The publicity campaign by the Luocha County Government was so powerful that even people who were not interested in comics could not help but cast curious glances at it. Correspondingly, Mu Suxing, the comics author, was inevitably harassed by many newspaper reporters:
"Mr. Muxuxing, I heard that you plan to build a 'Sherlock Holmes Museum' together with the Rocha County City Government. Is this true?"
"I heard that the reason you chose to publish the comic magazine in the West District was because you were treated unfairly in Xingning City. Can you tell us the details? You know, we will always stand on Holmes' side."
"Mr. Muxuxing, Miss Salina expressed her admiration for your talent. She said that as long as you are willing, she is always willing to have further communication with you. What do you think?"
"Mr. Muxuxing..."
During the days he stayed in Rocha County, Mu Xiuxing began to experience firsthand the characteristics of this city: there were many rainy days, and the sky was gray most of the time. But this was not the most important thing - the most terrifying thing was the paparazzi that were everywhere in this city. Their experience, imagination, and ability to make up stories were simply astonishing!
Asking questions about the Sherlock Holmes Museum is fine, as these are at least normal questions. But as for asking him what he thinks about the public display of love by a certain model in Rocha County
Muxuxing chose not to watch.
He symbolically inspected several plots of land recommended by the municipal government, agreed on a time and place with the agent, then turned around and fled on a plane.
When Yu Haoguang first heard that he had left, he was shocked, thinking that he was dissatisfied with Luo Chajun. Later, when he asked, he found out that it was because of the media issue, and he was relieved.
"Some unscrupulous tabloids are like this. They will do anything to increase sales." Yu Haoguang asked, "Do you remember what that weird newspaper was called?"
Mu Xiuxing recalled: "It seems to be called... "The Moon News"
Yu Haoguang comforted him: "Oh, that's normal. This tabloid has never had any moral integrity. When we still had the royal family here, this tabloid even mocked the royal family."
Muxiuxing: "... For example?"
Yu Haoguang thought for a moment and said, "For example, a photo of Prince Harry frolicking naked in a hotel was published online, but the royal family forbade the media to reprint the photo. So the Moon Newspaper found a reporter with the same name as Prince Harry, imitated the scene in the photo, took a photo and put it on the cover, and specially marked: This is our newspaper's very own Harry."
Muxuxing: Goodbye, bye, I can’t afford to offend you.
Rejecting Yu Haoguang's repeated attempts to keep him, Mu Suxing left decisively. He really had no interest in being in the spotlight, whether it was positive or negative.
Just like that, when everyone's eyes were still on Rocha County and Holmes, Mu Suxing, one of the parties involved, had already flown to Quanming City quietly.
The last time I came to Quanming City was because "The Gift of the Magi" was nominated for the Eleanor Award. This time I came again for "Mulan", which was also nominated.
The plane arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon. Not long after he got off the plane, the reception staff from the organizer came to him and took him directly through the VIP channel out of the airport and went straight to the hotel booked in advance by the organizer.
As the saying goes, once is new, twice is familiar. This time, in order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, Mu Suxing chose to stay in the hotel honestly two days before the award ceremony. It was not until the day of the Eleanor Awards Ceremony that he arrived at the scene as arranged by the organizer.
On the day of the Eleanor Awards ceremony, at 4 p.m.
There was still an hour before the award ceremony officially began. A row of black limousines slowly drove in from the road cordoned off by the organizers. Mu Suxing was sitting in the back seat and could hear the hysterical screams and shouts outside through the car window. Fluorescent signs with the names of celebrities were dancing back and forth in the crowd.
Muxuxing got out of the car.
Seeing that it was not their idol, the voices of the fans closest to him became noticeably colder, and the decibel level dropped more than a bit. The reporters present were still enthusiastic, but most of the reporters who were able to get admission to such an occasion were carefully selected, so they would naturally not do anything that crossed the line, and they were particularly polite.
All of a sudden, the lively atmosphere around them turned cold.
Muxuxing didn't care either.
In other words, after experiencing the excessive attention and attacks from Luochajun's fans and the media, Mu Suxing not only didn't care about the feeling of being ignored and neglected, but felt quite comfortable with it.
"How about it, do you regret not coming to be my leading man?"
As a familiar male voice sounded behind him, the flash lights around him became more frequent again. Mu Suxing turned around and saw that it was Ye Changlin, a film director whom he had met once when he was collecting materials in Zijing Town.
At that time, he was still worried about finding material for "The Gift of the Magi", while Ye Changlin was in the early stages of preparation for his new film "Floating Duckweed". Ye Changlin had invited Mu Suxing to be his leading actor several times, but was rejected by Mu Suxing.
Ye Changlin smiled evilly and made a joke: "If you had agreed to be my leading man, I guarantee that half of the screams and cheers today would be for you."
Muxuxing also laughed.
