Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Sister Oatmeals, can you please stop licking cookies all day? This brand has never had an ambassador, OK?” Someone immediately jumped out and said sarcastically.
Yan Qingchi’s fans were not to be outdone: “The above person is amazing at judging the attributes of the clothes without any evidence. Aren’t you, Yanmai, going to apologize in person?”
“It’s just haute couture. If you pay, they will make it. Yan Qingchi hasn’t attended an event in a year. This is his first appearance this year and he’s also nominated. It’s normal for him to pay more attention to custom-made clothes. It’s just that he and Jiang Mochen happened to use the same brand. There’s nothing to discuss. Stop trying to lead the trend.”
“I don’t understand what the above person said. I simply think that both of them look good in them.”
“+1 for the above person. They even look a good match.”
“CP fans are just being cute in their own circle!!! Shut up, thank you!”
“Who the hell is a CP fan? They’re just passers-by who love looks. CP fans are all crying on Weibo. They don’t have time to come to your inventory posts.”
Sister Yanmai kept a close eye on the post, fearing that the passers-by would say something wrong and Jiang Mochen’s fans would start a fight first. As a result, before the two sides even started fighting, another bombshell came.
Someone posted a GIF of Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi on Weibo. In the GIF, Yan Qingchi seemed to be talking to someone else. Jiang Mochen suddenly patted him to remind him to go out. Yan Qingchi nodded, and Jiang Mochen adjusted the brooch on his chest very conveniently. Yan Qingchi looked down, then smiled at him, as if saying something, and Jiang Mochen also smiled.
Judging from the background of this GIF, it should be taken from a hidden corner. The caption written by the poster only has a row of “Ahhhhhhhhh” and a string of exclamation marks. There were no other words, but it was enough to show her excitement.
When fans of Chenchi CP saw this picture, they also screamed, “Oh my god, so sweet!!! So sweet!”
“Mr. Jiang is so gentle! So sweet!!!”
“Couple outfits, tidying up accessories, smiling at each other, I’m dead, no need to save me!”
“I feel like I’m really touched, this is so sweet, can it not be real?”
Soon, this GIF was stolen by a marketing account. The Oatmeal sisters looked at the picture that appeared on their Weibo square and felt like crying but had no tears. The same high-end style was already terrible, and now there was such a GIF. Wasn’t this forcing the Little House sisters to tear it apart?
However, Jiang Mochen’s fans did not become agitated as quickly as they thought. Apart from some angry fans who attacked people online in the beginning, most of the fans were just controlling the comments reasonably. They did not attack Yan Qingchi, and they had no intention of quarreling with him.
For Jiang Mochen’s fans, there was a huge gap in status between Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi, and they felt that if they were the ones who took the initiative to fight with Yan Qingchi’s family, it would be too cheap, so unless Yan Qingchi’s family spoke rudely first, they would not lower their own status. Otherwise, if they became rivals, when people talked about Jiang Mochen in the future, they would think of Yan Qingchi, and that would really be poverty alleviation.
But the Oatmeal sisters were all afraid that Little House sister would be angry, so whether on the forum or Weibo, they controlled their hands and spoke carefully. When talking about the same brand of clothes, they said that the two of them wore them in different styles; when asked whether they should get a new title, they said that it should be specially customized for attending the Golden Osmanthus Awards; saying that the two of them matched well and the GIF was sweet, they said they were grateful for Mr. Jiang’s care and congratulated Mr. Jiang on winning the Best Actor Award.
It was a good idea not to hit a smiling person. The Little House sisters were already immersed in the joy of Jiang Mochen winning the Best Actor award again. Although they were unhappy to see their brother wearing something similar to others, it was Jiang Mochen who took the initiative to help Yan Qingchi arrange the brooch, not Yan Qingchi who asked Jiang Mochen to arrange the brooch. Therefore, they could not scold Yan Qingchi for being a pushover and could only turn a blind eye.
Therefore, although some toxic fans of Jiang and Yan’s families had started fighting, the overall fan circle was still relatively peaceful, except for their CP fans. That night, the number of Chenchi CP fans increased dramatically. The GIF of Jiang Mochen adjusting Yan Qingchi’s brooch successfully made many passers-by support this CP, and some even shouted for them to work together again. This time, they didn’t want a life-and-death struggle, but a happy ending.
The result of the sudden increase in fans was that the ranking of the super topic continued to rise, so much so that Yan Qingchi was shocked when he opened Weibo the next day. He clicked on the Chenchi CP group that he hadn’t visited for a long time, only to find that so many things had happened in one night. Now, this group was still discussing passionately, analyzing from clothes to watches whether they were wearing couple outfits last night, and some people even directly used the photos taken by the media in front of the autograph wall to photoshop the marriage certificate, and some people even photoshopped the wedding scene!
Yan Qingchi was so amused that he just looked at it for a while and then closed his Weibo account. At this time, he didn’t know that he and Jiang Mochen had already occupied a place in the CP world.
