Chapter 021 Shadow of the Movie King (21)
On Tao Xing's way back to the city, his agent called him several times to express his condolences. He said that he had been assigned an assistant and bodyguards, and that his contract could be re-signed, and asked him to visit the company anytime.
The agent originally ignored him, but now that he has become so popular, he is naturally a hot commodity in the company and must be taken seriously and flattered.
Tao Xing had no plans to stay in the entertainment industry for long, or even in this world. He didn't care about his current fame, nor did he want to deal with his agent.
But one should only ring the bell every day. Since one hasn't left yet, there is no need to block the way.
He didn't want to go to the company and said he needed to rest for a few days. His agent didn't dare to say much and only responded "OK, OK", then said: "You are so popular now, there are a lot of announcements, and there are a lot of related hot searches and entries. The public relations department is promoting it vigorously. Sometimes we need you to reply to netizens' messages. Please cooperate with us, Mr. Tao."
"Got it." Tao Xing responded calmly. After returning home, he had nothing to do, so he opened the media platform and said, "Let me see what's trending..."
It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it, but once you do, you’ll be shocked. The first line is followed by a hot search with the word “explosive”, and his name is clearly written on it.
Not only his name, but also Jiang Lin.
Hot search terms: [Jiang Lin and Tao Xing are so sweet]
Tao Xing: “…”
How did they become associated with the word “sweet”?
He clicked on the topic and read it for a long time before he found out the reason. It turns out that in this drama, because the female lead is in love, people no longer support the male and female leads, but instead support the male lead and the second male lead.
The topic includes videos of the two interacting that were edited from the drama, as well as real-life interactions during the promotion. The two were clearly just following the routine promotional process, yet they were edited to be so ambiguous.
What about the glances when we passed by each other, what about wanting to look but not daring to look, what about having a cold face when seeing him talking to others...
"Isn't this just fabricated?" Tao Xing frowned. The situation was so heated, no one would believe that there was no one behind it.
While he was flipping through the pages, his agent called again and repeated what he had just said, repeatedly asking him to cooperate with the public relations department in publicity and to forward the message appropriately. His tone was urgent, as if he was being asked to do so by someone.
"This is what you want me to do, to create a CP with Jiang Lin?"
Tao Xing sneered: "I will cooperate with you!"
Tao Xing guessed correctly, this "before departure" CP was indeed promoted intentionally by someone.
Jiang Lin had ulterior motives when he joined the crew. He had known for a long time that the drama would not be popular. However, the result was unexpected. The drama became very popular and everyone became famous, except him.
He was the most famous before joining the group, but now, almost everyone in this group has caught up with him, especially Tao Xing, who has surpassed him by a lot.
If everyone rushed in together, there would be no problem, but if everyone became angry and only he rushed in, he would not be able to overcome the psychological barrier.
Moreover, for some reason, he suddenly had no film contracts recently, and the two people he had signed previously also withdrew.
There were some shoddy film offers, but he didn't want to take them, and quality directors were unwilling to use him.
It's not because of this drama that he failed. Those famous directors who rejected him didn't say it, but they were actually a little confused in their hearts. They suddenly felt that Jiang Lin's acting skills were not as good as rumored. After watching his previous award-winning films, they couldn't find any problems, but they just had a sixth sense that he didn't act well.
The director trusted his own instincts and did not dare to use him rashly for fear of damaging his reputation.
Jiang Lin has his own studio. The studio team was extremely worried and busy for several days. They came up with a risky idea for him: to create a gay CP.
They first bought a trending search to test the waters and see how netizens reacted, and then persuaded Jiang Lin: "This is the current traffic code. Since the heroine is in love, let's change the track. Isn't Tao Xing a new popular actor? Let's stick to him."
"What if he doesn't cooperate?" Xiao Wang said. He knew very well that Tao Xing had rejected Jiang Lin's confession.
"Impossible. Although Mr. Jiang's play failed, he has a solid foundation. It won't do any harm to Tao Xing if they are tied together. I believe he will cooperate." said the agent.
"He will definitely cooperate, and he might even be happy." Another assistant said, "You don't know, Tao Xing has always had a good impression of our teacher Jiang." This assistant went to the crew with Jiang Lin a few days ago. "But, isn't this unfair to teacher Jiang? Teacher Jiang clearly told that person at the time to stop pestering him, because Teacher Jiang doesn't like him."
