Chapter 80: Dad and Mom Gu's Domineering Protection of Their Child
Ever since "Childhood Variety Show" failed twice, Gu Yunshuang has been almost completely whitewashed, with only one thing left: "poor acting skills". Because except for the first role in which he did not have much acting skills and his appearance was the only reason that made him famous, Xinchao Entertainment later gave him roles in commercial blockbusters that were bad, and he has not had any other good works worthy of praise, so his fans cannot whitewash him even if they want to.
It wasn't until this movie, which he filmed shortly after his debut, was broadcast that Gu's fans were excited.
Who says their acting is bad? Look at that long list of actors. If it weren't for this list, who would have guessed that he played all these roles? Who could have guessed!
Netizens were saying, "I can't tell. I really can't tell." The characters in the film all look completely distinct, except for Cheng's grandfather and father, who look very similar to Cheng, making them look like three generations of a family. At the time, audiences were amazed, wondering where the director had found two veteran actors who looked so much like Gu Yunshuang to play Cheng's grandfather and father. They didn't realize there was no need for additional actors. Gu Yunshuang managed to pull it off.
He can also play the role of grandma.
Later, the director revealed in an interview that if the mother and adoptive mother had not been in the same frame with the father and adoptive father, Gu Yunshuang could have played the mother and adoptive mother as well.
When asked why Gu Yunshuang took on so many roles, others, such as the male and female protagonists, only took on three roles at most.
The director said with a smile, "When Xiao Gu started learning acting, he showed great talent and spirituality. We were all happy to teach him, and he loved acting. After playing Ah Cheng, he felt that it was not enough, so he took the initiative to take on the roles of Ah Cheng's grandfather and father. Later, the crew couldn't find a suitable actor to play the grandmother, and he wanted to give it a try, so he took on the grandmother role as well. After that, he took on other smaller roles whenever he had time. He was the busiest person in the entire crew."
The male lead also laughed and said, "He's really addicted to acting. We all work so hard, but he's just having fun. And he's having a lot of fun."
The director also sent the film abroad to participate in competitions. A few days later, the good news came that the film had won an award. Gu Yunshuang also won the Best Supporting Actor award in a very prestigious international award.
The movie became a huge hit, with many viewers unable to resist watching it again and again. Many small details made the film feel different when rewatched after knowing the ending.
Ah Cheng's inner struggle and sense of disconnection made me think he was truly crazy and erratic the first time I saw him. Later, I realized he wasn't crazy, but rather struggling with himself. His pain was unfathomable.
So he could just gently and patiently help the lost little boy find his parents, and then turn around and brutally bury alive his good brother who helped him escape from the police.
The director's evaluation of this character is that although the person is in the mud, his heart yearns for light.
The Easter egg at the end of the movie is that the authorities, based on the clues left by Ah Cheng, have wiped out the drug lord's overseas dens and cooperative stockpiles. His parents, holding his portrait and his grandparents, whose backs are only visible, cry out in tears at the place where the plane crashed: "Ah Cheng, you're home!"
The audience cried even more bitterly, and many wives were inspired, and fan fiction and fan art about Ah Cheng popped up like mushrooms after rain.
The most famous one is an illustration of Ah Cheng lying in the mud in despair with scars all over his body, but looking up at the bright moon in the sky with tears in his eyes. On the full moon, the grandparents, parents and little Ah Cheng's family are in a happy picture.
The audience burst into tears again: Woohoo, Acheng is not dirty at all, you are brighter than moonlight.
Gu Yunshuang once again became the white moonlight in the hearts of the people. This time he did not play the kind of ethereal role like a banished immortal, but the audience felt that he was the true white moonlight.
For several days in a row, the top trending searches were all entries about the movie and Gu Yunshuang. Even the male and female protagonists stayed in the middle and lower positions of the trending search list for several days, and various announcements and invitations continued to come.
Netizens completely forgot about Xu Qingya and Jiang Mingshuang. Those who remembered immediately thought of Ah Cheng's fooled fate, and thought that if Gu Yunshuang had not been lucky enough to meet Gu's parents, his fate might have fallen into the same quagmire as Ah Cheng. They were suffocated and hated the Jiang couple and the robbers even more.
Xu Qingya and Jiang Mingshuang were so scolded by netizens that they dared not go online anymore.
Gu's father and mother also became the nation's good parents. No one dared to talk about their background anymore. Those who had previously questioned their character and thought they were a burden to Gu Yunshuang also deleted their comments and apologized.
Gu's father and mother also had very complicated feelings. In the past, when other people heard that Gu Yunshuang was their son, they would only praise them for being blessed to have such a good son like Gu Yunshuang. Now, the situation is reversed. They all say that they saved Gu Yunshuang, and that Gu Yunshuang is so lucky to have such good parents like them.
Gu Yunshuang also said with a smile in the interview that God could not bear to let him become Ah Cheng, so he let him meet Gu's father and mother.
