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Chapter Summary: What's strange? Strangely gentle.

It's quite common for celebrities to greet each other at grand events and fashion galas.

Mu Zhi and Tai Feng received their awards together on the same stage.

At a joint celebration banquet for the two actors' respective starring roles.

It wouldn't be awkward to go up and say hello to get to know each other formally.

Seeing that Mu Zhi was having second thoughts, Ji Binghe asked, "Do you think he's hard to approach?"

Mu Zhi: "This Teacher Tai Feng is indeed difficult to approach."

When Tai Feng went on stage to receive the award tonight, he nodded to her as a greeting, a polite gesture that was the most distant one one would show to a stranger.

Some male celebrities would be more gentlemanly, for example, waiting for the female celebrities to walk onto the stage together. Considering that the female celebrities' dresses might make it a little inconvenient to walk up the steps, they would lend a hand or stand at the edge of the stage to wait for the female celebrities who were receiving awards together.

Standing together on the stage waiting for the award, they will greet each other.

Tai Feng acted very aloof, his face practically screaming: "Don't mess with me if we're not close."

"He must be an actor with a lot of sharp edges."

"So, there's no need."

Ji Binghe: "Actually, I think you and Tai Feng are a bit alike. I was thinking that if you two got to know each other, you might hit it off immediately."

Mu Zhi has feelings for Tai Feng.

It comes from the actors' appreciation and goodwill towards each other.

While filming "The Edge of the Blade," Mu Zhi watched a highly-rated suspense drama starring Tai Feng. The plot was thrilling, with constant twists and turns, making it incredibly exciting. Tai Feng played two roles, seamlessly switching between them in a second. His portrayal of twins was absolutely amazing, giving viewers goosebumps. He truly deserves his award as an actor.

In particular, this is Tai Feng's first TV series and also his first web series.

It was rumored that Tai Feng was going to film a web series called "Green Apple".

He was mocked for his fall from grace as a movie star.

The movie resources are no longer available.

They've actually fallen so low as to film web series?

Mu Zhi watched an interview with the director of this suspense drama. The director said that Tai Feng was very satisfied with the script and accepted the role because of it.

Tai Feng has starred in a small number of works, but the works have all received good reviews.

The "similarities" mentioned by the agent probably refer to the fact that Mu Zhi and Tai Feng are both very cautious in choosing roles, value scripts, and pay great attention to their personal reputation and the reputation of their works.

Back when I was watching TV series.

Minmin and Muzhi are both fans of Taifeng.

Mu Zhi was given a lot of information about Tai Feng: "Brother Feng is a rich second-generation, the kind who will go home and inherit the family business after he stops acting."

In his early, somewhat green, days, he was a sunny young man. He won both the Best Newcomer Award and Best Supporting Actor Award for his very first film. At the height of his career, rumors of a romantic relationship surfaced with a fellow newcomer actress, and it seemed pretty solid...

However, both of them denied the rumors.

Ironically, the actress later married Tai Feng's brother.

"From that time on, Tai Feng's personality became aloof. Someone revealed that Tai Feng did have a relationship with that actress, but she deliberately approached him and took advantage of him."

Later, he deliberately kept his distance from the actors he worked with. He wasn't short of money, hadn't participated in any variety shows, and was the type who only made headlines after his works were released, disappearing when he wasn't filming.

I enjoy all kinds of extreme challenges, I love traveling all over the world, and I've been spotted by people many times...

Tai Feng's real life is low-key yet wonderful.

If it's true that someone deliberately approached and took advantage of her in the past, then Mu Zhi's greeting would be seen by Tai Feng as a "replay of the scene."

She's gone and kicked a hornet's nest.

Upon hearing this, Ji Binghe vaguely recalled that Tai Feng seemed to have had a similar romantic rumor a few years ago.

"I acted too hastily in this matter."

Several well-known directors were also present at tonight's dinner.

Ji Binghe awkwardly stepped forward to greet them without bringing Mu Zhi along.

Considering that Mu Zhi's achievements in film are currently nonexistent.

Film directors are generally unfamiliar with television dramas and web series, and may not even know the newcomer Mu Zhi, or have heard of her name.

If you take Mu Zhi over to say hello, it's hard to make an impression without her having any representative film works.

Perhaps because Mu Zhi is beautiful, those who approach her for collaborations are only offered decorative roles, which would make the artists seem less valuable.

"Let me think of other ways."

Mu Zhi: "We can look at other plays."

Mu Zhi had not seen the script for the film project that her agent mentioned, which was to be directed by the renowned director Wan Zhou and star Tai Feng as the male lead. She had no idea what kind of story it was.

Although sometimes a good director is more important than a script when making a movie.

But with the script and characters unknown, even if the director has a great reputation, Mu Zhi will not blindly follow this show.

She doesn't necessarily want to act in movies.

However, the projects I've taken on so far are all somewhat unsatisfactory.

