In order not to waste the artists' time, the interviews were divided into groups. This morning, Bai Ye and Qi Xingchen were filming.
Logically speaking, Bai Ye had other work to do and Qi Xingchen could wait a little longer. Therefore, Bai Ye should go first.
However, Bai Ye said, "You go first."
Qi Xingchen did not stand on ceremony. He had just embarrassed himself and wanted to find a place to calm down. He walked into the studio in a few steps.
The assistant director had already adjusted the equipment and was waiting for him.
Qi Xingchen went in and bowed. The assistant director asked, "Are you ready?"
"Yes." Qi Xingchen nodded. "Let's start."
As usual, the first interview was a self-introduction segment.
Because it was a one-on-one interview, there was no need for a big venue. The studio was very small.
The setting was very simple. There were two chairs, a table, and a sign with the words "Let's Travel Together".
Bai Ye was outside and could vaguely hear the voices inside.
"Hello everyone, I'm Qi Xingchen."
The assistant director said, "That's all?"
Qi Xingchen said, "Then I'll add one more sentence. You may not be familiar with me, so just call me Xing Xing."
"Okay, Xing Xing." The assistant director continued to ask, "After your official announcement, many fans said that they want to know everything about you. Do you want to satisfy them personally?"
"What kind of information do they want? Height and weight?"
"You can also add in relationship status and criteria for choosing a partner."
The assistant director was digging a hole for him. Qi Xingchen could tell and quickly waved his hand. "You're setting me up for a blind date so soon!
I'm only 21 and this is my first variety show. Can you let me work for a few years first? "
"Hahaha, okay, you're very dedicated." The assistant director was amused. "Then tell me your basic information."
Qi Xingchen truthfully reported his height and weight. The director pondered for a long time. "That's not right. Your height is 181. Why is it 178 now?"
"181 is fake. I'm only 178.
My manager thinks I'm too short, so he purposely changed my profile and Baidu Encyclopedia. Don't believe those things. "
In reality, Qi Xingchen was about 180cm, but the original owner was shorter.
Seeing him wave his hand again and again with an honest and disdainful expression, the director was once again amused by him. Bai Ye, who was outside the door, could not help but smile.
Following that, the assistant director asked some random questions. Before the interview ended, the assistant director said, "Xing Xing, why did you choose to participate in 'Traveling Poor Together'?"
"To become famous." Qi Xingchen paused. "And …"
The assistant director instinctively felt that this was a point that could be dug deeper. He asked, "Who is your idol?"
Qi Xingchen shook his head. "I can't say. I don't want to ride on his coattails."
"If your idol knows about this, he probably won't blame you. After all, you are his fan."
"It's his business whether he blames me or not. It's my business whether I do it or not." Qi Xingchen did not fall for the assistant director's trick.
In fact, he knew that the male lead could hear him outside. When he was waiting for the recording, he heard the voices inside.
But this sentence came from the bottom of his heart. With the male lead's current fame, he would definitely be stained with scandal while riding on his coattails.
And if he thought about it from another perspective, if his idol was in the male lead's position, he would never do anything that would make him dislike him.
He could not bear to see Bai Ye frown.
No matter how the director tried to dig, he would not say anything.
Later, the director gave up. He stood up and shook hands with him. "Have fun next week."
Bai Ye's interview was much simpler. He could be said to be "Who doesn't know you in the world?" He was just short of being exposed for eating, drinking, and defecating. There was no need to dig deeper.
After finishing the interview, Qi Xingchen was sitting where he had been sitting, playing with his phone in boredom.
Bai Ye slowly walked over, bent his index finger, and knocked twice on the table in front of him. "Why didn't you leave?"
"I was waiting for you." Qi Xingchen quickly put away his phone. "You helped me a lot today. I haven't thanked you yet."
Bai Ye was standing. Qi Xingchen had to raise his head when he spoke to him. When he looked at people from the bottom up with his single eyelids, a shallow crease would appear, making him look especially sincere.
