Since Sheng Xing Ze's popularity began to rise abruptly, more and more endorsements contacting Tao Yi Ning for a chance to work with him. She had selected a few well-developed ones and handed them to Sheng Xing Ze for consideration.
"I always feel that your endorsements should not be in the lower end status. Once "Twins" gets released, you will become one of the A-List actors. If you happen to get an award for it, your status will only keep on rising. At that time, more and more global brands will look for you as their representative. I still think that it's not a good idea to have you endorse a mobile game."
Sheng Xing Ze returned all the endorsements to Tao Yi Ning, "Then there is no rush. I'm not short of enthusiasm and money for the time being, so I won't take any endorsements."
Tao Yi Ning nodded at him, "Actually, I think the same way, so I will help you decline them all, you just need to focus on acting."
After talking about the endorsement, Tao Yi Ning looked at Sheng Xing Ze's face and paused.
"What's wrong?" Sheng Xing Ze asked after noticing Tao Yi Ning looked at his face and sighed for an unknown number of times.
Tao Yi Ning pursed her lips, there was a rare sight of lonely flashed through her strong look, "Yu Bai told you that he want to retire?"
"Yeah," Sheng Xing Ze nodded.
Tao Yi Ning looked at Sheng Xing Ze's face, "Xing Ze, I can feel that although your acting skill is really good, your heart is not with this career. After you achieve your goal, I believe you will do the same as Yu Bai. This acting career is not your long term goal in life."
Sheng Xing Ze could not refute, and nodded towards Tao Yi Ning.
"According to your current development, it is only a matter of time that you will get the Best Actor award. I just think after Yu Bai is gone, and you are gone too, I'm the only one left in this circle," Tao Yi Ning sighed.
"Sister Tao," Sheng Xing Ze called out to her, "You are scared."
Tao Yi Ning was not embarrassed when Sheng Xing Ze saw through her, "Yes, if I can't find a good talent like you in the future, my reputation as the golden manager will disappear." She joked.
"Sister Tao, haven't you thought about doing something for yourself?" Sheng Xing Ze asked.
"When you two are both retired, I will go traveling, and maybe I will find a good seedling," Tao Yi Ning raised her eyebrows proudly.
Sheng Xing Ze smiled and nodded, Tao Yi Ning can have her own happiness, and he is also very happy for her.
**
The Golden Grape Film Festival was held in the Imperial capital. In addition to Sheng Xing Ze from the "Twins" crew, Yun Zi Bo and several supporting actors also participated. Ye Shuang Yang for the first time let the whole crew take a day off.
On the day of the film festival, the crew sent a car to pick up Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai.
"Director Zhang, long time to see," Sheng Xing Ze and Zhang Chao gave each other a hug. He hadn't seen the director since he finished filming. He and Zhang Chao are on good term during the filming of "Xing Lan", and he failed to participate in "Xing Lan" premiere. Sheng Xing Ze also felt a bit regretful during the early publicity of the film.
Zhang Chao stared at Sheng Xing Ze for a bit, and the expression of satisfaction in his eyes became stronger and stronger, "It's a pity that my daughter is still too young, or it would be nice to have you as a son-in-law."
The other people in the car responded, saying something similar to asking Sheng Xing Ze to wait for ten years to get married.
Sheng Xing Ze did not respond to those, just smiling at Zhang Chao.
This time "Xing Lan" has had several nominations, in addition to Sheng Xing Ze being nominated for Best Newcomer, Yu Bai for Best Actor, Zhang Chao for Best Director, and most importantly Best Movie nomination.
After talking with Sheng Xing Ze, Zhang Chao smiled and asked Yu Bai: "Does Yu Bai have the confidence in taking another Best Actor award home?"
"Film Emperor Yu should keep a low profile, and give more opportunities to the newcomers, right?" Sheng Xing Ze answered for Yu Bai.
Zhang Chao's "son-in-law" joke just now made Yu Bai a little uncomfortable, but no one here knew about their relationship. Sheng Xing Ze worried that Yu Bai would vent his irritation at Zhang Chao on an impulse, and hurriedly spoke on his behalf.
Yu Bai quietly drew small lines in his palm, which meant that Sheng Xing Ze did not have to worry.
Sheng Xing Ze bent his fingers to hold Yu Bai's fingertips, turned his head and smiled at him.
The two people huddled in the small corner of the car, although they did not speak, the look in their eyes made the people next to them unable to start any conversation with them.
The limousine driving "Xing Lan" crew stopped in front of the red carpet. When Zhang Chao got out of the car for the first time, there was a small commotion around him. When Yu Bai got out of the car, the scream covered the whole area. The security guards could barely maintain the order of the scene, preventing fans from getting closer.
Fans screamed Yu Bai's name, and occasionally one or two other people's names were quickly overshadowed by Yu Bai's fans.
When Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai walked on the red carpet side by side, he heard a small "Sheng Xing Ze" mixed with countless "Yu Bai" sounds.
He looked in the direction of the sound, smiled and waved to the crowd, not surprisingly, aroused the enthusiasm of the fans again.
The shot of the red carpet is the signature wall. Sheng Xing Ze signed Yu Bai's name without a hitch. Yu Bai glanced at him, took his pen and wrote Sheng Xing Ze's name.
The rest of the crew did not expect that the two of them would dare to do this in front of the live camera. Although they were not sure about the relationship between the two, they also noticed something from the atmosphere in the car earlier.
Zhang Chao took the lead in signing the female lead's name, and the female lead also wrote someone else's name. No one wrote their own name on the wall.
