Category: Superstar Aspirations

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After Rong Xu left the room, assistant Luo Qian immediately walked to his side and said indignantly: “How can that Ren Shuzhi be like that, Xiao Xu, she’s actually trying to seduce you!” Luo Qian was still quite smart, and had waited till there was no one else around to whisper to Rong Xu: “Her chest was about to latch onto your arm, Xiao Xu!”

Rong Xu walked calmly towards Director Yuan, and said indifferently: “You saw wrong, she just came to ask me about the script.”

Luo Qian froze for a moment before raising her head to look at Rong Xu. However, she only saw Rong Xu grin and wink helplessly at her. Luo Qian understood immediately, and she sighed heavily with a whisper: “Previously, I’d heard that this Ren Shuzhi was a very unrestrained and bold individual, often sleeping with male stars from the same film team. Fortunately, she is a singer and only filmed a few TV shows and a few movies, or else, I don’t know how many male stars would have been slept.”

Rong Xu was surprised. He’d never heard of this rumor before, and after thinking about it, he asked: “If I recall, a few years ago, did Ren Shuzhi collaborate with Deng Yiwen?”

Luo Qian was briefly shocked and then suddenly realized: “Yeah, she and Suppression Deng also had a scandal before. That year, they must have also gotten into bed before…… There really are such people in this circle who don’t care about anything, and just do whatever they want, bedding whichever handsome man casually?”

Rong Xu smiled without speaking.

During his many years in the entertainment industry in his past life, he had also seen such open celebrities. It was just that most of them were male celebrities.

Usually, filming a movie would take a few months, and many male stars couldn’t bear being alone and would take the initiative to hook up with a female star from the same cast. Everyone was single, ‘You chase, I’m willing’. It was just good fun for a few months of comforting each other. After the filming was complete, they’d part ways and still stay friends if they met in the future.

Rong Xu didn’t know how Ren Shuzhi ended up targeting him, but he never liked participating in such things.

He had always known that things within the circle were chaotic, but the number of clean and self-conscious people were never less than those who casually indulged in pleasure. Additionally, in his past life, Rong Xu was privy to a secret in the circle.

It was said that a certain Hollywood actor often went around making appointments with celebrities in the same drama, regardless of male or female, and was known in the circle as a famous double-sided plug. As a result, during one of his physical examinations, he suddenly found that he had contracted AIDS, causing a large group of Hollywood celebrities to fall off their horses (become frantic). Everyone hid the incident and no one dared to disclose it. No one knew for sure which celebrities also contracted AIDS, but it was revealed that at least ten first-tier celebrities had gotten it!

Anyways, after Rong Xu and Director Zheng finished discussing the filming details, he (RX) returned to the lounge and saw Ren Shuzhi sitting next to Ma Qi and giggling. It was unknown what the two of them were talking about. Ren Shuzhi was almost sitting in Ma Qi’s embrace, and Ma Qi’s hand was resting on Ren Shuzhi’s thin waist.

Rong Xu only took one glance before looking away, whereas Luo Qian’s eyes widened, and after a long moment of surprise, she whispered into Rong Xu’s ear: “That’s incredible, Xiao Xu, she tossed you aside so quickly…… “

Hearing this, Rong Xu frowned slightly, and said without knowing whether to laugh or cry: “What do you mean tossed me aside?”

Luo Qian quickly explained: “Anyway, it means that she won’t pester you anymore. It’s good, let her go and hook up with Ma Qi, humph.”

Rong Xu shook his head: “Everyone here is an adult, and interest between men and women is normal. Don’t be too opinionated with them.”

Luo Qian closed her mouth quickly and made a zipping-up-the-zipper motion.

Rong Xu’s words were truly quite accurate. There are many things that everyone in the circle knows, but didn’t talk about. Ren Shuzhi didn’t force Rong Xu, and neither was Rong Xu interested. Thus, she took the initiative to find Ma Qi. Ma Qi was obviously willing, and perhaps he was even pleasantly surprised. So, just let them be. They weren’t children anymore. This was just a simple physical need, and since they were both willing parties, then there was no need for others to stick their noses into it.

In the afternoon of the opening day, it was mainly Bo Xiwen’s scenes, but Rong Xu also had a few scenes.

The very first scene was the face-off between Rong Xu and Bo Xiwen. Director Yuan specially chose Rong Xu’s initial appearance as the first scene to shoot so that Rong Xu and Bo Xiwen could become familiar with and enhance their understanding of each other.

At the same time, on the Internet, the sensational “Lost Wings” charity event finally came to an end.

The total fundraised amount was 5.63 million!

The total amount of supplies was also countless. Only when a fan donated a whole warehouse were they able to store that many clothes and books.

Following the end of the fundraising event, Rong Xu’s fans will come together and form a team to directly enter the mountainous regions and personally deliver the supplies to the rural children. They will conduct live broadcasts to guarantee that not a penny would be embezzled, with the netizens as witnesses. This kind of live broadcast received unanimous praise from the netizens. 

In the past few months, Rong Xu’s Weibo fans skyrocketed by 9 million, and have now reached 16 million. Compared to other popular first-tier newcomers, his number of fans was only one-half, or even one-third of the others.

However, he had only debuted for a year.

Likewise, in the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Chuyun publicized the information regarding the “Lost Wings” CD donation event, and also provided a certificate of proof jointly issued by the Rongyun Foundation and the charity monitoring organization.

The tag, #RongXuCharity#, was immediately bumped up to second place in the trending searches on Weibo.

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On the other side of the ocean, it was early into the morning hours, and the crew had finally ended a whole day of filming. A handsome and elegant man was searching Weibo under the tag of #RongXuCharity#. There was no expression on his face, but he looked extremely serious. He didn’t even notice when someone walked up next to him.

“Oh, Rong Xu? I’ve heard his name before.”

Qin Cheng raised his head and looked at the blonde Frenchman beside him: “Bertram, how do you know him?” His tone seemed indifferent, but the corners of his mouth had curved up silently, a trace of pride and admiration was suppressed in his voice.

The well-known French actor, Bertram, laughed and said: “Qin, this you don’t know about, but before I separated from Ren the other day, she told me that her new work was going be filmed with this Rong Xu. She said Rong Xu is very cute and also showed me photos. Oh, really is a cute and beautiful Oriental doll.”

The smile on the corner of his (QC’s) lips froze. The man narrowed his eyes slightly and asked lightly: “Who is Ren?”

Bertram said without hesitation: “Ren Shuzhi… Honey’s name is really hard to pronounce. When we were in bed the day before yesterday, honey kept forcing me to pronounce her name. I practiced for a long time before I got it right. She said it seems that in the crew, this Rong Xu is the cutest. Of course, same goes for me, too. I would also definitely like this delicate and beautiful Oriental doll.”

Qin Cheng: “……!!!”

A minute later, just as Rong Xu was about to go film, he suddenly received a text message.

[Qin Cheng: I will be finished in two days, then I will visit you at work. 】

Rong Xu was taken aback, but before he could react, he received another text message.

[Qin Cheng: No, I can finish by tomorrow, and I can visit you at work the day after tomorrow…… En, this was requested by my mother. 】

Rong Xu immediately retorted: [If you finish tomorrow, how will you come from the United States the day after tomorrow? Qin Cheng, have a good rest, no need to visit me at work. 】

Unexpectedly, 30 seconds later, Qin Cheng’s reply was quickly sent over——

[Qin Cheng: Tonight, I have something I need to tell you. When I call you……they are very private things. It is best not to have anyone in your room, no one is allowed. 】

Rong Xu: “……” exm? ! (“Excuse me”)

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The author has something to say: 

Orange Qin: I really want to fly over, fly over, fly over! Baby trusts RongRong, but that bad person is not allowed to hook up with Baby’s RongRong! QAQ

RongRong: …… talking about private affairs at night? EXM? Meow Meow Meow?!

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TL corner: Hehehe (Teaser!) Chapter 72’s Title is “Live ♂ Video ♂ Call ♂”

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The cast of Maze City could be considered quite strong.

The Male Lead, Rong Xu, had entered the movie circle via Black Clouds and instantly became one of the most popular newcomers in the last year. The other Male Lead, Bo Xiwen, though he’d been less known in the circle, he had also participated in many large-scale films. His popularity was not high, but the box office numbers for his works had never been bad. Popular works, but not popular person.

And today, the Female Lead who had just returned from the United States, Ren Shuzhi, was Huaxia’s reputed Queen of Sexiness who secured a spot in Huaxia’s music scene through her spicy hot dance moves and fast-paced rock and roll songs.

 In regards to being an actor with good singing, or a singer with good acting, Ren Shuzhi acted in a youth romance film last year, and the resulting box office numbers weren’t bad, over 600 million. Thus, she took on Maze City this year. She didn’t ask for many scenes. As long as the ending box office numbers overcame her record, it was enough for her.

Ren Shuzhi wore a pair of wide sunglasses, and when she arrived at the crew, she just so happened to make it to the opening ceremony.

After the opening ceremony was over, she went around greeting the crew’s creative cast. This queen very straightforwardly gave everyone a big, warm hug. When she hugged Bo Xiwen, her red lips curved upwards as she said enthusiastically: “Tan Yangxuan! Brother Xuan! Come, come, come, give me a hug first. Let’s get familiar.”

Bo Xiwen stretched out his arms in a stiff manner, and gave the full-bodied actress a shy little hug.

Ren Shuzhi’s role was the sister of the seventh deceased victim – her elder brother died in a large public area. She is very emotional and has a lot of interaction with the role of Tan Yangxuan, participating in many of the police investigations. She is the female character with the most scenes in the movie, but in total, there is still no more than 20-minutes of screen time, so she can barely be regarded as a female lead.

After the hug, Ren Shuzhi walked up to Rong Xu. She pushed up her wide sunglasses to her forehead. Her long, wavy chestnut hair, and her bright, enchanting eyes carefully examined the boy in front of her.