Assistant Xiao Wang's breathing paused slightly, and he secretly looked at Jiang Lin's expression.
The agent replied: "It's just hype. It doesn't matter whether he likes it or not. Of course I know that Teacher Jiang doesn't like him. Could it be that Teacher Jiang likes men?"
Xiao Wang swallowed softly and dared not say a word.
Jiang Lin was silent for a moment, then said, "Ask him what he said."
"I'll contact his agent right away. You all said he has a crush on Teacher Jiang, so I'm sure he won't refuse. This is a win-win situation. Anyone who refuses is a fool." The agent was confident.
However, after a phone call, the agent's face changed: "He refused to cooperate and cursed, saying that cooperating with us is useless."
Everyone: “…”
The room was silent for a moment. After a pause, the agent waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's think of another way."
Xiao Wang didn't dare to say anything and secretly looked at Jiang Lin. He saw that although he had no expression on his face, he clenched his fists.
After a moment, Jiang Lin said coldly: "That's the solution, let's do it this way."
"Ah?" The agent was startled, "But he won't cooperate..."
"We will hype it up unilaterally and make it popular. He will have to cooperate even if he doesn't want to. Once the CP fans reach a certain scale, I don't believe he will dare to sabotage us in person."
"This..." The agent was afraid of the risk, "Forget it..."
"Let's do it. I'm the boss and I have the final say." Jiang Lin interrupted.
The agent was surprised: "Okay." He listened to his boss's decisive tone, and for some reason, he thought of a sentence.
A forced melon is not sweet.
After cursing, Tao Xing put down his phone and planned to have a good sleep for three days to prepare for the next world.
The green forest is ethereal and quiet, with candle smoke curling around. Disciples in green Taoist robes are meditating and practicing.
In the small courtyard, Aying sat from early morning to dusk.
As the sun's last rays enveloped the mountains, it gently stroked its heart and felt another emotion.
Suffocate it, make it lose its mind, make it restless.
I don’t want to sleep, I don’t want to talk, I don’t want to do anything. The water droplets and bright lights that I usually love seem dull.
It knows the name of this emotion, which is missing.
When they were separated for a few days in the past, it did not have such feelings. It only knew that it wanted to see him as soon as possible. But now, after a day in the mountains, it suddenly understood that the feeling was longing.
Another human emotion.
It sits quietly, quietly feeling the painful longing.
The wind blew in through the window frame, and the small lamp on the table shook twice. I don't know if it touched the switch, but the light lit up and flickered like a firefly.
Ah Ying looked at the light for a long time, then he picked up the lamp and put it in a drawer. Also carefully placed in the drawer was the photo.
Then, it stood up and walked step by step to the residence of the Taoist priest.
It always walked very slowly, and even slower when standing upright. It walked for more than an hour before reaching its destination. It pushed the door open and said, "I want to go."
A Taoist almost fell off the futon: "You just got here."
"Yes, but I want to go."
Rudao shook his head: "There is no place for you in this world. Do you want to live a life of hiding? Or do you still want to stay with Tao Xing and let him hide you?" He frowned, "But he wants you to stay here. If you go find him, maybe he will send you back."
Ah Ying was stunned.
After a long while, he said, "I want to leave."
It seems that what I said just now was useless. The Taoist asked again: "Have you decided?"
Ah Ying tilted his head: "Decision."
"Then..." Rudao stood up, "If you leave now, there is no turning back. The offering ceremony is irreversible and can only be done once. Once you enter the mortal world, you can no longer be offered sacrifices, and you will lose the chance to be a human being. However, when you become a human being in the future, you can go down the mountain at will. Why not wait a little longer? A hundred years is really not a long time for you."
Ah Ying raised his hand and gently touched his heart: "A hundred years later, he will no longer exist in this world."
Without him, my life is meaningless.
I think... I am by his side now, even if I can't see his face clearly, I don't want to only know him from photos a hundred years later.
I want to be with him in this world for decades, not be alone for tens of millions of years.
I…miss him.
"Have you really decided?" Ruyi Dao Ren confirmed again.
"Decide."
"Okay." The Taoist sighed, "You can't take away the aura of offerings in the temple. I'm going to take it back. You need to wait for three days before you can leave."
Ah Ying tilted his head: "Okay."
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