly driven mad with curiosity. [Oh my! Yaoyao is such a considerate and intelligent boy, so appallingly beautiful to the point of deserved by none. If I were Dongli Lan, I would be willing to give up the whole world for him, let alone some sort of head of a pavilion. I want Yaoyao!!!] [I just pictured the character setting for the CP: The Heartless Evil Arrogant Top & Spoony Gentle Intelligent Bottom!] [Report! The plot of lost memory fits perfectly for the two.] [So you all believed Yaoyao to be a bottom? Why I thought Yaoyao is an evil top who looks good-natured and amicable but deep down he is a vicious beauty.] The heat discussion of Lan & Yao CP brought great benefits to Vie for Supremacy and the two actors. Rong Xu had already gone viral with Ambush, turning from a third-level star to ab-lister by virtue of a weekly released TV drama. Now with adorable and rich character Moqi Yao, he enjoyed the shockingly high poprity the second to none among ab-listers. Rong Xu had been a frequent topic for heat discussion online from July when he first joined the crew of Vie for Supremacy to the premiere of Ambush. Even with half of the episodes released, it was merely half a year for his rise. Now he was frequently mentioned together with Ye Qiao because of Lan & Yao CP. Rong Xu''s fans had been increasing fast every day, tens of thousands of fans every day. Every weblog he posted would be reposted for over ten thousand times. However, Ye Qiao''s would only be reposted for about 5,000 times at most. That didn''t mean that Rong Xu''s poprity of four million fans surpassed Ye Qiao who was followed by over seven million fans. The fact lied in that Rong Xu''s most fans were new followers in just half a year who would naturally be alive on weblog. Ye Qiao weed his second boom of career as Lan & Yao CP went viral. Many audience were intrigued to discuss theplicated story between Dongli Lan and Moqi Yao, many audience followed Ye Qiao''s weblog and the forum of the entertainmentpany he started. Ye Qiao became popr, his fans booming. Just like what Dong Zheng had said half a year ago, Qi Li Studio boomed the poprity of the second male lead and fourth male lead with Vie for Supremacy just as it had done many years ago with a ck horse movie on homosexuality. Many celebrities would go viral because of certain TV drama or a movie. As it was in the Crew of Vie for Supremacy, the female lead Tang Menn was a superstar liked by many already. She now won the Queen of Audience Rating with her steady performance in the TV drama. Thetest rating for Vie for Supremacy was 3.4! And that would certainly keep increasing considering the heat discussion. The male lead Dong Zheng gained his very first high rating TV drama with him starring. And the second male lead Ye Qiao and fourth male lead Rong Xu got most out of Vie for Supremacy. For Ye, this was a TV drama that helped him back to the prime of his career; for Rong, this TV drama set a solid foundation for his future career. The third male lead Song Mingfei was the one least noticed, but only temporarily as the role he yed didn''te into audience''s views yet. His poprity might also enjoy a great boom when the role he yed came out. For all these, Rong Xu only learned a rough idea from Luo Zhentao. He didn''t the crew of Vie for Supremacy and Ye Qiao from fan faring up the poprity. Yes, behind the heat of Lan & Yao CP lied the intervene of the Crew of View for Supremacy. Reasonable marketing could also increase his poprity, bringing more eyes to him. Why would he refuse? Besides, he himself didn''t have to do anything except for providing his name. So he could focus on preparing for the new movie with Crew of Vie for Supremacy and Ye Qiao''s team taking in charge of the whole thing. Chapter 34: Lan & Yao CP Goes Viral (2) In order to shoot ck Clouds, the filming crew specially found a vocal teacher for Rong Xu to teach him to sing. Director Liang''s thought was that although Rong Xu could sing beautifully, he had no professional knowledge. As was known to all, in a film, a character couldn''t use dubbing unless the actor or actress gave up being nominated and winning awards with this character. To win movie awards was extremely demanding on actors. If the voice of the character wasn''t that of the actor, it meant the voice, as part of the performance, didn''t belong to the actor, then he wouldn''t deserve a corresponding award. No matter how excellent the performance was, the actor simply couldn''t be awarded. Yes, it was that strict. Therefore, if possible, the crew of ck Clouds wished Rong Xu could sing in his own voice. Only when it really didn''t work would they consider using dubbing or recing the singing part with Ling Xiao''s voice. But either way would more or less affect the presentation of the movie. Director Liang''s thought was of good intention, but to his surprise, the professional teacher came to him just ten minutes after the lesson started, huffing, "Old Liang, I didn''t expect you were such a person. What did you tell me? You said Rong Xu seemed to know a little about vocal techniques, but never released records, so you let me teach him. Why did you lie to me in this way?" Director Liang was dumbfounded, "Ilied to you? What do you mean? Old Chen, we must make it clear right away." Teacher Chen pulled the corner of his lips, responding helplessly, "Rong Xu has very solid vocal techniques. I''ll write my name backwards if you insist he