When she was looking at Rong Xu, Rong Xu was also looking at her with a smile, calm and collected, without a trace of unease.

The next moment, Ren Shuzhi smiled happily and before Rong Xu even had a chance to open his arms, she immediately hugged him up: “Haha, I actually got to hug Rong Rong. If the fans knew, they would envy me to death.” While talking, Ren Shuzhi hugged harder and harder, without any indication of letting go.

Rong Xu was slightly startled, and then noticed in surprise that the other party’s full bosom seemed to be rubbing against him.

After the hug was over, Ren Shuzhi removed the sunglasses from her head and put them back on. Right before the sunglasses completely covered her gaze, an interesting light flashed through her soft, beautiful eyes. Her red lips curled up gently, and Ren Shuzhi calmly stroked across Rong Xu’s palm once.

The thoughts in his heart gradually cleared, but on the surface, Rong Xu quietly took a half step backwards and smiled: “Sister Ren, stop joking around.”

Ren Shuzhi spread out her hands innocently, her voice was low and soft, quite affectionate: “I’m not joking, your fans are extremely famous. Wasn’t there a charity event recently? Truly amazing.”

Rong Xu smiled calmly: “The album by Sister Ren from three months ago has also already accumulated over one million in sales.”

Ren Shuzhi covered her lips and smiled lightly: “It can’t compare to your “Lost Wings”.”

While saying that, she suddenly leaned forward and seemingly desired to rub against Rong Xu’s body. However, Rong Xu immediately turned to the side and smiled at the crew member playing male number three: “I remember Ma Qi said yesterday that he liked Sister Ren’s song very much, right?”

Suddenly, the smile on Ren Shuzhi’s face stiffened a little, but she quickly reacted and smiled back at the male number three in a very familiar manner: “Then I am really quite flattered. Ah Qi likes my song. I would have never thought……”

Though Ren Shuzhi entered the crew late, she was highly enthusiastic, so it didn’t take long for her to get along swell with other actors in the crew.

Except for the naturally shy and difficult to get close to Bo Xiwen, Ren Shuzhi, Ma Qi, Zheng Xiaosu and the others all got along rowdily. Whenever she spoke to Rong Xu, Rong Xu would also respond to her in a friendly manner. At first glance, she was similar to a social butterfly, wandering throughout the entire crew of Maze City.

Ren Shuzhi liked to “disturb” Rong Xu the most. Because she had just arrived to the crew and didn’t participate in the script reading meeting, when everyone was preparing to start the afternoon filming, she took her script book and walked to Rong Xu’s side, saying in a soft voice: “Rong Rong, can you help me go over the script? Although my scenes are very simple, I don’t want to delay everyone’s progress. Is that…… okay?”

At this moment, Rong Xu had already finished with his makeup and was sitting at the side for a break. When he heard her words, he turned his head and unexpectedly saw a span of snow white.

Ren Shuzhi had taken off her jacket and was only wearing a tight fitting, short sleeved T-shirt. Someone able to earn the title Queen of Sexiness naturally could not have a flat figure, and this thin t-shirt outlined her curvaceous good figure. Her slender waist contrasted with her plump bosom. A string of crystal beads hung down across her collarbone, casting shadows down the neckline of the shirt and fueling the viewers’ imaginations.

When most men saw this scene, they couldn’t help but feel their heart tremble.

This woman was beautiful and attractively moving. She has a superb body, and among all the actresses Rong Xu had seen in his two lifetimes, she could rank in the top five. When she spoke, there would be a slight nasal sound at the end of her words which made it even more charming.

However, Rong Xu’s gaze only slid across the string of crystal beads before he raised his eyes to look at Ren Shuzhi’s beautiful face, his gaze not even straying a bit further down. He smiled steadily: “Okay, but I’m going to film soon, Sister Ren. So, I may not be able to help you for long.”

Seeing the youth’s clear and calm gaze, Ren Shuzhi was slightly taken aback for a moment. She immediately followed up: “That’s fine, then teach Sister Ren first.” After she said so, she directly sat herself down next to Rong Xu. The crystal beads shook lightly in the deep shadows of her neckline.

But, this teaching session only lasted five minutes before being forced to end.

Rong Xu was called over by Director Yuan to discuss the shooting details of the first scene. Thus, he politely expressed his apologies to Ren Shuzhi, and Ren Shuzhi shook her head with a nonchalant expression. But, after Rong Xu turned and left, she grasped the crystal beads by her bosom, her chest moving up and down from panting.

It wasn’t until Rong Xu disappeared from sight past the room did she narrow her eyes and turn away.

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The script reading meeting was held for an entire day. Everyone took out their own scripts, and the screenwriters analyzed the characters one by one, highlighting the important points in the movie. Among them, the two male protagonists naturally had the most scenes. The heroine of this move didn’t have many scenes and was pretty much just a flower vase role. The focus would be on the two male protagonists. Tan Yangxuan’s role was mainly in charge of the action scenes, whereas Xue Jiazhe was in charge of the academic scenes.

After analyzing Bo Xiwen’s character, the screenwriter looked at Rong Xu with the script in his hands, saying with a serious tone: “Xue Jiazhe’s character has a semi-antisocial personality. He is not really completely antisocial, but because of his childhood experiences, he came to hate the father who ran away and abandoned himself and his mother in the earthquake, and also hated the kind of parents who abandoned their children.”

Rong Xu wore a pair of plain glasses, smiled and nodded: “En, his hatred is clear, but he freed himself from sin. He knows he is committing a crime, but he doesn’t think that he is at fault. Thus, he can kill with peace of mind, and even place the blame on another at the end.”

The screenwriter was stunned for a bit before smiling and nodding: “Yes, he’s like that. What you have to pay attention to is Xue Jiazhe’s calmness and his strong mentality. He is a professor of psychology, so he understands people’s minds well. He’s very intelligent.”

The director interrupted from the side: “Tomorrow and the day after, Rong Xu, the crew’s arranged a university psychology professor for you. He’ll come over and provide you knowledge on psychology and help you better understand the fundamentals regarding this. Learn from him and analyze how to properly act out Xue Jiazhe.”

Rong Xu grinned: “Okay, Director Yuan.”

Maze City’s director, Yuan Ke, is a well-known first-tier commercial film director in Huaxia. The films that he directs all have common characteristics: their box office values would usually not be low (the lowest being no less than 500 million), and every year he would definitely get a Best Director award.

Yes, not Best Film Award, nor the Best Male or Female Lead Awards, only Best Director!

Regardless of whether it’s a first-tier award or a second-tier award, Yuan Ke was sure to get one. In the past seven or eight years, rain or shine, even if there were no film awards ceremonies being held that year, Yuan Ke would still surely win at least one Best Director Award from out of dozens of film awards worldwide. Thus, in the circle, Yuan Ke also had a nickname: The Director Yuan Award…

But this is just a tangent, no need to mention it for now.

After the script reading meeting, all the actors got ready to try on makeup and styling. The two male protagonists stayed to exchange their views on the role with Director Yuan.

Rong Xu closed his script book gently, and calmly analyzed: “Xue Jiazhe, because of the shadow from his childhood, came to hate parents who abandoned their children. After his mother died, he began to kill one by one. The reason he goes after their right hand is because of his father who (during the earthquake) had originally extended his right hand to the mother and son when he was young, but because he was frightened by the aftershocks, his father retracted his right hand and left both mother and son under the boulder.”

Director Yuan rolled up his script and propped his chin up, looking at the boy in front of him with interest. He smiled: “Continue.”

“Xue Jiazhe is not strictly a bad person, it’s just, based on what he said to the other patients, his heart is also ill, and has been ill for many, many years.”

A serene and gentle smile slowly bloomed on the handsome face. With clear eyes, Rong Xu continued calmly: “So, I think that when I am playing him, I will……”

The youth’s endless eloquence made the light of appreciation in Yuan Director’s eyes grow brighter and brighter, and next to Rong Xu, Bo Xiwen’s eyes showed more and more surprise. Once Rong Xu finished speaking and it was Bo Xiwen’s turn to analyze, Bo Xiwen was silent for a duration before spitting out a single sentence: “I am probably mainly there for plot support, to trust my friend and solve the case.”

Rong Xu froze for a moment, but Director Yuan laughed out loud: “Don’t force yourself, Xiao Bo, learn well from Rong Xu when you have time and your acting skills may improve by leaps and bounds.”

Bo Xiwen nodded honestly. After Director Yuan left, Rong Xu was packing his things to prepare for his styling when he heard a faint voice sound out beside him: “……Rong Xu, can you lend me your script book to look at?”

Rong Xu was slightly surprised and smiled at Bo Xiwen: “Is something the matter?”

Bo Xiwen turned his gaze away awkwardly, whispering: “I…I don’t really know how to do a script analysis. I want to borrow your script to see what it should be like. If you don’t want to, it’s fine. Troubling you.”

There really were all kinds of people in the entertainment industry. This was the first time Rong Xu has seen such a shy, first-tier male actor.

He looked at Bo Xiwen in deep contemplation and saw that Bo Xiwen had his head bowed stiffly as he was preparing to leave. 

At this moment, Bo Xiwen saw Rong Xu directly squeeze the script into his hands. The script was filled with notations and strokes, with various thoughts and points of attention written on it in delicate handwriting.

Bo Xiwen was stunned into a daze, and quickly raised his head to look at Rong Xu, only to see the youth  smiling back at him: “Anyways, I have to go study psychology with the professor before filming, so I don’t have much time to read the script. You can return it to me after we start. You already said you’d be ‘troubling me’, so how can I not let you trouble me for a bit?”

Bo Xiwen nodded quickly: “Thank you! I will definitely return it to you when we start filming. It will be in perfect condition! Really, thank you so much.”

