Chapter 4 (1/2)
Edited by: Ocelot
Chapter 4
There was only a beam of white light shooting down from above the dark stage.
A white-clothed youngster was standing in the middle of the stage, seemingly distanced from hearing the cheers of the audience. The boy was standing in front of a black microphone stand, the microphone resembling a circle of silvery light.
He seemed to be waiting.
Outside the stadium, a young Jian Wei looked up at the giant screen. She was merely pa.s.sing through the area, but the screams inside the stadium caused her to subconsciously look at the giant screen. She was just going to take a quick look, but surprisingly found herself unable to move.She didn't know the boy on stage but she knew that tonight the stadium was the venue for the most popular singing compet.i.tion in the country, so this person must be one of the compet.i.tors.Her heart unconsciously clenched, as if she were having a premonition, finally able to see things that she couldn't before, the things that she didn't know previously.
The boy stood there as if he were standing at the center of the world. Surrounded by darkness, he was the only thing that was bright.Suddenly, without the slightest sign, dozens of white lights suddenly lit up simultaneously, resembling thousands of stars. On the big screen, the stage slowly rose higher, the camera zooming in on the boy's face, showing a pair of closed eyes slowly opening&h.e.l.lip; The audience began to scream. The drums produced a clear and loud sound, as if signaling the start of a war. The languid atmosphere of the stage suddenly burst into life.
She heard his voice, singing. Not from the live broadcast, but from the scene, coming from the outdoor stadium.A deep and low sound, completely s.e.xy and husky.That kind of magnetism had even the mic was making a slightly static noise.
The people around them disappeared, as if there were only him and her left in the world, along with his song.His hair was messy. His black eyes were s.h.i.+ning as if they were the blade of sword, piercing people through the screen.
And straight at Jian Wei.
There was a gap in the curtain, showing the snow drifting down in the muted daylight, telling her that it was already morning.
The second day in Beijing.
This was a standard hotel room. Jian Wei looked at the bed on the other side.It really was empty. It seemed that the sound that she'd vaguely heard was not a dream. Lai Xiao Shuang really had been awakened by a work call, leaving before dawn.
She rubbed her face. The dream had seemed so real.
That pair of eyes, the emotions coming from those eyes, the intensity had caused the downfall of a girl's heart.
Jian Wei still remembered the day when she had unexpectedly met Jiang Yi. Before that, she never liked any stars, but after that day, well, everything changed.
The street was crowded with people coming and going as she stood on the roadside, her hand still holding a bottle of Sprite. It was just out of freezer; there were still water droplets around the bottle. Her hand was full of moisture, the water droplets falling on the floor.As if she was unconscious, simply staring at the big screen.
He was also looking at her, his eyes were bright, with a smile on his lips. For a second, it was as if they were looking at each other face to face.
Even after 7 years, Jian Wei could still remember the thrill of that moment, the goose b.u.mps that she felt from her fingertips to her shoulders. In the end, even her hands went limp, the soda inside the bottle pouring out, wetting her skirt.
Clutching the quilt, Jian Wei pulled it up until she was completely under it, her red face feeling hot. To actually dream of that day, it must be because she was letting her imagination run too wild last night, tossing around on the bed until 3 am when she finally fell asleep. That had to be the reason for her dreaming that dream.
Thinking about last night, many images crashed through her mind: the fans crowding outside of the airport, her fleeing the scene inside the nanny car, as well as a man's face covered with a cap&h.e.l.lip; and his pleasant appearance. It was as if she were pressing the fast-forward b.u.t.ton on a movie, but as it happened every frame was very clear, making her convinced that it was not her imagination.
That photo, she must take a look at that photo again!
At that moment, the mobile phone on the bedside began to vibrate.Not wanting to get up, she stretched out her hand to find it. Grabbing the phone, she got back under the covers and picked up the call. Sure enough, the call was from Lai Xiao Shuang, ”Are you awake? If you are, go to the studio. I'll tell you the address. Your pa.s.s is on the pillow. Hurry up, don't let wuli* Male G.o.d Jiang waiting anxiously.”
