translator: Eve
The people in the audience exchanged looks. So people even shifted their heads closer together to whisper in astonished tones.
The host didn’t expect to hear a reply like this but she couldn’t let the awkward silence continue out of professionalism. She smiled and pretended to be excited. “Film Emperor Xue has always had a good sense of humour, as evident by what we’ve seen today.”
Song Xuanhe’s smile didn’t reach his eyes as he t Xue Mian’s gaze. He could see the seriousness and provocation in the other’s eyes.
“Song shao,” Xue Mian smiled, a deeper aning hidden in his eyes, “What do you think?”
Song Xuanhe raised a brow. As expected of Film Emperor Xue, who had an outstanding family background and who only entered the entertainnt industry for fun. If it were any other celebrity, he would take it as them trying to get more publicity by saying this. No celebrity would dared to gamble their careers over soone so out of their league. Even if the celebrity was brave enough to do it, their companies and managers would stop them. It was clear to see that Xue Mian was serious.
However, Song Xuanhe wasn’t angry. There was a complicated feeling in his heart.
It was probably because Xue Mian was the only person who was deeply attached to Xiao Yuanmu, whether it was in the original novel or reality. As for the other pursuers, they could be split into two groups: either Song Xuanhe didn’t know whether they had t Xiao Yuanmu yet, or they were simply coworkers, pure friends or business partners.
When Song Xuanhe thought of this, he beca distracted. He couldn’t help but ask the System：【Xiao Yuanmu has seven pursuers in the book. From what I’ve seen so far, Xue Mian is the only one who’s really tried to court him. The rest of them are definitely not interested in him. Forget Guan Zhi and Wei Chen, Yu Yan is entangled with Zhou Nan and shows absolutely no interest in Xiao Yuanmu. As for Hoffman and Zhang Siwei, they’re just business partners. Who’s the last one? Has he t Xiao Yuanmu yet?】
The System said：【It’s normal for your appearance to have changed many things. Everyone, including Xue Mian, fell for Xiao Yuanmu when he was single. You’ve been with Xiao Yuanmu all this ti. Even if you’re not in the sa country, everyone knows that you’re together. Naturally, people aren’t going to go after the boss who’s already taken. As for the last person, he was actually the first one to et Xiao Yuanmu. You’ve also been in contact with him.】
Song Xuanhe paused.【What do you an by that?】
The host thought that Song Xuanhe was angry when he didn’t respond to Xue Mian’s question. Regardless of whether it was Film Emperor Xue, who everyone in the industry knew had a powerful background, or Song Xuanhe, who she couldn’t afford to provoke even if he wasn’t dating Xiao Yuanmu, she didn’t dare to offend either one of them. All she could do was feign surprise as she shifted the topic. “Song shao, it seems like you really didn’t co here for Film Emperor Xue’s sake. It seems like our investor, Mr. Song, really believes that this movie will do well.”
“Hahahaha, right, right, right. He is very confident in this movie of mine. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have decided to invest after seeing the script.”
Huang Cong, who had realized that the atmosphere was odd for a while now, spoke up at once. He was the sa as the host—he couldn’t offend Xue Mian or Song Xuanhe. However, he was closer to Song Xuanhe, who he thought had a good eye for talent. Furthermore, there were few people who had more impressive backgrounds as Song Xuanhe. That’s why he had decided to stand on Song Xuanhe’s side if anything were to happen.
It was clear, however, that the host was a quick-thinker and intended to skip over this. Being able to avoid offending both parties would be the best case scenario.
Huang Cong’s dark, round face had a smile on it as he tried to diate the situation. “You guys think that he’s joking but he’s been confident of my film for a long ti. I wasn’t confident at first. It was Song shao who gave confidence.”
“I see!” After that incident, the host didn’t dare ask too much about unrelated things. She promptly followed along with Huang Cong’s words: “Mr. Song, can you tell us about your opinion of the movie?”
Song Xuanhe smiled. “I already told you my opinion. I thought that this script had good prospects. I also believe in Director Huang’s abilities. I am thus confident in the movie’s box office performance.”
“Hahahahahaha, I used to think that Song shao was just joking. It seems like our film really will do well!” The host didn’t dare to probe for more details. She promptly stood up and returned to the stage. She then asked Xue Mian, “Film Emperor Xue, I rember that you’ve been working overseas recently. Why did you return to China to accept this role?”
Xue Mian’s smile was gentle. “Probably because Song shao and I are interested in the sa things.”
The venue fell silent. At this ti, everyone could tell that Xue Mian hadn’t been joking. But no one knew why he was brave enough to public ally announce that he liked another person’s boyfriend. His earlier words could have been cut out or treated as a joke. But now that he’s said this, his company would have to pay a big price to cover it up.
——The dia was willing to make up groundless rumours for attention. Now, they had proof. Even if the mainstream dia outlets on scene were able to control this, it would be difficult to prevent other people from speaking or monitor other people’s recordings. Furthermore, aside from the dia outlets and investors, they had also invited other people into the audience. The people who constitute the audience were not ordinary people. They would not necessarily yield in the face of Xue Mian’s company.
