Author: Ashinyrock

    [#BlackClouds# QAQ How is it so good! Although I was not a fan of Ling Xiao before, after watching this movie, I really do admire him! Change powder, Change powder!^[1] In here, Rong Rong really is beautiful and good looking, not the kind of overbearing president type, nor the cool and distant type! Just very, very good looking! ! ! 】

[#BlackClouds# When I saw Rong Xu crying, I actually cried, too… uncomfortable… why do good people never have a good ending …]

[#BlackClouds# I was originally watching this movie for my goddess Jennifer, but I didn’t expect, this black-hearted film crew, that my goddess really only had the three seconds of screen time shown in the original trailer. Initially, I really wanted to scold this deceitful cheating film crew, but this movie really was excellent. Everyone around me cried. It seems that the people sitting around me were all Ling Xiao’s fans. At the end, everyone was saying how “Rong Xu acted really well”. En, I also cried a bit, just a bit.]

Numerous praises swept the Internet community on that day. All the major forum posting platforms, Tieba and Weibo, had people discussing Black Clouds.

One early morning passed, and the movie already had three showings in theaters. During the 3 to 4 o’clock (in the morning) showing, many of the movie theaters in major cities had filled one third of their seats with audience members watching the movie. In some small cities, because there was only one movie theater that would release Black Clouds in the early morning hours, their attendance rate was high enough to be shocking.

By seven o’clock in the morning, Huaxia’s best-known movie evaluation network — Scenic Depth Movie Network’s page, Black Clouds’s public and professional scores were released.

Public Score: 9.3 !

Professional Score: 9.1 !

It had only been seven hours since the movie was released, but this movie already received such a high rating.

If you wanted to vote on the Scenic Depth Movie Network, you must first present an official movie theater ticket, which made it difficult for a Water Army’s to affect the vote. Though this method couldn’t completely eliminate the existence of Water Army votes, the cost of purchasing a Water Army became quite high, so Scenic Depth Movie Network’s scores had always been trusted by the audience.

And right now, this site gave a score higher than 9 points!

Black Clouds was technically not a cultural arts film, but rather an inspirational commercial biography. A commercial film getting such a high rating, within one year, it was difficult to have two. After seeing such high evaluation scores, many netizens immediately bought tickets to the cinemas.

Before going in, some people had whispered: “I haven’t heard of Rong Xu before, but Yu Siyu’s movies have always been good, and Qin Cheng is actually in this movie, too. With them in it, this movie wouldn’t be bad to that extent.”

The little friend who said this before entering the theaters had no doubts and was full of confidence. Exiting the theaters, he complained to his companions with tears and snot flowing: “Say… Why did Rong Xu have to cry so contagiously. I’m not crying, I … I just got bugs in my eyes, bugs! This movie really is great. Ah wu wu wu.”

There was heavy discussion about Black Clouds’s plot on the Internet. Ling Xiao fans who have watched the movie analyzed the plot and shared their thoughts. This movie truly did detail much about Ling Xiao’s life. Although there were some discrepancies in certain areas – for example, when Gu Mingxiu died, Ling Xiao had directly withdrawn from the music stage for half a year- – but in general, the movie was very good, and they couldn’t help but be moved.

[Before watching the movie, I was afraid that the God of Music would be destroyed by Rong Xu. Rong Xu is too young, there are not many of his works. If Jiao Jingshan was allowed to perform, I would feel assured. But after going to the premiere, I realized that, fortunately, Rong Xu played the God of Music! If it wasn’t him who acted, I can’t imagine what the outcome would have been like……]

[I most enjoy watching Rong Xu and Qin Shen’s co-acting with one another. Their interactions have a very nice feeling. I think they’re even more impressive than those guest stars! When they were co-acting with each other, I honestly felt like I saw the Gu Da and Xiao Xiao of those days. When they interacted with each other, it must have also been like this!】

“Gu Da” was the nickname that Ling Xiao’s fans called Gu Mingxiu by. Gu Mingxiu, this person, was indulgent and unrestrained. Once, when Ling Xiao was in an interview and was asked “How do you and Lyric artist Gu Mingxiu interact with each other”, Ling Xiao had smiled and replied without thinking: “He is the big boss, I trust him.”^[2]

And so, Gu Mingxiu became “Gu Da“.

As for Rong Xu ’s fans, after watching this movie, they all even more so cried messily. 

There were even some who had yet to walk out of the theater before falling into the arms of their friends to seek comfort. But, when they raised their head, they found that their friends had also cried until their makeup was smeared. And so, the two young women held their heads and cried in pain: “In the future……in the future, whoever dares to wrong my family’s Rong Rong, I will bite them to death! Such a good Rong Rong, wu wu wu ……cannot bully him……”

Starting from becoming the number one hot search of the day at seven in the morning until six o’clock in the evening, #BlackClouds# firmly held the number one spot on the list. 

Many of Scenic Depth Movie Network’s movie critics all expressed their opinions about this film, and at around five o’clock in the evening, a review longer than three thousand words attracted the attention of all fans, pushing the popularity of this movie to a climax.

“Movies need music, a utopian style Black Clouds and a Legendary life”

[regarding Black Clouds, it cannot be considered a commercial film in the traditional sense, but within the past two years, very few commercial films could be promoted to this extent. This film is coincidental. If you simply look at the plot, the story is very simple, and there are not many special features that are attractive. But, it is because of Ling Xiao that this movie could be special.]

The shooting style of the whole movie was Liang Chao’s favorite fragmented editing and splicing style. The pictures’ colorations were not rich, but the contrasts were strong, perfectly rendering the atmosphere of the movie. Compared with Liang Chao’s usual film works, this film’s soundtrack had a better improvement.

The whole movie might have had no less than ten instrumental tracks and twenty vocal tracks. The vocal parts that were used seemed to all be Ling Xiao’s own songs, and the instrumental parts were also very similar to Ling Xiao’s personal style. 

What I paid most attention to was the final ending. Everyone stood in front of the tombstone and mourned till the end, dark clouds scattered and golden light gradually appeared, music slowly sounding. This was the sole vocal song that was not created by Ling Xiao. This gentle song pushed the whole movie’s finale to an acme, beautifully connecting with the audience’s mood.

The movie used two hours to tell a story as a lining, using this final song to break open the firm ice and melt everything.

All in all, this movie needs the music. Ling Xiao’s creations added brilliance to this movie, and the final new song was also one of the film crew’s delicate touches^[3]. If Ling Xiao’s Black Clouds is a utopia, then the last song is close to reality- cruel yet beautiful.

Black Clouds. Worth the watch.]

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Here’s Bonus chapter 57! Sponsored by Anonymous K and Mia >w< I haven’t done thorough editing yet, only proofreading for spelling errors.

This week, I will need to reduce posts to only 2 posts instead of 3 or 4 because I realized an extreme need to clean my house. Just this week, though.

Ling Xiao’s life could not be regarded as having ups and downs^[1], but was also not smooth sailing.

Among the audience members watching the premiere of Black Clouds, most had a certain understanding of his singing career, had heard his songs and know the awards he had won, but they never knew that behind such beautiful songs, there were creators who had scrapped manuscripts again and again, sought inspiration again and again, and also failed again and again in the studio.

