Qin Mu shook his head, "I don't hate you."
He felt that getting along with Ling Yang was very good like now. When he was free, he would come to his house for a meal, and occasionally drink two glasses of wine. The relationship was between a friend and a lover.
Ling Yang's eyes turned gray, and he forced a smile, "It's not like you like it, is it?"
Qin Mu continued to shake his head, "No, I like you very much."
The young man's eyes brightened slightly, but he heard Qin Mu say: "I like your changes over the years, and appreciate your perseverance in your career. Ling Yang, you have indeed grown up. As your adoptive father, I am very happy for you." After a pause, Qin Mu lowered his voice and said slowly: "Love will become less loving with time, but family affection will not. I hope you will always be my best and most proud son."
In this sentence, Qin Mu clearly positioned his relationship with Ling Yang as adoptive father and son.
"I understand." Putting away those weak emotions that shouldn't be there, Ling Yang nodded slightly, and said, "Maybe what you said is right." Whether he was stalking or robbing, Qin Mu would He will not accept him, maybe, he should maintain the relatively peaceful relationship with Qin Mu now.
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Since winning the Golden Phoenix Award for Most Popular Newcomer, Xiao Cheng's acting career has been booming. Many fans are looking forward to his concert, but Xiao Cheng has no intention of continuing to sing, and only occasionally sings the theme song for the movies he acts in. .
He seems to have completely forgotten his original dream - to make the best music.
Perhaps because he was too eager for quick success, the news of Xiao Cheng's drama spread like wildfire, and many directors in the industry condemned his behavior. Although it ended with Xiao Cheng's solemn apology at a press conference, it still affected his career. .
Later, the films he made were released one after another. With the high popularity and high box office of Screen Fighter, many people questioned his acting skills. Many of Xiao Cheng's competitors also took the opportunity to hack him. The major gossip forums anonymously post some comments from time to time. The biggest black spot in these comments is being taken care of by high-level men.
The content in that black post was clearly written, with rich pictures and texts, and a few intimate photos of Xiao Cheng and Qin Mu going in and out together. Many people who don't know the inside story will be more or less misled if they read it. Although not many people know about the things Qin Mu and Xiao Cheng have been together, it is not unheard of. Some people fished in troubled waters and revealed the information that Xiao Cheng was taken care of by Qin Mu. Sent to the emergency room of the hospital for treatment.
The black post was placed high on the forum's homepage, and Xiao Cheng's work team had to notify the forum's management to delete the post, and at the same time sued the netizens for defamation. When the news reached Qin Mu's ears, he didn't have any extra thoughts. He could say whatever the outside world wanted to say. As long as it didn't involve his interests, he wouldn't pursue it. Xiao Cheng is different. Once his reputation is affected, he will lose a lot of endorsements, which are directly linked to his interests and future development.
Although Xiao Cheng won the lawsuit later, Heizi's goal had already been achieved, and many people who didn't know the truth thought that he got his position by relying on unspoken rules.
Qin Mu believed that Xiao Cheng did have some talent in acting. Although the first film was his true nature, he did a good job, and he deserved the award. However, the next few films he made were bad commercial films that made money. He had never studied acting, so he couldn't act like the first film. The acting skills in the movie can be imagined.
The movie was bad and the acting skills were poor. In a short time, many sunspots came out one after another. Xiao Cheng was deeply involved in a lot of negative news. He was in a bad mood and went to nightclubs to get drunk. In the end, sunspots found a reason to attack him again, saying that he was a nightclub guy and promiscuous.
Morningside will not let Xiao Cheng's cash cow fall, the public relations team rushed to carry out crisis public relations, and opened a lot of whitewashing posts to whitewash Xiao Cheng. Although Xiao Cheng was hacked miserably on the Internet, not everyone likes to watch gossip in real life, coupled with a large number of fans controlling the field, Xiao Cheng finally survived the dark situation on the Internet.
Seeing that Xiao Cheng was unhappy, Xu Yibai comforted him: "There are only so many resources in this industry. In order to get good scripts and endorsements, many star teams will end up stepping on their competitors. You just get used to it in the future." The singer circle has always been based on Speaking of strength, although there will be intrigue, but it is not as omnipotent as the entertainment industry.
Xiao Cheng listened, shook his head, his voice was very low, almost whispering: "You don't understand, I can't lose." That man must wait to see the day when he falls down, he must not admit defeat, he will become more and more popular , who is more popular than all the artists of Xingyao, he wants Qin Mu to regret Zeng Jin's decision.
It's just that he has always been arrogant and arrogant, and he was angry and powerless when he was splashed with such dirty water, especially when he witnessed how the sunspots in that post jumped up and down with rhythm and slandered him with all kinds of swear words. When he followed Qin Mu before, Qin Mu never let him see the dark side of the entertainment industry. With Qin Mu protecting him, he never had to worry about resources.
Why doesn't he understand his own disadvantages, but if he temporarily stops all activities and chooses to go to film school for further studies, at the speed of the entertainment industry's renewal, he can't guarantee that the audience and fans will still be as good as before after he returns from his studies. support him. Only by maintaining a super high exposure rate and ensuring that he is always active in the audience's sight can he feel at ease.