 “It’s nothing much, no need for thanks.” After a pause, the youth added with a grin: “Oh yes, by the way, I enjoy coffee very much, especially latte.”

Bo Xiwen froze briefly and then suddenly understood. Half an hour later, just as Rong Xu was putting on his makeup, Bo Xiwen’s assistant came over and brought him a cup of coffee. Although it wasn’t a latte, it was still a very similar tasting mocha.

In the entertainment circle, it’s best not to owe anyone a favor. Thus, Rong Xu deliberately used this method to allow Bo Xiwen to pay back this favor. This was already considered giving the other party face^[1].

The assistant seemed to be as shy as his own artist. He lowered his head and spoke in a low voice to Rong Xu: “Really, thank you so much, Rong Rong……can you give me an autograph?”

Rong Xu received the other’s paper and pen, and said softly: “Of course.”

The little assistant was immediately starry-eyed and nodded excitedly.

The crew of Maze City has already gathered most of their main creative staff. Only the Female Lead had yet to join up with the group, and was still participating in a singing program abroad. All of the staff were wholeheartedly preparing for the starting of the filming process.

Luo Zhentao still stayed with the crew on the first day. Looking at such a busy scene, he couldn’t help but sigh: “Speaking in general, Xiao Xu, of all the film crews you have participated in, only the crew of Ambush was a bit worrisome.”

Rong Xu was noncommittal. He glanced at all the dedicated crew members: “En, everyone is very good.” 

Then came a pause as he smiled and added: “Bo Xiwen is also a very interesting person.”

Luo Zhentao was taken aback at first. Following that, he turned around to take a good look at the young actor who was currently working hard over Rong Xu’s script, and then exclaimed in agreement: “Yes, ah, such a serious and hard-working actor is a rare sight within the circle. Xiao Xu, I remember when you were filming Black Clouds, didn’t Qin Cheng rarely look at his script book? He seems to have a very good memory, and had memorized all his lines?”

Seemingly not expecting his agent to mention Qin Cheng’s name, Rong Xu, after a brief moment of surprise, recalled the scene of studying the script with that man a few days ago. He smiled and said softly: “Yes, ah, Qin Cheng is a very talented person, a born actor. But, I don’t dislike Bo Xiwen, this type of person, who works hard. People who work hard are also very precious.”

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B City, Capital’s Airport.

A stern and tall man was about to board the plane but then suddenly sneezed.

Xu Jin turned around and said cheerfully: “Caught a cold? Who told you to wear so little. I already told you there’d be a cold wave in the last few days. When participating in the Golden Phoenix Award, you should’ve worn a base shirt under your dress shirt. You didn’t listen. Now, this is great. Caught a cold, huh. Want popularity, but not warmth. Your family’s person didn’t even participate in the Golden Phoenix Award ceremony. Do you think he’d watch your live broadcast?” 

Qin Cheng lifted his eyes and gave him a glance, asking with an indifferent tone: “You are glad I caught a cold?”

Xu Jin spread his hands: “I didn’t say it like that.”

Qin Cheng’s thin lips perked up: “Oh, I have a cold. The progress of the movie filming will be delayed. When you arrive in the United States, go have a talk with Director Liu. Maybe he’ll have a lot to say to you.”

Xu Jin: “……”

“You definitely must not ever catch a cold! If the progress is delayed even more, Director Liu will definitely pick a fight with me!!!”

The roar of the gold-tier agent gradually dispersed into the clouds. The plane flew steadily into the cloud layer, and soon disappeared into the clear blue sky.

Three days later, the female lead officially joined the crew, and the entire cast of Maze City was accounted for, signaling the start of the filming.

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The author has something to say:

Sis Fu: Orange Qin, if you keep being so hesitant and secretive, be careful Rong Rong’s heart will be stolen away!

Orange Qin: Rong Rong will only love Baby. There is no one better than baby, humph ╭ (╯^ ╰) ╮

Rong Rong: Bo Xiwen is quite good. Hardworking and serious, and is even so shy.

Orange Qin: QAQ RONG RONG!!! DON’T LOOK AT HIM, QUICK, LOOK AT BABY!!! BABY IS BETTER THAN HIM 10,000 TIMES!!!

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TL Note: “The Missing City” will be changed to “Maze City”. I will be going back to change the previous chapters for consistency. 

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Black Clouds has just been released in less than a month, and the cumulative box office has been close to 10 billion. With this movie, Rong Xu was boosted in both popularity and status, reaching the peak since his debut.

Rong Xu was able to obtain a lead role in his first movie, and even receive such terrifying box office values and reputation. It could be said that Rong Xu is the most popular newcomer in recent years.

After Black Clouds, Luo Zhentao carefully selected four works for Rong Xu, each being commercial dramas with popular themes and excellent scripts. The themes included romantic comedies, large-production fantasy films, and road films^[1] which was the recent popular movie trend. But in the end, Rong Xu read all the scripts and chose Maze City.

Maze City is a mystery detective film. Like many commercial criminal investigation films, this one had a dual male protagonist setting, filled with action and plot drama. As long as the script is qualified and the acting skills pass, the box office will not be low.

When Luo Zhentao learned that Rong Xu chose Maze City, he was quite surprised. “Xiao Xu, this movie has dual male leads. Didn’t you tell me before that you wanted to attempt a lead role and choose a commercial film to prove your appeal in the box office?”

 Hearing that, Rong Xu put down the script and asked with a small smile: “Brother Luo, since you know this is a dual male lead film, why do you show me the script?”

Luo Zhentao was struck dumb for a bit, and after a while, he shook his head and said: “It’s because it’s a good script……”

Yes, Maze City’s script was indeed quite good.

In the entertainment industry, there are two forms of cast selection processes for film and TV drama crews. The first is that there is no required audition for the actors. The director or investor would directly decide on the actor for the role. The second is via audition, where several actors with a suitable image are selected to participate in auditions at the same time, and afterwards, it is decided which actor will play the role in the film.

When the Maze City crew sent the script to Luo Zhentao, they straightforwardly gave Luo Zhentao a statement: “We are inviting Rong Xu to play the leading role of Xue Jiazhe.”

Not any other role, let alone a supporting character. Only Xue Jiazhe, it can only be Xue Jiazhe.

If Rong Xu is willing to take on the filming of Maze City, then he will directly act as Xue Jiazhe. If Rong Xu ends up unwilling to take on the filming of Maze City, or if he wants to play another role, the crew wouldn’t accept it and would directly go look for another actor. The spot that the crew of Maze City left for Rong Xu is only Xue Jiazhe. It was decided on by the director based upon Rong Xu’s image, and this time, he didn’t choose the wrong person.

When Rong Xu finished reading the script, he really only wanted to play Xue Jiazhe.

The entirety of Maze City revolves around a serial murder case. In the bustling and luxurious Hai Cheng^[2], a perverted serial murderer suddenly appeared. This murderer’s killing method wasn’t original, but the corpses were handled very cleanly, and the victim’s right hand was chopped off every time.

The knife’s edge was deemed to be flat and smooth, and the cuts were even and polished, avoiding all the large bones of the human body, and slicing right in-between the joints.

The police had suppressed the case for a year because the murderer showed no regularity in their actions. He killed six people in a year. But, other than cutting off the right hand, the murder locations, times and methods were all different. Even the ages of the victims ranged from 23 to 64 years old, indifferent of gender.

Only after the seventh victim appeared was the police finally not able to suppress it any longer  because this victim had died in a public space. The body was hung in the center of the busiest square in Hai Cheng, and suddenly, the whole port city was boiling.

The protagonist, Tan Yangxuan, is an elite police officer and the team leader for this case. After the case was made known to everyone, Tan Yangxuan, who was under great pressure, went to find his university friend, Xue Jiazhe, a university psychology professor who will be played by Rong Xu.

Xue Jiazhe analyzed the suspect’s psychological processes and helped Tan Yangxuan finally catch the criminal.

The whole of the plot is the chasing battle between the police and the murderer. With the arrest of the criminal and the sentencing of death penalty, everything was finally over.

Well, if that was the case, Rong Xu would definitely not be interested in this script nor take on this drama with dual male leads. It was all because, at the end of the movie, there is a huge plot twist.

Once the case was over, Tan Yangxuan went to find his friend for a chat and to celebrate. However, after Tan Yangxuan got drunk, he didn’t know…… that Xue Jiazhe dragged him into the bedroom to let him rest, but when Xue Jiazhe opened the closet to help his old classmate grab a change of clothes, in a deep corner of the closet, a glass bottle holding a human specimen was slightly exposed.

Inside the faint green formalin solution^[3], a right hand was suspended in the center with a gem ring hung on its thumb.

It was the relic lost by the fifth victim.

The movie ended here, but this reversal immediately complicated Xue Jiazhe’s character.

A young and handsome university professor loved by all his students, elegant and gentle, and was even good friends with the senior police officers from the police station. But no one would have known what laid hidden behind the silver glasses and genteel smile. What kind of beast was hiding behind that costume.

Rong Xu has never played this kind of gentle villain before, which made him very interested and wanted to give it a try.

In his previous life, he played mostly protagonists. In this year’s movies and TV series, the protagonists generally had positive images. Coming across a villain protagonist was already a significantly difficult occurrence. It wasn’t that Rong Xu had never played a big villain in the past, but he had never played a role where he was a good guy on the surface, but a big villain in reality.

A villain with high IQ and also possessed good manners and sophistication. This was why Luo Zhentao handed over the script of Maze City to Rong Xu.

As for Rong Xu choosing Maze City, it was because he wanted to try and surpass himself and taste a different style of living^[4].

In mid-May, Rong Xu arrived in Xiangshan Film and Television Town to meet with the entire crew. Other than him, the other male lead’s actor had also arrived, he was Huaxia’s named best film newcomer, Bo Xiwen.