The first half of Black Clouds could definitely be regarded as a successful commercial inspirational film. An unknown amateur singer being unearthed by scouts, entering the entertainment industry, releasing singles, releasing albums, opening their first concert, and obtaining the first trophy of their life, gaining countless fans who loved him.

The progression of the whole movie was rapid, never lingering, directly narrating the story as it happened. 

Within it, many big-name stars already appeared, and most of them just flashed an appearance. The audience had just been issued a shock, but before they even had time to shout the other party’s name, the other party’s scene already ended.

This set-up not only gave the movie a sort of fast-paced sense of happiness, but also ensured that the audience would not lose interest. Before the movie was released, many film critics and fans had been worrying “would the protagonist be able to suppress the big-shot guests”, but now it seemed that there was no problem.

Half of the movie passed, and the audience was already fully immersed in the story of Ling Xiao, unable to extricate themselves.

Such a gentle and kind youth wandered in the entertainment circle alone. His talent was his only weapon, and his gentleness made any iron-hearted person unwilling to hurt him. Even if he was made to stumble, he would only accept it seriously, able to blame the other party, but also willing to forgive them.

There is a type of person called the Virgin Mary. Initially, when watching Black Clouds, some critics secretly wrote those words on the notebooks they carried. But after watching for a while, they crossed out those two words.

Generosity without a bottom line, that was a Virgin Mary.

Facing the world with a tolerant heart, this was gentleness.

When the audience had watched delightfully for an hour, the plot came to an inflection point: Ling Xiao was not satisfied with a song he wrote and seemed to have encountered a bottleneck. On this day, he spent an afternoon in the recording studio alone. While leaving, he was the only one left in the empty corridor, walking quietly.

Then, he finally met his life’s partner and best friend.

Watching as Qin Cheng’s handsome face appeared on the big screen, countless fans clenched their fists in excitement. Many of the fans who struggled hard to get a movie ticket for the premiere were pulling each other and were so excited that they almost screamed.

And on the big screen, there was one who was indifferent and indulgent, and one who was gentle and polite.

“How about working together with me?”

“I write the lyrics, you write the music …”

“Ling Xiao, you need me, you definitely need me.”

There was only a short five centimeters distance. In the dimly lit cinema, the two men on the screen stared at each other closely. An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Qin Cheng’s lips. He looked at the youth in front of him with deep eyes, as if he already firmly held the other party in his hands. But, Rong Xu was very surprised, his clear pupils trembling.

This was the first encounter between Ling Xiao and Gu Mingxiu.

Following that, was the stage of a powerful team.

“On the Other Shore”, “Heaven’s Marquee”, “Norwegian Canyon” ……

Ling Xiao’s classic songs appeared one by one in the film. One wrote the lyrics, one wrote the music, they cooperated with tacit understanding and became known as the Golden Combo in Chinese Music. In the next seventeen years, Gu Mingxiu wrote only five songs for other singers, and all the other songs were for Ling Xiao.

From love songs to rock, whatever Ling Xiao sang, he wrote, and whatever he wrote, Ling Xiao sang.

Those who were watching this scene all felt their blood boil, as if they had returned to those days. Many film critics also remembered the days when all the large streets and small alleys were filled with Ling Xiao’s songs. If you hadn’t heard his songs before, then you would be distained by others. Those able to obtain the title of “The Song God” were naturally not ordinary singers.

Then, it was the rare quarrel. Ling Xiao didn’t want to argue, so he had left first. When they met again, they were separated by a white cloth, and he could no longer listen to that person speak once more.

Rong Xu’s crying scene was projected onto the big screen, and accompanied by the film’s dubbing, made countless people in the room burst into tears. The audience members at the premiere had already seen Rong Xu act out this crying scene before, so they were a little more prepared. But, when they actually saw the pale, white-walled hospital where the usually gentle youth was crying and laughing simultaneously, stubbornly saying “This isn’t Gu Mingxiu”, the audience still couldn’t prevent their tears from falling.

Movies had a charm that could move and influence people. A good actor could make you deeply feel the inner world of their character, making it as if you have become them and could feel the emotional despair of losing your best friend.

The situation at the premiere was already like this. Then, in the other movie theaters all over the country, the audience members who weren’t prepared were even more stunned. Ling Xiao’s fan certainly knew that Gu Mingxiu had died in a car accident, but they didn’t expect that the movie would actually show it, and even to this extent.

The usual laughing youth was still laughing at this moment. But, how they would have liked for him to to just freely cry, or even wishing to take the pain for him and cry in his stead. However, he still insisted on laughing. Even though his eyes had been blurred by his tears, he still deceived himself stubbornly while weeping tremblingly.

In S City’s GuangMing Theater, a boy who had accompanied his girlfriend to see the premiere just woke up from his nap and saw his girlfriend next to him with a face full of tears. She didn’t even eat anymore popcorn, her hands hanging stiffly in the air as she cried silently. The boy immediately started: “Little Yu, what’s wrong, why are you crying? Who bullied you, I’ll help you teach them a lesson! I …”

“Shut up!”

Angry remonstrations came from all sides. The boy immediately shrunk his neck and looked at the big screen grievously. What, wasn’t this just a simple biographical film, was it so touching? Then, maybe he will also give it a look, just one look……

In J Province’s Impression Studios, a young woman quickly took off her glasses and wiped away the tears on the lenses before quickly putting them back on. But not long after she put it back on, her tears wet the lenses again. While wiping her glasses, the little girl complained sobbingly: “This…… Wuu wuu wuu…… who designed these glasses lenses, even tears can stick onto it, wuu wuu wuu…… Ling Xiao, don’t cry……”

Similar things happened in all major cinemas throughout Huaxia.

But they never imagined that this was just the beginning of the movie.

With Gu Mingxiu’s death as a turning point, Ling Xiao was at first sullen for a while before returning to music. He put even more effort into his work, working himself as if he were two people instead of one, writing music and lyrics non-stop, and constantly aiming to break the sale records that he held.  

And then, he fell ill.

Ling Xiao fell at a concert. He had held three consecutive 100,000 audience member concerts in B City. On the last day’s fifth to last song, he was singing “Heaven’s Marquee” and then his voice suddenly stopped.

The entire audience was silent as everyone watched him, staring at the God of Music on the big screen.

He stared blankly at a random point in the air, and then suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed.

The diagnosis results showed it was a brain tumor, late stage.

In the movie, Zhao Chuyun kept condemning herself. Why didn’t she find out earlier. As a manager, how could she have been so careless. But this also couldn’t be blamed on her. She was a woman with a husband and children. She couldn’t stay in Ling Xiao’s house 24/7, accompanying him and taking care of him.

Brain tumors generally had early warning symptoms. Previously, Ling Xiao had experienced many headaches, but he never went to get it checked, nor did he tell Zhao Chuyun. He only knew to bury his head to write songs and sing constantly. Now that he had fallen to his illness, fans tearfully sent their idol blessings. His friends in the entertainment circle also visited him one by one.

