Chapter 747
With Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong making their relationship public, what shocked netizens the most was that they hadn't received any wind of it before.
【Where are the omnipotent paparazzi? Why haven't they captured any footage of Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong in the same frame privately?】
【Too caught off guard, I never expected the two to spark, did it come from "Leisurely Slow Life"?】
【To be honest, when I was watching "Leisurely Slow Life," I did feel that Yan Xingdong was quite caring towards Xi Sister Meng Ze.
But Yan Xingdong is the captain; he not only cares for Meng Meng but also for other teammates.】
【How many years have they been dating, and how did they manage to keep it a secret until they made it public? There was no preview at all!】
Netizens complained that the paparazzi weren't effective, but in fact, even the paparazzi began to doubt whether their sensitivity had gone wrong.
Paparazzi also have various peer group chats, and with Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong's relationship being made public, their group was the first to be flooded.
"Did you guys receive the news?"
"It was made public too suddenly; it doesn't look like a scoop bought from other paparazzi. It feels a bit too rushed."
"These two have no contact privately; could it be all online chatting? Are they having an online romance? Hiding it so well?"
"My boss is crazily dissing me for taking money and not doing the job, saying Xi Sister Meng Ze is right there at Chenxi Entertainment, why didn't I follow Xi Sister Meng Ze when I was following Jin Li?
Xi Sister Meng Ze and Jin Li's schedules almost never overlap. Is that something you can just follow along the way?"
The paparazzi were very helpless.
The paparazzi were also very aggrieved, but they couldn't say it.
And the two making their relationship public also brought a little shock to their peers who are celebrities.
Celebrities who compete with Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong's image positioning couldn't help but feel secretly happy when they saw them exposing their relationship.
Those celebrities felt that with this point, they could suppress the other party in business endorsements.
Because brands will consider the opinions of netizens and fans and prefer to use single, high-quality artists with good images.
But every gain has a loss.
The two exposing their relationship will lose a part of the market, but they will also gain another part of the market, which is the couple's market.
In this vast market, there is a large group of netizens who ship CPs, and the audience is exactly this type of group.
This market is currently still a vast blue ocean, with not many celebrity CPs squeezing in.
If they get married, that's another track.
The marriage track will be more crowded, but there are really not many celebrity couple tracks.
After all, many celebrities, once they become a couple, often don't make it to the altar.
Even if they do walk in, they will be exposed for divorce a few years after having children.
But this does not deny that there are many opportunities in the celebrity couple track.
Those male artists who were chasing Xi Sister Meng Ze, seeing the news of her making her relationship public, even if they felt it was very sudden, still chose to let go calmly.
They really didn't dare to be the "other man."
Only the Best Actor Huo Sichen, who had been chasing Xi Sister Meng Ze, was stunned in place after hearing the news, his brows furrowed, feeling that this was fake news.
His agent told him about this, and Huo Sichen denied it without thinking:
"Impossible, this isn't true. This is a smoke bomb Xi Sister Meng Ze deliberately released!
She is still single, how could she be dating? When I was chasing her, she didn't have a boyfriend. They are definitely a contract couple!"
Seeing him so persistent, the agent persuaded him earnestly, "Sichen, regardless of whether they are a real couple or a fake couple, they have already made their relationship public.
You need to restrain yourself. In case you do it too obviously, even netizens will know you want to be the 'other man,' which is not good for your personal image.
Although you are a Best Actor and you are still very young, there is a set of rules in the circle.
As an artist, every move you make outside must withstand the scrutiny of the public and cannot be done as you please."
Huo Sichen's face was livid, and he said again, "They are fake, they must be fake!"
The agent sighed, "Regardless of whether they are real or fake, discussing this now is meaningless. They have already made it public!"
He wished he could shake Huo Sichen awake!
He really didn't know what kind of love potion Xi Sister Meng Ze had fed Huo Sichen to make him so persistent in wanting to chase her.
Clearly, the two had almost no intersection in announcements and had only met once or twice.
How did Huo Sichen suddenly fall in love so much?
This didn't look like his personality at all.
The agent said extremely firmly, "Before, you were pursuing Xi Sister Meng Ze with great fanfare in the circle, which was seen by many artists.
Don't look at those artists smiling at you, willing to cooperate with your announcement adjustments, and willing to create opportunities for you to get along with Xi Sister Meng Ze, and think they are really that kind?
Maybe they are already discussing with their agents how to expose the material of you pursuing Xi Sister Meng Ze before and smear your image!
