Chapter 020 Shadow of the Movie King (20)
In the past few days, as the series was aired, the ratings were getting higher and higher, and the actors were getting more and more attention.
However, two days later, a small incident occurred and the heroine's love affair was exposed. The reason was that a paparazzi secretly photographed the heroine holding hands with a mysterious man. After the photo was released, the heroine had to admit the relationship.
It's a normal relationship. The man is a musician, gentle, elegant, handsome, talented and rich. The fans of the heroine are very satisfied, but this affects the CP feeling between the hero and heroine in the drama.
When the audience watches the drama again, it is difficult to empathize with the characters. Once they see the interaction between the male and female protagonists, they will remember that the female protagonist has a boyfriend.
However, the plot, shooting aesthetics, scenes, and the performances of the actors are all perfect and fascinating.
As a result, the drama gradually showed a strange phenomenon: the audience could not get into the CP of the male and female protagonists, so they paid more attention to the plot and other things. As a result, the supporting characters all became popular.
Especially the second male lead played by Tao Xing, the discussion about him continued to increase and his popularity rose again.
The heroine did not lose fans while she was in love. After all, the two of them were really a good match for each other. She also gained a group of real-life CP fans. Her popularity not only did not decrease, but increased.
The only person in this drama who is not discussed is Jiang Lin. His situation is a bit awkward. In a crew that goes from hot to cold, the male lead is the only one who has not become popular. His fans all blame the female lead for making her relationship public at this time. Maybe the female lead made an unintentional mistake, but this also indicates that Jiang Lin's good luck has come to an end.
He came to this crew with bad intentions, so he shouldn't blame others for their unintentional mistakes.
The drama was a huge success. With just this one drama, Tao Xing became more famous than Jiang Lin and became a popular actor with many film offers.
But he rejected them one by one. He was not that interested in acting and had no intention of staying in the entertainment industry.
He is going to send Aying to the Taoist temple.
Floating clouds are moving, and the grass and trees in the mountains are shrouded in the sun. Every flower and leaf is covered with golden light. A plaque is hung above the vermilion gate, and the four big characters "Ruyi Daoguan" are shining brightly.
"Squeaky", the heavy wooden doors on both sides opened, and a group of disciples rushed out and lined up beside them.
Like a Taoist leading the way, he swept away the dust with a whisk, spreading a golden glow and the scent of incense and candles wafting in the face.
Tao Xing led Aying up the stairs, stepped over the threshold, and walked it into the majestic hall.
The hall was dim. He stroked Aying's head and raised his hand to take out a small lamp with a sparkling diamond-studded shell.
This is a bionic lamp that he had negotiated with the restoration master for a long time and asked him to make. The previous one was broken before he could send it to him. So now, he will send it to him again.
He handed the lamp forward and said, "Aying, this lamp will give off the same light as fireflies when it is lit. It was summer when I met you in the countryside, but now it is winter and there are no fireflies. However, it will be the same with this lamp. Whenever you want to see fireflies in the future, just turn it on."
He said, demonstrating and flicking the switch.
The soft and dim light flickered, illuminating the person holding the lantern. The mountains were lush with vegetation all year round, the flowers and grass were fragrant, and fireflies were flickering, as if returning to that summer night when they first met under the street lamp.
Ah Ying held the small lamp in both hands and looked at him with her red eyes.
Tao Xing let go: "Okay, go ahead."
Aying walked forward and carefully placed the lamp on the mat, then knelt in front of the hall. The disciples walked in a formation and chanted incantations, like a Taoist priest dipping water to purify evil spirits and whisking away worldly affairs. After three days, the ceremony was completed and Aying could accept offerings from the temple, and the aroma of incense and candles would gradually fill its body.
Tao Xing watched outside the door and waited until the ceremony was over.
A reminder came from the system: "Host, this world mission is completed."
The non-human villain had a happy ending, mission accomplished.
It was completed. Tao Xing was a little surprised, but for Aying, this was indeed the best destination and the good ending judged by the program.
"Any money coming into the account?" he asked.
"Yes, host, the reward for this mission is two million star coins, all of which will be deposited into your account." 080 said excitedly, "Every time you complete a world, the reward will double."
"Very good."
"Then is the host going to leave?" 080 asked again.
Tao Xing's smile faded slightly as she looked at Aying inside.
It already has a happy ending, don't worry about it.
To leave, an illusion of death is created so that the traveler can leave the original owner's body.
The sudden death of a popular star is bound to cause a heated discussion, but soon everyone will forget about it. The only person Tao Xing is worried about is Tao's father. The father is going to experience the pain of losing his son, but his son Ben is already dead.
Fortunately, Tao Xing helped him return to a wealthy family, so he won't have to live a hard life for the rest of his life.
"Well, let's leave." Tao Xing said.
"Yes, I will start the departure program for you..." 080 started the program, "There is currently an optimal way to die. When you go down the mountain later, you will roll down the stairs and fall to your death."
"...Okay." It's a bit unsightly to fall down with a bruised face, but the person is dead anyway, so who cares?
Inside the hall, after listening to the Taoist's instructions, Ah Ying picked up the small lamp again, slowly stood up and turned around.
Tao Xing smiled and waved outside the door: "Okay, bye."