"I just finished filming half a month ago, so I'm not in a hurry to join another production."

I also understand why agents are anxious.

In just a few days, the new year will arrive, and we'll be entering January.

With the movie "Back to 17" set to be released in February and "The Edge of the Blade" expected to air in the second half of the year, if they don't hurry up and start filming, there will be a gap in their film output next year.

Filming for several months without any media exposure is not a big problem.

However, if an artist doesn't have any works released for a year, it's not conducive to maintaining the upward momentum of their career, and the impact is significant.

When He Zhiyue left, he considerately called Mu Zhi and Ji Binghe along.

They left early with the boss, and no one dared to stop them.

Otherwise, as the banquet progresses into the second half, one social person after another will come up to her, and it would be too annoying for someone of her status to maintain a polite smile and deal with them all.

We arrived at the parking lot.

Ji Binghe brought up the boast He Zhiyue had made at the dinner party.

He Zhiyue touched his broken eyebrow and coughed lightly: "I said 'in contact' and 'big director,' without naming any director."

Vice President Liu didn't have the time to verify each claim individually.

At this point, he loosened his tie with one hand: "I'm not just making things up..."

Ji Binghe had mentioned to Wan Zhou that he was going to start making a new movie in May or June.

Seeing Ji Binghe's suspicious expression.

He Zhiyue laid his cards on the table: "I know Director Wan Zhou. Leave this to me. Wait for my news."

Seeing Mu Zhi pull her black down jacket tighter around her.

"It's getting late, Director Ji, Teacher Mu, you should go back and rest early."

After saying that, he tossed his car keys to Luke and then walked towards his parked sports car.

Ji Binghe felt that her boss was acting a little strange today.

Mu Zhi heard her manager mutter, "What's so strange?"

Ji Binghe wanted to say that the boss's words, "Go back and rest early," were rather gentle, but when combined with Mu Zhi's question, they turned into a cheesy pickup line.

The sight of her being so rustic made her shiver, and she couldn't help but hug her arms and rub them together.

"I mean... it's terribly cold, let's get in the car."

After the dinner ended, it was already past 11 p.m. when I got home.

Mu Zhi changed into comfortable loungewear, removed her makeup, sat on the sofa in the living room, picked up her iPad, and logged onto Weibo.

Only now do I have time to take a look at tonight's trending topics.

#Tai Feng Mu Zhi Annual Actor and Actress Awards# ranked 9th on the trending searches.

#Princess in Pink Dress# is trending at number 28.

#Muzhi's 3 Outfits# ranked 3rd on the entertainment search list.

I briefly browsed the two trending topics that followed. Most of them praised her for looking beautiful tonight and for her outfit. The rest compared her to other female celebrities, and the dress was considered inferior.

The marketing accounts' compilation of the best looks of female celebrities at the "Boiling Night" of Green Apple featured Mu Zhi in one of the nine-grid photos.

Then I clicked on the top trending topic: #Tai Feng Mu Zhi Annual Actor and Actress Awards#.

The top comments are all from Mu Zhi's fans offering explanations:

"Congratulations, Mu Zhi! Green Apple's 'Actor and Actress of the Year Awards' are presented by the platform to the lead actors and actresses of the best-selling and most profitable dramas of the year. This year's Drama King awards went to the dramas starring Teacher Tai Feng and Mu Zhi respectively. Mu Zhi won the award for Green Apple's hit historical drama 'The Bell Rings'~"

"Tai Feng is a Best Actor and Mu Zhi is a child actor. It's an honor for them to receive awards together. Thank you to the platform for recognizing and encouraging the child actor. I wish both actors a bright future."

"Let's take away little actress Mu Zhi. Our first drama did well on the platform, achieved good results, and our idol won an award. Can't we even be happy and praise each other? (smile)"

"Tai Feng is a very excellent senior actor. Mu Zhi's fans are not only fans of Mu Zhi, but also viewers, so they can also like Tai Feng. Isn't it normal to express happiness for both actors winning awards together? I hope the two fan groups can get along amicably and not be provoked. [heart]"

......

Mu Zhi scrolled down to take a look.

It turns out that a fan posted something like, "Mu Zhi and Best Actor Tai Feng won the Actress of the Year award together. Mu Zhi, you are really awesome." This was mocked as an attempt to glorify Mu Zhi by associating her with the Best Actor.

Tai Feng is a movie star and rarely works in the public eye.

However, this single male actor, who is good-looking, has acting skills and awards, and also has a personality, has accumulated a lot of fans and moviegoers through his works. His fans are not as active as those of popular artists, and are more laid-back.

But whenever something happens, a lot of fans will chime in, plus she has a good reputation among the general public.

Tai Feng rarely trends on social media, but tonight he won an award and trended along with Mu Zhi, which inevitably caused resentment among some of Tai Feng's fans and moviegoers.

Firstly, it's felt that Tai Feng and Mu Zhi are of vastly different status, and that accepting an award together would be an insult to the Best Actor.

