Rivals In Love c2

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Update 07/25/22: Decided to publish this site again for others to read if they want. This is MTL.

Tried to edit (such as punctuations and all) but got lazy after this chapter so I just re-published them all with the rest of the chapters unedited.

Chapter 2: The script is full of indescribable things. What to do

Xiang Ke was so shocked by the sad news brought by Wang Pang that he didn’t even eat his dinner and shrank into the corner in a trance.

“I don’t want to work with Cheng Zhengyan… his fans are particularly annoying…”

Yes, even though Xiang Ke’s fans have already won the honor of being the famous cock-fighters in the circle, Cheng Zhengyan’s fans are still no less powerful when it comes to fighting. In the past, the two sides were at least evenly matched. However, since the last film festival, Xiang Ke didn’t get an award…

If I really worked with Cheng Zhengyan, I don’t know what it will be like to be ridiculed.

Wang Pang squatted beside him and carefully combed his hair with his fingers. “But fans are fans, Cheng Zhengyan is Cheng Zhengyan…”

Xiang Ke was on the verge of tears upon hearing this. Isn’t Cheng Zhengyan more hateful!

To be honest, Xiang Ke is very easy to get along with. Although he started filming at a very young age, on one hand, the people and the environment around him don’t know why the accident is so simple. Wang Pang has been taking care of his life and work since he was a teenager; he has never seen an artist who is more easily satisfied than him. Usually, even if he is very unhappy, he can still get by with a little gentle coaxing. Thus, this one time he resolutely resisted in a rare manner, making Wang Pang somewhat unable to force him.

Uh…

Otherwise…

What is the amount of the default fee?...

The famous economic man in the industry flashed a figure in his mind which tells him that he was really unwilling and couldn’t help but struggle to persuade again. “… But the contract was signed in July…”

Before his voice fell, he was interrupted by a scream from the corner. Xiang Ke didn’t know when he opened Weibo. At this time when he pulled out his phone, he stared at himself in disbelief. The extra post on his homepage appeared, which he had never remembered posting about Cheng Zhengyan.

In an instant, he remembered something and suddenly raised his head.

Wang Pang who came into contact with his brimming tears like his world collapsed, whose eyes were filled with hurt and questioning; “……”

Five seconds later, Wang Pang took out his phone. “… Hello, Boss Zheng? Ah, it’s me. It’s like this, about 《Clearwater Lake》 the one signed by Keke* in July, I have a little accident here…”

*From Xiang Ke's name

Zheng Fengchun, the general manager of Starlight Entertainment, didn’t give an immediate reply after hearing Wang Pang’s cautious request. He said in an unpredictable voice, “Bring him to me.”

*****

In the general manager's office of Starlight Entertainment, a rare argument is taking place.

For the first time, Han Sixu, the company’s popular pillar, expresses his full-blown anger, “Why!”

Zheng Fengchun lifted his eyes which were buried in a document; his eyes were drawn over the other party’s features which are particularly sharp because of the hostility they contain—Ah, last time, the survey indicated that some girls seem to particularly like this Han Sixu’s state. In the future, the other party’s style can be considered to be changed…

He returned to his senses; pushing the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, and asked with a blank expression, “What do you want to say?”

Boss Zheng, the big devil, has always had an unshakeable prestige in the hearts of Starlight artists. If he hadn’t drunk some wine, he had recently tried to poach a lot of money and have a little bit of confidence. Even Han Sixu who is popular and has been arrogant, would not dare to boldly challenge the leader face to face. He doesn’t really want to leave Starlight, but it’s fine to talk about injustice!

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)

Nevertheless, Zheng Fengchun’s abyss-like calm eyes still gave him a lot of physiological pressure. Han Sixu had been brewing for a while before regaining his state, “Why should the company allocate all good resources to Xiang Ke? The XX’s endorsement is given to him… New Year’s Party finale is given to him… and even the 《Clearwater Lake》… I’ve been trying to get…”

Before he finished speaking, the phone on Zheng Fengchun’s desk suddenly rang.

“Mr. Zheng.” A certain assistant’s voice came out of the speaker. “Xiang Ke has arrived.”

The office door was pushed open and two figures entered. Han Sixu suddenly clenched his fists, turning his head to look, then froze.

The sharp emotions in his eyes haven’t formed yet. He quickly went forward and dragged Xiang Ke’s arm, and the latter called his name softly. Han Sixu hummed and looked down to measure the other party’s aggrieved face, then fiercely stared at Wang Pang. “Hey! Damned Fatty—”*

*Pang also means Fat. Might interchange them.