In the final analysis, he is still the poor boy from the small county town, he is proud and inferior, self-respecting and conceited, he can only gain a little self-confidence by the applause of the outside world. When I was with Qin Mu at that time, rationally told him that Qin Mu was not with him because he was busy with work, but emotionally, he couldn't help thinking wildly, and he would often play with Qin Mu to test Qin Mu's bottom line. If you tolerate him, the more he will worry about gains and losses, Qin Mu is so good, many people show affection to Qin Mu, will he really be with him for the rest of his life
The pressure of his career and the panic of losing Qin Mu forced him to seek comfort in other ways. At this moment, Xu Yibai appeared in his vision.
Xu Yibai was about the same age as him, gentle and kind, even if they had drunken sex once, he didn't hold him responsible. Later, when he encountered bottlenecks and setbacks in his career, he would habitually follow Xu Yibai's advice. There he seeks solace. The relationship between him and Xu Yibai is more like a friend and a confidant. Although he doesn't have as strong feelings for Xu Yibai as he does for Qin Mu, as long as he stays with Xu Yibai, his impetuous heart can be calmed down .
If Qin Mu is a glass of strong wine, then Xu Yibai is a glass of ordinary warm water. He knows that warm water is more suitable for him, but he still wants to drink Qin Mu's glass of strong wine, even though the strong wine will make his stomach burn , he still wanted to return to Qin Mu's side again.
This blow pierced through the armor that Xiao Cheng had been using to hide his fragility. He finally couldn't help calling Qin Mu. In fact, he didn't know what to say to Qin Mu. He was waiting for the call to be answered. When he got up, he even wanted to hang up the phone just like that.
Accompanied by the faster and faster heartbeat, the phone was finally picked up at the last moment when the bell rang.
The man's deep and elegant voice sounded slowly, with his usual indifference, Xiao Cheng could even guess that the man's thick eyebrows must be raised slightly at this moment, and his thin lips naturally opened, "Hello?"
Holding the phone tightly, Xiao Cheng slightly opened his lips, "Qin Mu."
Qin Mu knew it was Xiao Cheng, so he changed his posture, raised his right leg and crossed the knee of his left leg, with a faint smile on his lips, "Why did you think of calling me?"
Xiao Cheng was silent, obviously wanting to show weakness, but his mouth was uncontrollable, and he said harsh words: "I was hacked, lost tens of millions of endorsements, and the few movies I had had their roles changed." , I am like this now, are you very happy?"
Not irritated by these naive words, Qin Mu only asked indifferently: "Do you think I did it?"
Xiao Cheng choked.
He didn't deny that for a moment, he really wondered if it was Qin Mu who was blackmailing him behind the scenes. This time, the whole network hacked him, and the attack was fierce. Obviously, someone had wanted to punish him for a long time.
Qin Mu sneered, and his voice became colder and colder: "If I really want to punish you, do you think you can still act in so many movies and make so many commercial endorsements? I admit, I really don't want you to continue to be popular, but I I won’t use such low-level methods to destroy you. If others criticize you and say that you are being caught by me, then they criticize you for being poor in acting, and you have nothing to refute. You have to find reasons for everything , Which of the popular actors has not been hacked before, improving acting skills is the best way to clean up."
After these words, Xiao Cheng on the other end of the phone did not speak.
He knew that what Qin Mu said was right, he was too eager for quick success and wanted to prove himself to Qin Mu.
Xiao Cheng opened his mouth, his voice was extremely weak: "I... didn't mean that."
"I don't care what you mean." Qin Mu said indifferently: "I have been with you for five years, and I always feel that you will become mature. It turns out that after all these years, you still haven't grown at all." He hit the nail on the head He pointed out: "What did you want to tell me when you called me? Did you come to question me, or did you encounter setbacks and thought of my good, thinking that I would miss the old relationship and give you some comfort and help?"
Qin Mu sneered, his words were full of malice, and said with a smile: "Xiao Cheng, you forgot, we have already broken up, I have no obligation to help you or enlighten you, don't you have Xu Yibai, you should now Look to him for comfort."
What the man said really hit the nail on the head.
The newly scabbed wound in Xiao Cheng's heart was torn open again. His face was pale, and he had to gasp for breath. Didn't he already expect Qin Mu to ridicule him? Why did he still feel so painful after hearing it, or, just like Qin Mu Having said that, he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that Qin Mu could give him strength and courage like in the past.
"Qin Mu, do you still hate me? Hate that I cheated and betrayed you back then?" He armed himself with the last trace of pride and stubbornness, buried the scars in his heart deeply, "I know you must be very happy and proud now, You think I can’t do without you, let me tell you, I will not be knocked down by the current predicament, I am still young, and you are getting old, I have enough time to prove my strength to you.”
Xiao Cheng's oath was extremely ridiculous to Qin Mu.
He just said lightly: "Can you tell me, what is your dream now?"
Xiao Cheng was startled, and then he heard the man ask, "Is it music or acting?"
The young man was silent for a long time, and said: "I just want to focus on acting now." He has already seen the current situation in the music scene. Many well-known veteran singers have not released records for a long time. Although their status is still there, the audience will inevitably feel that they have passed. Angry, many young people don't even know their names. But acting is different, as long as there are filming, as long as there is enough exposure, as long as his acting skills are recognized by the mainstream, then his artistic path is still very long.
He must reach a high enough height, so that Qin Mu can see him on TV and entertainment magazines from time to time, so that Qin Mu can never forget him.
Qin Mu shook his head, and gave him a rare piece of advice earnestly: "Dreams are yours, not mine. Don't do things you don't like to do for me. Only by not forgetting your original aspirations will you succeed."