The crew of Maze City rented out a modern filming zone in Xiangshan Film and Television City. The crew was super busy, and there were piles of unfinished props lying around everywhere. In three days’ time, the filming of the movie will start, and within these three days, Rong Xu, Bo Xiwen and the other actors will hold a script reading meeting, where everyone will come together to discuss the script in order to help the actors more deeply understand the plot and characters.

At first, there were still some barriers between everyone, and Bo Xiwen always kept a straight face, looking forever serious and solemn.

At the script reading meeting, Rong Xu sat beside Bo Xiwen. A staff member poured out glasses of water and handed them to everyone. Rong Xu helped Bo Xiwen receive his water, causing Bo Xiwen to be taken aback for a moment. After a while, he nodded stiffly and said: “Thank you.”

Seeing this, Rong Xu eyebrows quirked a bit, and the corners of his lips slightly curved up^[5].

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Xu Jin: “Exactly what are you going to do! What do you want with my wife! Let me tell you, she doesn’t like you, she’s never watched your movies, and she absolutely doesn’t like Song of the Night. She also didn’t go to the cinemas to watch this year’s The Disciple, nevermind watch it three times! My relationship with her is not because she is your fan, it’s not!”

Qin Cheng: “……give me an address and a phone number.”

To prevent this man from mentioning his wife again, Xu Jin readily gave Qin Cheng an address and phone number. Originally, the phone number he provided was a male friend’s, but who knew that Qin Cheng asked for a female’s phone number. This made Xu Jin raise even more alarm bells, and he quickly made a call to a female friend who was outside of the circle.

Before hanging up the phone, Qin Cheng said in a slow and cold manner: “Don’t tell your friend about this situation, just say it’s you who wants to send something, and that it has nothing to do with me.”

 Xu Jin: “……Okay.” As long as he didn’t mention his wife, anything is fine!

At this point, this matter was technically considered resolved.

Luo Qian received the address and phone number, and she naturally relayed the number and address to Rong Xu and Luo Zhentao. Luo Zhentao wasn’t familiar with the other party, and Rong Xu also looked at it for a while, but the name wasn’t in his memories.

This person had never participated in the filming of Black Clouds. It could only be said that this is definitely a fake identity.

Rong Xu didn’t put too much attention on this address. He opened up Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s homepage and flipped through it again carefully. This Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing really did confess to him three times a day. Even if he forgot to eat, he’s afraid they wouldn’t forget to confess. Additionally, in recent months, she seemed to have become obsessed with his and Qin Cheng’s CP, often tagging #ChengRong# on Weibo.

In any case, other than being exceptionally wealthy and having his personal sleeping photo, this fan appeared to be just an ordinary fangirl, an ordinary CP fan…… Oh, wait. She was also very good at selling meng.

But, just as Rong Xu decided to give up and go work on other things, his line of sight suddenly caught a Weibo post from Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing from three days ago.

“Huh? It was sent at five in the morning?”

Vaguely aware in his heart that something was off, Rong Xu flipped through Weibo again and then discovered that, in the past few months, the timing of this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s posts on Weibo were a bit strange. She used to post Weibo comments on time according to three meals a day. But, in recent months, her timing had become abnormal.

Last month wasn’t too off, only a few hours earlier than usual.

But, in this month! They were all posted on Weibo at very atypical hours!

The original eight or nine o’clock in the morning (08:00~09:00) became nine o’clock in the evening (21:00); noon (12:00) became one or two in the morning (1:00~2:00); four or five o’clock in the afternoon (16:00~17:00) became five or six in the morning (05:00~06:00).

Like there’s a time difference or jet lag!

“She had gone abroad recently?”

This idea flashed through his mind, and Rong Xu deliberated again before his eyes suddenly widened. He rushed to contact Luo Zhentao and asked the other party to check if Wen Xuan, Xia Muyan and the other actresses who had participated in the filming of Black Clouds had recently gone abroad for filming.

Although Luo Zhentao felt this was a bit strange, he still went to inquire and said that he would give Rong Xu an answer in a few days.

By the time Rong Xu finished all these affairs, it was already six in the evening. The faint golden sunset slowly descended into the west as the brilliant light dyed the sky red and created an enchanting color.

Rong Xu finally put down his phone and went out to eat dinner. As soon as he opened the door, he heard the sound of the door next to him also opening. Rong Xu turned his head in surprise and saw that Qin Cheng also appeared a little tired and was similarly looking at himself with slight surprise.

Rong Xu smiled slightly: “You didn’t rest well?”

Qin Cheng was silent for a moment: “……Mmm.”

Rong Xu nodded lightly: “I also didn’t get much rest, met with a small situation.”

Qin Cheng: “……I also met with a small situation.”

The youth glanced at the man in astonishment before he curled his lips and smiled: “Looking at your appearance, it seems that you have already taken care of it. What do you want to eat tonight? I kind of want to eat dumplings. Yesterday, I asked Sis’ Xiao Qian to buy some dumpling skins because I’d planned on wrapping some by myself……Oh, yes, Qin Cheng, can you wrap dumplings?”

The topic was thus diverted.

In the cozy and quiet kitchen, a warm yellow light enveloped the two men. Rong Xu picked up a black apron and Qin Cheng’s face suddenly stiffened. The smile on the youth’s face became brighter, and the man had no choice but to open his arms and let the boy place the apron on him.

This hug-like gesture made Qin Cheng’s ear tips turn a tad red, but Rong Xu didn’t seem to notice and actually moved closer! The man’s body became even stiffer. After tying the apron, the youth raised his clear eyes and said with a smile: “I’m not good at wrapping dumplings, so let’s just wrap them casually?”

Qin Cheng nodded with a calm facade: “Okay.”

Outside the window, the bustling and noisy city night could be seen, but on the other side of the window was currently an ongoing lesson where two men delved into the art of making dumplings together. The man’s handsome and profound face was stained with flour, while the youth’s hair tips were also stained with a hint of white. No one would have thought that a mega superstar and a popular newcomer would be working together to study how to make dumplings on this quiet night.

Of course, regardless of the process, and no matter how many times Rong Xu had laughed during this period, or how many times Qin Cheng’s ear tips had turned red during this period, the dumplings still made it into the pot an hour later.

After fishing them out, Rong Xu looked at his bowl of crooked dumplings while silently glancing to the side. 

He expressed with his eyes: You taste first?

Qin Cheng lowered his eyes, and also replied with his eyes: ……you can taste it first.

Rong Xu’s lips curled up: To thank you for your care this past year, of course, you have to taste it first.

Qin Cheng’s thin lips hooked: Mother wants me to take care of you, you should try it first.

You taste.

You taste.

You first.

You first.

Rong Xu: “……”

Qin Cheng: “……”

In the end, the two of them were forced into a helpless situation. Simultaneously, they both picked up a completely indiscernible to be dumplings and more round than a meatbun dough ball, and put it into their mouth. However, just after the dough ball entered their mouths, the two opened their eyes and looked at each other in surprise.

Rong Xu: “…It’s actually quite delicious?”

Qin Cheng nodded, and there was an imperceptible smile that crossed his eyes: “Yeah.”

That night, the two quickly resolved the lacking-in-selling-appeal but surprisingly delicious dumplings. Afterwards, Rong Xu began to study the script for his new work. Meanwhile, Qin Cheng looked through the script next to him and made some occasional comments.

The next day, the two remained at home and continued to study the script together. Sometimes, there would be disagreements about the plot analysis, but in the end, they would always come to a consensus. Upon coming upon a conclusion, Rong Xu would then take out a pen and carefully write down his thoughts on the sides of the script. During these times, Qin Cheng would lower his eyes to gaze at the young man.

The sunlight gently sprinkled upon the youth, making him appear as exquisite and beautiful as a fae.

The serious and focused appearance of the young man …… was even more beautiful than usual.

On the night of the Golden Phoenix Award ceremony, Rong Xu sat on the sofa in his pajamas and watched the live broadcast. A thick script lay on his lap, and on the TV, the stars were dazzling and the environment was lively.

Rong Xu kept lowering his head to examine the script, and he only raised his head when he heard the man appear. When his sight fell upon the other, he was stunned for a bit. The man’s cold and powerful aura passed through the cold TV screen unimpeded, passing through the eyes of every audience member. He stepped onto the red carpet with the crew of The Disciple, but within the entire crew, he was always the first person everyone noticed.

After watching for a duration, only when the The Disciple crew left the red carpet did Rong Xu raise the corner of his mouth and continued to study the script.

That night, the crew of The Disciple won six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. Though this was a major male-lead focused film, the most important male lead didn’t actually win the Best Actor. However, this didn’t mean that Qin Cheng, who plays the male lead, was lacking. It was really that his opponent this time was too strong. He (the opponent) acted the glorious life of an athlete with a broken arm. In addition to his strong acting skills, there was also an empathy bonus.

When all members of the The Disciple crew walked onto the stage to receive the Best Picture Award, the audience members frantically called Qin Cheng’s name as if they were shouting out their faith with their life. The man on the stage also raised the Golden Phoenix trophy in his hand and smiled at them calmly.

Staring at the picture on the TV, Rong Xu gradually narrowed his eyes, and the smile on his lips deepened.

Two days later, Rong Xu left B city and headed to Xiangshan Film and Television Town in preparation of filming Maze City.

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The Author has something to say:

Rong Rong: Speak logically. Is this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing really my fan? Even colder than me……

Orange Qin: QAQ baby has a bitter heart

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Dumplings google IMGS

Meatbuns Google IMGS

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TL Notes: Psst, Qin Cheng, your tail is exposed.

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Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, this name was still fresh in Rong Xu’s memory.

The last time he noticed this name was because the other party had posted a sleeping photo of himself and caused a sensation within the fan circle. Because of that photo, Rong Xu came to believe that fan should be a member of the Black Clouds crew. Additionally, after that, the other party also posted one hundred more movie tickets for Black Clouds, causing Rong Xu to be even more certain: the other party is not an ordinary crew member.

