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Chapter 584: Zhou Yi's Three-Wheeled Motorcycle

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"I love you, not just for your beauty.

"I love you more and more; every glance touches my heart~

"Because you let me see Forever, I finally understand myself.

"In the days to come, we must cherish them well~"

The next evening, at the filming location of the "Gui Cang" production team in the Imperial Capital.

On the lawn dressed as a wedding scene, Zhou Yi sat before the piano in a suit and leather shoes. His meticulously groomed hair was impeccable; the sunset dominating the skyline dyed the man's handsome cheeks red, and from the side, he even faintly bore a hint of bewildering "divinity."

The loud singing was melodious; under the accompaniment of a pure piano on site, it possessed a beauty of returning to simplicity. The emotions that built up layer by layer and then exploded reached their peak after the female lead, portrayed by Chen Qiaoen'en, appeared on the red carpet in a pure white wedding dress—

"Forever love, Forever love~

"I just want to use this entire lifetime to love you~

"From now on, you will be all~~

"The reason for happiness~"

The sun sets, the white bride.

At the wedding scene where the entire crew served as extras, Chen Qiaoen'en, walking slowly into the wedding venue holding an older uncle's arm, completed her final scene in the pure love MV "Forever Love"—

After exchanging rings, she stood on tiptoe and left a tearful, joyous kiss with Zhou Yi, who stood in the groom's position.

A specially invited classical music ensemble played the beautiful melody of "Forever Love" for this perfect wedding scene; even the guests below, knowing this scene was fake, could not help but feel a momentary sense of daze.

"I never expected that Zhou Yi's first marriage in an MV would not be with Sun Yanzi. After this MV airs, some Twin Star fans will surely curse; I can be certain of that."

As a fan who defected from Zhou Yi's former public opinion opponents, Yang Mi's zeal of a convert made her know Zhou Yi's past inside out; naturally, she also understood exactly what those fan groups she mixed with were like.

The most regrettable thing for Twin Star fans was that this damn Zhou Yi failed to give Sun Yanzi a perfect marriage ending in the MVs of three songs: "Today I Want You to Marry Me," "Fairy Tale," and "Between the Rainbows."

The key point is, if there was no ending, fine, but damn it, the three MVs combined couldn't even make up a complete wedding, which was fucking annoying.

In "Today I Want You to Marry Me," they just tried on wedding dresses; in "Fairy Tale," everyone thought they were about to get married, but Sun Yanzi died on the wedding day. Just when Sun Yanzi's album finally followed up with a so-called parallel universe song called "Between the Rainbows," Zhou Yi ended up dying in a hospital bed.

Because of this plot arrangement, Zhou Yi took a lot of scolding back then. But scolding aside, the Twin Star fans back then still felt the advantage was theirs—

After all, the songs Zhou Yi wrote for Xiao Yaxuan at that time had already consciously leaned towards heartbreak and breakups. Things like "No Crime in Heartbreak" and "Give Me a Reason to Forget."

As long as they waited, sooner or later they would get to see Zhou Yi, this damn guy, fulfill the fans' wish and marry Sun Yanzi in an MV plot, and be the first one to marry Zhou Yi.

Now, well, that gimmick is gone; this group is guaranteed to explode.

"It's not that exaggerated, right?"

Tang Yan, who had just finished reshotting the special effects portion of "Blue and White Porcelain" in front of a green screen not long ago, didn't quite understand the battles of the fan circle. She was somewhat surprised and curious that her newly met good sister Yang Mi was so far-sighted.

"It's not exaggerated at all; their cursing is very exaggerated. If you want to know, I can take you to see it when the time comes; we are both in the Imperial Capital anyway..."

Yang Mi, who was currently an internet-addicted girl, quietly crept up to her good sister's ear and whispered an address in a low voice.

Because of the concentrated filming of Zhou Yi's MVs, the relationship between the two of them progressed rapidly; after all, they could be considered peers, both at an age for fun, and both in the Imperial Capital, so they directly developed into best friends.

In comparison, Wen Yongshan from Hong Kong had little in common with the two of them and couldn't chat about many things.

"OK, perfect. The filming of 'Forever Love' has also ended today; everyone worked hard."

Director Ning Hao, who was responsible for directing Zhou Yi's album for the first time, was also very motivated; after reviewing the footage twice and finding no problems, he loudly announced the wrap.

Tang Yan's "Blue and White Porcelain," Yang Mi's "You Were Once a Youth," and Zhou Yi's own "Swallows Return to the Nest" Imperial Capital scenes, followed by Qin Lan's "Writing Poems for You" Imperial Capital scenes, and finally Chen Qiaoen'en's "Forever Love," the multi-threaded progress of the B-side MVs came to a complete end today.

One could only say that youth indeed had good energy; Director Ning Hao's outstanding mental state allowed him to maintain order and control even after multiple MV production teams started work simultaneously, and he even managed to finish filming Wen Yongshan's "New Earth" Imperial Capital scenes on the side.

"Thank you all for your hard work."

Zhou Yi, loosening his tie, also expressed gratitude to all the staff on site, including the actors; moreover, he employed his most skilled superpower of money—distributing red envelopes.

Due to the multi-threaded progress, many staff members and actors sometimes had to pull all-nighters, especially when filming night scenes.

As a good boss, putting aside other things, in terms of money, Zhou Yi was always fully loaded.

"Long live the boss!"

"The boss is awesome!"

"Boss, you're so flashy!"

"..."

Facts proved that the superpower of money was indeed the most effective means to boost morale and win hearts.

