Chapter 3
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Because of Shi Xi’s actions, there was a massive uproar on the Internet. As expected, an actor at the peak of his career was very popular. The top three trending tags on the Weibo main page were all about him.
#Shi Xi contract signing#
#Shi Xi’s following list#
#Shi Xi Gu Feining#
Gu Feining had just finished work in the morning when Xiao Mang looked for her to gossip. She glanced at Weibo and was shocked. Why was she on it?
No wonder Yue Mei didn’t scold Gu Feining last night. He was already her junior in the same agency. Of course, there would be many chances for her to interact with him in the future. Look, they were trending the very next day already.
Xiao Mang had secretly found the Weibo of Gu Feining and Shi Xi’s CP fans, “Sister Ning Ning, what were you and my male god talking about last night?”
Gu Feining did not respond, lowering her head to look through the comments on the trending tags. As expected, amongst the curious onlookers, there were quite a lot of people looking down on her for trying to ride on Shi Xi’s popularity.
It was Shi Xi who had talked to her first. How did she become the scapegoat?
“The Gu-Shi1 couple are so sweet!” Xiao Mang was still in a daze, continuing to talk about her heartfelt feelings in front of everyone, “Leaving the venue together, one after another… how romantic…”
Gu Feining took a look at the Weibo CP fans posted, all that was photographed was the two of their cars leaving one after another. People could misunderstand and think this was sweet?
“We left one after another, how could people think that we left together?” Although this matter could directly be refuted, Gu Feining was still feeling a little guilty. She did not really understand what the CP fans found cute, but the truth was that she and Shi Xi… did not have a pure relationship.
Xiao Mang smiled evilly, “Please stay away from the lives of fans.”
Gu Feining ignored her, lowering her head to text Yue Mei, asking her whether she could help her get rid of the trending topic.
Yue Mei did not even reply.
This unintentional popularity came out of nowhere and was very beneficial. Why would her manager help her get rid of it?
Gu Feining had not been trending for a very long time and the last time she was felt like a century ago. There were all kinds of celebrities in the entertainment circle and the ones everyone was familiar with were the more popular ones in the media. After all, those sorts of celebrities were the kind that would appear most often in front of everyone. That was why they would be easily recognized.
While Gu Feining could not be said to be a complete nobody, she was definitely far from making it into the A-list or even the B-list. She was the kind that relied solely on her works and did not rely on other media outlets nor social media. In the early years, she was completely absorbed in filming and she was the busiest during the summer break season, people would see her in every single show. In the recent two years, she had started to slow down, and began to pay attention to the quality. After all, she’d shown her face enough for people to be familiar with her. She thought she should start to settle down and develop steadily.
So, when Gu Feining appeared in front of the audience and met them, it would often be through one of her works. Her fanbase was not extremely big, but she did have a group of die-hard fans who enjoyed her acting. She had ten million Weibo fans, and it was all accumulated from every time she acted in a show.
Amongst the actresses her age, Gu Feining’s acting ability was peerless.
As for her connection with Shi Xi… it felt a little hard to believe that all of Gu Feining’s connections to Shi Xi were not due to herself, but from the fans’ imagination.
It was a little awkward talking about that matter. All this time, Gu Feining had only been on the set filming and she had spent well over half a year this way.
When her assistant, Xiao Mang, a fangirl who liked to chase idols, showed her a certain video, she had just come down from wires. Her whole body was aching and she rubbed her arm as she heard Xiao Mang chirping on.
‘Gu-Shi couple’
‘Good-looking couple’
‘Best couple in the universe’
Gu Feining was confused when she heard those names.
After that, Xiao Mang opened Website B2 and let her watch a video. It was said that there was a new movie from a fresh outlook that was very popular overseas and China was about to film an adaptation. The fans had started to choose actors they felt suited the roles. There were quite a number of clips appearing online and Xiao Mang had chosen the most popular one to show her.
When this video went online, many large video websites reposted it. Now, the number of views had already exceeded tens of millions, and the number of Weibo reposts had already reached tens of thousands.