As expected, Chen Xuanlang was finally handed over to Wu Yuan, and the reason was even simpler than they thought – Lin Yao went to prepare for the college entrance examination. This young rising star in the film and television industry was also an idealistic high school student. He was a bohemian who loved mathematics, physics and chemistry all his life, and he only wanted to be admitted to the best science university in City X. As for the three major science schools, Lin Yao said that he had studied hard from elementary school to high school for so long, and he would not be willing to fail to get into a 985 or 211 university!
Yan Qingchi was quite amused after hearing this and even thought that Lin Yao was a little cute. He was somewhat curious about which university he would end up attending.
After the Golden Osmanthus Awards, Yan Qingchi attended the Golden Camel Awards Ceremony and the Seal Ceremony. Finally, time came to January of the new year. Fu Minzhi’s movie “The Martial Arts World in the Mist” started shooting this month, and Yan Qingchi played the leading male role Wen Yao in the play.
“The Martial Arts World in the Mist” was a movie about the inheritance and disappearance of martial arts. During the Republic of China period, wars were raging everywhere. Martial arts had long since become a legend in books. Everyone thought that martial arts were dead and the martial arts world was just a fictional world, except for four young men in Lingcheng.
Wen Yao, Yan Zi, He Xiaoshuai and the little monk were the only few remaining martial artists who knew each other. Among them, Yan Zi was the descendant of the thief Jin Mudan, He Xiaoshuai was the inheritor of the Worry-Free Fist, the little monk learned from Shaolin and learned Luohan Fist and stick techniques and was considered the most orthodox martial arts disciple among them, and Wen Yao was the son of the previous martial arts leader Wen Xing, and he practiced flying knives and swords.
The Lingcheng martial arts world was originally composed of seven martial artists. They were highly skilled and each had their own unique skills. They were very influential in the society at that time. In order to restrain each other and also to pass on the spirit of martial arts, the seven people swore an oath of blood alliance and elected an alliance leader, who was responsible for supervising and uniting everyone. They were not allowed to go out into the world, cause chaos in the world, let ordinary people know about the existence of the martial arts world, and not harm the world.
As time went by, by the generation of Wen Yao’s father Wen Xing, only four of the seven descendants of the martial arts world had left descendants.
Wen Xing died of a serious illness and passed the position of leader of the martial arts world to Wen Yao. He Xiaoshuai found it ridiculous. He didn’t understand what kind of martial arts world it was with only the four of them. He felt that the martial arts world no longer existed and that Wen Yao, the leader of the martial arts world, was also ridiculous. So he wanted to disband and live their own lives.
However, the seven people who swore an oath of blood alliance back then set up a rule that as long as there was even one descendant alive, they must abide by the martial arts agreement, could not withdraw, and must restrain and control each other.
As the new leader of the martial arts world, Wen Yao did not agree with He Xiaoshuai’s proposal and still held three martial arts conferences at the beginning, middle and end of each year, even though there were only four of them attending.
When the Japanese army entered the city, the leader Saito met He Xiaoshuai by chance. He was impressed by He Xiaoshuai’s skills, promised him wealth and glory, and invited him to join. He Xiaoshuai enjoyed the feeling of being extravagant and readily agreed. With the joining of He Xiaoshuai, the Japanese army became more powerful and acted lawlessly in Lingcheng.
Yan Zi discovered that He Xiaoshuai had defected to the Japanese army and advised him to turn back, but He Xiaoshuai was unwilling to do so. So, Yan Zi had no choice but to tell Wen Yao.
As the leader of the alliance, Wen Yao had the responsibility to maintain the righteousness of the martial arts world, so he found He Xiaoshuai and persuaded him to withdraw. But He Xiaoshuai was unwilling, and the two had a fierce argument. Seeing that He Xiaoshuai was stubborn, Wen Yao placed him under house arrest.
He Xiaoshuai’s disappearance made Saito feel strange. After some inquiries, he learned the legend of Lingcheng martial arts. They wanted to find the martial artists in Lingcheng and use them for their own purposes. And after several twists and turns, they found Wen Yao.
The Wen family ostensibly ran a martial arts school that taught young people some boxing techniques. Saito visited the Wen family martial arts school three times and persuaded Wen Yao to join them, but Wen Yao just calmly did his own thing and rejected him.
The Japanese army surrounded the Wen family martial arts school. Saito captured the disciples studying in the school and asked Wen Yao to compete with him. For the sake of his disciples, Wen Yao had no choice but to agree.
Saito used a knife and Wen Yao used a sword. After a fight, Wen Yao won. Saito released the disciples of the martial arts school as promised. Wen Yao disbanded the martial arts school and told the disciples who were studying there that they didn’t need to come anymore.
Saito began to frequently visit the martial arts gym and tried to persuade Wen Yao to join, but Wen Yao was still busy with his own affairs and calmly refused.
On the other hand, the young monk killed six Japanese soldiers in order to save the girl Yin Ling who was nearly raped by the Japanese soldiers. A high reward was put on his head and he was wanted by the whole city. Yin Ling took him to her home to avoid the Japanese army’s search. However, Yin Ling was ill and her family had no money. In order to save her, Yin Ling’s mother betrayed the little monk and led the Japanese army into her home.
