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Let’s Play a Game (1)
That night, Xi Chengyun’s dinner menu consisted of tomato sirloin, white boiled shrimp, stewed ribs in sour cabbage, and Teihuangyou rice * .
* Teihuangyou (秃黄油) is a famous delicacy from Zhejiang and Jiangsu province. The yellow crab roe and crab paste are taken out from the crab, then sauteed in green onions and ginger. After that, it is left to braise in rice wine and finally topped off with lard and pepper. Teihuangyou is mixed into rice, and the rice is called Teihuangyou rice (秃黄油拌饭).
Qiu Sichuan’s menu on the other hand was a reboiled egg leftover by Bai Qi in the morning, two slices of reheated Jianbing, and two small cabbages. These three items added a sense of luxuriousness to the instant noodles he made for himself.
Lastly, the other guests’ dinner consisted of kebabs. Burnt kebabs, tasteless kebabs, and undercooked kebabs.
Even if most people online were still on Bai Qi’s back, laughter broke out within the bullet-screen comments.
【Poor little thing. I’m sympathetically drooling】
【There’s nothing edible at a BBQ without Bai Qi】
【HAHAHA】
【Sisters, y’all are disturbing my eyes】
After they finished eating, Yang Yiru and the rest started an ‘elderly’ KTV team building session.
Xu Yi was looking at his script, whereas Qiu Sichuan sat daydreaming on the sofa.
【Haih. I thought that the Xi-laoshi couple would be the most awkward. Hey, they had a ‘shot-gun’ marriage alright. And how knew, the most awkward is actually Xu Yi and Qiu Sichuan】
【How should I put this, I feel like the both of them just don’t match】
Before the netizens had much time to leave their comment, the camera cut back to Bai Qi’s house.
The two of them discarded their plates and cutleries into the dishwasher. Soon after, they turned on the projector and started watching a movie.
“What should we watch?” Xi Chengyun asked.
“How bout ‘Ascending the Mountain’?” replied Bai Qi.
‘Ascending the Mountain’ is a movie Xi Chengyun acted in when he first debuted. The movie is set in a chaotic dynasty, telling the story of a group of people who ‘ascended the mountains’ and then became outlaws of society.
In the movie, Xi Chengyun acted as a disfigured General.
The character was in every way, a major villain.
Yet, this was the start of Xi Chengyun’s career.
Through his portrayal of this character, he managed to quash all the industry veterans on set. He became the most eye-catching actor of the year, earning him the title of Best Supporting Male Actor in that year’s Golden Horse Awards.
Xi Chengyun had no objections to Bai Qi’s suggestion.
Thus, they sat together and watched the movie.
【Feng Kui is such an unfortunate character! *cries* 】
【Let me say this again, this little hulijing has so many tricks up his sleeve. He immediately wants to watch Xi-laoshi’s old movies with him】
The female lead was an orphan of the Royal Family who lived peacefully for over 20 years. One day, the tavern where she had been hiding was raided.
She could smell alcohol and blood when she was near the entrance. Before she could turn around, a tall young man slowly walked into the darkness. He carried a silver gun on his back.
He turned around, revealing half of his beautiful face, with another half displaying a hideous and twisted pattern caused by the lick of a red fire snake.
Bai Qi’s lips moved.
【Here it comes. Is he going to make some sharp-witted comment? Hopefully, it’ll be an educated one, or else his corpse will end up being caned by all the film critics】
“Liu Zhi-laoshi’s skills are outstanding. This makeup look is very well designed. Half of it looks hideous and evil, like Raksha who came from Hell; the other half of it, though, creates a striking contrast between the two. The more good-looking the other half is, the more it brings out the beauty and the ugliness; the struggle between the light and darkness.”
“The lighting and shadow techniques in this part of the movie are also exceptionally well done. Gao-laoshi is truly skillful. The camera angles he chose captured you perfectly. It makes it seem as if you were born to be on camera…”
“Are the weapons and accessories modeled after those in Mr. Mengzhi’s ‘Dagger-axe’?”
【???】
【What’s he talking about? F*ck, why am I the one who can’t understand now?】
【Wait, let me do a quick search】
Bai Qi gave a bright smile, biting onto the rim of the cup, his lips glistening with water.
“Your hands are so beautiful, even with blood on them, your hands are still so beautiful.”
【Shit, that sounds so sensual】
【Wuwuwu, I thought the same too when I watched the movie! Xi-laoshi has such beautiful hands!】
【Sisters, I’m back from my online search】
The bullet-screen comments covered the entire screen, whereas over at the other end, a new post was created on the gossip forum ——
《Let’s talk about Bai Qi, the Ultimate Bootlicker》
1L: ‘Ascending the Mountain’ has won two awards, one for Best Director and one for Best Supporting Male Actor. Back then, everyone was praising the director for how well he knew how to film, for he was able to bring out the best in Xi Chengyun. However, not many people knew that they had also hired a Special Advisor to work on set. That Special Advisor was the ‘Gao-laoshi’ Bai Qi mentioned.
Gao-laoshi, full name Gao Rufei, lived abroad for 8 years and studied in a top art & design college. He’s a treasure that I’ve kept to myself for many years! Since Bai Qi brought him up today, I’ll let y’all have a look at the shots designed by Gao-laoshi…
Bai Qi praised Gao-laoshi and Best Actor Xi at the same time! If I were Gao-laoshi, I’d be very willing to work together with Best Actor Xi again!