This popular idol had a bad temper and embarrassing reporters face to face is common. Wang Pang’s head was as big as if he were about to fight. Fortunately, Zheng Fengchun spoke to solve the siege.

The pen moved around between his fingers, Zheng Fengchun waved towards Xiang Ke and the latter moved over reluctantly.

Zheng Fengchun took off his glasses and put them on the table. “You don’t want to act in 《Clearwater Lake》?”

Xiang Ke: “En.”

Zheng Fenchun walked around the table and spoke in a different tone, “Why is that?”

Xiang Ke: “… I don’t like Cheng Zhengyan.”

“But Xiao Wang has arranged the schedule for you.” Zheng Fengchun touched his head, “Will you be wronged?”

Xiang Ke, who was originally tame and docile, got upset when the other party mentioned Wang Pang. “He even took my phone and secretly posted a Weibo confession to Cheng Zhengyan today! I won’t!”

Han Sixu, who had a terrible look, narrowed his eyes when he heard this and sneered maliciously at Wang Pang.

Zheng Fengchun is easy to talk to and after a moment’s thought, he actually nodded his head and agreed. “Well, it’s rare for you to be so persistent. It’s not impossible to replace someone else. Han Sixu is quite good.”

Xiang Ke was immediately moved but Han Sixu was upset, “Hey!”

Zheng Fengchun gave a sharp, warning look; his tone was unchanged and gentle but he rubbed Xiang Ke’s hair with some regret. “Alas, the company originally planned it well this time and I was going to give you an award for 《Clearwater Lake》.”

Xiang Ke: “… ??”

“Cheng Zhengyan narrowly won the film festival last time and we all wanted to try our best again.” Zheng Fengchun sighed and patted him on the shoulder with a forced smile, “It seems that this time, 《Clearwater Lake》 is mostly his world.”

Xiang Ke: “Huh?”

Zheng Fengchun: “In fact, your acting may not be worse than Cheng Zhengyan; it’s just that you lack a good script. The low approval rate last time was entirely due to the judges……”

With his convincing analysis from all angles, the cold expression of the handsome boy’s look began to gradually soften. He pursed his lips and his face slowly reddened.

Hey, what's going on here!

The two onlookers standing in the corner were ignored and watched the dramatic turn of the story. At the end of the evening, Han Sixu exuded a valiant spirit but his face was emotionless. Before he left, he clenched his fists and couldn’t wait to share his determination with him, “I’ll definitely steal the limelight from Cheng Zhengyan!”

“…...”

Exasperated, Han Sixu scolded angrily at the other party’s head: “Stupid!”

*****

Not to mention the fans of the two sides were shaken after the official announcement, Xiang Ke heard another unexpected good news before the start of the movie.

Gao Tang is about to play an important role in 《Clearwater Lake》. Due to a large number of shots, she will join the cast together with all the leading actors after filming.

Oh! The smell of peach blossom luck is so violent as soon as it appears. Xiang Ke felt excited but also very nervous, thinking of the aloof temperament that the goddess showed when he met her the first time. Before leaving, he couldn’t help but ask his ex-girlfriend for advice, “What do you think I should do ah!”

Guo Jiaqi had already seen that Gao Tang was interested in Cheng Zhengyan last time and was very worried but she didn’t want to pour cold water on him, so she had to fool her way. “Just chase girls normally…?”

Xiang Ke thought about it, "I've never chased a girl."

“…...” Guo Jiaqi thought: oh, it seems that girls used to chase you down. Recalling the various performances of Xiang Ke when in love, she couldn’t help but grind her teeth. Lin Mi, who was still a good-tempered ex-girlfriend, created a group with Xiang Ke and everyone came up with ideas.

Xiang Ke recorded solemnly, especially those that are highlighted, and the first one to do is—

Do as they please!*

*to adapt to sb's taste; to fit sb's fancy

*****

“…….” Wang Pang watched the bodyguard stuff the third box in the trunk and asked Xiang Ke, “Why did you bring so many candies?”

He was shocked when the logistics company contacted him the other day. Xiang Ke bought over two hundred pounds of Russian milk candies! The purchase of human flesh does not move, directly contact the trading company to return!

Xiang Ke replied a-matter-of-fact; “I like Gao Tang ah. I bought it for the crew and invite her to eat."

Wang Pang looked at his action of unwrapping the candy wrapper and said to himself: It’s actually entirely your own preference!

Chewing the Q-bomb milk candy in his mouth and basking in the comfortable chair of the nanny car, Xiang Ke curled up; I feel so happy ah.

It would be better if there were no Cheng Zhengyan in the crew!

