TL: Hua
Qi Xiaoyu slowly finished the breakfast in front of him, wiped his mouth carefully, and went around Xun Qian to tease White-browed Hero for a while before standing up and saying, “I won’t be home recently. Remember to go to see Doctor Song often.”
Xun Qian lowered his head and played with White-browed Hero, responding vaguely.
It was early summer, and there were already intermittent cicada sounds outside.
Qi Xiaoyu put his hands in his trouser pockets, took two steps back, and looked at Xun Qian and the dog from a distance.
The morning sun slanted in from outside and fell on Xun Qian, from his forehead to his fingertips.
Qi Xiaoyu stood there and watched for a while before turning around and walking out.
Butler Cheng saw him walk out and hurried over, pushing Xun Qian to follow.
White-browed Hero jumped twice and wanted to follow.
Qi Xiaoyu turned around and said to Butler Cheng, “You stay with the Third Master in the dining room for breakfast. He hasn’t had his orange juice yet.”
Butler Cheng didn’t move.
Xun Qian looked up at Qi Xiaoyu silently, his face slightly reddened by the sun, and he said after a while, “Be careful when filming. Use a stunt double for dangerous actions.”
“Yes.” Qi Xiaoyu smiled slightly, thought for a moment, and waved at him, “I’ll find time to come back.”
After Qi Xiaoyu left, Xun Qian sat there by himself. He finished the last bite of the sandwich, wiped his fingers and the corners of his mouth slowly like Qi Xiaoyu just did, and then looked at the direction Qi Xiaoyu left for a long time.
Butler Cheng stood with his hands hanging down.
The little black dog sat obediently aside, panting with his tongue out.
Xun Qian’s slender fingers held the transparent glass filled with orange juice. He just took a sip and started coughing again.
Qi Xiaoyu was not here, so he didn’t need to worry. The cough was not loud, but it seemed to cough out his entire life.
Butler Cheng quickly brought a clean handkerchief.
Xun Qian pressed the corner of his mouth, and it took a long time before he stopped. His bent body slowly straightened up, and his voice was obviously hoarser than before: “Find two reliable people to follow him; don’t let him get into trouble in the crew.”
Butler Cheng quickly agreed.
Xun Qian controlled the wheelchair himself and turned to leave the dining room. The morning sun fell on the empty table.
On the other side, the Mercedes drove all the way to the film and television city.
Qi Xiaoyu stared at the fleeting scenery outside the window aimlessly, and what flashed through his mind was the trembling of Xun Qian’s fingertips when he lowered his head and the silver BMW that passed by in the night yesterday.
He couldn’t help but think of how Xun Qian and Xu Xueyin reconciled in the original novel, which was after he had fallen in love with Tang Yuning and ended up together, and under Tang Yuning’s persuasion, their mother and son had finally reached a reconciliation.
Well, Tang Yuning is Tang Yi’s son, and only he can persuade Xu Xueyin to let go of the past hatred.
Without Tang Yuning acting as the peacemaker, is there any other way?
Qi Xiaoyu propped his elbow on the car window, just like Xun Qian’s usual action when thinking.
He carefully thought about all aspects, how to reconcile the relationship between Xun Qian and Xu Xueyin. Xun Qian’s personality is repressed and introverted, and Xu Xueyin’s temper is romantic, impulsive, and extreme, and she is easily influenced by others. Coupled with past events, although they were mother and son, they were not suitable for getting along.
In fact, in the original book, the two who finally reached a reconciliation didn’t often interact, but only sat down together for a meal occasionally during the New Year.
If he wants to analyze it rationally, it would be best if Xun Qian could uproot and completely eliminate the power of the Xu family, and it would be even better if he could completely cut off the relationship with Xu Xueyin from an economic perspective.
Qi Xiaoyu tapped the glass window lightly with his fingers a few times.
He believed that Xun Qian could be cruel to other people in the Xu family, but he might not be able to do such a thing to his mother. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have tolerated Xu Xueyin for so many years.
And his current position is not a direct conflict, nor is it good to interfere with the affairs between mother and son.