The young monk was surrounded by Japanese troops. His fists were no match for the bullets and he died at the hands of the Japanese.
Yin Ling was tricked by her mother into leaving home for medical treatment. When she came back, she saw bloodstains on the ground but no trace of the little monk. She was worried that something had happened to the little monk, so she hurried out to look for him, only to see the body of the little monk hanging on the city gate.
Yin Ling asked her mother if she was the one who betrayed the little monk, but her mother was evasive and refused to answer. Yin Ling couldn’t accept that her savior died because of her, so she banged her head against the door and died.
When Wen Yao saw the little monk’s body, he was furious and went to the city gate that night to retrieve the little monk’s body. The Japanese army had already ambushed at the city gate in order to eliminate other martial artists in Lingcheng. It was only because Wen Yao was so agile and his flying knife was so powerful that he was able to defeat the Japanese army and successfully escape with the little monk’s body.
Wen Yao handed the little monk’s body to Yan Zi, who was already ready to pick him up, and asked him to bury the little monk and leave Lingcheng.
Although Yan Zi was reluctant, he nodded in agreement.
The next morning, Saito came to Wen Yao and asked him if he knew what happened last night. Wen Yao was still doing his own thing calmly and indifferently, saying that he didn’t know. However, this time, Saito did not act as usual. He raised his hand and let his men come in. Wen Yao looked at the guns in their hands without any change in his expression. He just looked at Saito. Saito said that if Wen Yao did not join them this time, then Wen Yao would have to die.
Upon hearing this, Wen Yao stopped what he was doing and said, “Wait a minute.”
He entered the room where He Xiaoshuai was under house arrest and asked He Xiaoshuai if he was willing to repent. He Xiaoshuai was still stubborn and refused to do so. Seeing this, Wen Yao said sorry and killed him with a sword. He looked at the shock on He Xiaoshuai’s face and explained to him, “I’m about to die. I can die, but the rules of Lingcheng’s martial arts world cannot be broken. Don’t go out into the world, don’t cause chaos, and don’t harm people. I can’t let you break the rules.”
He killed He Xiaoshuai, left his room, put on a white training suit, held a sword, and walked in front of Saito.
Saito didn’t understand, “Why are you so stubborn?”
Wen Yao looked at him without saying anything and stabbed him directly. Saito was caught off guard and died under his sword.
The adjutant ordered to open fire, and Wen Yao fought with a sword. However, cold weapons were no match for guns and cannons. He killed many Japanese soldiers, but also died in the Wen family martial arts gym, and his white clothes were stained red with blood.
The Japanese army hung Wen Yao’s body at the city gate, hoping to attract other martial artists to show up. Yan Zi stood at the street corner, wanting to save him, but then he remembered what Wen Yao once told him, “If I die, you don’t have to come to see me or bury me. Just live well. From now on, you will be the entire martial arts world of Lingcheng.”
He looked at Wen Yao and slowly disappeared into the crowd.
When Yan Qingchi first saw the script, he was sighing and a little puzzled. He didn’t quite understand why Wen Yao, who was so capable and patriotic, didn’t devote himself to serving his country, but chose to live like an ordinary person.
Fu Minzhi answered him, “Because this is the rule of Lingcheng’s martial arts. The rule of Lingcheng’s martial arts is not to go out into the world, not to cause chaos, not to let ordinary people panic because of the existence of people in the martial arts, and not to harm the world. Wen Yao is the inheritor of the martial arts, not the changer of the martial arts. He can teach martial arts disciples and let them devote themselves to serving the country, but for him, Lingcheng martial arts is his world, and he just wants to protect his own world.”
Hearing this, Yan Qingchi could only sigh.
Fu Minzhi asked him, “Do you understand it?”
“It’s okay.” Yan Qingchi said truthfully, “The entire Lingcheng martial arts world represents the helplessness of the decline of martial arts. The little monk and Yin Ling reflect the badness of human nature. Wen Yao’s death is the alternation between cold weapons and guns. Even if the martial arts world had not declined at that time, the birth of guns would have led to its final decline. And Wen Yao, he is an ideal personality, sticking to his original heart, a maintainer and practitioner of order.”
“What else?”
Yan Qingchi was surprised, “What else?”
Fu Minzhi smiled, “What you said is right, but also wrong. Some films actually have no specific theme. The director is only responsible for telling you a story. There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand spectators. As for what you see from the story, it depends on your understanding. There is no right or wrong, everything is right and nothing is wrong.”
Yan Qingchi felt that this was really too confusing, “Director Fu, are you all so philosophical when making art films?”
Fu Minzhi did not answer him directly, but just said, “Come on.”
Yan Qingchi looked at the script and felt that this role was indeed much more difficult than Meng Luo. After all, Meng Luo had a contrast in character reversal before and after, while Wen Yao had always been calm and indifferent, but his heart was filled with too many things that need Yan Qingchi to express, which was a bit of a test of his acting skills.
“Come on, Yan Qingchi,” he said to himself.
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