Author: hoeniely (Page 12 of 14)

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations.

❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Bear with me QAQ

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Chapter 35 – Keep Sending Sweets

After Tang Tang left, Zhou Jinchen returned to the hospital room alone.

The atmosphere of the hospital is not a stranger to Zhou Jinchen. Even though he did not return to the mountains as an adult, he had never missed a visit to the hospital. It was just that he was a public figure and every time he comes, he had to put in a lot of effort to cover up, let alone would come to the hospital to take care of other people.

This time, An Xumo’s incident was purely an accident.

The small bedside lamp was dimly lit. Zhou Jinchen stood by the bed, less than a step away from him. The thin boy is sleeping sideways, his previously stretched eyebrows furrowed again.

The other party didn’t look like he was sleeping comfortably. His figure was a little too thin, his body curled up in a ball. He probably wouldn’t have been able to hold much height if he hadn’t been lying on his side, sleeping under the covers.

In a trance, the side profile that had gradually emerged and the milk dumpling in memory overlapped. An Xumo was too skinny. Although all artists who relied on their faces for a living were much thinner than average due to the need to be on camera, An Xumo was still the thinnest type of artist Zhou Jinchen had ever seen.

The way he curls up and shrinks into a ball, looking like a child, as if he was suddenly taken away after more than ten years. An Xumo turned back into that thin, little kitten following behind his older brother and calling him. He even held the edge of Zhou Jinchen’s clothes carefully, but when he held it, he can be happy for a long time, and you don’t even have to bother to coax him.

An Xumo is an example. No one else’s family has such a well-behaved younger brother.

Before the accident back then, Zhou Jinchen still had the willingness to make friends with others. Most of the people who play together are peers from similar families, which can be regarded as opening up social circles in advance. In a family like theirs basically have several brothers and sisters. The daily routine of peers getting along is like chicken flying and dogs jumping,¹鸡飞狗跳: Frighten chickens to fly and scare dogs to jump everywhere which describes panic and chaos. and quarrel to the point of no return. Some are the more they quarrel, the deeper the feelings, while some grow up with bad feelings. However, Zhou Jinchen has looked around and he has never been able to find another child like An Xumo, who is quiet and well-behaved.

Zhou Jinchen looked at the boy on the bed in silence. Only after a while did he extend his hand over, as he gently pressed his fingertips to An Xumo’s brow. The tightly wrinkled part under his fingers came in contact with the outside temperature and slowly became flat.

It wasn’t long before Zhou Jinchen felt his other fingers hanging to one side, lightly touch.

When Zhou Jinchen withdrew his hand, he saw An Xumo opened his eyes. Those black eyes still had moisture in them. The boy blinked with difficulty and softly called out again, “Brother.”

Zhou Jinchen felt that he could vaguely smell the scent of milk again.

Although he didn’t get much of a response, the boy on the bed seemed to have expected this reaction. He raised his eyes to look at Zhou Jinchen and buried his chin a little more under the covers.

An Xumo’s lips opened and closed a few times, but the sound was very soft. It took Zhou Jinchen a moment to realize what the other was saying. He looked at the person and turned to the nearby water dispenser to get warm water.

There was a disposable straw on the bedside table. Zhou Jinchen inserted the straw into the glass of water and passed it over. An Xumo lifted his chin from the blanket and opened his mouth and held the straw.

The movement of him sucking and drinking water was also very small, and together with the silent Zhou Jinchen, there was still no sound in the room despite the presence of two people in the ward. When An Xumo finished drinking, Zhou Jinchen took away the glass of water and heard someone behind him whispering, “Thank you for coming.”

Zhou Jinchen paused in his movements and put down the water cup before turning back to look at the person on the bed.

An Xumo had already closed his eyes, his fever seemed to have gone down a little, and his entire face became paler. Under the gentle light, it seemed so transparent that he could see the veins directly under the skin.

The boy whispered, his soft voice that sounded like a murmur, “Brother, I haven’t dreamt of you for a long time.”

Zhou Jinchen lightly raised his eyebrows.

An Xumo, however, couldn’t see the man’s expression, he was still keeping his eyes closed, “I’ve been studying acting lately, and I’ve been so bad at it that I don’t dare to see you in my dreams…..”

“But this time, thank you for coming……I feel much better.”

Zhou Jinchen still had the intention to interrupt him before but slowly dispelled the thought. An Xumo’s condition was not really good, and the concussion would still have a very unpleasant aftermath. Zhou Jinchen felt there was no need to irritate him any further, so he just continued to listen to the other party’s whisper.

“After I wake up, I will continue to work hard.”

Zhou Jinchen thought for a while, wondering if talking would scare people awake. After considering, he remained silent. The man walked back to stand beside the bed, then stretched out his right hand.

As if An Xumo sensed his approach, he slowly opened his eyes again. His gaze went back and forth between Zhou Jinchen’s face and hands. Although his gaze was still scattered, his eyes slightly bent.

Zhou Jinchen lent out his right hand and watched as the boy touch his palm and rubbed it slightly. He looked cautious like he would scare himself away if he moved a little too much as if it wasn’t An Xumo himself in the dream but Zhou Jinchen.

The side of An Xumo’s face was pressed against his palm, but he was careful not to put all his strength on the pillow until Zhou Jinchen felt a heaviness in his hand. He looked down again to make sure the other party had fallen back to sleep.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Jinchen slowly pulled his hand once An Xumo had fallen asleep. The temperature on An Xumo’s body was still a bit on the high, and as soon as he pulled out his palm, the constant temperature air even makes people feel a little cold.

Zhou Jinchen glanced at his right hand and lowered his eyes again to look at the sleeping boy on the bed.

A long, long time ago, he wasn’t prejudiced against this brother. However, by mistake, they were torn apart for ten years.

Ten years had passed. Zhou Jinchen’s initial shock and anger had gradually evolved into a cold indifference afterward. He has the same attitude towards everyone, and An Xumo was no exception. Reason has become the first standard instead of emotion, and getting along with each other became one of the ways to transform interests to achieve goals. Even for Zhou family, Zhou Jinchen has always been the principle of mutual benefit and non-interference.

Until Xin Zimai brought back the news that the person who had been regarded as a murderer had actually jumped to his death a long time ago. The long-standing illusion of calm was finally revealed. The physically and mentally exhausted Zhou Jinchen looked back, only to see the younger brother who had not changed but had been misunderstood by him for a long time.

It was just that they had been separated for too long, so long that Zhou Jinchen could only retrieve fragments of An Xu Mo from his fuzzy memories. Even if he felt guilty and wants to makeup, Zhou Jinchen himself had long been unaware of the ability to take care and look after others.

The only way he could think of now was to compensate An Xumo in his career.

Since the other party wants to become famous, Zhou Jinchen was also willing to give someone a hand. He himself wouldn’t be on stage for too long. When the situation improved, he might just quit the entertainment industry at the time of his fame. If the two were still on good terms by then, Zhou Jingchen wouldn’t mind leaving his resources to An Xumo.

He stood by the bedside for a while longer, until a soft knock came from outside. Zhou Jinchen walked over and opened the door. Tang Tang returned.

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By the time An Xumo woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

He had slept for a full twenty hours. If he didn’t have an IV infusion to hold him up, he would definitely feel weak when he woke up. Even so, it frightened Tang Tang who was waiting on the side.

But An Xumo himself felt that he had slept so soundly that when he woke up, he could manage to ignore the slight feeling of dizziness and nausea.

In addition to a soothing beautiful dream, An Xumo had a lot of things to deal with urgently. Naturally, An Xumo was embarrassed to have caused trouble for so many people because of what he had done. But when he proposed to go back and continue with his task, he was firmly stopped by Tang Tang.

Activities such as interviews have been pushed off. The ballet and acting teacher have taken a vacation. Tang Tang stressed three times in a row just to make An Xumo remember his most important task—to have a good rest and an early recovery.

An Xumo thought about it and said, “I think it’s fine for me to participate in the activities.”

Tang Tang slammed the table, startling Xiao Zhang, the assistant who was called in to help.

An Xumo hurriedly said it was alright. Xiao Zhang picked up the sliced apple peel on the ground and continued to earnestly peel the remaining half.

Tang Tang said, “The point is not the current activity!”

“That is?” An Xumo asked along, but he had other concerns, “I haven’t finished my acting classes…..”

“Acting lessons are not the priority either.” Tang Tang shook her finger. She took her phone and pulled up a chat, and showed the screen to An Xumo, “Look.”

When An Xumo received the phone, he saw on the screen was a chat interface between Tang Tang and a person noted as Sister Liu, a member of Ma Lao crew. She was the one who notified that An Xumo passed the audition before.

An Xumo read it twice before confirming. He was slightly stunned, “Let me……enter the group early?”

“Yes,” Tang Tang nodded. “Sister Liu said that you have no acting experience, and Ma Lao is demanding on this supporting role, so she asked you to enter the group early and go to the set to see how the others are filming.”

An Xumo’s eyes suddenly lit up, “Really?”

He remembered another thing after getting excited, “Then, will it delay other activities and such……?”

Although An Xumo didn’t have much enthusiasm for everything except meeting his brother, he never put off the work that should be done. He should have a sense of responsibility and will not waiver from the bottom line.

Surprisingly, Tang Tang directly waved her hand and said, “In order to prepare for the film, we haven’t taken on too many activities recently. The more promising plans are all long-term contracts, there’s no rush to execute the contract after you’ve finished filming.”

“Xiao Mo, you can concentrate on filming during this time.” Tang Tang said sincerely,²语重心长: meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes. “Ma Lao is one of the most famous directors in China. You can definitely learn a lot of things with him.”

An Xumo paused, then smiled, “Okay.”

He was naturally happy, not only because of the advanced group could he learn a lot about acting, but also because he would be able to watch Zhou Jinchen for a few more days.

“But the necessary exposure still cannot be less,” Tang Tang suddenly turned around and ran to Xiao Zhang to bring An Xumo’s phone, scaring Xiao Zhang that he broke the rest of the apple peel.

Tang Tang handed the phone and apple together to An Xumo and stood beside the bed, “Come on. Post on Weibo, once a week is here again.”

An Xumo took the apple helplessly. He looked around, “But I’m in the ward now. It’s not easy to take photos, right?”

Tang Tang thought for a while and said, “Otherwise, you can use the previous selfie from your phone or just send a text?”

How can An Xumo have any selfies. The most he has on his phone are only gifs of Zhou Jinchen saved from the internet. If he really sends it out, it will be great.

He thought about it, opened Weibo to bring up the interface, directly input a good sentence, and set the timing.

An Xumo’s fans are already quite impressive. He didn’t have to go through any advance planning by his team to send Weibo, most of it was his own content. It was precisely for this reason that Tang Tang did not directly do it on his behalf, but instead urged him to send it every time.

This new Weibo is An Xumo’s own thoughts, but because of the timing, it wasn’t until 9pm that An Xumo’s Weibo page showed this content.

An Xumo momo: It’s the weekend, I wish you a good night’s sleep. [sleepy] [goodnight] [moon]

It was the happiest thing that An Xumo could share in the last few days.

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The author has something to say:

After reading the comments, I answered a few questions:

1. Both brother and Xiao Mo have a lack of emotion, but the causes are completely different and the way they express is not the same. The whole story is a mutual healing process~

2. The golden finger refers to the career line. The development routes of the brother and Xiao Mo is ideal, and Xiao Mo’s upgrade will definitely be a little more cooler. His brother is basically full level, and all that’s left depends on Xiao Mo.

3. The relationship lines are sweet and sour, there will be enough aching and sweetness. Don’t worry-3-

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations. 

❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. There will be grammatical errors and typos. Feel free to point them out~

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Chapter 34 – The two get along a little sweet

Tang Tang stood three meters away from the hospital bed, rejoicing that she had insisted on coming to a two-person ward with no other patient present. She felt her cold sweat sliding down on the back of her neck into her collar.

“Bro, brother…?”

She even began to think that the empty bed in this two-person wards was most likely for herself.

Tang Tang was five years older than An Xumo, but because he went to school early, the two of them were only two grades apart in middle school at first. They first met at the start of the club activities. Tang Tang has a cheerful personality and a lively mind. Although she was only exchanged at school for a month, she soon made friends quickly. This is Tang Tang’s strength and also her preference. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have come to Jin Dian right after her graduation. Instead of being a star, she wanted to be an agent.

The boy’s height was normal compared to his peers, but his body looked a bit too thin. It was unlikely that there were students in this school who were poor that they couldn’t afford to eat. Only after a long time had passed did she hear some vague rumors about An Xumo.

Although almost the vast majority of people in school knew of An Xumo’s identity, they wouldn’t give the details directly to Tang Tang who had only been an exchange for a month. Tang Tang only knew that An Xumo was the illegitimate son of some big family. She was only an exchange student and didn’t care much about the small groups in school, that’s why Tang Tang reached out and became An Xumo’s first friend.

After Tang Tang finished the exchange and returned to her original school, there was still contact between the two, but they never saw each other again. It wasn’t until half a year after she came to Jin Dian that An Xumo suddenly approached her and said he wanted to sign a contract as a trainee. Thus, the two of them re-established their current relationship.

In consideration of An Xumo’s mood, Tang Tang never asked about his family background. She only reported the extremely strange background information of “no father, no mather, no guardian” to the company, but she actually had some premonition in her heart. Later, when Xin Zimai came forward to give An Xumo the resources of “Sunny Weekend”, Tang Tang felt something was even more wrong. Although An Xumo’s appearance has great potential and his strength was undoubtedly good, he was still a newcomer who hadn’t officially debuted. Such good resources will not fall into his hands.

An Xumo didn’t say it and Tang Tang never questioned it. When she saw An Xumo’s admiration and respect for Zhou Jinchen, Tang Tang didn’t dare describe it. It was only when An Xumo really called out the name “brother” that she was able to confirm the true identity between the two.

This new film emperor, who has been famous for a long time and had an amazing flow is actually her own artist’s……brother.

Tang Tang was not sure why An Xumo had been hiding his identity, but she had learned a little about Zhou Jinchen’s background before. Remembering about the rumor that An Xumo was an illegitimate son of a powerful family, thinking that these two in front were definitely not the relationship of brother and younger brother in an ordinary family.

Their hidden relationship has been revealed by a dazed An Xumo. Tang Tang’s first reaction when she heard the breaking news was by no means excitement. She’s an agent and does not work part-time as a paparazzi. No matter how she thinks about it, it makes people more uneasy.

And looking at Brother Zhou’s attitude towards Xiao Mo before, there’s absolutely no way to describe it as close. Coupled with Zhou Jinchen’s long-standing “famous” difficult to get close….Tang Tang is really worried the other party will just throw his face and leave on the spot.

However, compared to Tang Tang who was so nervous that she was sweating, Zhou Jinchen’s reaction was much calmer.

He was neither disgusted nor impatient as Tang Tang imagined, nor was he nervous and uneasy because of An Xumo’s whispers. Zhou Jinchen stood by the hospital bed and looked down at the boy with half of his face in his hands. His face still had no expression, but he hadn’t taken his right hand back that was being pressed down.

An Xumo was a little feverish, and the hospital had given him an infusion bag. The side of his face that was rested on his hand was soft and hot, like a ball of freshly steamed soft bread that was still continuing to emit a thick, and milky aroma.

Zhou Jinchen glanced down. The boy moved quietly and closed his eyes again after softly murmuring about feeling sick. He should be feeling uncomfortable right now, a mild concussion plus a low-grade fever, and even the wetness oozing out of his eyelashes could be seen. But after pressing the right hand that was outstretched, he spread out his furrowed brow bit by bit under Zhou Jinchen’s gaze.

