Chapter 157: The 157th Melon Xu Qingye hit it very hard...
Xu Qingye threw very hard, and Shen Que caught him and spun him around twice before he stabilized. Xu Qingye simply hung on Shen Que. If there weren't so many people around, he would definitely kiss him several times.
"You bastard, why are you so talkative?"
Xu Qingye punched Shen Que in the head. The backstage interview was also broadcast live. Now the popularity of entries like "Shen Que is in love" and "Shen Que's relationship is stable" is rising. I have never seen such self-exposure.
Shen is indeed lucky that he did not choose the talent show route, otherwise his career would have been almost over.
"Didn't you say that the more open you are, the less people will care? I am just following your instructions."
Shen Que put the man down and looked at him with an innocent face. Xu Qingye shook his head helplessly. Shen Que was too good at finding loopholes and he couldn't argue with him.
"Forget it. I don't want to talk to you any more. You should keep a low profile recently."
"My brother is a typical introverted man. He has to show off occasionally to feel happy, otherwise he will get sick."
Shen Mu clicked his tongue twice, expressing his disdain for Shen Que's peacock-like behavior.
"Young people, just be more active. Stop talking so much and go celebrate."
Liu Xiao listened to the quarrel and felt that it was full of youthful energy. She felt that she had become younger as well. It seemed that she would have to play with more young people in the future.
The group left happily, having drunk almost the entire night before having a great time.
"The Dark Knight" became the biggest winner of the Golden Finch Awards, taking home three awards including Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Film.
All of a sudden, all the major platforms offered to buy the broadcasting rights. Various advertisers also came to the door, and it felt like a hot market.
"Nightfall" earned about 80 million at the box office, of which Xu Qingye received about 10 million. The subsequent copyright, advertising, etc. added up to about 8 million in revenue.
In addition to "Nightfall", the total amount of TV series and movies invested this year is also very large, but this money has been flowing all the time, and the profit here is immediately invested in the next project.
The share of the revenue from "Nightfall" is one of the largest incomes in recent times.
Xu Qingye was counting his bills in the hotel. The more he counted, the brighter his smile became. He was going to be rich, he was going to be rich.
"What are you thinking about?"
Shen Que saw Xu Qingye's hands typing away on the computer. He leaned over to take a look and saw only a long string of numbers.
"I'm calculating my income. I've been busy for a long time and haven't spent my money well. I'm planning to spend some money."
Xu Qingye looked up at Shen Que, then lowered his head and continued to calculate seriously.
"What are you going to do?"
"I want to buy the two floors of my studio. Otherwise, I'll be at a loss if I pay rent every year. I calculated that it's basically enough. But once I buy the building, all my savings of the past few years will be gone."
Xu Qingye's current studio and investment company occupy two floors in total, but he plans to buy a third floor. After all, he will need space for artist studios in the future. The price of the third floor is about 80 million. Once this year's investment is fully recovered, it will be almost enough.
Now that the venue was mine, I felt more at ease to continue my business. After buying it, I rented out the temporarily unused floor to make ends meet. This way, I was able to get through the crisis in about two years.
If you really need money during this period, you can only ask your parents and elders for support.
"That's a lot of money. Once you buy the building, you'll be a real entrepreneur."
"No, my business is not bad either. When your contract expires, come and join me. I guarantee that your business will be even more prosperous than it is now."
Xu Qingye patted his chest confidently and looked up at Shen Que. Shen Que smiled at him and lowered his head to kiss him.
Xu Qingye was just getting excited when he was suddenly kissed. His brain froze for a moment, and then he responded enthusiastically.
After Shen Que won the award, he did not show up for three days. Many media wanted to interview him, but they were all rejected. A few paparazzi who had been waiting for three days finally caught Shen Que coming out of the hotel. He followed them all the way and finally saw them enter a hot pot restaurant.
Xu Qingye finally got to eat the hot pot he had been craving for and sighed with satisfaction. He had been eating hotel meals for three days and was about to vomit.
"Shen Que just won the Best Actor Award, so he should make more appearances while he's still popular. It's almost time for him to rest for the past three days. I have some invitations to events and endorsement contracts here. Take a look and get ready to get busy."
Zhao Wen simply ate a few bites and then started chatting with Shen Que about work. Shen Que had been too busy recently, so she understood that he should rest more. He should have rested enough now, and should press on and make more appearances to consolidate his popularity.
"I have to make some time this month."
Shen Que didn't look at the contract documents. He just helped Xu Qingye pick up a piece of tripe that was about to go stale.
"There are still twenty days left in this month. What are you going to do with such a long break?"
Zhao Wen almost thought she had heard it wrong. Shen Que has always been very dedicated to his work. Although Zhao Wen has not coached many artists, she is sure that there are very few people as easy to coach as Shen Que.
Ai Gang is dedicated to his work and has a good temper. He has good acting skills and doesn't cause trouble. Apart from his love life, everything else about him can be called perfect.
Such a perfect artist suddenly asked for twenty days off, which made Zhao Wen alert. Could it be that he was going to start causing trouble?
"marry."
Shen Que uttered two words calmly. Zhao Wen was stunned and didn't say anything. Xu Qingye, who was eating happily at the side, suddenly swallowed a big mouthful of food and coughed violently a few times.