The most hateful thing is that it didn’t take long to meet him.

At that time, Xiang Ke had just arrived at the hotel and eagerly went out after putting down his luggage. The crew had booked an entire floor of the hotel and the hotel conditions in the Film and Television City are not the same but this arrangement had one advantage, that is, the main actors lived close to each other.

As soon as he heard that Gao Tang was living across the street from him, he was so excited that he knocked on the door with a pocketful of candy and a blushing face.

Sure enough, the person who opened the door was Gao Tang. Xiang Ke saw that she was a little shy, standing at the door with her hands behind her back, not knowing what to say. Both sides stared at each other for a while but instead of smiling, she reached out and touched Xiang Ke’s hair, and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

Xiang Ke was often touched on his head but did not feel there was anything wrong, he hesitated to ask the other party to dinner. But before the invitation could come out, Gao Tang suddenly turned her eyes to the corridor and smiled with a certain charm that was not present when facing Xiao Ke, “Zhengyan, you’re here too? Would you like to join us for dinner?”

Xiang Ke: "... ???"

He abruptly looked back and saw the door of his right room open. Cheng Zhengyan stood at the doorway dressed in black with a somewhat surprised look on his handsome face.

Ahhhh. What a nuisance, why do you always show up at a time like this!

Xiang Ke stared at him fiercely!

Cheng Zhengyan was stunned when he met Xiang Ke’s gaze, then he raised his brows and gave a faint smile as he straightened his sleeves.

“No. The director said to get ready tonight, it might snow.”

Xiang Ke didn’t pay attention to the second half of the sentence. He was very angry that Chen Zhengyan dared to refuse the goddess’ invitation without understanding her feelings! It’s so outrageous!

On the contrary, Gao Tang didn’t show much disappointment but instead looked at Xiang Ke with a wonderful look in her eyes after listening to this speech.

Xiang Ke: "???"

*****

It’s reasonable to say that the weather has been dry lately but it unexpectedly snowed in the Film and Television City after dark.

The main cast was called to the studio by a phone call. Cheng Zhengyan and the others stood with Director Xu Liang at the studio, pointing to the snow. Not knowing what they were discussing, Xiang Ke huddled in confusion next to the chubby assistant director, shrinking his neck to keep warm while eating candy.

The assistant director has a good temper, seeing that he was afraid of the cold, he found an extra blanket for him to cover. “It’s fortunate to have a snowy day. Director Xu must be very happy.”

“Why?” Xiang Ke was unclear, he said, “Don’t we have enough budget? It’s not expensive to rent a snow machine.”

Xiang Ke has been with a lot of crews and filmed snow scenes before. Those who are willing to rent a snow machine are already relatively generous. Some costume dramas even directly used foam to get by which stuck to Xiang Ke’s head. There are a lot of things about this crew that was different from what he has been exposed to before.

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)

The assistant director squeezed his face and replied with a smile, “You’ll know later, it’s not the same.”

Xu Liang returned amidst Xiang Ke’s puzzled speculations with a serious expression on his face, “It will probably be fine around nine o’clock, everyone get ready.”

The people in the crew seemed to respect him and the various groups immediately got busy.

Xiang Ke moved, shrinking his body, and made way for a seat.


Xu Liang didn’t know why he stood straight and looked at him; after watching him for a while, he sat down. Xiang Ke moved over and whispered, “Director Xu, I’m hungry.”

“… Didn’t you eat?” Director Xu stared back at him. Xiang Ke shook his head.

Xu Liang was silent for a moment and asked a passing staff member to go buy bread. Cheng Zhengyan who had been standing by the machine and looking at this side in silence, suddenly laughed.

How annoying!

When Xiang Ke gave him a blank look, Cheng Zhengyan laughed even louder. Amidst the laughter, the director’s serious expression also fell, and soon took the initiative to speak with Xiang Ke.

“It’s cold outside. Please read the script carefully and try to finish filming earlier.”

Xiang Ke nodded. “But what are we going to shoot?”

Cheng Zhengyan was laughing again for no reason.

“… ???” Xu Liang took out an orange sealed script from Xiang Ke’s script and quickly opened a page and threw it into his arms without talking. After a while, he felt discouraged. Xu Liang picked out a thick one covered with cheese and bacon from the pile of bread he had bought and handed it to him in frustration, “Eat!”

But Xiang Ke was already in a confused state.

He looked at the script in his hand which he had read thoroughly before starting the film. His entire body shivered from inside out.

He actually fucking forgot…

In this film… there are many above the neck and below the neck—

It’s indescribable!

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