Zhou Jinchen had done a detailed psychological analysis before when he played 《The Scarecrow》. Lin Mai was insecure due to his parent’s quarrels and neglect since childhood, he had to hug a pillow at night in order to sleep. After that, he worked hard and started a family. His wife was uncomfortable with him tightly hugging a pillow and did not want him to hold a pillow to occupy space. Lin Mai could not adapt to the empty arms. The conflict between the two people was this trivial matter.

An Xumo and Lin Mai were almost nothing alike, but Zhou Jinchen felt that for no reason, his hand seemed to be the pillow An Xumo craved for.

A mild concussion wasn’t severe, but the patient would definitely have a very uncomfortable period after waking up. Rather than letting An Xumo wake up uncomfortable, it was better to let him continue to sleep for a while.

It was only after An Xumo had fallen asleep again that Zhou Jinchen slowly withdrew his right hand. He lightly held An Xumo’s side face, slowly adjusting the person’s position to avoid him pressing on the wound behind his head, and placed the side face back on the pillow. The pillow in the hospital was so thick that half of his face sank when he fell asleep. If it wasn’t for the fever that gave some redness, An Xumo’s face would have been paler than the pillow.

Tang Tang was watching them from the other side of the ward, Zhou Jinchen’s figure blocked An Xumo on the bed. He still had his usual expressionless face, but Tang Tang felt that when Zhou Jinchen moved, the light that was spreading down above his head seemed to have finally worked a little, making this man no longer look like a tall, cold, and hard statue.

At the very least, he wasn’t cold to An Xumo.

After Zhou Jinchen moved away from the bedside, the doctor who made rounds happened to see the room just in time. Tang Tang hurriedly asked Dr. Qing to take a look at An Xumo to see if there is no needle running. He just seemed to hold himself up and lay back down again.

Fortunately, An Xumo’s movement was not too big, and the needle was still in the veins on the back of his hand. The doctor gave a brief check again and advised to keep him warm, not to move around, and so on. And for the rest, just wait for the infusion to finish.

However, when the doctor was about to leave, Zhou Jinchen called out to him at the door.

Zhou Jinchen wanted to ask about An Xumo’s indigestion. It just so happen that the doctor’s office was nearby, and An Xumo was the last ward he had to check. He and Zhou Jinchen went to the office together. Tang Tang originally wanted to stay and take care of An Xumo, but there were some things Zhou Jinchen didn’t understand and needed to ask her. Besides, An Xumo had just fallen asleep, so she turned off the ward’s headlights and followed along.

The doctor pulled out the examination report from the bag and placed it on the table. He motioned Zhou Jinchen and Tang Tang on the chairs by the table before starting to read the report in his hand.

Zhou Jinchen didn’t wear sunglasses anymore, instead, he changed into a pair of black-rimmed glasses as a disguise. However, he looked too imposing that it didn’t look too rigid in his black-rimmed glasses. He was only able to fool people who weren’t familiar with the entertainment industry.

It just so happened that this doctor seemed to fall right into the category of someone unfamiliar with the entertainment industry. He placed the examination report on the table, crossed his fingers under the stethoscope on his chest, and said, “There is a problem with the digestive function of the patient’s intestines and stomach. His absorption capacity is not too good, and he can’t convert the food he eats into energy he needs.”

Tang Tang anxiously said, “Is it because of the stress? Or something else…..”

The doctor shook his head, “No, he should be born with this condition. Not absorbing well and not being able to put on weight.”

This kind of physique sounded tempting. It’s probably the kind that all girls couldn’t help but be moved. However, if it really turned out to be true, it wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

“It’s not just poor absorption, his entire digestive system is fragile and more prone to pathological changes than ordinary people, thus, special attention is needed. On the other hand, because of the limited degree of absorption, the energy supplied to the body is insufficient. The patient’s immune system is also affected.”

“But there is no good way to change his constitution. You can only pay more attention to it at ordinary times. Raw and spicy food should be limited, otherwise, the patient’s stomach will easily have problems.”

Finally, the doctor added, “However, the patient’s concussion was caused by himself. It has nothing to do with digestive problems. You should pay attention and not let him eat spicy food. It should be fine to take a few more days off. We will talk about other conditions.”

After the doctor finished speaking, Zhou Jinchen, who was silent on the side, suddenly spoke up, “If the absorption is not good, will it lead to eating too much?”

“Huh?” The doctor was stunned for a moment then waved his hand, “Indigestion and poor absorption usually go together, but that doesn’t mean the patient will eat more. Because of the failure to digest smoothly, his digestive organs don’t transmit hunger on time. He feels bloated and uncomfortable when he eats too much instead.”

“This is somewhat similar to being sick with no appetite, but to a lesser degree. It is in the case of the body’s need for energy, but this need is not converted into a feeling of hunger. Even if the patient has no energy, he doesn’t want to eat much.”

After the doctor explained, Tang Tang and Zhou Jinchen thought of the same problem at the same time—then why does An Xumo still eat so much?

When it comes to really eating in recent years, Zhou Jinchen actually only ate with An Xumo once when he invited him last time to a buffet. Although there were instances of eating together during the recording of 《Sunny Weekend》, An Xumo’s finger was injured at that time. In addition to Zhang Zhiwei’s cooking, the director team specially prepared another meal for An Xumo to make up a little off-cam. Zhou Jinchen didn’t pay special attention at that time, so he wasn’t clear about how much he really ate.

In the end, it was Tang Tang who inquired, “But Xiao Mo’s usual appetite is quite good……”

The doctor didn’t care too much, “That’s normal. Everyone is different and cannot be generalized. It’s good to be able to eat, just be careful not to eat too much. Otherwise, it will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines. In the end, it will still affect the body.”

Tang Tang simply wanted to cry without tears. The problem is her artist seems to have eaten too much……

Zhou Jinchen on the side said, “A single serving of sour soup and fatty beef, two deep-fried fresh milk, sweet and sour short ribs, a sixteen-inch pizza, plus seafood and soup….is this regarded as eating too much?

The doctor looked over with an odd look on his face as if he were looking at a real patient, “Isn’t that a lot? Who can eat this, Big Stomach King?”¹大胃王: I looked it up and apparently, big stomach king is a movie. When I searched it also showed up mukbang videos.

Zhou Jinchen looked sideways at Tang Tang, who raised her hand to wipe her forehead and whispered, “This is Xiao Mo, his appetite…..”

The doctor was obviously not quite convinced, “He eats irregularly? Often hungry for a full meal?”

Tang Tang shook his head, “No, basically every meal is almost like these…..”

The doctor couldn’t relate An Xumo’s small body with this appetite. He couldn’t help but hold his glasses and carefully sized up Zhou Jinchen and Tang Tang once more. Finally, his gaze fell on Zhou Jinchen and frowned, “This gentleman, I think you are a bit familiar.”

Zhou Jinchen was neither nervous about being recognized, nor doubted as the doctor changed the subject. He looked towards the doctor and waited for the other to finish the next part of his sentence.

But even Tang Tang, who was mentally prepared, did not expect that the doctor’s words would actually be, “Which live broadcast platform are you a host of?”

“…….”

Tang Tang: “???”

The doctor seemed to have discovered the truth, “Is this what the patient in sixth bed does? That’s what it is….oh yes, Big Stomach King, does he earn money by eating on live broadcast? He grows thin and eats too much without getting fat. Therefore, eating as much as you can to attract people to come and see?”

“If you don’t have this condition, don’t follow the same path as others. Look at the child lying on the bed, his face is so white and you still let him earn money in this way? His stomach and intestines simply can’t withstand this kind of torment….”

Seeing the expression of the man beside her becoming more and more inscrutable, Tang Tang, who was being scolded together, could only interrupt with a dry smile. “It’s not like that, doctor. We’re not doing a live broadcast.”

In the doctor’s expression full of suspicion, Tang Tang braced herself and explained, “Xiao Mo is a dancer. He usually trains a lot. We are worried that he can’t keep up with the nutrition so we didn’t restrict his diet…..”

“Eh, this, I’m sorry, ah. I recognized the wrong person.” The doctor held his glasses down again, only then did he take his eyes off Zhou Jinchen. He frowned, “But this amount of food….isn’t quite normal either. Does the patient usually have any stomach pains or other reactions?”

Zhou Jinchen also looked over, and Tang Tang felt her cold sweat coming out again. She had just felt in the ward that Zhou Jinchen looked a little more human, but now she can’t wait to pack herself back into the nanny car.²I think I also encountered the word nanny car before but I wasn’t able to give an explanation. Basically, it’s a car with more than 7 seats. It also refers to a car that is specially designed for the bosses to cook, makeup, and style, because the car can be like a nanny. Stars provide daily activities, so they are called nanny cars.

Ask your eyes!³RAW: 让你眼睛！I’m really confused with this one. QAQ.

Unspoken criticism aside,⁴腹诽归腹诽: I asked online and they told me that 腹诽 is roughly translated as unspoken criticism. Thus, “unspoken criticism is returned more with unspoken criticism.” Idk if it was right to shorten it, but yeah. Here’s also another meaning to it: Having slander in the heart refers to dissatisfaction in the heart, but does not say it when there are opinions, but only mutters in the heart. I hope you get the gist of it QAQ. I apologize. the question still needs to be answered. Tang Tang wiped her forehead again, “There should be no such thing… Xiao Mo didn’t mention it.”

The doctor frowned again at the examination report on the table, “It may be that he’s usually tired, plus, he’s growing in p***rty. That’s why he’s eating more.”

“But he’s still not very settled with this amount of food.” The doctor shook his head, “Not to mention that it’s a natural digestive problem, even an ordinary person’s stomach wouldn’t be able to take it if he ate this way. He’s still young, so he may not see anything, but it’s very likely that it will sow the seeds of illness in the future.”

Zhou Jinchen asked, “Does he need to control his eating?”

The doctor said, “If he has been accustomed to this kind of appetite, and his body has adapted to such a large amount, a drastic reduction could have an adverse reaction. This matter can’t be rushed.”

“However, the patient needs to rest and recuperate this time, he may not eat as much as he used to because of concussion, nausea, and other problems. You can take this opportunity to help him reduce the amount of food he eats step by step.” The doctor said, “There is no need to rush. Just take it slowly. The patient is young now, his body has no major problems. His recovery ability is stronger, just pay more attention.”

Tang Tang was busy nodding her head to take down the doctor’s words. She asked about some taboos and the like, before the two people retired from the office.

It was already late at night. Only the white lights remained in the corridor, and there was no one else passing by. Tang Tang originally thought that the two people were going back to the ward, but Zhou Jinchen pushed the door to take a look inside, making sure An Xumo wasn’t awake and closed the door again.

Tang Tang, who had been shut the door together, suddenly felt that her collar where she had just been drenched in cold sweat felt even colder.

Zhou Jinchen turned to look at Tang Tang. He was nearly one and nine meters tall. She didn’t notice anything on the screen, but she felt absolutely oppressive when facing the real person. Zhou Jinchen asked, “You said before that he was stressed. What’s the matter?”

Tang Tang reacted before remembering what she said to the doctor about stress, “Ah, it’s just that Xiao Mo has been preparing for the film of Ma Lao. Besides ballet training, he’s also taking acting classes. However, his acting classes don’t seem to be going too well. I’ve asked him a few times and he seems to have encountered some obstacles….”

“Hmm.” Zhou Jinchen responded and said, “Does he have any other important activities lately?”

Tang Tang bowed her head and flip through the schedule. Zhou Jinchen reminded, “Attending variety shows or attending parties and such.”

Tang Tang said, “It’s more about attending various events, as well as advertising endorsements….”

Zhou Jinchen said, “Those that aren’t set will be delayed first and those that are will be sent to Xin Zimai for him to solve, and let An Xumo recuperate himself.”

An Xumo doesn’t have the right to refuse at will right now. He doesn’t have enough capital.

Tang Tang nodded in response and hesitantly said, “Then, those classes for ballet and acting……”

“The ballet will be stopped for a few days. He can’t do strenuous activities right now.” Zhou Jinchen paused and said, “As for acting, let him enter the group early.”

Although An Xumo’s character is male four, Ma Lao wants to make a double male lead movie. Other than the main character, the other supporting characters were basically the same. It wouldn’t take too long for them to enter the group. According to the original plan, he would enter the group until half a month after the filming began.

Zhou Jinchen said in a faint voice, “Stay on the set for a few weeks and stop the acting classes for now.”

Tang Tang was stunned at first, then hastily nodded, “Okay!”

An Xumo had other activities to participate in, but honestly, with where he is right now, a hundred activities combined wouldn’t probably be as important as one Ma Lao’s film. Entering the group early was by no means a loss for An Xumo. On the contrary, it was an excellent treatment.

Tang Tang genuinely said, “Thank you, Brother Zhou!”

Zhou Jinchen waved his hand and said, “You go back first.”

Tang Tang was stunned:”…..Ah? “

Zhou Jinchen glance at her, “Go get An Xumo’s clothes. Be careful not to be photographed.”

“Yes, yes,” Tang Tang was now truly convinced that Brother Zhou is a good person. “I’ll go right away!”

But she quickly thought again, “Then, Xiao Mo’s here……”

Tang Tang thought that Zhou Jinchen also had to leave. After all, the other party didn’t seem like a leisurely person. Although An Xumo was busy, his busyness was absolutely nothing compared to Zhou Jinchen’s.

But in this case, no one would have taken care of Xiao Mo by the time she returned.

Tang Tang suggested, “Should I get a nurse first?”

Zhou Jinchen shook his head. “The fewer people know about his illness, the better. Bring the clothes and go back to rest after the infusion.”

After all, An Xumo had recently been considered a regular on all major pages. Even though it was now late at night, it was still necessary to be vigilant.

Tang Tang also reacted, she was distress. However, she heard Zhou Jinchen say, “I’ll watch here for a while. Go back quickly.”

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The next thing to write is the brother and Xiao Mo’s time alone + the making of the movie!

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Translated by: Jie Jie

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Chapter 33 – Tearful An Xiao Mo

After An Xumo fainted, the ballet teacher quickly informed Xin Zimai who transferred him to the training. Xin Zimai just happened to be working overtime in the company. The office building and practice area of Jin Dian are connected to the two buildings where you can walk over directly to one floor. When Xin Zimai came over, even Tang Tang hasn’t rushed over yet.

An Xumo’s condition wasn’t so good. He knocked the back of his head on the handrail of the treadmill when he fell, and the noise was enough to make people feel scared. The ballet teacher didn’t dare to move him easily, so he laid a mat on the floor and carefully turned the person off the treadmill. He even found some new towels to cover An Xumo.

The boy’s face was frighteningly white, and even his lips were bloodless as if he had applied a white foundation.

After listening to the ballet teacher’s story, Xin Zimai’s heart sank. He raised his hand cautiously and touched the back of An Xumo’s head. He felt an obvious bump under the soft hair of the other party.

Tang Tang rushed over at that moment. She was stunned when she heard An Xumo hit his head. She almost didn’t dial the emergency number directly, but Xin Zimai stopped her from getting the call through.

There are cameras guarding all around Jin Dian. If an ambulance came, it would make the headlines that night. Xin Zimai and the ballet teacher carried An Xumo downstairs. Tang Tang ran back to get a long thick down jacket. It was already late autumn, the temperature at night was not small.

The company building was brightly lit, and carrying an unconscious person down would inevitably cause people to glance at him. Fortunately, it’s not too early now. A few people went off the elevator, and they walked through the side door so it didn’t attract much attention.

