Chapter 16
As soon as this Weibo post was released, the first wave of comments came not from the traffic fans who had been cursing all day, nor from the Tongze fans who were still confused, but from the passers-by who were on the front line happily enjoying the show.
[Oh my god, it's been shortlisted for Lake City. It's been three years since a Chinese film entered one of those established international film festivals, right?] [It's four years. It was just the Chinese New Year, dear. [laughing and crying]]
I counted and there are 17 films in the main competition this year. This is a testament to the film festival committee's performance. [Eat melon]] Where are those fans who were complaining that the director edited the video to criticize them for trying to gain attention? Come and see, maybe they haven't even been scolded by the director. [Eat melon]] I watched the line reading video. The two newcomers' lines, delivered live while pampering their fans, were very moving. They really have great skills. How can someone with talent not be praised? Is praise the same as flattery? Then who has such a big reputation that the organizing committee can even praise them? [After several years, a film has finally been nominated. Regardless of whether it wins an award or not, I'll contribute to the box office when it's released.] [The title sounds like an art film. I hope the plot isn't too confusing.] [This crew is so low-key. They don't even have an official Weibo account. They're quietly making a fortune.] Immediately afterwards, Yan Dajiang also posted on Weibo, and the official Weibo account of the "Tian Yao" crew reposted it immediately.
@Tianyao TV Drama Crew V: //@Director Yan Dajiang V: I always strive for consistency when directing films. I never criticize individuals, but rather the facts. I praise good work and criticize bad work. I've never scolded Ye Yuze and He Tong because they truly performed well. Why would I scold them? In fact, Liu Qing and Yang Hedong have rarely been scolded, so they haven't been filmed before. That Reuters video was clearly fabricated to fan the flames. I hope everyone won't let it be exploited by those with ulterior motives. This production team reserves the right to sue the producer for maliciously damaging the crew's reputation.
The internet troll army also followed suit, directing public opinion in the direction of "someone maliciously produced false videos and incited fans to cyberbully newcomers."
Afterwards, the actors who starred in "Tian Yao" also forwarded the message and comforted the fans, and the unfair incident on the crew that had been causing a stir for a day finally subsided.
At 6 pm, the long-awaited official Weibo of the "Painter" crew finally appeared and posted the first simple and straightforward Weibo post.
@电影画画V: The 76th Lake City Film Festival, please stay tuned.
The accompanying picture is a movie poster.
The upper two-thirds of the poster features several overlapping watercolor paintings, depicting mountains, forests, the sea, wheat fields, and snowy plains. The transparency is set very low, making the true features unclear. In the foreground is a tilted paintbrush dipped in watercolor.
The lower third of the page was filled with two large, black characters: "Painter." Below that was the production crew: the director was Yu Zheng, the screenwriter was Yu Guang, the starring actors were Ye Yuze and He Tong, and there was a special guest starring column with two relatively well-known middle-aged film actors.
Soon, the three terms "Lake City Film Festival", "Film Painter", and "Painter Shortlisted for Lake City Film Festival" successively entered the top ten hot searches.
The onlookers crawled over from the Xingchen official Weibo and continued the happy discussion.
[A good stream-of-consciousness poster.]
After looking at the staff, I realized the most famous person is actually the screenwriter. Yet this show was shortlisted for Lake City. I'm just too ignorant.jpg] [There are only four main actors, and the last two special guests are probably guest appearances. This is one of the smallest casts I've ever seen. I'm curious about the plot...] [After searching, I found out He Tong is a freshman who got into Yanchuan this year. Ye Yuze doesn't exist, and Yu Zheng's entire body of work is documentaries. What kind of amazing combination is this?] [This is the newbie's aura! I'm betting on a bag of spicy noodles, I'm going to win a prize!]
Although the fans of Tongze who had been confused for a whole day were still in a daze, they finally developed some skills in controlling comments, and they filled the comments with a lot of comments like "Fans are disqualified! I must be the last one to know that my kids are so talented."
Then the first person who posted it was praised by onlookers and became the most popular commenter.
[Hahahaha, the fans of those two new actors are so funny.]
They only post on their own level and don't spread it around to disrupt others, so they should be praised. [Thumbs up] [Today, so many people were criticizing those two newcomers, but none of their fans responded. I have a pretty good impression of them now, so I'll just give them a heads up.] Lingling: Departing after the work is done, leaving behind all my achievements and fame.
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There is a night scene to be filmed today. Everyone in the crew already knew about the reversal on the Internet while they were having dinner. After dinner, when they met Ye Yuze and He Tong, they all congratulated them.
Liu Qing even came to the nanny car to congratulate.
"The public outcry around noon was truly terrifying. I actually wanted to post a clarification on Weibo, but my agent told me to wait for the crew to speak out. She said that even if I spoke out, it would be interpreted as the company pressuring me, which would be even more detrimental to you."
He Tong joked, "Sister Qing, you've been through a lot as a top star, so this shouldn't be a big deal."
Liu Qing sighed, "Only after experiencing it do you realize how painful it is to be criticized. I actually really hope that my fans only find joy in me and don't become resentful because of me. Unfortunately, it's hard to control a large fan base. However, I saw you guys were so calm at the time. You must have known about your nominations, right?"
