"Hahaha, didn't you see the look on my parents' faces? They wanted to stuff Youyou back in and let my sister-in-law give birth to the baby all over again."
Du Yuanzhe only took half a day off and returned to Lincheng after staying for a few hours.
Although running back and forth was tiring, he felt that his trip was not in vain when he could see the changes in the expressions of Chen Rongshan and others.
As soon as he arrived in Lincheng, Du Yuanzhe called Xia Ningmi to talk about this matter.
He continued, "It was too arbitrary to conclude that it was a girl just because she eats spicy food. But my mother and the others were more certain than the other. If I dared to say it might be a boy, I would probably get beaten up. Today, the dust has settled and all their expectations have been dashed. My brother has already decorated the baby's room like a princess' room. He decorated it all by himself. I don't know if he will be willing to tear it down."
Du Yuanzhe watched the show happily.
Xia Ningmi waited for him to finish and said, "You have enough rooms at home, just redecorate a baby room."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "My elder brother and his wife have already decided that no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they only want this one child. There is no need to build too many nurseries."
This was something Du Yuanwen and his wife had decided long ago. After ten months of torture, Zhao Zhimeng was even more unwilling to have another child.
Why are Chen Rongshan and others so disappointed?
It was because Du Yuanwen couldn't possibly have children, and Du Yuanzhe didn't even have a girlfriend, so he couldn't be relied upon.
Xia Ningmi said: "You can raise your grandson as your granddaughter."
Du Yuanzhe couldn't help laughing: "Qiqi, Youyou will hate you when he grows up."
If he suggested this, Chen Rongshan might actually do it. Chen Rongshan has always regretted not having a daughter, so it is hard to say that she would not take advantage of Youyou to satisfy her desires. After all, all children are the same when they are young.
Du Yuanzhe thought of Youyou's appearance and sighed, "Babies are really ugly when they are born. My elder brother and his wife are both good-looking people, but they couldn't change Youyou's wrinkled face when he was born. He looked like a little monkey."
Xia Ningmi asked, "Do you like children?"
Even though he was complaining, you could tell that he liked his little nephew.
Du Yuanzhe said: "I only like other people's children. Anyway, the Du family already has a third generation, so we should just treat Youyou as our own child from now on."
As soon as Xia Ningmi heard this, she knew that he still didn't want a child. She didn't have too many thoughts on whether to have a child or not, and said, "It's too early to talk about this now."
Du Yuanzhe glanced outside and said, "I'm already at the set. I'll talk to you later in the evening."
After hanging up the phone, Du Yuanzhe got out of the car and walked into the set.
Xiaopang had just heard the conversation between him and Xia Ningmi, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhe, don't you and President Xia plan to have children?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "It's so nice to be alone with just the two of us. One more person will only get in the way."
Xiaopang said with some regret: "You and President Xia are both extremely good-looking. I have also thought about what your children will look like."
CP fans are all like this, they always imagine how good-looking the children born to the CP they support will be.
Du Yuanzhe glanced at him and said, "Do you think giving birth is easy? When my sister-in-law was pregnant with Youyou, she felt like vomiting whenever she smelled meat for the first few months. Even after that, she could only eat a limited number of things. She became much more fragile because of the torture."
He couldn't bear to see Xia Ningmi suffer like this.
Xiao Pang said, "I understand. Brother Zhe feels sorry for President Xia."
In this case, it would be better not to have children.
Seeing that he was distracted, Du Yuanzhe shook his head speechlessly. Most people cannot understand the thought process of CP fans.
He had to continue filming and had no time to think about Xiaopang's thoughts.
Xu Cheng asked: "Is the baby born?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "It's born, mother and child are safe."
Xu Cheng said: "Your part will begin in half an hour, so get ready first."
Du Yuanzhe's leave deadline was half an hour later, and Xu Cheng arranged a role for him on time, squeezing his time to the extreme.
But that's how it is with male protagonists. He has the most scenes and is naturally the most tired one.
After finishing filming in the evening and returning to the second floor, Liu Xu said: "The Voice of China is basically confirmed to be broadcast on CCTV, but the schedule is difficult to arrange, so we probably have to wait for a while."
"The Secret Voice" was completed at the end of May. Half a year has passed since then. The post-production has been completed, the review has been passed, and the satellite license has been obtained. All that remains is to choose a platform for broadcasting.