Qi Xiaoyu scratched his hair, a little upset.
When he was about to reach his destination, he took out his mobile phone to check the time and estimated that Butler Cheng would be downstairs at this time, so he called him.
Butler Cheng was obviously stunned for a moment when he received a call from Qi Xiaoyu right after he left: “Xiaoyu? What’s wrong? Did you leave something at home?”
Qi Xiaoyu didn’t beat around the bush and said with a smile, “Uncle Cheng, is the Third Master feeling unwell today?”
“Uh…” Xun Qian has been in poor health these days, and it got worse last night, but he didn’t let them tell Qi Xiaoyu.
Butler Cheng understood Xun Qian’s approach. Qi Xiaoyu was obviously very concerned about Xun Qian’s health recently, which was a good thing.
But Xun Qian has not shown any improvement on his side and has even fallen ill repeatedly. He feared that Qi Xiaoyu was worried.
Butler Cheng was also anxious. Xun Qian had been ill for so many years, and he was definitely the most serious about treatment during this period. Why didn’t his condition get better?
Butler Cheng hesitated, so Qi Xiaoyu continued to ask, “Were there any uninvited guests last night?”
Butler Cheng didn’t know how to answer. Xun Qian clearly forbade that these matters should not be brought up in front of Qi Xiaoyu.
However, before Butler Cheng could figure out what was going on, Qi Xiaoyu had already said, “Immediately have Song Yue come to see him. Next time, if something happens, even if the Third Master doesn’t tell me, Uncle Cheng, you have to tell me.”
After receiving Butler Cheng’s reluctant reply, Qi Xiaoyu reminded him a few more words to contact him at any time before hanging up the phone.
He got off the Mercedes-Benz while thinking about Xun Qian. He was a little absent-minded and didn’t even notice that his wallet had fallen off.
After walking a dozen steps, he suddenly heard someone chasing him from behind say, “Sir, your wallet.”
Qi Xiaoyu turned around and saw a very handsome man standing behind him.
He glanced over and saw that the other person was wearing a well-ironed, thin gray suit. His face was well-defined, his eyebrows were handsome, and his hump-like nose was slightly hooked at the tip, which made his face look more three-dimensional and upright.
Qi Xiaoyu recognized him at a glance. This was Tang Yuning.
He originally thought that he would see the real person at the opening ceremony, but he didn’t expect to meet him so soon.
Tang Yuning himself is more realistic than in the image and more in line with the description in the original text.
The original text describes Tang Yuning as “attracting attention wherever he goes, because he has a very attractive appearance, his brow bones and nose bridge are almost perfect, and people often ask him which two countries he is of mixed blood.”
Tang Yuning looked at Qi Xiaoyu with a polite and friendly smile, holding a wallet with cards and keys between his index and middle fingers, and handed it forward. “Mr. Qi? I’m Tang Yuning.”
Although Qi Xiaoyu had complicated feelings toward Tang Yuning, he didn’t show any of them on his face.
He even put his phone back into his pocket very naturally, took the wallet with both hands, and smiled politely and friendly, “Thank you.”
Then he reached out to Tang Yuning, “Qi Xiaoyu.”
The two shook hands, introduced themselves, and walked from the parking lot to the studio together.
On the way, Tang Yuning seemed to have found a topic at random: “Mr. Qi is going to play Du Fangze, right?”
Qi Xiaoyu nodded lightly and said, “Yes.”
Then he smiled again. “I read the script and found that I have many scenes with Mr. Tang. I will ask for your advice then.”
Tang Yuning also smiled slightly, “No, I heard Director Yang say that you acted very well. We should learn from each other then.”
Qi Xiaoyu has always been cautious and self-restrained in dealing with people.
This Tang Yuning is also very careful in his words and deeds. Although he has a higher status than Qi Xiaoyu in the crew and a better reputation in the circle, he doesn’t show any arrogance and is very polite and humble everywhere.
The two of them met for the first time, and with this courtesy to each other, they walked together to the studio.