Gu Feining had finally returned to her senses a little. It was just that she could not see anything due to the bullet screen comments3. She could only listen to Xiao Mang talk. However, just by looking at the number of comments, even Gu Feining, who wasn’t familiar with these websites, knew that the popularity of this video was sky-high.
“Sister Ning Ning, we’re definitely going to be popular this time.” Xiao Mang looked very satisfied. “There’ll be fan clubs and posts about the ‘good-looking couple’.”
“Hm?” Gu Feining responded as she reached out to switch off the bullet screen comments. She did not understand the ‘good-looking couple’ comments at all.
It was when she saw the first scene that appeared in the video was Shi Xi’s face that Gu Feining understood instantly. Even though she was holed up in the Film City every day, she knew how popular this young actor was. She once had the fortune of leaving the airport at the same time as he did and the sea of fans scared her so much that she couldn’t move for quite a while.
At that time, her manager, Yue Mei, who just happened to be with her, asked her, “Are you envious?”
Gu Feining told her the truth; she was really quite envious.
As a celebrity, who wouldn’t want this sort of popularity?
However, when she watched the video and saw that after Shi Xi’s face, her face appeared, Gu Feining was so scared her hand trembled and she dropped the phone.
Xiao Mang spoke as if she was showing off, “Sister, calm down.”
Gu Feining was actually really calm, only her hand holding the phone that was trembling a little. She did not know whether it was because she had been hanging on the wires or because she had been shocked by this video.
Xiao Mang was still standing by the side saying, “Older sister, let me tell you. There are many videos of you and Shi Xi, and there’s one that looks extremely good. It’s one about a domineering lady and her little wolf dog4.
The domineering lady would be herself, Gu Feining. The wolf-dog…
Gu Feining’s impression of Shi Xi was a little blurry. She thought that the other probably looked like a high schooler who had just debuted yesterday but was already extremely popular. However, Shi Xi in this video was completely different from the one in her imagination.
Gu Feining continued to look at the video on the phone indifferently. The Gu Feining in the video was from a movie she had filmed in the past. In the movie, she was a character that was both good and evil, wearing sexy clothes, and her fighting scenes were really fierce. She was a character that died for the male lead in the end. She did not have many scenes, but whenever she appeared, viewers were stunned by her beauty. These were the reviews given by movie critics in the past.
She had not expected that when these film clips were used here, the whole atmosphere would be transformed beyond recognition.
She did not know whether it was because of the background music, but every move she made accompanied by Shi Xi’s fiery gaze made her feel that the two of them were not fighting but flirting instead.
Shi Xi was different from the other young male celebrities that were popular now. His face was very distinct and easy to recognize, his actions were decisive, his gaze was bold, and he would occasionally wear a languid smile at the corner of his lips. All of these made people’s hearts race.
This was completely different from the innocent image she had of him in her head. The manly aura was a little overwhelming, especially the scenes of him dancing. When he pulled up his shirt to reveal his abs, it was extremely sexy.
Gu Feining suddenly understood why he was so popular. With these looks, this body, and this dance that was full of ambiguity, no wonder the bullet screen comments were all screaming he was so hot they were getting nosebleeds5.
Gu Feining could understand these. The only thing she was unable to understand was why the fans would edit her and Shi Xi into the same video. Furthermore, it was… quite intense.
In the middle of the video, Shi Xi pushed her onto a bed, and the two of them fell into a white ocean.
Gu Feining remembered this scene. This wasn’t a sex scene either, she had been pressed onto a bed and hit by the other person. It was a pretty dramatic fighting scene. The two of them would roll from the bed to the floor, and in the end, she would be stabbed to death on the bed. But, here, the scene changed, it looked like she was pushed onto the bed by Shi Xi, and followed by scenes of Shi Xi removing his clothes, the view of his firm chest and abs led people’s thoughts in a completely different direction. After that, with a close-up of a hand being held down above head, the music was mixed with sounds of panting…
The colors in the video had been darkened with the introduction of these ambiguous sounds and entangled limbs that were pressed closely together. This kind of purposeful editing made her face turn red for some reason.