Xin Zimai himself had other work to do and it was not a good idea to trouble the ballet teacher to follow him over. He first asked the teacher to go home from work and waited for Tang Tang to follow the driver on duty and take An Xumo to the hospital. He hesitated for a moment and dialed Zhou Jinchen’s phone.

Zhou Jinchen was busy with the investment company, but he picked up the phone quickly. After Xin Zimai finished telling the story, he heard the man over there say, “Which hospital?”

Xin Zimai said, “Linshan Hospital.”

This was also the hospital affiliated with the university where Li Qiucheng was.

There was a pause on the phone. Zhou Jinchen seemed to be talking to the person next to him, after a while, his voice became clear again, “I’ll go and have a look.”

Xin Zimai was taken aback, “…..Are you done with your work?”

This approach is really not like Zhou Jinchen’s style.

Zhou Jinchen said, “Qiucheng said that my re-examination report is out. I’ll stop by to get it back.”

Xin Zimai was just about to respond when he heard Zhou Jinchen say, “Come over here after you finished your work in Jin Dian, there must be someone to finish up here.”

Xin Zimai: “……” Where’s the labor union? He wants to complain about the excessive exploitation of labor.

Zhou Jinchen seemed to hear his thoughts, so he added, “Otherwise, you go to the hospital and bring back the report?”

Xin Zimai is avoiding Li Qiucheng these two days. How could he take the initiative to send himself to the door, “No, no. You go first, I’ll go over once I’m done here.”

As soon as he hung up the phone, he received another text message from Li Qiucheng. Looking at the other party’s usual indifferent tone, Xin Zimai finally couldn’t resist and swiped right to delete the message prompt.

See the last task of this crafty premarital task….Who would agree to do something like that!¹Raw: 见了鬼的婚前任务最后一项……谁会同意去做那种事！I’m not really sure on the first part~

Let Li Qiucheng play by himself. He is very busy and has to work overtime for at least twenty days without going back.

At least twenty days!

Throwing the matter to Xin Zimai, who was in pain but volunteered to work overtime, Zhou Jinchen quickly rushed to the hospital. After the temperature dropped, the disguise of going out became less conspicuous. Zhou Jinchen took a mask and sunglasses to get his re-examination report and went to the ward where An Xumo was in the message forwarded by Xin Zimai.

Li Qiucheng was not there, Zhou Jinchen took the report back first and waited for some time to get a specific analysis. However, when he arrived at An Xumo’s ward, he saw another diagnostic report from Tang Tang.

“Concussion?” Zhou Jinchen took the result from Tang Tang’s hand and raised his hand to take off his sunglasses, “How did he fall?”

Tang Tang recounted the process she heard from the ballet teacher. Zhou Jinchen frowned after hearing it and said, “Where is An Xumo’s schedule? Show me.”

When she came in a hurry, Tang Tang took nothing but her phone and down jacket, but she had a spreadsheet on her phone, thus, she sent the schedule for the last week to Zhou Jinchen.

Zhou Jinchen looked at the screen and his face became more and more uncertain. He put down his phone and looked at Tang Tang, “Who made the course plan?”

Tang Tang was frightened by him. She was already a little flustered because of An Xumo’s fainting and stuttered even more when Zhou Jinchen asked her, “Me, I reported it to Director Xin.”

Zhou Jinchen asked, “From 6 am to 11 pm, besides course training, there are activities to attend, catch up to four announcements in three days, and eight classes per day. This kind of high-intensity plan was really approved by Xin Zimai?”

Tang Tang has never heard Zhou Jinchen say such a long sentence, she said with a bitter expression, “The original plan was to……to cancel the course as soon as he was notified, but after An Xumo came back…..he made up the classes again……”

Zhou Jinchen was about to say something, but he suddenly stopped and turned his head toward the boy sleeping on the bed.

Tang Tang also followed his line of sight and saw that the boy who had been sleeping had opened his eyes.

“…..Xiao Mo!”

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An Xumo didn’t sleep well, he felt as if his chest was heavily pressed by something, and he felt sick even when he breathed. There was still something banging desperately in his head, his ears were ringing, and it was barely possible to hear a little extra sound.

“…..Mild concussion….gastrointestinal digestion….unsuitable….”

He could vaguely hear a bit of Tang Tang’s anxious voice, but it was hard to hear what the other was saying. An Xumo wondered if he should get up, there was a new training session coming up soon. But he was never able to wake up, something behind him was tugging him, and pulling him into the endless darkness bit by bit.

It wasn’t until a familiar deep male voice appeared in his ears that An Xumo gave up his desire to open his eyes.

It turned out I was dreaming, and I dreamed of my brother again. An Xumo thought vaguely that the alarm clock hadn’t gone off yet, he could probably sleep a little longer.

After a while, An Xumo somewhat felt that he had slept for a bit too long. Since signing with Jin Dian, he has never had the opportunity to stay in bed. It’s time to get up when he closes his eyes and opens them again. An Xumo was worried that he would retreat, but in the end, he tried to roll over and sit up from the bed.

As a result, as soon as he exerted himself, there was a stabbing pain in his right hand, and the body he was trying to hold up lost strength and fell back, knocking the back of his head that was already stuffy and painful making it even worse.

“Um….”

An Xumo opened his eyes but he felt like he couldn’t see anything clearly, in front of him was white and full of stars.

The pain brought out tears in his eyes, blurring his vision in front of him even more until a familiar man appeared in his line of sight. An Xumo, who was suffering from pain and nausea to the point of tears, caught sight of something.

How did he….still didn’t wake up from such pain like this?

A hand reached out as if trying to help him adjust his position. It was just that the dizzy An Xumo didn’t have the strength to discern anything else. He carefully but extremely eagerly tilted his head over and pressed against that hand.

The warmth from the palm of his hand made An Xumo feel a little less sick. He wrinkled his nose and couldn’t help but whisper out the name from the bottom of his heart, “Brother…..”

Originally wanted to take away the hand.

An Xumo didn’t notice the stiffness of that hand. He only thought that he was still in a dream. A dream that was too unpleasant, painful, and dizzying that he hadn’t been able to wake up.

Fortunately, my brother was there.

An Xumo pressed a little closer, burying half of his face on that hand.

The tip of his nose was sore, and his voice became a little smaller, “Brother….I feel sick….”

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Chapter 32 – Cold An Xiao Mo

An Xumo’s eardrums were almost burst by the sound of his own heartbeat. He stood there flabbergasted, with Zhou Jinchen standing only a little distance in front of him. An Xumo’s nose was sore from the bump. He couldn’t smell the faint perfume on the other man’s body. But with the distance between them, An Xumo could even feel the warmth coming from the man’s body.

He didn’t even have to reach out his hand to touch the real-life brother standing in front of him.

When An Xumo was startled, Zhou Jinchen had already seen the expression on his face. Seeing that the man’s eyes were slightly red, his eyelashes were wet, and there were still obvious tears on his face, the man’s heart sank. He quickly raised his eyes and glanced around the room.

Ma Lao was here and the room was full of faces that he had seen before in the crew. Zhou Jinchen calmly withdrew his gaze, putting up his hand over An Xumo’s back to bring him forward gently, making room for Lin Rui who was still standing outside behind him.

“Come in first.”

Zhou Jinchen motioned to Lin Rui, who looked at him with some confusion and followed from behind, before seeing An Xumo standing in front of Zhou Jinchen.

Although An Xumo raised his hand in time and covered his eyes with the back of his hand, Lin Rui had also seen his expression. As Lin Rui was about to ask, he heard Zhou Jinchen say, “Ma Lao is waiting for the script.”

Lin Rui had to withdraw his gaze and took the script over to Ma Lao first.

It was only when Lin Rui walked away that Zhou Jinchen turned sideways to block the view behind him. An Xumo stood between the door and his brother, wiping his eyes, he heard the man ask him in a deep voice, “What’s wrong?”

An Xumo put his hand down, straightened his back like a student being questioned by a teacher, and whispered, “Bumped, hit the nose.”

There was a nasal sound in his voice, and his expression looks like he made a mistake. He didn’t dare to raise his eyes to see Zhou Jinchen.

Zhou Jinchen frowned and asked, “You cried earlier?”

It was only then that An Xumo realized what the other was asking. He hurriedly nodded, “It was a request made during the audition.

That said, it wasn’t that someone was deliberately trying to embarrass him. Only then did Zhou Jinchen put his right hand back. At this moment, the black shirt not far away came over and greeted him with a smile, “Jinchen came over, what, do you know each other?”

“Brother Yang.” Zhou Jinchen nodded his head and said, “We were on the variety show together before.”

The recording of 《Sunny Weekend》 has now become a ready-made excuse, perfect for responding to inquiries.

“Eh, oh, yes, Green City’s 《Sunny Weekend》, right. How did I forget about that?” Yang slapped his forehead and said, “You’re asking about Xiao An, right? It’s nothing really. It’s just at the audition, Ma Lao asked him to try crying for a bit. The audition for their group is over.”

Generally, the audition will not directly announce the results on the spot, but since Ma Lao had made a separate request to An Xumo alone, I’m afraid that the result has no longer any suspense. Zhou Jinchen nodded calmly and said, “It’s good that everything is fine. Thank you, Brother Yang.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine.” Brother Yang waved his hand and said to An Xumo, “Just go back and wait for the notice. We’ll contact you.”

They had auditions for other roles afterward.

An Xumo replied, “Okay.”

He carefully lifted his hand and waved at the man beside him, “Goodbye, Brother Jinchen.”

Zhou Jinchen looked at him and nodded his head, “Go ahead.”

An Xumo pushed the door open and walked out, helping to softly close the door again outside the room.

He stood in front of the door and leaned back against the panel, raising his hand to pat his chest and let out a long breath.

The elder brother finally answered his greeting, and the tone sounded calm that he didn’t leave a bad impression on the other man today……This was just so surprising.

An Xumo stretched out his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose. Even though it was still a little sore, his lips couldn’t help but curl up. So happy, ah!

An Xumo walked down the stairs, even his pace was lighter. He just thought of the most refined possibility during the audition process, and as a result, he could still greet his brother now. Is there anything happier than this?

When Tang Tang, who was waiting downstairs, noticed the other party’s ease when she saw An Xumo from a distance, she was delighted but froze after welcoming the person’s slightly red eyes.

Tang Tang carefully asked, “Xiao Mo….How was it, did the audition go well?”

An Xumo nodded and smiled, “It should be fine.”

Tang Tang let out a sigh of relief, “What did the crew say?”

An Xumo thought, “Ma Lao said that my acting lessons were the same as if I had never taken them.”

Tang Tong was first shocked by Ma Lao’s appearance and then struck hard by the latter half of the sentence. She said incredulously, “Wha, what?!”

An Xumo didn’t expect Tang Tang’s reaction to be so intense. He hurriedly comforted her, “It’s fine, don’t panic. The crew said I’ll be notified in a few days.”

He was a bit excited about what just happened. He didn’t think his words would scare Tang Tang. An Xumo apologized to Tang Tang in distress, “I didn’t think I would scare you. I’m sorry.”

Tang Tang still didn’t react a bit, she was stunned. “Ah, did Ma Lao really said that?”

An Xumo said, “That’s what he said, but Ma Lao also said that my image is more suitable for the role.”

It was only then that Tang Tang really came back a little bit. She looked at An Xumo expectantly, “Really?”

“En,” An Xumo nodded. “And I think the chances are quite high, really.”

He briefly told Tang Tang about the process, and by the time the narrative reached the end of Ma Lao’s words, Tang Tang was so happy that she couldn’t suppress it.

“Oh my god…..” Tang Tang couldn’t help but reach out and rub her face. She looked excitedly at An Xumo and before the latter had an ominous feeling, she shouted a name, “Big Mo!”

An Xumo, “……”

“If Ma Lao says so, there must be no problem, ah!” Tang Tang excitedly said, “Big Mo on the big screen!”

An Xumo laughed, “Okay, okay, I know. Let’s go back first, shall we?”

“Go, go, go.” Tang Tang’s lively expression flew up, “I’ll give you extra lessons when we get back!”

“…….”

An Xumo thought he hadn’t heard clearly, “What are you going to do when you go back?”

“Extra lessons,” Tang Tang said naturally. “Acting class. Didn’t Ma Lao say your performance wasn’t good? We’re going back to train harder.”

“……okay.”

Contrary to the hesitant “okay” that day, An Xumo’s life had been described as “not okay” ever since he returned from the audition.

In order to stay in shape and maintain his professionalism, An Xumo’s ballet classes continued, but at a much reduced pace. After all, his current ability is sufficient for the ballet show in the movie.

The commercial activities that followed were not a problem either. After 《Dance to the Top Show》 and 《Sunny Weekend》, An Xumo can be described as “popular overnight.” Although he is still in his infancy, his fans are getting into the pit as quickly as they climb the wall.

Although these two tasks have made people very busy, they were still within the reach of An Xumo, who could spend sixteen hours a day in the training room since his days as a trainee. What really made An Xumo fearful was the fact that there were only three acting classes a day.

No matter how intense the other tasks were, they would be physically exhausting. However, acting was the only one that was tiring An Xumo’s heart.

“Your expression is too stiff, Xiao An.”

The acting teacher couldn’t help but sigh. He had already said this sentence three times today, but it didn’t seem to be of much use how many times he said it. He looked at An Xumo who had stopped in front of him and was a little embarrassed. In the end, he slowed down his tone and repeated the main point again, “This smile should be relaxed, let go of the facial muscles, and just let what’s in your mind appear on your face.”

An Xumo tried again with the teacher’s encouragement. However, seeing the helpless expression on his teacher’s face in the end, An Xumo could also guess the result of his attempt.

He stood there somewhat at a loss for words, and once again deeply tried to feel frustrated.

Although An Xumo has not been liked by many people around him since he was a child, there is no doubt about his own talent. Whether it was his academic record of being successfully admitted to a top university or the admirable dancing ability after every practice, the truth is that An Xumo had never really failed on the path of learning.

The acting classes, however, had made up for this not-so-pleasant first time for him.

When he finally finished a class, An Xumo, who bowed his head to pack his things, lowered his eyes, feeling that his chest and shoulders were being pressed so hard that he even felt tired from breathing. He stood up and was about to bow to the teacher and leave, but he was called out.

“Xiao An, let’s say, you don’t have to come over for tomorrow’s class.”

An Xumo was stunned, “……?”

The acting teacher saw his nervousness and smiled, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll give you another task.”

“Our current class adds up to about five hours a day. When you go back, work a little harder. Find a movie to watch three times and see the main actor’s performance.”

This step of analyzing other people’s performance had already been done before, and An Xumo didn’t hold out much hope. He just nodded his head and answered the teacher’s request, “Okay.”

The acting teacher continued, “I’ve drawn the scope of the movie for you. I’ll send it to you on WeChat later, just pick one from the entire list. Of course, if you have a movie you like better, you can send it to me and ask me. I’ll help you see if it fits.”

“Okay, teacher.”

“Actually, analyzing other people’s performance is just a way to learn. The most important thing is how you, yourself, can comprehend this matter.” The acting teacher sighed lightly, “But I see that these days, the pressure of your classes in this rehearsal room is a bit too much. So, why don’t you go back, relax and adjust your mind.”

An Xumo was startled, “Teacher, I……”

“It’s fine, you don’t need to be too nervous.” The acting teacher said, “Learning to act isn’t at this moment. Relax and change your mindset. It may have better results. Go ahead.”

What the teacher said was actually An Xumo’s true state these days. He was able to continue evening dance training after coming back from the endless interviews without a hitch, but he was resistant and tired of the seemingly least physically demanding acting classes.

