At the end of that year, Yang Youming and Xia Xingcheng were both shortlisted for the Best Actor Award at the largest film awards in the Chinese-speaking region. At the same time, the film "Fading" was also shortlisted for Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography. awards.
At the same award ceremony that year, Xia Xingcheng sat in the back row and saw that Yang Youming had won the Best Actor trophy. At that time, he thought that it was too early for him to be 30 years old, and he would take it back when he was 35 at the latest. own trophy.
Unexpectedly, this opportunity came sooner than he imagined.
When I heard the news, Xia Xingcheng was in Cai Meiting's office. Today's rare opportunity, several artists in the company are there, including the first sister You Shu, the little fresh meat Ye Yang, who has been very popular in the past two years, and some others. , all sitting and chatting in Cai Meiting's office.
Cai Meiting received a call and looked at Xia Xingcheng while listening. When she finally put the phone on, she raised her head towards Xia Xingcheng and said with a smile on her face, "Not bad boy."
Xia Xingcheng was flipping around boredly with the phone in his hand. Hearing this, he looked up at Cai Meiting and said blankly, "What?"
Cai Meiting said to him: "I just received the news that you have been nominated for the Best Actor in this Golden Image Awards."
Xia Xingcheng sat up straight. There was a brief blank in his head. He grabbed the phone and wanted to dial Yang Youming's number, but before he called out, he realized that it was not suitable here, so he got up and wanted to call from Cai Meiting. out of the office.
"Where to?" Cai Meiting called to him.
Xia Xingcheng hasn't regained his senses yet. There are so many people here that he can't say that he wants to call Yang Youming, he can only say: "I'll find someone."
Cai Meiting looked at him with a smile, "Come back and sit down! Who are you looking for? You want to run before you finish speaking, what are you running for?"
Xia Xingcheng has already opened the address book, Yang Youming's order is the first, he only needs to dial, but at this time he has to hold the phone tightly and come back to the seat, but his head is slowly clearing up, joy comes from the bottom of my heart Penetrates little by little.
You Shu smiled at him and said, "Congratulations!"
Xia Xingcheng responded with a smile, "Thank you, Sister Shu."
More joy continued to pour out, causing the corners of his mouth to rise, but he glanced at Ye Ziyang, trying to restrain his smile, trying to make himself look calmer and not look like he had never seen the world.
Ye Ziyang also smiled and congratulated him, but his smile was not as sincere as You Shu's. There is no conflict between the two of them. Ye Yang is two or three years younger than Xia Xingcheng. The route is not completely repeated, but they are all being praised by the company. Cai Meiting prefers Ye Ziyang, and resources are leaned more towards him, but Ye Ziyang is still not as popular as Xia Xingcheng.
Some bitterness is inevitable.
Xia Xingcheng didn't take it to heart, he just wanted to hold on and not laugh. He wondered how Yang Youming would react at this time? Probably just a smile. Thinking of this, Xia Xingcheng suddenly remembered one thing. He looked at Cai Meiting and asked tentatively, "Mr. Cai, am I the only one shortlisted?"
Cai Meiting looked at him with a smile, as if she had seen through him, and finally said, "Yang Youming has also been shortlisted, you should be mentally prepared, I am afraid that you will be an escort."
Xia Xingcheng was stunned for a while, then smiled sincerely and said, "I'm not afraid."
He is really not afraid. If this trip is to accompany Yang Youming, then he will run willingly.
He still didn't make it that day, and was called by Cai Meiting to have a meal with everyone in the evening. Xia Xingcheng drank a bit too much wine at this meal, because Cai Meiting said something so happy, Xia Xingcheng must drink it, and he is not allowed to drink anyone's wine today. push.
The boss had spoken, and even if Xia Xingcheng tried his best, he had to make everyone happy.
After drinking, Xia Xingcheng couldn't hold it anymore, lying on the dining table half-drowsy, and when the meal was over, Huang Jixin had someone pick him up from behind by his waist, put him on his back and carry him on his back. PARKING LOT.
Everyone else went with Cai Meiting.
On the way to the underground parking lot, there were only Xia Xingcheng and Huang Jixin. Xia Xingcheng was not completely unconscious. He hugged Huang Jixin's shoulder and shouted vaguely, "Old Huang."
Huang Jixin replied, "Hey."
Xia Xingcheng lowered his voice and said in his ear, "If I get the best actor, I will be the first to thank you." After that, he said in a very soft voice, "Quietly, don't be heard by others."
Huang Jixin said in a sour tone: "It's better to say goodbye. I'll be the first to thank you, Brother Ming."
Xia Xingcheng shook his head, "No, he is the last one."