He knew that what the other party said was true - "Floating Duckweed" was originally a legend in the history of Blue Star movies. Even if he had never appeared in any movies before, as long as he could play the leading role in it well, it would be enough to make this actor become the best actor in one fell swoop. However, Mu Suxing was not interested in this. Since he had refused no less than three times in the beginning, there was naturally nothing to regret now.
"Fortunately, I didn't agree to be your leading man," Mu Suxing also joked, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have any peace even if I had come all the way here to hide."
Ye Changlin glared at him: "How dare you say that."
One year later, it is not only Muxuxing who is different now, but also the young director who was worried about the leading actor. Although it is not stated explicitly, everyone knows that "Floating Duckweed" is destined to win all the awards at this year's Blue Star Film Festival and even be recorded in the history of Blue Star Film.
If this is the case with the movie, the leading actors will most likely also soar to fame.
Mu Xuxing smiled but said nothing.
Ye Changlin looked at him with a straight face for a while, but he couldn't hold it back any longer. In less than three seconds, he started laughing. "If you can't handle this kind of situation, then you really aren't cut out to be an actor."
Mu Xuxing nodded sympathetically.
Rather than standing under the spotlight and becoming the focus of everyone, he indeed prefers to find a house and lock himself up, quietly and attentively doing what he likes. In the final analysis, he is essentially a otaku.
It’s not that I don’t know how to deal with the media, it’s just that I’m lazy. If I really have to deal with it, I can only be a coward and run away.
The two chatted for a while before it was time for the "red carpet show".
This part obviously had nothing to do with the two directors. Mu Suxing stuck to the default minimum time and quickened his pace. Ye Changlin was a little bit more miserable. He was pulled by the female companion arranged by the organizer and forced to show on the red carpet show before walking into the venue slowly.
As soon as the red carpet show ended, Ye Changlin took the initiative to let go of the female star. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but Mu Suxing always felt that the female star looked at him with some extremely complicated and resentful eyes.
Muxiuxing:
Can you please just talk nicely and stop caring about me
Mu Suxing was just puzzled when he saw a man and a woman walking towards him from the other side of the red carpet arm in arm. When their eyes passed over him, they paused for a moment, and their eyes looked a little... worried
In fact, it was not only Muxuxing who felt strange.
The Eleanor Awards ceremony has always been broadcast live.
Because of this, when Muxuxing was confused by the attention from the stars, the netizens outside the live broadcast were also confused, because the situation of the live broadcast online was like this -
"The next director to appear is Ye Changlin. I have to say, I really like his film Floating Duckweed. The film deserves all the awards... Oh, Director Ye suddenly walked towards another car. Could it be the actors from the filming of Floating Duckweed? Hey, this is..."
As the camera turned to Muxuxing, the host was visibly stunned. Fortunately, faces would not be shown during live webcasts, so the host was also very tactful and immediately made a joke, "Oh, this is Director Mu, who won the Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Animated Short Film awards last year for The Gift of the Magi. I heard that Director Ye Changlin has always wanted Director Mu to be his male lead. It seems that a year has passed, and Director Ye still hasn't given up."
As soon as he finished speaking, the number of comments began to increase visibly:
"Hahahahahaha, I am dying of laughter. If the host hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that our Xingxing won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards here last year. Thinking about it this way, I feel a little proud. To be honest, is our Xingxing the only one in history to win both the Best Actor and Best Actress awards? [狗头]"
"??? Comparing actors to paper figures again? Is the host mentally ill?"
The traffic fans started quarreling with the spectators, and the comments were bloody. The host glanced at the number of online viewers in the background and ignored the anger and anger in the comments.
"Okay, next is xx actress and xx actor. Wow, they look like a perfect match, just like in the movies. Um... What are they watching? They look like they are concentrating... "
The camera followed the gazes of the two stars at the same time, and finally fell on... Mu Suxing.
“???” These are traffic fans who are unaware of the truth.
"Don't watch it. Even if you watch it a hundred times, you will never be the male lead in the Sherlock Holmes movie series." This is the nonsense said by the spectators.
"What? Sherlock Holmes is going to make a movie?" "No, I was just saying it casually." "… "
When another pair of nominated stars walked the red carpet and once again turned their attention to Muxiuxing, the barrage of comments had become numb.
"Congratulations in advance to Xingxing for winning the MVP of this year's Eleanor Awards red carpet show."
"When I think about how Xingxing secretly came to Quanming City to escape the media's siege, and then turned around and was cared about again, I want to laugh, hahahahaha."
"What is to come will always come [loving eyes]"
Muxuxing didn't want to talk.
Ye Changlin tried to comfort him: "I can't help it. Who made you cause such a big earthquake in the film and television industry when you first came? Aren't they afraid that you would cause trouble and take away the best actor and actress as well?" Then the whole film and television industry was embarrassed x2
Muxuxing frowned: "I'm just an ordinary animation director."
"What a coincidence," Ye Changlin pretended to be surprised: "I am just an ordinary film director."
The onlookers who heard the conversation between the two clearly: