Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Yes, Brother Chen and I are in the same company. When I was on the set, Brother Chen also took good care of me. Brother Chen is a very good senior. I worked with him in my first movie and learned a lot, so I have the best relationship with him on the set,” said Yan Qingchi.
The host nodded and, seeing that the time was almost up, motioned for them to enter.
Ji Sixing saw that the host only interviewed Jiang Mochen, the director and Yan Qingchi. He was a little dissatisfied, but he didn’t show it because it was in a public place.
Several people entered the room and rested for a while backstage. Yan Qingchi wanted to go to the bathroom, so he told Jiang Mochen and left first.
He walked towards the bathroom, and when he reached the corner, a man happened to turn out and almost collide with him.
“I’m sorry.” The other party said quickly.
Yan Qingchi looked at him, “Chen Xuanlang.”
Chen Xuanlang was also startled, “Yan Qingchi! Are you feeling well?”
Yan Qingchi nodded.
“You are really awesome. What’s going on? You’ve had a good year’s rest? But you’re still on the rise. You’re so brave.”
Yan Qingchi smiled, “I just felt unwell, but I’m fine now. It’s okay.”
“That’s good. But you are also very lucky. A movie and a TV series have become popular and are still being broadcast. Not only have you not been left behind, but you have also been promoted directly. You are so lucky.”
“So you don’t have to worry about me.”
Chen Xuanlang sighed, “It’s okay. I really thought there was some conflict between you and Nancheng, and I asked Sun Xun. If Sun Xun hadn’t promised again and again that it has nothing to do with the company, it’s just your personal reasons, I should have believed those rumors on the Internet.”
“You can ask me directly.”
“I just saw that you took a break for more than half a year and didn’t participate in anything. It’s like being hidden. If you really have a physical problem, at this level, it’s probably not a minor illness. I’m afraid you’ll feel uncomfortable if I ask.”
“I’m not that squeamish.”
“But Nancheng is pretty good to you, I think. You wanted to take a year off, and they actually let you take a year off. You don’t know that in some companies, as long as you don’t fall down, you have to film well. It’s so unkind.”
“Yes, so I also think Nancheng is very good. ” Yan Qingchi thought for a moment and added, “When my contract is up, I will renew my contract with Nancheng.”
“You’d better take a look first. What’s good now doesn’t mean it will be good in the future. If you have the ability, of course it’s best to open your own studio and be your own boss.”
I’m almost the boss now, Yan Qingchi thought, I have half of the boss’s assets.
Chen Xuanlang’s cell phone rang, and he frowned in annoyance.
Yan Qingchi asked him, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s okay, do you want to go to the bathroom? You go ahead, I’ll take care of something.”
After he finished speaking, he took his phone and went to the other side. Looking at his back, Yan Qingchi felt that he seemed to have something on his mind.
When Yan Qingchi came out of the bathroom, he didn’t meet Chen Xuanlang again. When the time was almost up, they left backstage and entered the hall one after another. They sat according to the names on the seats. Although Yan Qingchi and Jiang Mochen were in the same crew, they did not sit in the first row because of the disparity in status. Only Jiang Mochen and Director Wang sat in the first row, while everyone else sat in the second row.
Yan Qingchi sat down, glanced to the side, and saw Chen Xuanlang’s name taped on the back of the chair. He felt that the two of them were quite destined, and it felt like they had met somewhere in life.
Zhao Qiang had just checked her makeup with the small mirror in her handbag when she saw the light on her phone flickering on and off, reminding her that she had received an unread message on WeChat. She clicked on it and found that the person who sent the message was actually sitting next to her. Ji Sixing.
Zhao Qiang opened the dialog box and saw Ji Sixing complaining as if he was thinking about her, “You are obviously the heroine, but the host did not interview you and interviewed Yan Qingchi. I really don’t know what to think.”
Zhao Qiang said to herself that she and Ji Sixing were not that familiar, at least not familiar enough for Ji Sixing to think about her, so she looked at this WeChat message and smiled gracefully. With such a low-level trick, did he think she was a little girl who had just joined the industry??
