Chinese entertainment: Top stars started being pursued by young actresses

Chapter 137, Section 136: Zhou Ye is Depressed (6K)

We had a brief chat about people.

The conversation didn't go very smoothly.

Every word Lin Shaobai said needed to be translated.

He just needs to hurry back to the lounge to get ready.

He had just taken a step when Bae Joo-hyun unexpectedly called his name.

"Lin Shaobai."

Lin Shaobai looked back.

When Bae Joo-hyun saw his face, she didn't know what to say and could only give an awkward smile.

After Lin Shaobai left, Bae Joo-hyun sat on the sofa in the lounge.

He was filled with a sense of novelty, a sense of wonder about a handsome foreign man.

Sana, who lives in the Twice lounge next door, also shares this sense of novelty.

"Aaaaaaah! I think I saw Lin Shaobai in the hallway just now!"

"He's so handsome."

Sana was jumping around in the room, just like a little puppy.

The other members of Twice looked at him with very strange expressions.

When the makeup artist saw her, she quickly came over to touch up her makeup.

Sana realized that she was being rather unsteady, so she quickly coughed twice and sat down in the corner of the sofa.

That's definitely not ladylike; you can't do that.

Soon, the live stream officially began.

Before the official awards ceremony, there will be a series of artists performing an opening dance show.

At this moment, Lin Shaobai and Yang Tianbao were still playing on their phones in the lounge.

The host for this episode was Song Joong-ki.

Song Joong-ki wasn't famous in his early years, but he later became a sensation across Asia and gained a large fan base thanks to the drama "Descendants of the Sun".

They fell in love while filming the drama and married Song Hye-kyo, the female lead of the series.

At the time, everyone was saying that their favorite couple had come true, and the whole post was full of blessings.

Not long after, news broke that the two were divorcing.

It turned out to be quite unpleasant.

The awards ceremony lasted for several hours, with Lin Shaobai and Yang Tianbao presenting the awards from the back.

The wait was so unbearable that Lin Shaobai eventually fell asleep!
When I opened my eyes, Yang Tianbao's face was in front of me.

"Let's go, time to get on stage."

"Oh."

Lin Shaobai stood up, straightened his clothes, and went on stage.

Yang Tianbao went on stage first to present the award for "Best Dance Performance Female Group".

Lin Shaobai was waiting backstage, as he would be going on stage to present the "Best Song of the Year" award after this.

"Welcome our award presenter, Lin Shaobai!"

After the official announcement of Lin Shaobai's name, a wave of screams erupted from the audience.

Lin Shaobai saw a staff member give him a gesture and then walked to the center of the stage.

I don't know why, but he seemed even more handsome in the photos taken today.

Lin Shaobai was a little nervous as it was his first time attending the MAMA awards ceremony, but fortunately he had experience with such a big event before.

Sure enough, spending more time in such a world of fame and fortune naturally leads to increased self-confidence.

Redness is good for health.

Objectively speaking, most of the people present today were fans of various groups; he was there to play a supporting role.

"Hello everyone, I am Lin Shaobai."

Even as Lin Shaobai spoke, screams continued to erupt from below.

He spoke with composure and grace throughout, and his handsome face would elicit screams from some female fans whenever it appeared on the big screen.

Even some group fans would marvel at how handsome Lin Shaobai is.

"It's a great honor to participate in the 2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards. This is my first time attending MAMA as a presenter, and I'm very excited and honored. As a singer myself, I believe that the power of music is to resonate with everyone and be enjoyed together. Today, I'm here to present the 2018 Most Watched Songs Globally. Please take a look at which songs were loved by music fans this year."

While Lin Shaobai is speaking, there will be a real-time Chinese translator next to the live stream page.

The big screen began playing a list of previously nominated groups and their corresponding songs.

2018 MAMA
SONG OF THE YEAR
During the breaks in the video playback, the girl group TWICE watching below all remarked that Lin Shaobai was indeed quite handsome.

Of course, Sana likes it the most.

This tall, handsome, articulate, and slightly humorous guy was exactly what he wanted.