Huang Jixin had already walked to the side of the car, put him in the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, and asked, "Why?"
Xia Xingcheng lowered his head and poked his left chest with a finger, "He's in the bottom of my heart, I'll take it out, I'll take out everything else, he's in the deepest, and I can take it out last." In a trance, inarticulate, "No, I can't take it out, it's growing there."
Huang Jixin felt a layer of goose bumps all over his body from head to toe. He shook it a few times before shaking it all away. He said, "Okay, I'm on the outermost side anyway, just take me out and throw it away."
Xia Xingcheng smirked and said, "That won't work, we have to pick it up." After speaking, he raised a hand towards Huang Jixin, "Good brother, forever."
Huang Jixin stared at his hand for a while, then raised his hand and gave him a high five, "You have the final say."
He drove the drunk Xia Xingcheng back and handed it over to Yang Youming. Fearing that Yang Youming would misunderstand, he also explained the situation today: "Mr. Cai is watching, and Xingcheng can't do without drinking."
Yang Youming stood at the door with Xia Xingcheng in his arms, and said to Huang Jixin, "I know, please trouble you."
Only then did Huang Jixin say goodbye to Yang Youming and leave.
Yang Youming reached out and closed the door, Xia Xingcheng raised his head and kept looking at him, suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Ming, why are you here?"
"It's not me who's here, it's you who's back," Yang Youming bowed his head and said to him, and smiled softly.
The door was closed, and he supported Xia Xingcheng to walk inside. Xia Xingcheng's steps were unsteady, and his entire strength was almost supported by him. As he stumbled, he asked, "Where are we going?"
Yang Youming said to him, "Would you like to take a bath and sleep?"
"No," Xia Xingcheng refused to leave. He wrapped his arms around his shoulders and dragged him to stand on the spot, "I don't take a bath."
Yang Youming looked at him with a smile, "Then you want to sleep directly?"
Xia Xingcheng couldn't think at all, except for the excitement, he was in chaos. He hugged Yang Youming and said, "I'm going to run naked." After speaking, he retracted his hand and started to undress.
The heating in the room was sufficient, and Yang Youming didn't move, just stood there watching him undress.
Xia Xingcheng first finished taking off his upper body clothes. When he took off his trousers and lifted one leg, he could not stand still. He bounced on the floor a few times with his back against the wall, and then pulled off his trousers with difficulty until he stripped himself naked and stepped on his bare feet. Go outside as soon as you hit the floor.
Yang Youming put his arms around him from behind, and put his palms on his warm and smooth waist and abdomen. He couldn't help pinching it. Xia Xingcheng snorted softly and asked, "Are you really going to run naked?"
Xia Xingcheng stopped, put his back against his chest, laughed, and said, "I lied to you, I won't go."
Yang Youming said, "Since you're not going to run naked, why don't you go take a shower?" After speaking, without waiting for Xia Xingcheng to answer, he picked him up and walked towards the bathroom.
There was only a dim yellow light in the bathroom, and hot water spurted out from the shower head, splashing all over the place, and the steam quickly blurred the bathroom mirror.
Xia Xingcheng's eyes were also blurry in the water vapor. Standing under the hot water, he felt the warm and powerful water column hitting the skin of his shoulders and back, and then the fine water droplets formed a stream of water, running along his chest. and lower back down.
He found Yang Youming's hand in the steaming water, and grabbed him and dragged him under the shower together. Yang Youming was still wearing home clothes, and was pulled over by him without any precaution. The drunk man couldn't control his brute force, so he fell back when he pulled him over, but fortunately, Yang Youming reached out and hugged him.
Yang Youming's clothes were soaked instantly, and a thin layer was attached to his body, outlining his beautiful muscle lines.
Xia Xingcheng didn't want to take a bath. He hugged Yang Youming, put his face on his shoulder and washed hot water with him, saying, "I'll tell you a secret."
Yang Youming reached out and took the shower gel, squeezed it into the palm of his hand, swirled slowly against Xia Xingcheng's skin, rubbed out bubbles, and asked, "What's the secret?"
Xia Xingcheng raised his head and looked at him, his eyes were not clear, but the light reflected in the bathroom was still shining, he said, "We are going to win the prize together!"
Yang Youming smiled and rubbed his ears with his foamy fingers, "We can't win the prize together."
Xia Xingcheng blushed and his body trembled slightly, he said, "Yes."
Yang Youming reached out and took off the shower head on the wall, and flushed Xia Xingcheng's neck and side face with hot water. Xia Xingcheng closed his eyes, like a docile puppy, and let Yang Youming flush all the foam off his body.