Ling Xiao passed the last few years peacefully. 

The him on screen was wearing a white hospital gown, lying on the bed and smiling lightly. The audience outside the screen wept silently.

Even the guy who was supposedly just accompanying his girlfriend to watch the movie moved to wipe his tears and said in a sour voice: “I can’t stand this type of terminally ill person who is still optimistic and cheerful the most. Three years ago, when my sister was on the hospital bed, she took my hand and said that she had no regrets, only wanting us to live a good life …”

Men didn’t shed their tears, only hiding the pain in their hearts.

Things that were truly touching disregarded gender and age, directly touching the soul.

Why do so many people like Ling Xiao and his songs? It’s because his songs had the purest feelings. Why were there so many good singers in the world, but only Ling Xiao was the “God of Music”? 

Because he was Ling Xiao.

He had funded and donated hundreds of Hope Elementary Schools and established the Rongyun Foundation. Even while facing the biggest ordeal in life, he could smile and face death with a strong, firm heart. Before he died, he was already extremely weak, but he still forced a smile, saying softly to Zhao Chuyun: “I’m going to find him first, those children … I leave them to you…”

After Ling Xiao’s death, his body was donated, and the Rongyun Foundation still ran steadily under Zhao Chuyun’s care. Each year, it supported thousands of poor and under-educated children.

The film ended with the prayers of a priest. Dark, black clouds oppressed the sky, and the atmosphere made one breathless. Countless big-names in the entertainment circle came, wearing black clothing and holding a black umbrella, and stood in front of this man’s grave to send him off on his last trip.

“…… For us, he brought the most touching music. Remembering him, Ling Xiao.”

At the end of the funeral procession, the dark clouds also dispersed. 

The black clouds broke apart slowly, and a bright ray of sunlight emerged from the cracks of the leaden clouds, illuminating the land. The guests put away their black umbrellas, and the black clouds covering everyone’s heart finally disappeared.

Tomorrow will come, and the only thing we can do for those who have passed is to remember them.

With an unfamiliar and soothing melody, the scene gradually darkened, and the film Black Clouds finally ended.

The fully two-hour movie came to an end. It was 2 o’clock in the morning at the premiere, and the film handed each audience member a questionnaire, and the audience members would submit their personal evaluations and ratings for it.

The crew of Black Clouds had no way of knowing the situation at the other theaters. But, in the Capital Grand Theater, when the names of the cast and staff appeared in the credits, the scene burst into loud applause. This applause was mixed with small sniffling sounds as many in the audience had reddened eyes while clapping.

The specially invited directors also stood up one by one to congratulate Director Liang. The audience applauded for a full three minutes, indirectly telling everyone their evaluation of the film.

Rong Xu stood up and turned his body, his eyes glancing gently across the audience.

Black Clouds was his first key to opening up his path in the Huaxia film industry. This key was very dangerous. If it was used well, the future opportunities would be limitless. If used poorly, his path would be lost forever. 

Today, he finally, truly opened that door a sliver.

At two o’clock in the morning, many ordinary audience members who had just watched the movie couldn’t wait to post their thoughts online. The critics also immediately logged in to their personal accounts and couldn’t help but want to publish all the words in their stomach.

At 7 o’clock in the morning, when netizens woke up and turned on their phones to casually swipe through Weibo and upload posts, the number one hot-search-of-the-day came into their view: #BlackClouds#.

Translator’s corner: Someone asked how long it takes to translate a chapter. Uh… it depends on the length of the chapter. This chapter was around 3900 Chinese characters (the average for SA is 4500 to 5500 characters) long and was translated to around 2250 English words. Reading the entire chapter in raws, translating the chapter line by line, researching modern slang and cultural references, searching up appropriate synonyms, proofreading, and posting took me around 5 hours since I don’t use a TL program. Half chapters typically take 3 to 4 hours. Hopefully, I will have an editor and beta reader soon, so I can cut down on my proofreading time orz. ୧(•w•)૭ 

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The theater was filled with amusement.

Live performances of crying are often done by many actors. Some TV series or promotional movie ceremonies or premieres would even have the two leading actors perform live kisses.

Many of Rong Xu’s fans who were on the scene felt extremely contradictory at the moment. They wanted to see the pitiful crying appearance of their family’s Rong Rong, but they also felt distressed for Rong Rong and did not want Rong Rong to cry. Amidst this hesitant mood, one fan excitedly said: “When Rong Rong cries, he will surely be good lookin’, really good lookin’!” All the fans immediately became clear headed.   

Yes! Must watch Rong Rong’s crying scene, it must be extremely good lookin’!

With the public opinion as such, Rong Xu could only only surrender and do so.

In fact, he also knew that Qin Cheng and Director Liang permitted this behavior because they wanted to let him showcase his acting skills by performing a crying scene. This in itself was a very good marketing strategy for the movie, and for him personally, being able to perform in front of such a grand audience was the best time to validate his acting abilities. 

As long as he acted well, many big directors and big production teams would know by the next day: Rong Xu has acting skills.

The premise was that he acted well.

The performance began quickly. It was only a crying scene, many didn’t take it too seriously. They watched as Rong Xu turned towards Qin Cheng, only thinking that he wanted to recall the plot at that moment in time. But then, in this mood of inattention, they suddenly saw: that the youth’s eyes were already tinged with red. 

First, the rims of his eyes turned red. Those beautiful and clear eyes turned red in a second. However, he didn’t cry, only tugging the corner of his mouth and showing a minute instance of a smile. He smiled purely, as if he was truly happy, and with it came tears that tumbled down from his eyes.

“Zheng ——” everyone’s heartstrings tensed.

The site was absolutely silent, everyone stared at the screen, watching as the youth’s gaze turned about in a panicked state, but the smile at the corner of his mouth only became deeper and deeper, and the tears that were allowed to flow fell heavier and heavier. The tears wet the white face, his eyes reddening, and his lips were pale. This smile was more heart wrenching than the tears, but he kept trying hard to smile as if insisting on something, unwilling to give it up. 

This made everyone’s throat feel a bit sour. It wasn’t until they came back to their senses that they discovered their own eyes were also moist. 

The next moment, the scene on the stage turned even more shocking!

Qin Cheng suddenly stretched out his hand, and with one hand, pressed the youth into his arms! 

The host was stunned, but Qin Cheng raised the microphone calmly, and said in a low, hoarse voice: “Okay, don’t cry anymore, the performance was very good.”

The teenager in the arms was slightly stunned. The tears had already stopped. Although he was still somewhat immersed in the emotions of the character and could not remove himself fully at the moment, Rong Xu still calmly broke away from Qin Cheng’s arms and received the tissue passed over from the staff, wiping his tears. He smiled and said: “So, this time, did you see it?”

Qin Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, only smilingly lightly and saying nothing.

The next second, there was a heated applause from off stage!

The thunderous applause almost blew off the ceiling of the Capital Grand Theater. Whether it was the fans in the audience or the media reporters, even the directors and actors who sat in the front row gave Rong Xu a round of applause. Though, it was unknown as to how many of those actors gave truly sincere blessings.