Aying didn't say anything, and Tao Xing just stood there without leaving.
Ah Ying walked slowly out of the hall and said, "Can you give me a photo of yourself?" Its speech seemed to have become more fluent.
"photo?"
"I think... after a hundred years, when I become a human, I probably won't be able to find you. At that time... I can only look at your photos. I... want to know what you look like."
"There is a photo printer in the Taoist temple." A Taoist priest nearby said at the right time.
"You guys are quite up-to-date." Tao Xingxian took a picture and sent it to his disciples, then thought again, "What do you mean you want to know what I look like?"
He thought about this carefully, and looked at the black mass in front of him in amazement: "Aying, you... don't know what I look like?"
Ah Ying held the small lamp and tilted his head: "Everyone I see is a black outline, only you are white."
It had said this before, but Tao Xing didn't think much about it at the time. He thought it could see the concrete manifestation of a person's luck or something, but he didn't expect that it could only see black and white.
It can see the outline of a person, the beating Adam's apple, and distinguish the face and hands, but it cannot see the person's appearance. Perhaps the position of the facial features can be seen, but there is no color and no shape. Perhaps in its eyes, a person is like a semi-finished sketch that only outlines the outline and the general position of the eyes, ears, nose and throat, without any details.
In its eyes, other people were just black sketches, except Tao Xing, who was white. Perhaps he did not belong to this world. Perhaps, as 080 said, his soul was different from others.
These are all speculations, Tao Xing dare not make a conclusion. He only knows that they have been together for many days, and it turns out that Aying never knew what he looked like.
Tao Xing was quite surprised.
The photo was printed out, but Aying still couldn't see it clearly. He could only see a white area on the paper.
It stroked the photo and said, "When I become a human, I will be able to see clearly. Then, I will know what you look like."
Tao Xing was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly: "Okay, then you can see if I am handsome or not."
Ah Ying tilted his head, put the photo away, and picked up the small lamp again: "I don't like fireflies."
"Ah?" Tao Xing was shocked again. This...
"But I like the lamp you gave me. I like everything you give me."
"Oh." This is not a question of like or not, it's like... has it been misunderstood all along? Doesn't it like fireflies?
This shouldn't be the case. I clearly used fireflies to lure it out during our first conversation.
Ah Ying put the small lamp away again and said word by word, "You are white, they fly around you, lighting you up beautifully, I like watching them."
It is always you who attracts me, not the fireflies.
"Ah..." Tao Xing was surprised, but smiled helplessly. Although she had been misunderstanding, it turned out to be a good thing. "Thank you for the compliment, Aying."
Aying tilted his head and stopped talking.
Tao Xing smiled again: "Then I'll leave."
The black ball paused for a moment before tilting its head and drooping its red eyes.
Tao Xing stroked its head and turned away.
After seeing the guest off, the gate of the Taoist temple closed. A Taoist priest led Ah Ying to her room and said, "There is a separate room with a small courtyard in the back mountain for you to stay in. You can practice with my disciples every day. If you have any problems, you can come to them or me. A hundred years in the human world is a lifetime for us mortals, but it is just a drop in the ocean for you. You have thousands or tens of thousands of years to live, so a hundred years to shape your body is not a long time."
He pushed open the door of the courtyard, which was elegant and quiet. "This Taoist temple has been passed down from our master for hundreds of years, from generation to generation. You don't have to worry about no one taking care of you in the future. If I die, I will have my disciples. If my disciples die, they will have their disciples. And..." He smiled like a Taoist priest, "When you have a human form, you will be incomparable to ordinary people. You will be worshipped for a hundred years and approach the level of an earthly immortal. You will have abilities beyond ordinary people. Whether you continue to stay in this temple or go down the mountain to enter the world, you will be able to realize your ambitions and have unparalleled fortune."
"It is indeed a good ending." Ruo Yi Taoist also said this to Tao Xing, and Tao Xing said so.
Ah Ying did not express any opinion. It just tilted its head slightly to show that it understood. Then it lay down on the table, put its head on the table, and did not say a word or move.
"Okay, you take a rest first. When you want to eat, come and eat." Like a person closing the door, it doesn't need to eat now, but many years later, it begins to have a human form, it can eat, and maybe, it will want to eat.
The mountain breeze swept across the forest, bringing the sound of rippling blue waves. Ah Ying sat quietly.
Tao Xing walked down the mountain step by step.
He took a step, stopped, walked again, stopped again, and then he couldn't hold it in any longer: "When will I fall to my death?"
080 was sweating: "Almost there, almost there, host, wait a little longer, I am debugging the program."
"debug?"
080 said in a tearful voice: "Host, I'm sorry. Didn't you want to go back halfway last time? I applied, but then you didn't want to leave, so I cancelled it in the program. I don't know what I pressed wrong that time, and the program was messed up. This departure program can't be started. Host, I'm a new system, and I'm not familiar with the operation. Can you... give me a little more time?"
Tao Xing: “…”
After walking for a long time, Tao Xing shook his head and said, "I have already walked down all the stairs, but I haven't fallen yet."
080 whispered, "I haven't debugged it yet."
"How long will it take you?"
The system's voice became even quieter: "Three...three days."
“…”
Well, let him go down the mountain first and choose a new way to die when the time comes.
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