Sana sat below, her eyes fixed on Lin Shaobai standing on the stage.

There are many handsome men in China, but there aren't many young and handsome men like Lin Shaobai who have suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Most importantly, he is not only a good actor and singer, but also very talented.

Every time he sings on stage, he seems to become several times more handsome than before.

After the nomination video finished playing, the cheers from the audience became even more overwhelming.

This is the annual award, a very important award. Fans of various groups can brag about winning this award.

Fans of every nominated group hope that their favorite member can win this award.

Lin Shaobai was aware of their thoughts, so he deliberately left them in suspense.

He smiled and looked around the room before opening the envelope.

"The winner of the 2018 MAMA Song of the Year award is..."

Lin Shaobai took a deep breath.

We can't announce it too quickly, otherwise what suspense will there be?

I bet the hearts of all the fans are pounding in their throats right now, aren't they?

About two seconds later, he shouted "Twice" out loud.

The song of the year at the 2018 MAMA Awards went to the fourth-generation girl group, TWICE.

Twice and Blackpink are two girl groups that often argue.

Both of them have very strong results, and both are officially recognized as the top teams.

It's undeniable that Twice isn't as popular as they were at their peak, but they were certainly popular before.

2018 was also the year when this group was at the height of its popularity.

The nine members of Twice went on stage to receive their awards, each giving a tearful acceptance speech.

Lin Shaobai stood at the edge of the stage; the main focus now was on the group called Twice.

He also happened to spot Jang Won-young and Ahn Yoo-jin sitting in the distance from the audience.

These two are still kids at this point.

I am currently still a member of IZ*ONE.

These two aren't as popular now as they were during their ITV days.

It's true that you have to establish your own style to become popular.

After giving their acceptance speeches, the nine members descended the steps one by one.

Just then, Lin Shaobai was about to leave the arena, and they smiled and nodded to each other as they passed by.

Lin Shaobai noticed Sana's gaze.

Her liking is different from other liking.

However, after meeting Lin Shaobai's eyes, Sana immediately turned her head away.

As Lin Shaobai returned to the lounge to pack his things, Wang Jiaer suddenly barged in.

"Hey bro, tell me you can attract a bunch of fans here."

"What?"

"Several people asked me to get your contact information."

There were both men and women among them, and among the women were Sana and Bae Joo-hyun.

"By the way, are you taking a plane tonight, bro?"

"Yes. I still have to rush to film. It'll be quite busy towards the end of the year."

"Indeed. I have to attend all sorts of grand ceremonies and awards ceremonies."

"I'm in a hurry, so I'll be going now."

"Hey, you said we'd grab a bite sometime?"

"Some other time, some other time."

"alright."

Lin Shaobai was extremely busy.

When someone becomes famous, a lot of things happen to them.

Lin Shaobai had only been back for a short time when he was about to participate in the Tencent Video Star Awards.

Since he became famous, he has attended the Star Awards every year without fail.

Also coming this year are VV, Yang Tianbao, Da Mimi, Yang Zi, Zhou Dongyu, Xu Zhengxi, Xiao Zhan, Xu Kai, Rocket Girls 101, Mao Mao, Zhou Bichang, the three little ones, Zhou Xun, Li Yuchun...

It was another red carpet walk and then into the venue.

Lin Shaobai was already familiar with the process and steps of this grand ceremony.

Yang Tianbao is sitting to his left, and VV is sitting to his right.

VV is not as tall as Lin Shaobai, nor are her legs as long.

When two people sit together, comparisons are inevitable, and he secretly glanced at the length of their legs.

These hard conditions cannot be compensated for.

I don't know what the organizers were thinking, insisting on putting these people together.

Just then, a camera flew over, and VV could only force a smile, while Lin Shaobai in the camera was clearly in a daze.

He had no idea that VV, sitting next to him, had already looked him up and down.

The overly narcissistic VV always believed that his face was the most handsome in the entertainment industry.

A second later, Lin Shaobai smiled slightly at the camera.

He simply smiled and then enthusiastic applause broke out again.