[TN: *Wuli: It’s a Chinese Internet meme and a transliteration of Korean word meaning 'my'.]
Finis.h.i.+ng that last sentence, the person who said it laughed amusedly at her own words.
Jian Wei fumbled around and held an object before her eyes through the quilt. In the faint light, she examined the object carefully. It was a name badge with a blue ribbon, two sheets of paper pressed together by a plastic cover. Printed on top of it was the crew name as well as her name. The center was left blank, the s.p.a.ce reserved for a photo to be inserted.
With this thing, she could enter the crew, and once again&h.e.l.lip;
See him.
That boy on the stage, and the man inside the car; those two images suddenly overlapped. She immediately threw off the quilt and cried out, ”I'll definitely arrive in half an hour! Wait for me!”
Just imagine! To wake up every morning and discover that I'm really am not dreaming, it really is MY MALE G.o.d!
The hotel was located outside the city. The whole crew of the drama 'If There Is No Love' was staying here. Last night when Lai Xiao Shuang brought her over, Jian Wei had wishful thinking that Jiang Yi's destination would also be here, and that there might be a possibility to encounter each other again at the hotel.
Unfortunately, yy* all the way&h.e.l.lip;, she didn't even run into an odd-job worker.
[TN: *yy: yì yín (意淫), fantasizing, s.e.xual thoughts.]
'If There Is No Love' was the first drama that Zhou Peipei signed after her burst of popularity. It naturally attracted a widespread attention from both media and fans. It had been two weeks since the shoot started and there was always a group of reporters who wanted to visit the set. The production team, however, still insisted on a closed set until it was completely finished.
Today's shooting was in the vicinity. Thanks to the pa.s.s, Jian Wei was allowed access inside the film location. She was wearing a big mask; with her bangs down, concealing a pair of big eyes filled with curiosity as she looked around the area.
The theme of this part of drama was an urban workplace. As there was not enough s.p.a.ce for the details, the production team rented a two-storey warehouse and spent a great deal of effort to renovate the warehouse to create the most important setting in the drama – the protagonist's law firm.
At the moment, people were coming and going in the business office set as all of the departments were frantically working. Jian Wei looked around at an expensive-looking camera dolly, silver rail tracks, and all kinds of unidentified power cords. Every aspect of it was making a clamor simultaneously.
”Lighting?! When will the lighting be ready? The director wants to start urgently!”
”The earrings that Zhou laos.h.i.+ wore yesterday are missing! Help!, They're needed in today's scene, quickly help me find them!”
”Xiao Zhang, gives Li jie a phone call. Asks her what's going on. She's taking so much time getting that stuff that if the a.s.sistant director doesn't get angry,I will get angry!”
The more Jian Wei saw, the more she became excited she became. Wow, this is the crew ah, the place where he works &h.e.l.lip;.
Lai Xiao Shuang saw her first and took a few steps over, ”How is it, everything going well?”
”Smoothly. And you, how come you're not following Zhou Peipei around? Doesn't an a.s.sistant have to offer 24 hours of personal service?”
”The second a.s.sistant,” corrected Lai Xiao Shuang, ”That person's personal a.s.sistant is not me. I am only with this part of the drama, in charge of the errands. Everything else I don't have to personally attend to.”
In other words, a.s.sistant to the a.s.sistant.
That's right; Lai Xiao Shuang's boss was Zhou Peipei. Jian Wei had very much admired this friend of hers for so many years, having the ability to suffer in silence* while serving Jian Wei's lookalike.
[TN: * 忍氣吞聲 - idiom meaning to submit to humiliation; swallowing an insult]
Really flexible, ah. This girl was absolutely going to achieve great things!
Just when the two people wanted to say something, from the upstairs came a loud, earth-shattering noise. The surroundings suddenly became deathly quiet.
Everyone looked up, as if to see the situation through the ceiling above., Lai Xiao Shuang suddenly reacted, ”FML, who provoked Her Highness the Empress Dowager?! Really want to me to die?!” She cursed while quickly running towards the stairs.