He and Sister Hua's lawsuit against Xinchao Entertainment went to court, and they both won and received a substantial compensation. Xinchao Entertainment's CEO was soon sentenced to death for murder and money laundering, and other Xinchao Entertainment executives involved received sentences ranging from ten years to life imprisonment.
The Jiang family's competitors did not hold back, and the Jiang family soon declared bankruptcy.
Xu Qingya still has a lot of personal assets. If she lives frugally, it is enough for her to live a bourgeois life for the rest of her life.
But she was used to spending lavishly and had no way of saving. She was also deceived into investing by a rich lady she was on good terms with. Not only did she lose all her money, she also owed a huge sum of money. Even the forced auction of the Jiang family's villa and her jewelry could not fill the hole. She could only ask Jiang Mingshuang to pay off her debt.
Jiang Mingshuang didn't have much money. After failing in the entertainment industry, his reputation was completely ruined. He couldn't enter the entertainment industry, and he didn't know how to do any other job. He was just living off his savings. The little money he had left was not enough to fill the hole for Xu Qingya.
In order to get rid of Xu Qingya, this heavy burden, he encouraged Xu Qingya to find Gu Yunshuang.
After all, she was the one who gave birth to Gu Yunshuang and raised him until he was two years old. Both legally and morally, Gu Yunshuang should support her as his biological mother.
Gu Yunshuang is a public figure, so he should pay more attention to moral behavior and absolutely dare not do anything unfilial. Unless he doesn't want to be a star anymore.
Xu Qingya was persuaded.
Soon, many marketing accounts appeared online and started to expose how miserable Xu Qingya was now, and how regretful she was.
Some people also took pictures of her being surrounded by people chasing debts. She was homeless and almost driven crazy. She looked so pitiful.
An internet celebrity used his mobile phone to live broadcast and asked her if she regretted anything. She covered her face and cried and admitted her mistake. She also said that she really hoped Gu Yunshuang could forgive her and that she would be a good mother in the future.
Netizens were very happy to see this, and these online platforms saw that so many people liked to watch this, so they naturally promoted it aggressively due to the traffic.
Soon everyone knew Xu Qingya was in dire straits, while her abandoned son was a huge star. It was rumored that the film's compensation was a profit-sharing scheme, and with the film being such a huge hit, Gu Yunshuang must have also made a killing. This is a classic example of a face-slapping, cool story.
But soon, the direction of public opinion on the Internet began to change.
People always can't help but sympathize with the weak, especially when the weak has a son who is as strong as him.
More and more moralists stood up and accused Gu Yunshuang of being unfilial from the moral high ground. Xu Qingya was indeed an incompetent mother, but no matter what, she gave birth to Gu Yunshuang and gave Gu Yunshuang a life. She could not repay her kindness. How could Gu Yunshuang be so cold-blooded and watch her biological mother in trouble without helping?
There was even a program that specialized in resolving family conflicts that approached Xu Qingya, offering to mediate between the mother and son. They even confidently stated in front of the camera that blood is thicker than blood, and broken bones are still connected by tendons. Xu Qingya had already gotten her retribution, and as a son, Gu Yunshuang shouldn't be so narrow-minded. He should let go of past grudges and live in harmony as a family.
There are also more and more “saint” speeches appearing on the Internet.
"That's enough. How can a mother and son hold grudges overnight? Xu Qingya has already regretted her mistakes. As a son, Gu Yunshuang should also stop while he's ahead. Caring for one's biological mother is a fine tradition that has been passed down through the millennia in our Flower Planting Family."
Even if he still felt estranged and unwilling to reconcile with his biological mother, he could still help Xu Qingya repay her debt and give her some living expenses for her retirement. After all, this amount of money was just a drop in the bucket compared to his current wealth, so he could just consider it as repaying her kindness.
He is cold-blooded, heartless, unfilial, and unjust. His mother was so poor she had to pick up trash, yet he wore gold and silver jewelry, ate delicious food, and only cared about enjoying himself. How could such an unfilial person continue to be a star? He only teaches children bad things. Such a corrupt star should be banned.
Of course, the majority are still sober. Many people have not forgotten how Jiang Honghui and Xu Qingya treated Gu Yunshuang in the past. If it weren't for Gu's father and mother, Gu Yunshuang might have become the Ah Cheng in real life. Therefore, more people on the Internet still speak for Yunshuang.
However, the topic of filial piety has always been very sensitive among flower growers.
In the eyes of the older generation, filial piety is paramount, and there are no wrong parents in the world. Even if parents make mistakes, children should not bear grudges.
It is too much for Gu Yunshuang to live a carefree and happy life without caring about his biological mother's life or death.
Even though many people initially sympathized with Gu Yunshuang and understood his actions, over time, their hearts could not help but lean towards the vulnerable Xu Qingya, thinking that no matter what, Gu Yunshuang should provide humanitarian assistance to Xu Qingya, otherwise it would be too cold-blooded and ruthless.
Xu Qingya also saw the opportunity and cried bitterly to Gu Yunshuang online, apologizing and begging for his forgiveness. After all, she was once a movie queen, and when she played a sad drama, people could not help but cry along with her.