At the end of the video, Gu Feining, wearing a man’s white dress shirt that reached the top of her thighs, stood in an abandoned factory holding a long knife while Shi Xi was lying on the floor, his face covered in wounds. The bullet screen comments called these editing skills ‘black technology’ because two people who had obviously never acted in the same show before were appearing on the same screen.
Gu Feining’s long legs that were covered in bruises stepped on the other’s chest, and Shi Xi’s head was raised in pain, blood leaking out from the corner of his mouth as he watched her quietly. Gu Feining slowly squatted down, and with the posture of a winner, exchanged a bloody kiss with Shi Xi.
Gu Feining did not know how this kiss was edited. It did not look unnatural at all.
For some reason, Gu Feining felt a sudden warmth in her chest. She had to admit the editing of this video was full of emotions, and even she, the person involved, was convinced. In fact, it was because she was involved that she had even stronger feelings about this video.
This was a love story that involved two people fighting against each other. Even after the video ended, Shi Xi’s stubborn gaze lingered in her mind, unable to be rid of.
It left such a deep impression that the memories she had recovered after meeting Shi Xi last night overlapped with this video. Her face glowed with a hint of red, it really was too much.
“It’s nothing special. Don’t spend so much time looking at such things. Pay more attention to the trends in the entertainment industry,” Gu Feining covered Xiao Mang’s head with the towel in her hand and walked over to talk to the director about the show.
In the afternoon, Yue Mei came over. For her manager to come over, something must have happened.
Gu Feining finished her work early that night and Yue Mei brought her out to eat. She had been required to control her weight while she was filming this show. And thus, she had been forbidden to eat meat. Her manager was even more strict. If she was caught hiding even half a packet of snacks, she would be under the surveillance of Xiao Mang as she was ordered to run for two hours. Today, Yue Mei had brought her out to eat hotpot so Gu Feining instantly thought this was going to be a Hongmen banquet6.
As expected, Gu Feining had just taken her second bite when Yue Mei opened her mouth.
“Isn’t Shi Xi new to our company?” Yue Mei’s intelligent face had everything written on it already, telling Gu Feining what she was planning to do. “The company kept a show for him as a meeting gift and they’re starting preparations for it now. The publicity for the early stage of the production should be starting soon.”
Gu Feining quickly realized that the situation was not good and interrupted Yue Mei before she could speak, “Didn’t you promise to let me take a break for a month after I’m done with this show? I haven’t taken a break for three years already.”
“Ning Ning, opportunities wait for no man,” Yue Mei’s tone was serious, “And the female lead has already been chosen by the company internally.”
“Then why are you telling me about this?” While she said that, Gu Feining’s face indeed had a look of relief. This was probably too obvious because she was glared at by Yue Mei again.
Gu Feining poked out her tongue, then picked up a piece of fatty beef with her chopsticks, eating with satisfaction.
Yue Mei also felt very helpless, “The matter with Yuan Jinyan happened such a long time ago, why can’t you let it go?”
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Translator’s Notes:
Gu-Shi is a couple name (ship name), but the interesting thing is, Gu-Shi here is written as ‘story’. While the characters for their surname are not the same as ‘story’ in Chinese, it is pronounced the same way. So essentially, they are calling them a ‘Story’ couple. Website B is a way of addressing the video website bilibili. Bullet screen comments are like 弹幕, the comments that fly across the screen, covering the video. Wolf dog here is kind of like a way to describe an ‘adorable guy’. It’s basically describing a couple where the lady is more mature than the guy. The nosebleeds thing is a reference to the trope that if you get too heated up (From good-looking people, sexy things, etc.), your nose will bleed. So a Hongmen Banquet (Couldn’t think of an easy way to say it in English), is a saying. Historically, there was a banquet that took place at Hongmen, where a murder of one of the guests was planned. So what she’s saying here is that there’s definitely a catch at the hotpot dinner…
Chapter 3
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Because of Shi Xi’s actions, there was a massive uproar on the Internet. As expected, an actor at the peak of his career was very popular. The top three trending tags on the Weibo main page were all about him.