Many of the netizens who were watching the live broadcast in front of their computers had their eyes moistened one after another, and some even wept directly. 

[Why would you make our family’s Rong Rong cry QAQ This cute, this good looking Rong Rong, who is willing to make him cry!] 

[Wu wu wu wu, in the future, I never want to see Rong Rong cry again, my heart hurts to death! Blame it on God Qin, although you gave my family’s Rong Rong a comforting hug in the end, I don’t forgive you!】

As for those “ChengRong” CP fans……

[Crying and hugging, this dog food, I will eat it, can’t I !!!]

After this wave of enthusiasm, the host asked a few more questions before the premiere ceremony ended. At this point, the live broadcast was officially over, and the audience could directly watch the premiere of Black Clouds.

Finally, under everyone’s anticipation, this movie premiere formally kicked off.

First, there was a clip of a video, “B City’s Metro Boy Singing Video”, that had gone viral and broke more than one million views on the internet. Then, the screen cut to the setting of the subway entrance of B City. The scene that entered the sights of the audience was one of pedestrians coming and going. They didn’t see Rong Xu’s figure, but rather heard……

Singing.

The singing voice was elegant and clean. Contrasted with the busy flow of people, it seemed to exist in a separate, tranquil paradise. He sang the song seriously, though it seemed that he didn’t have much singing skills. But, the pure voice alone could move people’s hearts.

The frame remained on the youth’s hands, watching as he fiddled with the guitar and listening to him sing. From time to time, someone would drop money into his guitar case, and he would say “thank you” softly before continuing to sing. Finally, someone came forward and said to him: “I wish to sign a contract with you.”

At this time, the camera lens finally panned upwards. A delicate and exquisite face appeared on the large screen- light hair and clear eyes, a soft smile hanging on the corner of his lips. His voice was soft and very moving.

He said: “I believe you, I am Ling Xiao.”

This one sentence made many of Ling Xiao’s fans who were sitting under the stage burst into tears. This kind of situation not only happened in the Capital Grand Theater, but also in other theaters around B City, S City, J Province, Z Province … Throughout the country, every fan who was watching the premiere of Black Clouds was covering their mouth, holding back their tears, and watching with wide-open eyes to see the genteel youth on the screen.

Because, he is Ling Xiao.

At this moment, only five minutes have passed since the beginning, and the premiere of Black Clouds continues. 

The Author has something to say:

Qin Cheng Cheng: Baby’s heart hurts to death, Baby wants hug, kiss kiss

Rong Rong: ?_? Don’t know who was it who made me cry……

Translator’s corner: QAQ Orange Qin made Rong Rong cry. Run, QC, Madame Qin is coming to cut you. 

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Qin Cheng, this name, was only connected with the title Black Clouds last night.

Three minutes ago, when the film’s director and the female lead walked across the red carpet together, many reporters were surprised that they didn’t see the male lead, Rong Xu’s, figure. No one expected that when he appeared, he would enter the scene with Qin Cheng, and the two even alighted from the same car!

In an instant, the dazzling lights from the flashes lit up the entire red carpet like daylight, and the Ka-cha ka-cha sounds were endless. Countless reporters tried their best to squeeze into the front to interview Qin Cheng and Rong Xu, but the two of them appeared to hear nothing. They  just walked onwards with a slight smile and soon left the red carpet, disappearing into the main entrance of the Capital Grand Theater.

The reporters were disappointed, shaking their heads one by one and sighing, but the on-scene fans were in the midst of shock before suddenly exploding! They hurriedly posted the photos they just took with their cellphones onto the Internet and were very excited to express their own thoughts.

[So handsome, So handsome, So handsome!!! The real person looks one hundred times better than on TV!!!]

[When Rong Xu and Qin Ceng walk together, how could it be so spicy and beautiful, Aaaaahhh!!]

[These two people really are good lookin’. God Qin is as handsome as ever, and Rong Rong is actually half a head shorter than God Qin, but is still so beautiful! I suddenly feel like they match really well! Just then, I hadn’t even reacted yet before they already walked past QAQ! Begging them to come back again, one more time!]

In front of the computer, Zhao Xiaoxu gaped, dully unable to say a word.

Today’s Rong Xu donned a dark red suit. This suit wasn’t loose, and was rather close-fitting, beautifully conforming to the shape of his body, elegantly adorning him. Slender legs, skinny waist, and a dark red suit made it seem as if his phoenix eyes were filled with pools of fine wine; the thin black tie and fine white skin contrasted each other, adding to the feeling of nobility and elegance.

Compared to him, what Qin Cheng wore was slightly casual, just a simple white shirt and a black suit. The buttons were unbuttoned carelessly, and two of the shirt buttons were also loosened. However, as Qin Cheng’s characteristics were more similar to western appearances, with sharp facial features and a seemingly indifferent temperament, this form of dress did not feel rudimentary. It would only make others focus on the sapphire cuff links and finely crafted tailoring.

These two people, when placed on the red carpet, were definitely considered compelling existences.

In the past, Qin Cheng had won the title of “Best Man of the Scene” at a certain Vogue banquet many times, and for Rong Xu, this was his first time on the red carpet. He stood beside this tall and handsome man, smiling gently. A deep and collected atmosphere subtly presided. 

Zhao Xiaoxu couldn’t help but cover her cheeks, flushed red with excitement.

“Really …… really well-matched! How can they match so well!!!”

Three minutes later, an inconspicuous Weibo update was posted: [#QinCheng# #RongXu# Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh They look so good standing next to each other! Too good looking! I want to watch Black Clouds! This is the first time I’ve seen God Qin walk the red carpet with a male actor, and it’s with my family’s Rong Rong! Rong Rong doesn’t lose to God Qin, looks good, looks good, looks good, I want to lick, lick, lick, lick, lick, lick! QAQ! ]

This was just one of many Wiebo’s. At the same time, throughout Huaxia, many of the netizens watching the live broadcast premiere of Black Clouds could also see the scene on the red carpet and exclaimed in amazement together. 

Someone was knocked over by God Qin’s handsomeness on the red carpet, saying emotionally: [Qin Shen really is handsome, there is a reason why he is this popular!]

Someone was amazed by Rong Xu ’s first red carpet appearance: [The red carpet is not only about appearance and figure, but also temperament. Rong Xu’s temperament is very good, looking forward to “Black Clouds”!】

There were also more and more female fans and a select few male fans who, from the two’s red carpet walk, saw something different ——

[God Qin’s gong temperament is good, but our^[1] handsome youth’s gong temperament is also good, so torn!]

[LS^[2] little sister, although the handsome youth is very gong, Yao Yao is not gong~ Hahaha, I stand by “QinRong”]

[…… Isn’t Qin Rong some actor’s name in this world, let’s change the CP^[3] name]

[Ha ha ha ha, it seems that there is a second-tier actor named Qin Rong, so change it… … Cheng Rong? Hehehe, anyway, I don’t care, I’m going to stand by “God Qin x Rong Rong”! They are just a good match. Together like this, it really makes the blood rise in my face^[4]! I want to watch the red carpet broadcast again, I want to watch it another hundred times! 】

Just a small segment of the red carpet scene already excited fans to this extent, then when the premiere was finished, the fans would even more so look for countless pink bubbles within the two people’s interactions. 