After taking a bath and turning off the water, Yang Youming wrapped Xia Xingcheng in a dry and wide bath towel. Xia Xingcheng was about to fall asleep. He was picked up and carried to the bed by Yang Youming. When he lay down, Xia Xingcheng tried his best to open his eyes and looked at Yang Youming. Yu Ming said, "Can you do that?"
Yang Youming took off the bath towel on his body, pulled the quilt to cover him, was about to turn around and left, squatted down beside the bed again, and asked him softly, "Is it alright?"
Xia Xingcheng said, "Let's win the award together?"
Yang Youming rubbed his lips against his forehead, his deep voice was extraordinarily soft, "Of course, whether you win the award or I win the award, we will win it together."
Xia Xingcheng got a satisfactory answer, smiled and closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The two of them went to attend the awards ceremony separately. They left Beijing at different times and took different flights with their assistants. After arriving, they were received by the organizer's staff and checked into the same hotel on different floors.
Xia Xingcheng arrived a day earlier, while Yang Youming arrived in a hurry on the same day. It took a lot of time to change clothes and style, and the two of them didn't even have time to make a phone call.
When we met again, it was already at the awards ceremony.
For Xia Xingcheng, this occasion was a gathering of stars, all of whom were seniors and bigwigs in the film industry. Although he was nominated, many people were still unfamiliar with him. After he entered the venue, he sat quietly in his seat and only met with him. The people around said hello.
The last time he came as an audience, he sat in the back row of the auditorium and watched the 31-year-old Yang Youming win the best actor. This time, his seat was already in the front row, and there was still a distance from Yang Youming, but this distance It's gotten too close.
Later, he saw Yang Youming come in wearing a dress, and beside a well-known Chinese leader, the two chatted all the way, obviously very familiar. Not long after they came in, Xia Xingcheng saw a tall man in a black suit chasing them from behind and talking to them.
Although the man was handsome, he was not an actor. Xia Xingcheng only felt that he was a little familiar, and he couldn't remember who he was for a while.
Xia Xingcheng wanted to ask the people around him, but the mainland Xiaohua sitting next to him was talking close to a young Taiwanese actor next to him. He was too embarrassed to interrupt them, so he gave up.
The ceremony hall of the awards ceremony was filled with people one after another.
Xia Xingcheng felt a little uneasy in his heart, and was embarrassed to look around, only staring at the top of the stage in front of him in a daze, accidentally turned his head and saw Yang Youming looking back at him.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Later, the light in the entire hall gradually dimmed, and the award ceremony officially started with a short film on the big screen in front. The noisy whispers that had been lingering around also gradually subsided. Xia Xingcheng subconsciously sat upright on the seat and straightened his back.
The award ceremony went on smoothly and smoothly. "Far Away" won two awards for best cinematography and best director successively. He Zheng went to the stage to receive the best director award.
In his speech, the names of Yang Youming and Xia Xingcheng were mentioned, and the big screen at the scene gave them a close-up shot.
Xia Xingcheng smiled. When he looked at himself on the screen, he always felt that the smile was unnatural. He was too nervous. He thought it would be nice if Yang Youming sat next to him, so that at least he would feel a little more relaxed.
After the award for best director is promulgated, it is the award for best actor. The presenter is last year's winner and a famous actress.
The scene footage has been repeatedly switching on the faces of several award candidates. Xia Xingcheng's breathing rhythm is chaotic. He feels that the light on the scene is too hot, and his lips are dry. He wants to lick it. Lips, and seeing his face appearing on the big screen looked a little silly, so he held back.
Yang Youming's face was also on the big screen, and his smile was flat and decent.
The smile on Xia Xingcheng's face was about to stiffen, and the sweat on his back wetted the white shirt under his dress.
The chat between the two presenters seemed to him to have lasted for a century, and then they finally opened the envelope in their hands, approached the microphone, and called out the name of the winner.
It's not Xia Xingcheng or Yang Youming, but a gray-haired old actor who is nearly 60 years old and won the best actor for a movie about family love.
There was thunderous applause at the scene. Xia Xingcheng's nerves were stretched to the limit. At this moment, he suddenly relaxed, and there was a brief blank. He still maintained a stiff smile and applauded with the others.
The old actor's seat sat in the middle of Xia Xingcheng's row. When he was about to take the stage to accept the award, all the people in this row stood up to make way for him and congratulated him.
Xia Xingcheng also stood up. When the old actor passed by him, he patted him on the shoulder to encourage him and said, "Come on."
"Thank you, congratulations!" Xia Xingcheng said sincerely.
When the old actor came on stage and everyone sat down, Xia Xingcheng glanced in Yang Youming's direction. He found that Yang Youming had been looking at him, and then shook his head at him with a slight smile.