Everyone was waiting for Gu Yunshuang to give an answer.
Unexpectedly, the first person to respond was not Gu Yunshuang, but Gu's father and mother.
Mother Gu pushed Father Gu, who was still sitting in a wheelchair, and in front of the live camera, she firmly responded to those comments that asked Gu Yunshuang to forgive Xu Qingya for supporting her biological mother.
Gu's mother asked Dr. Edward to testify that Jiang Honghui and his wife had known for a long time that Gu Yunshuang was their biological son, but they took advantage of Gu Yunshuang's most difficult time when his father was in a coma, and used Gu's father's treatment issues to threaten Gu Yunshuang to work like a slave for him and be beaten and scolded.
Mother Gu recounted the difficulties she had faced in raising Gu Yunshuang.
When they found Gu Yunshuang, he had a high fever and would have been rendered insane if he had been taken to the hospital later. His body was covered in wounds and he had various ailments. At the time, the couple's income was very meager, and they could only support themselves after working hard all day. However, they still gritted their teeth, saved money, and insisted on taking Gu Yunshuang to see a doctor, raising him with great difficulty, and sending him to school.
"Old Gu and I have worked hard for half our lives, spending more than ten years of our lives, and finally raising our child to such a good age. And this Xu girl ran out to pick peaches right after she saw the fruits were ripe. Why?"
"Just because she gave birth to Shuangshuang? So what? She was the one who abandoned Shuangshuang first. If it weren't for us, would Shuangshuang be alive and well now? Do you think that after working so hard for most of our lives, does that mean we have to raise a child for someone named Xu?"
"Will everyone in the future just give birth and not raise the child? Just throw the child out on the street and not care whether the child lives or dies. Let others pick him up and raise him, while you live a carefree life for ten or twenty years, and when you are old and can't walk anymore, you look for abandoned children to take care of you in your old age? Someone will help raise the child, and you don't have to put in much effort, and your child will take care of you in your old age. How wonderful! In the future, no one will have to raise a child. Whoever raises a child will be the real loser, right?"
"Bah! We didn't work hard for most of our lives just to be the biggest scapegoat for that Xu guy! Let's put this out there, Gu Yunshuang, if you still consider us your parents, you're not allowed to care about that Xu guy! There's also an old saying that goes, saving a life is like giving birth to a second parent. We are your biological parents, and you have nothing to do with that Xu guy, and you're not allowed to!"
Father Gu wasn't good with words, so he kept a serious face as he said to the camera, "I've already consulted a lawyer. Yun Shuang was adopted by us through proper procedures. Legally, he no longer has any relationship with his biological parents. He only needs to be filial and support us, his parents."
Netizens were shocked by the tough response from Gu's father and mother.
But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that what Gu Ma said makes a lot of sense. To hell with humanitarianism, the idea that it’s hard to repay the kindness of giving birth! If that were true, those non-biological parents who worked so hard to raise their adopted children, and then the biological parents came to reap the benefits without giving anything, wanting to take the children back and even have them provide for their old age, who could stand it?
Since the legal relationship has been completely severed, it's completely severed. What's the point of even talking about humanitarianism? If everything is labeled humanitarianism and the innocent are forced to endure injustice, what's the point of even having laws?
Online public opinion was almost overwhelmingly one-sided, with everyone believing Xu Qingya's calculations were clever and that this kind of perverse trend must not be allowed to continue. Otherwise, if everyone were to learn to manage children's births without caring about raising them, wouldn't society be in chaos?
There are also many voices that think that Gu's father and mother are too domineering and ruthless, and they prevent the mother and son from being reunited.
Gu Yunshuang was very touched, knowing that Gu's father and mother did not want him to suffer any injustice, so they deliberately acted as villains.
The metaphysics conference finally ended. Qi Yue saw this farce as soon as he came out and was so angry that he wanted to teach Xu Qingya a lesson.
However, Gu Yunshuang held him back, then turned around and filed a criminal complaint, accusing Xu Qingya of abandonment.
When the news spread online, the entire network was shocked. Gu's father and mother were already tough enough, but they didn't expect Gu Yunshuang to be even tougher.
Xu Qingya was really panicking this time, and she immediately tried to find Gu Yunshuang to beg for mercy, hoping that Gu Yunshuang would withdraw the lawsuit. But she couldn't find Gu Yunshuang at all.
Thanks to the fact that she made such a big fuss, the entire Internet was paying attention to this matter. In order to calm down public opinion as soon as possible, the judiciary had to speed up the trial of this case.
The evidence was irrefutable, as Xu Qingya abandoned Gu Yunshuang despite knowing her life was in danger. This behavior could have easily provoked the kidnappers, leading to their killing. She had previously allowed her nanny to abuse her child, a serious offense, and was quickly sentenced to five years in prison.
Without Xu Qingya causing trouble, life has become much quieter.
Qi Yue finally faced the high school entrance examination, which made him very embarrassed.
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