To sum it up, everyone here thought Xue Mian had gone insane.
Song Xuanhe, however, wasn’t surprised that Xue Mian would say sothing like this. The first ti Xue Mian had t Xiao Yuanmu, he had known that he was dating Song Xuanhe. He had not hidden his interest in Xiao Yuanmu despite that. After he went to Arica, he set up frequent encounters with the other man without any care of anyone’s opinions. He did what he wanted.
Xue Mian had also done a lot for the sake of winning Xiao Yuanmu in the book. One of which was leaving the entertainnt world and going ho to take over his family’s company. He wanted to be able to help Xiao Yuanmu out.
Xue Mian seed like he was gentle, serene and easy to interact with. But actually, he was the type of person who would be undaunted by anything as long as it was for the sake of the person he liked. It was within Song Xuanhe’s expectations for him to say such a thing in front of all these people and for him to eventually leave the entertainnt industry.
The host weighed her words carefully because she didn’t know what Xue Mian wanted to do. Furthermore, she didn’t know what Song Xuanhe, who had been silent all this ti, was thinking. She was afraid of offending one of them if she were to accidentally say the wrong thing.
Huang Cong was cursing Xue Mian inwardly, however, for not considering their current situation. When they had been filming, he had been passionate about the film and had been professional the whole ti, not putting up any airs. He had also been really easy to get along with. Huang Cong had never expected that he would screw up so close to the end.
Furthermore, did Xue Mian have any clue just who he was offending? Even without Xiao Yuanmu, Song Xuanhe’s family was not any worse off compared to the Xue Family. Now, there was Xiao Yuanmu. Huang Cong had been able to see how much Xiao Yuanmu liked Song Xuanhe with one look the one ti they had t. The two of them were in love but Xue Mian was insistent on coming between them. When the big shot decided to shut out Xue Mian in anger, would his film still be able to air?
As he thought of this, Huang Cong’s determination to hug Song Xuanhe’s thighs strengthened. He was about to speak up for Song Xuanhe when he heard Song Xuanhe say, “I don’t think that’s the case.”
Everyone except Xue Mian held their breath upon hearing Song Xuanhe’s unclear worlds. So small reporters who had snuck in also pulled out their phones, intending to record this scene donw. They had already thought up of their headlines: A rich young master and a film emperor have a cat fight over this man?!
It didn’t matter whether their headline was in poor taste or not. As long as they paired it with photos of Song Xuanhe and Xue Mian, it would be a huge scoop.
Just as they thought that Song Xiao Shaoye, who was rumoured to be extrely overbearing and arrogant, was about to tear into Film Emperor Xue, all they heard him say was, “If our taste is similar, you should have worn clothes by my studio today. Would you be interested in accepting an endorsent by my studio? I think that your aura would fit my new seasonal collection very well.”
Huang Cong, who was waiting for the opportunity to help Song Xuanhe out: ….
The dia who were secretly anticipating a big scoop: ….
Xue Mian, who was prepared to face Song Xuanhe’s anger: …
It was one thing for a fight to nearly break out at an official premiere, but why did it suddenly turn into a business deal?
“I…” Xue Mian opened his mouth. He really didn’t expect for Song Xuanhe to not follow the rules of common sense. His ‘I’ trailed on for a few seconds but he couldn’t co up with an appropriate reply. His gaze towards Song Xuanhe beca complicated. About ten seconds later, he continued, “I can’t make the decision on my own now. But I will ntion it to my company.”
“Sure.” Song Xuanhe nodded. “We can talk then.”
Everyone was stupefied when they saw that the two people, who had seed to have their swords drawn, were really talking about work.
The host, who had learned her lesson, reacted the quickest. She quickly flashed a smile and said, “Film Emperor Xue and Mr. Song both seem to love their jobs very much. But we’re here today to talk about the movie that will be premiering. Let’s return to the main topic….”
The host continued to speak while Xue Mian examined Song Xuanhe in the audience. He swallowed down his words and rescinded the emotion in his eyes as he replied to the host’s questions. Everything returned to normal….
After the premiere, Song Xuanhe and Huang Cong chatted for a while. Xue Mian then walked over after the conversation started to die down. He raised his glass to Song Xuanhe and said, “Song shao, let’s talk.”
Huang Cong glanced at Xue Mian and then looked at Song Xuanhe. After seeing Song Xuanhe nodding, he tactfully left.
“About Xiao Yuanmu?”
Song Xuanhe didn’t need to guess what Xue Mian wanted to say. He went straight to the point.
“Yes,” Xue Mian replied. “I really like Xiao Yuanmu, more than I ever thought I could. Until the two of you marry, I will fight you fair and square.”
Song Xuanhe raised a brow. “Fair and square? Can you even et with him?”
Xue Mian fell silent. An emotion Song Xuanhe didn’t understand flickered through his eyes. “I will be quitting the entertainnt industry soon. My family’s company has a cooperative agreent with a subsidiary company under the Xiao Family. I will naturally have the chance to et him in the future.”
Eve: Once again, lighting a candle for Xue Mian…. You don’t even stand a chance and are just wasting your ti.
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