Fortunately, his acting teacher has a very good temper, and he has a lot of experience in colleges and universities, so he didn’t put more pressure on An Xumo, but instead advised him to make some adjustments himself.

Taking advantage of the assignment assigned by his teacher, An Xumo spent a rare afternoon in the apartment. He was still living in the dormitory building that the company had bought, and it was still downstairs from the top floor of Zhou Jinchen’s villa. Only Tang Tang had gotten him a single room, and while the conditions were still not great, it was already many times better than the original eight-person bunk.

In the teacher’s list, An Xumo immediately saw 《The Scarecrow》 starring Zhou Jinchen. He had watched Zhou Jinchen’s movies many times before, but he used to watch them as photos when he saw them, coupled with the busy days after his debut. This film can be regarded as a new film for An Xumo.

Because there was no time to rest for a long time, An Xumo’s video membership expired long ago. It took him a while to turn on the film, put his computer on the table, and laid out his notes carefully.

《The Scarecrow》 is a literary film, the production scenes are not very grand, but the deep meaning inside is worth thinking about.

The main character in the film is a boy from a good but a broken family, Lin Mai. Born in the city, Lin Mai was sent to live with his grandfather in the countryside because his parents were divorced and he had no one to take care of him. He saw a scarecrow in the farmland that could not be moved. He remembered his parents divorced and vowed to be a person who controls his own destiny. After returning to the city, the divorced and separated parents continued to fight endlessly because of property issues and various frictions. Lin Mai studied hard in a depressing atmosphere, eventually succeeding in getting into a prestigious university and starting a life of his own.

The war between his parents that lasted for more than a decade was only stopped after the death of one of his parents. However, her mother was still adamant after her husband’s death. The scene of her scolding at the funeral was deeply imprinted in Lin Mai’s heart. He was completely cold about family affection. He worked hard to earn a high salary and successfully started his own family. A family of three that is incomparably complete in the eyes of outsiders. However, soon after the birth of his daughter, friction between Lin Mai and his wife began to grow. In the end, he even raised his hand to his wife in the clear and frightened eyes of his daughter.

—— Exactly as his father had done more than 20 years ago.

At the end of the film, Lin Mai, who just gone through divorce proceedings and had just left the family home, received the news of his grandfather’s death. He went back to the countryside for the funeral, only to find a brand new immobile scarecrow on the farmland.

The character played by Zhou Jinchen in the film was none other than Lin Mai. Except for the first ten-year-old boy stage, the rest of the film was performed by him. Although the age span from 17 to 35 is not large, it’s still a very difficult challenge for an actor to accurately portray the difference between each stage. This is precisely why Zhou Jinchen eventually took home the Wutong Award for Best Actor in a leading role, thanks to his outstanding performance and vivid, three-dimensional characterization.

An Xumo knew that the film was very good for a long time ago. He had already watched the interview of Zhou Jinchen when he took the film. He didn’t miss the award ceremony when Zhou Jinchen won the Best Actor award for 《The Scarecrow》. However, the film was not a good choice for An Xumo now.

The film’s discussion about the issue of lack of affection and the damage done to the original family had a certain degree of impact on An Xumo. He’s not only the exception to this rule—when 《The Scarecrow》 was first released in the cinemas, it sparked a collective discussion in the whole society about “unchangeable fate” and “finally becoming the most annoying appearance” the topics were stark pain points. If it hadn’t caused such a wide resonance, 《The Scarecrow》 might not have ended up with such an impressive box office.

On top of that, Zhou Jinchen’s performance in the film makes An Xumo recognize the gap between the two of them—the difference in their acting skills is the same as the difference in their identities now.

An Xumo is not someone who gets discouraged easily, otherwise, he wouldn’t have stuck around as a trainee for almost a year with no chance of appearing on camera. However, on the acting side, he had been losing his way from the beginning. Even with the teacher’s patience and guidance, he never made any progress that can give people confidence.

He didn’t understand why those characters are angry or crying because they were scolded by their parents or why they were so happy to get good grades. Perhaps, An Xumo could understand the events of the first half, but he could never understand the emotions of the second half.

No matter how hard he tried, the character he played out was cold, emotionless, and without warmth. What came out, in the end, was not at all like a participant in the situation, but more like a bystander on the sidelines.

In contrast, Zhou Jinchen, who has always been cold to people, has a completely different performance in front of the camera.

An Xumo was still originally arranging his notes in earnest and wanted to take notes, but then he put down his pen and curled up on the couch, hugging his knees and watching the screen.

Lin Mai, who was extremely angry because his father tried to attack his mother, earnestly studied hard, wanting to enter a university to find his own bright future. At the funeral of his father, he watched in shock as his mother scolded and laughed. Working overtime in a muddleheaded manner with high pay, happiness embraces the couple and their faces. Lin Mai furiously waved to his wife……

They are all vivid, but perfectly integrated three-dimensional images.

When An Xumo watched Zhou Jinchen’s movie before, he only thought of it as a way to see his older brother and didn’t even pay much attention to the plot. It wasn’t until the acting teacher gave An Xumo this assignment that he paid attention to see his brother’s performance.

When An Xumo looked at it this way, he realized that the person in the movie wasn’t Zhou Jinchen himself, but rather, a protagonist who had been deeply hurt and finally couldn’t help but hurt others. Although he had the same exact face as Zhou Jinchen, even An Xumo could see that he was a living character, he was Lin Mai.

In the field of acting, An Xumo was is too far behind Zhou Jinchen.

He had earnestly fought for the role, but when he was actually filming, An Xumo’s stiff acting skills would be directly witnessed by everyone, including…..

Including Zhou Jinchen who he wanted to get close to in his heart.

An Xumo still ended up recording the main points of the two sides, including the way he acted when his emotions fluctuated violently, the acting skills embodied in various details, and the expression of different emotions, but still felt empty in his chest after remembering them.

It’s the same in the stomach, cold and unheated, obviously eating the same food as usual, but didn’t convert half a bit of heat out. All that was left was the raging hunger that engulfed An Xumo again and again.

When the class resumed the next day after suspension, the acting teacher smilingly asked An Xumo how he was feeling. An Xumo lowered his eyes and said the points he had written down in his notes yesterday.

The teacher gave An Xumo time to adjust. He thought that An Xumo’s analysis meant that he was making progress, but when the class continued, the acting teacher rubbed his forehead again.

It was still the same and no progress. An Xumo was even more nervous than before.

He left the rehearsal room in a state of confusion, with no time to recover from the feeling. An Xumo hastily had dinner and changed his clothes. He went back to his extra ballet training that night.

This evening’s session was strength training, to maintain good muscle strength and physical appearance. An Xumo was still doing all his tasks with quantity and quality. However, when he got off the treadmill and the teacher was calling him out to do stretching after running, he didn’t get any answer.

When the teacher turned his head, he saw the boy whose back soaked suddenly shook, and fell straight down on the treadmill.

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The author has something to say:

Guess how An Xumo’s golden finger will work this time?

Or guess who he’ll see when he wakes up (…..

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❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Bear with me QAQ

Sorry for the delayed chapter~~

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Chapter 31 – You cry and give it a try¹RAW: 你哭一个试试看。Welp. Not sure.

Zhou Jinchen’s voice was cold and the questioning in his tone was also very obvious. Liu Longfei, who was suddenly attacked, couldn’t help but feel puzzled. He raised his right hand and dryly said, “That, I, I was greeting Xiao An…”

An Xumo, who was being blocked behind Zhou Jinchen was still not clear about the situation. Before he could speak, he heard the man in front of him say, “Since the greeting is already finished, asking Assistant Director Liu to please go back early so as to not delay the process of Group A’s audition.”

Having just been frightened by Zhou Jinchen, Liu Longfei state at this time was also a little dazed, “Ah? Ah…….Okay.”

Without waiting for him to respond, Zhou Jinchen turned around and left, taking An Xumo who was just as dazed behind him with him before he left.

An Xumo walked two steps before remembering to wave goodbye to Liu Longfei, who dazedly raised his hand and said goodbye to them. But not just far from the corner, Liu Longfei’s hand had just been lifted, and An Xumo, who has been carried away, had disappeared in his line of sight.

Liu Longfei stiffly lifted his right hand, and only after a long while did he react to put his hand down. He seriously recalled the few times he had spent time with Zhou Jinchen, and suspiciously thought to himself, hadn’t the two of them been polite and courteous before? How come this time Zhou Jinchen looked like he was inquiring about crimes.

Liu Longfei was a bit distressed. He really couldn’t remember when he had offended this new movie emperor.

In a similar confused state, An Xumo, who was carried away by Zhou Jinchen, held him by the back of his neck all the way to another corridor and turned to the corner to a place where Liu Longfei couldn’t see him. Zhou Jinchen withdrew his hand and let him follow him.

Zhou Jinchen’s intention was to use this action to warn Liu Longfei so that the evil Assistant Di2rector who threatened An Xumo would have something to fear. But he didn’t open his mouth to explain, so An Xumo naturally couldn’t guess the meaning. In addition to the fact that the man’s hand unconsciously tightening and the difference in height between the two, what was originally to be just a hold on the back became “carried away” on An Xumo.

It’s the same as picking up a cat by squeezing the back of its neck.

The two of them went all the way to the stairwell before Zhou Jinchen stopped. There are a total of four elevators in the building, and very few people would choose to take the stairs, making this an exceptionally quiet place.

Zhou Jinchen turned to look at An Xumo who was following behind him. The boy’s face was slightly flushed, he didn’t know that this was caused by him pinching the back of someone’s neck, and thought that An Xumo was scared by Liu Longfei. He opened his mouth and asked, “What did Liu Longfei just say to you?”

An Xumo got used to his conditioned reflexes. After listening to Zhou Jinchen’s words, he subconsciously wanted to answer. He was about to speak before remembering that this is Zhang Zhiwei’s arrangement, so revealing it like this may not be appropriate.

An Xumo thought, and he took a while to speak. Zhou Jinchen saw the situation and frowned again, “Did he threaten you?”

An Xumo was confused when he heard the words. He didn’t think that Zhou Jinchen would feel that assistant director Liu was threatening him. It was all a matter of where to follow. He shook his head incessantly, “No, no, there is no such thing.”

Zhou Jinchen raised his wrist and looked at the time, saying, “Lao Ma is already here. He will be involved in the next auditions for Group B. Don’t worry about anything else. It’s enough to perform well.”

Ma Mingcheng had been focusing on casting several major roles, he was already in his sixties. Last year, he also had a serious illness and just recovered from the beginning of the year. In previous shootings, Ma Mingcheng has always followed the entire audition process. But this time, the rest of the crew is worried about his health, and Ma Mingcheng’s son, Ma Zechi also came to the crew to help him. Ma Mingcheng agreed to the group audition plan.

Today’s auditions for the two groups, A and B are all supporting roles. Ma Mingcheng originally had no plans to come over. His plan today was to ask Zhou Jinchen and Lin Rui, the two main characters, to talk about the scenes. This is all because, during the talk, Zhou Jinchen’s words gave rise to new ideas, wanting to reconsider the positioning of a few supporting roles. That’s why Ma Mingcheng came to the audition after the talk.

The others don’t know the situation and only said that it was Lao Ma’s whim that changed the plan on the spur of the moment. When Ma Mingcheng was young, he was accustomed to doing things his own way and would go through a succession of trouble with two producers. It wasn’t until later on, when he got older and had a ghostly son²clever/genius. I think I mentioned it before. whose talent was almost a replica of his, that he became calmer these days. No longer as cranky as before.

He is a sharp contrast with another director in the country, who was always rigid enough to not say anything. No one would be surprised if he did such a thing.

But in reality, it was Zhou Jinchen who single-handedly contributed to this matter. After he heard the news from Xin Zimai, although he said at that time that he could come directly to the post, in fact, the situation in the audition was actually not very easy to manipulate, so Zhou Jinchen turned around the corner and asked Lao Ma to check it.

Zhou Jinchen had already read the script, and he naturally knows that An Xumo was exactly the right person for the role. As long as Lao Ma is sitting on the battlefield, people who want to engage in moths will have no chance.³Can also mean: As long as Lao Ma was in charge, there would be no opportunity for anyone who wanted to do something. The role of the male four will also fall smoothly on An Xumo’s head.

Since he didn’t disclose his relationship with An Xumo, Zhou Jinchen didn’t deliberately come to An Xumo to talk to him about these things. He thought nothing would go wrong if he came along, but he didn’t expect to encounter a situation where someone would directly threaten An Xumo.

Not to mention An Xumo, even Zhou Jinchen had never had much interaction with Liu Longfei before. In Zhou Jinchen’s view, there’s no reason for Liu Longfei to talk with An Xumo—unless Liu Longfei has been paid by another force that wants to fight for the male four candidate to put pressure on the other candidates in advance.

Zhou Jinchen’s preconceived misunderstanding, coupled with the fierce look on Liu Longfei’s face when he spoke to An Xumo, would give birth to this misunderstanding. It’s just that the time is now tight and he can’t afford to question An Xumo again before he changes the subject to mention the other candidate, so An Xumo can try to alleviate some psychological pressure and perform well in the audition.

Zhou Jinchen’s words were similar to what Liu Longfei had just told him. An Xumo naturally took these words as encouragement before the audition. He had no idea that Zhou Jinchen and Liu Longfei were actually standing on opposite sides. Both of them took Me Mingcheng as a guarantee that their “family” would not suffer.

Compared to Lao Ma, An Xumo actually cared more about another matter. He nodded his head in response to the man’s word and paused for a moment, then carefully asked, “Then, Brother Jinchen, will you also be at the audition later?”

Zhou Jinchen glanced at him and said, “I don’t have the need to watch the auditions at the moment. There is a special casting team on-site to take care of it.”

His current identity was still an actor. Since he tried to break away from the Zhou family’s control and cultivate his own power, these investment projects have not been exposed to the public so as not to attract the attention of the Zhou group.

An Xumo nodded, “En, I understand.”

Zhou Jinchen said, “I can’t help you when I’m there. But with your conditions, there’s no suspense in taking this role.”

An Xumo was stunned. He was actually thinking that he might be more nervous if his brother was there. But he didn’t expect that the other party would interpret it as him wanting to ask for help. An Xumo’s cheeks couldn’t help but heat up and his ears were so hot that he burned unbearably.

An Xumo’s lips opened and closed a few times, but in the end, he couldn’t say anything. Instead, Zhou Jinchen took another look at his watch and said, “You should prepare.”

When the two of them came out of the stairwell and went in different directions, only then did An Xumo let out a sigh of relief and pressed the back of his hand against the side of his feverish face.

Seventy-four days since the recording of 《Sunny Weekend》 until now, this was the amount of time that separated them before they saw each other again.

An Xumo’s heart couldn’t help but feel a little bit of annoyance in his heart. This time, he still didn’t seem to be doing too well.

An Xumo took a deep breath and slapped his cheeks with both hands, trying to cheer himself up. His next performance, however, directly determine when he and his brother would see each other again.

Within half an hour after An Xumo returned to the waiting area, the ten of them were called to another spacious room. The third round of auditions still went in order, but this time each person took significantly longer than the previous two rounds.

No one who entered the room came out, so those waiting outside were unable to find out what exactly was going on inside. As the number of people slowly decreased, after about another half an hour, An Xumo, who was in the sixth position in line, was called by name.

When An Xumo pushed the door in, he saw a long U-shaped conference table placed inside, with nearly ten people sitting at the table. The candidate who had come in earlier stood in the corner on the other side.

