Tao Yi Ning's face suddenly changed to a better expression on the other line, "Are you joking?"\n
"Do I sound like I am?"
Tao Yi Ning wanted to say that it sounds like you are, but knowing Yu Bai, this tone of voice meant he was being serious.
She tried to adjust the emotions in her heart down and finally spoke out words she had been suppressing all day, "Not really, isn't that you hate him?"
"I didn't say I like him."
Tao Yi Ning: The thousand-year-old tree[1] has finally blossomed, even wanting to speak on someone else's behalf, you dare to say you don't like him.
But Tao Yi Ning only dared to say that about her boss in her mind, she still did not want to change her job.
"Your fans are speaking up for you; if you help Sheng Xing Ze now, it would mean a slap to the face to your fans."
"Sheng Xing Ze did nothing wrong."
"NG nineteen times?"
"That was because he didn't understand the character's emotion; once he did, every scene was one take."
Tao Yi Ning could not believe her ears, was her boss just praising someone? Yu Bai, whose eyes are above his own head, would one day take the initiative to praise someone, this deserved a celebration of this memorable moment.
"You don't want your year end bonus?"
"I'll make the post," Tao Yi Ning hung up the call after saying that, like a lightning bold she quickly got to her car and drove to the set at once.
She was very curious to see what kind of person is able to have Yu Bai say such good words.
After Yu Bai got a reply from Tao Yi Ning, he sent a message to Sheng Xing Ze, then put his phone down to prepare for his next scene. He told his assistant Yuan Yuan that if Sheng Xing Ze replied, he would like to see it first.
Today's shot was the rivalry between the male lead and the villain, but either of the two leading actors gasped the right feeling.
Yuan Xiu was very happy today; everything on the Internet was proceeding according to his plan. Even if Sheng Xing Ze could find out it was his doings, he did not care, because the company would take his side over a newcomer who cannot make any profits.
During filming, Yuan Xiu's eyes glowed with excitement, he constantly checked his phone at every break time. He could not wait to look at Yu Bai's fans cussing out Sheng Xing Ze one comment after another, feeling completely happy over Sheng Xing Ze's misery.
Meanwhile, Yu Bai's mind was on the person that had not replied to his message. Even if he did not provoke the other, Sheng Xing Ze would come to tease him. Today, the other did not even respond to his message, Yu Bai felt his imbalance reached the apex again.
Zhang Chao looked at the two actors: one could not remember his lines while the other could not get into character. He waved his hand in distress, telling them to take a break to go over their character's emotion.
"Director Zhang, look," an assistant wearing a very unpleasant expression walked to Zhang Chao's side with his phone, "Some fans have started to rip the movie's Weibo."
The Lin Fan and the Yu Fan, who had been besieging Sheng Xing Ze Weibo, did not get a response from its owner, they were displeased with this reaction; so they went to the movie official Weibo page and started to spam with tags such as: #Asking the filming crew to please replace the third male lead# #Please be kind to our Yu Bai#
After seeing this, Zhang Chao got so angry that he almost threw the phone away.
"What this Lin Mu is trying to do, why try getting his way into my movie!"
"And you too, Yu Bai, go and deal with your fans for me."
Yu Bai heard that Tao Yi Ning still had not posted anything yet, he took out his phone and was about to urge her. Right then, Yuan Yuan's Weibo rang a notification.
Yu Bai V: Xing Ze is a promising newcomer. Please be kind to him.
Seeing this Weibo, the Yu Fan immediately divided into two groups in the comment section.
One side stated that their idol has finally spoken up, so this little newcomer may have real potential and is looking forward to his performance.
On the other side, they were sure that their idol only posted this for the filming crew's benefit. Conveniently, the original owner's shots from his previous works got posted, saying this newcomer only knows to glare and to growl, they dare say that he has potential?
Potentialists said this is the first time their idol spoke up for a newcomer; therefore, this newcomer must have some merits.
The two sides were in a heat argument for many hours, but as they expected, bad words about Sheng Xing Ze came to a stop and no one headed to his Weibo to cuss him out.
However, the person in mention was not concerned about this.
Zhang Chao was having a headache with the news on Weibo, seeing Yu Bai's face only annoyed him even more, so he let Yu Bai off for today to cool down his anger.
Yu Bai and Yuan Yuan naturally returned to the hotel.
Yuan Yuan pressed the top floor button of the elevator and the elevator began to rise slowly.
Yu Bai looked at his phone and confirmed that someone still did not reply to his message. After the elevator reached the top floor, he did not go out, but pressed the ninth floor where Sheng Xing Ze was staying.
Yuan Yuan was quite puzzled.
"I'll go take a look, you go back first."
When he arrived at the ninth floor, he looked for Sheng Xing Ze's room in his memory. He was about to knock on the door, when he realized he had just done something that is unlike him, so he angrily withdrew his hand.
The door opened from the inside.
Sheng Xing Ze faced Yu Bai, who was standing at his door like a gatekeeper. He was planning to go to the mall to buy some gifts for his parents. He was thinking of coming home tomorrow to give them a surprise. He did not expect to have such a big surprise when he opened his door.
"Film Emperor Yu is looking for me?" Sheng Xing Ze said, smiling.
"You're thinking too much, I'm just passing by," Yu Bai said with a straight face then turned around to leave. Of course, he could not admit that he came to see Sheng Xing Ze because the other did not reply to his WeChat message. He was sure that if Sheng Xing Ze knew this, the younger man would laugh at him for a very long time.
Sheng Xing Ze hurriedly stopped him and smiled slyly, "Film Emperor Yu is staying at the top floor, there is no way we can pass by each other, don't you think? Actually, you're worried about me, just admit it."
"You're thinking too much, I like to take detours."
"Then, Film Emperor Yu certainly doesn't mind taking another detour by accompanying me to the mall to buy something."
"What makes you think I will go with you."
"You care about me."
"I said I don't."
"Then why did you come to my room?"
Yu Bai could not counter, "I'm leaving."
"Also said you're not..."
"Shut up."
It was because of his fans saying bad things to Sheng Xing Ze, so as their idol, he just wanted to help his fans repenting their mistake, he really did not want to go shopping with this person!
When Yuan Yuan found out that his boss was not in the hotel perimeter, Yu Bai had already left for some time in a car. He hurriedly called Tao Yi Ning to tell her what their boss was about to do.
Tao Yi Ning got informed that Yu Bai and the newcomer went shopping together as soon as she arrived, a strange smile appeared on her face. She became more curious about this newcomer.
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Notes:
[1] A thousand years old tree - meaning someone who is indifferent about everything around him. In terms of love, someone who has never been in love before.