#Shi Xi contract signing#
#Shi Xi’s following list#
#Shi Xi Gu Feining#
Gu Feining had just finished work in the morning when Xiao Mang looked for her to gossip. She glanced at Weibo and was shocked. Why was she on it?
No wonder Yue Mei didn’t scold Gu Feining last night. He was already her junior in the same agency. Of course, there would be many chances for her to interact with him in the future. Look, they were trending the very next day already.
Xiao Mang had secretly found the Weibo of Gu Feining and Shi Xi’s CP fans, “Sister Ning Ning, what were you and my male god talking about last night?”
Gu Feining did not respond, lowering her head to look through the comments on the trending tags. As expected, amongst the curious onlookers, there were quite a lot of people looking down on her for trying to ride on Shi Xi’s popularity.
It was Shi Xi who had talked to her first. How did she become the scapegoat?
“The Gu-Shi1 couple are so sweet!” Xiao Mang was still in a daze, continuing to talk about her heartfelt feelings in front of everyone, “Leaving the venue together, one after another… how romantic…”
Gu Feining took a look at the Weibo CP fans posted, all that was photographed was the two of their cars leaving one after another. People could misunderstand and think this was sweet?
“We left one after another, how could people think that we left together?” Although this matter could directly be refuted, Gu Feining was still feeling a little guilty. She did not really understand what the CP fans found cute, but the truth was that she and Shi Xi… did not have a pure relationship.
Xiao Mang smiled evilly, “Please stay away from the lives of fans.”
Gu Feining ignored her, lowering her head to text Yue Mei, asking her whether she could help her get rid of the trending topic.
Yue Mei did not even reply.
This unintentional popularity came out of nowhere and was very beneficial. Why would her manager help her get rid of it?
Gu Feining had not been trending for a very long time and the last time she was felt like a century ago. There were all kinds of celebrities in the entertainment circle and the ones everyone was familiar with were the more popular ones in the media. After all, those sorts of celebrities were the kind that would appear most often in front of everyone. That was why they would be easily recognized.
While Gu Feining could not be said to be a complete nobody, she was definitely far from making it into the A-list or even the B-list. She was the kind that relied solely on her works and did not rely on other media outlets nor social media. In the early years, she was completely absorbed in filming and she was the busiest during the summer break season, people would see her in every single show. In the recent two years, she had started to slow down, and began to pay attention to the quality. After all, she’d shown her face enough for people to be familiar with her. She thought she should start to settle down and develop steadily.
So, when Gu Feining appeared in front of the audience and met them, it would often be through one of her works. Her fanbase was not extremely big, but she did have a group of die-hard fans who enjoyed her acting. She had ten million Weibo fans, and it was all accumulated from every time she acted in a show.
Amongst the actresses her age, Gu Feining’s acting ability was peerless.
As for her connection with Shi Xi… it felt a little hard to believe that all of Gu Feining’s connections to Shi Xi were not due to herself, but from the fans’ imagination.
It was a little awkward talking about that matter. All this time, Gu Feining had only been on the set filming and she had spent well over half a year this way.
When her assistant, Xiao Mang, a fangirl who liked to chase idols, showed her a certain video, she had just come down from wires. Her whole body was aching and she rubbed her arm as she heard Xiao Mang chirping on.
‘Gu-Shi couple’
‘Good-looking couple’
‘Best couple in the universe’
Gu Feining was confused when she heard those names.
After that, Xiao Mang opened Website B2 and let her watch a video. It was said that there was a new movie from a fresh outlook that was very popular overseas and China was about to film an adaptation. The fans had started to choose actors they felt suited the roles. There were quite a number of clips appearing online and Xiao Mang had chosen the most popular one to show her.
When this video went online, many large video websites reposted it. Now, the number of views had already exceeded tens of millions, and the number of Weibo reposts had already reached tens of thousands.
