Ch34 - His most loved one was clearly Bai Yue (1/2)
3.11 – His most loved one was clearly Bai Yue
translator: xiin
editor: BlueBug & alamerysl
It had to be said that Lin Yi knew how to do all the right things. He invited many people from the entertainment circle to attend the celebration under the power of his own name. When Xue Ling arrived, he also brought him around to meet with these elders in order to garner a lot of goodwill. This was clearly done with Xue Ling’s best interests in mind, but there were some redundancies.
Xue Ling was an artist signed with White Light Entertainment, and had plenty of opportunities to meet these people if he had wanted to. To put it another way, if he was interested, many of these people’s contact information would be placed in front of him and he might not even have given them a glance. To bring these people before him in order to please him, was simply looking down on him.
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But Xue Ling still made the rounds to roughly let people become more familiar with him before finding an excuse to stay away from Lin Yi and join the film crew.
The deputy director was a famous master in the circle and an experienced director in his own right. At the beginning, he gave Xue Ling a lot of pointers and helped him a lot. He seemed to see Lin Yi’s intentions, and purposely came over with a glass of wine in hand in order to remind Xue Ling not to fall into a trap simply because of these small favors.
Xue Ling’s laugh was a little strange. “An Duo, do I look like I’m in need of his resources and am moved by his introductions?”
Director An looked at him for a while and realized that it was probably just a moment of hot-headedness on Lin Yi’s part. “If you don’t like him, then stay further away. Doesn’t he also have Sun Jianan by his side?”
It was not a secret in the circle that there was someone behind Sun Jianan. Although he seldom asked Lin Yi to help him with connections, he had purposely ensured that everyone in the circle knew about their relationship and had found many resources ‘by himself’ through Lin Yi’s network.
This was probably what Sun Jianan considered as being ‘self-reliant and independent’. He did not have to directly bother Lin Yi to find resources, so from Lin Yi’s point of view, the little star that he kept was extremely simple, and never concealed his feelings. This allowed Lin Yi to maximize his feelings of manliness – in front of Sun Jianan, he could maintain the façade of being a domineering president. He could buy whatever he wanted without any concern for money, but Sun Jianan also never asked much of him. In this way, Lin Yi also built up a strange sense of pride that the other party wanted himself rather than his money.
However low and humble he placed himself in front of Bai Yue was directly in proportion to how high and mighty he was in front of Sun Jianan. The difference in the two attitudes was also the source of his current entanglement. He liked Bai Yue and was willing to be in the lower position in front of Bai Yue, but that was on the premise that he was still waiting for Bai Yue to respond to his feelings. If he was asked to abandon Sun Jianan who looked up to him like a god in this current situation, he would more or less be unwilling.
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Xue Ling stepped closer and whispered to An Dao, “Don’t you think that Sun Jianan and I are similar?”
An Duo had spent several months together with the two of them, often watching them during the shooting phase of production. He originally felt that they were quite similar around the eyes, but now with the context of their previous conversation topic, Sun Jianan’s existence became somewhat awkward.
Knowing that the director understood, Xue Ling smiled and continued, “Why do you think Sun Jianan hasn’t come yet? He’s probably sulking back home.”
An Duo frowned with disapproval. “If you don’t have that kind of intention, then don’t get involved with the two of them. Save yourself some time in case something happens and you’re dragged into the water. The waters are very deep in the entertainment business. Although you have a strong person at your back, your elder brother won’t allow you to do such foolish things.”
Xue Ling pouted. “Who would want to mix with them? I feel sick when I look at Sun Jianan. Who does he think he is, imitating me? Heh. “
An Duo urged him to lower his voice, “Just keep these kinds of thoughts in your heart, why speak it out loud? What if someone overhears…”
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Xue Ling glanced back at Lin Yi’s back as he fled with his tail tucked between his legs and knew that his goal had been achieved. He obediently raised his hand and gestured to indicate that he was definitely not speaking about it anymore.
An Duo changed the subject. “What are you planning to do next?”
“Although I have a script on hand, I want to polish it up a bit. I’ll continue to participate in the variety show, and perhaps act in a movie or a play.” He rubbed his chin and asked, “Does An Duo have anything to recommend?”
An Duo looked at him up and down, nodded his head and said, “I do have a recommendation, but I don’t know if you can get the interest of that person.”
“How will you know if you don’t try!” An Duo was very clear about Xue Ling’s acting ability. Even if he kept a low profile, it was impossible to suppress his brilliance. When he acted, his demeanor was grand and his movements perfect. “What kind of suggestion does An Duo have?”
“My teacher has a historical themed work that he has been working on for many years, but it has some taboos. I don’t know if it will be accepted in China when the time comes.”
Xue Ling had a sudden moment of realization. An Duo’s teacher was a famous national director in China who had disappeared for five years. He did not really disappear, but rather, he had been preparing for a film. Sun Jianan’s greatest golden finger in this novel was this film. He happened to meet the director on an outing, and his temperament was in line with what the old director had been looking for. So, he acted in the film, won the title of film emperor and rose into the international film circle in one stroke.
Sun Jianan imitated Bai Yue’s appearance. If Bai Yue played the leading role in this movie, presumably it would be even more amazing.
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Xue Ling was happy to do anything that would make Sun Jianan’s path less smooth, not to mention that this was a really good movie.
The film, titled “Male Consort”, was about the life of male consort Tuoba Xiu. The movie started from his childhood as the prince of an enemy country, and told the story of how he left the country to make a name for himself amongst both the commoners and martial artists before being appointed by the Emperor to be the prince’s grand advisor, and finally became an unparalleled male consort.
But the historical records all stated that while the man was brilliant and amazing, the male consort was born with an elegant and refined stature, and his demeanor was like that of a sheltered prince. Bai Yue was of mixed blood, but if he were to wear ancient garb, his princely demeanor would be at a level where Sun Jianan absolutely could not imitate. Director An was very optimistic about him, and had mentioned Bai Yue to his teacher long ago. He only brought it up now to gauge this little young master, so he didn’t go into too much detail.
“I’m willing to try anything as long as it’s a good film.” Xue Ling clinked his glass with Director An and said, “You should also know that I did not enter this circle for the sake of fame or money, but rather for passion, because I want to do good work. That’s settled then. I’d like to ask you to help me make a recommendation.”
“Naturally.” Director An laughed. His son was older than Xue Ling, and was always unruly. Xue Ling was more well behaved than him, and he unconsciously regarded the little young master as his own child.
If his son had such good looks and prospects, he would probably wake up laughing from his dreams.
Xue Ling did not drink too much wine, and he made sure to let Lin Yi know when he left. Lin Yi had heard his words from earlier, and now could not bear to see him. He didn’t try to make him stay, and simply let him leave. Xue Ling left the hotel and saw Bai Hao’s car waiting, just as he had expected. He greeted the driver with a smile and then unhurriedly sat in the back seat. “Elder brother finished so soon?”