One and a half months later.
The shortlist for the Huadian Awards Film Festival has been announced online.
"Special Operations" was nominated for five awards, the most eye-catching of which was the double nomination of "Best Actor" for Ji Yunqi and Yuan Yifei.
When Ji Li saw the list of nominees in the RV, his eyebrows slightly raised, "The list of nominees for the Huadian Award is out?"
When Yu Fuya heard this, she couldn't help but look at Baozi. They knew about the appearance of this list earlier than Ji Li.
Baozi hesitated, "Brother Ji, don't be sad. I heard that the film producers have nominated all three of you."
"I know. What's there to be sad about?" When Ji Li saw Baozi's embarrassed expression, he knew they were all wrong.
There are only four nominees for the 'Best Actor' in each Huadian Film Festival. If one of their movies takes up three nominations, how can other movie male protagonists survive?
Ji Yunqi and Yuan Yifei, as the two male protagonists of the film, are most suitable for the nomination.
Ji Li's 'Chen Xi' was the second male lead at the beginning, but was later promoted to the first male lead by the producer Qin Li and the investor Li Xing.
According to Ji Li's real thoughts, this character was still a little short of the qualifications to be shortlisted.
"Isn't there a second part of Spec Ops? Besides, I have other movies with the male lead in them. As long as I work hard enough, it's only a matter of time before I win some awards."
The film awards nominations are decided by the organizing committee after comprehensive consideration. There is no need to take the gains or losses of a single session too seriously.
Seeing that he really didn't care, Yu Fuya smiled again, "It's good that you can keep a normal mind. Besides, we didn't get nothing."
Xiang Suian in "Time Lobbyist" was shortlisted for the 'Best Supporting Actor', and Ji Li himself was also shortlisted for the 'Popular Actor', so he still has a good chance of winning the trophy.
Ji Li nodded and simply forwarded the list published online to the WeChat group of three people.
"Congratulations, Onslaught, Cool Guy."
Ji Yunqi was the first to come out, "I'm just a runner-up, just let Yuanbao take the prize."
He has always been carefree, but this time he was surprisingly a little restrained.
Yuan Yifei quickly popped up and said, "Forget it. I'm the one who's used to running with others."
Ji Li was amused by the back and forth between the two and easily saw through their cautiousness. "What are you running with? Stop it."
“
I sincerely congratulate you two, and I don't feel uncomfortable being alone. Our crew has a 50% chance of winning the Best Actor award this year. Whoever is chosen must treat me. ”
We are all true friends, no need for polite words.
Ji Li knew very well that Yuan Yifei and Ji Yunqi were trying every means to take care of his emotions.
But he didn't want his 'failure' to turn the joy of his two good friends' nomination into a state of worry.
The three of them chatted in the group for a while, and soon resolved these "little issues". They also agreed to meet for dinner in Dijing at the beginning of the month.
…
Because she was shortlisted for the Huadian Award, Yu Fuya had already discussed hotel accommodation with the organizer in advance.
"Qin Li's play will be finished in the next two days, right? I see he is one of the invited guests for the Huadian Awards."
When Ji Li heard this, his eyes froze slightly.
Yu Fuya's eyes were fixed on the phone, and she didn't notice his emotions for the time being. She continued to ask, "Ask him what he has arranged. Hotel, I'll ask the organizer to arrange your suite on the same floor? It will be convenient for you..."
"Sister Yu."
Baozi noticed something was wrong and called a halt in time.
In just thirty seconds, the smile in Ji Li's eyes had completely frozen, and there was even a complexity that was hard to describe or understand.
Yu Fuya thought her child was being bullied, and immediately became alert, "Ji Li, what happened between you and Qin Li?"
"Nothing. We've been busy filming a movie recently, and there's a time difference, so it's hard for us to talk to each other completely."
As Ji Li spoke, his eyes began to return to WeChat on his phone.
During this period, his conversations with Qin Li were always intermittent.