A circle of people gathered in the studio. Yang Wei was speaking and organizing everyone to carry out the opening ceremony.
Seeing Qi Xiaoyu and Tang Yuning coming together from afar, Yang Wei’s eyes lit up, and he waved to them, “Why did you come here together? Do you know each other?”
The two nodded in unison and walked towards Yang Wei.
Today marked the start of the filming, and Yang Wei was obviously in high spirits. His face wasn’t as rigid as usual, and he even patted Tang Yuning on the shoulder and said, “Yuning, you came just in time, come, stand in the middle.”
He also pulled Qi Xiaoyu: “Xiaoyu, you also stand in the middle, yes, stand next to Yuning.”
Everyone else also gathered around in Tang Yuning’s direction, standing according to their positions in the movie.
There was an uproar everywhere.
Cui Jing and Lu Tongtong both joined the crew, and now one stood next to Qi Xiaoyu and the other stood behind Qi Xiaoyu. Yu Zhou also auditioned and stood in a slightly farther corner.
Lu Tongtong also seemed to like Tang Yuning very much. Her eyes were shining when talking about him. “Tang Yuning is really handsome; no wonder he was rated as one of the world’s 10 most handsome faces.”
Tang Yuning heard it, turned around, said thank you very politely, and praised Lu Tongtong for her youth and liveliness, which were very consistent with her role in the movie.
He behaved very gentlemanly, making Lu Tongtong look infatuated.
Handsome, polite, gentlemanly, and kind, each of which was very consistent with the description in the original book.
After the opening ceremony, the following process was no different from other crews. The rooms were allocated, and each took their assistants to pack up, and then the makeup was fixed, the photos were taken, and the filming officially started.
After the filming started, the whole process was very smooth.
The people selected by Yang Wei all had good acting skills, and they were very relaxed when cooperating with each other.
Sometimes, when encountering a scene with a lot of room for performance, even before Yang Wei started nitpicking, the actors themselves would compete with each other, repeatedly pondering and reshooting, striving for the best effect.
Qi Xiaoyu was either a bystander or a participant in the filming, and learned a lot.
During the short breaks in filming, Qi Xiaoyu would contact Butler Cheng when he had time to ask what happened at home that day and ask Mama Li to start preparing ingredients for the birthday.
When he had more time in the evening, he would call Xun Qian.
Unfortunately, he was busy with filming, and Xun Qian was busy with work. They had a lot of common topics now, and the short ten minutes on the phone were not enough to talk about the White-browed Hero, let alone other things.
In this way, after a few days of smooth filming with the crew, it was time to participate in the Golden Loquat TV Festival with the crew of “The Legend of the Tang Dynasty Empress.”
Qi Xiaoyu didn’t delay both the filming and the award ceremony.
He finished filming his part during the day and went to the award ceremony at night.
Nowadays, when he attends formal occasions, he no longer has to improvise his own clothes as he used to do for Kang Qitao’s birthday banquet.
He had previously had several suits customized at the Clothes Sewing Studio and hadn’t used them all yet, but now that he has become the spokesperson for Y.C, he has many suits to choose from. There was even a clothing brand that he had worked with during the last fashion shoot that wanted to sponsor clothing for him for free.
After much selection, Qi Xiaoyu still chose the new model of Y.C. After all, he is the spokesperson, and the endorsement fee isn’t cheap.
It was a double-breasted, dark blue suit with dark embroidery. The fabric was very gorgeous, and the tailoring was very figure-pleasing.
When he appeared in this suit, Xu Yan looked him up and down and finally came to the conclusion that “Xiaoyu has matured.”
Although the filming of “The Legend of the Tang Dynasty Empress” was only half a year ago, he has been recording variety shows and movies in the past few months, running around everywhere; thus, his figure and temperament have indeed changed a lot.
At least from Xu Yan’s point of view, his figure is much taller than before, especially when wrapped in a double-breasted suit, which makes him look thin and slender, cool, and charming.
The gazes of everyone else in the crew couldn’t help but linger a little longer on Qi Xiaoyu’s straight legs under his suit pants.