The cost of one hundred movie tickets was still within 10,000 yuan.

However, this time, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing directly donated 1 million!

It was absolutely impossible for someone who could donate one million without blinking to only have one million dollars. Only someone with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in assets could donate one million so boldly. One must consider that even many big entrepreneurs who donated money wanted to be well-known and have this spread their reputation.

This low-key donation of one million, it was absolutely impossible for this individual to be an unknown person within the circle.

In that instance, several names appeared in Rong Xu’s heart. Judging from Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s past posts, the other party was unlikely to be a foreigner. After all, this fan spoke Chinese too fluently, even using popular Internet slang and ‘Jiu Mi’ (“Kiss, Kiss”)! How could they be a foreigner?

Then, are they one of Huaxia’s first-tier actresses or first-tier female singers?

Wen Xuan, Xia Muyan, Yan Lianqiu, Guan Ningqin…

All of them had guest appearances in Black Clouds, and so were able to take photos. They also had sufficient funds to donate.

However, this was all still a bit unrealistic.

“No matter how you look at it, they don’t seem like the type who would say…… “Jiu Mi” (“Kiss, Kiss”), that kind of person…”

The youth furrowed his brows slightly and muttered to himself in a low voice.

Soon, Luo Qian called Rong Xu to determine their next public relations measures. This charity event spontaneously organized by the fans was a good thing and had also gained the support and praise of netizens. That a fan was willing to donate one million was the personal kindness of the other party. Although it could potentially cause some trouble, on the other hand, it will help more even people in need.

In order to prevent small minded people from framing Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing as someone prepared by Rong Xu himself, Luo Zhentao decided to contact the fan privately in the name of the fan support club to send the other party a pennant thanking her for her support of the event. Then, he will post an announcement about this situation, categorizing it as a fan’s personal decision so that no one could slander Rong Xu with this incident.

This plan was well thought out, and Rong Xu immediately agreed. He was even willing to sign eleven “Lost Wings” CD singles, giving one directly to Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, while the other ten were given for free to randomly selected fans among those who donated.

Without delay, Luo Qian immediately set out to contact Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing. She also contacted Rong Xu’s leader fans, having them pay close attention to and control the fans’ comments to prevent sunspots from leading the rhythm.

During this time, this Fair and Beautiful Local Tyrant’s Weibo fans had already exceeded 30,000!

Clicking on the Fair and Beautiful Local Tyrant’s Weibo, this Dada’s posts had no special features nor outgoing meng brief messages. On their Weibo, they solely confessed to Rong Xu for three meals a day. Their latest Weibo post was the Weibo crowdfunding message automatically forwarded by the system.

If there had been no sleeping photo or the million dollar donation, such an ordinary fan would definitely not have attracted anyone’s attention.

But now, the number of fans on this Weibo was increasing at a rate of one hundred per minute. There were constantly notifications of comments on Weibo, as well as notifications of reposts and likes. The phone was buzzing and vibrating non-stop. 

Looking at the fans’ jokingly remarking “hugging a big thigh” and “spectating gods at work”, said fan silently placed his phone upside down on the table, completely turning a blind eye.

En, nothing happened, nothing…… happened at all.

…… How could nothing happen!

Ten minutes later, probably feeling a little annoyed with the constant vibrations from his phone, Qin Cheng picked up his phone and turned off all the notifications on Weibo. However, just as he was about to power off his phone and play dead, a message suddenly came into view.

[QianQian’s Big Adventure: Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, Hello, I am Rong Xu’s assistant, Luo Qian. Thank you very much for your support of the “Lost Wings” donation event. We will be sending your donation to the rural mountain regions as soon as possible. Please rest assured. At the same time, we have a few small gifts for you as a show of gratitude. Can you send me an address? [Smiley face]]^[1]

A trace of surprise flashed through the man’s dark eyes, and he did not immediately answer.

On the other side, Luo Qian saw that her message had already been read, but she didn’t receive a reply. She thought for a little while before sending a message to Rong Xu: [Xiao Xu, that Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing may not believe that I am your assistant, how about you send them a message to verify my identity? 】

One minute later——

[Rong Xu: Hello^[1], Qian Qian’s Big Adventure is my assistant ^_^ ]

Qin Cheng: “!!!”

Only after a while later did this fan give a reply ——

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Hello.]

Originally, this message was just to verify Luo Qian’s identity. Suddenly seeing this message, Rong Xu was a bit stunned before the corner of his lips curled upwards. He replied: [Thank you for your donation, I’m very happy you like me [Heart][Heart][Heart]]

When this line was just typed, Rong Xu squinted his eyes and stared at the two words^[2] “hello”.

…… Based on what they saw on Weibo, this person should be his diehard fan, confessing to him everyday. But, why did it seem like when the real person spoke, they were somewhat cold?

This train of thought hadn’t let Rong Xu’s mind yet before he saw the person’s second reply.

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: En, no need for thanks.]

Rong Xu: “……”

Logically speaking, this shouldn’t be the attitude a diehard fan has, right?! ! !

The chat was unlikely to be continued, so Rong Xu casually found an excuse to end the conversation and let Luo Qian take over. Examining the cold and stiff dialogue between himself and this “Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing”, a sense of familiarity flashed through Rong Xu’s mind. However, before he could get a grasp on that familiar feeling, it suddenly disappeared.

This kind of dialogue exchange, where did he see it before? Where was it…

In the next room over, Rong Xu absolutely wouldn’t have known that this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing was currently looking at his cell phone screen in agony. In view of the fact that this fan had always suffered from facial paralysis and rarely showed his inner emotions except during filming, his distressed response was to squeeze the phone tightly and input a large amount of words in chat box over and over again, but when it was sent, it had become —— 

“En, no need for thanks.”

Watching Rong Xu deliberately end the conversation with wide open eyes, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing lifted his hands to cover his cheeks as he pursed his lips, not wanting to speak.

However, there are some things that can’t be solved by playing dead. Luo Qian pressed harder and continued to ask Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing for ‘her’ address. Even if Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing said that they didn’t need to be so polite, Luo Qian still didn’t give up. In the end, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing looked at Luo Qian’s words, and then looked at his own crazily exploding Weibo fans. After hesitating for a bit, this fan made a phone call.

“En? What are you calling me at this time? But, perfect timing. Qin Cheng, the outfit you will be wearing to participate in the Golden Phoenix Award in two days time has arrived. This time’s formal wear was ordered from Company A. Take a trip to the company tomorrow and let’s try on the look. This time, “The Disciple” was nominated for a lot of awards, and you were also nominated for Best Male Lead. Although you had just won the Golden Phoenix Actor Award last year, there are several strong opponents this year. Though the possibility of winning is not very high, we still have to anticipate and prepare for it.”

Only after speaking a whole bunch did Xu Jin suddenly recall: “Oh, right. What are you calling me for?”

A low, magnetic male voice steadily passed into Xu Jin’s ears through the receiver: “Give me an address and phone number. I need something mailed over. I need an address and number that will not expose any of my information.”

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Hearing this, he was taken aback for a long time before Xu Jin said in bewilderment: “What are you sending, so mysterious?”

Qin Cheng said lightly: “Important documents.”

Xu Jin: “……Do you think I will believe that?”

“Fine, then give me your wife’s name and phone number.”

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Memory Refresh: “Xiao” (Name): using the word “xiao” (“Little”) before a name is a form of endearment to show a degree of closeness, compared to a simple acquaintance or a stranger.

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【How can this be? Wasn’t it still four hundred and nineteen million just then? The current upper limit goal is 5.2 million, and there was still 1.01 million needed. How did it suddenly end like this? Is there a bug in the crowdfunding system? ! 】

Because of fans’ enthusiasm, the boss fan in charge of the fundraising event had readjusted the upper limit of the donations from 1 million to 2 million, followed by 3 million, and 4 million. The current upper limit was 5.2 million.

Before the launching of this event, no one could have imagined that Rong Xu, who only had only 8 million Weibo followers, could actually raise more than one million in donations.

However, the reality was just this. For instance, while raising the first million, one tyrant fan directly donated 300,000. She posted the donation figure on her Weibo which attracted countless fans to spectate and take photos.

Although there are not many of these tyrant fans, as long as there is one, they could be equivalent to 10,000 ordinary fans!

Many passers-by collectively sighed: [Rong Xu has so many local tyrant fans……]

The crowdfunding project on Weibo didn’t show the specific details of each fan’s donation, only generally stating that “xxx has contributed their love to the xx charity project”. If the amount wasn’t stated by the person themselves, no one would know exactly how much someone donated.

This crowdfunding did indeed show a ranking list, but this ranking list wasn’t ranked according to how much money one donated. It was ranked in chronological order. The netizen at the very top gave the latest donation, while further down is the second-to-last donation, third-to-last donation…… in that order.

Thus, when the fans discovered that they had already collected 5.2 million in an instant, everyone thought it was a bug in Weibo. The boss fan quickly contacted the crowdfunding service officials and asked them to resolve this bug. But unexpectedly, after a round of thorough investigation, the official staff told the fan: [The data is normal and there is no bug.】

The boss fan immediately went to provide evidence, saying: [But, we have fans who can prove that in the last second, there was still 1.01 million left before the upper limit. However, in the next second, it suddenly capped at the upper limit of 5.2 million. This must be a bug, did it forget to count an extra 1 million for us?]

The official staff replied again coldly: [There is no bug. 】

No matter how the fans asked, the official staff only had one answer: There’s no bug.

Well, okay then, since you said there is no bug, does that mean they received a donation of 1.01 million in a flash? What a joke! Are you trying to say that someone directly donated more than one million?

