The next day, in the banquet hall of Liangji Villa.
The spacious and bright main hall was packed with people, and even the surrounding aisles were crowded with staff, security guards and reporters with cameras and flashes of light.
Various media outlets and major investors, creative directors, supervisors, producers, and provincial and municipal leaders invited by the crew arrived in Yinling yesterday. After staying in the city for one night, they arrived at Liangji Villa in the morning.
Although the opening ceremony is just a formality, it is still an indispensable part of the early promotion, so the crew still prepared it very carefully.
At this time, the theme of the opening ceremony of "Searching for the Light" was displayed on the big screen in the middle of the stage. The provincial leader in front of the microphone had been speaking non-stop for nearly ten minutes. All the actors and guests in the audience had actually lost interest a long time ago, but because of the presence of the media, they had to put on a fake smile in front of the camera and pretend to be listening with great interest.
Song Yecheng and Zhuang Yan were both sitting in the front row. At this moment, his eyes were looking at the stage politely, but his thoughts had already drifted far away.
——He was thinking about what Jiang Que said last night.
Last night, Jiang Que only left a sentence "I wish you good luck" before closing the door, but the "next plot" he mentioned before and the meaningful look he gave No. 28 gave Song Yecheng unlimited room for imagination.
What is he implying?
Could it be that those girls on the 28th are going to cause some big trouble?
After an unknown amount of time, thunderous applause brought Song Yecheng back to his senses. The leaders on the stage finally finished their speeches. The emcee expressed his gratitude and gestured for the audience to move outside to prepare for the incense-burning and ribbon-cutting process.
Everyone stood up and the surrounding media began to move away.
Because a special media interview time was arranged after the ceremony, the reporters did not rush over to disrupt the process. Instead, Douzi, who had been staying in the logistics area, took advantage of the chaos to sneak up to Song Yecheng, handed him a bottle of water, and then poked his elbow, indicating that he should look to the front of the crowd.
Song Yecheng followed his gaze and saw two people chatting in the corner. One of them was Gu Yun, the director of "Heaven Will Snow". He had a good personal relationship with Zhuang Yan, so it was not surprising that he came here to show his support. But what was strange was that the other person he was chatting with was... He Jingsheng, the prince of Tang Yao Company.
"Why is he here?" Song Yecheng asked Douzi in a low voice.
He hadn't seen He Jingsheng for a long time since the filming of "The Snow Queen" was completed. Even the last time he heard his name was because of the Tang Yao incident.
Douzi's original intention was to remind him that Gu Yun was here, so that he would remember to go over and say hello after the meeting, but he didn't expect him to say that. He said in confusion, "Ah? Isn't he Director Zhuang's friend?"
"I'm talking about He Jingsheng." Song Yecheng said.
"Oh, him," Douzi hadn't noticed He Jingsheng was there before, and only now did he take a closer look at him. "Didn't their company also participate in the investment? They sent representatives to join in the fun, right?"
That was true, but Song Yecheng knew that He Jingsheng, a second-generation rich man, did not like to get involved in these matters in the past. Even if their company sent a representative, it would most likely not be him. Moreover, it would require him to travel all the way from the capital to the suburbs of such a small city, which was totally not something He Jingsheng would do.
At this time, the crowd had followed the security instructions and left the banquet hall in an orderly manner, heading towards the outdoor venue arranged in the garden area. Song Yecheng took out his mobile phone and casually glanced at the unread messages. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Douzi poked his arm again to signal him to look up.
Song Yecheng looked up again and saw that He Jingsheng had finished chatting with Gu Yun at some point. He now walked very naturally to Xu Yi and was talking to her with his head tilted. Xu Yi nodded frequently with a smile in her eyes, and seemed to be in a very happy mood.
Douzi jokingly said, "Well, the case has been solved, so he's probably here to visit the set again. What's this, Aquaman? He was so diligent in visiting Tang Yao back then, and now he's visiting Xu Yi again. So he's signing up to visit everyone he wants?"
His voice was not loud, but Song Yecheng still symbolically tapped his forehead to remind him not to speak without restraint.
He has no right to interfere in other people's private affairs and is too lazy to do so. Not to mention that He Jingsheng is neither married nor has a girlfriend. Even if he does, it has nothing to do with him if she insists on having an affair.
Garden area, outdoor venue.
The media that moved here earlier had already set up equipment around. Prepared fruit offerings and statues of gods were placed on the altar in the middle, and a banner with the words "Good luck in the start of filming" hung on the top, and cameras covered with red cloth were placed below.
Burning incense and worshiping gods is actually a very superstitious thing, and not many people believe in it. But since all the crews do this, Zhuang Yan didn't do it out of the ordinary and just followed the tradition.
After almost everyone had arrived, Song Yecheng, who was standing in the inner circle, couldn't help but look around - he hadn't seen Jiang Que since this morning, and until now he still didn't know whether he had come to attend the opening ceremony.
However, before he could find the person, Zhuang Yan's voice came from the front: "Chengzi! Come over and burn incense!"
Cutting the ribbon for offering sacrifices to the gods was a fixed procedure that had remained unchanged for thousands of years. Song Yecheng walked over as he was told and cooperated in doing what he was supposed to do. Only after he took off the red veil for the camera and the fireworks that replaced firecrackers were twisted to cheers from all around, the procedure was almost completed.
Before the cheers had died down, Zhuang Yan had already called for everyone to take a group photo. After the seats were almost arranged, he suddenly turned around, looked around, raised his hand and shouted in a certain direction, "Hey, Teacher Bai! Come on, come on, take a photo!"