The best actor was originally the main award, and it didn't take long for the awards ceremony to end.
Xia Xingcheng didn't know how to describe his current mood. In the past, he would think that even if he could not win the award, as long as he was nominated, it would be a great affirmation for him, but when he was nominated, he began to feel that he was capable of winning this trophy.
He was very disappointed, even more disappointed than staying away from the event without being nominated.
After the award ceremony, he was also invited to the celebration dinner. An interview booth was set up at the dinner, and the media was interviewing the young actress who won the Best Newcomer Award at this year's Academy Awards.
Later, Yang Youming also came. He did not sit down on the seat, but went to the table where Xia Xingcheng sat to say hello. During this process, he stood behind Xia Xingcheng and put one hand on Xia Xingcheng's shoulder.
When he left, he patted Xia Xingcheng's shoulder twice.
Xia Xingcheng turned his head to look at him, moved in his heart, got up and left with him. They walked out of the bright and lively banquet hall one after the other. There was a long corridor behind the hall. There was no one in the corridor, and both sides were closed. Room with door.
Yang Youming turned the door handle of a private room at will, and easily opened the door.
The lights were not turned on in the private room, and then the weak light from the window showed that there was a small round table and a sofa inside.
Xia Xingcheng felt wronged and hugged Yang Youming as soon as he entered.
Yang Youming also raised his arms and hugged him, leaning against the wall, one long leg bent slightly, and the sole of his shoe against the corner of the wall. He stroked Xia Xingcheng's hair and back with his hands, neither light nor heavy, to soothe Xia Xingcheng's emotions, and he said in his ear, "It's okay."
There was laughter from the outside hall.
Xia Xingcheng was not very sad either, but he was depressed. He said, "It would be fine if it were you."
Yang Youming lowered his head and raised his face slightly with his hand on his chin, "You have to get used to it, awards are not absolute criteria for judging, and acting skills can't be quantified. Whoever wins the award must be better. You have to adjust your mood, you know?"
Xia Xingcheng said, "I know, but I'm just not reconciled."
Yang Youming smiled slightly, "If you are not willing, come again next time. As long as you are still unwilling, you will be able to hold this trophy sooner or later."
Xia Xingcheng looked up at him.
Yang Youming said to him again: "It's a good thing to be unwilling, I'm most afraid that you don't care."
Xia Xingcheng's mood was a little better. He hugged Yang Youming's waist, kissed his lips, and said, "Actually, I lied to you. I still want to win the award myself, and you can't do it." After that, he stared at him carefully. Yang Youming's face looked.
Yang Youming was not unhappy and said with a smile, "Really?"
Xia Xingcheng said, "The more prizes you get, the bigger the gap between us will become. I'm chasing after you, but I can't catch up."
Yang Youming rubbed the back of his neck like a small animal, "Do you know what caused the gap between us?"
Xia Xingcheng thought about it and said, "Strength?"
Yang Youming said to him: "It's time. I'm at your age, and I haven't even been nominated for Best Actor. You're no worse than me, you're even better than me, if we're more than ten years behind but not in our careers. If there is any gap, then I have not lived in vain for more than ten years?"
Xia Xingcheng looked at him in a daze.
Yang Youming raised his hand, the index fingers of both hands were high and low in front of Xia Xingcheng's eyes, he said, "This is me above, and this is you below, when I keep climbing up and reach a peak, I can't help but feel Slow down or even stop, but you're still going up quickly—"
Xia Xingcheng grabbed his hand and didn't let him gesture, and said, "You won't."
Yang Youming asked him, "What can I do?"
Xia Xingcheng said: "You will not slow down or stop. You will always be at the top for me to look up to. Even if I can stand by your side, you are still the god in my heart."
After Yang Youming heard him say these words, he suddenly hugged him tightly and lowered his head to kiss his lips.
The kiss came hastily and intensely, Xia Xingcheng could feel the hot emotions inside, and the lingering stickiness swallowed him completely. He panted quickly, knowing that it was out of time, he still reached out to pull the neat bow tie on Yang Youming's dress.
He felt Yang Youming's Adam's apple trembling, next to the pulsating carotid artery, calm and powerful, he felt Yang Youming's hand pulling the hem of his shirt out of the waistband of his suit pants, his warm palms pressed against his waist, full of Possessively stroked.
Seeing that the gun was about to go off, they didn't expect that the private room door, which was locked as soon as they entered the room, was opened from the outside with a soft click.
Xia Xingcheng's heart suddenly stopped for a beat, and then he was completely covered by Yang Youming's arm pressing his face on his shoulders, and then heard Yang Youming's indifferent voice: "Who? Get out!"