Just when the fans decided to collectively go ask Weibo’s crowdfunding site for an official statement, the second-to-last girl who made a donation suddenly spoke out: [Huh? What happened? I remember that after my donation, the total amount was only 4,182,421. How did it suddenly become full? 】

At this moment, Rong Xu’s fans had even more solid evidence ——

[Weibo Crowdfunding, look, see? The other person already said that after she finished donating, there was still more than 1.01 million left^[1] Can you explain why there was a sudden addition of more than 1 million? This must be a bug! Quick, fix this bug!]

Perhaps some people were wondering why Rong Xu’s fans insisted on fixing the bug and refused to just increase the upper limit? The reason was, though the event was so lively it seemed that all passersby and netizens strongly supported them, Rong Xu’s fans knew that there must also be a bunch of sunspots hiding on the side, just waiting for them to make a mistake so that they could take the opportunity to smear Rong Xu.

How could this kind of bug appear! If they pretended to have found nothing wrong and didn’t ask to fix the bug, the sunspots would immediately say: [Rong fans are faking this! Clearly, there was only around four million, but with a bug, they got more than five million! They can even fake this, they must have mastered some kind of shady technology. Maybe even the more than four million was diluted with water^[2]! 】

Therefore, the bug must be fixed, and they must not let the sunspots catch a flaw.

The fans hurriedly tagged (@) “Weibo Crowdfunding”, leaving messages under the official account’s Weibo to ask them to fix the bug. This incident grew bigger and bigger, such that many other projects also currently engaged in crowdfunding had paused, worried that they would also encounter a bug. 

At this point, the crowdfunding officials finally couldn’t sit still and directly issued an announcement indicating that all given data was normal. There was really no bug. At the same time, customer service was also secretly arranged to search for a leader fan and, instead of arrogantly relying “there is no bug”, they politely and generously answered: [There truly was no bug that appeared. Your^[3] data is all normal.]

The boss fan immediately tossed out evidence: [Then you tell me, why did this fan say that after her donation, it was still more than one million short of the limit?】

The customer service representative was almost to the verge of crying without tears: [After her, wasn’t there still one more person?】

The boss fan asked in reply: [Correct, there is only one person, so how is it possible it reached the upper limit all at once? Don’t tell me that this person directly donated more than one million yuan】

The customer service representative replied aggrievedly: [……Is it not possible?]

Big fan: 【……】

And so, there was this scene.

The boss fan very tactfully posted an announcement about this matter on Rong Xu’s Fan Group Page. Previously, all the fans had been angrily asking Weibo Crowdfunding to fix the bug and not to play dead. But, after seeing this announcement, they all fell silent.

A minute later, the Weibo of this terrible tyrant was identified!

Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, one person donated 1.01 million!

One person, 1.01 million!

 [One million……in my old hometown, I could buy a house _(:3」∠)_】

[I can buy two houses in my hometown! 】

[Holds myself shivering. Unexpectedly, there’s also a wealthy fair maiden who likes Rong Rong as much as I do. Who similarly mengs the ChengRong CP]

Very quickly, someone recalled one particular thing: [Yi? If I remember correctly, is this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing the one who previously took a photo of Rong Rong’s sleeping face?]

As soon as this sentence was dropped, the fan circle once again boiled over!

Not only were they a wealthy fair maiden, but they also had a photo of Rong Rong’s sleeping face!

The number of Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s fans began increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Clearly, during the morning, the number of her fans had fallen to around 800 real fans and 2,000 Water Army fans. However, in just one hour, the number of total fans had exceeded 10,000 and was even rising rapidly!

By the time the said wealthy fair maiden on every fan’s mouth picked up their phone, it was already one in the afternoon.

Tens of thousands of messages prompted this brand new Apple cell phone to immediately crash, and it took a few minutes before it slowly returned to normal.

Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing opened their Weibo in bewilderment. When he found that countless fans were yelling in unison “DaDa, are you still lacking a leg pendant”, the said fan’s mouth twitched: “……”

Entering the bedroom with his cell phone, Qin Cheng carefully checked through Weibo again and finally understood the whole story. Meanwhile, in the room next to him, Rong Xu received a call from Luo Qian just as he returned to his bedroom and didn’t even have time to rest.

Luo Qian seldom called Rong Xu because her main task was to manage fans and take care of Rong Xu. As long as Rong Xu is on vacation, she basically wouldn’t contact Rong Xu at all. But right now, she actually made a phone call during his break.

Rong Xu quirked an eyebrow and answered the phone. He had just smiled and said, “Xiao Qian, what’s the matter?” before hearing on the other side of the phone Luo Qian gasping for breath and saying in a rush: “Xiao …… Xiao Xu! Just now, a fan directly donated one million to your charity event! Um, actually, more than 1.01 million to be precise! Now, the fan circle’s exploded, and it’s influence is huge. Presently, many passerby netizens and fans of other fan circles are discussing it. I’m worried that some will say this person was arranged by ourselves to gain hype. I’ve already contacted Brother Luo. Do you want to take a look and see if we need to pay attention to it?”

A pair of eyes widened slowly, and after a while, Rong Xu steadily asked: “Sis’ Xiao Qian, are you sure it’s one million and not one hundred dollars?”

Luo Qian froze for a second, and after a bit, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as she said: “How could I be mistaken about this sort of thing. Xiao Xu, I’ve even contacted the crowdfunding official staff, and they gave me a definite reply. It’s true, it’s true, it’s true, it’s true……your fans really donated one million to support your cause!”

Rong Xu: “……”

Shortly after, Rong Xu asked calmly: “What is she called?”

With so many things compacted together, Luo Qian’s brain was already spun dizzy, so she suddenly forgot the other party’s name for a brief period. She faltered for a duration before she said, as if waking from a dream: “She’s called Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing…… Yes! It’s Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing.”

His expression suddenly froze, his straight eyebrows furrowing slightly as the youth repeated the name. In the next moment, he opened his eyes wide and said in a low voice: “It’s her?!”

In the room next door, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: “AHCHOO……”

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TL Corner: Ohhoho. So, it seems RX doesn’t know who Lotus seed paste and orange stuffing is yet. He has his suspicions, but he doesn’t have enough evidence.

Thanks, IzoRen for beta edits!

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It’s been 10 days since the release of “Lost Wings”, and its total cumulative number of sales had reached 1.19 million.

In this world’s Huaxia, copyright presence was quite strong. So, for the full ten days, although there’d been an outflow of more than 1 million CDs, there wasn’t a single MV for “Lost Wings” on the internet. It wasn’t until the officials took the initiative to make the MV public that this MV finally appeared before everyone. 

As said before, Yang Jiyao was a director who is very good at manipulating colors. As a female, she was more considerate of delicate touches and was better able to grasp the subtle differences between different color hues and saturations compared to male directors. This was her defining characteristic and strength.

The advertisements produced by Yang Jiyao were all rich and dense in color. Under her directing, any two strong colors that usually conflicted would always spark a beautiful image, giving off a fashionable atmosphere.   

This time, after the MV for “Lost Wings” was announced on the media website, it immediately attracted the eyes of countless fans.

As soon as the MV was opened, a field of mysterious lights would appear on screen. The blurred colors and complex sense of rotations made the whole city seem as if it was separated by a thin layer of frosted glass, making it appear beautiful and illusory, as if removed from reality.

It was under this fascinating light and shadow contrasting effect that a handsome young man slowly approached from a distance. He was wearing a red jacket. His legs were thin and straight, and his posture was straight. His slightly wavy hair was fixed to one side with an invisible clip to reveal a good half of his beautiful face. As he walked towards the camera step by step, the ‘da da’ sound of his footsteps was the only melody in the moment.

When he abruptly stops, the sound of faint breathing would come from the speakers. 

The camera would then change again to reveal the youth’s delicate and perfect right side. In the corner of his highly curved eye, the brilliant cinnabar color was similar to a flame, dazzling you. The starry sky seemed to be reflected in those clear and bright eyes, shimmering as he stared at you quietly. Then he…… slowly closed his eyes.

In that instance, a spark of flame blazes out from the edge of the cinnabar pattern at the corner of his eye!

BOOM!

A pair of flame wings gradually appeared on the left side of the screen, the colors magnificent and gorgeous and seemed to overshadow all the flames in the real world.

Then, everything returned to darkness.

And the opening for “Lost Wings” slowly rang out.

The main part of the MV told a story. Two playmates who grew up together supported each other and came to strive hard in the big city. They succeeded together, but one of them became enticed by the materialistic world.

Disagreements, conflicts, and quarrels bred, and then a cold war ensued.

One was drunk on luxury, while the other silently guarded their original aspirations.

However, ten years later, the former friend died unexpectedly, and suddenly, the picture shattered, returning everything to its purest time.

In the first half of the story, Rong Xu wore a red jacket, occasionally appearing in the middle of the story narrative. He didn’t have many shots, but in all the scenes where he appeared, every scene was exquisite and gorgeous. Whether it was the scene composition or the young man within the composition, they are both impeccable and could only be admired by others.

But after the picture suddenly shattered, he wore a clean white shirt and no longer sported that flamboyant appearance.

Human regrets, grievances, and extravagant desires were all purely displayed within this song.

After all the lyrics had been sung, the Rong Xu in the white shirt appeared from the right side of the screen, while the Rong Xu in the red jacket appeared from the left side. They walked towards each other, and then, at the midpoint, suddenly burst into flames and vanished.

In the center of the screen was a youth wearing a long, black outfit.

His eyes were tightly closed with his head hanging down, tightly embracing himself.

Behind him, a pair of flame wings lit up.

The sound of the music stopped abruptly, and the pair of wings also burned into thousands of sparks, disappearing from sight.

Here, the MV ended.

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B City, a high-end apartment.

The noise in the kitchen was extremely loud, and Rong Xu was concentrating on cooking, so he didn’t hear the faint sounds of singing coming from the balcony. Of course, the sound was also deliberately lowered by the man, and with the space of the living room between them, it was impossible for the sound to reach Rong Xu’s ears.