didn''t have professional training! Alright, I have nothing to teach him in a short time. Even if in a year, I can at most help him adjust voice. He''s already a master of techniques. Stop fooling me around. Treat me to dinner tonight and I''ll forgive you about this." Director Liang, "" So he had spent a lot on merely a ten-minute lesson plus a dinner?! Director Liang shouldn''t be med for this, neither should Rong Xu, of course. The day before, Director Liang told him toe to the movie set earlier to learn something. Director Liang hadn''t made it clear, so Rong Xu hadn''t expected that Director Liang should find him a vocal teacher. In his previous life, Rong Xu had three-year vocal training. Even though he was modest not to brag himself as top level, he indeed had very solid skills. For this incident, Rong Xu decided to treat Director Liang to dinner as an apology. He invited Teacher Chen as well. At the dinner, a few drinks catalyzed the chat between the famous director and the well-known vocal teacher, who totally forget the incident that had just happened on the day. But when Rong Xu was about to enjoy some wine, Teacher Chen suddenly became sober and advised him seriously, "If you want to be a good singer, quit spicy food, alcohol, as well as any heavy-tasted food." Director Liangughed in amusement, "Stop it. The kid is just in a movie, as an actor, not a singer." Teacher Chen alsoughed, "Look at me. I forget. I''m so used to be nervous about it." Rong Xu smiled while nodding. It seemed that these two really drank a lot tonight. Maybe due to his habits in thest life, this life, Rong Xu hadn''t drunk any sort of alcohol yet. Usually some wine at most. Out of subconscious, he protected his throat. Even if he was now an actor, he would habitually protect the throat. This was a habit that had been inserted to his DNA, just like he had used to do vocal training again and again until the throat felt dry and hurt. As long as it started, he would keep trying and not give up. In two days, the plot of Vie for Supremacy would develop to the midpoint, and Moqi Yao''s scenes wereing to an end. Of course, the audience didn''t know this, but Rong Xu, with interest, frequently took out his cellphone to checkments from online followers. The crew of ck Clouds had made full preparation, and tomorrow would be the official start-up ceremony. During this time, Rong Xu had been staying with the crew and learning from an elderlyposer the habits and hobbies of Ling Xiao. If he wanted to y this character, naturally he had to learn about him as much as possible in order to present an authentic Ling Xiao. The next morning when the sky was dim, the ck Clouds crew burnt incense and started shooting, all in silence. The leading actor and actress, director, producer, investor, and screenwriters were all present. The director was the first one to offer incense, and then the leading actor Rong Xu and leading actress Yu Siyu, followed by the producer, investor The procedure had no difference from other crews, so everyone finished their own tasks with ease. After Director Liang led the leading actor, actress, producer and investor to cut the red ribbon which symbolizedmencement, the ck Clouds crew officially started its shooting. Everything seemed normal and simple, but there was one strange thing-- No media staff showed up. Yes, from the beginning to the end of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, no media participated in it! The attendees included only the crew staff and agents and assistants of actors. Except for them, no reporters were seen. This didn''t mean, however, that the B crew was so unworthy of media coverage that no correspondents wanted to report what happened inside. The fact was exactly the opposite. Right at the Movie Town of S city, hundreds of reporters swarmed up around the shooting scene, trying all means to sneak inside to cover the first-hand news. One of themined in the bitterly-cold wind, "The ck Clouds crew should bar reporters! What a strange crew!" Starting from this morning, the ck Clouds crew was on full alert, blocking the shooting site and leaving the media no ess to get inside. Director Liang resolutely turned down every interview invitation and even requested that all staff members be dismissed should they disclose any relevant information, even the cast. The more they kept it mysterious, the more eager the outside was to know about this crew. ck Clouds was a movie in memory of Ling Xiao, something everyone knew. From a year ago since the movie was approved to this day of official shootingmencement, every fan of Ling Xiao had been closely following it. The fans across the countryno, across the globe were expecting every detail of the movie. Therefore, reporters naturally wanted to dig out more news about it. The opening ceremony ended like this without any media. In the afternoon when they prepared to take the final costume photo, Director Liang, worried that Rong Xu might have doubts, specially exined to him with patience, "Don''t think too much. This movie is destined to be followed by billions of fans. Till now, Ling Xiao still has two hundred million fans on weibo, so I didn''t publicize the crew so that the shooting won''t be disturbed." Hearing this, Rong Xu slightly nodded, smiling, "I know. Director Liang wants to concentrate on making a quality work regardless of outsidements." His words made Director Liang grin and speak the forthright