Although the two still communicate about their daily lives and send each other good morning and good night messages in their free time, it seems as if something has changed.
"...I'll ask him some other day." Ji Li paused, and for the first time in his life, he said something that didn't really mean it, "We don't necessarily have to be on the same floor."
He still remembered last year's Hundred Images Film Festival, and all these trivial matters regarding hotel accommodation were arranged directly by Qin Li.
Yu Fuya was about to ask something else, but when she saw the suppressed fatigue in Ji Li's eyes, she had to abruptly stop the topic.
As the male lead of "The Demon Monk", Ji Li is packed with filming schedules every day. In his spare time, he also has to hang on wires and practice martial arts moves. This kind of work intensity is really overloaded.
"As for the Huadian Film Festival, I've asked the crew for four days off for you. Excluding the time for travel and the day of the awards ceremony, you should have a good rest the rest of the time."
"good."
Yu Fuya was silent for a while, and then she spoke, a rare moment as someone who had experienced it.
"Ji Li, emotional matters cannot be delayed or shortened. If you feel there is a problem between you, speak up as soon as possible to avoid hurting others and yourself."
"Sister Yu, I know what you mean."
It’s a pity that he and Qin Li are in different countries and each has their own careers to attend to.
Ji Li was thinking about finding an opportunity to talk it out, but he never had the chance. During this time, he finally understood why the breakup rate among couples in the entertainment industry is so high?
Some problems that can be solved by just a single meeting are wasted in day-to-day work and eventually become impossible to discuss.
When Ji Li thought about the word "break up" which might happen to him and Qin Li, he fell into an unprecedented confusion.
Because he had no experience, he didn't know how to strike a balance between career and love. The restraint he had honed over the years in the entertainment industry seemed to have dragged him down in this matter.
…
A week later, in the imperial capital, Xiangyun Star Hotel.
This is the hotel arranged by the organizers of the Huadian Awards for the celebrities. Of course, many celebrities also choose to stay in other places.
Ji Li didn't want to bother with these trivial matters, and the hotel accommodation met his needs, so he just let the organizer arrange it.
1846.
This? This is what Yu Fuya told him. It is Qin Li’s room number.
Qin Li flew directly back to the capital the day before yesterday after finishing filming and also stayed in this hotel.
Ji Li found the corresponding house number, but was hesitant and didn't dare to enter.
He first learned about the other party's completion through the fans' super chat.
He learned about the other party's move-in through the agents of both parties.
The WeChat chat between the two people still stopped one day ago.
——Have you got off the plane?
——Well, I want to see you.
——When we get to Teikyo and check into the hotel, shall we meet?
--good.
Since Qin Li said he wanted to see you, why didn't you come to him right away? Why? Now I have to be separated by this door?
Ji Li took a deep breath and tried to adjust his mood. Before he could press the doorbell, the tightly closed door of the room suddenly opened.
Qin Li, who had not been seen for a long time, was standing in the room. When he saw his figure outside the door, his face showed surprise and panic.
“…”
Ji Li took Qin Li's emotions into his eyes, and his heart seemed to be gripped by a pair of invisible hands, bursting with a sense of helpless pain.
"Qin Li, are you going out?"
"I..." Qin Li hesitated to speak, as if he had some secret that he wanted to tell but couldn't confess.
After a month and a half, meeting each other is so awkward? Can they still be considered a couple?
Suddenly, the two of them seemed to have become strangers.
Ji Li suppressed the bitterness in his eyes. His acting skills over the years reached their peak at this moment. He pretended to be calm and took a step forward, asking word by word -
"Qin Li, does this mean we are breaking up?"
“…”
There was a suffocating silence.
Ji Li had already thought of what to say, but at this moment he suddenly lost the motivation to speak.
Once Qin Li gave up the initiative, he would be stuck in a dilemma like a fool. As decisive and independent-minded as he is in his career, he is also hesitant and confused in his relationships.