This was a normal premiere, with a host, director, and some actors on the stage. The host would interview a few creative team members about their journey in the making of the movie and their feelings about the movie itself and characters in it.

The only unusual aspect was that there were many stars sitting off the stage.

These stars were not there for any specific star or director, but rather they were there for the movie itself.

On the entire stage, only Director Liang and Qin Cheng had the qualifications to make these stars wait, so the duration of the premiere was extremely short. The host asked only a few questions before ending. Among them, he asked Rong Xu a question that incited the atmosphere on the scene to a climax.

“Rong Xu, during the filming process of Black Clouds, which scene do you feel was the most difficult?”

The fresh and handsome youth embarrassedly scrunched up his eyebrows, thought back for a bit before saying: “It should be a crying scene. I NG’d that scene seven or eight times. In the end, I didn’t expect Director Liang to choose the version that was shot at the very beginning. “

The eyes of everyone in the audience landed on Director Liang, and Director Liang spread out his hands innocently, saying: “But the outcome proved that the first version was the best. If you don’t believe it … you can go ask Qin Cheng?”

Before this, the host seldom brought the topic to Qin Cheng because the man had been standing beside Rong Xu, holding the microphone silently, looking down at the ground, bearing a look of being too lazy to speak. However, he really didn’t need to say anything. He was not the starring role in this movie. If he spoke, it would easily steal Rong Xu’s spotlight.

This time, Director Liang finally gave Qin Cheng a topic, and the host also turned his sight excitedly towards Qin Cheng. The latter raised his eyes indifferently, glancing at Director Liang, and then raised his thin lips, saying with a smile: “That scene, you can’t ask me. After all, I had been playing a corpse the entire time. I should be the only person in the crew who has never seen Rong Xu perform a crying scene.”

The host immediately joked: “Then, does Qin Cheng feel regretful?”

Qin Cheng nodded solemnly: “En, very regretful.”

The host looked at Rong Xu again, and Haha laughed: “How about Rong Xu perform it again on stage for Qin Cheng, to make up for his regrets?”

This was only a joke, and Rong Xu was certainly clear about that. He was just about to bypass the matter in a roundabout way, but who would have expected the man’s low voice to beat him to it: “Good idea, is it okay?”

His body shuddered, and Rong Xu turned around quickly but saw the man looking down upon himself with a smile.

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The common routine (advertising strategies) was all implemented thoroughly by the crew of Black Clouds. Now, there were no longer any netizens who bothered with the negative comments of the Sunspots. Instead, they found a more serious issue: how was it whether or not they would go and watch Black Clouds, instead it was that Black Clouds’ pre-sale tickets were all gone!

MaoYan didn’t have it, Guevera didn’t have it, Glutinous Rice also didn’t have it!^[1]

[I deliberately went to the theaters and asked around, really no tickets! Right, even these online ticket platforms have no tickets, how could it be possible to buy tickets offline. Not satisfied! Black Clouds crew, you are so bad, why didn’t you publish the whole list of actors all at once. I had planned to go to the movies after the first few days. Now, I just want to see my family’s Rong Rong and God Qin performing on the same stage !! My big wall and small wall will be in the same frame!]

The netizens’ eyes were all gathered on the film crew’s official blog, asking the crew to give a proper explanation. The promotional staff who manipulated the crew’s official blog observed this scene happily, watching as Black Clouds became more and more popular with each discussion among the netizens and couldn’t help saying to the colleague next to them: “I think, next time we film, Director Liang needs to give me one more chicken leg. “

The colleague smiled: “How is one chicken leg enough, add another duck leg!”

“Oh, yes, yes, yes, a chicken leg and a duck leg! This time’s publicity plan was really too good!”

One chicken leg and one duck leg were decided, so you will yield just for this ……

In the middle of this vigorous national discussion, the Capital Grand Theater welcomed a large wave of lucky audience members and media reporters.

April’s Spring breeze blew through B City. Today was the beginning of the month and no moon could be seen. However, there were actually seven or eight crystal stars shining brightly in the wide and endless span of night. A red cashmere carpet was spread out from the entrance of the theater to the street. Many beautifully dressed ladies alighted from cars, accompanied by their male companions, and calmly greeted the sea of flashes to enter the theater.

Black Clouds premiere ceremony invited many stars of the circle. Because this was a tribute to Ling Xiao’s memory and not just an ordinary movie, most of these stars readily agreed, and so there was the scene of stars on the red carpet.

At the same time that lights illuminated half the sky, in a high-end apartment on the other side of the city, a youth carefully tied his tie and checked his cuff links and tie clip. In the mirror, the bright and handsome youth wore a simple and clean dark red suit. A thin black tie hung from his neck, narrow shoulders and waist, slender long legs …

The man on the sofa silently moved his sight away from a place he shouldn’t be looking at, and lowered his head to set his watch. After everything was ready, Qin Cheng turned his head to look at Rong Xu. Coincidentally, Rong Xu had also lifted his head to look at him.

Under the bright lights, the two pairs of eyes met in the air, both stunned.

A moment later, the youth smiled slightly, a bright and splendid smile bloomed between his delicate brows in the mirror. He asked gently: “If you are ready, then shall we leave now? If you want to wait a little longer, I can also wait a little more.”

In the afternoon, Rong Xu had already gone to Huaxia Entertainment to finish his makeup, and was waiting to go walk the red carpet with Yu Siyu at night. Unexpectedly, at this time there was a mishap- he left his tie clip at home. The lack of a clip wasn’t a big issue, but Qin Cheng, who was also present, said that he also left his watch at home and could go back with Rong Xu to get it.

Director Liang watched these two people’s exchange of words in confusion, as they directly settled on the action of “going back to get things”. He had wanted to say, “A missing tie clip isn’t a big deal, no need to go back.” But then he saw Qin Cheng turn and look at him, eyes containing a deep and dark undertone, and say calmly: “Then, Director Liang, Rong Xu and I will go back first, and then we will walk the red carpet together. “

All his words got stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t say it at all. Qin Cheng was one meter ninety centimeters (190 cm), and poor Director Liang was only within one meter and seventy something (~170cm). Whether it was a height advantage or strength of presence, all made Director Liang unable to raise objections, and he could only watch the two leave together.^[2]

After seeing the two leave, Director Liang was woken from his reverie: “Yi, one goes home to get a tie clip, the other goes home to get his watch. They are each going to their respective houses in different places, why are they going together?”

The also-confused Yu siyu: “……?”

The one-who-knew-the-truth Luo Zhentao: “……”

Drinking tea aside calmly, the quiet Xu Jin brushed his hands and appeared to be indifferent. In fact, this kind of ‘getting things’ errand could all be done by assistants or agents, or even sending a trusted staff member, you didn’t need to go back yourself.

However, since someone didn’t want to walk the red carpet by themselves, then whatever. He, Xu Jin, didn’t want to be nosy and run himself into muddy waters.

Capital Grand Theater, 7 O’clock in the evening.