The room wasn’t very quiet, and an old man with glasses next to the table was listening to the person next to him with a slightly more serious look on his face. An Xumo immediately recognized his identity, this person was the Chief Director of the film, Ma Mingcheng.

The center of the U-shaped conference table can be used for walking, but due to the lack of space, the candidate still had to stand in the open space not far from the table. An Xumo stood in the designated position, after bowing and asking, the cameraman beside him moved the camera over to focus on him.

An Xumo stood waiting for instructions, he didn’t make any extra movements. But when Lao Ma turned his head when he was finished speaking, he just saw An Xumo standing there, his original serious expression became more solemn and even his eyebrows widened.

However, Lao Ma did not speak and everything must be done according to the process. A middle-aged man with a black shirt said, “You perform this situation first: Let’s say you came back from dance practice and you’re happy to meet up with a friend to go play on your day off.”

In fact, the moment he walked in the door, An Xumo felt uneasy in his heart and his mind has been buzzing. His practice in his previous acting class was not satisfactory. In addition, this audition was about whether or not he would be able to film with his brother. This pressure quickly solidified, sinking all over one’s shoulders.

The request given by the black shirt is not difficult, but An Xumo has neither friends nor days off, so An Xumo was left in his own imagination for the entire performance.

There were no pairs of partners in the room, and the candidates all had to complete solo performances. The black shirt shouted to begin, and An Xumo began his first performance in full view of the crowd.

He first raised his hand to cover the back of his neck and turned around. After expressing his exhaustion, he put on a happy expression and said to his side, “Do you have any plans for tomorrow?”

The room had been completely quiet when An Xumo performed. Although he was used to the attention focused on him, dancing in front of a crowd was a completely different feeling than performing in public. While An Xumo showed obvious nervousness to the point of affecting his state, he was actually completely filled with embarrassment.

The smile on his face is exactly the kind of professional smile you’d find on stage in front of an audience, and the plot design, which has room for freedom of expression is uninspiring. The only desirable thing was that he spoke fluently and the rhythm wasn’t too messy, but other than that, it was impossible to find anything else to excel at.

By the time An Xumo finished his performance, there really wasn’t much reaction from the crowd in the room. The black shirt on the side quickly proposed a second performance assumption, “When you were practicing dancing….”

Before the black shirt had finished his words, Lao Ma, who was sitting at the table suddenly spoke up, “Try crying one.”

Not only the interrupted black shirt, everyone in the room was stunned. Even the other candidates who were originally standing safely in the corner no longer covered up their concealed glances and took a good look at An Xumo, who was standing in front of the conference table.

This was the first time since this set of auditions that Lao Ma had taken the initiative to speak up.

An Xumo didn’t expect Lao Ma to interrupt midway, he hesitated for a moment and asked, “Just, just cry? Are there any other situational assumptions….?”

Lao Ma looked at him, “No, just cry it out.”

This kind of test is actually quite common. After all, for actors, this kind of emotional control is the most basic quality. But in fact, it was easier said than done. Even if it was a really powerful actor, they might not necessarily be able to turn their emotions around in just a short period of time under the full glare of the public.

When this request was made, the others originally thought that Lao Ma was intentionally making things difficult for this candidate, but then he added, “Don’t mind the time, cry it out.”

When he said this, An Xumo himself didn’t feel anything yet, but the others in the room felt slightly more subtle.

Letting someone cry but not counting the time…..This wasn’t a harsh request, and it even made sense to have special treatment.

After all, everyone had a limited amount of time to audition, but Lao Ma was now willing to spend this time waiting for this candidate. This situation seemed a bit special anyhow.

An Xumo didn’t know what the other people were thinking, but he had been taught how to show strong emotions like crying and panic by his acting class teacher. Although it didn’t work out so well in the end, there was one trick An Xumo remembered from his teacher—

Thinking back to one of his most recent experiences of emotional change, replaying the emotion at that time, or further intensifying it, and then turn that intense emotion into the feeling you needed.

Coincidentally, even though it was a small matter that only he cared about that time, An Xumo did burn his ears red just now in a stairwell not far away.

He took a long deep breath, first letting himself ignore the surrounding environment as much as possible. Since his debut, An Xumo’s reaction to the surrounding eyes has been much smaller. He quickly isolated the disturbance around him and imagines himself back in the stairwell with no one else.

An Xumo was slow to react to the misunderstandings and malice of the bystanders but was only sensitive to Zhou Jinchen’s emotions alone. The other party didn’t actually say anything heavy at that time, but An Xumo himself felt as if he had left a bad impression on his brother.

He had always regarded Zhou Jinchen as motivation, direction, and hope. More precisely, his brother is An Xumo’s sun. He liked his brother’s light, and his brother brought him warmth. But also, in the same way, the sun would shine all things in a clear view, so An Xumo is eager to get closer but is also nervous when the other person looks at him.

Even the small misunderstanding that was not even worth mentioning just now would embarrass An Xumo. What if, if…….

What if my brother found out he likes him?

In this situation, Zhou Jinchen had just been promoted movie emperor, but An Xumo was still an idol who had only just debuted. His feelings were destined to be lined with various coats, just like Han Ming was scolded last time, shamelessly rubbing people’s enthusiasm, and using the romance for profit.

What would Zhou Jinchen think if he knew how An Xumo liked him?

“Brother, will you be there?”

“I can’t help you even if I’m there.”

— “Brother, will you let me like you?”

— “It’s impossible for me to make you hype with this kind of thing.”

I don’t think so brother, I won’t get you in trouble……

An Xumo stood muddled until someone shook his arm a few times and he barely regained his consciousness from the icy pool of despair.

The person who approached him and called him was black shirt. An Xumo panicked and reached out to wipe his face, that’s when he heard Lao Ma’s voice, “Where’s number six’s resume? Show me. How was his ballet dance?”

Because of the lack of focus just now, An Xumo didn’t hear Lao Ma’s comment about him crying out. When he reacted, Lao Ma had already flipped through his information from the thick pile and was holding his glasses, reading carefully.

The black shirt on the side handed over a tissue, and An Xumo quickly thanked him. He hadn’t finished wiping his tears when he heard Lao Ma say, “How many people are left? Call them all together.”

An Xumo stood to the side to slowly calm down. He would have gone to stand in the corner with the other candidates, but the black shirt didn’t let him pass. After the remaining four people outside came in, Lao Ma had them make a few actions in sequence, then waved his hand and said, “Alright, you guys go back first.”

The first few candidates who came in and didn’t leave were also a bit confused. Black shirt was very keen and said directly to them, “You guys also go back first. We will notify you of the specific results in two days.”

After the candidates in the room left, only then didLao Ma put An Xumo’s resume on the table. He held his glasses to look at An Xumo, who still had red eyes, and said, “You have never studied acting, right?”

An Xumo said softly, “Took a few lessons……”

“Hmph,” Lao Ma lightly snorted, “Same as not attending.”

An Xumo slightly shining,⁴RAW: 安许莫微晒 not really sure with the trans QAQ help.but he didn’t feel that Lao Ma said anything wrong.

Seeing that he didn’t show any expression of dissatisfaction, Lao Ma said, “But you look pretty smart, you can still give it a try with a lesson.”

An Xumo was stunned, “…..Thank you, Lao Ma.”

“Don’t thank me,” Lao Ma waved his hand. “What I see is not your performance, but your demeanor.”

He picked up a piece of paper, printed on it was the casting keywords for male four. Lao Ma said, “You’re not very good at acting, but you look like you fit the role. The character’s nickname is Swan, you know? He needs to have a fragile sense of arrogance. You have these two words in you⁵two words in the raw. and they are easy to catch out.”

An Xumo vaguely realized something, and he couldn’t help but expect.

But Lao Ma waved his hand off, “You also go back and wait for the notice.”

An Xumo was stunned again, but the black shirt beside him patted him with a smile and said, “Go on, I’ll call you in two days.”

An Xumo hurriedly thanked everyone, before turning around and planning to go out.

Before he reached the door, he heard Lao Ma behind him ask the person next to him, “Where’s the script? I remembered the one with the character changes. Didn’t I just go through it, haven’t I found it yet?”

Another voice said, “That script is at Lin Rui’s, he just said that he will send it over immediately.”

Lao Ma said, “Hurry up, ah, I guess I have to change the male four…”

Before Lao Ma’s words were finished, the door was pulled open from the outside. An Xumo who was planning to push the door out didn’t have the time to stop his steps and even crashed into the arms of the visitor.

An Xumo, who had just finished crying, was hit like this. The tip of his nose which had turned red felt even sorer. He barely opened his watery eyes and looked up. He was about to apologize, but his voice choked in his throat.

Lin Rui’s voice sounded from the door, “Lao Ma, I’ve brought the script you wanted…..Hey, Jinchen, why did you stop?”

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Jie Jie(1/17/22): I’ll be editing “Ma Lao” into “Lao Ma” on the other chapters soon. I’m only able to do it in this chapter for now.

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations.

❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Bear with me QAQ

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Chapter 30.2 – Go forward, brother¹RAW: 挺身而出的哥哥。Not sure, I might’ve MTL-ed it wrongly.

A few young people who had passed the audition were still waiting quietly. When they heard the news, they couldn’t help but get nervous, this was Ma Lao. It was unimaginable that they could possibly be in contact with the real person.

Ma Lao, whose real name was Ma Mingcheng, was one of the few great directors recognized in China. He was one of the first explorers from the time when domestic cinema was just developing. Over the decades, he has won countless awards and has single-handedly cultivated five film emperors and empresses for the entertainment industry.

If there was no specific concept when they came to the audition before, when they learned that they would soon be able to see the real person, the excitement and nervousness completely flooded over them. With such a person coming to see their audition in person if they perform badly……the consequences are too bad.

The surrounding tense atmosphere didn’t affect An Xumo. Although he also admired Ma Lao’s achievements, his state of mind was still quite stable. At this moment, Tang Tang, who was waiting downstairs, suddenly came running and whispered to An Xumo that Assistant Director Liu asked him to wait at the corner of the right corridor for a while, and he had something to explain.

In the second round of height measurement, An Xumo gave his cellphone to Tang Tang, it was easy to leave a bad impression when he looked at the phone while waiting. An Xumo directly did not take the phone back, so Tang Tang who received the text message came to find him.

The news from the crew is that Ma Lao is watching another character’s audition, so they will have to wait a while for the third round of auditions. Tang Tang helped to wait here in case there was short notice, so An Xumo went to the right corridor by himself.

Although there were a lot of people coming to audition today, the arrangement of the crew was very proper. The candidates of each role were uniformly concentrated in the same area, so no one was running around. Plus, the building had enough space. After leaving the area where those candidates were just now, the surrounding area seemed empty and no one else came and went.

Liu Longfei was talking around the corner, and An Xumo walked for a while before reaching the end. At the end of the corridor was a public restroom, before An Xumo walked over, he saw a slender man walk out of the open door.

An Xumo froze for a moment.

“Brother, Uh,…Senior…..Brother Jinchen?”

The man whose name was called seemed much less nervous than An Xumo, who was so nervous that he changed his name three times in two seconds. He didn’t seem surprised why An Xumo appeared here and just nodded his head.

An Xumo’s entire body monk-ed²Frozen; stunned; unmoving for a moment before realizing that Zhou Jinchen had no intention of leaving and that the other man didn’t look like he was specifically left behind, thinking that there should be someone else in the bathroom.

An Xumo was a little overwhelmed. He said softly: “Brother Jinchen……is also here for an audition?”

Zhou Jinchen looked at him with a somewhat inexplicable expression on his face. Just when An Xumo thought he wouldn’t answer, the man opened his mouth, his deep voice vibrating in his eardrums, “I am the lead actor of this movie.”

Now, An Xumo was really and completely stunned.

Joy and tension can’t be said to be stronger. The emotions surged through the outer membrane and hit directly into the chest. Before the audition, An Xumo would comfort Tang Tang not to be nervous, but now, he suddenly possesses a hundred times stronger emotions than Tang Tang.

He, he wanted to get this supporting role.

In order to not affect An Xumo’s mood, Tang Tang didn’t say much before, but from her occasional words, An Xumo could understand what the film could bring him if the audition was successful. “The Director’s personal guidance”, “movie big screen resources”, “from idol directly to an actor”…….and so on. Each of these is something that people are crowding around to grab.

However, before the audition, An Xumo was more concerned about not wanting to let down Zhang Zhiwei’s efforts for him than these attractive benefits.

Until he met Zhou Jinchen, An Xumo still held a very precious normal heart. Even if the surrounding candidates were anxious because of Ma Lao’s personal visit, he was calm and stable and felt that as long as he did his best, it would be fine.

But now, his thinking is completely different now.

An Xumo subconsciously began to look forward to the news brought by that Assistant Director Liu. He wanted to know the news of his competitor. He couldn’t help but want to confirm that he could hold on to the results he deserved in this audition.

But now that Zhou Jinchen was standing here, An Xumo was not in a position to take two steps forward to go around the corner. He was so nervous that his fingertips were getting cold, and he couldn’t help but bite his tongue again.

For a moment, An Xumo even overlooked why Zhou Jinhen didn’t ask him why he would appear here. He heard the other party say, “Ma Lao is here to see the audition, we’re with him.”

After Zhou Jinchen said “we”, another man walked out of the bathroom beside them.

The person had a handsome face, smiling eyes, and a clear voice, “Jinchen, I’ve been waiting for a long time.”

Because Zhou Jinchen blocked his line of sight, he only saw An Xumo after he came out. He was slightly surprised, but quickly regained his faint smile, “This is…?”

An Xumo hurriedly said, “Teacher Lin Rui, I’m An Xumo.”

That person was precisely Lin Rui, the movie star who had previously worked with Zhou Jinchen on 《The Scarecrow》. Although he had been famous for a long time, his age was not yet thirty, and he gave the impression that he did not have a big name, looking very easy-going, “I know you, Wang Yixiang mentioned it to me, a great little friend.” An Xumo smiled shyly.

Lin Rui turned to Zhou Jinchen: “You two are chatting? Do you want me to wait for a while?”

Zhou Jinchen shook his head, “No need.”

He said to An Xumo, “Perform well later.”

An Xuemo hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, I’ll work hard!”

When An Xumo disappeared around the corner, Lin Rui withdrew his gaze and smiled, “Jinchen, how did you guys meet?”

“Been on a variety together.” Zhou Jin Shen gestured, “Let’s go.”

An Xumo arrived at the agreed corner, where there was a semi-separate space with an automatic coffee machine. In a short while, Liu Longfei hurried over.

In the previous audition, An Xumo had already met Liu Longfei once. He had a fierce look and a beard. Just looking at his appearance could stop a child from crying at night. But his personality was actually very good, and he was also very easy-going when talking to An Xumo.

“Come on, Xiao An. Let me tell you something.”

Liu Longfei took a look around to make sure there was no one before lowering his voice, “Today the audition group added someone. The investor’s side is sure to come, but the group I’m in is not responsible for the male four, so I don’t know what people there look like now. You don’t have to be anxious, ah, when you audition later, someone may deliberately make things difficult for you. You must rest your mind. Now that Ma Lao has come, he is the one who makes the decision. As long as you perform well, the investor can’t force you down.”

“Be sure to keep your mind steady, don’t panic, do you hear me? “Liu Longfei knows that people like them who have no acting experience are most likely to be nervous in full view of the public, especially now that there is still Ma Lao present. The general mindset of the people must not be very stable, so he emphasized, “Even if it’s difficult for you, you can just directly treat it as an acting test.”

As soon as An Xumo finished nodding his head, he saw Liu Longfei in front of him suddenly shudder, “Huh?!”