"Marriage? What kind of marriage? Who are you going to marry?"
Xu Qingye asked several questions subconsciously. Zhao Wen pricked up her ears immediately after hearing what Xu Qingye said. Is there something fishy going on?
"Of course it's with you. Why are you so excited?"
Shen Que looked at Xu Qing's ferocious look, stood up, wiped his mouth, and picked up the cup that he had knocked over due to excessive excitement.
"Oh, with me, you scared me."
Xu Qingye breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously picked up the cup to drink some water, but his cup was empty. He raised his hand awkwardly, but fortunately Shen Shicheng immediately handed his cup over.
"No, we are getting married, how come I don't know?"
Xu Qingye came over slowly. Shen Que said this was too sudden.
"I told you before, I'll prepare, you just need to provide someone. You said before that I'd get a permanent job after I win the Best Actor award, I think that's a good idea, but you have to change the wording of permanent job. You have to give me a status."
"No, wait, can you two stop ignoring my existence?"
Zhao Wen raised her hand to interrupt the two of them. She was Shen Que's agent, so why didn't he discuss such a big matter with her?
"I have already prepared your invitation. Don't worry, I won't miss you."
Shen Que glanced at Zhao Wen and spoke very seriously.
"Come on, this isn't about the invitations, okay?"
"It's the same. I'm going to get married sooner or later anyway. I don't have a work permit, so it won't affect my work. It just so happens that I've just finished all the important announcements recently, so I have some free time. And it's at such a meaningful time, so I think it's a good fit."
The idea of getting married was not a sudden idea for Shen Que. He had been doing his homework seriously since he mentioned it to Xu Qingye last time.
"Even if you're getting married, it doesn't take 20 days, a week should be enough. The average person's wedding leave is only about a week."
Zhao Wen knew that she couldn't change this, but she really wanted to work hard for it. It would be such a waste of good time if she didn't work!
"At least you have to take a honeymoon after you get married. I have planned many trips before, but they were always delayed by work. So I don't want to be disturbed by work this time."
Shen Que shook his head. A week was far from enough. Although he did not plan to hold a complicated wedding, it was a crucial event in life after all, and all the necessary procedures had to be followed.
Xu Qingye regained his composure and ate while listening to the two people talking. He didn't feel like he was one of the protagonists at all.
After the two people finished talking, they finally took a step back and finally decided to set the vacation length at fifteen days.
By the time Xu Qingye and his friends finished chatting, they had almost finished eating.
"Raise your hand, why doesn't anyone ask for my opinion?"
"Well, if you have any opinions, tell me, I will consider them seriously."
Shen Que looked at Xu Qingye and waited for him to put forward his opinions. There was still plenty of time and the problems could be solved in time.
"Well, I don't have any opinion for now, but I think it's a bit sudden. Let me think about it carefully."
Shen Que asked the question so naturally that Xu Qingye was choked. He went over the matter in his mind and it seemed that he had nothing to ask. Weddings were just like that, and Xu Qingye had no idea about the layout or the process. It seemed that all he needed to do was show up.
"Okay, tell me what you think in the next few days. There's still time to change it. Remember to ask for leave."
After dinner, the three of them left together. After they had walked a few steps, Xu Qingye glanced at them a few times.
“There are paparazzi.”
Xu Qingye had extensive experience in candid photography, so he had some professional sensitivity and could tell from a distance that something was not right with a few people.
"If there is, then there is. You said it before. Unless we are caught kissing, just don't admit it."
"Can you please stop remembering these irrelevant things I said? Forget it, I'll have someone keep an eye on it. There's nothing substantive about it. It's probably just posting some photos and writing some specious things."
Xu Qingye sent a message to Cao Muan, asking her to pay attention to the news online. Cao Muan responded and sent a screenshot.
Cao Muan: Newly crowned film emperor Shen Que stayed in a hotel with a mysterious male friend for three days and three nights, and went out to eat hot pot? Thanks boss for being on the hot search every day to make me laugh. Hahahahahahaha.
Xu Qingye was speechless when he saw the content that Cao Muan had screenshotted. Don’t these paparazzi have anything to write about every day?
Xu Qingye: Don’t let others snatch away your traffic, let’s also distribute it!
Cao Muan: What are you posting? A hot pot advertisement? Can you eat less hot pot? You've been photographed eating hot pot so many times. Can't you eat something else? Be more elegant and cut a steak or something?
Xu Qingye: I am not used to eating delicious food, I just love hotpot. When I get a few hotpot commercials, I will take Shen Que to eat there every day!!!
Cao Muan:...
After Xu Qingye and Cao Muan sent the message, he looked at the paparazzi's pictures online. In the pictures, he and Shen Bian kept social distance and didn't look very close. Besides, Zhao Wen was there too. Even if he was judging by the pictures, he probably couldn't make up anything ambiguous.
The comments below are normal. After all, CP fans are very sensible and won’t cause trouble everywhere.
However, out of professional habit, Xu Qingye hired someone to control the comments. Since Shen Que had just won the Best Actor award, all news had to be guided in a positive direction.