Gu Feining had finally returned to her senses a little. It was just that she could not see anything due to the bullet screen comments3. She could only listen to Xiao Mang talk. However, just by looking at the number of comments, even Gu Feining, who wasn’t familiar with these websites, knew that the popularity of this video was sky-high.
“Sister Ning Ning, we’re definitely going to be popular this time.” Xiao Mang looked very satisfied. “There’ll be fan clubs and posts about the ‘good-looking couple’.”
“Hm?” Gu Feining responded as she reached out to switch off the bullet screen comments. She did not understand the ‘good-looking couple’ comments at all.
It was when she saw the first scene that appeared in the video was Shi Xi’s face that Gu Feining understood instantly. Even though she was holed up in the Film City every day, she knew how popular this young actor was. She once had the fortune of leaving the airport at the same time as he did and the sea of fans scared her so much that she couldn’t move for quite a while.
At that time, her manager, Yue Mei, who just happened to be with her, asked her, “Are you envious?”
Gu Feining told her the truth; she was really quite envious.
As a celebrity, who wouldn’t want this sort of popularity?
However, when she watched the video and saw that after Shi Xi’s face, her face appeared, Gu Feining was so scared her hand trembled and she dropped the phone.
Xiao Mang spoke as if she was showing off, “Sister, calm down.”
Gu Feining was actually really calm, only her hand holding the phone that was trembling a little. She did not know whether it was because she had been hanging on the wires or because she had been shocked by this video.
Xiao Mang was still standing by the side saying, “Older sister, let me tell you. There are many videos of you and Shi Xi, and there’s one that looks extremely good. It’s one about a domineering lady and her little wolf dog4.
The domineering lady would be herself, Gu Feining. The wolf-dog…
Gu Feining’s impression of Shi Xi was a little blurry. She thought that the other probably looked like a high schooler who had just debuted yesterday but was already extremely popular. However, Shi Xi in this video was completely different from the one in her imagination.
Gu Feining continued to look at the video on the phone indifferently. The Gu Feining in the video was from a movie she had filmed in the past. In the movie, she was a character that was both good and evil, wearing sexy clothes, and her fighting scenes were really fierce. She was a character that died for the male lead in the end. She did not have many scenes, but whenever she appeared, viewers were stunned by her beauty. These were the reviews given by movie critics in the past.
She had not expected that when these film clips were used here, the whole atmosphere would be transformed beyond recognition.
She did not know whether it was because of the background music, but every move she made accompanied by Shi Xi’s fiery gaze made her feel that the two of them were not fighting but flirting instead.
Shi Xi was different from the other young male celebrities that were popular now. His face was very distinct and easy to recognize, his actions were decisive, his gaze was bold, and he would occasionally wear a languid smile at the corner of his lips. All of these made people’s hearts race.
This was completely different from the innocent image she had of him in her head. The manly aura was a little overwhelming, especially the scenes of him dancing. When he pulled up his shirt to reveal his abs, it was extremely sexy.
Gu Feining suddenly understood why he was so popular. With these looks, this body, and this dance that was full of ambiguity, no wonder the bullet screen comments were all screaming he was so hot they were getting nosebleeds5.
Gu Feining could understand these. The only thing she was unable to understand was why the fans would edit her and Shi Xi into the same video. Furthermore, it was… quite intense.
In the middle of the video, Shi Xi pushed her onto a bed, and the two of them fell into a white ocean.
Gu Feining remembered this scene. This wasn’t a sex scene either, she had been pressed onto a bed and hit by the other person. It was a pretty dramatic fighting scene. The two of them would roll from the bed to the floor, and in the end, she would be stabbed to death on the bed. But, here, the scene changed, it looked like she was pushed onto the bed by Shi Xi, and followed by scenes of Shi Xi removing his clothes, the view of his firm chest and abs led people’s thoughts in a completely different direction. After that, with a close-up of a hand being held down above head, the music was mixed with sounds of panting…
The colors in the video had been darkened with the introduction of these ambiguous sounds and entangled limbs that were pressed closely together. This kind of purposeful editing made her face turn red for some reason.