He opened his eyes wide and looked behind An Xumo, “Who?! “

An Xumo stood facing the coffee machine and didn’t see the figure of the person behind him. When he turned around and came back, he found that Zhou Jinchen, whom he had just met, was looking at Liu Longfei with a bad face.

Liu Longfei let out a sigh of relief once he saw the figure clearly, “Scared me…it’s Jinchen ah, why are you here?”

He had just deliberately lowered his voice just now, and he has been paying attention to the movements around him until finally, with an uneasy emphasis on the warning, he neglected his sight. Liu Longfei was certain that Zhou Jinchen hadn’t heard what he said, so he was relieved again and put on a smile, “Aren’t you going to watch the audition with Ma Lao?”

Liu Longfei’s looks had made him take a lot of accounts before and only after the cooperation became familiar did people feel at ease to believe that he was an enthusiastic and good person. However at this moment, in the eyes of An Xumo who had been told, Liu Longfei’s smile looked a bit fierce, as if…..he had just finished blackmailing.

Not to mention the image that fell in Zhou Jinchen’s eyes.

Zhou Jinchen frowned at Liu Longfei and reached out his hand to pull An Xumo who was standing between the two. An Xumo didn’t have time to react before the man dragged him behind him.

The man with his back facing him had a slender figure, with a grim voice, “Assistant Director Liu, the auditions for Group A have already started, why are you here?”

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The author has something to say:

After several chapters, Xiao Mo was finally able to film with his brother happily~xd

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations.

❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Bear with me QAQ

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Chapter 30.1 – Go forward, brother¹RAW: 挺身而出的哥哥。Not sure, I might’ve MTL-ed it wrongly.

Zhang Zhiwei’s face immediately became serious, “What did Ma Xiao²Zhang Zhiwei did say Ma Xiao. say, someone wants to directly settle it?”

The assistant director on the phone sighed, “I didn’t ask too much. He just said that the investor will send someone over to participate with the casting team that day. If you listen to this, it’s not a good thing ah.”

“What’s the situation with your casting so far?” Zhang Zhiwei frowned, “Who made the final decision, did Ma Lao follow?”

“Now, there are three teams. Ma Lao is responsible for the most important roles, and the rest will be screened by the other two teams. After a few rounds, they will select a few suitable ones and let Ma Lao see.” The assistant director said, “The ballet dancer belongs to the latter. I’m afraid that the investors there will come and directly pick two people who are not so good to set them off, and finally send them to Ma Lao. Isn’t this result obvious.”

After all, this isn’t a major role. As long as the person stuffed in has good qualifications, the director and producer won’t be stupid enough to go against the investor. To put it bluntly, An Xumo actually relied on Zhang Zhiwei’s relationship to get on the line with this movie. Zhang Zhiwei now really has no reason to interfere with the investor’s cutting in the line.

“I understand. This thing, thank you for reminding me.” Zhang Zhiwei pinched the bridge of his nose, “I’ll think of another way. When the time comes, I’ll have to trouble you to help out a little more. I’ll treat you to dinner when I come back to S City.”

After a few more polite sentences on the other side of the phone, saying that he would contact him anytime if he had news, he then hung up. Zhang Zhiwei breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the phone with a heavy face as the screen blacked out.

An Xumo hesitantly said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, is this……”

Zhang Zhiwei waved his hand towards An Xumo, but his voice didn’t sound very tense as he said, “Don’t worry, your Uncle Zhang has seen a lot of storms where he can’t solve this small matter.”

Compared to getting this role, An Xumo is actually more worried about bringing trouble to others. He really doesn’t know how to return the kindness of others, and he always felt that he owe him too much for this kind of favor.

However, what Zhang Zhiwei said wasn’t superficial. He quickly analyzed the whole situation with An Xumo: “Xiao Mo, I didn’t recommend you simply because of my relationship with your mother. I read the script from Ma Lao, this dancer doesn’t have many roles, but it’s a very brilliant role. The conditions of this role are almost tailored for you. Whether you missed the role or the role missed you, it will eventually become a pity.”

“Your professional skills are solid enough for the role. Your own qualifications are also suitable for the big screen. If not, I wouldn’t have recommended you to Ma Lao.” Zhang Zhiwei said seriously, “In addition to that, there’s another reason, your own popularity and heat will also bring additional benefits to the film.”

“There aren’t many ballet dancers suitable for the big screen, but there will always be those who want to find them. Why doesn’t the casting team go directly to the ballet company to find seedlings? Because they also have to weigh up all the various factors combined. Although you have just made your debut, you already have your own topics and discussions, and those things will be converted into benefits when the movie is released. Under the same cost, they will not go for those ballet dancers, but choose you.”

Zhang Zhiwei took a sip from his coffee cup and slowly said, “So, you must have confidence in yourself, do you understand?”

An Xumo nodded his head and said seriously, “I will, thank you, Uncle Zhang.”

Zhang Zhiwei couldn’t help but sigh softly as he said, “Xiao Mo, this kind of thing isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. You’ll understand after you’ve experienced more in the future, that humility and courtesy will never be able to survive in this circle. You’ll also have to work a hundred times harder to make sure that what you have won’t be taken away from you.”

An Xumo responded nicely, and Zhang Zhiwei looked at the young and naive boy opposite him, but his heart still couldn’t get rid of the heavy feeling pulling down inside.

From the start of entering this industry, the road ahead was completely predictable and bumpy. Even if the young boy is lucky enough and hard-working enough not to be hit head-on like the others, he will certainly face all kinds of bumpy roads.

This casting was just the beginning. Zhang Zhiwei only hoped that there would be a successful result in the end.

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After meeting with Zhang Zhiwei, the original clear prospect was blurred again. An Xumo hadn’t had any particular reaction yet, but Tang Tang had begun to sink into worry.

After all, this was an excellent opportunity, and if it ended up being a wedding dress for someone else, it would be a bit too much of a pity. As the day of the audition approached, Tang Tang was counting the days and turning koi³forwarding koi posts for good luck every day, not even caring how nervous she was when Xin Zimai called her over.

Xin Zimai called her to remind An Xumo to go to the audition. Because An Xumo was a signed artist of Jin Dian, all these jobs still needed to go through the company’s process. After Li Xiuqing left, Xin Zimai was responsible for a wider range of business. Tang Tang only thought it was a notice sent to the company by the drama team because of Zhang Zhiwei’s relationship, and Director Xin was responsible for going through it to remind her. She immediately responded to this matter, not even remembering that Xin Zimai was still Zhou Jinchen’s agent.

Compared to the nervous Tang Tang, An Xumo was instead the one with a more stable state of mind. He was still continuing his almost rigorous ballet training and figure workout, doing his best to finally get a good result.

An Xumo had his worries, but they weren’t focused on how much he would lose by missing out on this opportunity, but rather on the acting classes that went along with his ballet training.

Like the ballet teacher, the instructor for the acting lessons was a resource approved to Tang Tang by Xin Zimai. However, unlike the early successful dances, An Xumo could be said to know almost nothing about acting before the class. From the first day of the class, the tension from the daily two-hour acting class far outweighed the ten hours of ballet training.

Because of the time constraint, they only had time to hold the Buddha’s feet temporarily,⁴lit. to clasp the Buddha’s feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; doing things at the last minute; making a hasty last-minute effort.and the acting teacher didn’t go into the systematic theory. The task he assigned the most was to make An Xumo show his real emotions in front of a video recorder—crying, laughing, surprised, scared, and so on and so forth.

This kind of thing is the most basic quality for an actor, but for An Xumo, it was the biggest problem.

An Xumo really can’t show such intense emotions, and every day’s acting class becomes almost a torment. Finally, in order to prevent him from losing confidence and getting worse, the acting teacher had to start training An Xumo to speak, trying to tighten up his ability to improve his lines.

After the string was tightened for several weeks, the audition day for casting finally arrived.

The audition was held in H City. An Xumo and Tang Tang arrived one day in advance and were called to a building early the next morning by the crew. On an occasion like this, Zhang Zhiwei naturally couldn’t show up in person, but he entrusted the assistant director who had called before, Liu Longfei, who was in charge of coordinating the work, to look after An Xumo in advance.

A lot of people had come to the audition, and there was more than one role to be cast today. An Xumo was assigned to Group B, standing with a group of young boys whose temperament was clearly different from ordinary people. This group of people didn’t seem to be very old, and they should have known each other. After listening for a while, An Xumo realized that they were male dancers from several large ballet companies nearby, and they were more familiar with each other since they often performed and competed together.

Compared to them, a single An Xumo seems to be a bit lonely. The young men were talking excitedly at first, but then someone recognized An Xumo and their voices dropped significantly.

It had to be admitted that most of An Xumo’s fans were young girls. Relatively speaking, the same sex was not that crazy about him. Plus, it was obvious that they were competing for the same role, and it was normal for that group of young people to react.

An Xumo didn’t pay attention to this, he was thinking about what Zhang Zhiwei had said before, the other party was right, this role was just a supporting role with a few scenes. Popular young idols who could dance didn’t look good standing in a group of professional dancers, An Xumo stood out a little more.

The first round of auditions started quickly, everyone went in one by one, and it took less than two minutes for them to come out for the next round.

After An Xumo went in by himself, he found that there was only a very simple shooting process in the first round. There were three people in the room, one person in charge of the camera, one person in front of the computer to sort out the video, and one person holding the list to the sequence number. An Xumo did a front shot, side shot, and back shot. After the shot, he was asked to leave the room.

The first round was just about appearance and standing quality, so he quickly finished the round. All the videos were sent to the casting team and about half an hour later, someone came to announce the names for the second round of auditions.

What everyone didn’t expect was that just a simple shoot had directly wiped out nearly two-thirds of the candidates.

After the person finished reading the shortlist, everyone still didn’t react, thinking that there would be a second page next. In the end, the person folded the paper after reading and directly said, “The others can leave first.”

It was only after hearing Tang Tang’s explanation later that An Xumo knew the criteria for the first round of brushing people off. Although those who came to audition were already the best chosen from the major ballet companies, there were many who were still limited by the appearance conditions. After all, it wasn’t necessary to look at faces to practice ballet, but movies were different.

Naturally, those who weren’t selected wouldn’t be happy, but their emotions were no longer part of the crew’s consideration. An Xumo and the others who were chosen followed the person reading the list, and they went up a floor to a larger room.

This round of testing was even more concise and straightforward than the first round, everyone, in turn, was measured for height, head circumference, leg length, and neck length. An Xumo had never been through this before and was confused by the measurements, but the other spectators acted calmly as if they had already experienced it.

An Xumo thought for a moment before remembering what his teacher had said when he first started training for ballet. The teacher said that ballet on the dancer’s body shape requirements is very strict. Dancers generally have nine-headed—the body is the length of nine heads. Such a tall and small face is more in line with visual aesthetics. In addition, the dancer’s body proportion is also required, excellent ballet dancers are basically legs that are fifteen centimeters longer than their upper bodies, which will be more pleasing to the eye when they are on stage.

At that time, these were just theories that the teacher casually mentioned in between dance practice. An Xumo didn’t expect that the cast would use these criteria as selection criteria, and because of the magnifying effect of the film camera, the actor needs even better physical conditions. This round is even harsher than the requirements of ballet dancers.

However, due to An Xumo’s outstanding physical condition, he soon became one of the only ten people left to audition for the next round.

The third round was an acting test, but before it began, the crowd waiting in the corridor heard another piece of news—the director of the film, Ma Lao, who had no plans to show up, was actually here. And he was there at the audition, planning to see the next performance.

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations.

❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Bear with me QAQ

Part 2/2 of Chapter 29~~(‘｡• ω •｡’)

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Chapter 29.2 – Male Four was Cut Off

The original resident guest, Yi Tianming, was replaced from the third stage for some reason, his scenes in the second stage were also cut to pieces. The backbone of 《Sunny Weekend》 was Yan Xiangyan and Zhang Zhiwei. Among the new permanent guests, Han Ming’s popularity is much higher than Yi Tianming’s, coupled with the fact that Yi Tianming is a funny artist, his loyal fans are even more scarce.

Except for a few fans protesting under the 《Sunny Weekend》 official WeChat account, it didn’t make much of a splash. Passers-by who only watched the show didn’t even know that Yi Tianming was replaced midway through the show, and thought that the second season of 《Sunny Weekend》 was the same as the first, with only Yan Xiangyan and Zhang Zhiwei being permanent.

Yi Tianming’s presence was greatly weakened, and Han Ming’s actions were even more clearly revealed.

If we’re talking about the amount of hate that was drawn in it, it was definitely An Xumo’s fans who hated Han Ming even more —— after all, his intentional wrong guidance directly made An Xumo search long and hard, almost returning home empty-handed.

But in fact, the main force behind the bombardment of Han Ming came from Zhou Jinchen’s fans.

Unlike the fandom name that An Xumo’s fan just set, Zhou Jinchen’s fan title was determined a long time ago. Zhou Jinchen, who has made his debut for five years, has a large number of loyal fans. Because of Zhou Jinchen’s own character, coupled with the fact that his main business is filming, his fans usually adhere to the principle of self-meng¹cute in the circle. All of which are very lowkey, striving to maintain a very good popularity for Zhou Jinchen.

However, their usually low profile doesn’t mean that they are always weak, their fighting ability at key moments is worthy of their unique name — “Jin” Yiwei.²Royal guards

Han Ming happened to cut in the biggest lightning point of the “Royal Guards” as he unilaterally wanted to get intimate with Zhou Jinchen without his cooperation. Coupled with the faint rumors related to Zhou Jinchen during Han Ming’s scandal, the fuse is finally lit. Although Zhou Jinchen was an actor, among the fan base, the strongest fighters are definitely the girlfriend fans. The largest percentage of his fans are also purely girlfriend fans.

Zhou Jinchen has never been rumored on a scandal, and fans know that he doesn’t like this type of speculation. As a result, there are people who want to challenge this absolute minefield — if it doesn’t blow up, do you want to keep the high-pressure water gun to play in the fountain?

Before An Xumo’s fans could go up to condemn Han Ming’s malicious targeting, Zhou Jinchen’s fans quickly started a “declaration of war” on various social media platforms. Han Ming is a young idol who has been on the scene for three years, also has his own group of fans. However, the role they play is completely unable to compete with Zhou Jinchen’s fans—not to mention the fighting power, even with the number of fans, this is an absolute crush.

This battle between the fans only lasted one day. On the second night after the show was aired, Han Ming’s studio had to come out with a statement saying that their own artist didn’t mean to offend Zhou Jinchen. The statement was supposed to save the situation, but in less than an hour, after it was issued, a member of Han Ming’s studio had a spat with Zhou Jinchen’s fans on Weibo. The staff directly said, “No matter who you pinch,³*(slang) to fight Zhou Jinchen will never marry you.”

This divine assistance directly pushed Han Ming into the fire pit.

The fact that Li Xiuqing has been transferred and Xin Zimai has always maintained an attitude of “I’ll listen to everything you say, but I won’t just do it.” The resources available to Han Ming have been drastically reduced, coupled with the attacks of those artists who had been robbed by him before, it didn’t take two days for Han Ming’s endorsements to lose by three. His Weibo was also captured by fans of Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo. Even the traces of fans in the comments were directly drowned.

To make matters even more dramatic, an artist who has been robbed off of their resources by Han Ming uploaded a video from the set of a previous movie Han Ming had been in. The video not only exposes the rehearsal schedule that proves Han Ming is a supporting actor but uses three doubles. The artist also captured him publicly pushing a young female artist on the set.

The wall was pushed down by everyone, not to mention it’s a wall made of paper.