If sound could be visualized, his voice would be like a sharp arrow, "whoosh" pulling everyone's attention towards the target -
At the edge of the crowd, next to the rockery in the distance, Jiang Que, who was wearing a mask and looked like an ordinary passerby, was originally leaning against the rockery, but was caught off guard by the arrow hitting him in the forehead. He suddenly stood up straight, just like a new recruit being publicly called out by the company commander.
The astonishment in his eyes at that moment was so dazzling that Song Yecheng could sense his helplessness from a distance. He was hesitating whether to go over to save the situation, but he saw that he had already lowered his eyes and avoided all gazes in the spotlight of the crowd, and then he took a step and walked towards him through the gap made by the crowd.
For many years, Bai Ye Ling's low-key and mysterious personality has not only aroused the curiosity of book fans and netizens, but even the all-pervasive media has been helpless against this invisible man. No one expected to suddenly see him in person today.
The reactions of the people around were exactly the same as those of the actors in front of the villa last night, except that the scene this time was even more grandiose.
Countless whispers of surprise, doubt, and uncertainty rang out from all directions, like fragmented sound effects playing the background music for his short journey.
However, this is not the climax.
When he and Song Yecheng were pulled by Zhuang Yan, one on each side, to stand beside him and raised their hands to take off their masks, the entire venue was like a pot of hot oil being poured into it. All the whispers instantly exploded into exclamations and uproar.
"Holy crap! Is he really Bai Ye Ling?!"
"This beauty is too amazing!!"
"Are you sure it's not some actor?!"
"Are you kidding me? Bai Ye Ling is so young?!"
The clamor grew louder and louder, but Jiang Que seemed oblivious, maintaining a detached, indifferent air from beginning to end. Beside him, Zhuang Yan wore a proud smile, like an old man proud of his youngest's success in the imperial examinations, absorbing the exclamations and applause from all sides.
Beside them, Song Yecheng's mood was surprisingly complicated and subtle. Deep down in his heart, he firmly believed that what he was experiencing now was the treatment that Bai Yeling should have enjoyed but had been delayed for many years, namely, being praised, looked up to, and even being madly pursued. But now, looking at the pairs of golden eyes around him, he couldn't help but feel a little childishly unhappy, thinking, "It was obviously me who dug out the treasure first, and now the whole world is watching it."
Amidst bursts of exclamations and noise, the group photo of the crew was frozen in the flash and camera.
The photo flew out at the speed of light along with the ubiquitous electronic signal, like a seed thrown into the soil of the Internet, taking root and sprouting at a crazy growth rate invisible to the naked eye, and breaking through the soil in the blink of an eye.
——"Bai Aoshi?!"
In the Yinling City Pet Hospital, Jin Yue exclaimed in surprise as she stared at the group photo of the crew that had just been released by the media.
In the comment section under this Weibo post, besides the congratulations of "Good luck in starting the filming", countless sharp-eyed netizens have been howling for a long time:
Yecheng Buji: I finally saw my city! Bro is so handsome today! By the way, who is the little brother to Director Zhuang's left? I don't think I've seen him before. Does my village have internet?
[There's a temple on Fangcun Mountain: You're not alone! I want to know who he is, too! I want all his information within three minutes! I'm paying a lot of money to get a class representative to explain everything!]
[Poetic: Oh my god, what kind of beauty is this? How could this beauty still not have a name? I won't allow it!]
Erhai Bujianyun: Ahhh, I suddenly miss graduation photos with names on the back! Why only post photos without introductions? Editor, are you ready to lose your job?
Seeing that no one knew his identity, Jin Yue was even more anxious than the person involved, and couldn't wait to type out a comment:
Jin Yue Jun Xi: He's Bai Ao Shi, sisters! He's the amazing little brother who went to the veterinary hospital with Song Yecheng! P.S. Yes, I'm the one who ran into Song Yecheng!
Just a few seconds after she clicked send, Jin Yue's phone started ringing like crazy, with countless likes and message notifications making her panic.
[Yunhui: What the hell?! I'm so impressed with the blogger! When I read the post, I was so disdainful, wondering how amazing a beauty could be. Oh my god, it smells so good!]
[A Slightly Unsmiling Yet Alluring: The blogger has excellent taste! But are you sure his name is Bai Ao Shi? I can't even find him. ToT!]
Speaking of this, Jin Yue herself was also confused. She clearly heard Song Yecheng shout out "Bai Ao Shi" with her own ears, but she didn't expect that she couldn't find anyone after trying this name and all its homophones. She even began to suspect that she was hallucinating.
At this moment, a new reply appeared under her comment:
[A little unknown in the industry: Haha ...! I can't help it, so I'm going to reveal some secrets in the industry (please don't tell me, thank you). I was at the opening ceremony, and this person is Bai Ye Ling! As for the Bai Ao Shi you heard... If I'm not mistaken,
As soon as this was said, all netizens’ first reaction was that they were enlightened, and a row of “!!!” popped up in their heads.
I see! Haha ...!
The second reaction was: Wait...Bai Ye Ling?
Which Bai Ye Ling? !
Could it be Bai Ye Ling, the man whose books are bestsellers both at home and abroad, who has been mysterious for years with no news leaked, and who seems to be nowhere to be found?!
In an instant, Weibo exploded.
Half an hour later, three hot topics emerged on the hot search list:
[Looking for the light and turning on the camera, Bai Ye Ling suddenly appeared]
【Listen to the beauty of the world in the night】
[You could rely on your looks, but you chose to rely on your talent! ]
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