Chapter 431 - Modest in Dan Dao Hui (1/2)
The exclusive interview was published on February 24th. That was yesterday. Once it was published, many people forwarded it to their friends and rapidly spread it around Weibo and other similar platforms.
There were already tens of thousands of comments. Obviously, news of the interview had spread like wildfire.
“Lu Zhiyao’s acting skills in the movie weren’t criticized!”
“It looks like this film has become quite popular. It won’t be fitting to call him the ‘toxicity in the box office anymore’!”
“At first, I didn’t want to watch the movie after finding out that Lu Zhiyao was the main actor. However, the start scene of him drinking beer shocked me. I couldn’t believe my own eyes!”
“I think it really isn’t easy being Lu Zhiyao. He’s not like other young actors, who always say they work extremely hard, but who never improve even after a long time. Lu Zhiyao has always been silently working hard. Now, he’s finally achieving a breakthrough!”
“He’s attracting so many fans. I’m going to watch the movie again! I want to observe his acting skills!”
“I really want to know who he was referring to when he said an ’eminent person’ helped him. He already thanked Zha Zhuti before that. I don’t think it’s him, right?”
“Could it be Director Zhu Xiaoce?”
“I don’t think so. If it were the director, he could have just thanked him directly. Why should he refer to him as an ’eminent
person’?”
“Not only did the person offer him acting advice, but he also offered him life lessons… that person doesn’t sound simple at all!”
“What I want to know is whether Lu Zhiyao can become a movie king based on his performance in this movie or not. Even if he can’t get awards at overseas film festivals, he should have hopes of getting local ones,
right?”
“We can’t tell for sure. What if this movie catches the attention of overseas judges?”
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After reading a few pages of comments, Pei Qian’s expression turned dark. The corners of his lips kept twitching.
‘Acting normal is the most difficult’? ‘Just act whatever the role is?
Were those my exact words?
My exact words were these: ‘just act normally’ and ‘the male lead is an ordinary person, just act ordinary’!
This Lu Zhiyao not only misunderstood me, but he also injected some kind of philosophy in my words…
Obviously, Lu Zhiyao couldn’t remember what Pei Qian had said before. He only made it up on the spot, based on his foggy memory. That was how he had come up with those lines in the interview.
What’s more, the ’eminent person’ obviously referred to Pei Qian!
“Lu Zhiyao, Lu Zhiyao… I can’t say anything about you ridding yourself of toxicity or about you achieving a breakthrough in your acting, but couldn’t you have stopped yourself from achieving this with my movie…?”
Pei Qian realized that his fear that ‘Lu Zhiyao drinking beer’ would become a hot search had turned into reality. However, the process had been slightly different from what he had imagined
Knock, knock!
Pei Qian was leaning back on his chair, daydreaming, when he heard someone knock on the door. He was stunned. “Delivery? No, I didn’t order anything recently.”
He opened his door and saw that it was Ma Yang.
“What are you doing here?” Pei Qian asked, surprised.
School was not going to reopen for some time. The company had opened for business again, but He Desheng could handle Dream Realization Ventures. Pei Qian had also been keeping an eye on their main investments so it made no difference whether Ma Yang was there or not.
Pei Qian had thought that Ma Yang would stay at home until the end of the holiday before coming back to work.
Ma Yang sat down on the sofa, looking concerned. “I heard from He Desheng that Brother Qian hasn’t been to the office for a few days. That’s why I came to check on you.”
Ma Yang looked at the bags of snacks on the table. Pei Qian had eaten them all when he felt bored over the past few days.
Ma Yang’s expression turned somber. “Brother Qian, I have to scold you. You’re the Chairman now. You cannot put everything on your own shoulders now!
“Take Dream Realization Ventures for example. It’s true—I didn’t have enough time to work because of the upcoming examinations, but you didn’t have to handle all the investment matters on your own!
“Look, you’re under so much stress! You’ve been eating so much junk! It’s too harmful to your body!”
As Ma Yang spoke, he grabbed the half-empty bags of chips and started to munch on them noisily. “Chinese New Year is over, and I am back! I’m going to share your burdens!
“Brother Qian, assign the tasks to me!”
Pei Qian looked hurt and sorrowful.
I’m indeed very burdened, but I don’t think you can help me…
Old Ma, Old Ma… I trusted you before, but how can you explain the twenty million yuan you invested in IOI?