A low-key, luxury black Bentley slowly rolled to a stop in front of the red carpet. Hundreds of media reporters frantically squeezed over there, raising the DSLRs and recording cameras in their hands, and waiting for people to arrive.

This time’s premiere was broadcasted live online, and the countless movie enthusiasts who could not go watch the movie could only sit in front of the computer in dismay, brushing^[3] the situation of the premiere in boredom.

Zhao Xiaoxu was a diehard fan of Rong Xu’s. Although she couldn’t grab a ticket for the premiere, the live broadcast of the premiere online was still a must watch.

Three minutes ago, Yu Siyu just walked the red carpet with Director Liang, holding onto his arm, and entered the theater’s main doors. When the two of them appeared on the live broadcast, many were frantically brushing: [Where is Rong Rong, where is Rong Rong? The female lead and Director have appeared, don’t know where Rong Rong is!!!]

But now, several well-known film critics also walked by, and there was still no sight of Rong Xu’s figure.

Zhao Xiaoxu looked up to the sky and sighed: “Aaaahhhhhh, where is Rong Rong, my young handsome youth, I want to see Rong Rong!”

At this moment, the reporter who was listening to the live broadcast said with surprise: “Rong Xu is here! Yi, the one beside him is…… Qin Cheng!”

The Author has something to say:

Sister Fu: Saw the wrong person, apparently you were a heart’s lamp

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Creative team…… Qin Cheng

The creative team of a movie usually consists of the director, some of the actors, the screenwriter, the producer, etc. These people are the core part of a crew. The director controls the entire movie, the producer guarantees the smooth operation of the crew, the screenwriter is responsible for compiling the story, and the lead actor interprets and presents the story.

Though, among the Black Clouds crew’s tagged cast and crew, Qin Cheng was also tagged.

[Am I seeing wrong, or have I really gone back in time^[1]? So, Weibo now still allows same name, same surname accounts?】

[The editor wants to steal the chicken leg^[2]! As a guest actor, God Qin should not be included in the list of creative cast members, even if there may be more scenes and presence than the other guests, you can’t count him as such.】

[Aaaahhhhhhhh none of you went to go watch the video! BiliBili’s^[3] video! Oh my gosh, how are God Qin’s scenes compared to the others’. Who does he play? Do you know? Do you know? Did you see how RongRong called him in the end? He is Gu Mingxiu! ! ! 】

Ordinary netizens may not know yet who Gu Mingxiu was, but when Ling Xiao’s music fans saw the name, they collectively exploded.

Song writers were different from singers. They are basically the silent and devoted behind-the-scenes members. However, Gu Mingxiu was different. The man was handsome and had numerous scandals. Before he was twenty-seven, he could be seen in various gossip tabloids. This man was proud and arrogant. Because he was talented, he dared to do anything. It wasn’t until he was 27 years old that he slowly became silent and seemed to have lost interest in writing lyrics. Though, later, when he appeared by Ling Xiao, he became more obedient.

Gu Mingxiu’s accidental death at that time also caused a stir of discussion and mourning in the music scene.

If Qin Cheng played Gu Mingxiu, how could he be a side role!

Gu Mingxiu was one of the main supporters in helping Ling Xiao become a singer. It could be said that, without Gu Mingxiu, there would be no later Ling Xiao!

[Please tell me, what kind of role and presence does God Qin have in Black Clouds! If you dare say, which male supporting role has more presence than Gu Mingxiu, then please throw the evidence in my face now! Ling Xiao’s best friend of the same gender was Gu Mingxiu! it’s him!!!】

[Hahahaha. My family’s third young master^[4] finally has a new movie~]

[For God Qin, I will brush this movie twice^[5], three times, four times!!!]

Some fans were excited, of course there would also be Sunspots who took this opportune time to blacken^[6] Black Clouds.

[What ghost is this^[7], Qin Cheng playing Gu Mingxiu, would the protagonist of this movie still be Ling Xiao? Putting Qin Cheng’s name in front of Rong Xu’s name, can it be that Qin Cheng is the main? This spicy chicken^[8] movie, this is obviously Ling Xiao’s personal biographical film, making it like this, disgusting!】

[Qin Cheng actually playing the supporting role of this kind of movie? Was his status not guaranteed, this is too low ^[9]!】

[I finally understand why the director was willing to let a newcomer play the leading role. Isn’t Qin Cheng here? Why would the box office need the help of the leading role, hahahaha]

Qin Cheng has been famous for many years now and has hundreds of millions of fans, but naturally there would also be many Sunspots.

No one in the world could obtain everyone’s love. There would always be jealousy and envy. They would hide behind others’ backs, secretly insulting and cursing. Once they found a chance, they would become the same as a mouse in the gutter, swiftly popping out and taking advantage of the topic to play around with.

This time was indeed a good opportunity: Qin Cheng was actually playing Male no. 2!

Within his entire acting career, this was shockingly the first time. 

Since his debut, all of Qin Cheng’s roles had been Male no. 1. Even if he cooperated with a senior, he was still Male no. 1. Suddenly playing a Male no. 2, and even more so, co-starring with a newcomer, how could the Sunspots let go of this material. They crazily mocked it directly.

Qin Cheng’s fans initially hadn’t felt anything in their hearts. They were just happy that their male god finally had another movie. But, with the various stimulations of the Sunspots, they also felt a little sour in their heart: [You’re right, God Qin is not Male no. 1 this time …]

Just the #QinCheng# tag alone, it already rose to second place in the list of trending searches of the day. After an hour, it directly rose to first place! It was closely followed by #BlackClouds#, #GuMingxiu#, #RongXu# …… Relying on this heavy bomb, the Black Clouds cast was once again on fire, and countless netizens discussed the movie enthusiastically, looking forward to the film’s release.

This was the main reason why Director Liang exhausted all his efforts, insisting on making Qin Cheng the last killer, throwing everything out all at once.

The film Black Clouds could not be considered a large production. In terms of film concept and shooting, compared with other similar movies, it didn’t dare say how good it was. The biggest advantage of their production was Ling Xiao himself. Because of Ling Xiao, many big-name celebrities were willing to make guest appearances; also because of Ling Xiao, many music fans would take the initiative to follow this movie.            

This movie was special. Many films would generally throw out one of their biggest publicity stunts on the eve of its release to bring the film’s popularity to another level. But, for Black Clouds, what more promotion could they do?

Three lists of big-name guest appearances had been released, and exquisite video trailers had also been released. Advertised on the whole network with various marketing promotions.

So, it wasn’t until the last day that they released the news that Qin Cheng appears as “Male No. 2”. 

As long as someone begins a discussion at the start of the year, they (the person being discussed) would become famous. Many small actors and actresses were all scolded into fame. One movie actress became famous in the circle because of a phrase she once said: “Regardless if it is a scandal or good news, I want my name to appear in the newspapers everyday!”

At present, under Black Clouds‘ official blog, Qin Cheng’s Sunspots and Fans were fighting a battle. Although the Sunspots were refuted by the fans to the point where they couldn’t return a single word, their ambitions still burned unceasingly, reigniting with each spring breeze^[10]. On the other hand, Rong Xu’s fans watched from the sidelines, their hearts a little worried — would there be any issues when Rong Xu and Qin Cheng acted together; but they were also a little expectant — being able to act on the same stage as such a huge senior, they didn’t know how wonderful it would be.