The cameras on the red carpet also showed special favor to him.
All the crew members were basically here tonight.
Except for Jiang Sicheng.
Xue Qingchu had a brand event somewhere else tonight, and Jiang Sicheng was busy supporting the goddess. No matter how the crew urged him or even said that he might win the Best Newcomer Award, he was determined and unmoved.
Jiang Sicheng didn’t come, and the one who had the best relationship with Qi Xiaoyu in the crew was Xu Yan.
Because Lu Tong Tong and Qi Xiaoyu are on the same crew, Xu Yan is even more likely to pull him in for a chat.
Qi Xiaoyu wanted to take time to call Xun Qian before bed, but now he was occupied.
Later, after walking the red carpet, the award ceremony officially began, and all the cameras were pointed at the faces of the guests on the scene, so there was no time to call.
Fortunately, Qi Xiaoyu had a good harvest tonight.
The same goes for the entire crew of “The Legend of the Tang Dynasty Empress.”
Although the Best Actor and Best Lead Actor awards went to other places, the crew won the Best TV Series and Best Soundtrack.
Qi Xiaoyu himself won Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actor.
Best Newcomer was an award he had anticipated, but Best Supporting Actor was unexpected.
If Tang Kui hadn’t been causing trouble, he wouldn’t have been promoted to the second male lead, and the Best Supporting Actor might have been Tang Kui’s.
Xu Yan watched him go on stage to receive awards twice. His young face was magnified infinitely by the screen, and there was no flaw to be found. He was also humble and steady when speaking on the stage. His every frown and smile killed countless films. He smiled and said, “It’s good to be young. There is unlimited future prospect.”
Qi Xiaoyu heard a hint of beauty’s fading years in her words, and thinking of Xu Yan’s failure to win an award tonight, he smiled and said, “It’s truly enviable that Sister Xu had won all the big awards like this.”
Xu Yan was immediately amused by the sincerity in Qi Xiaoyu’s words and forgot the sadness. “With the current development, you can also win all the awards in the future.”
She also thought that people like Tang Kui could never compare with Qi Xiaoyu. She wondered if he would regret his actions when he watched the red carpet and award ceremony in front of the screen today.
After the award ceremony, there were all kinds of commercial photos.
Qi Xiaoyu won two awards tonight and was pulled by a bunch of people to take photos.
By the end of the photo shoot, the corners of his mouth were so stiff that he couldn’t pull them down. He was so dizzy from the flashes that he didn’t know when Ma Weiye had appeared at the scene.
At this time, the last group of people taking photos had left. Ma Weiye was holding a camera, and it seemed that he had just finished his work.
He looked at Qi Xiaoyu with a mixture of sarcasm and tenderness, and smirked, “How have you been lately?”
Qi Xiaoyu shook the trophy in his hand and said, “Very good.”
Ma Weiye laughed, “You’re really careless. You’re now a part of “The departed” crew and meet Tang Yuning every day. Don’t you have any sense of crisis?”
Qi Xiaoyu was a little tired, so he leaned against the signature wall behind him and asked, “What sense of crisis should I have?”
“Don’t you want to know how Xun Qian and Tang Yuning will develop? They met a long time ago.”
Hearing this, Qi Xiaoyu nodded and smiled, “I also want to know why you keep provoking the relationship between me and Xun Qian.”
Qi Xiaoyu paused here, looked directly into Ma Weiye’s eyes, and said as if teasing him, “Are you afraid of Xun Qian?”
Ma Weiye paused, probably not expecting Qi Xiaoyu to be so calm.
He smiled as if he were mocking himself, changed the subject, and continued, “Qi Xiaoyu, have you ever thought that although you won the Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actor, the Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best TV Series and Screenwriter have not changed?”
Qi Xiaoyu paused for a while, frowning slightly, “What do you want to say?”
Ma Wei also looked at Qi Xiaoyu’s reaction and then slowly, word by word, said, “What I want to say is that you can change your own plot, but you may not be able to change other people’s plots. If you force a change, be careful that it will backfire.”