The moment Zhou Yi announced the distribution of money, the whole venue erupted in cheers and applause; Yang Mi, this surfing girl, even cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone and shouted out Zhou Yi's famous external combat achievements, her excited appearance showing not a trace of stage fright, whereas Tang Yan standing beside her seemed a bit restrained.

After noticing Zhou Yi's gaze looking over, Tang Yan inexplicably felt a bit embarrassed.

"Yang Mi, you said those words just now, right? Zhou Xun didn't say you would be so disrespectful."

Zhou Yi, walking over, raised the red envelope in his hand and chuckled, saying, "Maybe you shouldn't take this red envelope; go back and find Zhou Xun to have her make it up to you."

"No, that wasn't me who said it just now; you must have heard wrong." Upon hearing she would have to go back to the company to find the big sister, Yang Mi immediately felt extremely guilty.

To be honest, she acted quite convincingly.

To tell the truth, Yang Mi at this period did look very spirited, especially those eyes; the difference was too great compared to the later black-and-red dual-nature top female star who resided at the center of the domestic entertainment public opinion vortex for over ten years.

"Boss, Mimi didn't mean it." Tang Yan, still wearing the leg-showing cheongsam, instinctively spoke up to help, diverting the attention.

Zhou Yi looked at the two of them, his expression somewhat strange.

Did this best-friendship start from his MV?

In the future, if these two broke up and tore each other apart, wouldn't the behind-the-scenes footage of this MV become important material for their shared fans to repeatedly enjoy?

Just as he was speculating with ill intent, Zhou Yi heard a familiar greeting—

"Zhou Yi, I brought the things you wanted."

That highly recognizable rough voice made Zhou Yi turn his head immediately; he saw Jiang Wen, who had jumped down from a military three-wheeled passenger motorcycle, adjust his belt, pat the vehicle body, and then point to the truck slowly following up, saying, "Guaranteed effect, safe and realistic."

Military three-wheeled passenger motorcycles were prop vehicles seen everywhere in war dramas.

Zhou Yi bared his teeth in a grin, laughed, and walked up with a beaming face: "This modification is great; it looks good. Thanks."

"Little brother, when I get involved, how could there be any flaw?"

Jiang Wen felt quite uncomfortable about the possibility of being looked down on.

Zhou Yi, having directly left Tang Yan and Yang Mi behind, had only the truck driver's charisma in his eyes right now. He rubbed his hands together in eager anticipation, about to walk over: "Let me drive one and try."

"Hey, what are you driving? You have a license?"

Jiang Wen, afraid Zhou Yi might cause some mishap, unceremoniously blocked Zhou Yi's truck-driver dream. He gestured with his chin toward the three-wheeler: "Drive your toy car to get your fix, that's safe. You've never even touched a truck, so find a stunt double to pad things out and forget it."

"..."

Zhou Yi shot him a sideways glance. Jiang Wen met his gaze without the slightest weakening of his momentum, his eyes firm.

This was something he had hired people to modify. If something really happened to Zhou Yi, he really wouldn't be able to explain it.

Because of last year's "In the Name of the Father" incident, Director Ning Hao, who wasn't on great terms with Jiang Wen, still put down the work at hand when he saw him coming with the Warner staff, and went to meet him with the camera still rolling—

After all, that was the culture of the circle—if you don't like it, don't play.

"Zhou Yi, can you drive this kind of three-wheeler?"

"Nonsense, I'm very familiar with it."

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes, feeling he might be looked down on. He got on and started the vehicle: "I've watched anti-Japanese dramas too, you know."

Jiang Wen, standing at the front-left of the vehicle, was amused. He flicked the ash off his cigarette: "Watching and actually operating are not the same thing. A newbie easily loses balance on this—"

But the moment the words left his mouth, he felt something was off—

Why does this bastard seem to be hitting the gas?

"No, why is the steering wheel on this thing so heavy???"

Holy shit!

Jiang Wen's hand trembled, and he hurriedly darted aside. The three-wheeler, with its steering wheel turned, also happened to make a turn—

Jiang Wen: "..."

"Move aside, move aside, quickly move aside, this damn thing is a bit hard to control! Hey hey hey!!! Lost balance!!!"

The camera faithfully recorded that the previously peaceful set instantly turned into complete chaos—

Jiang Wen was chased while cursing nonstop; the three-wheeler motorcycle, forcibly changing lanes, also scared Tang Yan and Yang Mi so badly their faces went pale, nearly thinking they were about to be hit. And Zhou Yi, who after the yelling and screaming lost balance with the rear wheel and flipped the vehicle, nearly gave Director Ning Hao a cardiac arrest!

"Zhou Yi! Is Zhou Yi okay? Zhou Yi!"

"It's fine, it's fine, no problem, not a big issue. I jumped off in time before it flipped." The advantage of being tall with long legs was fully displayed at this moment. The "crashed" Zhou Yi felt somewhat emotional.

This vehicle's design has some problems, doesn't fit his ergonomics. When the gas is on, the weight always shifts to one side—how do you drive this?

Jiang Wen, who had gotten a mouthful of cigarette ash, caught up and laughed-scolded: "You can even flip a toy car, and you still want to drive a truck? Wouldn't that mean crashing into people?"

"You're the one who talks too much."

Zhou Yi muttered a word, mentally noting another grievance: "Next time I'll crash into you."

Jiang Wen didn't take it seriously either. He patted the ash off himself and laughed heartily: "Crash into me? Your aim isn't good either, you can't even hit me."

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