But Ji Li finally made up his mind under such circumstances that he couldn't let go of this relationship. Even if Qin Li really agreed to break up, he would shamelessly try to save the relationship.
"Qin Li, actually I..."
Before Ji Li could say anything, Qin Li hugged him in his arms.
The door was violently slammed shut.
"Ji Li, don't break up with me."
A request that couldn't be more trembling rang in my ears.
"I admit that I have been negligent as a lover recently. I, I, I just don't know how to confess to you."
The embrace tightened, and the side of his neck felt wet. The fear and uneasiness from Qin Li suddenly flooded into Ji Li's heart.
"Qin Li?" Ji Li was startled and hugged him back.
Qin Li seemed to feel his relief, and his trembling voice softened when he spoke again.
"I asked someone to send you the script of Long Island Iced Tea. I set a despicable trap to make you fall in love with me. I know I was wrong. Outrageous..."
"I've always been afraid that you'd get too deep into the role. I'm afraid that your feelings for me are just Lu Yao's replacement for Wen Qiong."
Ji Li’s acting career is unlikely to end here. In the future, he will meet more crews and more actors to work with.
The emotions of the characters in "Long Island Iced Tea" will sooner or later become ineffective, and at that time, Wen Qiong's love will also disappear.
Ever since he realized this problem on the crew last time, Qin Li has forced himself to restrain himself for more than a month, trying to sort out the path for the two of them from the beginning to the future.
Qin Li was afraid that being too proactive would cause unnecessary burden to the other party.
Qin Li was even more afraid that Ji Li would realize after more than a month that the relationship between him and him was just an optional condiment.
"Ji Li, I just don't know how to be honest with you. If I tell you, I'm afraid you'll hate my deception. If I don't tell you, I'll feel guilty and uneasy."
"I told myself, even if you know the truth and hate me and want to break up with me, I will not stop you."
How can he expect a relationship built on a trap to last forever? He brought this upon himself, and he is the one who got himself into trouble.
In fact, Qin Li was just about to go find Ji Li, but he didn't expect that the person he loved was standing outside the door.
Ji Li's words "Does this mean we've broken up?" completely broke down Qin Li's defenses. Facts proved that he simply couldn't let go.
"Ji Li, can you give me another chance? Even if it means letting me pursue you again as Qin Li."
"I want you to love me, not Wen Qiong."
Qin Li's pleading voice was urgent and trembling. He was obviously a favored child in the entertainment industry, but he put himself in such a humble position. Anyone who heard it would understand that he loved Ji Li terribly.
"Qin Li." Ji Li patted his lover on the back.
What he originally feared the most was that Qin Li suddenly stopped loving him, but now he discovered that the opposite was true, and that haze of uneasiness was completely dispelled.
"Hmm?" Qin Li was still holding him, with no intention of letting go.
Ji Li's heart was filled with his love, and he couldn't help but chuckle, "Who would be jealous of their own character and cry with jealousy?"
“…”
"You think I didn't know about the script of 'Long Island Iced Tea'? I knew it a long time ago."
This time, it was Qin Li's turn to be confused. "W-what do you mean?"
"Director Cameron is looking for Chinese actors for his new movie. One of them chose you, and the other chose me. Is there really such a coincidence in the world?"
If it was really a coincidence, Ji Li was willing to believe that he and Qin Li were destined to be together.
On the contrary, someone did it intentionally.
"Before the last scene before the finale, I sat down and chatted with Director Cameron. He said that Adolf took the initiative to recommend it to him, but the script of Long Island Iced Tea has always been a secret project."
"If Director Cameron didn't mention it himself, how would Director Adolf know?"
So, in order to verify his guess, Ji Li took the initiative to ask Director Adolf and got the answer from him.
Sure enough, all of this was secretly arranged by Qin Li.
However, the other party did not force him to sign the contract, but only gave him the right to choose the script.
