The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 432 Moving

"I didn't think too much about it at the time. I was definitely excited, after all, it was an affirmation of my acting skills. Later, my friends told me that I was the youngest Cannes Best Actor winner, and I still couldn't believe it."

"Don't believe in free lunches?"

"Yes, winning an award is already great, and breaking a record feels a bit unreal."

In the latest episode of Yang Lan's interview, Xu Jiuyang spoke eloquently in front of the camera. Dressed in formal attire and with a special styling, he exuded a more heroic and refined air compared to his pure handsomeness in period costumes, which led to him gaining even more female fans after the episode aired.

There's no way around it, male celebrities just attract female fans, especially when they're so accomplished, like the youngest Cannes Best Actor winner.

Yes, that's confirmed. After doing some research, I found that before Xu Jiuyang, the youngest winner of the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor award was American actor Dean Stockwell, who won the award at the 12th Cannes Film Festival. He was exactly one year older than Xu Jiuyang.

After this news spread, driven by money, various media outlets naturally began to praise it further. After all, he is one of the mainland film and television industry insiders, and he is very low-key and rarely expresses opinions contrary to those of some people.

As a result, Xu Jiuyang's popularity naturally soared, and "Falling" was also scheduled for the summer season.

“The longer we wait, the more things can go wrong. Anyway, we’re not expecting ‘Falling’ to do well at the box office. You know, the announced costs are different from the actual costs. We’ll try to make as much money as we can with your name.” Fan Bingbing said on the phone.

That's interesting. Other movies try to inflate their budgets but end up with very low actual investments, but these movies, on the other hand, inflate their budgets but actually spend a lot.

After all, the initial goal was to win awards, which once again illustrates that when investors don't rely on box office profits to make money from movies, they will only make movies according to their own wishes.

Xu Jiuyang had no objection to this. They won the award thanks to them and even broke a record. What else was there to say? Moreover, after some probing, he discovered that Fan Bingbing probably didn't know about Da Tiantian's situation.

I couldn't go back on my word since I had made a promise to Jing Tian, ​​so I ended up meeting her for a meal as a way of repaying her for the favor.

The young girl didn't seem to care and continued to enthusiastically ask him about filming topics, saying that she also wanted to take the entrance exam for the Beijing Film Academy in two years.

"Aren't you a dancer?" Xu Jiuyang was quite surprised to hear this.

"It's too hard, and I heard that after entering the Beijing Dance Academy, you have to count the grains of rice when you eat." Da Tiantian said this with a bitter face. "I can tolerate other things, but I really can't stand this."

That foodie's pitiful look about food is quite adorable.

“Beijing Film Academy isn’t easy either, and… acting skills aren’t something you can learn, especially for those who lack talent,” Xu Jiuyang comforted him.

"How can you comfort someone like that, Brother Yang?" Jing Tian said, clearly displeased.

“I didn’t say you lack talent,” Xu Jiuyang chuckled.

"Who doesn't have talent? I don't..." Da Tiantian suddenly realized what she meant, shrank her neck, stuck out her tongue, and refused to talk about it anymore.

So, she still has some self-awareness, right? Then why in her past life... well, it's hard to understand this kind of question unless you've been there yourself and experienced it firsthand.

However, if she really doesn't go to the Beijing Dance Academy, some things will be even harder to judge.

Xu Jiuyang remembered that in his previous life there was a rumor that Da Tiantian was expelled from Beijing Dance Academy, and the reason was that she didn't come home at night.

This is why many people believe she is a kept woman; after all, if she truly had official connections, how could the Beijing Dance Academy dare to expel her?

However, when Jing Tian herself talked about this in an interview, she said that she had taken sick leave and then went to the Beijing Film Academy. Of course, this was deliberately taken as her excuse; no one would talk about negative information about themselves in an interview, especially someone who had been expelled from school.

However, gossip that is circulated may also be contaminated with information and then distorted in the process of dissemination.

For example, the story eventually became that she was expelled by her homeroom teacher, Ren Zhong, for violating school rules.

This gives the impression that if a mere homeroom teacher like Ren Zhong could expel her, then she must be a kept woman.

Don't they realize that the homeroom teacher has absolutely no power to expel students?

If we're really going to talk about it, another possibility is that when she was studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, her family's background wasn't powerful enough to make the academy give her special treatment. After all, the Beijing Dance Academy has powerful backers, and if they really wanted to make an example of her, they couldn't stop her without some influential connections.

Once the background becomes significant enough, there's no need to use this incident to cause trouble for the Beijing Dance Academy; ultimately, it was our own fault to begin with.

To get back to the point, Xu Jiuyang brought Zhang Yan with him again this time, and Fan Bingbing still doesn't know about Da Tiantian's situation, which shows that Zhang Yan is keeping her mouth shut and deserves a reward.

For example, being put in all sorts of positions on the bed.

Putting that aside, by early July, the hype surrounding Xu Jiuyang had finally subsided considerably, so he quickly seized the opportunity to move.

We were originally supposed to move at the end of June. In fact, that was the original plan. However, the hype hadn't completely died down yet, so we postponed it a little.

As I drove the Navigator through the villa gate, I saw the maids already lined up in a row waiting at the entrance.

Yes, maids. As mentioned before, Li Yunxin would definitely send all the maids she had trained to serve him. Now it's just a matter of confirmation.

But... what's the point of arranging these geometric sequences?

Okay, that's an exaggeration, but this vertical row from the outside in is indeed composed of Ishikuni Shrine Maiden, Tatemaru Aya, Nagasawa Masami, and Aragaki Yui—yes, someone's words came true, the fourth maid really is Aragaki Yui.

Xu Jiuyang was speechless at this, but he was too lazy to ask any more questions. Shi Kuni Shinko, Tatemaru Aya, and Nagasawa Masami had all become maids, so it wouldn't matter if Aragaki Yui were added as well.

And so we saw this scene: the outermost one, Ishikuni Shrine Maiden, was the shortest, then Tatemaru Aya was a little taller, Nagasawa Masami was a little taller, and the innermost one, Aragaki Yui, was the tallest.

Of course, she wasn't quite at the level of a female giant.

The Japanese say this about others purely because of their own distorted aesthetics. In their view, women should ideally not exceed 160 cm in height to be considered cute, like the type like Ishikuni Miko.

Once you exceed that, it depends on the specific situation. Below 165 cm is acceptable, but above 165 cm, you start to view people with prejudice. Above 170 cm, you become the female giant mentioned above.

Moreover, it's not just men who discriminate against tall women; women do the same, and they are often the targets of bullying in schools.

However, Yui Aragaki is only 169 cm tall, just 3 cm taller than Masami Nagasawa. However, as mentioned above, Japanese celebrities are generally shorter in order to cater to the public, so they stand out from the crowd.

After parking the car, Xu Jiuyang opened the door and got out. He then sighed silently. Standing opposite the maid was another group of people, also arranged in order of height from shortest to tallest. The first person in line was Yang Liu, the private nutritionist that Angela had arranged.

Well, she was originally supposed to use Liu as her surname and then switch from being a nurse to a host, but she was scolded by Brother Kai for saying the wrong thing during an interview and was almost blacklisted. After that, she went into acting and eventually became famous for her role as Da Lei, such as the sister-in-law in "Young Marshal".

(End of this chapter)