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Published at 12th of December 2022 10:05:56 AM


Chapter 426

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Zhuo Yichen has won two Best Actor Awards, one Best Supporting Actor Award, and one Best Actor nomination in recent years. The songs he released yearly were very popular, and he also won awards at music festivals. His actual performance was strikingly fascinating. The SJ Boys have stopped appearing together since a year ago. They were too busy and had different development directions. Forcing them together was akin to restricting them. Then they each went flying solo, removed the prefix of the group from their Weibo names and disbanded the teenage group back then. Presently, Zhuo Yichen has also moved behind the scenes as a director. The words ‘celebrity idol’ were basically isolated from him.

How passionate and forbearing fans were to idolize a celebrity? When Zhuo Yichen’s appearances dwindled little by little, not many among the Xingchens actually remained. When it came to the composition of fans, there were various kinds of fans, such as girlfriend fans, Duweis, solo stans, career fans and mother fans. The only ones left among the Xingchens might be true love fans. After all, they loved him no matter what he did. They held no opinion on his decisions, and could continue to like him without seeing him a couple times a year.

Now Zhuo Yichen was really low-key. For five months in a row, he was occupied with directing a movie. As the director for the very first time, he encountered countless problems during the filming and the post production. On average, he only slept four or five hours a day, and spent the rest of his time working. Sometimes the crew would review the shots and reshoot, so he didn’t have time to go home to see his family.

The result of this hard work was remarkable. His film was released on the first day of the New Year, competing with many other excellent films, and bagged 500 million at the box office! The key was that his production cost was only 40 million. As a rookie director entering the field at the age of 23, this return was definitely considered high!

This was a beautiful transcript that Zhuo Yichen handed over for his four years of study and life in university. Even his mentor specially called to congratulate him.

However, this achievement was obviously not brilliant enough in the eyes of laymen. Good films of other people have at least amassed a billion box office, but this film only earned 500 million. It was a flop, ah. Which of the films Zhuo Yichen starred in in the past few years failed to explode? How glorious was he when he won so many awards? Why did he have to be a director to make such bad movies? Look, wasn’t it good that he excelled in acting and made more money, and at the same time let them appreciate his acting skills? What was this?

Because of Zhuo Yichen’s fame, there wasn’t a shortage of this kind of argument online. This was the so-called ‘insider mainly looks at the method and the essence, while the layman can only look at the appearance and the excitement’. As it was Zhuo Yichen’s first time as a director, it was inevitable to have shortcomings. The level of his achievement in directing the movie was already considered impressive. As a result, the netizens who knew how to appreciate it were in the minority. The majority were nitpicking and thought they were doing him a favor. There were even those who claimed to be his career fans, advising him to try directing while acting, as if they knew better than himself the path he should take.

On top of that, people also tagged him on Chu Xiang’s Weibo page. They asked her to persuade him not to mess around. He might be a movie emperor, but not necessarily a good director. It was fine to have fun playing, but he shouldn’t take it as his main job.

Since Chu Xiang went abroad, she has never updated her Weibo. These people who tagged her never thought she would respond. Who knew that Chu Xiang’s Weibo, which had been silent for a long time, was suddenly updated.

 

[ZYC-Xiang V: By all means stay behind closed doors for further study. I will wait for you to come out of retreat splendidly! @Zhuo Yichen]

Such a simple sentence instantly brought everyone back to that summer a few years ago, that summer when the Xingchens posted their transcripts on a large scale and caused a sensational effect. It was just that Chu Xiang said ‘the Xingchens are waiting for you’ that time. This time however, she said ‘I’.

Many of the Xingchens who questioned Zhuo Yichen’s choice, and the former Xingchens who left in large numbers, immediately burst into tears when they saw this sentence. They kept preaching that they supported Zhuo Yichen, who they once liked so much. However, how many of them did not abandon him? And how many have done real support?

How many of them were jealous of Chu Xiang? How many resented Zhuo Yichen’s kindness to her? But in the end, it was Chu Xiang who remained by his side and helped him a lot. They couldn’t say that Zhuo Yichen didn’t give them a chance to be nice to him. Chu Xiang also walked step by step from being a stranger to Zhuo Yichen. Why did she do it? Because she was really strong enough to attract Zhuo Yichen’s attention.

As the legendary Goddess of War, many people thought that Chu Xiang’s words were just the beginning, and those who questioned Zhuo Yichen would be killed next. But she did nothing else. After posting this on Weibo, she returned to her hidden state. On the other hand, Geng Xuan, Xiao Ran and Xia Zhou all liked her Weibo and expressed their support.

Some people said that Chu Xiang might not have the enthusiasm for star chasing anymore, and she didn’t care so much about Zhuo Yichen now that she was busy with her own career. She probably posted this only on the grounds of being business partners. They also said that the three brothers and Zhuo Yichen were plastic brothers. Except for a thumbs up, they didn’t say a word, and they didn’t respond when they were interviewed outside.

But in fact, Chu Xiang and the three brothers all knew that these remarks and doubts were a necessary stage for Zhuo Yichen to be a director. He was indeed a rookie director, and it would be a problem if he was touted everywhere. Now that everyone was an adult and no longer kids, who needed to team up to stand against such online cynicism? In the face of such doubts, only actual performance could always prove one’s ability.

So they all called Zhuo Yichen to congratulate him on the success of his first film and sent him gifts from their respective places of work.





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