Sichen, you can't act rashly now. I will take over all your social media accounts later.
You've been tired from running announcements during this period, and it's just about time for the Spring Festival. Go home and rest first, and discuss anything after the Spring Festival!"
Huo Sichen was dazed and stunned in place, not even knowing when the agent left.
He muttered to himself, "This isn't right, it's not right at all with the dreams I had. Xi Sister Meng Ze was clearly mine, we were so in love in the dream..."
After Xi Sister Meng Ze made her relationship public, Jin Li's WeChat received many inquiries from people asking when the two of them got together.
The most explosive one was the Pink Girls group.
Except for Xi Sister Meng Ze and Jin Li, everyone else had a round of bombing to express their shock.
Even Qi Guan Mingzhu, who was diving abroad, was blown out.
Before, she had been diving, seemingly enjoying her cohabitation life with Chen Lin.
Before diving, she also said she must live like a newlywed couple in love, and then pick out Chen Lin's faults.
Because of Xi Sister Meng Ze making her relationship public, she couldn't sit still either, and sent many death questions in the group.
Pearl: 【@Meng Meng, when did you and Yan Xingdong start dating? It wouldn't be a flash romance, right?】
Pearl: 【@Meng Meng, I asked Chen Lin. When he went abroad with me, Yan Xingdong hadn't caught up with you yet and was worried about how to chase you and let you know his heart.
How come it's only been a few days, and you've made it public? You played an underground romance for so long, and even deceived your teammates around you?】
Pearl: 【@Meng Meng, I feel something is wrong. You wouldn't have found Yan Xingdong as a shield, would you? Are you a contract couple?】
Because Pearl's combat power was skyrocketing, the people discussing in the group dived one after another to watch the screen.
Sure enough, the details of dating still have to be broken by people from the same company.
Everyone belongs to different companies, and they only have one or two video calls a month, so they don't understand Meng Meng's situation.
It still has to be Pearl and Jin Li who know a little more.
They ate this melon very happily, and were about to be full.
Burp~~~
Because of Pearl's crazy tagging, Xi Sister Meng Ze, who had been playing dead, finally came online to respond.
Meng Meng: 【It's not a contract romance (shyly covering face)】
Meng Meng: 【Actually, I had a little bit of a crush before. This time he confessed to me, I was very hesitant, but I didn't want to lose this friend even more, so I agreed. I think I should have a crush on him too~】
Meng Meng: 【I think he is a very good person and has a sense of responsibility.
He confessed to me, and I made a request to him, which was to make the relationship public.
As a result, he agreed without hesitation, which made me feel very at ease; he has a great sense of responsibility.】
Meng Meng: 【I don't know why making my relationship public caused such a big shock. It's been discussed for two days and hasn't stopped yet. Hurry up and come up with a new explosive point to cover up the heat between him and me!】
Jin Li got into the car and rushed to the airport, scrolling through the chat messages in the group.
It had been two days since Xi Sister Meng Ze made her relationship public, and Jin Li had also successfully completed the advertising shoot for Yajun watches and was preparing to fly back to Nancheng.
In the hot searches of these two days, five of the top ten were about Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong's relationship.
Netizens were very interested in the dating process of the two.
Even before making the relationship public, there wasn't much material of the two in the same frame, but netizens managed to pick out sugar from the various details in the variety show "Leisurely Slow Life."
Sometimes when Xi Sister Meng Ze went online and brushed up on the detailed scenes of netizens shipping the CP, she felt a bit unbelievable herself.
So, Yan Xingdong was interested in her back then?
She couldn't help but think of what Jin Li had said before.
Which busy male celebrity would suddenly watch a manga he had never understood before, just to have more topics to chat with the other party?
Xi Sister Meng Ze couldn't help but be a little distracted.
So from the day Yan Xingdong asked her to recommend manga, was he interested in her?
Xi Sister Meng Ze couldn't help but share her experiences of getting along these two days in the group.
The two making their relationship public was a sudden tsunami to the outside world.
But for the two of them, it was the beginning of a brand-new relationship.
Like many novices entering love, they carefully managed this relationship, and both cherished each other.
Xi Sister Meng Ze also discovered during these two days of getting along that Yan Xingdong was really a very, very good person.
Jin Li finished scrolling through the messages in the group and sent a mischievous sentence:
【I originally wanted to watch gossip, but ended up eating a lot of dog food, I'm about to be full!】
Meng Meng: 【@Carp, you can still be full? I heard you've been shooting commercials with Gu Cheng recently? You acted together before too? Aren't you two sending sugar every day?