Lin Shaobai's momentum is too strong, that's common knowledge.

I thought he would fade from the public eye while he was busy filming, but I never expected that his new song would put him back in the spotlight.

He excels at both being a singer and an actor.

VV is aware of this as well.

Someone like Lin Shaobai, who manages to do both, is simply incomparable.

The host on stage began introducing tonight's grand event.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2018 Tencent Video Star Awards. It's great to see you all again. I'm xxx."

"Today is a star-studded day! Welcome our Baby Sister, VV, Lin Shaobai, Jiang Jiang, Yang Zi..."

The host greeted each of the celebrities one by one.

"All the honors we have received at today's Star Awards are supported by big data, and they all come from the 2018 Tencent Video Annual Index that was just released."

"Many fans have come today. Let's say hello to them. Look over here, we have Bibi's fans, Baby's fans, VV's fans, and Lin Shaobai's fans."

Anyone with ears can tell that Lin Shaobai has more fans than VV.

People who come out of talent shows have a lot of die-hard fans, and they are really willing to put in the effort to manipulate data.

vv was speechless again.

Does it really have to be placed before Lin Shaobai?
The contrast is too obvious, isn't it?

It was so embarrassing, so incredibly embarrassing.

When there are no cameras around, VV is back to his arrogant and cocky self.

If it weren't for Lin Shaobai, he would really think that he was the most popular male celebrity on the scene right now.

However, the screams of the white cranes made him somewhat annoyed.

Proportionally speaking, if only two out of ten people are calling out VV's name, the remaining eight are all calling out Lin Shaobai's name.

His voice was even many times louder than those two people's.

VV is particularly concerned about saving face.

Especially since he was previously the spokesperson for Tencent Video, all the star power should have been focused on him.

Thinking of this, vv looked at Lin Shaobai again.

Lin Shaobai completely ignored him and continued to zone out.

After several performances, the list of winners was announced.

Actor of the Year in TV Dramas: Wang Kai; Actress of the Year in TV Dramas: Da Mi Mi
Popular TV Drama Actress of the Year: Yang Zi

Popular Film Actress of the Year: Zhou Dongyu

New Musical Force of the Year: Mao Mao
Nothing Gold Can Stay (TV & Web Series)

Annual Online Variety Show: The Coming One

Annual online and television variety show: Chinese Restaurant
All the awards that Lin Shaobai had the chance to win were gone, so in the end there was only one left.

It is also the most prestigious award at the Star Awards, the Star Awards VIP Star.

The VIP Star award is usually selected by votes from Tencent Video's VIP members.

It represents the audience's love and recognition for a star, and stars who can win this award often have extremely high fan appeal and market influence.

VV also realized this problem at this time. Could it be that Lin Shaobai will win the VIP Star of the Year award?

But he hasn't been in the industry long enough to win such a prestigious award.

"Next up is our Tencent Video VIP Star of the Year. So, who is the VIP Star chosen by Tencent Video members in 2018?"

"Alright, let's congratulate Yang Tianbao, Lin Shaobai, and VV!"

Lin Shaobai, Yang Tianbao, and VV all stood up and walked onto the stage together.

When they went on stage, Lin Shaobai very gentlemanly helped Yang Tianbao lift up her skirt.

This left VV, who had been steadily climbing the corporate ladder, dumbfounded.

If we're not brothers, you're making me look stupid.

The three of them went to the center of the stage together and received the VIP Star exclusive trophy from the CEO of Tencent.

As is well known, only very famous people can receive this award.

2018 marked Lin Shaobai's first VIP Star award as a top influencer.

He was thinking that if he could maintain his top position, he could win the award every year.

After Yang Tianbao finished speaking, he went to the microphone to give his acceptance speech.

Standing around them were some senior leaders from Tencent Video, and a few seconds later a professional photographer took photos of them.

The TV series "Ashes of Love," starring him, also won the award for one of the top ten audience-chosen dramas of the year.

After the Star Awards ended, Lin Shaobai was finally able to return to his hotel to rest.