Director Zhu Mi wanted to broadcast the drama on CCTV, but CCTV has no shortage of TV series, so if he wants to broadcast it on CCTV, he can only wait for the schedule to be arranged.
Du Yuanzhe said: "The director will definitely make the decision on this matter, we just need to listen to the news."
Anyway, when he is needed for promotion, he will definitely not be absent.
Liu Xu nodded: "Director Zhu called me before and said that I have to wait for a while. I hope you don't worry."
Du Yuanzhe smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry. This year has just started. As long as we can guarantee that it will be broadcast this year, it's fine."
Having one work broadcast per year is Du Yuanzhe’s minimum requirement.
Besides, Zhu Mi just wanted a good platform and didn't deliberately suppress the broadcast, so Du Yuanzhe certainly wouldn't have any objections.
......
February 10th
Liu Xu walked up to Du Yuanzhe with a sullen face and said, "I guessed that someone would be dishonest. Damn, they only know how to do things behind the scenes."
Du Yuanzhe asked: "What's wrong?"
Liu Xu said: "A few days ago, I felt something was wrong. Some marketing accounts started to post analysis posts, analyzing the five of you, and finally concluded that Yang Xin had the greatest chance of winning the award. Because there were not many marketing accounts posting, I didn't pay much attention to it. But today, such comments suddenly increased. Now the whole network is discussing the possibility of Yang Xin winning the award. He is using public opinion to build momentum for himself. His agent likes to use this method."
Xiaopang worriedly asked, "The judges won't be influenced by public opinion, right?"
Liu Xu said: "If it's just public opinion, it won't have such a big effect, but I heard that Yang Xin's agent has already met with two judges of the jury privately, but I haven't found out who those two judges are yet."
There are five judges for the Winter Jasper Award. They will vote for the actors they think are most qualified to win the award. If the votes in the first round are too dispersed, they will select the two with the most votes to vote again.
Basically, each award is determined after two or three rounds of voting.
If Yang Xin can win over two judges, and with the current online public opinion, he may be able to succeed.
Du Yuanzhe frowned. He could accept being inferior to others in skills, but he could not accept losing to someone who used dirty tricks.
Liu Xu looked at him and said, "Yuanzhe, you'd better ask President Xia to investigate thoroughly. We can't lose so badly."
Du Yuanzhe nodded: "I will tell her."
Yancheng, Yunan Hotel
Two middle-aged men were sitting opposite each other in the box, their brows furrowed.
"Lao Wang, what should we do?"
Lao Wang threw the photo in his hand onto the table and said depressedly: "Who is watching us?"
The photo shows them meeting privately with Yang Xin's agent. The picture is so clear that people would believe they took it themselves.
"Well, the other party was able to send the photos to us without anyone noticing, I'm afraid there are other tricks. What do you think they want to do?"
Lao Wang snorted coldly: "What else can you do? Warn us not to have any bad thoughts."
"What about us?"
"Anyone can win the Best Supporting Actor award this time, except Yang Xin."
As long as Yang Xin doesn't win the Best Supporting Actor award, even if the photos get out, they can say it was just a meeting between friends without any transaction involved.
"Forget it, let's just consider it our bad luck."
In the evening, Du Yuanzhe called Xia Ningmi via video. As soon as he told her that Yang Xin might have bribed the judges, he learned that she had already dealt with the matter.
Du Yuanzhe was stunned when he heard the whole story: "Can a few photos solve the problem?"
Xia Ningmi said, "Things in the entertainment industry are much easier to resolve than those in the business world. If they want to continue in the entertainment industry, they need to continue to maintain a good reputation. A few photos are enough to threaten them."
Of course, it is also because unknown enemies bring them fear.
......
February 15th, Smoking City
Today is the opening time of the Spring Flower Awards. The award ceremony officially starts at 7pm, but from 5pm, the stars participating in the ceremony began to walk the red carpet.
According to the organizer's arrangement, Du Yuanzhe will walk the red carpet with the crew of "The Legend of Yun Lan".
Zheng Xiao did not come, so only Wang Ligang, Yang Shiyao, Du Yuanzhe and You Yingxue walked the red carpet.
The four of them hadn't seen each other for several months, and while waiting in the backstage area they were talking about their recent experiences.
Yang Shiyao smiled and said, "Yuanzhe has been really mysterious lately. We are in the same company, but I don't know what you are doing."
Du Yuanzhe said: "We are still filming, but it is temporarily kept secret."