The brilliant sunlight shone on half of the man’s handsome and profound face as he lowered his eyes to stare fixedly at his cell phone screen.

There were only two options on the phone screen: replay and exit. 

Qin Cheng stared at the completely dark screen. Only after a long time did he move. First, he exited the video. Next, he opened up Weibo and clicked open Rong Xu’s Weibo homepage, quickly locating the purchase link for “Lost Wings”. Then, without hesitation, he clicked to buy directly, and finally chose the quantity…

[520]  ^[1]

He looked at this number very seriously, and only after examining it for a while did the man contentedly press the purchase button and pay for it straightforwardly. After doing all this, he once again opened the video website from before, stared at the video calmly, and then silently pressed the “replay” button.

The MV returned to the beginning and started playing again.

When Qin Cheng saw the two actors, he was expressionless. However, when he saw the young man, his face still appeared paralyzed, but his fingers squeezed the phone tightly. Once the boy disappeared, he immediately switched to his expression that reflected a heart void of fluctuations.

In this manner, Qin Cheng watched the MV calmly, watching it again…… and again!

And again, and again!

…… Why must those two actors exist!

Not long afterwards, Qin Cheng exited the video and sent a text message to his agent: [Find someone to help me edit this video. Cut out all the scenes in “Lost Wings” that he’s not in, and then send it to me tonight.]

Xu Jin: […… My several million annual salary is earned by helping you do this kind of thing? 】

Qin Cheng: [Waiting for your email. 】

Xu Jin: [……] Damn, I can’t stand this kind of life anymore! ! !

After sending the text messages, Qin Cheng looked earnestly at the MV another two to three times. Soon, he received a notification that his CDs have been shipped. Seeing this notification, he was slightly stunned. He then clicked on Ali Ma Ma, selecting the CD purchase link, direct purchase, and in the purchase quantity option, he entered —

[1314] ^[1]

En, buy it again~

After that, Qin Cheng watched the MV three more times before reluctantly closing the video and putting down his phone.

Rong Xu turned off the noise coming from the range hood and went to place all the dishes onto the dining table. Before he could say anything, the man entered the kitchen very conscientiously to help him place the rice bowls. Upon seeing this, Rong Xu was stunned, and then he subsequently smiled, and said: “I thought you were resting in your room. You just returned to Huaxia. Don’t you need to fix jet lag and get some sleep?”

Qin Cheng raised his line of sight to look at Rong Xu. His eyes were deep as he calmly said: “It’s okay. It’s not very serious.”

The two sat at the dining table and began to eat.

Rong Xu made a very simple 2 dishes and 1 soup, directly using only the ingredients they had on hand. It couldn’t be considered perfect in color or flavor, but when ingested, the taste seemed to have improved, maybe…… it tastes better than before?

Rong Xu scooped himself a bowl of soup, still maintaining the good habit of not talking while eating. He didn’t speak, and Qin Cheng was also silently not speaking. Like this, the two of them ate in silence. The man’s gaze flicked across the youth’s face from time to time, wanting to speak. But, looking at Rong Xu’s face which sported an expression of not wanting to speak……

Qin Cheng: “……”

At this time, neither Qin Cheng nor Rong Xu noticed that the phone, which was muted and flipped upside down on the tatami, was shining continuously. Before, Qin Cheng was watching the MV with his other cell phone, so he never noticed that this cell phone was constantly flashing message notifications.

Since an hour ago, the Weibo account for “Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing” had received thousands of comments!

[Holy crap, Tyrant! Divinely rich! Front row, take a photo with this wealthy tyrant as a souvenir!]

[Local tyrant, are you still missing a leg pendant^[2]? The kind that’s graduated college with an English level 6 ~\(≧▽≦)/~]

[Terrifying! I saved a month’s rations to finally donate 600, but I didn’t expect this girly^[3] to directly donate 1.01 million……Huh, the girl is also part of the ChengRong party? Wow, I feel so close to this tyrant. We are all in the ChengRong Party 233333]

Correct,  just an hour ago, when many gals were going to donate, they suddenly realized: the donation event was already over!

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TL Note: This Chapter was very difficult to translate D: The raws really, really liked implied subjects, indirect objects, and commas. I thus took creative liberties with defining the subjects, changing syntax to direct (vs. indirect), and adding some paragraph breaks to make it easier for reader consumption in English.

Thank You IzoRen for Beta edits for the last few chapters!

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Many of the fans who didn’t donate quickly enough posted comments on Weibo one by one, urging the event organizers to quickly raise the upper limit to 500,000.

Half an hour later! Met the goal again!

Following this, there was 1 million, then 2 million……

Within four hours, these fans actually raised more than 4.12 million in donations, and this value was still increasing!

In addition to the monetary donations, the organizer also provided an address, asking fans who wanted to donate items to directly send it to that location. She (the organizer) will work with other fans to personally deliver the items to rural mountain regions.

[This kind of positive-energy event is so much better than that whatever ‘Suppression’. That ‘Suppression’ is such a pollutant. Look at others, doing charity. So wonderful!]

The reactions of passer-bys are the most honest reactions. The actions of Rong Xu’s fans made them feel admiration. Saying something 10 thousand times is not as good as doing something 10 thousand times. The other is honestly and truly doing charity work and must be praised!

When Rong Xu’s fans saw that their family’s male god extoling them on Weibo, they immediately became even more energized. However, they didn’t realize that both of Rong Xu’s hands were freed up, posing with heart hands in front of his chest. So, …… who was taking pictures for him?

Wearing pajamas, he seemed to be at home, perhaps it’s his agent? !

After taking pictures and sending the Weibo post, the youth leaned back on the tatami mat and continued to scroll through his phone. Sunlight passed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and gently sprayed across his body. His semi-long hair covered half of his face and cheeks, and actually made him appear a few degrees gentler.

In the huge apartment, Rong Xu sat on the balcony and basked in the sun. After hanging up his coat, Qin Cheng also walked to the side of the balcony and sat down on the tatami mat, leaning against the back of the soft chair. His gaze was on the youth across from him.. 

“You donated all of the proceeds for “Lost Wings”?”

A low and elegant sounding male voice made Rong Xu raise his head. When he saw that this man was sitting directly in front of him, he froze briefly before following up with a smile and saying: “En, all donated out. This was the condition Sis Zhao requested of me. If I wanted to sing this song, then I must donate all the proceeds.”

Qin Cheng’s sharp and handsome brows furrowed together. His gaze lowered as he said lightly: “She’s a bit too much. There has been no such precedent within the circle.”

Hearing that, Rong Xu put the phone aside and replied to his side: “There must have been a first person to eat crabs in the past^[1]. This is quite good.”

Qin Cheng’s lips twitched. He watched the lightly smiling and calm youth in front of him. After a while, he let out a deep sigh and didn’t say anymore about it.

To anyone else, Rong Xu only experienced suffering in this event. However, Rong Xu himself didn’t have much concern in regards to this situation. Instead, he felt like he’d taken advantage of it.

Looking at Qin Cheng’s expression, Rong Xu subconsciously felt that Qin Cheng also thought he (Rong Xu) had suffered a loss and was feeling wronged for himself (RX). He smiled slightly and diverted the topic: “I thought you weren’t coming back till tomorrow, why did you come back so early?”

Qin Cheng said: “The award ceremony for the Golden Phoenix Awards is the day after tomorrow. Came back one day in advance to be prepared.”

Rong Xu nodded.

The Golden Phoenix Award is one of the world’s most prestigious film awards. Since Rong Xu’s debut, he had only acted in Black Clouds, this one single film, and it was a film that was newly released in April of this year. The films nominated for the Golden Phoenix Award are all films from the year prior. Thus, the cast for Black Clouds was not nominated, so Rong Xu naturally did not receive an invitation letter.

As if having seen through the youth’s thoughts, Qin Cheng’s thin lips hooked upwards and he said with a hidden smile: “Wanna go?”

Rong Xu was surprised: “How?”

The curve of his lips deepened a few degrees. The man’s eyes were deep and his appearance exuded a coldness that seemed to repel others and keep them from getting close^[2]. However, the smile that played on the corner of his lips could not be concealed.

Qin Cheng looked upwards slightly and said with a very serene tone: “You can walk the red carpet with me. Every invited celebrity can bring along a companion to walk down the red carpet with. There is no requirement for the companion to also have an invitation letter.”

Speaking up to here, seemingly afraid that the youth would misunderstand, Qin Cheng deliberately added another method: “Huaxia Entertainment has several admission spots, you can also grab one.”

Clear pupils slowly dilated and Rong Xu, wearing the simplest set of home clothes, stared widely at the man in front of him. His gaze stayed on Qin Cheng for a long time. It wasn’t until after a while that he retracted his sight, hiding his smile and saying: “No need. After two days, I’ll be heading to the crew of Maze City to film. It’s better for me to stay home and study the script.”

His smile suddenly froze and Qin Cheng sounded a soft “En.” On the surface, it still seemed normal, but when he spoke again, his tone sounded a little down.

The two chatted for a while longer, and the youth’s line of sight stayed steadily on the other party. Qin Cheng kept looking out the window, but his eyes secretly remained on Rong Xu. Whenever Rong Xu looked towards him, he would quickly shift his gaze. The fingers of his left hand lightly tapped the tatami, and his expression was indifferent, as if nothing had happened.

It wasn’t until Rong Xu got up to prepare lunch that Qin Cheng turned his sight around to face him: “What do you plan on making? Do you need help……” His voice came to an abrupt halt and Qin Cheng’s eyes slowly widened ——

He watched as the youth leaned forwards and reached his hands towards the side of his face!

Qin Cheng: “!!!”