When things developed later, Han Ming, Zhou Jinchen, and An Xumo were not the only ones involved. Han Ming originally relied on robbed resources to get to the top. All kinds of black material since his debut have been picked up. The two partners who would be in the same group as him and were later kicked out also spoke out publicly, accusing of Han Ming’s original behavior. The topic #Han Ming Get out of the Entertainment Industry was repeatedly topped on major search lists. Han Ming himself had to cancel all his recent activities.

In the end, the program team of 《Sunny Weekend》 deleted all of Han Min’s solo promotional blogs on Weibo, and Han Ming’s last solo tour that was to be held soon was also postponed. As for the other endorsements, activities, and collaborations were also cut off and pushed.

In just one week, Han Ming’s situation directly illustrates the difference between heaven and earth.

By the time the third phase of 《Sunny Weekend》 aired, there was almost no more footage of Han Ming on screen. Zhou Jinchen’s fans had also officially called it a day and returned to their harmonious loves of washing dishes and peeling shrimp.

After this battle, Zhou Jinchen’s fans also formed a strange fate with An Xumo’s fans. Originally, because they appeared on the same show, it was inevitable that the two fans would have a big or small friction. However, as a result of having such a common target of fire, Royal Guards and Cuttlefish instead became friends who had a battle with each other.

An Xumo had heard a little bit of these things done by his own fans from Tang Tang. After the show aired, his Weibo account had gone up another wave of followers very quickly, and his twice a week posting frequency has been changed to once a week under Tang Tang’s orders.

But now, what An Xumo was most concerned about was not the benefits that the broadcast of 《Sunny Weekend》 brought him, what really made him sleepless was the upcoming movie auditions.

As early as a month ago, An Xumo had started a systematic ballet training. He had learned everything before, but because the movie character was a professional ballet dancer, he still needed to be stronger in his technique.

The ballet lessons were arranged by Tang Tang, and An Xumo didn’t ask too much, so he didn’t know that the top ballet teacher was approved by Xin Zimai for Tang Tang. In addition to dance practice, An Xumo was also increasing his flexible training. Ballet requires a high degree of flexibility in the waist of the performer, although An Xumo’s own conditions were very good, it’s still also essential to the practice.

Besides a flexible waist, the ballet dancer’s body shape also has very strict requirements. Difficult jumps and throws require a solid physical base, yet the stage presentation requires that male ballerinos not have overly exaggerated muscles—otherwise, it will affect the look and feel. Fortunately, Tang Tang doesn’t give him those unreliable fitness meals these days, but rather, limited types and quantities of meals according to his teacher’s requirements so that An Xumo has the stamina to keep up with the exercises.

A month later, An Xumo met Zhang Zhiwei at an event in Jin Dian. The latter specifically asked him to stay after the event, and the two of them had a face-to-face chat about the next audition.

After the event, An Xumo and Tang Tang waited for Zhang Zhiwei at the promised café.

Only An Xumo and Zhang Zhiwei were left in the semi-sealed booth. Zhang Zhiwei adjusted his sitting posture and opened his mouth to ask him, “How is the ballet training going?”

An Xumo said, “Teacher said that there is almost no problem anymore.”

Zhang Zhiwei nodded, he had always been satisfied with An Xumo’s diligence.

An Xumo hesitated for a moment, but still said, “Thank you for this opportunity. I troubled you for taking such good care of me.”⁴all italicized you are spoken in a polite/formal way

Zhang Zhiwei waved his hand, he had originally had days of youthful exuberance, but the accumulated years had slowly settled into steady wisdom with each passing day. He smiled, “Why are you still polite to me? Your mother took care of me for so long in the first place, and she especially……”

He got stuck in the middle of his sentence, An Xumo looked over and heard him say, “Hey Xiao Mo, your collar is a bit folded, on the right side, there, yes, turn it over.”

An Xumo touched his collar when he heard the words. He couldn’t see the specifics himself. Zhang Zhiwei quickly said, “Good”, but in fact, An Xumo did not even confirm what the condition of his collar just now.

Zhang Zhiwei naturally spoke up again and said, “Now all of this is just a hand up,⁵举手之劳: lit. the exertion of lifting one’s hand (idiom); fig. a very slight effort. no need to mention.”

An Xumo pursed his lips, Tang Tang has not yet returned, he asked very lightly and quickly, “The first time you see me and you’re so sure, this matter…”

Zhang Zhiwei heard the words and said, “How can something like this go wrong, have you seen a picture of your mother when she was young?”

An Xumo frowned, he really hadn’t seen it and really didn’t quite understand how Zhang Zhiwei was taking care of him.

Zhang Zhiwei seemed to have sensed An Xumo’s emotions, but his reaction was not what An Xumo had imagined. He crossed his fingers and laced his two thumbs together, “Xiao Mo, I know you, young people don’t like to nag, but there are some things that you will understand afterward. Being a parent is also well-intentioned. What problem is there that can’t be solved by sitting down properly?”

As he spoke, he brought up the matter of his own children, saying that all parents all over the world are the same. An Xumo listened in a cloud of confusion, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but he never grasped the point.

Just then, Tang Tang came back with the coffee and Zhang Zhiwei stopped the conversation. After giving the coffee, he took a sip from his cup and was about to open his mouth when the phone in his hand rang.

Zhang Zhiwei looked at it and smiled, “Coincidentally, it happens to be the assistant director in charge of casting over there.”

He didn’t hide it from An Xumo, and just picked up the phone. As it was very close, even though An Xumo didn’t deliberately listen to it, the voice from the phone still came through very clearly.

The voice over there seems a little anxious. After a brief greeting, he got straight to the point, “Old Zhang. There is something I want to tell you, Ma Zechi just came and mentioned that there is an investor who wants to come over to see the casting process. I listened to what he meant, it seems that he wants to close the casting early.”

Zhang Zhiwei frowned and suddenly felt a bad premonition, “Which position does the person in Ma’s novel did they fancy?”

An Xumo was sitting across the room, and the assistant director’s voice raised by a half degree because of urgency. The worse answer made the aroma of the coffee on the table cool down.

“Aiya, it’s the male number four, ah. The ballerina you told Lao⁶老: old, experienced, wise, and to show respect. I will be using Lao Ma from now on. Ma about!”

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The author has something to say:

Zhou Jinchen: My money, my play, casting for others to succeed? Impossible.

Zhang Zhiwei: My kid here has been in ballet for a month! Even the XX Royal Ballet’s royal teacher says it’s top-notch! Now you’re telling me to change people? Where would you look to find a more suitable one, do you still want to directly shame?!

An Xumo:…..(Watching)⁷watching/observing from the sidelines.

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations.

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Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So, there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Don’t hesitate to point them out~ and please bear with me QAQ.

Unfortunately, the chapters from now on won’t be edited for our dear editor doesn’t have much free time nowadays.

Long chap ahead (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

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Chapter 29.1 – Male Four was Cut Off

The program team of 《Sunny Weekend》 showed the content of the second episode with great expectation. The ratings of the single episode aired rewarded them with a hundred percent effect.

Following the content of the first episode of the second season, several people are still living a comfortable and nostalgic life on the azure coast of Sanya. Like other guests, Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo, who appeared in this episode, were stunned by the beautiful scenery of the beach and then quickly adjusted to the happy atmosphere.

An Xumo who was dragged by Tang Tang to watch the show’s premiere was eating beef with a tray in his hand. When he saw the colorful characters appearing on the TV, he even slowed down his eating for a beat.

He really couldn’t quite understand……The show isn’t even about himself, but why did the program team have to give Zhou Jinchen, who has no expression, with an air of “admiring the beautiful scenery” with three exclamation marks on the characters of the flowers.

Tang Tang on the side has long been accustomed to it. The program team is considering the final broadcast effect. The editing effect of variety shows can definitely be reversed in black and white, and there is nothing to say.

“Hey, this is just for you to express the charm of the local scenery. If the environment there is a little better, the audience will feel “Wow, I want to go” after watching it. This can be regarded as a success in arousing the mood.”

“Well……I’ve watched variety shows before,” An Xumo forked a small piece of beef, “I just didn’t expect that there would be such a big gap between the actual shooting and the show’s effect.”

“It’s still early, you wait for more.” Tang Tang had gotten a bit of information from Xin Zimai and was now looking forward to it, “There’s definitely a good show later.”

Let that Han Ming and Yi Tianming step on Xiao Mo overtly and secretly, hmm, the show airs to teach them how to behave!

Early in the morning, the seaside is gloomy, and the seagulls scratched the screen. The program team plays the “rainy weekend” stunt as usual, which opened the prelude to a new day with the fragrant heat of rice porridge. The three people staying in the house packed up in their rooms to prepare lunch, while Han Ming took the two guests to the beach to pick up ingredients. It was only when An Xumo watched the familiar pace that he finally recovered a bit of his memories of filming that time.

But soon, he noticed something new and different.

“Hey, isn’t it…Han Ming deliberately gave you the wrong method at that time, ah?!” Tang Tang opened her eyes wide and looked at the screen angrily, “He is too dishonest. I didn’t follow him at that time. I didn’t expect him to target you from the beginning.”

An Xumo looked at the screen and was also slightly surprised. He never thought that the show would broadcast the footage of Han Ming introducing the method of searching for seafood. Not only that, but they also cut in the footage of the first episode where the tour guide gave Han Ming and Yi Tianming the explanation of the correct method, so that everyone knew Han Ming and Yi Tianming deliberately lied to the guests. An Xumo couldn’t help but feel a little strange, wasn’t Han Ming the resident of 《Sunny Weekend》, why did the program team purposely broadcast such scenes?

He silently destroyed a new piece of beef, thinking about what Tang Tang had just said. Maybe….this is also the variety effect that the program team wanted, right?

Not only the footage, but even the soundtrack showed a bit of tension. After Han Ming deliberately said the wrong method, the camera even intentionally played a close-up of An Xumo responding seriously. If it wasn’t for An Xumo’s presence, he would’ve thought that he had been bullied so badly.

An Xumo feels nothing to himself, but Tang Tang on the side is getting more and more angry. The next part is a contrasting shot between An Xumo, Han Ming, and Zhou Jinchen. An Xumo who earnestly searched by the sea found nothing, while Zhou Jinchen, who was actively helped by Han Ming, harvested a basket full of seafood.

“Han Ming is too much!” Tang Tang exhaled and angrily hit the table. An Xumo silently moved the other steak on the table a bit to avoid it from spilling over.

“It’s okay.” On the contrary, the poor and innocent victim of the camera spoke up to Tang Tang, “I found a big lobster later.”

An Xumo gave Tang Tang spoilers in advance, but when the content appeared on camera, it was dozens of times more effective than his brief sentence. The show first used An Xumo’s scream as a twist, coupled with the others looking over at the action, plus a few tense screen transitions with exciting background music, before finally finishing with a big close-up of the lobster.

An Xumo: “……..” So, the lobster he found was such a glorious and significant achievement.

He didn’t have to think about what kind of emotions the scene would make the viewer feel—Tang Tang on the side was concentrating on the screen, leaning her upper body forward, not turning her eyes away. When the close-up shot of the lobster came out, she was even more excited than An Xumo, who was carefully removing the lobster’s claw in the scene.

“Xiao Mo! You’re too amazing! Look at you, you big lobster!”

An Xumo rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit puzzled.

But he was also clear that this was the desired outcome of the variety show. The reason behind the text seemingly looking at the mountain, it should have ups and downs and not flat, An Xumo could finally understand it.

It was only because his own emotional fluctuation was not so intense at that time, and now that he was looking at Tang Tang who was completely excited, he felt a little contrast.

Moreover, if An Xumo remembered correctly, the next scene should be……

Sure enough, the key ingredient brought a new wave of shock. The scene changed to where Zhou Jinchen was applying medicine to An Xumo. He looked at the two people in the scene as the sound of his heart beating from inside through his chest, hitting his chest one by one.

He slowly bit the beef in his hand, feeling a little uncontrollable nervousness. Even though it had been a long time since the incident, An Xumo still remembered how he felt at that time.

Worried about his bad condition would affect the shooting, worried about what he had done wrong, worried that he wouldn’t be able to present his emotions properly in front of the camera. Too inexperienced, always looked green…

Most of all, worried that he won’t be able to perform at his best while standing next to his brother.

However, An Xumo was relieved that the camera didn’t stay on the two for too long. After the simple treatment, the scene was cut to the next part of the content.

“Brother Zhou is quite considerate.” Tang Tang sighed, looking over sideways, “How does it feel to be up close and personal with your idol?”

An Xumo coughed, “A little nervous.”

“Relax,” Tang Tang smiled. “There will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future.”

The camera quickly shifted to the scene of preparing ingredients inside the house. In the part where Zhou Jinchen used a palm-length dagger to remove the shrimp thread, Tang Tang had already seen it during the live recording, but that didn’t prevent her from marveling at Zhou Jinchen. The main reason is that the scene is so beautiful even though it’s just an ordinary cleaning of ingredients, it makes Zhou Jinchen pleasing to the eye.

Each episode of 《Sunny Weekend》 was about ninety minutes long, which contains two days of filming, so only the most exciting clips were shown. About sixty percent of the content on the first day was seafood dinner, dancing for coconuts, etc,. After releasing Yan Xiangyan and Zhang Zhiwei’s product placement commercial, the starry sky on the beach after the rain became the transition between two days. With it, there was a small climax that renewed the audience’s appetite —— the folk dance that was called up to dance by the group at two in the morning.

Tang Tang was there when the recording was first in the middle of the night. To be honest, she was actually a little worried that An Xumo’s performance would be a little too eye-catching. Fortunately, after the buildup of 《Dance to the Top Show》 viewers no longer questioned An Xumo’s professional abilities, instead, it became a very clever way to attract fans.

The show didn’t use any fancy post-production techniques when dealing with this content. Perhaps because they felt that the situation was already dramatic enough, the scene aired just showed An Xumo’s performance as it was. But in fact, the result was not less impressive. The more understated it is, the more it reveals An Xumo’s solid foundation.

Unreserved extreme expressions may be too much, but occasional glimpses will make one even more curious. An Xumo’s ability is naturally more than enough for this segment. He only showed one point of his skills, but he is able to draw people to imagine all of his skills, thus, creating a more idealized effect of wonder.

Even Tang Tang couldn’t help but exclaim, “Xiao Mo, you’re really lucky. With 《Dance to the Top Show》 in front as your prelude and such a suitable performance opportunity here, even passers-by will definitely see it and have a good impression of you.”

Professional skills are always the basic foundation of an artist’s life.

“But having said that, opportunities only favors those who are prepared.” Tang Tang turned around and was in high spirits to continue to praise but forgot what she had just wanted to say when she saw An Xumo.

She was stunned to see An Xumo who was carrying a steak. Her eyes swept to the empty plate on the table, and she was suddenly glued to it, unable to pull out, “…..Did you eat all of that big plate of chopped beef?”

An Xumo nodded honestly, “En.”

The screen was showing An Xumo’s brilliant shot, but the real one is wholeheartedly dealing with the beef. Tang Tang didn’t know whether she should be attracted to the child’s big heart or worry about the other person for eating too much.

“I know you’ve been practicing ballet training a lot lately, but Xia Mo….uh, that, even if it’s beef, it’s best not to eat too much.” Tang Tang said in a tactful tone, “otherwise you’ll accumulate fat….”

An Xumo looked at her, then at the steak in his hand, and obediently put the plate down.

“…….”

Looking at An Xumo’s action, Tang Tang was filled with guilt inside, she was busy remedying the situation, “It’s fine. It doesn’t matter today, you have extra training in the evening anyway, so eat your fill first.”