northeast dialect, "Kid you''re on the track. Good. Good. When free, go and chat with Yu Siyu. She''s a nice person and your senior, also with the Huaxia Entertainment. She''ll take care of you." Rong Xu responded with a smile. Perhaps due to Director Liang''s words, that evening, Yu Siyu came to Rong Xu. She was a gentle amiable woman. The soft hair was tied into a bun, leaving only two strands dropping along the cheek, making her even gentler. She was different from either Tang Menn, who was brightly beautiful, or Zhang Tongtong, who was graceful and elegant. Yu Siyu seemed like a harbor so warm and soft that on one would be angry at her, because the sight of her made a heart melt. But at odds with her soft appearance, her speech was direct, "We''re with the samepany, Rong Xu. If you have any questions, juste to me. You only work in the business for half a year with two TV series, right? So any problem regarding movie,e to me." Rong Xu didn''t refuse and smiled, "Thank you, Sister Yu." Yet Yu Siyu shook her head, "Don''t thank me. You''re the leading actor. If your character didn''t present well, then the whole movie will have problems. I like Ling Xiao very much. Though my favorite isn''t ck Clouds, he''s my favorite singer. I''m looking forward to seeing you performing an authentic Ling Xiao." These words answered a question that Rong Xu had had. He knew the leading character was Yu Siyu when he decided to take the script. Most of the candidates of the leading male character were A-lister young men. Among them, he and Ling Zhen had never participated in a movie; he himself was an even fresher one. Jiao Jingshan had a few movies, but the box office wasn''t good, and his performance on TV series wasn''t outstanding either. Why was Yu Siyu willing to help shoot such a biography movie with a male character as the main one? It turned out that Yu Siyu was also a fan of Ling Xiao. It made sense. Yu Siyu was the winner of the best neer of the Golden Phoenix Award five years ago, the best supporting actress of the Effie Award three years ago, the best supporting actress of Oscarst year and the year beforest year. She was also nominated as the best actress of the Golden Phoenix Awardst month. In terms of awards, Yu Siyu was definitely an A-lister big name. More precious was that though she didn''t get too many awards, the box office was really impressive. If Tang Menn was the recognized queen of TV series among all A-lister actresses, then Yu Siyu was the queen of movie. In the past six years, her eleven movies hit a global box office of twelve billion and three million! She couldn''tpete with the international movie stars like Wen Xuan or Xiao Muyan, but she was just twenty-nine years old, still young to win an award of movie queen, yet she managed to achieve such great box office. Therefore, she was the beloved one of directors among all A-lister actresses. Chatting for a while with Yu Siyu, Rong Xu found that this actress was straightforward in nature, but also a nice person as Director Liang said. She talked outright without hitting around the bush, but when it came to professional subjects, she showed patience as well. To sum up, she really meant to offer Rong Xu help as an experienced senior. Take the moment before everyone got back to hotel for example, Yu Siyu suddenly reminded Rong Xu, "You''re still young and a little reckless, but there are things you must pay attention to. Though our movie doesn''t enjoy an investment of astronomical figures, many big names wille as guest performers. As far as I know, Xia Muyan and Chu Qi wille, so Rong Xu, you must pay attention to your words and behaviors. Make sure to be courteous." The reminder was put forth in a serious tone, not at all subtle nor tactful, but well epted by Rong Xu. To the ear of some new actors, these words might sound like a warning: "You small potato should be clear of how you are before big figures. Don''t be stupid." But Rong Xu knew that she worried that he might idently offend someone even without noticing. Thinking of this, Rong Xu liked her more. He smiled back, "Thank you, see you tomorrow, Sister Yu." Yu Siyu slightly nodded, "See you." There were people in the world that were so wonderful indeed. On the way back to his room, Rong Xu pondered to himself that a refreshing soft exterior Yu Siyu had, howe she was so serious? If this was known to her fans, he bet they wouldn''t believe it. Thinking these, Rong Xu took out the key and inserted it into the keyhole. As he gently twisted, sound of steady footsteps rang from behind him and finally stopped not for away from him. With a ''crack'' the door opened. Just before entering the room, Rong Xu subconsciously turned to check who the person was over there. However, the moment he saw that person, his body stiffened out of shock. The first idea urred to him was that--Qin Cheng was also a guest performer of this movie?! The good-looking and indifferent man lowered his gaze and looked at the young man calmly. The pair of slim bottomless dark eyes concealed all kinds of emotions within them. He quietly eyed this youth staying still in shock before him. With time, he should think of his cutely numb look on Superb Entertainment. Qing Cheng''s lips curled up in the corner, but his voice sounded surprised. He pretended to be caught by surprise, "What a coincidence! You''re also here Are you in ck Clouds too?" The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!