Beautiful, white fingers skimmed across his cheeks and gently stroked the man’s hair a few times. Qin Cheng watched Rong Xu without making a peep as Rong Xu actually grinned and said: “I’ve actually been bothered by this really early on. For a while now, your hair had been sticking up like…… a little horn. You also don’t need to help. You just came back from the U.S. Have a good rest.”

Qin Cheng: “……oh.”

Rong Xu smiled and got up to leave the balcony, walking towards the kitchen.

The man still sat on the tatami. Only after a few minutes, did he gradually close his eyes. Simultaneously, the speed at which his fingers were tapping the table quickened and the tips of his ears turned a bit red. However, his face was still a mask of indifference, not showing any signs of mood fluctuations.

In the kitchen, Rong Xu did not start cooking immediately. Instead, he looked at his fingers and smiled imperceptibly.

The heated lunch hour had just begun.

Inside the apartment, one person was cooking quietly in the kitchen, while the other person sat on the tatami. Only after a long time did he unhurriedly stand up.

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[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Has both heart and love! Rong Rong is the best! He is the best! Baby wants to donate, too! [shy]]

After last time’s sleeping picture incident, this meng female fan^[3], though gaining a few thousand more fans, was only left with around two thousand fans after the passage of time. Subtracting the 2000 water armys, there was really only less than 800 fans following her^[3].

After posting this Weibo, that fan clicked open the fundraising page for the charity event organized by Rong Xu’s fans. He entered a number and confirmed payment. Afterwards, said fan immediately left the page, completely ignoring the sensation that his action had just caused, and opened another webpage——.  

Taking advantage of the heat of the charity event, Huaxia’s biggest music video website finally announced the officially published MV for “Lost Wings”!

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The author has something to say:

Orange Qin: RongRong did you tease Baby again today, did you?!

RongRong [Spreads hands]: I never said it like that, Orange Baby ^_^ ~

Orange Qin: ?(? ??? w??? ?)?

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[“Lost Wings” has a total sales of 1.02 Million, but you actually want to donate all of it?!]

[Too powerful, I have previously seen singers collaborate and put on concerts and then donate all the proceeds. But, to donate the proceeds from a record……okay, silently give a like!]

[The eight day total sales of “Lost Wings” broke one million. In the end, it will definitely break 1.5 million. One CD is 28 (yuan). Even if the average cost of production is 10 yuan per disc, the profit per CD is 18… amazing! 】

With the winds of Black Cloud’s popularity, more and more fans also came to know the name Zhao Chuyun. Zhao Chuyun was Ling Xiao’s agent. She posted this Weibo, therefore it certainly wouldn’t be fake.

This meant that the proceeds of “Lost Wings” was truly going to be donated to the Rongyun Foundation.

Rong Xu’s fans did not expect that their family’s Rong Rong would make such a decision. However, no matter what he decided to do, Rong Xu definitely surpassed most other stars in regards to charity.

Many celebrities today would also establish so-called charity organizations, but most of them only act as spokespersons and encourage fans to donate. Some celebrities would be more honest and act as a role model, also donating a significant amount of money. Conversely, some celebrities would simply let fans do all the work and benefit by obtaining a good reputation.

Of course, in any case, just thinking about doing good deeds could already present them as a kind individual. What the entertainment industry had much of were those who didn’t do an ounce of philanthropy, only focusing on earning money to enjoy by themselves.There were even those who built a foundation on the surface, but privately funneled away all the funds in reality, making guilty money. 

However, among so many celebrities, there was really none who would directly donate all the proceeds of one million sales worth of singles without even leaving a penny!

[Rong Rong has such a big heart QAQ didn’t tell us anything about this, doing this kind of thing silently.]

[Aaaaahhhhhh, I really want to support Rong Rong. Yesterday our company coincidentally wanted to donate books to the Hope Project. I was originally going to just randomly donate just one thing, but now I decided to go though my bookshelf as soon as I get home. Will also look for clothes, I will also donate clothes! 】

[Wuli Rong really is a warm-hearted little angel. Actually, I can probably understand the reason for donating. The song “Lost Wings” is Ling Xiao’s and Ling Xiao has already passed away. Now that Rong Rong is singing his song, the only thing he can do for Ling Xiao is to support the charity he left behind. I began liking RongRong because of Vie for Supremacy. YaoYao was a very kind person. Now, RongRong is also this kind. I really like him! I like him more and more! ]

In these past few days, discussions about the ‘Suppression’ incident were everywhere on the Internet. Although the majority of people all viewed the situation in condemnation, this sort of negative happening also made many passer-by netizens increasingly disappointed in the entertainment industry. They felt the industry was filled with murky waters.

But now, with the “Lost Wings” donation event, many passer-bys began to appreciate it again.

It was impossible for any industry to be pure white, without any black spots. Indeed, the entertainment industry’s waters were deep, but, just as it had villains, it also had saints.

[Take a look at the current Weibo trending list. First place is the other’s “Lost Wings”, while second place is that something Deng Yiwen. Tsk,Tsk,Tsk, how does this Deng ‘Suppression’ have the nerve, being listed alongside the other’s philanthropy of donating to a foundation. Too shameful, ba.]

[I went to see Black Clouds with my girlfriend. I personally have no interest in this inspirational biographical movie, and I only watched it once. But now, I have decided to buy a copy of “Lost Wings” to support charity. I hope Rong Xu becomes even greater!]

Every little thing you do will be observed by other people.

This event made passers-by netizens cultivate a certain amount of affection for Rong Xu, and Rong Xu’s fans were extremely proud of him.

As for the fans of newcomers who have some degree of competition with Rong Xu, though they may also occasionally secretly blacken Rong Xu, even secretly messing around when Rong Xu made the trending list, this time, there was nothing they could do. Even in their own family’s  (celebrity’s) forum, they couldn’t help but sigh: [When will our family’s young master Steam Cook  ^[1] do charity, I would be the first to give support……]

After a while, the entire Web was discussing the “Lost Wings” donation situation.

Zhao Chuyun seized this opportunity and contacted several media sources to publicize the announcement again. As a result, the online sales of “Lost Wings” suddenly multiplied by 20% that day, while the offline sales also increased slightly.

When Rong Xu learned of the circumstances, he immediately reposted Zhao Chuyun’s Weibo and simultaneously sent the other a thank-you message.

Zhao Chuyun very quickly replied: [There’s no need to thank me. Rather, I should thank you. After Ling Xiao passed, Rongyun’s investors decreased year after year. This time, not only did RongYun obtain funding, but also attention.]

Looking at this polite text message, Rong Xu could almost picture Zhao Chuyun on the other end of the phone sporting the same expression as a public official. With the corners of his lips curved upwards, Rong Xu still replied: [Regardless, thank you, Sis Zhao.]

If Zhao Chuyun hadn’t wanted to make this matter public, Rong Xu also wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it. Of course, he could have also found an opportunity to make it known to the public, but it would’ve seemed deliberately done and not as well executed as Zhao Chuyun’s method.

Zhao Chuyun helped shape him into a warm-hearted, benevolent persona, and increased his favorability amongst passer-bys. She also allocated funds to help promote this matter to the public. To Rong Xu, who was still in the development period, this was definitely a huge assistance.

Although Zhao Chuyun doing this was also to benefit the RongYun Foundation, the benefits Rong Xu gained from this was much greater than he would have obtained from the lost monetary profits.

That evening, Rong Xu’s fans wrote a post in his fan forum calling on all fans to begin donating.

Some charity events didn’t require celebrities to organize them themselves. Instead, their fans would autonomously organize such events in the name of the celebrity in order to help promote their favorite idols. 

[Rong Rong donated all of the proceeds for “Lost Wings”, I also wanna donate!]

[Liking RongRong truly is a wonderful thing. Today, when I was eating, I told my dad that my idol donated at least 10 Million to charity organizations. My dad even praised me, and for the first time, he didn’t object to me chasing a celebrity. Count me in for the charity event. I won’t buy clothing this month. I will donate to charity!]

[I will also donate!]

[Me, too!  I am a student, so I may not have much money, but I can donate books to rural mountain schools!]

In just two short hours, the number of replies to this post exceeded 10,000. Countless number of fans stated that they will join the event and learn from Rong Xu, giving to charity. Wealthy fans decided to donate money, fans who lacked money donated their own clothing and books. There were also many fans who proactively expressed: [I am an accountant/lawyer/HR…… I can help contribute to the planning of this event!]

Luo Qian got in touch with this event’s moderator as soon as she could in order to plan out the charity event with them. She reported the situation to Rong Xu, and Rong Xu wrote a post on Weibo the next morning.

[Rong Xu: Thank you everyone for spreading love, heart hands~ [Image]]

The picture showed the youth sporting a bright and gentle smile and wearing simple, beige pajamas. He was casually sitting cross-legged on the tatami on his balcony, making a heart gesture towards the camera. The golden sunlight shone on his soft hair, which reflected a soft light. Those beautiful eyes curved up with his smile, and under the sunlight, it appeared as clear and clean as a lake. 

[Aaaaaaahhhhhhh, gives Rong Rong heart hands, heart hands, heart hands, heart hands!!!]

The fans became even more excited to participate in the charity event. The name #RongXu# was raised to third place on the trending search list. Second place was #LostWings1.02MIllion# and first place was a hot political issue.

As for Deng Yiwen, his suppression issue had long been forgotten by the netizens. It had only been two days since his unreliable announcement had been published, but his name had already disappeared directly from the trending search list. 

But, did the netizens truly forget all about him? Not at all.

As soon as someone mentioned this person, netizens immediately expressed: [Deng ‘Suppression’! Disgusting!]

However, the majority of people were just too lazy to care about him anymore. Their attention was mainly on the “Lost Wings” donation matter and the charity events carried out by Rong Xu’s fans that resulted. No one expected that Rong Xu’s fans actually accomplished what they said, directly raising 100,000 in cash via an online fundraising platform. Within ten minutes! All 100,000 completely raised! 

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