Zhao Qiang moved her fingers adorned with red nail polish and replied: “Of course it’s for the sake of work. Yan Qingchi has been nominated. If he doesn’t interview him, how can he interview those of us who haven’t been nominated?”
Ji Sixing continued to provoke: “He is the supporting male No. 3, I don’t even know if his scene lasted for twenty minutes, but he was still nominated? I’m really sorry for you. You took longer to shoot than he did, and you put in more energy than he did. In the end, you didn’t get a nomination, but he did.”
Zhao Qiang did not expose him and replied like a cat playing with a mouse: “The core of this drama itself is the battle of wits and courage between the three of you. I am the condiment that acts as a buffer in the tense plot. It is okay not to be nominated. It’s normal.”
Seeing that she had no sense of competition at all, Ji Sixing cursed her as an idiot in his mind, but still replied patiently, “You have such a good temper. If I were you, I probably wouldn’t be so easy to talk to.”
Zhao Qiang saw this, then she moved her fingers and replied to him the last one.
“You don’t need to be me. After all, you also haven’t been nominated. The three of you are fighting a battle of wits and bravery. It’s obviously a three-person movie, but you are the only one who doesn’t have a name. You spend more time than Yan Qingchi and have more scenes than him. In the end, the return rate is not as good as him, and you are worth less than me.”
Ji Sixing gritted his teeth as he looked at the words on the phone. He turned to look at Zhao Qiang and saw that she was talking to Su Nuan with her mouth covered, as if the words carrying a gun and a stick were not what she just said. Ji Sixing gritted his teeth and turned back, feeling indignant.
Chen Xuanlang came a little late and was surprised to see Yan Qingchi next to him. “We are quite destined.”
“Yes, have you finished handling the matter?”
As soon as he said these words, Chen Xuanlang started to have a headache again, “Not yet.”
“What’s wrong?”
Chen Xuanlang looked at him and hesitated to speak.
Yan Qingchi was a little confused by his expression, “Why are you still hesitating when speaking, captain, you were not like this before.”
After hearing what he said, Chen Xuanlang simply stopped worrying and asked directly, “Can you do me a favor?”
“Tell me.”
Chen Xuanlang looked at him and said firmly, “I want to change jobs to Nancheng. Can you help me ask?”
Yan Qingchi didn’t expect this. When he was recording a variety show with Chen Xuanlang, he had heard Chen Xuanlang ask him about things related to Nancheng, and he vaguely felt that Chen Xuanlang wanted to change jobs, but he never said anything, and he didn’t ask more questions. Unexpectedly, this hunch turned out to be true.
“Okay, I think there should be no problem. After all, for a celebrity like you, it will only be a damn thing if Nancheng doesn’t want to sign.”
“Then thank you for the hard work. I’ll treat you to a meal after it’s done.”
“No need.” Yan Qingchi thought, how could any employee invite the boss to dinner? “I’ll treat you to dinner as a celebration of your joining our company.”
Chen Xuanlang chuckled, “As long as you don’t mind suffering a loss.”
“I will definitely not suffer a loss.” Yan Qingchi looked at him. After all, he was half an owner of Nancheng.
Yan Qingchi sent a WeChat message to Jiang Mochen almost immediately to tell him that Chen Xuanlang wanted to change jobs. Jiang Mochen had vaguely heard some rumors about Chen Xuanlang and his agency before, but he didn’t expect it to be true. Of course he would not reject a popular, capable and hard-working person like Chen Xuanlang, so he gave Yan Qingchi Wu Yuan’s phone number and asked him to give it to Chen Xuanlang.
Yan Qingchi sent the phone number to Chen Xuanlang’s mobile phone, “I asked Brother Chen, and he gave it to me and told you to contact this person.”
Chen Xuanlang only thought that Jiang Mochen was the first brother of Nancheng and had seniority. So he had a certain say in these matters, so he didn’t think much about it, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
Not long after Yan Qingchi said these words, the Golden Laurel Award ceremony officially began.