Don't look at other people's dog food, hurry up and post your own dog food to show off!】
Jin Li: 【╮(╯▽╰)╭ I'm afraid there's too much, you won't be able to handle it hhh】
Until she got on the plane, Jin Li was very happy.
Chatting with little sisters is just so pleasant.
Returning to Nancheng, there were only four days left until New Year's Eve, and the bustling streets of the past suddenly became a bit deserted.
Many people working outside were rushing back to their hometowns before the Spring Festival.
Although it was a bit late to clean up and decorate the room now, Jin Li still bought a lot of things back.
Because, this year, she was no longer alone.
Tomorrow, after Gu Cheng finished his shooting task, he would come back to decorate with her.
This feeling was quite something to look forward to.
The next day, Gu Cheng came to her large flat, cleaned up with her, and pasted couplets by the way.
They didn't plan to finish everything in one day like special forces.
Instead, they made a plan to do a little bit every day, and it would be fine to finish before New Year's Eve.
Gu Cheng specifically said, "Let's buy more food this year, I'll make the New Year's Eve dinner."
Jin Li asked suspiciously, "Can you do it?"
Gu Cheng had lived abroad, and his cooking skills were okay compared to ordinary people, but he could only make some relatively simple ones.
He couldn't handle very complicated home-cooked dishes either.
Gu Cheng smiled, "Actually, when I was in school, I followed videos on the internet to learn how to cook.
Every night when you were live streaming your studies, I would turn on your live stream and turn on the food blogger's videos, learning step by step, and I've already been able to make many complicated dishes."
Jin Li was very surprised and gave him a big hug, "Then I must have a good taste of your craftsmanship."
However, the two-person world they wanted to have wasn't achieved.
Because on New Year's Eve, Yan Xingdong and Xi Sister Meng Ze suddenly visited, wanting to spend New Year's Eve together.
Jin Li looked at Gu Cheng, and Gu Cheng shook his head, "I didn't call them over."
Xi Sister Meng Ze held Jin Li's hand with a grin, "I wanted to come over. It's rare that there are no TV station evening gala announcements arranged today. Xingdong and I were bored at home, so we came to find you to play."
Fortunately, when they came, Gu Cheng hadn't prepared the New Year's Eve dinner yet, otherwise the prepared food wouldn't have been enough to eat.
Because Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong suddenly came over, they disguised themselves again and went out to shop quickly.
Jin Li played very happily, feeling as if she was being chased by time, but she felt very sweet while running.
If possible, she hoped time could be frozen at this most beautiful moment forever.
Xi Sister Meng Ze and Yan Xingdong said they came over to play with them, but actually, they just stayed for the day on New Year's Eve, ate the New Year's Eve dinner, watched the Spring Festival Gala, and then left.
Originally, Jin Li had packed a room for them; if Meng Meng came over before, she would stay for a few more days. She didn't expect her to go back so soon.
Sure enough, having a boyfriend is different, huh.
Gu Cheng and Jin Li closed the door and lived their little life again, staying until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year before they each resumed work.
Gu Cheng had to return to the crew to shoot on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, leaving by plane a day early.
And as for Jin Li, she had already received the final finalized script for "Dawn 2: Apocalypse" and was also preparing for the online read-through.
Although Director Chu and the screenwriter finalized the script, as a special effects movie with a huge investment, determining the script was only the first step.
The second step was to produce special effects props and determine the locations for all the scenes that appeared in the script.
The third step was to build the necessary green screens. Some places were a combination of real scenes and special effects, so real scenes and green screens also needed to be combined.
Director Chu hoped that the actors could adapt to the script as soon as possible, so while preparing for the follow-up work, he also stepped up the mobilization of the actors.
But it was difficult to gather all the celebrities together.
After all, this was a blockbuster, and almost every performer with an important role was first-tier, so it was difficult for everyone to coordinate their schedules.
Unless "Dawn 2" was ready to start filming, they would coordinate the schedule.
So Director Chu used online channels to let the actors gather on the internet for an online read-through.
Jin Li looked at Director Chu's emphasis on "Dawn 2" and felt that the read-through might not only be held once, and it shouldn't be as simple as just reading the lines.
Sure enough, when the first day of the read-through ended, Director Chu made a request to all the actors.
"I hope that in this movie, every one of you can use your original voices for dubbing."
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