Chapter 655 A Triple Win: Ye Chu's first feeling was fear.
She never imagined that "The Forest Without Flowers" would become so popular. Both she and Yang Huanyi prioritized the film's award-winning potential over its commercial success. The goal was to finish the film and then aim for the awards. Frankly, it wasn't about box office success or popularity from the start.
If she and Yang Huanyi are completely open and honest with each other, she would naturally be overjoyed to see the netizens' reactions. This proves that the movie is a success.
However, the two were not innocent.
Shang Yechu felt uneasy, guilty, and even timid. She was afraid that the audience would take their relationship seriously, afraid that they would see through the lens to the characters' true nature and discover the chilling truth. She had finally managed to break free from Yang Huanyi with all her might and never intended to step into that river again.
She felt conflicted. On the one hand, she didn't want that precious but less-than-honorable past to become fodder for gossip, to be analyzed and dissected endlessly. This made her feel her privacy was being violated, not only in her personal life but also in the realm of her emotions.
When she felt she and Yang Huanyi had a future, she wanted nothing more than to proclaim their bond to the world. But when she learned they had no future, everything from the past became a bitter, foolish mistake. She had pride, she felt shame, and she didn't want to relive those times of deception over and over again in the mouths of others.
On the other hand, positive online buzz is very helpful for actors to maintain their popularity and for films to compete for awards. Giving up these benefits for your own petty annoyance is even more foolish than being completely fooled by Yang Huanyi.
Shang Yechu wished that the entire world's audience had a pair of homophobic eyes, so they could calmly appreciate the relationship between Zhao Lele and Lin Fengyu, while also seriously separating Yechu and Yang Huanyi from their characters. Ideally, the entire world's audience would think that "The Forest Without Flowers" is a work rich in emotion and full of love, while simultaneously feeling that Shang Yechu and Yang Huanyi were not close.
Shang Yechu was extremely, extremely afraid. Exposing her failed emotions and foolish experiences to others was worse than death for someone like her.
The video call finally connected, and Ji Juntao's face, with dark circles under his eyes, appeared on the other end of the computer screen. He looked tired, but his expression was excited.
"Well done, you old bastard Ye!"
Shang Yechu was momentarily unsure whether the question was sincere or sarcastic: "Are you caffeine drunk?"
"No. I mean it." Ji Juntao lowered his head and sent Shang Yechu more than a dozen screenshots. "The thing you, Yang Huanyi, and her husband did was really good. It went viral not only in China but also on foreign websites! The LGBT movement has been very popular these past two years, and you really caught the wave."
In Ji Juntao's eyes, everything in the world is business. Although Shang Yechu found some of her statements unpleasant to hear, Ji Juntao's bluntness was a sign of his trust in her. In front of outsiders, Boss Ji would never utter such words that would invite endless criticism.
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