Xu Cheng signed a confidentiality agreement with everyone, including the hotel owner. He set the penalty for breach of contract very high so that no one would risk losing money by leaking the information online.
Yang Shiyao said, "I guessed it was like this. Generally speaking, when actors disappear for a few months, 99% of the time they are filming a movie. Yingxue has just finished her murder, right?"
You Yingxue nodded: "It's just been half a month since the operation was completed. Is Sister Shiyao taking a rest recently?"
Yang Shiyao: "I was so exhausted from filming the last movie, I decided to take a few months off before making any decisions."
Du Yuanzhe said: "After I finish filming this movie, I plan to take a break for a while. I am not able to hold on mentally and physically."
The most draining part of an actor's energy while filming is his spirit; he needs to empathize with the character, which consumes a lot of emotion.
Wang Ligang was one of the few people who knew what Du Yuanzhe was doing. He smiled and said, "You have learned a lot in the past few months, right?"
Du Yuanzhe nodded and said, "Thank you Director Wang for giving me this opportunity."
“This is all the result of your own hard work.”
At this moment, the people in front of them had already walked onto the red carpet. The four of them stopped chatting and waited at the edge of the red carpet.
Du Yuanzhe adjusted his black suit and then walked onto the red carpet with a few others. At that moment, countless shutter clicks rang out.
"Shiyao, look here——"
"Yuanzhe, here."
Each of them was mentioned by reporters, who shouted at them to look at the camera, and flash lights kept shining in their faces.
Du Yuanzhe narrowed his eyes subconsciously. He had been in seclusion for several months and was a little uncomfortable facing the dense flash lights again. But he quickly adapted and waved to the people on both sides of the red carpet with a decent smile on his face.
The Spring Flower Awards were broadcast live throughout the entire process, and as they walked onto the red carpet, the live broadcast barrage exploded.
"Ahhh, I'm dying. Zhezhe's black suit today perfectly outlines his figure, and it also has a nobleman style that I can't resist."
"The missing person has finally returned. God knows how painful it is to be a fan of someone who doesn't like to show up and doesn't like to post on Weibo. Zhezhe has become handsome again."
"Zhezhe has a great figure, with broad shoulders, narrow waist and a nice butt. I'm waiting for the studio to release the pictures. Shouldn't this fit the zodiac sign?"
"......"
During the entire red carpet walk, the screen was flooded with comments from Du Yuanzhe's fans. They couldn't contain their excitement at finally meeting their idol and posted passionate comments over and over again.
Yang Shiyao's fans are much calmer, because Yang Shiyao is a surfing expert. Not only does she often interact with her fans, she also occasionally does a live broadcast when she's in the mood. Fans rarely go more than a month without hearing from Yang Shiyao, so fans of Yang Shiyao are very happy.
When they saw how excited Du Yuanzhe’s fans were, they thought they were so pitiful and that their idol was still the best.
The four of them walked to the end of the red carpet to be interviewed by the host. As a new traffic star, Du Yuanzhe was the focus of the host's attention.
"What have you been doing in the past few months, Yuanzhe? Many people say that you seem to have disappeared from the entertainment industry."
Du Yuanzhe took the microphone and said, "I have been filming recently, but I can't say more due to the confidentiality agreement."
"Then we can look forward to Yuanzhe's next work. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor today. Does Yuanzhe hope to win the award?"
Du Yuanzhe said: "Of course I hope that the role I played with my heart can be recognized, but the other nominees are very strong. Regardless of whether I win the award or not, I will continue to repay everyone with good works."
After hearing his words, the barrage of comments was filled with praise from fans, all of whom were saying that regardless of winning an award or not, he was the best actor in the hearts of his fans.
The host asked them a few more questions and then let them go backstage.
Yang Shiyao rubbed her arm and couldn't help but complain: "If you don't let me in, I'll freeze to death."
You Yingxue deeply agrees.
Both of them were wearing skirts with their shoulders and arms exposed, which made them feel so cold.
It was much warmer inside the venue, and they gradually regained some consciousness. Their assistants quickly put their coats on them.
Yang Shiyao let out a long sigh: "Finally I'm alive."
Du Yuanzhe was not much better. In order to show off his perfect figure, his suit was of normal thickness. Although it was not as cold as Yang Shiyao and the others, it was definitely not warm and could barely keep him warm. His hands were already frozen red.
Among the four people, only Wang Ligang was the warmest. His clothes looked very thick and had a very good warmth-keeping effect.