Zhou Ye has been resting in her room these past few days, and reviewing lines and scripts is her daily routine.

The TV series "Ashes of Love", starring Lin Shaobai and Yang Zi, was also among the top ten most influential TV series (web series) on mobile at the 3rd Mobile Influence Summit Forum 2018.

As the year draws to a close, various platforms in the entertainment industry begin to award prizes for TV dramas and actors.

Lin Shaobai and Yang Zi won numerous awards for their role in "Ashes of Love".

Lin Shaobai also won the title of "Most Charming Man of the Year" at the Sohu Annual Ceremony with an overwhelming number of votes.

His female fans are all too crazy; it's not a big problem for them to vote for him.

At the end of 2018, besides various award ceremonies, there was another major event.

That is, the top actress born in 85, Yang Mi, officially announced her divorce.

There have been rumors that she and her husband are getting a divorce, but there has never been any concrete evidence.

This time, she announced her divorce.

Her company was responsible for announcing this.

The gist is that they don't want to take up everyone's public resources, but they still need to announce this matter: a peaceful separation, ending their marriage.

This event caused just as much of a sensation in the Chinese entertainment industry as Zhao Xiaodao's marriage.

It quickly became a trending topic on Weibo.

Her divorce became a topic of casual conversation among netizens.

Lin Shaobai only glanced at it at most.

On this day, the song "Do You Know" sung by him and Yu Kewei was released on music platforms.

This song was very popular at the time, attracting countless people to cover it.

Upon its release, it topped the charts on multiple music platforms, even winning 16 championships on the Tencent Music platform's new song chart.

It's a classic TV drama OST.

Lin Shaobai now has two classic TV drama OSTs, one is "Do You Know" and the other is "Undyed".

Lin Shaobai even went out of his way to promote the TV series.

There's simply no time to care about Yang Mi's gossip.

However, the senior female student on the film set was intrigued by this.

Zhou Ye kept watching this news while eating his boxed lunch.

Guo Zifan came over after a while and sat down next to her: "Senior sister, what are you looking at? You seem so engrossed in it?"

"Weibo".

"Oh... then I understand why you were so engrossed in watching it?"

Zhou Ye would occasionally sigh, perhaps the relationship between Liu Kai and Wei had already broken down when the "late-night script reading" incident was leaked.

We can never go back to the way things were.

After something like that has happened, how can they possibly live peacefully and lovingly together?

Those who truly live like puppets would be left with nothing but the desire to survive.

There is no heart in them at all.

Zhou Ye thought that the two of them might have divorced before, and it was only because of certain things that they made it official now.

"divorce……"

Guo Zifan was also eating a boxed lunch, and sitting opposite the two of them was the actress who played Huang Zhitao.

Zhou Ye remembers how happy Da Mimi was back then, choosing to marry her husband at the peak of her career.

In the end, they will still choose to divorce.

What happened...maybe only the two of them know?

Zhou Ye couldn't help but think of Princess Zhang Jingyi.

It was just inexplicable; I suddenly remembered her.

I don't know what got into me.

She kept thinking about what the two of them had said back then, and it always made her feel a little strange.

I don't usually feel this way, how come...

Could it be that Zhang Jingyi and Lin Shaobai are also...?

Such a thought flashed through the senior sister's mind for a moment before she snapped it off.

She felt that this shouldn't be the case, and that she shouldn't think this way.

Zhou Ye quickly shoveled the rice out of his lunchbox, with rice grains still at the corners of his mouth.

His gaze was leisurely fixed on the distance ahead.

Thinking about anything else is useless; right now, I just want to make a good film.

We need to portray the character of Qiao Yingzi well and present it to the audience.

The audience can see your dedication to this role.

Do your best and leave the rest to fate.

Perhaps it was because he had been filming on set for so long that Zhou Ye suddenly felt depressed and that life had lost its meaning.

During this time, she only wanted to stay in her room and didn't go to see Lin Shaobai.

After thinking about it seriously, she realized that she must have gotten too immersed in the role of Qiao Yingzi.