As the most authoritative and influential awards ceremony in China, the Golden Laurel Awards had always been a major event in the film industry. This was the first time for Yan Qingchi to sit on such an occasion and participate in the selection. At this moment, as the host announced the opening of the first award, his heart also tightened.
He clenched his hands unconsciously and listened to the opening of awards one after another. As he was listening, he heard the host say, “The next winners will be announced by Ge Hongliang and Tong Shan. They will open the Best Newcomer Award for us.”
Yan Qingchi felt that his heartbeat was rapidly accelerating. He watched the two seniors walk on stage, make fun of their half-life film career, and then open the envelope. “This year, the nominees for the best newcomers are-“
The screen began playing the highlights of the finalists one by one, Yan Qingchi saw his own role as Meng Luo, they had chosen the last scene, the confrontation with Jiang Mochen. Then, he saw on the screen his biggest rival who had been rumored on the Internet – 17-year-old Lin Yao.
“This year, the winner of the Best Newcomer Award——” one of the old-timers read.
Yan Qingchi felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He looked at the stage and saw the old man handing the opened envelope to the person next to him, “Lin Yao!”
Yan Qingchi heard them say together.
At that moment, the dust settled.
Yan Qingchi felt his heart return to his stomach again. He sat quietly, not to mention sad, at most he was just disappointed. He watched Lin Yao go up to the stage to receive the award. He was good-looking, still young but stable enough. Even on such an occasion, he looked dignified and generous. He took the trophy and stood in front of the microphone, looking a little nervous as he gave his acceptance speech.
Yan Qingchi looked at him and felt very calm.
He thought of a long time ago, when he was still young and his adoptive father took him fishing. There were many fish in the fish pond. His adoptive father said, “Don’t worry, fish slowly.”
So he lowered the pole, and after a while, the fish was hooked.
He was very happy. They had the fish cooked to his liking and had it for lunch.
His adoptive father then asked him, “Is the fish delicious?”
Yan Qingchi said, “It’s delicious.”
“Is fishing fun?”
Yan Qingchi didn’t think it was that interesting, but he was embarrassed to tell his adoptive father.
Who was his adoptive father? How could he not understand his thoughts?
“Do you think it’s not interesting?” he asked.
Yan Qingchi bit his chopsticks and smiled, “It’s not that interesting.”
His adoptive father shook his head, “It’s not that it’s not interesting, but that the process got over before you could feel its fun.”
Yan Qingchi was puzzled.
His adoptive father gave him a piece of fish meat and said, “You have never experienced the feeling of waiting for the fish to take the bait, and you have not experienced the helplessness of it always not taking the bait, so naturally you cannot appreciate the fun of the fish taking the bait. The bad nature of human beings is, things that are too easy to get will never feel precious. Just like this fish, you got it too easily and caught it in a daze. You are very lucky, but your luck also makes you lose the joy of waiting and waiting. That is the joy gained through hard work.”
Just like the nomination for the Newcomer Award this time, he got it too easily and was in a daze. He was lucky, but he was also too lucky, so he always lacked some sense of reality, so he continued being in a daze. Although he was disappointed when he didn’t win the award, he was not too disappointed. At this moment, he even felt the long-lost reality.
He had just entered this circle and had not really fought and worked hard for it, and had not yet tasted the expectations of waiting and hard work. Of course, he could lower his fishing rod and let the fish take the bait, but what would happen after it took the bait?
Yan Qingchi sat in his seat and looked at the young man on the podium. He would always catch a fish. He believed it, so he wanted to experience the fun of fishing this time. He wanted that when someone asked him next time “Is it interesting?” he could reply, “Interesting, very interesting, I feel very happy.”
The author has something to say:
Yan Qingchi: Where is my plug-in?? Did I fail?? Why did it drop so quickly? Is it because I didn’t recharge it?!
Lin Zizi: Zai, don’t give up. We don’t want a small prize like this. If you want one, just get a big one. The main reason is that Mr. Jiang of your family won the award for the first time he was nominated. But it took him so many years to win the Best Actor. You can’t afford to wait. So we don’t win the award for the first time, and we will go straight to the big one next time.
Yan Qingchi:……
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