The moment he learned the truth, Ji Li did not feel the slightest bit of anger at being deceived, but instead felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
"…Luckily I accepted this role, otherwise if you were to act with another actor, your feelings for me might have been transferred to that actor."
Because of these words, Qin Li's heart, which was frozen by fear, suddenly felt a hint of warmth.
This? Isn't this what he thought?
If the role of Wen Qiong was replaced by another actor, would Ji Li also fall in love with someone else?
"Qin Li, there is one more thing I want to tell you."
"you say."
Qin Li slightly let go of Ji Li, but continued to stare at him without blinking, as if afraid that he would suddenly slip away from his arms.
"My feelings for you predate 'Long Island Iced Tea'."
"At first, I admired you, but after you acted in two dramas, my feelings towards you started to become a little special."
So much so that on the day when Xie Yan finished filming, when Ji Li heard the goodnight voice message from Qin Li, he blushed and his heart beat fast for a moment.
"When we were filming Spec Ops, I could tell you were special to me."
The coded good nights every night, the specially prepared nine-grid hot pot, Qin Li's uncontrollable nervousness after the dye got into his eyes, and the embrace in the lounge at the wrap-up party while they were drunk...
Ji Li is not a fool, he can feel the emotions of all this.
Facing such an outstanding person like Qin Li, it would be a lie for Ji Li to say that he didn't have some thoughts of making a move, but he did value his career which had just taken off, and he didn't dare to start a relationship easily.
"Long Island Iced Tea" is a test and a gamble for Qin Li, and it is also a secret attempt for Ji Li.
He wanted to use the script as an excuse to try to get along with Qin Li in a closer way.
"...I don't deny that the character of Lu Yao touched me on the day of the final shooting. I also admit that I couldn't help but get into the role. But empathy can only last for a while, not a lifetime."
Qin Li understood all of this, and there was a hidden ecstasy in his eyes.
"Qin Li, listen to me carefully. I know everything." Ji Li wiped away the moisture from the corner of his eyes and told him all the hidden affection.
"Lu Yao loves Wen Qiong, and Ji Li loves Qin Li."
In one word, it speaks volumes.
Qin Li stood still, and the uneasiness he had been feeling for days suddenly disappeared.
He felt his heart beating like a drum, and his blood boiling. He always had a thousand words to say, but when he opened his mouth, they all turned into stupid words -
"Ji Li, can you say it again?"
"Qin Li, I love you, it's not just as simple as liking you."
Ji Li hooked her arm around his, smiled and leaned closer to repeat, "It's our first time in love, so we're inevitably inexperienced. Do you want to give me another chance, please?"
"I know I was wrong. I have been enjoying your initiative and love too much in the past year, but I forgot that you would feel uneasy too. I will definitely change. Don't be angry."
Qin Li was enveloped by Ji Li's unprecedented initiative and affection. He felt like he was in a huge sea of cotton, feeling hot and drowsy.
He rubbed Ji Li's nose tentatively, but he didn't expect the other party to kiss him more directly.
Ji Li imitated Qin Li's previous actions and carefully pried open his lover's lips and teeth, licking tentatively with his soft tongue to please him.
He tried for a few seconds, but found that Qin Li was still as indifferent as a piece of wood, so he simply used his hands and feet to wrap around him, "Qin Li, are you still angry?"
Qin Li looked at Ji Li's slightly trembling eyelashes, and his heart was soft and overwhelmed.
He hugged his koala-like lover with one hand and suddenly grabbed the back of his head with the other hand, instantly deepening the kiss.
Amidst the strength, there is also a hint of reckless and brutal momentum.
Ji Li was not afraid at all, but hugged him even tighter.
The two kissed passionately, and when they came back to their senses, they had fallen up and down on the bed.
Qin Li half-raised himself and stared at Ji Li's lips, which were kissed by him and were so beautiful and seductive. Suddenly, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. "Li Bao, I'm very happy."