Bai Ye looked behind him. Du Lanxin was not there. He asked in a low voice, "Are you going home?"
Qi Xingchen gave him a rough location.
"Take my car," Bai Ye said. "It's on the way."
Qi Xingchen followed him. It would be a waste if he did not take the opportunity to get close to the male lead.
Bai Ye took a private business car today. It was not the company's nanny car.
Unfortunately, the license plate number was leaked and they were not spared.
As soon as they drove out of the underground garage, a large number of paparazzi and fans rushed up and surrounded the car. They could not drive at all.
The driver seemed to have encountered this many times. He skillfully drove out of the car.
Bai Ye rubbed his throat and opened the window.
As soon as he showed his face, there was a sudden burst of screams outside.
The female fans seemed to be competing with each other. One shouted louder than the other.
"Huhuhu, huhu, look at my husband today. He broke the beauty record again!"
"Brother, are you recording for the Maimang variety show today?
Bai Ye waved to the fans. "It went well. Don't worry."
He had worked until the early hours of the morning to film the commercials. This morning, he went to the recording studio to dub the commercials. After that, he came to the Maimang headquarters. His throat was very tired.
The fans seized every opportunity to ask him questions. He patiently answered them one by one. After chatting for about ten minutes, his voice became hoarse.
Thinking that his true idol had been like this, Qi Xingchen was a little anxious. He quickly opened a bottle of mineral water.
Bai Ye was stunned when he saw the water. He picked it up and took a sip.
This action made the fans see Qi Xingchen behind Bai Ye. One of the girls asked, "Brother, who is he?"
"His name is Qi Xingchen. He is also an artist from Nuoya. We will work together in the future."
"… Qi Xingchen." The girl smacked her lips and said in surprise, "Is he Qi Xingchen from the official announcement of 'Traveling Poor Together'?
Yesterday, someone said that you will be on 'Traveling Poor'. Is it true? "
Before the official announcement, the announcement had to be kept secret. Bai Ye did not answer. He only said, "Well, I still have work to do. I can't chat with you. You should go back early."
After that, he rolled up the car window. The fans' voices of reluctance and dissatisfaction were instantly blocked out.
He turned around and saw that the girl who gave him the water was looking down at the ground. Her expression was very unclear.
"Did they disturb you?" Bai Ye asked.
"No, I just feel that …" Qi Xingchen's voice was muffled. "Your throat is so uncomfortable. You shouldn't have talked to them for so long."
I haven't talked to them for more than fifteen minutes, but they have been waiting for me. If we count from the time I entered Maimang, it should be three or four hours. I can't let them wait for nothing. "
Qi Xingchen was speechless. Bai Ye asked the driver to drive faster. Then he said, "Are you in a hurry to go home?"
Qi Xingchen's fingers scratched at his trousers, but he didn't want to continue speaking. Why did this 2D person have the same personality as his real idol?
If they really liked you, they should be able to hear your tiredness and feel sorry for you.
Unlike now, they don't care about anything else in order to seize the opportunity to communicate with you.
Bai Ye did not know what he was thinking. He took out the mineral water and continued to moisten his throat.
Xiao Man and the others were also exhausted. They leaned back in their seats and closed their eyes to rest. The car was silent.
Halfway through the journey, everyone was suddenly awakened by the driver's voice.
The driver spoke with a northeastern accent. "There's an SUV behind us. Why is it following us?"
Assistant A Lun was a boy with small canine teeth. He looked at the rearview mirror. "It's on the way."
"It's not on the way. It's been following us for four crossroads!"
"Then you can take the lead in front." A Lun hesitated.
The driver immediately turned left and took the left turn at the next intersection.
The whole process happened very quickly. It took about ten seconds.
The car they bought later obviously did not react in time. It slid forward two meters and immediately braked. Then it took the lead at the crossing and chased after them!
Although there were not many cars on the road, everyone was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.