Anyway, Xiao Mo has to practice for so long every day, and he eats strictly according to the diet. His weight and body fat are always monitored, even if he eats a little more…it shouldn’t matter…it doesn’t matter.

A certain young star’s manager is starting to worry about planning her own artist’s future salary. She has to help people earn more money to save. Other artists are throwing money to buy houses, cars, and high luxury goods…….the most important thing in their family¹Referring to An Xumo is food.

So sad ah!

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After the second episode of season two of 《Sunny Weekend》 aired, the reactions it received were even stronger than the show’s initial expectations.

The first hit was Zhou Jinchen’s ten-way omnipotence.²RAW: 第一个爆点就是周谨沉的十項全能。Not sure about the translation. This is not the first reality show that Zhou Jinchen has been on, but it is the first time that he has shown his charm in life. Zhou Jinchen himself rarely reveals his private life, and there are various speculations about him. But even the most beloved old fans didn’t expect that their Brother Chen would actually be the master! Move! Wash! Bowl!

“Oh, my god! Is there anything more Su³derived from the term “Mary Su”. than a man who lights up his dishwashing skills? In particular, this man also has the face of Zhou Jinchen.”

When the second episode of 《Sunny Weekend》 premiered on Greentown TV, fans on Weibo exploded. “Remove shrimp thread” and “dishwasher” became two brand-new stems. Those who firmly believe that they were not girlfriend fans also began to fall on a large scale. With hundreds of thousands of fans, a big fan even changed their name to “Mr. Zhou’s Bowl.” In less than two hours, shrimp and bowl successfully jumped onto Zhou Jinchen’s second associated tags.

“Once, I thought the most beautiful dream I could imagine would be to say good morning to Brother Chen. But now, I realized that the most beautiful thing would be to watch Brother Chen wash the dishes.”

“Mr. Zhou can do more than just washing dishes and peeling shrimp, right, look at how skilled he is, his cooking skills are definitely not bad. This kind of man is terrible, all right? Can you leave some room for others to live!”

“I’m announcing that I’m retiring from Brother Chen’s face fan. From now on, I’m Brother Chen’s shrimp fan! Drops, shrimp fan card.”

“What’s a shrimp fan? It sounds too hungry….. I was trying to control myself from getting too hungry. Among other things, I just hope Brother Chen will take up a family’s cook husband’s book next time, a double-faced character who is a family cook during the day and a killer at night. As long as there are clips of him cooking, it’s worth going to the cinema for ten times!”

In addition to Zhou Jinchen’s recent frightening heat, An Xumo’s performance is also very eye-catching. What his fans didn’t expect was that the boy who shined on stage and dances like he’s the center of attention of the entire world—he’s such an introverted and shy character in private!

Previously, in the 《Dance to the Top Show》 footage, An Xumo also had some scenes, but he was not a big name guest, and he was not someone who had been paid by the dance company to do promotion. The show didn’t expect him to be so hot at first, and even if all the material from the bottom of the box was turned over, there was not much footage of An Xumo.

The 《Sunny Weekend》 is different. It shows the guests’ real personalities throughout the show. In daily life, An Xumo wears a refreshing white t-shirt. His unstyled hair is so soft that it can be seen visually, which makes people like him at first sight. He is so cute. He looks just like a high school boy who just came back from school with a backpack.

Moreover, when Zhou Jinchen was washing the dishes, An Xumo, who had just been in a hurry, stood by and watched the scene which was simply exhilarating……blood boiling.

Since there weren’t many traces to be found before, there were two main factions within An Xumo’s fandom. One part believes that An Xumo is usually a good-natured little wolf-dog character. On the grounds that he is extremely strong on stage, as evidenced by a hot dance he did in 《Dance to the Top Show》.

There are also some fans who believed that An Xumo is a well-behaved cute little milk cat. The reason is that he has always been very humble to people off stage, and more than one guest in 《Dance to the Top Show》 has praised him. As for the evidence, even if you don’t mention the cat ears picture that was retweeted by tens of thousands of people, An Xumo’s face here is the best evidence, isn’t it?

After 《Sunny Weekend》 aired, the Milk Cat faction took over the Wolf Dog faction with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. The Wolf Dog faction crumbled and went down to the other side.

Not to mention the original fans, the attracted new fans also reached a friendly consensus with the old fans. They all passed the previously unresolved fan title issues— one by one, with a high vote, An Xumo’s fans will be unified as “cuttlefish”. The cat and the fish were a perfect match.

For a while, in the official blog, comments and reposts of 《Sunny Weekend》, as well as in An Xumo’s own Weibo, fans began to line up to suck up to him. The Cloud Raising Mo Fan Group was officially established, and many members directly replaced their avatars with an expression pack that has been P.⁴Photoshopped With a small, round face being sucked up by another small round chirp, with a line below: Mo cub, I’ll take a bite.

While Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo’s fans were going crazy internally for New Year’s Eve, there was another person who directly attracted the two fanbases who shared the same concern.

—That is Han Ming, who misled An Xumo with wrong methods on the first day and deliberately took Zhou Jinchen’s hand in the mission on the second day.

Note: This is a plot transition chapter, there is no main CP.

DISCLAIMER: We don’t own any of the stories published. We don’t know any Chinese language and this is our first time MTL-ing a novel, expect inaccuracies in the translations.

❌ NO SPOILERS. WE ARE MTL-ING THIS AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE READING IT ❌

Translated by: Jie Jie

Unedited. So there will be some typos and grammatical errors. Bear with me QAQ

Part 2/2 of chapter 28~~

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Chapter 28.2 – He is worried about Jinchen’s Illness

Li Qiucheng sent a message with off-duty hours, but Xin Zimai didn’t want to admit it, so Li Qiucheng pretended he didn’t know. He smiled and didn’t ask more questions, instead he said, “Go upstairs. I bought yellow-bone fish soup for dinner.”

Xin Zimai had always found it strange. Li Qiucheng had obviously grown up abroad, yet he learned a lot of handful of good Chinese skills like making porridge and soup. What Xin Zimai thought was quite difficult, it looked extraordinary in Li Qiucheng’s hands.

Xin Zimai asked curiously before, but Li Qiucheng only said that his mother was good at cooking, so he had been cooking since he was a child. This description made Xin Zimai even more curious about his aunt who was friends with her mother, but he had never met her before.

The two of them took the elevator upstairs. Li Qiucheng was carrying two large bags full of ingredients, including yellow-bone fish for the fish soup. Xin Zimai originally wanted to help out politely, but Li Qiucheng didn’t give him any. He only let him open the door first, so Xin Zimai walked in front of him with empty hands.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong. He was like a playful child, leaving his parents alone behind to carry big bags. But Li Qiucheng’s look was so natural that it seemed as if Xin Zimai had thought too much.

When he returned home, Li Qiucheng went to buy ingredients and started cooking. Xin Zimai came home after more than half a month of tiredness. He just wanted to collapse on the sofa when he suddenly received a call from Zhou Jinchen.

Li Qiucheng rolled up his cuffs to reveal his bony wrists. He was busy in the open kitchen area and intermittently heard Xin Zimai’s voice.

Xin Zimai’s call was long and by the time the creamy yellow-bone fish and tofu stew was served, he was frowning and talking in the living room. Li Qiucheng glanced at him and turned to bring up some fried dishes.

It turned out that when Xin Zimai lived by himself, he hadn’t even unpacked the whole set of kitchen utensils he had bought, and his life depended on takeaways. If it weren’t for Li Qiucheng, those beautiful porcelain bowls would have been dusty until they were obsolete.

Only when the three dishes and one soup were ready did Xin Zimai hang up the phone. He came back after washing his hands, his eyes were still a little empty. When Li Qiucheng brought him the fish soup, he sat down and stared at the bowl of creamy white fish soup with stars and onion rings floating on it.

Seeing this, Li Qiucheng asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xin Zimai took a long time to hear it. He reacted and waved his hand, “Nothing. It’s something at work.”

Li Qiucheng said, “Right, someone in our group also mentioned this matter. Did Jinchen win an award? I haven’t had the time to congratulate him yet.”

Ever since Zhou Jinchen stopped going to the deep mountains to cultivate, he still needed to do regular reviews every now and then. Coincidentally, the doctor in charge of him happened to be the teacher of Li Qiucheng’s research group. Li Qiucheng has also helped the teacher since he joined the research group, and the last few times Zhou Jinchen’s reviews had been handled by Li Qiucheng. After all, the two of them met each other much later than Xin Zimai had known Li Qiucheng.

Xin Zimai nodded his head. Doctors are busy with their daily work, and news like this that has been out of time in the entertainment industry after nearly a month may still be a very novel news for Li Qiucheng and the others. Xin Zimai rubbed his eyes and said, “The call was made by Jinchen.”

Li Qiucheng looked at him and asked softly, “It’s tricky?”

Xin Zimai reported the news and said, “It’s not…It’s just that I don’t quite understand it.”

“What’s wrong?”

Xin Zimai used the round porcelain to evenly scoop up the fish soup and slowly brought it into his mouth. He was about to speak, but he was taken aback after drinking it, “….it tastes good.”

The ironing warmth slid from his lips and teeth down to his throat. The flavor was so rich and it was even slightly sweet. The sense of satisfaction exploded in his taste buds, and the next instant it turned into a fervent craving that screamed for more, wanting to keep tasting the next spoonful.

Although Xin Zimai already knew that Li Qiucheng’s cooking was good, there wasn’t a time when he wasn’t amazed by the finished product.

Li Qiucheng smiled, “Drink slowly, there is still a lot more.”

“En.” Xin Zimai drank a couple more before continuing the topic just now, “Jinchen told me he didn’t want to stir up any more heat…He wanted to suppress his topic.”

Li Qiucheng asked, “Isn’t that good?

“It’s not that bad,” Xin Zimai frowned. “It’s just that this is what Jinchen does for a living. What else is he going to do without the heat? Even if he wants to go the actor’s route, it doesn’t conflict with the heat ah……I don’t quite understand his thoughts.”

He pinched the spoon and sighed, “I don’t dare directly persuade him. I’m worried about the fact that Jinchen will suddenly think this way is related to his illness…..He probably doesn’t want to keep indulging these real high densities of emotions.”

“Honestly, I’ve been worried about this,” Xin Zimai pulled his hair in annoyance. Li Qiucheng is the only person besides him who was also informed. It was only when he faced this person that he could express his worries, “Jinchen is very strong and have to do his best. He can interpret the emotions of the characters in the script smoothly and control them profoundly. That’s why he got to where he is today.”

“But you know,” Xin Zimai let out a long breath, he said grimly, “This is what ails Jinchen. He is only bad at perceiving emotions related to him. Although he has been fine all these years, I’m worried that one day he…”

“Actually, I don’t think so.”

The back of Xin Zimai’s cold hand was suddenly covered by a warm body heat. He was stunned for a moment. Li Qiucheng quickly put his hand back, looked at him, and said, “I’ve been following up on Jinchen’s review. My deepest impression of what happened to him is that he’s a very strong and very persistent person.”

“So, I think this matter may need to be thought in another direction.” Li Qiucheng said, “For this matter of suppressing the topic, did Jinchen explained to you why?”

Xin Zimai held the tips of his cold fingers and pondered, “He’s talking about the usual…..the hype will backfire and all that, but now that the big background is here, everyone is in the circle, how are we going to keep the popularity if we don’t do this? Moreover, we are not forced to stir up the heat, Jinchen has his own amount of topics. Many achievements are already there, and we’re just pushing the boat along with the river.”¹顺水推舟: lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one’s own benefit

Zhou Jinchen had just won Film Emperor, it was the right time to build momentum. Xin Zimai felt that his words were really a bit unreasonable, which was why he thought of going somewhere else.

Li Qiucheng himself was not a member of the circle. He was a doctor who couldn’t even talk about the last Film Emperor of the Wutong Awards. Xin Zimai can say these things and didn’t expect him to help, but only because they are the two people who knew about Zhou Jinchen’s condition, they would talk about these things at great length.

What Xin Zimai didn’t expect was that Li Qiucheng was not just a bystander, he thought about it and said, “Actually, I think what Jinchen said is reasonable.”

“…. Ah?” Xin Zimai was taken aback.

“I don’t understand the methods in your industry, about data, traffic, marketing, and stuff like that. But from a bystander’s point of view, the regulations in the industry right now…..is indeed problematic.”

Xin Zimai frowned and was a little unhappy. He felt that Li Qiucheng was talking nonsense without knowing what he was talking about and that the line of business had its own doorway. What qualifications did an amateur have to evaluate the rules of the industry?

Li Qiucheng noticed his expression but didn’t stop as he said, “I don’t think what Jinchen is saying is an old-fashioned excuse, but what he really thinks. As you know, Jinchen has a strong business talent, and these in the entertainment industry won’t jump out of money and business. Other than that, he’s always had a good eye for things.”

Xin Zimai slowly calmed down a bit. But what really made him change his mind was Li Qiucheng’s next words.

“The little girl in our group said that the Weibo post where Jinchen won the Film Emperor was forwarded millions of times on the first day, and the fans are spontaneously organizing to hit the Weibo tens of millions of times.”

“Maimai, heat and traffic are essential things, but they don’t replace everything. Jinchen’s heat is truly amazing, and he’s the equivalent of setting a benchmark here. It’s just that if he can do it now, someone will be able to surpass him in the future.”

“But actors are different. No powerful actor will be directly replaced. What is shaped by one actor will always belong to that actor. Someone can remake it, adapt it, but a classic will always be a classic. It will never change.”

“Of course, I’m just an amateur who knows very little about the industry.”

Li Qiucheng finished these great words slowly. He held his glasses down and said, “But I think that you should have a good chat with Jinchen to find out what he’s thinking.”

“Jinchen wants to be an actor, and it’s something he has to do considering his personal condition. But this kind of thing doesn’t mean that it’s a wrong choice in the current situation.”

Xin Zimai looked at the creamy white fish soup in front of him for a long time before responding in a low voice.

“Okay. I’ll talk to him.”

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As the one being worried, Zhou Jinchen didn’t know what his agent was thinking. After he was busy for a period of time, it was time for 《Sunny Weekend》 to air.

After the buildup of the first season and the recent publicity, the rating of the second season of 《Sunny Weekend》 was very pleasing, but this data was not the one that the show was mostly looking forward to. They also have a more valuable issue of resources —— for the two recording guests of the second episode are more well-known now than they were when they recorded at that time.

This is Zhou Jinchen’s first variety show after being crowned the Best Actor. He himself has not participated in many variety shows, with only a few of them being repeatedly viewed by fans. This time new content was released, fans naturally won’t miss such a good opportunity.

In addition to the new Best Actor, the program also has another killer copper – this is also the first variety show that An Xumo, who became famous in the 《Dance to the Top Show》 participated in after the game.

What makes the show even happier is that there are a lot of interactions between these two.

What could be more popular with viewers than this kind of episode?

The post-editing team that had been tormented by Li Xiuqing and some unnamed investor in turn simply had to hug and weep. No one expected that they would be tossed around for so long, that they had come unexpectedly and mistakenly chose the best result.

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The author has something to say:

In the transition chapter, I wrote some parts of the reasons why the brother is an actor. In the future transition chapter, I will remind you in the previous chapter and title. Girls who don’t want to buy can skip it~

The next chapter is about Xiao Mo and his brother.

So, this is really a story about two people who both have emotional flaws and are slowly healing each other. In the early stage, Xiao Mo likes his brother a little more, and in the later stage, his brother likes Xiao Mo more.

(Of course, Xiao Mo may not agree with this. Ahem.)

Anyway, thank you all very much for your support-v-.