The simplest words actually exude a strong honey flavor.
After what happened just now, Ji Li obviously felt that there was nothing to hide. He tentatively kissed Qin Li's Adam's apple, "There is something even happier. Do you want to try it?"
Qin Li was stunned for two seconds, wishing he could trap the other person in his arms for the rest of his life, but he still pretended to be a humble gentleman.
"The film festival is the day after tomorrow, and I'm afraid you won't be able to recover in a day."
Ji Li hugged him relentlessly, half eager and half teasing, "But we haven't had that for a long time, do you really not want it?"
Perhaps influenced by the role of the evil monk, Qin Li always felt that his every word and action at this moment had the ability to make him burn with desire, and was extremely seductive and charming.
Qin Li's eyes darkened completely, "Don't cry and beg for mercy later."
"You try it."
…
……………[slightly]
Facts have proved that you still have to cry when you need to cry.
Ji Li originally thought that two or three times was the limit, but he didn't expect that once Qin Li broke the bottom line of abstinence, he seemed to have completely changed into a different person.
No matter how loudly he begged for mercy, he could not contain the opponent's ferocity.
Finally, he was so tired that he fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up in a daze, he was dragged back into the bottomless abyss of desire before he could say a few words.
When Ji Li woke up again, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day.
My whole back and waist ached as if I were a assembled toy that would fall apart completely if I wasn't careful.
There was no longer any sound of Qin Li in the room. There was only a glass of water on the bedside table and a line of notes pressed under the glass.
——I have a magazine photo shoot that was scheduled two months ago and will end around 7pm. I've asked room service to deliver the steak, remember to eat it. (If it gets cold, just order another one, dear.)
Ji Li remembered that he heard Qin Li's instructions in his ear when he was drowsy. The other party was probably afraid that he would not remember it, so he repeated it again on the piece of paper.
Looking at the scene, if you don’t know, you might think he is a scumbag who just runs away after having his fill.
Ji Li found that the bed and his body were clean and fresh, obviously Qin Li had already taken care of them.
He drank a glass of cold water until his hoarse and dry throat was relieved, then he ordered another meal.
The hotel's room service was prompt.
In less than half an hour, another freshly baked steak dinner was served.
Ji Li ate slowly while checking WeChat on his phone.
Ji Yunqi sent a message in the group three hours ago, "I'm on the plane. Are you two in Imperial Capital? Shall we have dinner together tonight?"
Three hours passed with no response.
Just as Ji Li was about to type a reply, Ji Yunqi's messages came pouring out -
"What are you two big names doing? I've already gotten off the plane, and you didn't even give me a reply?"
The picture is a very funny emoticon package, [The clown is actually me.JPG]
Ji Li smiled and quickly replied, "I'm catching up on sleep today. How about we meet after the film festival ends tomorrow? Or the day after tomorrow is also fine. I won't be back in Hengcheng until the day after tomorrow."
"It's already this late. Aren't you tired after getting off the plane? Go back to the hotel and rest early."
Ji Yunqi on the other end responded quickly.
"Okay, let's talk about it when we meet tomorrow."
"@The World's No.1 Attack, where is he? No response for most of the day."
Ji Yunqi's inquiries to Yuan Yifei fell on deaf ears.
Ji Li and Ji Yunqi chatted for a few more sentences and ended their brief chat. After all, the other party had to be busy taking a car from the airport to settle down in the hotel.
The huge amount of physical exertion made Ji Li so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back. He quickly finished the food on the table.
A quarter past six.
Ji Li was just about to lie down on the bed and relax while watching a movie when a WeChat message alert suddenly rang.
Ji Li thought it was a message from Qin Li who had just finished work, so he picked up his phone to check. The moment his eyes came into contact with the WeChat message, he was completely shocked and sat up straight.
Yuan Yifei, who had been silent for a whole day, suddenly threw a location link in the group.
There are only two simple words below——
help me.
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