When things heated to a certain threshold, the official blog staff saw that the time was just right and quickly came out to clarify-

[Black Clouds Crew: Qin Cheng is the specially invited guest of this movie, playing Male No. 2, Gu Mingxiu. Thanking Qin Cheng for taking on this role out of friendship, let us look forward to his performance in the movie.]

Immediately afterwards, Director Liang also said on his Weibo: [Everyone is just basing off my and the crew’s faces, cleanly coming to guest star in friendship^[11]. They didn’t earn a single penny, and yet even this could be blackened? It seems that I am too old and unable to understand this circle anymore. You can ask any of those who came to the guest star in Black Clouds. Which one asked for compensation?!】

Director’s Liang’s words had always been blunt and straightforward. With this response, Qin Cheng and Rong Xu’s fans all immediately smiled. 

[Yes, “Black Clouds” is unique. The reason why they @Qin Cheng first and then @Rong Xu is because of their status difference within the circle, and also because Qin Cheng acted in friendship. It is meaningless to complicate this, what is really interesting is — 

[I want to go to the theaters to see God Qin! ! ! After the release of The Disciple, I never saw any more of God Qin’s works. I want to watch Black Clouds, I want to watch! ! ! 】

[QAQ watch, what watch, I just went to take a look. The tickets for the next three days were already sold out by pre-sale. Black Clouds crew, spicy chicken crew^[8], ruining my youth! Why didn’t you announce the news of my male god’s participation until the last minute, why! If you had said so earlier, even if I didn’t sleep or rest, I would’ve grabbed a movie ticket for the premiere. Wu wu wu!. 】

[Black Clouds crew, you must have done this intentionally! I also couldn’t grab pre-sale tickets. Where I am, even the tickets for the fourth day are all gone. Strongly requesting to increase the number of theaters, strongly requesting to increase the number of showings! If I can’t see my family’s Rong Rong, if I can’t see my family’s God Qin … I … I’ll cry for you to watch!】

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Until the end, Wu Xiangmeng was unable to dig out any heavy news from the crew. Wu Xiangmeng felt a loss in her heart, but the stable ratings of the program made her smile again.

Chasing Dreams was the first promotional program that the film crew participated in. Afterwards, they went to Very Entertaining.

The last time he came to Very Entertaining was to promote Vie for Supremacy. At that time, Rong Xu was only a Male Number 4 and the program team didn’t place much emphasis on him during the show. If Tang Menglan hadn’t suddenly pulled Rong Xu on stage to sing, the audience wouldn’t have retained a very deep impression of him at all. 

But this time, it was different. Before the show started, the stage script Rong Xu received didn’t have many lines, only one sentence “During the fourth section, sing Ling Xiao’s “Black Clouds”.”

Rong Xu’s sudden status change within the circle was evident. 

Half a year ago, he was still a fledgling newcomer, but half a year later, here he was already male no. 1 (male lead) in a huge film production.

Although the film Black Clouds could be considered more unique, Rong Xu was still indeed male no. 1 and deserved the TV program’s respect. 

The viewer ratings for Very Entertaining were as high as ever; this season’s program rating was especially high! This time, female no. 2 and male no. 3 also participated in the program’s live broadcast. Including Director Liang, the five members of the film crew played games together and revealed inside information on the movie. They poked fun at each other and caused constant laughter amidst the audience. 

When the fourth program section arrived, Rong Xu stood in the center of the stage. A beam of light shone at his back, creating a hazy silhouette. The other lights on the set were all turned off, leaving only this light, making it seem as though this thin and tall youth was enshrouded by a layer of black clouds, lonely and hesitant. 

It was then that he began to sing the first part of the lyrics. 

Simultaneously, the viewer ratings for Very Entertaining rose by 0.2 percent, and continued to rise.

“Reminiscing, meeting your smiling face……”

This was the lyrics to “Black Clouds”! Not the movie Black Clouds, but the song “Black Clouds”!

Although many of Ling Xiao’s music fans have accepted the Ling Xiao played by Rong Xu, and felt that he played the role well, they couldn’t help but worry: Can Rong Xu sing Ling Xiao’s songs?

If Rong Xu was to sing on his own, his singing skills worried fans. If Rong Xu didn’t sing by himself, but directly used Ling Xiao’s original recordings, then upon hearing Ling Xiao’s voice, the fans would  quickly feel strange about the Ling Xiao played by Rong Xu.

But now, Rong Xu was singing “Black Clouds” and sang it very well!

[Sounds so nice! QAQ It ’s been a long time since I had heard such a beautiful “Black Clouds”. I finally understand why Director Liang said in Chasing Dreams that he chose to let him play the part of the Music God because of his excellent audition. It really sounds nice! 】

The ratings of Very Entertaining went as high as 2.9!

The Program staff was so pleased they invited the crew of Black Clouds to have supper together. The next day, Rong Xu followed the crew to Z province and participated in a new publicity program. Overall, they participated in the recording of nine variety shows, talk shows, and also reality shows. Of all the famous shows in Huaxia, they had been on almost all of them.

After that, it was a wave of road shows^[1].

They held offline meetings^[2] in major cities across the country to promote the movie.

The response of the road show was as good as the crew’s imagination. It seemed participating in so many good quality programs beforehand made the audience very excited and unable to wait to meet the crew.

Two weeks passed in a flurry, and only one day was left before the premiere of Black Clouds.

That night, Rong Xu dragged his exhausted body and returned to B City with the crew. The film crew of Black Clouds will hold the film premiere at the Capital Grand Theater^[3]. Over the past two weeks, they had tried their best to promote the film. Now, they will see the outcome of the promotions after its release.

Director Liang smiled at Rong Xu and said: “You live in B City, Rong Xu. Go home first. Siyu and I will live in the hotel. At twelve noon tomorrow, remember to meet up at the hotel on time. We will be attending the premiere in the evening, do not forget. Have a good rest.”

Rong Xu smiled gently, nodding, and Luo Zhentao sent him back to his apartment.

As soon as he opened the door, he smelled a burst of the tangy aroma of vegetables, and the body that he had been pushing the whole day suddenly stopped. Rong Xu looked up in surprise and was met with the sight of a cold, tall man serving a plate of vegetables from the kitchen to the dinning table. 

When he saw Rong Xu, the man raised his eyebrows calmly and asked: “You’re back?”

These words were generally redundant words^[4], but Rong Xu raised the corner of his lips, nodding lightly: “En, I’m back.” 

In his two lifetimes added together, this was the first time someone was waiting for him to return and welcome him home.

This feeling was very peculiar. Rong Xu only felt that there was a warmth in his heart which was slowly spreading. He changed his clothes and went to the dining room, preparing to eat together. At the same time, on the official blog of the Black Clouds, the promotional staff posted a low-key Weibo update, allowing it to float however it wanted, but this single Weibo post set off a storm on the Internet! 