The audience staring at the live broadcast was in shock by this interesting behavior. At first they saw Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai doing this, and thought that they might have discovered some big news pretty soon, who would have thought that the whole crew was also doing the same.
--Am I the only one thinking that the whole crew was trying to cover up Xing Xing and Yu Bai's lovey act?
This comment received the most likes and was pinned as the top comment in the live broadcast, and most of the people who liked this comment are CP fans of the two people.
Even after everyone in the crew entered the scene and disappeared from the fans' sight, the live broadcast audience did not get to see any gossip, but only the shout of "Yu Bai" name echoing around for a long time.
When he found his seat and sat down, Sheng Xing Ze without a doubt was assigned to be next to Yu Bai, and Hui Si Yong was on his other side.
Zhang Chao quietly switched seats with Hui Si Yong and approached Sheng Xing Ze to ask, "Is there something going on with you two?"
Sheng Xing Ze looked at him with a smile and did not say anything, Yu Bai was also acting very calm and unfaded, but Zhang Chao immediately understood the meaning in their eyes, and pointed at them both with an ambiguous smile.
"When the time comes, you have to invite me to your wedding, since I'm the matchmaker in this one."
Sheng Xing Ze blushed and nodded, he felt somewhat embarrassed now when talking with Zhang Chao.
"What did Director Zhang say?" Hui Si Yong returned to Sheng Xing Ze's side, and asked in confusion after seeing Sheng Xing Ze's slightly red face.
"Just tell me to relax." Sheng Xing Ze finally recomposed himself. At this time, Yu Bai's fingers quietly touched Sheng Xing Ze's, and the two people quietly interlocked their fingers in front of the camera.
Sheng Xing Ze's body froze for a while, he glanced sideways at Yu Bai's face, and could not help being shocked by his poker face. If it were not because of Yu Bai holding his hand, Sheng Xing Ze would have never thought that Yu Bai would be the type to do such a sneaky act.
He clenched a fist to cover his mouth and pretended to cough, concealing the corners of his mouth that he could not help but curved up.
"Brother Sheng, did you catch a cold?" Hui Si Yong had already heard Sheng Xing Ze coughed several times, and could not help asking out of concern.
"My throat feels a little uncomfortable," he answered Hui Si Yong accordingly.
"This cough drop is very good. Brother Sheng, you are most likely to be on stage tonight, it's not good that your throat is not feeling well." Hui Si Yong stuffed a cough drop in Sheng Xing Ze's hand, staring straight at Sheng Xing Ze as if he would not let go if the man did not take it.
Sheng Xing Ze could only pop the cough drop in his mouth, enduring its unpleasant taste.
"The taste is really bad, but it does the job," Hui Si Yong whispered.
Sheng Xing Ze showed him an understandable expression, and when he turned his head to Yu Bai's side, his expression was a little out of control for an instant.
Knowing the truth, Yu Bai could not help but smile. Sheng Xing Ze saw the gloating expression in his eyes, and he secretly squeezed harder on Yu Bai's hand, which was holding his own.
Yu Bai glanced at Sheng Xing Ze, and childishly compared their hand strength in the camera's blind spot.
The game finally ended with the victory of Yu Bai's luck over Sheng Xing Ze, at this moment, the stage was about to announce the best movie.
"Do you think we can win the award?" Sheng Xing Ze asked Yu Bai in a low voice.
Yu Bai shook his head, "The possibility is unlikely. The production of "Xing Lan" is very good, but the plot itself lacks depth and is incompetent compared to others."
"Not even the Best Actor?"
Yu Bai's fingertips scratched Sheng Xing Ze's palm, "You are the most likely to win the award in the whole group."
As Yu Bai said, "Xing La" missed the Best Movie and Best Director awards, and the Best Actor was also taken away by an actor whose acting skills were not as good as Yu Bai's but his character in the movie was more tense.
Sheng Xing Ze wrote the word "Awesome" on Yu Bai's hand, and Yu Bai also replied a few words on the other's palm.
Before Sheng Xing Ze had time to make out the words, the itch on his hand made him shrink.
Write it again.
He pulled Yu Bai's hand over and wrote down these words. When he looked up at Yu Bai, Sheng Xing Ze did not see anything wrong on his face. This person seemed to have no itchy cells.
Yu Bai wrote those words again in Sheng Xing Ze's hand.
This time Sheng Xing Ze recognized it, and the man wrote these six words "you will definitely win the award."
Are you sure?
!
There was only one exclamation mark in reply to Sheng Xing Ze.
The corner of Sheng Xing Ze's mouth curved up, and he even thought about asking Yu Bai for a reward if he won.
"The next award is the Best Newcomer Award of this year." The big screen behind the host began to broadcast the nominated newcomers.
All members of the "Xing Lan" crew could not help but stand up. This is their last hope. The first three awards were taken away from them. If they could not win this last one, the box office during this period is bound to be affected.
Hui Si Yong grabbed Sheng Xing Ze's arm, more nervous than the person involved, he would have been trembling his legs if it weren't for the camera.
Sheng Xing Ze patted his hand and motioned for him to relax.
Yu Bai let go of the hand and clasped Sheng Xing Ze's fingers, and wrote "good luck" in his palm, smiling while waiting for the award-presenting guests to announce the final result, there was no anxious look on his face.
The award-giving guest opened the envelope with the name of the winner, with an expression of expectation on his face, "the winner is an actor I like very much."
He made a joke and caused everyone in the audience to laugh.
"It is Sheng Xing Ze who won the Best Newcomer Award."