Secondly, it inevitably raises suspicions that Mu Zhi is trying to associate herself with the movie star to boost her own status and generate buzz.

That's why Mu Zhi's fans explained in the top comments.

The trending topic was not arranged by Mu Zhi's team.

This was orchestrated by the platform itself to promote its dramas and generate revenue, thus creating momentum for next year's advertising sales.

Mu Zhi thought to herself: It's a good thing I didn't go and greet Tai Feng.

The dinner party was attended by people from all walks of life.

If someone with ulterior motives takes a picture of her walking over to greet Tai Feng and posts it online, tonight's trending topics will be even more "exciting".

I bet the two fan groups are already fighting right now...

The kind of friction that's trending on social media tonight is unsolvable. No matter if she's a minor or major celebrity, as long as she's in this circle, there will be all sorts of discussions, good and bad, even things that she considers trivial.

In most cases, the only option is to ignore it.

On January 3, the fantasy youth film "Back to 17" released its release date trailer.

It has been announced that the film will be released on February 14th.

This movie has been the subject of much discussion.

Compared to the previous three films, which were considered bad, the production team and the new director of "Back to 17" are the biggest unknown factors affecting the film's quality and box office performance.

The female lead is a newcomer to film, but she became famous for her role in "The Bell Ringer" and her acting skills are quite good.

However, making movies and making TV series are not the same thing. Some top-tier actors who act in movies have experienced "culture shock" when they try to act in TV series, or vice versa.

Even if Mu Zhi, a newcomer, has excellent acting skills, she can't carry the whole movie.

Of the production team, only the photographer has won an award, which is decent.

Apart from that, there seems to be no reason to be optimistic about it.

A few days ago, "Back to 17" announced its release on Valentine's Day, which immediately drew a lot of skepticism and doubt online.

The trailer was released today.

The 1 minute and 30 second trailer begins with the male lead shielding the female lead behind him, only to be hit on the head with a brick and slowly fall to the ground. Then, there are flashbacks of scenes from their past lives, followed by the female lead falling into the sea, and the screen goes black.

When the lights came on again, the female protagonist emerged from the pool and discovered she had transmigrated, resolving to change her life...

The trailer has both laughs and tears, unlike other youth films, and also includes a suspenseful element: who pushed the female lead into the sea?

The ending shows the female protagonist in a dark stairwell, climbing step by step, "I want to keep running forward and leave the unbearable past far behind."

Pushing open the rooftop door, I was drenched in sweat, exhausted, panting heavily, bent over with my hands supporting my knees.

"It will get light," the sunrise shone on her.

"On February 14th, 'Back to 17' will take you on a journey through youth."

The trailer features two very surprising and familiar faces: Feng Zhongxian and Pu Jiamu.

Netizens' comments after watching the trailer:

"Holy crap! Feng Chongxian and Pu Jiamu are actually in it?! Pu Jiamu, my first crush!"

"This trailer is really exciting, the movie quality seems pretty good?"

"Mu Zhi's high school student image is too much like a campus goddess, a white moonlight, and her acting is also very good?"

"I watched the trailer, and the cast and acting seem pretty good. I'm kind of interested in watching it?"

......

Most netizens thought the trailer was good, but they all questioned whether the quality of the trailer was the same as the actual movie.

However, there are still some voices that are not optimistic:

The trailer is criticized for having too many elements, making it seem like a hodgepodge.

I'm not optimistic about the Valentine's Day release window.

The vast majority of evaluations of Mu Zhi are positive.

The title and trailer give a general idea of ​​the plot. Mu Zhi plays a character who experiences multiple lives, including her past life, her high school life after returning to when she was 17, her work after graduation, and scenes of her watching flashbacks of her past life, getting married, and holding a child's hand. The "multiple roles" she portrays are quite complex.

Judging from the various scenes in the trailer, Mu Zhi's performance was excellent.

The hashtag #MuzhiWhiteMoonlight# was mentioned most frequently by netizens, and the production company subsequently seized upon it to promote it on the trending topics list, where it quickly gained popularity.

After the release date was set, "Back to 17" went from being viewed negatively by most netizens to being viewed favorably by at least half of them. They felt that the trailer looked good and that it was worth going to the cinema to see it because of the participation of Feng Zhongxian and Pu Jiamu.

This is a good start for the film.

All work schedules before the Lunar New Year have been completed.

Mu Zhi planned to spend the seven-day Spring Festival holiday in a southern coastal city to relax and rejuvenate.

Upon returning, he immediately threw himself into the busy promotional tour for the film.

The day before departure.

She received a message from the landlord saying that he was going back to China in a couple of days and would have nowhere to stay for the Spring Festival, so he wanted to take the house back.

[Author's Note]

The name Tai Feng was chosen on a whim.

I was just writing about his appearance a couple of days ago, and then Typhoon Chaba hit...