It was very easy to cause a traffic accident by driving an SUV. It was already illegal.
What was even more uncomfortable was that A Lun squeezed out a few words from between his teeth. "It's an illegitimate fan again!"
Illegitimate fans were a kind of abnormal fans in the fan circle. They stole information about their idols and chased after their idols' private lives for fun.
There was once a male star who returned home and found a strange woman lying on the bed. The star was so scared that he almost fainted.
They could do such perverted things. It was a piece of cake for them to rent a car to chase after their idols' private lives.
"Hurry up and get rid of the car behind us." Bai Ye thought for a moment. "Try not to hurt them."
The driver stepped on the accelerator and drove into all kinds of small roads.
The car behind them crazily turned left and right. They were worried about the safety of the car behind them. They were almost at the Qi family's house, but they could not get rid of them.
Bai Ye's address was well protected, so the illegitimate fans had not found it yet.
The most important thing was that they were not going back to his house, but to Qi Xingchen's house.
If they were found, Qi Xingchen would be in trouble.
Bai Ye pressed between his eyebrows helplessly. "Let's go back to the company and get another car.
I'm sorry, I dragged you into this. "
Qi Xingchen clenched his fists and did not say anything. Bai Ye thought that he agreed and ordered the driver to drive to the company.
After driving for a short distance, Qi Xingchen seemed to have made up his mind and suddenly said, "It's the illegitimate fans' fault.
Sir, please stop the car. "
The driver did not know if he should listen to him. As he drove forward, he looked at Bai Ye questioningly.
Bai Ye did not know what Qi Xingchen wanted to do, so he motioned for the car to stop.
The driver pulled over and opened the door. The SUV also stopped. Four girls around 18 or 19 years old and a boy in his early twenties jumped out. Everyone's eyes were shining with excitement.
They thought that their idols were coming down to "educate" them. Most celebrities were afraid of public opinion and did not dare to speak harshly to their illegitimate fans.
Even if they were angry, they would at most tell them about the danger of chasing cars. In the end, they would comfort them and persuade them to go home early.
They could see their idols up close and be "comforted" by their idols. They were killing two birds with one stone. There was nothing to be afraid of!
However, when they saw the person in the car in front of them, they were dumbfounded.
Why was he in their idols' car?
When the boy walked in front of them, they were directly stunned.
Qi Xingchen's face was cold as he said word by word, "Do you really love him?"
On the bustling street, car horns and pedestrians were noisy and ear-piercing.
Strangely, this sentence was not loud, but it penetrated the noise and directly pierced their ears.
"Yes, yes." The girls answered sparsely.
"No." Qi Xingchen's lips curled up, but there was no smile. "This is not love. This is just your own selfish desire.
If you really love him, you should want him to be relaxed and happy. You should want to see him smile, not let him be chased by you like a mouse. "
"… But we don't mean any harm!" they retorted. "We just want to see him!
Qi Xingchen sneered. "Can't you see him anywhere?
Can you see him at the recording site?
Can you see him at a signing event?
Can you see him at a concert?
Do you have to use this method? "
He stared at them fixedly, watching their heads lower and lower. "Compared to loving him, you love yourself more."
"Love yourself more …" the girls murmured. Their faces turned from white to red, and tears kept rolling in their eyes.
They actually knew that this was not good, but they were not satisfied with the relationship between fans and idols.
They wanted to be closer, closer.
The only boy was still unconvinced. He pointed at Qi Xingchen's nose. "Then who are you?
Bai Ye didn't say anything. What right do you have to teach me a lesson? "
Qi Xingchen: "Because I'm Bai Ye's —"
"Because he's my friend."
Before Qi Xingchen could say the word "fan", he was interrupted by a male voice behind him.
Bai Ye had arrived at some point, listened for a long time, and heard something.
He grabbed Qi Xingchen's wrist and pulled Qi Xingchen behind him. He was too lazy to look at the fans. His voice had lost its usual warmth. "Don't do it again, or I'll see you in court."