At the end of the video, Gu Feining, wearing a man’s white dress shirt that reached the top of her thighs, stood in an abandoned factory holding a long knife while Shi Xi was lying on the floor, his face covered in wounds. The bullet screen comments called these editing skills ‘black technology’ because two people who had obviously never acted in the same show before were appearing on the same screen.
Gu Feining’s long legs that were covered in bruises stepped on the other’s chest, and Shi Xi’s head was raised in pain, blood leaking out from the corner of his mouth as he watched her quietly. Gu Feining slowly squatted down, and with the posture of a winner, exchanged a bloody kiss with Shi Xi.
Gu Feining did not know how this kiss was edited. It did not look unnatural at all.
For some reason, Gu Feining felt a sudden warmth in her chest. She had to admit the editing of this video was full of emotions, and even she, the person involved, was convinced. In fact, it was because she was involved that she had even stronger feelings about this video.
This was a love story that involved two people fighting against each other. Even after the video ended, Shi Xi’s stubborn gaze lingered in her mind, unable to be rid of.
It left such a deep impression that the memories she had recovered after meeting Shi Xi last night overlapped with this video. Her face glowed with a hint of red, it really was too much.
“It’s nothing special. Don’t spend so much time looking at such things. Pay more attention to the trends in the entertainment industry,” Gu Feining covered Xiao Mang’s head with the towel in her hand and walked over to talk to the director about the show.
In the afternoon, Yue Mei came over. For her manager to come over, something must have happened.
Gu Feining finished her work early that night and Yue Mei brought her out to eat. She had been required to control her weight while she was filming this show. And thus, she had been forbidden to eat meat. Her manager was even more strict. If she was caught hiding even half a packet of snacks, she would be under the surveillance of Xiao Mang as she was ordered to run for two hours. Today, Yue Mei had brought her out to eat hotpot so Gu Feining instantly thought this was going to be a Hongmen banquet6.
As expected, Gu Feining had just taken her second bite when Yue Mei opened her mouth.
“Isn’t Shi Xi new to our company?” Yue Mei’s intelligent face had everything written on it already, telling Gu Feining what she was planning to do. “The company kept a show for him as a meeting gift and they’re starting preparations for it now. The publicity for the early stage of the production should be starting soon.”
Gu Feining quickly realized that the situation was not good and interrupted Yue Mei before she could speak, “Didn’t you promise to let me take a break for a month after I’m done with this show? I haven’t taken a break for three years already.”
“Ning Ning, opportunities wait for no man,” Yue Mei’s tone was serious, “And the female lead has already been chosen by the company internally.”
“Then why are you telling me about this?” While she said that, Gu Feining’s face indeed had a look of relief. This was probably too obvious because she was glared at by Yue Mei again.
Gu Feining poked out her tongue, then picked up a piece of fatty beef with her chopsticks, eating with satisfaction.
Yue Mei also felt very helpless, “The matter with Yuan Jinyan happened such a long time ago, why can’t you let it go?”
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Translator’s Notes:
Gu-Shi is a couple name (ship name), but the interesting thing is, Gu-Shi here is written as ‘story’. While the characters for their surname are not the same as ‘story’ in Chinese, it is pronounced the same way. So essentially, they are calling them a ‘Story’ couple. Website B is a way of addressing the video website bilibili. Bullet screen comments are like 弹幕, the comments that fly across the screen, covering the video. Wolf dog here is kind of like a way to describe an ‘adorable guy’. It’s basically describing a couple where the lady is more mature than the guy. The nosebleeds thing is a reference to the trope that if you get too heated up (From good-looking people, sexy things, etc.), your nose will bleed. So a Hongmen Banquet (Couldn’t think of an easy way to say it in English), is a saying. Historically, there was a banquet that took place at Hongmen, where a murder of one of the guests was planned. So what she’s saying here is that there’s definitely a catch at the hotpot dinner…