"You're not angry?"
Jiang Se didn't expect Xia Chaoqun to have such a reaction, and couldn't help but ask her a question.
She frowned, obviously not wanting to say any unnecessary nonsense, but because Jiang Se asked, she reluctantly spoke:
"If I'm angry, will your father give up the idea of kidnapping?"
Jiang Se was speechless. What's the point of saying this now since it has already happened
She understood the meaning behind Xia Chaoqun's words, and probably felt that she was asking a nonsense question.
"What did Prince Pei say?"
"Ayi is not called Prince Pei." Jiang Se touched his nose and answered obediently:
"It said it would take a while."
"Okay, I got it."
She nodded and picked up the things on the table:
"Don't worry about anything else, just focus on promoting "A Glimmer of Hope"."
A troublesome matter seemed like nothing in Xia Chaoqun's eyes, and Jiang Se breathed a sigh of relief.
There is still one week left before the release of "Silver Linings" and the French Film Festival is coming to an end. There is overwhelming publicity about "Silver Linings" in China.
This movie is the second collaboration between Liu Ye and Jiang Se since "The Devil", which makes the fans who have watched "The Devil" very optimistic.
Those who have watched Jiang Se's performance in "Devil" two years ago no longer have any doubts about Jiang Se's acting skills. However, before the release of "A Glimmer of Hope", some people doubted whether Jiang Se could create a more impressive character than Zhang Yuqin after "Devil".
Many fans of Jiang Se, Liu Ye and Zhang Jing'an also worried about this issue when the film entered its promotion period.
However, as the French Film Festival unfolded, after "Silver Linings" was screened at the French Film Festival, domestic and foreign film critics and commentators from major news media who had seen it in advance had already given it rave reviews.
Shu Peien, who was attracted by "The Devil" at the time, even ignored his physical discomfort and accepted the invitation of the organizers of the French Film Festival to watch "A Silver Lining" as soon as possible. On his official personal homepage, after watching "A Silver Lining", he only posted one sentence: Two years ago, when I watched "The Devil", I was worried that the cooperation between Jiang Se and Liu Ye would be suppressed by Liu Ye's acting skills; two years later, when I watched "A Silver Lining", I found that the two were evenly matched.
Such a film review, even if it does not mention a single word about the plot, is enough to make the domestic fans who are expecting the film excited!
Some people have suspected that Shu Peien wrote such words without mentioning the plot at all, because "A Glimmer of Hope" was unremarkable and only used director Zhang Jing'an and the male and female leading actors as gimmicks.
In response to such doubts, Shu Peien rarely said: "I didn't write the plot, not because I have nothing to say, but because I want to save what I want to say for after "A Lifeline" wins the award and is released in China. I will watch it again and then write a review to share with everyone!"
Such prudence is the only thing Shu Pain has ever experienced in his life.
His move also ignited the expectations of domestic movie fans for "A Silver Lining". The movie has not yet been released and is still on pre-sale, but the pre-sale box office has been rising because of the names of the director and the male and female leading actors, as well as the unanimous praise from major media and film critics.
Domestic audiences are well aware of Zhang Jing'an's name. As an internationally renowned director, none of Zhang Jing'an's films have ever disappointed his fans.
Not to mention that the male lead in the play is Liu Ye, who won the "Best Actor" award at the French Film Festival. In addition, with the support of Shu Peien, Jiang Se, the pre-sale box office of "A Glimmer of Hope" has reached as much as 300 million in just a few days.
Even before the movie was released, there was already a ticket buying craze.
At this time, a rumor about Jiang Se spread in the country.
At the beginning, several influential media released news, pointing out that Jiang Se's dress during the French Film Festival was not pretty, and she seemed to have gained weight and was in poor condition.
Later, more and more media released the same news, and someone even released several photos of a girl with her head down, disheveled hair, and a plump figure, pointing directly at Jiang Se.
With Jiang Se's current popularity in China, once the news was related to her, it quickly fermented and became a big deal. In less than an hour, the headlines of China's entertainment news were almost all: Jiang Se has gained weight and is out of shape, and her clothes are so shabby that she will be thrown out of China!
He Cong was still sleeping when she received a call from her best friend.
She recently took on a manuscript and was working on it. She was busy until about four in the morning last night before she went to bed after washing up. When her best friend called her, she glanced at the time and it was not even half past ten.
She slept for less than six hours, her eyes were red and her breath was bad.
"Have you heard? Jiang Se has gained weight! He has become uglier, and the photos are out!"
Her best friend's tone was a little complicated, but when she heard that it was about Jiang Se, He Cong immediately perked up.
He Cong has been following Jiang Se since her first film was released.
She witnessed with her own eyes how this girl had walked from Zhao Rang's "The Ninety-ninth Love Letter" to where she is today, step by step.
What's strange is that she was obviously not a fan of Jiang Se back then. When she watched "Love Letter", she watched it entirely for Cui Xingcai, but later she never missed any of Jiang Se's movies.
Every time someone said she was a fan of Jiang Se and notified her of Jiang Se's updates, He Cong thought to herself that she was not a fan. She was not like Jiang Se's other fans who frantically followed her every update, quarreled with others for her, refused to watch the movies starring Tao Cen, with whom she was rumored to have a dispute, and even spoke ill of Tao Cen.
She only occasionally went to Jiang Se's homepage to refresh and see if she had any new news.
It’s just that every time Jiang Se released a movie, I would obediently pay to watch the premiere of her movie, and every time I would be amazed by her and couldn’t help but write a film review.
It has been more than six years since Jiang Se entered the industry. He Cong has witnessed this girl stunning his eyes from "Love Letter" and now she is stunning China.
Having observed Jiang Se for many years, He Cong thought he had some understanding of Jiang Se.
She is a very serious girl, which can be seen from the time she entered the entertainment industry at a young age and became famous until now.
Jiang Se has been in the industry for many years and has not produced many works, but each one is a masterpiece and his acting skills are improving at a rate that everyone can see.
At the same time, her studies did not fall behind. She was able to be admitted to the best university in the imperial capital. During the few years as a celebrity, she did not fall behind in textbook knowledge. She graduated from the best university in the imperial capital with excellent results in two subjects two years ago. This required a very strong willpower to achieve.
For a girl of her age, who can balance her career with study and work hard to lose weight for a role in "Devil", with such willpower, how could he not believe that she would easily indulge herself in slovenliness.
Jiang Se is very strict in her own management, which can be seen from her attitude towards study and work.
As a star, she knows very well that she should bring positive influence to her fans, so although she is low-key, she is always radiant every time she appears in newspapers and magazines.
Even when she is photographed in private, even when she is without makeup, she rarely looks listless, let alone wearing the wrong clothes and bringing shame to China!
The first thing that came to He Cong's mind was whether Jiang Se had offended someone and was deliberately slandered by someone. (To be continued)