"Yeah. Director Yu received a notification email from the organizing committee last night, and today we're just waiting for the official announcement on the official website. It was all for nothing anyway, so this reversal will generate much more attention than if we had just announced the news directly."
"Yeah, the mastermind behind this has lost both his wife and his army, but he's only given you a wave of attention. He must be pissed off right now." Liu Qing covered her mouth with her hands and laughed, then lowered her head to rummage through her bag. "Oh, right. I see there's a little redness behind Xiaoye's ears. I think she's allergic to the stuff on her wig. I've had that happen to me before. Take this medicine and apply it, it's quite effective."
As she spoke, she took out a small medicine box from her waist bag.
Ye Yuze was stunned when he heard this, and He Tong was also surprised. He hurriedly looked carefully behind Ye Yuze's ear and saw a red spot.
"Thank you, Sister Qing!" He Tong took the medicine and his tone became much more sincere.
"You're welcome. I'll go put on my makeup then." Liu Qing smiled, waved her hand, and turned away.
He Tong opened the medicine box, took out the instructions and read them carefully for a while. He then wiped his fingers clean with wet tissues before unscrewing the ointment and squeezing a little on his fingertips. He then reached out to help Ye Yuze apply the ointment.
"Brother Ye, why didn't you tell me you were feeling bad? I didn't even notice."
Ye Yuze felt He Tong's fingers spreading the ointment, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
"It's not uncomfortable. If she hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known. It doesn't hurt or itch."
He Tong applied the medicine carefully.
"Apply it for a while first. You'll probably have to wipe it off when you're on camera. After the shoot, go back and take a shower, and I'll apply it on you again."
Then, he said worriedly, "Why don't we go to the hospital for a checkup?"
Ye Yuze couldn't help but laugh: "You're exaggerating. Didn't Liu Qing say that she used to have the same problem, and that she just applied some medicine and it was fine?"
He Tong was still worried, frowning and looking behind Ye Yuze's ears.
"Then observe for two days. If the medicine doesn't work, you still have to go to the hospital."
"It's not that precious. You didn't even seem nervous when you got cut by the sword tip before."
"Why aren't you precious anymore?" He Tong leaned over to Ye Yuze and lowered his voice. "Don't forget you said you would always support me. If I don't take good care of you, I won't have a meal ticket. How can I be so rich and generous as to throw money at others in the future?"
Ye Yuze looked over from the side, moved his fingers, and still couldn't help but raised his hand to rub He Tong's head.
"Okay, keep raising it."
Lingling in the car: Are you two good brothers or just good friends? I feel like even the bodyguards have been fed a lot of dog food this time...
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After finishing work and returning to the hotel, He Tong stayed in Ye Yuze's room until he finished taking a shower and personally applied medicine on him again before leaving reluctantly.
Although he was exhausted after a long day, He Tong was still in a good mood when he thought about the twists and turns online. After lying down on the bed, he casually clicked on his second Weibo account and found that the official Weibo account of "Painter" had already released a 30-second trailer.
The first 20 seconds are filled with breathtakingly beautiful scenery, demonstrating Yu Zheng's skill in filming landscape documentaries. The next 10 seconds are a flashback splice of various shots of Ye Yuze painting, and the final 1.5 seconds freeze on a close-up of his smile, a vibrant energy emanating from those beautiful, slightly narrowed peach-shaped eyes.
He Tong pressed the pause button and stared at the picture for a long time.
He was sure he had never seen this scene.
In other words, he was not present when this shot was taken.
Then, there is only one possibility - this shot is from the scene where the protagonist dies.
He Tong opened the comments and found that half of the comments were occupied by Yan's party. The top five comments were all praising the beautiful pictures, beautiful characters and beautiful eyes. Just for this smile, he would rush to the cinema to watch it one, two, three or four times.
He Tong smiled helplessly. After they finished watching the movie, they would probably all send razor blades to Director Yu.
He clicked "like" and "collect", then went to the Yu Zi Tong Ze super topic to see if there was any new information.
But I found that the latest post was a lottery blog with simple and crude content: to celebrate, follow He Tong and Ye Yuze, like the post, and be at level five or above in the super topic. 200 people will be drawn in three days, and each will win 500 yuan.
He Tong was stunned. Taking out 100,000 yuan at once was quite a bit of a big spender.
The blogger's ID was "Today is Tuesday." He still remembered it, so he clicked on the blogger's homepage and saw that it was the blogger's second post. It already had over a thousand likes, and the comments were filled with fans of the same generation shouting, "Rich sister, look at me!"
Thinking that his fans had been frightened for most of the day, he withdrew and also posted a lucky draw post in the super topic, the content of which was simply copied and pasted from others.
He Tong had heard from Lingling that the fans had been very well behaved today and should be rewarded.
He thought about it, changed to a larger size, and forwarded the trailer of "The Painter".
@贺同v: The painting @叶与泽v drew is mine. [Proud]
Well, today is another day for me to do business and pamper my fans (I can’t help but show off), perfect.
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