Zhou Ye had a similar experience when he was filming "Better Days".

She was so immersed in the role that she was able to experience all the pain of the character.

She felt a deep empathy for Qiao Yingzi's anxiety and depression during this period.

Qiao Yingzi wasn't happy, and neither was Zhou Ye, the actor who played her.

Even though Zhou Ye had already experienced it, he seemed to be overwhelmed by the pressure from that time again.

Lin Shaobai has been busy with the gala and the New Year's Eve concert recently, and only found out about his senior sister's condition after returning to the film set to film.

Zhou Ye now prefers to stay alone in peace and quiet, and he talks less.

Her behavior and mannerisms are very similar to those of Qiao Yingzi during her period of depression.

Lin Shaobai tried to communicate with her, but Zhou Ye refused.

She really wanted to be alone for a while.

And so, on December 25th, the period drama "The Story of Ming Lan," starring Zhao Xiaodao, was officially released.

It became an instant hit across the internet as soon as it was released.

Lin Shaobai, who sang the theme song, also participated in some of the promotional work.

Actually, the main reason was that the director of the show specifically invited Lin Shaobai to promote it, because he has enough popularity.

Even during the promotional period, Lin Shaobai was absent-minded.

Because his senior sister was in a bad mood.

Previously, she felt guilty and cried every day because she played the villain Wei Lai. This time, she got into character again and played Qiao Yingzi, who suffers from depression.

Zhou Ye does indeed have some depressive tendencies now.

It's possible that he wanted to get into character.

But I still need to go and comfort her.

That evening, Lin Shaobai messaged his senior sister, hoping she could come to his room to talk.

However, I was rejected again, just like before.

The little sun is no longer the sun! This is outrageous!

Lin Shaobai immediately put on his clothes and went downstairs to the hotel. He picked a good spot and built a cute snowman there.

The snow fell heavier and heavier into the night, turning the world into a vast expanse of white, with only the soft patter of falling snow and the crunching sound of footsteps remaining.

Lin Shaobai exhaled a breath of cold air, looking at the snowman placed in front of him with great satisfaction.

He couldn't even remember the last time he built a snowman for someone.

Guo Zifan asked, "Has that ever happened?"
Forget it.

Just remember that this time, it was a snowman you built for your senior sister.

A while ago, when it snowed, Zhou Ye built a snowman outdoors by himself and even took some photos to post on his WeChat Moments.

My senior sister even dressed the snowman in a hat and gloves, making him even cuter.

Although Lin Shaobai didn't say it, he always remembered this matter.

After taking the photos, he hurriedly returned to his hotel room to send a message to Zhou Ye.

[Senior sister, let's draw back the curtains and look outside now.]

【What's wrong? 】

Zhou Ye was sitting on the ground with his legs bent and his face resting on his knees.

Today we filmed a scene where she yells at her parents, and she hasn't recovered her energy yet.

Let's look outside!

Zhou Ye slowly got up, walked to the window, and drew back the curtains.

A slight chill lingered in the air, and the earth was covered in a blanket of silvery white snow.

Seeing the snow, Zhou Ye was noticeably more invigorated than before; at least his eyes seemed a bit bigger.

The pale snow gave her a strange sense of comfort.

She smiled slightly and typed another line of text on the screen.

So you were trying to tell me it snowed.

It's not just snowing, look down!

Zhou Ye looked down as Lin Shaobai had instructed and discovered a snowman in the empty space below.

It's so cute, and it looks exactly like the pile she made back then.

Even the smug expression on his face is exactly the same as it was back then.

expression?

Oh, I see.

Even without revealing the truth now, Zhou Ye knew that the snowman was built by Lin Shaobai.

Because this cheeky expression was invented by Zhou Ye.

Only Lin Shaobai knew what that expression looked like.

Zhou Ye was already imagining in his mind how Lin Shaobai had built the snowman before.

At that moment, her eyes reddened slightly, and a warm current surged in her heart, as if even the surrounding air warmed up.

"It was you...it was you who built it. It was you who built it for me."

(End of this chapter)