[Black Clouds crew: the premier is imminent, new film is here! The entire creative staff invites you to listen to the song “Black Clouds”! @Director Liang Chao, @Qin Cheng, @Rong Xu, @Yu Siyu……]

The Author has something to say:

Rong Rong: this is the first time I’ve had someone welcome me home, even though it’s the house I rented~

Qin Cheng Cheng: Rong Rong, Rong Rong, do you see, on Weibo it’s @Qin Cheng @ Rong Xu, Baby is on top of you~~ \(>∇<)/~

(Google img: Capital Grand Theater)

TL Note: I realized that I had forgotten to include the Author theaters for the previous chapters. I have updated the previous chapters with small theaters ヽ(゜∇゜)ノ*:･ﾟ✧ Sorry about that! (Not all chapters have theaters)

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Here’s chapter 54 part 1! Part 2 will be up soon. It’s a bit late because I messed up the footnotes at first, had to redo the whole thing. Enjoy! 🙂

The first release of the luxury guest lineup was more than 20 first-tier big-star names. The second release of luxury lineups was still more than 20 first-tier big-star names!^[1]

Regarding grandness^[2], no movies in recent years could be comparable to Black Clouds.

  Although many netizens knew that these big names may only pop in to show their faces in the movie without being included in any substantial drama, this was still enough to make them thoroughly excited. One movie ticket could let them see so many big-name celebrities, how could it not be watched, how could it not be bought!

 Must Buy, Buy, Buy!

 The Black Clouds crew had only used a short video and caused a stream of discussion on the Internet. As long as one person discussed it, the popularity of this movie would continue to rise, and more and more netizens would see news regarding this movie.

Moreover, the Black Clouds crew did not spend a hefty amount, only placing many advertisements on Weibo and Tieba, as well as many video platforms and social networking sites. As soon as one opened these apps, they would immediately see a short advertisement video for Black Clouds. The screen would quickly circulate through the faces of many first-tier stars. At the end, the screen would suddenly darken and a handsome, clean youth would slowly walk towards you.

Behind him are meteors, where light and shadow circulated as if in a dreamy and colorful galaxy. He reaches out to you, slightly hooking up his lips, and a smooth and gentle smile blooms on his mouth. One couldn’t help but stare into his bright eyes and listen to his clear, musical voice: “I am Rong Xu, would you like to listen to Black Clouds with me?”^[3]

[Want, want, want, want, want, want ! ! Ahhhhhhh, hugs Rong Rong. I’ll give you 120,000 kisses! ! ! 】

[Wu wu wu~ how can my family’s RongRong be so good looking! How! 】

 [In this life, I do not not regret loving RongRong! Let’s make an appointment at the cinema, I will watch Black Clouds three times! 】

This ad was filmed while Rong Xu was still working with the Black Clouds crew. Soon, the ad spread throughout the entire network. The homepage of several well-known apps premiered this advertisement and filled the attention of all netizens. The overwhelming advertising offensive made Black Clouds more and more popular.

Finally, the first variety show that the Black Clouds crew participated in was officially broadcasted.

Because the crew was based in S City, the first show they chose was a well-known and acclaimed talk show in S City. Director Liang, Rong Xu and Yu Siyu were all present. The three sat on the sofa and chatted with the talk show host, Wu Xiangmeng.    

The show, Chasing Dreams, ranked among the top three in viewer ratings in the country and was famous for its sharp and bold comments. This program could be considered half-R^[4], with some words that were not suitable for children. For example, there would be occasional inappropriate jokes, and sometimes violent movie and TV scenes would be shown.

Of course, Black Clouds didn’t have those violent scenes, but the host Wu Xiangmeng still dug many traps for the three main crew members.

At the beginning of the show, Wu Xiangmeng directly asked Director Liang: “Why did you choose Rong Xu to appear as Ling Xiao? It seems that he only debuted half a year ago. When you first started auditions, his Vie for Supremacy hadn’t even finished filming, right? Choosing Rong Xu, was it because he had some sort of unique advantage compared to the other auditioners?”

Just this one question and immediately the viewer ratings increased by 0.1%!

Faced with such a tricky problem, Director Liang laughed and turned to look at Rong Xu, praising without hesitation: “The reason is that he performed spectacularly during the audition! Very, very well! I always believed that there were just some actors who had the ability to rely on their birth advantages to eat^[5], like Qin Cheng. His very first movie acquired rave reviews. Before that, he didn’t even have a single work.”

This was the best time to promote the movie. Director Liang naturally needed to protect his actors. Right now, even if Rong Xu was an extremely poor actor who loved to throw around the identity of a celebrity, Director Liang would still not say a word about it. Instead, he would only say good things. If even the director said that his actor’s strengths were subpar, who would think this actor was excellent, who would think that the movie was excellent?

At this moment, Director Liang said with a clear conscience: “When we held auditions, every actor was required to sing. Rong Xu’s singing touched me the most. His voice is very pure. I couldn’t believe that he is an actor rather than a singer. His singing skills are very professional, and I think Siyu can testify to that, too.”

Yu Siyu immediately followed up: “Director Liang’s words really are inaccurate. I know a lot of singers. What level Rong Xu is at, who needs me to testify to it? When the movie is released, everyone who goes to the cinema to watch the movie, wouldn’t they know best?”

At this time, Rong Xu forced a smile: “If you keep boasting, I have to blush.”

Wu Xiangmeng quickly said: “Rong Rong will blush? Hurry and blush, blush, blush. Troubling the camera person to give Rong Xu a close-up. Our ratings for tonight’s show will depend on Rong Xu. Post-production team, quickly write a line in large characters on the screen, write ‘Popular little fresh meat’s blushing scene’! Hahahaha.”

The entire program was recorded very smoothly, and the steady increase in viewer ratings also satisfied the program group.

During this period, although Wu Xiangmeng enjoyed digging traps for the three film crew members, Director Liang and Yu Siyu were both experienced hands. How could she succeed. So, Wu Xiangmeng pointed the cat’s head^[6] at Rong Xu: Such a young child, there will be times when he says the wrong things, right? As soon as you say something wrong … hehehe, the ratings of our show will explode!

But! Wu Xiangmeng never imagined that every problem she posed was easily bypassed by Rong Xu. Once, she threw a trap and asked: “Rong Xu, did it make you very nervous working with so many big-name celebrities?” In a Normal situation, Rong Xu should answer “nervous”, and then she would ask “Why would the seniors make you nervous”.

Unexpectedly, for the first question, this exquisite and beautiful youth smiled lightly and calmly replied : “To say I was not nervous is impossible. They are all my seniors. But, all the seniors are very patient and took good care of me, the newcomer. Some seniors and I had been co-stars before, and some not. Although I was nervous, Director Liang was always encouraging and guiding me, so I could overcome any difficult situation. “

Saying that, Rong Xu turned to look at Director Liang.

The smile hanging on the corner of Director Liang’ mouth grew even brighter. He lifted his chin proudly and accepted Rong Xu’s praise with a smile.

Mutual praising, everyone touted this kind of thing, who wouldn’t do so. Our Black Clouds crew is an iron plate, whenever you pry, we will accommodate ~

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